News & current affairs
ABC scraps national Sunday night bulletin plan to stick with state news
The ABC has reversed its plan to implement a national Sunday night 7pm bulletin and will instead continue to air local news bulletins after listening to audience feedback.
- by Calum Jaspan
Latest
Thirty years after losing River Phoenix, Hollywood farewells another promising actor
Euphoria fans are mourning the death of promising actor Angus Cloud, whose portrayal of Fez was one of the show’s highlights.
- by Grace Moore
Logies 2023 as it happened: Sonia Kruger wins Gold in a night of upsets
The 63rd annual Logie Awards are under way and host Sam Pang is taking no prisoners. Follow our live coverage.
- by Damien Woolnough, Thomas Mitchell and Karl Quinn
In heatwave, studio trims trees along writers’ picket line
In what one writers’ guild director described as a union-busting tactic, NBCUniversal pruned a line of trees that had been providing shade. Local authorities are investigating.
- by Daniel Wu
Opinion
Industrial relations
Why the actors’ strike isn’t just about celebrities – it’s about all of us
You might not think much about background actors, but how different is their role to yours? In the grand scheme, most of us are background players.
- by James Poniewozik
Series
Emmys
What our critics thought of this year’s Emmy nominees
From The White Lotus to House of the Dragon, there is fierce competition for this year’s best drama. Even Logan Roy would agree, these are serious shows.
Bartlett, Snook lead Australia’s Emmys charge as HBO’s Succession wrapped in nominations
But there may be trouble looming for the 75th annual Emmy Awards, as Hollywood sits on the brink of an actors’ strike.
- by Michael Idato
‘It’s the Wild West right now’: Why your favourite TV shows are vanishing
Paramount Plus is the latest streamer to announce it is removing shows from its platform, leaving creators, confused, frustrated and concerned for the future.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Magazine
Sunday Life
The June 18 Edition
This week, Marny Kennedy, who plays Shane Warne’s former wife, Simone Callahan, in Warnie, talks about the responsibilities of playing a real-life person on screen.
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Media & marketing
The Guardian to forfeit ‘millions’ as it dumps gambling ads
Guardian Media Group will stop accepting gambling and wagering advertising across all its channels, in a move its local boss said will cost it millions of dollars.
- by Calum Jaspan
CNN left at a crossroads after CEO dump
The abrupt exit of CEO Chris Licht is the latest convulsion for one of the world’s preeminent news organisations, and raises questions about the viability of down-the-middle TV journalism in a polarised age.
- by John Koblin, Benjamin Mullin, Michael M. Grynbaum and James B. Stewart