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    Championing Kindness, Laughing Through Pain and Learning From Harrison Ford: Jason Segel and Bill Lawrence Chat 'Shrinking' 

    How do you make a warm-hearted sitcom about therapists that balances humour with deep emotion? We found out from two of this Apple TV+ gem's guiding forces.

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    Drake Is Returning Down Under in 2025 for the First Time in Eight Years on His 'Anita Max Win' Tour

    The five-time Grammy-winner is playing both Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2025.

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    "The Game Will Not End Unless the World Changes": The Full Trailer for 'Squid Game' Season Two Is Here

    "We are not trying to harm you. We are presenting you with an opportunity," the guards tell the new batch of contestants in the latest 'Squid Game' sneak peek.

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    Great Scott!: 'Back to the Future: The Musical' Is Making Its Australian Premiere in Sydney in 2025

    After hit seasons in West End and on Broadway, the award-winning stage version of everyone's favourite time-travelling 80s flick is zipping Down Under.

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    Childish Gambino Has Cancelled His 2025 Down Under Tour So There'll Be No Summertime Magic After All

    It was meant to be the rapper and hip hop star's first trip our way since 2019 — but just like his North American, UK and European dates, it's no longer happening.

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    Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone Are Headlining Coachella 2025 — Whether You'll Be There or Be Livestreaming

    Missy Elliott, Charli XCX, Megan Thee Stallion, Travis Scott, The Prodigy and Kraftwerk are also on the lineup — plus plenty more.

Latest Guides
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    'Yellowjackets' Is Returning for Season Three on Valentine's Day 2025 — and It Just Dropped Its First Teaser Trailer

    This sneak peek at the survivalist thriller's third season is brief — but get ready to eat your heart out come February 14.

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    Playing a Woman Who Impersonates Her Teenage Daughter in a Dark Australian Comedy: Jackie van Beek Talks 'Audrey'

    "You just don't come across these characters very often. Well, I hadn't," the 'What We Do in the Shadows' and 'The Breaker Upperers' star told us.

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    Finding Inspiration in Ridley Scott's Colosseum: Paul Mescal, Connie Nielsen and Fred Hechinger Chat 'Gladiator II'

    "Basically I want to be like Ridley when I grow up. That’s the root of it for me," Mescal told us about working with the iconic filmmaker on this epic sequel.

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    You Can Now Watch Season One of The Kates' Hilarious Morning TV Satire 'Get Krack!n' on YouTube

    Still trying to fill the 'Deadloch'-shaped hole in your viewing until season two arrives? Whether or not you've seen this hit series before, it'll help.

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    Here's Your First Look at 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season Six and 'The Bear' Season Four Thanks to Disney+'s 2025 Trailer

    Also featured: season two of 'Andor', new 'Alien' TV series 'Alien: Earth', the Glen Powell-starring 'Chad Powers' and 'Daredevil: Born Again'.

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    Welcome to 'The White Lotus' in Thailand: HBO Has Dropped a New Teaser for Its 2024–2025 Lineup

    You can also catch new sneak peeks of 'The Last of Us' season two,' 'IT' spinoff 'Welcome to Derry', 'The Rehearsal' season two and more.

Latest Places
  • Cafe

    This That

    57 Lorne St , Auckland City

    A glimmer of hope for what the rest of Lorne Street could soon become.

  • Bar

    Scarlett Slimms & Lucky

    476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland

    Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.

  • Bar

    Cassette Nine

    Vulcan Lane, Auckland

    Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.

  • Restaurant

    Miss Clawdy

    12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland

    There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.

  • News

    The First Action-Packed Teaser Trailer for 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' Is Here

    After being delayed from 2024, Tom Cruise's latest stint in Ethan Hunt's shoes will hit cinemas Down Under in May 2025.

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    'Stranger Things' Season Five Will Hit Netflix in 2025 to Take You Back to the Upside Down One Last Time

    The streaming platform has also revealed the new season's eight episode titles — and that it's set in 1987.

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    Westeros Is Heading to the Big Screen: It Looks Like a 'Game of Thrones' Movie Is Coming

    A film inspired by George RR Martin's page-to-screen fantasy franchise is apparently in very early development.

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    Mustering Up 'Succession' Meets 'Yellowstone' in the Outback: Michael Dorman, Philippa Northeast and Sam Corlett Talk 'Territory'

    Netflix's new Australian hit follows multigenerational clashes over controlling the world's largest cattle station in the Top End.

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    Stepping Into Lorne Michaels' Shoes After Playing Steven Spielberg: Gabriel LaBelle Chats 'Saturday Night'

    Two of Gabriel LaBelle's first major movie roles have seen him bring entertainment icons to the screen — and help establish his acting career in a dream fashion.

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    Dark Mofo Is Back: After Taking a Break in 2024, Tasmania's Winter Arts Festival Has Locked in Its Full Return for 2025

    While the Winter Feast and Nude Solstice Swim still took place this year, next year they'll be joined by a complete festival lineup.

Latest Events
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    We Like to Party: Vengaboys Are Headlining a New 90s-Loving Tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2025

    Heading Down Under in January, the '90's Mania' shows also feature DJ SASH!, Alex Party and Livin’ Joy.

  • News

    If You Didn't Think 'Squid Game' Could Get Any More Brutal, Season Two's Latest Teaser Trailer Has News for You

    Netflix's killer game doesn't stop in this sneak peek at the hit thriller's second season, despite Seong Gi-hun's warnings to new players.

