Category: Arts & Culture
This August, Auckland Philharmonia celebrates the extraordinary legacy of a film score superstar in JBWere presents: The Magic of John Williams, a concert featuring the greatest John Williams works in full symphonic splendour, conducted by one of the world’s foremost interpreters of Williams’ music. There are few composers whose music can transport an audience before a single word is spoken. […]
HBO Max landed in Aotearoa last month with a suitably glossy launch party at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre, complete with highly Instagrammable food, an endless bar tab and a guest list stacked with influencers keen to be seen. Its arrival has left Sky’s streaming platform NEON looking a little less luminous, after losing its strongest content. The HBO […]
YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall previews Confessions II, Madonna’s new album – 21 years in the making In August 2006, I stood in London’s Wembley Arena next to a runway that stretched out from the stage, holding my breath with anticipation that I was about to see an absolute icon. Like many of my age, The Immaculate Collection had been […]
Drag Race Down Under star Art Simone has weighed in on a new conspiracy theory surrounding one of her Down Under vs the World sisters. The cast for the new international spin-off was finally unveiled on Wednesday, ahead of the season premiering on 24 July. In the new season, Art and her Down Under sisters […]
Love Island USA season eight has given viewers plenty of couples to talk about, but right now it is Bryce and Zach who seem to be stealing the show. The pair have become a major talking point after a recent episode featured a surprisingly intimate “girth check” moment between the two men, sending fans into […]
Spoiler warning: Major spoilers for the House of the Dragon season 3 premiere. House of the Dragon is back for season 3, and the long-awaited Battle of the Gullet has already claimed major casualties. Among them is Admiral Sharako Lohar, played by Abigail Thorn, whose time in Westeros came to a bloody end during the […]
In the wake of HBO Max’s unexpected success with Heated Rivalry, other streaming platforms appear eager to find a hockey romance hit of their own. Prime Video’s Off Campus series may have filmed its first season before Heated Rivalry premiered, but the show still arrived at a moment when hockey romances were entering the cultural […]
From Talk to Me to Leviticus, the rising Australian actor steps from breakout horror success into queer genre cinema’s next frontier There is a special kind of excitement that comes with watching a young performer find the role that proves exactly what they are capable of. For Australian actor Joe Bird, that moment began with […]