Trusty accommodation without the hefty price tag

During the Christmas and New Year’s season, there’s one thing you can count on in hospitality, and that is that the prices of hotel rooms go…

Sade still the smoothest operator when it comes to delivering soul, jazz and R’n’B

It was 1985 when I first met Sade. As a young teenager, I would loiter backstage at the Perth Entertainment Centre, autograph book in hand, waiting…

Interview with author Sam de Brito

Sam de Brito has been a journalist for the Murdoch press, and with the recent ‘News Of The World’ scandals, admits he’s seen a few dirty…

Barely there

New season cuts that show a little more of everything to see in a sexier New Year. Photography by Toshi Hirakawa (at D-Cord, Japan). Styling by…

Aiming to stamp out meat-eating

What do actress Natalie Portman, rock’n’roller Joan Jett, artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci, and guru leader Mahatma Gandhi all have in common? They’re all vegetarians…

Dance, dance, dance

The Juan Rando Dance Academy is one of the most revered schools of Latin dance in Perth, if not Australia. The company specialises in niche dance…

‘Burning Palms’ makes ‘Magnolia’ look like a comedy…

Dysfunction sells well in contemporary entertainment. Why else would we tune in so avidly to shows like ‘Dexter’, ‘True Blood’, ‘Entourage’ and ‘Mad Men’ on the…

Gaga gives good charity

You can’t keep a bad girl down. Well, a good girl in this particular case. Just as Lady Gaga is about to unleash her Blu-ray/DVD of…

Music video just got sharper

If you have a PlayStation3 and are already dripping with excitement over all the free music video you can have streamed through its VidZone service, you’re…

Far beyond the average vacation

It seems even the ampersand in its brand name can’t stop &Beyond from being the world’s leading ecotourism company, this year celebrating a whooping 20 years…

Michael Jackson documentary a little wishy-washy but riveting viewing just the same

When a biographic documentary about one of the world’s greatest icons is missing the key ingredients of his solo artistry, one’s got to consider the project…