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The Odyssey just gave Christopher Nolan the biggest opening of his career
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey pulled in $124.5 million domestically and $264 million worldwide this weekend, the biggest global opening of his career.


MrBeast is joining Shark Tank and it's basically a rescue mission for the show's ratings
MrBeast is joining ABC's Shark Tank as a guest shark for season 18, part of a stacked creator lineup aimed at fixing the show's worst ever ratings.


Sir Anthony Hopkins is 88 and just launched a classical music career
Sir Anthony Hopkins has signed with Decca Classics for his debut album Life Is a Dream, out 21 August, six decades after writing his first composition.


Stephen King's best adaptation in years just landed on HBO Max
Stephen King's The Long Walk landed on HBO Max on 10 July with an 88 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score. Here's why this bleak dystopian thriller earns it.


MONA is opening a Bangkok outpost, and Hobart's weird little art empire just went global
Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art has spent almost two decades being the strangest, most confronting museum in the country. Now it is franchising itself to Thailand. MONA has signed a fifteen year deal with Asset World Corporation, a major Thai property developer, to build MONA Bangkok on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. The plan is for it to open in 2029. Under the arrangement, MONA handles the parts that made it famous in the first place: collection, curation, exhibitio


Netflix's Little House on the Prairie reboot got a season two before anyone's watched season one
Netflix renewed its Little House on the Prairie reboot for season two months before season one even premiered. Here's what that confidence really means.


HBO's new Burning Man doco asks if Silicon Valley killed the vibe
HBO's new documentary The Man Will Burn traces Burning Man's shift from countercultural gathering to a Silicon Valley playground. Here's what it gets right


Emmy nominations 2026 are in and The Pitt just made history
The 2026 Emmy nominations are in, with The Pitt leading on 25 nods and Hacks setting a comedy record. Mariska Hargitay hosts the ceremony in September.


The World Cup quarterfinals are stacked this weekend, here's who to watch
The World Cup 2026 quarterfinals continue this weekend with Spain vs Belgium, Norway vs England and Argentina vs Switzerland. Here's who to watch now.


The Emmy snubs are in, and Jeremy Allen White didn't make the cut
Jeremy Allen White was shut out of the 2026 Emmy nominations despite two wins for The Bear. Here are the biggest snubs and surprises from this year's list.


Buckingham Palace offered Harry a room, then took it back
Prince Harry was offered a room at Buckingham Palace for his UK visit, then had the offer withdrawn at the very last minute. Here's the full royal mess.


Ronaldo's last World Cup ended with Spain's 91st minute sucker punch
Cristiano Ronaldo's international career closed with a 1-0 loss to Spain, giving the internet one last chance to relitigate two decades of GOAT debates.


Fans are furious after spotting an ICE contractor exec on Taylor Swift's wedding guest list
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce face backlash after fans spotted an ICE detention contractor executive among the wedding guests at Madison Square Garden.


Neil the Seal is back on land and causing chaos again in Tasmania
Neil the Seal is back on Tasmania's coast for his twelfth visit, picking fights with parked cars and racking up 1.4 million TikTok followers along the way.


Bluey now speaks Yolngu Matha, and it landed right on NAIDOC Week
Five Bluey episodes have now been translated into Yolŋu Matha for NAIDOC Week, streaming on ABC iview and screening live at the Garma Festival in August.


Emmy nominations drop tomorrow and the snub predictions are already flying
The 78th Emmy nominations drop Wednesday, with Pluribus and The Pitt tipped to lead noms as predictions point to one of the most unpredictable years yet.


Cristiano Ronaldo's last World Cup ended in a 1-0 loss to Spain, and it felt like the end of an era
Cristiano Ronaldo's final World Cup ended in a 1-0 stoppage time loss to Spain, closing out a 27-appearance career one trophy short of completion overall.


Melbourne's biggest train station hid a ballroom above 100,000 daily commuters for 35 years
Every day, around 100,000 people move through Flinders Street Station without ever knowing what's directly above their heads. On the third floor of the station's western end sits a ballroom that hasn't hosted a proper dance since 10 September 1983. The Victorian Railways Institute built the space as a concert hall in 1910, then converted it into a dance hall in the early 1930s, and it became one of Melbourne's most popular ballrooms through the decades that followed, complete


Coles and Woolworths are officially banned from price gouging, and the fines are eye-watering
Coles and Woolworths now face $10 million fines for price gouging under Australia's world-first supermarket law, but nobody has defined excessive pricing.


Kevin Spacey says Hollywood is ready to take him back. Here is why that conversation is not simple.
Kevin Spacey says Hollywood is welcoming him back after years of allegations and legal battles. Here's why the conversation deserves more than a headline.
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