Olivia Newton-John
Delta’s dawn: Australia’s queen of pop is Eurovision-bound
Armed with a dance-disco anthem and three decades of pop pedigree, Delta Goodrem is preparing to step onto the world’s biggest stage.
- Michael Idato
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It’s a day to celebrate the nation that gave us Julia, Kylie and Naomi
It’s St David’s Day, the national day of Wales, a good time to acknowledge a ‘little battler’ culture that has quietly stitched itself into the fabric of Australian society.
- Matt Lewis
My teen crush was Michael Jackson. He told my brother I ‘looked like a boy’
Performer Tottie Goldsmith says that despite rubbing shoulders with many famous men, she’s had a “tough run” in her romantic relationships.
- Jane Rocca
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Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?
Our reviewers give their verdict on acts all over town from the No Pay, No Way, Carmen, Chris Isaak and Grease.
- John Shand, Peter McCallum, Harriet Cunningham, Chantal Nguyen and Shamim Razavi
‘An inspiration’: Sydney’s newest Sandy pays tribute to Olivia Newton-John
Grease, the musical Olivia Newton-John made famous, opens for the first time in over a decade at the Capitol Theatre.
- Helen Pitt
Bad wigs, salacious romps and lawyers: Australia’s obsession with biopics
Dodgy wigs and a tsunami of social media outrage aside, the greatest revelation about the Warnie series was how little there was left to reveal about the cricketer.
- Andrew Hornery
‘Doody’ from Grease on Olivia Newton-John: ‘She was one very special woman’
“She wanted to prove she could do the role of Sandy,” recalls actor Barry Pearl. “John Travolta really helped her with that because he wanted her for the part.”
- Jane Rocca
The Pink Ladies are back, hopelessly devoted to an origin story
In the universe of the Grease films, no one was cooler than the Pink Ladies. One of the “OG” Pink Ladies, Lorna Luft, recalls the transformative power of the iconic pink jacket.
- Michael Idato
‘Supernatural’ and ‘magic’ Olivia Newton-John farewelled at memorial
Delta Goodrem, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman helped farewell Olivia Newton-John at her state memorial.
- Martin Boulton
We were in Xanadu: How a girl named Fleur gave Olivia her look
Fleur Thiemeyer’s friendship with Olivia Newton-John spanned half a century, and was the spark for a story that has never really been told.
- Neil McMahon