How 'Asiavision' could be a boon for cultural diplomacy
Apr 10, 2016 22:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
SBSs deal with the European Broadcasting Union to develop a Eurovision Song Contest equivalent in Asia is a welcome chance for Australia to develop stronger ties with the Asia-Pacific region. The development of an Asian...
Friday essay: Fury Road, The Force Awakens and the 'real' vs digital effects furphy
Apr 10, 2016 00:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
There has been a lot of talk recently about the superior results achieved with real effects and stunts in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). Both films have cleverly traded on audience...
The most American pop culture phenomenon of them all
Apr 10, 2016 00:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
American Idol was born exactly nine months after 9/11. The timing was significant, because since its premiere on June 11, 2002, the show has become an integral part of the countrys coping strategy a kind of guidebook for...
The Walking Dead: why that final point-of-view shot tells us nothing
Apr 07, 2016 05:19 am UTC| Entertainment
Spoilers ahead for the end of The Walking Dead season six. The very last scene in this weeks episode of The Walking Dead is more than a little harrowing for fans of this zombie apocalypse drama. One of the...
The Last Man on the Moon – a moving tale that'll bring out your inner astronaut
Apr 05, 2016 12:58 pm UTC| Science Entertainment
Dream the impossible and go out and make it happen. I walked on the moon. What cant you do? These are the final words spoken by Eugene (Gene) Cernan in the documentary film The Last Man on the Moon. They are a challenge,...
Why fashion needs more big guys: accidental gender-benders embracing their curves
Apr 04, 2016 23:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
IMG Models, a global modelling agency based in America, has just signed its first plus size male model. Zach Miko, an actor and former US Target model looks, to my eye, like most fit young men. Yet Miko is one of very...
Who cares about Batman v Superman? Wonder Woman finally steals the show
Mar 30, 2016 13:10 pm UTC| Entertainment
Batman v Superman: The Dawn of Justice has received a frosty critical reception, to say the least. Despite this, I found myself coming away from the cinema filled with hope. Certainly not for either of the titular...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects