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Barbie film ‘required so much pink paint it contributed to worldwide shortage’
The film’s production designer Sarah Greenwood says ‘the world ran out of pink’ during construction of Barbieland and lifesize versions of the doll’s Dreamhouse

Sian Cain

05, Jun, 2023 @2:04 AM

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Good riddance, Ted Lasso: how the ‘nice’ comedy became utterly dreadful television
Rubbish jokes, inept plotting, a weak script … should we go on? This messy, boring, endurance test of a show got way bigger than it ever deserved – thank goodness its final episode is here

Sian Cain

31, May, 2023 @5:00 AM

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‘We invoked Shakespeare’: Kates McLennan and McCartney on explaining Australian swearing to Amazon
The Australian best friend writing duo talk about making their ‘feminist noir comedy’ Deadloch for Amazon, gentrification in Tasmania and going ‘full bridge troll’ after years on TV

Sian Cain

26, May, 2023 @3:00 PM

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From Nutbush to the NRL: Australia’s unique love for Tina Turner
Turner’s music will live on long after her death – in rural school discos, wedding receptions and sporting stadiums up and down Australia

Sian Cain

25, May, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Tina Turner remembered by Mad Max director George Miller: ‘She was the opposite of a diva’
The Australian director shares his memories of working with Turner on Beyond Thunderdome and the start of their friendship

As told to Sian Cain

25, May, 2023 @4:17 AM

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Tom Petty’s family accuses auction house of listing his ‘stolen’ clothes for sale
Musician’s family says items for sale are ‘clearly stolen’, but Boston auction house claims it bought them after Petty’s former home was foreclosed in 2015

Sian Cain

24, May, 2023 @11:24 PM

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Guy Pearce confirms he will appear in Neighbours revival
Actor says he wants to leave the show ‘respectfully’, given his character Mike Young bought a home on Ramsay Street in the show’s finale

Sian Cain

22, May, 2023 @1:40 AM

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Jane Fonda: French director asked to sleep with me to ‘see what my orgasms were like’ for a role
Actor says director René Clément propositioned her in French during the filming of 1964 film Joy House, but ‘I pretended I didn’t understand’

Sian Cain

19, May, 2023 @6:04 AM

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Picasso: ‘quite adorable’ dog in ‘wonderful red bow’ discovered in painting
The fancy canine was found under layers of paint in Le Moulin de la Galette, completed by the Spanish artist in 1900 when he was 19

Sian Cain

16, May, 2023 @3:27 AM

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Martha Stewart, 81, becomes oldest Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model
Television personality says posing for the magazine’s annual swimsuit edition is ‘kind of historic’ – and that her friend Snoop Dogg will think it is ‘fantastic’

Sian Cain

16, May, 2023 @2:30 AM

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Sorry, Swifties: BTS revealed as authors of mystery book that intrigued the internet
Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS will be out on 9 July, ending feverish speculation that the previously untitled book was a Taylor Swift memoir

Sian Cain and agencies

12, May, 2023 @1:34 AM

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‘I remember the exact words’: Markus Zusak on The Messenger – and the review he’ll never forget
In the lead-up to an ABC adaptation of his novel, Zusak talks about life after The Book Thief and why he thinks the show is better than his book

Sian Cain

11, May, 2023 @3:00 PM

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