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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery
Turns out it's a huge month for shows about estranged sisters living in vastly different worlds. It was just last week that Netflix came out with Sirens, a dark comedy drama about one downtrodden woman's desperate attempt to free her younger sibling from the clutches of a culty socialite and a life of luxury.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery
After premiering to critical and audience acclaim in 2017, The Handmaid's Tale — the televisual adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic — became the first streaming series to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama. Now on the eve of the show's conclusion, it's clear the series has had a broader impact than simply making TV history.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Hanan Dervisevic |Maddy Morwood |Yasmin Jeffery
Three hosts will be taking us through this year’s grand finale. Hazel Brugger is an award-winning Swiss-American stand-up comedian, slam poet and presenter. She’s known for her quick wit, which will make her an asset on the presenter’s panel. Sandra Struder is a Swiss singer who is no stranger to the Eurovision stage — she competed in the Contest in 1991 placing fifth. If anyone knows what it takes to compete in this competition, it’s her.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery
Welcome to ICYMI, where we recap the pop culture and entertainment news you might have missed over the past week. Anticipation for Together — the new body horror starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie — has been steadily building since Neon bought it for an eye-watering $US17 million ($26.5 million) at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery
It's been 10 years since Australia rocked up at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest with Guy Sebastian singing the achingly safe and respectable 'Tonight Again' as a wildcard entry. And despite yearly questions of "why is Australia in Eurovision?", we're still going.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery
Married couple and co-authors Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta have written a new book, and it couldn't be more different from their first. Their 2021 debut was a fake-dating romance starring a straight couple, which was dubbed "the perfect summer read" by Vogue. Their latest offering, Feast While You Can, is a gay horror-romance packed with visceral jump scares.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery
International bestselling writer Isabel Allende is late to our interview, but only by a few minutes. When the 82-year-old Chilean-American novelist appears on the video call, she has her phone to her ear and is thanking her son for helping her figure out the meeting pin. The world's most widely read Spanish-language author — whose books have reportedly sold more than 80 million copies and been translated into 42 languages — proceeds to thank me for waiting.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery |Jared Richards
There's never been a Met Gala like this one. The 2025 gala had a heightened sense of purpose, with the "Tailored for You" theme celebrating 300 years of Black self-expression across the diaspora, in recognition of the contributions Black people have made to high fashion. It was inspired by Monica L Miller's 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, which is currently the focus of the Costume Institute's spring exhibition.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery
Australian TV comedy writer and producer Tom Ward was living in rural Aotearoa/New Zealand with his young family when he got the call. Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, executive producers of Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, had read one of his scripts. Not only that: they were interested in hiring him to write on their upcoming ballet dramedy series, Étoile.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Yasmin Jeffery
This month, Jon Hamm returns to what he does best (wear suits, talk business and look hot while doing it à la Don Draper) in the drama Your Friends and Neighbors — with one big twist. It's not the only gem of a show out this April, though. The new Michelle Williams series, Dying for Sex, will have you laughing unabashedly out loud, crying and feeling grateful for the privilege.
