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James Burrows, master of the sitcom, dies at 85
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (1200+ words) June 21, 2026 " 12: 31pm James Burrows, the genre-shaping master of the television situation comedy who was a creator of Cheers and directed more than 1000 episodes of that show and other TV classics such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show,…...
In the mood for love? New rom-coms (and wrong-coms and dom-coms) to watch now
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (158+ words) I'm just a writer, standing in front of a reader, asking you to consider the resurgence of rom-coms with the following list of films and TV shows that have (or are about to) come out. For fans of: The Office…...
Sylvia Plath stole my boyfriend: This fun-filled 95-year-old comedian is just getting started
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (692+ words) June 13, 2026 " 1: 00pm He was tall and charismatic when Liz Hicklin fell in love with young poet Ted Hughes, the future poet laureate, in the early 1950s in the English city of Cambridge. She was a trainee nurse at a hospital, Hughes was…...
The one thing that put David Sedaris off moving to Australia
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (860+ words) June 13, 2026 " 1: 00pm David Sedaris" social commentary is built on a solid and reliable strategy. He invites the reader to recognise their own lives, as mirrored in his complaints, reflections and confessions. There is, he realised many moons ago, an audience that…...
Scary Movie trailer
1+ week, 2+ day ago (38+ words) The Wayans brothers are back for the sixth movie in the horror parody franchise Updated June 12, 2026 " 1: 35pm, first published 1: 33pm...
I apologise for the rest of my life: Ted Danson sorry for 1993 blackface roast of Whoopi Goldberg
2+ week, 2+ day ago (462+ words) June 5, 2026 " 9: 46am Ted Danson, who rose to sitcom stardom as barkeeper Sam Malone on Cheers, apologised in a podcast for appearing in blackface and his repeated use of a racial slur while roasting actress Whoopi Goldberg more than three decades ago....
Self-described comedian sacked after outrage at video about Indigenous people
2+ week, 2+ day ago (993+ words) June 4, 2026 " 6: 33pm A Melbourne-based content creator and self-described comedian has been sacked after a video in which she stereotypes Indigenous people sparked outrage online. Lisa Jane Spencer said she was dismissed from Peninsula Hot Springs on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula on Wednesday…...
Sam Campbell's new comedy TV show may be 'too much', but it's a good 'too much"
2+ week, 5+ day ago (71+ words) Sam Campbell is a regular on British comedy TV, and now his own show is totally off-the-wall. Plus the sweet Aussie web-comedy that's all about men. Updated June 2, 2026 " 10: 29am, first published May 29, 2026 " 11: 57am...
Vivid double bill creates very different musical journeys, plus reviews of other big shows this week
2+ week, 5+ day ago (322+ words) Joan Sutherland Theatre, May 31 One of the more interesting double bills to come along in a while pairs Welsh art-pop musician and producer Cate Le Bon with Bay Area-born singer-songwriter Cass Mc Combs, the artists sharing little in common beyond…...
I couldn't complain because it was all my fault': Why Eddie Perfect quit Beetlejuice
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1188+ words) May 30, 2026 " 12: 01pm When Eddie Perfect walks into Harveys Bar and Bistro on James Street in a black T-shirt, hair teased up noughties-style, it's hard not to think, "It's Mick from Offspring. You half expect Asher Keddie and Kat Stewart to walk…...