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Noah Wyle in The Pitt.

‘Through-the-fingers-TV’: The best episodes of 2025

While some of our critics’ picks come from programs on our best TV of the year list, quite a few are new entries.

  • Meg Watson, Louise Rugendyke, Karl Quinn, Craig Mathieson and Debi Enker

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Oscar Barbie

Spoiler alert: The Oscar winners predicted (and it’s not over for Barbie yet)

It’s not over ’til the little gold gentleman sings, but picking the winners isn’t as tough as it seems.

  • Michael Idato
22 movies we can’t wait to see

22 movies we can’t wait to see at the cinema

From a Marvel blockbuster to Wonka, Priscilla and The Iron Claw, there’s a lot to choose from in the coming months.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Cate Blanchett’s character in Tar mined the potential of the problematic-maestro trope.

‘Dinosaur’: Outburst from King Charles’ pal is in tune with bullying maestro myth

If acclaimed conductor John Eliot Gardiner’s bad behaviour seems familiar, it could be because problematic maestros are a thing right now.

  • Michael Andor Brodeur
Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre and Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein. in Maestro.

Bradley Cooper accused of ‘Jewface’ in Leonard Bernstein movie

The actor, who portrays the legendary American composer, has been defended by Bernstein’s family.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Cate Blanchett a promotional shoot for Kathryn Del Barton’s film Red.

‘I’m in good company’: Cate Blanchett will live with the femme fatale label

And she’ll even take being the Godzilla to Bradley Cooper’s King Kong.

  • Michael Idato
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‘She was born to play that part’: del Toro on Cate Blanchett and Nightmare Alley

In del Toro’s new film Nightmare Alley, Bradley Cooper plays a man whose ambition and fear set him on a path of self-destruction.

  • Michael Idato
Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci.

The Oscars race is heating up. Here are 17 possible contenders for best picture

Halfway through an already unpredictable award season, Oscar’s leading contenders are still fighting to race ahead of the pack.

  • Michael Idato
Katy Perry paid $4 million to rapper Flame over a copyright case about her 2013 hit Dark Horse.

Worrying verdicts in pop music lawsuits gives rise to nebulous claims

The past year was an exceptionally active, unusually silly and indubitably worrying one for pop music lawsuits.

  • Jon Caramanica
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Dead famous: end of life no longer an obstacle to starring roles

A CGI James Dean getting a role in a new Vietnam War movie might just be the tip of the iceberg.

  • Robert Moran