Matchbox: the Movie review – as pointless as a film based on a toy car could be
John Cena and Jessica Biel collect paychecks in a soulless and synthetic slab of corporate product that hints at what we can expect from the Paramount-Warner merger After a windy…
Running out of royals: why calls are growing to let Japan’s princess Aiko take the throne
More people in Japan are asking why the nation’s favourite royal, 24-year-old princess Aiko, will never be empress, with a recent poll saying 72% favour a woman emperor Her face…
From dashing romantic reality star to DV charges: the fall of Bachelor Sam Wood
Wood’s cultural prominence, commercial success and now collapse of his empire was shaped by the confected TV narrative into which he stepped Get our breaking news email, free app or…
Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026
Most prestigious literature prize goes to Canadian known for genre-crossing works such as Autobiography of Red ‘Delights await!’: Margaret Atwood and other writers on Nobel winner Anne Carson Where to…
Sydney festival 2027: 11 international dance works to headline ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ program
Making its southern hemisphere debut, Dance Reflections will feature collaborators of Rosalía, Madonna and Beyoncé – and a high-wire takeover of the Cutaway Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email…
A death, a plagiarism scandal and a quest for revenge: the bizarre tale of Otto Z
After his mother died, Otto became convinced he’d been wronged by the forensic investigators – and that one of them was a fraud. The truth was even stranger On a…
Pat Cummins unfazed by prospect of Khawaja book raising sandpaper scandal: ‘Tell your story’
Former Test opener is writing a new book released next month Australia captain Cummins confirms conversation with Khawaja Pat Cummins has suggested he is unfazed by the prospect of the…
Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude
A spokesperson behind the tech company’s AI chatbot has not yet specified what counts as abusive or cruel content Anthropic has barred users from exhibiting “sustained and needless abusive or…
In an overgrown ‘swamp’ in Rookwood cemetery, Jayne asks: ‘Where are the graves? She’s told: ‘You’re standing on them’
Exclusive: Years-long search for family ends in shock, fury – and a 16-year quest to stop NSW Health burying people in unmarked graves Find more from the Unmarked graves investigation…
Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away
Intense flash of radio waves is more than 10bn years old and has travelled through ‘approximately 80% of cosmic history’ A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,…