Features, explainers and long-form stories from across Australia.
Few TV characters have left as lasting an impression as Kelly Bundy, the ditzy blonde daughter Christina Applegate brought to life on Married… with Children. But the woman behind the role has faced a far more challenging script in recent years: a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021 that reshaped her career and personal life. TL;DR: … Read more
Few characters on Game of Thrones earned their survival quite like Tyrion Lannister. The younger brother of Cersei and Jaime, he outlives them both and ends the series as Hand of the King under Bran Stark (Vox’s finale recap). For a man whose own family treated him as a joke and a liability, that ending … Read more
Few love stories begin with a slacker bassist defeating seven evil exes to date a woman he barely knows. Scott Pilgrim turned that premise into one of the most beloved indie comics of the 2000s, a cult film, and a Netflix anime — and it still sparks arguments over whether its hero is a romantic … Read more
Every office has a Donna Paulsen — the person who knows where everything lives and isn’t afraid to say so. Sarah Rafferty played that role for nine seasons on USA Network’s Suits, and when the show wrapped in 2019, she quietly built a very different kind of career. The verified record behind the questions fans … Read more
For millions of viewers, David McCallum was the quiet heart of NCIS for two decades — but the Glasgow-born actor had already lived one full Hollywood life before Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard ever appeared on screen. The record connects those two acts neatly: BBC News (UK public broadcaster) counts him a favorite from both The … Read more
There are movies people love, and then there are movies people quote and cry through — Good Will Hunting is both, pairing a self-taught genius from South Boston with a grieving therapist and making the quiet therapy scenes the most gripping moments in the film. The 1997 drama won two Oscars (review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes), … Read more
Two months after losing the seat he had held for twelve years, Josh Frydenberg was back in a high-stakes office — this time inside Goldman Sachs. His path from federal Treasurer to senior bank adviser is a rare view of how political careers get rebuilt after an electoral shock. Age: 53 (born 17 July 1971) … Read more
Sir Ben Kingsley changed his name to avoid ethnic typecasting, only to become the definitive cinematic Gandhi. This article sorts the facts from the rumors about his name, ethnicity, health habits, and the roles that defined him. Full Name: Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Bhanji) · Born: December 31, 1943 · Birthplace: Scarborough, England, UK … Read more
Few mysteries have held the public’s imagination the way Amelia Earhart’s last flight has. Nearly nine decades after she and navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific on July 2, 1937, the official story still competes with a tangle of alternative theories (U.S. National Archives (federal record keeper)). Born: July 24, 1897, Atchison, Kansas · … Read more
If you’ve stumbled onto an Orville Peck video, the first thing you probably did was stare — at the fringe, at the shadow, at a voice that doesn’t sound like the usual country radio crop. That reaction is the point. Peck built one of country music’s most recognizable personas on a dare: hold back your … Read more