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MusicOlivia Rodrigo and Stevie Wonder join FireAid line-up

Olivia Rodrigo, Stevie Wonder, Alanis Morissette, John Fogerty and the Black Crowes are the latest performers to sign up for FireAid.

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INSIDE MEDIAVideoInsiders claim TODAY presenter Alex Cullen should be sacked for accepting $50k

In our column that takes you inside the world of media we look at Nine’s horror start to the year with two Today presenters under fire for their Australian Open gaffes, a popular TV presenter suddenly leaves our screens and a Federal Government agency wants more power to censor old TV shows.

Rob McKnight

NEWSPremiumFresh blow for TV host amid drug battle

A troubled former TV host’s public battle with drug addiction has again been thrust into the spotlight after he was charged with drug-driving.

Adelaide Lang

Federal PoliticsPremium‘Leave it alone’: Rare unity on censor call

Two senior opposing MPs have put politics aside to push back against a move to reclassify classic films and books.

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Royal FamilyCommentsMeghan Markle slammed as staff dub her ‘Mean Girls Teen’

Staff who worked for Meghan Markle sought ‘long-term therapy’ and said they could be ‘thrown to the wolves at any given moment’, bombshell new claims allege. 

Caroline Graham

EntertainmentArrest made in beating death of pioneering Bronx rocker

Police in New York City have arrested a man in connection with the beating death of a pioneering rock musician in the Bronx

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EntertainmentPremiumBob Dylan memorabilia goes under the hammer in the US

Bob Dylan's typewritten drafts for his hit song Mr Tambourine Man have sold for more than $800,000 after they went under the hammer in America.

Naomi Clarke

MOVIE CommentsPremiumAndrew Garfield is going to break your heart

The Spider-Man star’s new film with Florence Pugh is an emotional love story. But We Live In Time is not only a weep-fest, says Garfield. Instead, it “feels like it contains a whole lifetime in two hours”. 

Ben O'Shea

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Leo Woodall make maths look sexy in new drama

The White Lotus star is front and centre in a new drama coming to Apple TV Plus this week. Here’s what else our Screen Queen Clare Rigden is diving into this week.

Clare Rigden

EntertainmentQueen guitarist Brian May recovering from minor stroke

Queen rocker Sir Brian May is taking his minor stroke recovery "one day at a time" his actress wife Anita Dobson says.

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MusicGary Numan is 'fascinated and horrified' by AI in music

Gary Numan believes people will initially be wowed by AI in the arts, but eventually yearn for the "human experience".

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EntertainmentPremiumFree upgrades and pardon requests - in president's name

Sharing a name with a president can be a blessing and a curse - just ask Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln and Billy Clinton.

Mike Pesoli

EntertainmentColdplay to live stream their biggest show from India

Coldplay have announced they are streaming their concert in Ahmadabad, India at the end of the month.

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Wolf ManPremiumJulia Garner’s creepy new film

Julia Garner’s scene stealing turn in Ozark made her one to watch. Now she makes her mark as a leading lady in Wolf Man.

Ben O’Shea

Fringe WorldPremiumImprovised murder most Fringe

Having to improvise on stage is a nightmare scenario for many performers, but for David Massingham it is his happy place, relishing the Fringe World return of Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit.

Tanya MacNaughton

Solo tourPremiumThe Lady In Red singer shrugs off hate for the pop hit

On his way to Perth, Chris de Burgh says whether you love or loathe it, please don’t define his 50-year music career by the 1986 mega-smash alone.

Simon Collins

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Everything worth watching on TV this week

We’re rolling into another great week of TV, with a new series of The Night Agent hitting Netflix, local kids’ cartoon Kangaroo Beach, Apple TV’s Prime Target, and a new Silent Witness on ABC.

Clare Rigden

Your WeekPremiumWhat’s on in Perth

The best events happening in Perth this week.

Belle Taylor

EntertainmentTony Award-winning UK actor Joan Plowright dies aged 95

Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died

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EntertainmentAssailant who stabbed Bollywood actor still at large

Police reportedly say no suspect has been detained over an attack on Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, who was stabbed in a scuffle with an intruder.

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EntertainmentCommentsPremiumFamously weird filmmaker David Lynch has died

Singular. No better word describes the genius of famously weird US filmmaker David Lynch, whose influence over Hollywood is being keenly felt as the entertainment industry mourns his death at age 78.

Ben O'Shea