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Chris Hook

Chris Hook

Chris Hook is Culture News Editor Sydney for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Rihanna with A$AP Rocky at an event in New York in December last year.

Gunshots fired at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s LA mansion

Rihanna was in the home at the time, but it is unknown if anyone else was present.

  • Chris Hook

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Pop star Pink in concert at Allianz Stadium.

‘You can do better’: Pink slams reports she and husband Carey Hart have split

Reports the US pop star had separated from her husband spread quickly on Friday morning – now she has responded.

  • Chris Hook
Bruce Springsteen performs at a benefit for the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti last month.

‘Wannabe king’: Springsteen takes fresh swipe at Trump, confirms tour to start in Minneapolis

The rock legend made some pointed comments about the president and White House in an Instagram video in which he announced a coming tour of the US.

  • Chris Hook
Chappell Roan has dumped her talent agency.

Chappell Roan dumps talent agent over Epstein connection

Casey Wasserman’s messages to Ghislaine Maxwell emerged in the latest Epstein files dump – and have caused uproar at an agency representing some of music’s biggest stars.

  • Chris Hook
Catherine O’Hara in a scene from Schitt’s Creek.

Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death revealed

The 71-year-old star of films such as Beetlejuice, Home Alone and For Your Consideration died late last month at her home in Los Angeles.

  • Chris Hook
Rose Byrne, Jacob Elordi and Fiona Crombie have backed up Oscar nominations with BAFTA nods.

Aussie trio backs up Oscar nominations with BAFTA nods

Awards season is in full flight and hopes are high for Rose Byrne, Jacob Elordi and Fiona Crombie.

  • Jill Lawless and Chris Hook
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Brittany Higgins 9right) with husband David Shiraz at the Silenced premiere on Saturday (local time).

Brittany Higgins at Sundance for premiere of Australian doco about post #MeToo era

Higgins gave her first interview in five years for Silenced, a new Australian film examining the weaponisation of defamation laws in the post #MeToo era.

  • Chris Hook
Jarvis Cocker performs with Pulp at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles in 2024.

Why Britpop legends Pulp U-turned on Adelaide Festival boycott

The band’s Instagram page was swamped with requests for the beloved band to join the boycott – now the full story has emerged.

  • Kerrie O'Brien and Chris Hook
How Sydney’s cultural movers and shakers are enjoying their time off.

The art of summer – how some of Sydney’s cultural movers and shakers are enjoying their break

Whether grilling politicians on prime time, building sets for an opera spectacular, rehearsing or performing, our creative types need time out. Here’s how they do it.

  • Linda Morris, Robert Moran, Nick Galvin, Louise Rugendyke and Chris Hook
Amal Clooney and George Clooney at the premiere of Jay Kelly at the Venice International Film Festival in August last year.

Clooney takes swipe at Trump after dig over French citizenship

The Hollywood star has responded after the US president appeared to celebrate news Clooney and wife Amal had become naturalised French citizens.

  • Chris Hook