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Luke McGregor and Miranda Tapsell host Portrait Artist of the Year on the ABC.

Celebrity sitters and competing artists in TV series that lifts lid on portrait painting

Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor – and a group of celebrity sitters – reveal themselves in new ABC show Portrait Artist of the Year.

  • Kerrie O'Brien

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The 29 best shows to watch this spring (and two extra for summer)

Next big things, epic finales, returning favourites, new comedies and killer dramas: this is the best TV coming your way.

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Nicolas Cage is the outsider returning to his childhood home in The Surfer.

I was having a nice day at the beach. Then Nicolas Cage turned up

It’s a postcard-perfect day. The sky is a cloudless blue, the sand is golden brown, waves crash on the beach in rhythm.

  • James Colley
Kangaroo Beach Summer Special: Mountain Mystery heads inland to teach about water safety.

Inspired by Bluey and Bondi Rescue, another Australian cartoon is making waves overseas

Kangaroo Beach, which features native animals, is a hit with preschoolers in Britain, China, Mexico, Canada and Finland.

  • Bridget McManus

We cross these roads every day, but what lies beneath the bitumen?

A new exhibition at ACMI follows long-hidden Indigenous pathways to create the ultimate Australian road movie.

  • Andrew Stephens
Isla Fisher as Maddie the taipan, Angus Imrie as Nigel the scorpion, Guy Pearce as Frank the hairy funnel-web spider, and Tim Minchin as Pretty Boy the koala.

Back to the Outback for Tim Minchin and Eric Bana in cutesy comedy

It’s abundantly clear the film is being pitched at an international audience, but the slapstick is seasoned with some dryly laconic jokes.

  • Sandra Hall
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Need a hit of euphoria? Julia Zemiro has just the ticket

Zemiro and Miranda Tapsell are hosting the inaugural Australia’s Biggest Singalong!, broadcast live on SBS next Saturday.

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Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell.

From white supremacy to tiaras: how The Debutantes podcast is tackling deb balls

The podcasting duo Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell take on a number of First Nations Australians questions.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Miranda Tapsell and Gwilym Lee in a scene from Top End Wedding.

Planning a wedding? Films to put you off and back on again

While real-life large weddings are still off the calendar, movie options abound - from the optimistic to the subversive and the slapstick.

  • Sandra Hall
Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui in the final episode of Get Krack!n.

Outdated or empowering: is there still a place for debutante balls?

A new podcast from actor Miranda Tapsell and writer/actor Nakkiah Lui explores race, resistance and girl power through the prism of the debutante ball.

  • Ella Archibald-Binge