Mr. Nobody Against Putin director Pavel Talankin's Oscar went missing after airport security refused to let him bring it on board in his carry-on luggage.
Staff Writers
Ryan Reynolds has shared his heartache after his Welsh football team Wrexham failed at the final hurdle in its quest to reach the top tier of English football.
Lauren Del Fabbro
The late Indigenous musician Gurrumul has been honoured for his contribution to Australian music as one of six new inductees to the ARIA Hall of Fame.
Poppy Johnston
Michael Jackson was a singular talent and deeply problematic figure in life, but in death he has been a money-making machine that can’t be stopped by negative reviews and many credible child abuse allegations.
BEN O’SHEA
David Beckham has been showered with loving birthday wishes on Instagram from everyone in his family except estranged son Brooklyn who maintained radio silence.
In 1995, a Beijing art collective voted to destroy its own work. Now its radical conceptual output has been recreated in Australia.
Liz Hobday
Two million people have partied the night away on one of the world's most iconic beaches while enjoying a free concert by Colombian mega pop sensation Shakira.
ELÉONORE HUGHES
This week we’re watching the new series of Amandaland, checking out some killer grannies, wishing we were Jacinda Ardern and getting chatty with an octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures.
Clare Rigden
To coincide with her latest book release, The Chateau On Sunset, Perth author Natasha Lester reflects on classic literature’s fierce heroines and the concept of reimagining them.
Natasha Lester
Set in the brutal world of 1930s Australian mining tenements, Wolfram is a solid addition to the canon of meat pie Westerns.
Ben O’Shea
Gerry Conway, a comic book who helped create characters for Marvel and DC, has died in California at the age of 73.
Claire Rush
Key moments from Rebel Wilson’s defamation trial have been revealed, including a nude photo leak and smear websites.
Clareese Packer
Find the codeword from PLAY in The West Australian
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A hotly contested legal fight between Hollywood star Rebel Wilson and the young star of her directorial debut boils down to accusations of greed.
Adelaide Lang
Rebel Wilson painted herself as a ‘truth teller’ and ‘champion of women’ who was caught up in a ‘nightmare situation’ as she was peppered with allegations during her star-studded defamation trial.
Jakeb Waddell
Liking Iron Maiden may not be cool, but it is very rock’n’roll.
Silent Witness, Ooops! I Bought A Pub, The Trial Of Michael Jackson, Amandaland and Remarkably Bright Creatures: here’s what we’re watching on Aussie TV this week.
Kiwi star Karl Urban headed to the Gold Coast to play Johnny Cage, a down-and-out action hero finding his soul in the ultra-violent world of Mortal Kombat II.
All the music, comedy, festivals and more happening this week in Perth
Belle Taylor
Taking four years to adapt Tim Winton’s novel The Shepherd’s Hut for the stage might sound like a luxury of time, but for playwright Tim McGarry, it was a creative necessity.
Tanya MacNaughton
George Shevtsov explores isolation and redemption as a disgraced priest in this visceral new stage adaptation of a Tim Winton novel.
Shane Jacobson didn’t just pass the pub test— he bought the place. The Kenny star reveals why he purchased a historic Victorian hotel sight-unseen, and why he’s banning pokies to keep its heart beating.
A court has been given an update on the case involving a grandmother facing child exploitation charges, who is linked to author Craig Silvey’s own court case.
Emma Kirk
The MasterChef star was found dead in a hotel room three years ago.
Taylor Renouf
