Oscars 2024: From protests to record breakers – Here’s what you need to know

Monday’s 96th Academy Awards could bring the first Native American acting winner in a tight Best Actress race, a record number of awards for a biopic about the atomic bomb—while protestors have threatened to shut it down. Key Takeaways How can I watch the Oscars in Australia? In Australia, Channel Seven is set to air […]

Kayla Itsines and husband launch surprising new app

The fitness mogul and her husband, Jae Woodroffe, are behind a new training app – this time, with dogs. Kayla Itsines made headlines late last year for buying back her fitness empire, Sweat, from US exercise equipment giant iFIT. But the entrepreneur has revealed she’s got a new venture, one she’s built with husband Jae […]

The Eras Tour review: How Taylor Swift captivated a nation

Australia’s Eras Tour is officially over. Across seven stadium shows, Taylor Swift sold more than 600,000 tickets and dominated headlines throughout the country. So what is the secret sauce that allows entertainment’s golden girl to electrify audiences all over the world? Forbes Australia spoke to Swifties in Sydney and joined the diehard fans at Accor […]

700,000 sickies: Netflix lifts the lid on Australia’s binge-watching culture

Netflix has released new data on Australian viewers and their streaming preferences. Here are the things we value most. Australia’s Netflix obsession at a glance Stranger Things, comedy and sickies. Netflix has surveyed and Aussies have spoken. The streaming platform that brings us the cult series ‘Stranger Things,’ says that 68% of our population has […]

Two hours with a 2012 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse

It was only a two-hour test, and it was lightly raining. But I got a glimpse of greatness. First, there is a belch of turbo(s) from the Vitesse exhaust that happens each time you accelerate and ease off the pedal, like the sound of a very large, dangerous creature exhaling a large volume of air. […]

$558 million and counting: Swifties’ bumper boost to Aussie economy

Research from RMIT University values the national economic impact of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour at more than half a billion dollars. Taylor Swift played to the biggest tour crowd of her life this weekend. Not once, but three times. “96,000 people the first night, 96,000 people the second night, 96,000 people tonight. All of that, […]

Kanye West’s new album disappears from iTunes, Apple Music: Here’s why

Kanye West’s latest album, “Vultures 1,” disappeared from Apple Music and iTunes Thursday afternoon after distribution company FUGA told Billboard it would work to remove the album, which was released by a FUGA client on Saturday despite the company previously declining to release it. Key Takeaways Key Background West had already faced criticism and threats […]