Another embargo break, i presume, TV broadcast still going

Melania Trump, moonwalking? Laura Benanti's latest 'Late Show' visit had Stephen Colbert in stitches.

Melania doco is even more banal and boring than feared Melania’s reflections are as vapid as those you find on posters of mountain vistas or kittens, a fact only highlighted in this scandalously expensive “documentary”.

I sat thru it so u dont have to.
And yes, there were other paying customers ~20 in a 30-seater.

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I would’ve cancelled it the night its film program director spoiled a highly-anticipated film by telling us we’d love its big twist.
What a grift. Subsidised by NSW govt for millions, taking $ from established and now struggling/dead local events yet so expensive it became an inaccessible love-in

They stated cos if their stonking NSW govt subsidy

This reconstruction of a defining moment in cinema is a joy Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague”, a recreation of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal 1960s film “Breathless”, is brimming with passion, wit and bonhomie.

If u like cinema, you’ll like Nouvelle Vague

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Ha! Thx mate. A year of platform indecision

Well, he was very popular in Newcastle

Once ran the numbers on John Laws’ claim he had 2 million listeners. Had less than 200k. Published it. He rang, abused me, sent lawyers, heavied my fill-in editor who buckled meekly and gave Laws op-ed space in which he defamed me. Not 1 word of my original piece was changed/corrected.

No good. Possibly the worst/most irrelevant thing she’s done. I cant believe the reviews; just shows there’s untouchables in Ozlit

Ha! I’ve literally just finished one of the worst (pictured)
Neil Balme bio is really good
I’m a Cats man, Selwood and Chapman’s are best of that bunch.
A classic is Wayne Johnston’s The Dominator

Fifa opens office in Trump Tower, deepening ties with US president New Fifa office in New York City will be their second in the US and its opening follows months of public ties with Donald Trump

of course they did
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no sign of hubris at the RBA, thinking they can maintain inflation low 'on a sustainable basis'.
None at all

no sign of botox slowing in Sydney's eastern suburbs

Denis Villeneuve to direct the next 'James Bond' movie Oscar-nominated Denis Villeneuve will direct the next "James Bond" film, Amazon's MGM Studios said on Wednesday, taking charge of one of Hollywood's most enigmatic spies and longest-running movie series.

Denis Villeneuve to direct the next 'James Bond' movie reut.rs/44AhY3C

So Rayner or Ashcroft got 5 from one coach but nothing from the other

so much this.
In the space of 12 months, marking essays has quickly become a game of whack-a-mole.
The key thing AI is good at is announcing "I've used AI to write this essay"

‘28 Years Later’ is not the zombie film you expected Danny Boyle delivers tension, blood and guts along with hints of Brexit and a dash of English mischief amid the societal collapse.

I liked this film a lot.
Paper version in tomorrow's Weekend AFR
@sonypicturesaus.bsky.social
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Someone just described on the telly as a “fountain of knowledge”

if u think u have it bad, imagine making coffees for the sons of Eastern suburbs bankers

rather heroic that someone would choose to assemble James Corden, Cardi B and DJ Khaled on one album

I told you we’d be back

PSA Australia: this screens live 9am Sunday on @cnn @foxtel.bsky.social

‘Bluey’ Builds Up Big Screen Excitement with New Lego Sets — Where to Buy the Sold-Out Toys Online Released on June 1, the colorful building block sets let fans of all ages recreate their favorite show scenes with Bluey, Bingo, Mum and Dad.

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and again...
A tech bro launching a product 'upgrade' like this the day after the Mountainhead movie drops is a rather emphatic QED

Tbf Roadshow appear to have invited some eastern European crime-adjacent people to this

A tech bro launching a product 'upgrade' like this the day after the Mountainhead movie drops is a rather emphatic QED

Can't think of a single time the MGM lion advanced the plot of the movie in any way. Just needless jump scare