Jennifer Connelly and Tom Cruise in Top Gun:Maverick.
Cinema

Who’s the bad guy? What happened to Meg Ryan? Top Gun:Maverick questions answered

Why no Kelly McGillis or Meg Ryan? Does Val Kilmer really speak like that? And did the filmmakers delete the Taiwanese flag?

  • byGarry Maddox
Photography by Christopher Schoonover;Styled by Chloe Hartstein;Hair by Takuya Yamaguchi;Makeup by Tyron Machhausen at the Wall Group.
Sunday Life

Why actor Odessa Young had to convince herself to take her job seriously

  • byGenevieve Quigley
Hannah Einbinder
Review

In her first TV role,Hannah Einbinder proves she is no hack

  • byCraig Mathieson
Maggie Beer and Stephanie Alexander at the The Kilnhouses in Porepunkah,Victoria.
Food culture

‘Our jaws dropped’:Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer’s Tuscan adventure set to become a movie

  • byKarl Quinn
<i>All The Little Tricky Things</i>by Karys McEwen
Review

New books for kids that offer more than dragon slaying quests

  • byFrances Atkinson

Movies

Ruben Ostlund,winner of the Palme d’Or for Triangle of Sadness.
Film Festivals

Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness wins Palme D’or at 75th Cannes Film Festival

Swedish film director Ruben Ostlund won his second Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for Triangle of Sadness,a hard-hitting comedy set on a cruise ship for the very rich.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
Jennifer Connelly and Tom Cruise in Top Gun:Maverick.
Cinema

Who’s the bad guy? What happened to Meg Ryan? Top Gun:Maverick questions answered

Why no Kelly McGillis or Meg Ryan? Does Val Kilmer really speak like that? And did the filmmakers delete the Taiwanese flag?

  • byGarry Maddox
Maggie Beer and Stephanie Alexander at the The Kilnhouses in Porepunkah,Victoria.
Food culture

‘Our jaws dropped’:Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer’s Tuscan adventure set to become a movie

  • byKarl Quinn
Photography by Christopher Schoonover;Styled by Chloe Hartstein;Hair by Takuya Yamaguchi;Makeup by Tyron Machhausen at the Wall Group.
Sunday Life

Why actor Odessa Young had to convince herself to take her job seriously

  • byGenevieve Quigley
Robert DeNiro as Jimmy Conway and Ray Liotta as Henry Hill,in Martin Scorsese’s film “Goodfellas”
Flashback

From the Archives,1990:Scorsese’s Goodfellas a masterwork

  • byTom Ryan
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TV&radio

WorldWatch - Mandarin News
Review

SBS WorldWatch breaks down the language barrier

For the first time,news bulletins and programs from international broadcasters in more than 35 languages are airing around the clock.

  • byBridget McManus
British actress Ruby Barker,25,who stars in Bridgerton,revealed she has been hospitalised due to mental health issues.
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Bridgerton star Ruby Barker reveals she has been hospitalised over mental health problems

British actress Ruby Barker,25,who stars in Bridgerton,revealed she has been hospitalised due to mental health issues.

Effluence at its best. The spirit of Sylvania Waters was alive and well in Kath&Kim.
Podcasts

Love rewatching old TV shows? There’s a podcast (or many) for that

  • byMeg Watson
Dance partners Jana Kramer and Gleb Savchenko perform tango on US reality show ‘Dancing With the Stars’ in 2016.
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Jana Kramer and Gleb Savchenko perform on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ in 2016

The TV presenter gets her garden ready for the cold season on The Garden Gurus 2022.
2:49

Bonnie runs through her winter gardening checklist

From the creators of Lost,the gripping new series From is now streaming,only on Stan.

From the creators of Lost,the gripping new series From is now streaming,only on Stan.

Humble beginnings with a legendary end. From the creator of Vikings,the brand new series Billy The Kid is now streaming,only on Stan.

Humble beginnings with a legendary end. From the creator of Vikings,the brand new series Billy The Kid is now streaming,only on Stan.

Music

Sampa the Great took full control of the stage in her Opera House show,as part of Vivid.
★★★★
Review

Sampa the Great takes full control in Vivid show

  • byJames Jennings
Paul Kelly earlier this month in Lismore.
★★★★
Review

Paul Kelly explores idea of time and tide at Vivid

  • byBernard Zuel
The Kid Laroi,:“I know it’s only been three-and-a-bit years but I feel like I’ve lived f---ing 30 years of life,everything is happening so quickly.”
Pop music

Young,rich and famous:Is Laroi still the kid from the block?

  • byThomas Mitchell
The ABBA Voyage concert.
Pop culture

Faith,trickery and nostalgia combine for ABBA’s spectacular reunion

  • byMichael Idato
The Kid Laroi played his Sydney home town last night to kick off his global tour.
Review

Here’s looking at you,Kid

  • byMichael Bailey
The Kid LAROI performs at Qudos Bank Arena on May 26.
★★★★
Review

The Kid Laroi exudes charisma in spades at ‘victory lap’ show

  • byMichael Bailey
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Celebrity

Composite - SMH:Craig McLachlan enters NSW Supreme Court with partner Vanessa Scammell. Craig McLachlan uncensored promos. Stills from Seven Network publicity
Opinion
Private Sydney

How McLachlan’s ill-advised tell-all interview played a starring role in the trial

  • byAndrew Hornery
The Kid Laroi at his top secret Ivy concert late on Thursday night.
Emerald City

Private jets and hotel suites:grandparents taste life on tour with The Kid Laroi

  • byLucy Manly
The Kid Laroi arrives at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday,April 3,2022,in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Private Sydney

The Kid’s a winner but mum’s the boss

  • byAndrew Hornery

Stage

Ainsley Melham,Shubshri Kandiah and ensemble in Cinderella.
Arts

It’s a lavish,lovely,chocolate box Cinderella with gowns to die for

  • byJesse Lane andCameron Woodhead
The Wilds at Rising
Arts

Hot winter nights:Your guide to Rising

  • byJohn Bailey
Executive director of the Australian Ballet Libby Christie.
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Performing arts

Australian Ballet warns of ‘significant risks’ as it prepares to lose its home

  • byNick Miller
Chunky Move artistic director Antony Hamilton.
Interview

Dancing with horses,eagles and dogs:What drives Antony Hamilton?

  • byJohn Bailey

Art&design

Ephemeral Oceanic at Walsh Bay was an attraction at Vivid.
City life

Sydney’s back as Vivid lights the way for crowds to return

  • byMillie Muroi
From left to right,Kristan Lemmle-Ruff,Kent Morris and Grace Darling Amand who have collaborated on a sculpture at Fed Square to mark Reconciliation Week.
Indigenous culture

The new public artwork forcing Australians to think about the past

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Salon des Refuses.
Review

The reject shop:The works the Archibalds didn’t want

  • byJohn McDonald
Vivid Sydney 2022.
See&Do

Your A to Z guide to the very best things to do in Sydney this winter

  • byLenny Ann Low

Books

Losing Face by George Haddad.
Review

No easy answers in novel about the struggle to grow up and face the past

  • byDeclan Fry
Sexy scenes:Bridgerton,Sex/Life and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Literature

Writin’ dirty:The impossible task of satisfying everyone when you write a sex scene

  • byJohn Purcell
For music with melancholy,no look further than Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave.
Review

Why do sad songs make you happy? And can they actually be good for us?

  • byKirsten Krauth
Books to read this week include new titles from Tom Watson,Louise Kennedy and Yascha Mounk.
Review

A forbidden affair makes for intense reading in this knockout novel

  • byCameron Woodhead andSteven Carroll

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