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Co-authors James Patterson and Viola Davis.

He’s sold 425 million books. She’s won an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Grammy

James Patterson and Viola Davis are new partners in crime, teaming up to write one of the year’s biggest page-turners.

  • Richard Jinman

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Steven May playing for Melbourne in 2024.

Another premiership star has departed. But the ‘eggshell’ era is over at Melbourne

Steven May has become the last of the players – beloved premiership winners and teammates, but players nonetheless – that Melbourne had grown weary of dealing with, and who have left. The time of “walking on eggshells” is over.

  • Michael Gleeson
Best TV of 2025: Better than Sex; Optics; Adolescence; The Newsreader; Such Brave Girls; The Studio; and The Pitt.

TV year in review: The 25 best shows of 2025

This was a huge year for TV, with some of the best shows coming out of the blue. Do you agree with our critics?

  • Craig Mathieson, Meg Watson, Louise Rugendyke, Karl Quinn, Kylie Northover and Debi Enker
Something evil lurks in the town of Derry in IT: Welcome to Derry.

Stephen King has penned bestsellers for 50 years. Now, a guide to his TV universe

The small screen has long been obsessed with horror’s most successful author. Here are 11 shows you can stream this week.

  • Craig Mathieson and Kylie Northover

Five stars for this IT prequel: I’ve never seen body horror like this before

Expanding on Stephen King’s classic horror novel, Welcome To Derry is compelling – and genuinely horrifying.

  • Kylie Northover
David Jonsson and Cooper Hoffman in The Long Walk.

Young-adult dystopia movies? This is one of the bleakest I’ve seen

Based on an early Stephen King novel, The Long Walk makes even The Hunger Games look relatively tame.

  • Jake Wilson
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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.

  • Louise Rugendyke
“I’m not motivated any more,” Star Wars star Mark Hamill reveals. (Insider tip: he’s since rediscovered his mojo.)

Mark Hamill was ready to quit but his wife had other ideas

How do you get Superman director Tim Gunn, LA Lakers boss Jeanie Buss and the Ken-ergetic Ryan Gosling in the one room? All the news, and sneak peeks, from this year’s Comic-Con.

  • Michael Idato
Writers Revealed exhibition at HOTA Gallery, Surfers Paradise, 2025.

25 things to do in Brisbane over the Labour Day long weekend

From football and festivals to shows and movies, there is plenty going on over the three-day break.

  • Nick Dent
Cthulhu.

Think a book can’t be scary? Try these four spooky reads

Here are four books to read this Halloween if you’re looking for a decent scare. Best read at night and alone.

  • Kylie Northover