  • News

    Paul Kelly Is Hitting Arenas in 2025 to Play His Biggest-Ever Live Shows in Australia and New Zealand

    The Aussie icon will be celebrating his new album 'Fever Longing Still' and playing through beloved tracks from his 40-year-plus career.

  • News

    Tyler, The Creator's New 'Chromakopia' World Tour Is Coming to Australia and New Zealand in 2025

    Returning Down Under for the first time since 2022, the genre-bending rapper will have Lil Yachty and Paris Texas in support.

  • News

    'Severance' Returns to the Office and Unveils a New Twist in the Teaser Trailer for Season Two

    Even something as simple as heading back to the office isn't straightforward in this Apple TV+ sci-fi series, which returns in January 2025.

  • News

    From 'Indiana Jones' to an 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Oscar and Leading an Action Movie: Ke Huy Quan Chats 'Love Hurts'

    Second chances keep proving the theme of Ke Huy Quan's career resurgence on-and off-screen — this time playing a real-estate agent who used to be an assassin.

  • News

    'Beef' Is Returning for a Second Season with Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan Leading the Cast

    Isaac and Mulligan have already co-starred in 'Drive' and 'Inside Llewyn Davis' together — and now they're stepping into Netflix's feuding anthology series.

  • News

    Awkward Workplace Antics, Chaotic Colleagues and Cringey Bosses, Australian-Style: Felicity Ward Talks 'The Office'

    It might've taken 23 years, but this comedy franchise has now set up shop Down Under, starring Ward as Hannah Howard.

  • News

    Creepy Grins, Mega Pop Stars and Jumping From a SXSW-Screening Short to a Hit Horror Franchise: Parker Finn Chats 'Smile 2'

    In four short years, this writer/director has gone from an unnerving short film to the highest-grossing horror movie of 2022, and now a sequel.

  • News

    Sandworms, Scheming and Subterfuge: They're All in the Full Trailer for HBO's 'Dune: Prophecy' TV Series

    Inspired by the novel 'Sisterhood of Dune', this TV prequel to Denis Villeneuve's films is set 10,000 years before Paul Atreides' ascension.

  • News

    Sound and Vision: How Jed Kurzel Found the Right Score for 'Snowtown', 'The Babadook', 'Macbeth', 'Monkey Man' and More

    The founding member of The Mess Hall has scored his filmmaker brother Justin's features and plenty beyond, fellow Australian masterpieces and big-budget Hollywood fare included.

  • News

    Laneway Festival Has Added 'Stranger Things' Star Joe Keery, AKA Djo, to Its 2025 Lineup

    As well as including the 'End of the Beginning' talent on the bill, Sydney's festival has also moved venues and will now take place at Centennial Park.

  • News

    More Than the Yellow Brick Road: Production Designer Nathan Crowley Talks Bringing 'Wicked' to the Big Screen

    How do you recreate Oz? If you're Nathan Crowley, you plant nine-million tulips and build a mechanical version of Jeff Goldblum's head.

  • News

    SXSW Sydney's 2024 Screen Festival Lineup Just Got Even Bigger — Including Opening with 90s-Set Disaster Comedy 'Y2K'

    A panel discussion about the Australian version of 'The Office', Jennifer Lopez's latest movie and a sneak peek at 'Shrinking' season two are also on the program.

  • News

    'Brat' Summer Is Coming Down Under: Charli XCX Is Headlining Laneway Festival 2025

    Beabadoobee, Clairo, Remi Wolf, BICEP and Barry Can't Swim: they're also on the bill when St Jerome's Laneway Festival returns in February.

  • News

    Timothée Chalamet Goes Folk, Then Electric: The Full Trailer for Bob Dylan Biopic 'A Complete Unknown' Is Here

    After playing Willy Wonka and Paul Atreides, Timothée Chalamet steps into a music icon's shoes.

  • News

    Laneway Festival Has Announced Its 2025 Dates and Venues — and the Lineup Is on the Way

    Mark your calendars, music fans — for both the festival's February return and the lineup drop.

  • News

    Succumb to the Darkness: The Full Trailer for Robert Eggers' New Version of Gothic Horror Great 'Nosferatu' Is Here

    The director of 'The Witch', 'The Lighthouse' and 'The Northman' is tasking Bill Skarsgård with haunting Lily-Rose Depp — and taking on film history.

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    The First Teaser Trailer for 'The Last of Us' Season Two Catches Up with Joel and Ellie Five Years Later

    Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay are joined by new cast members Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Jeffrey Wright and Catherine O'Hara.

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    Rhinos, Ships in the Colosseum and Paul Mescal Unshackling His Rage: They're All in the New 'Gladiator II' Trailer

    Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn and Connie Nielsen also star in Ridley Scott's sequel to his 2000 Oscar-winner.

  • News

    A First Nations Showcase Introduced by The Kid LAROI Has Just Joined SXSW Sydney 2024's Music Festival Lineup

    SXSW Sydney has dropped the latest details for its 2024 music festival, with ENNY, Moonchild Sanelly and The Lottery Winners also joining the bill.

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    The First Trailer for 'Thunderbolts*' Assembles the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Latest Ragtag Crew

    Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko and Hannah John-Kamen are back in the MCU.

  • News

    Coldplay Have Released Extra Tickets for Their 2024 Australian and New Zealand Shows

    The Chris Martin-led band are playing four gigs in Melbourne, another four in Sydney and three in Auckland.

  • News

    SXSW Sydney's Screen Festival Headliners for 2024 Include 'Saturday Night', 'Smile 2' and 'Nightbitch'

    Also on the lineup: the Brandy-starring 'The Front Room' from A24, directed by 'The Northman' helmer Robert Eggers' siblings Max and Sam.

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