Oscars 2024: These are the most hotly contested categories

Awards season will heat up when the Oscars nominations are unveiled Tuesday morning, and observers are predicting some favorites in the most competitive categories may get shut out—and the Best Director category may fail to include a woman in the category. Key facts News peg The Oscars nominations announcement will air at 8:30 a.m. ET Tuesday on […]

Dalton Swallows Universe: Beloved Aussie story now global Netflix smash

Boy Swallows Universe is the 5th most-watched Netflix show in the world this week. Set in 80s Queensland, the Trent Dalton penned series has amassed 3.6 million views so far. Forbes Australia talks to Netflix APAC head of public affairs about the homegrown Aussie story, and how the streamer’s $1 billion investment in Australian content […]

Netflix cuts 100 shows: ‘Bling Empire,’ ‘Sex Education,’ ‘Shadow And Bone’ among the known casualties

Strike-interrupted writing and filming, overloaded production schedules and a general downturn for some of the country’s largest entertainment companies have hit Netflix with the streamer cutting more than 100 shows and shrinking its output of original programming last year, Bloomberg reported, and it already seems clear at least some of the shows that got the […]

Netflix and cheers: Sci-fi films and spooky TV take the 2023 cake

Netflix released its list of Top 10 shows for the 30-month period ending December 31, 2023. The story our viewing habits tells is creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky. A lot has happened since June 2021. It was a time when many people across the globe emerged from a year of intense change and oversight. So […]

Billionaire superyacht showdown: Who’s who in St. Barths for New Year 2024

The port of Gustavia in St. Barths is getting crowded this holiday season as the legendary superyacht showdown begins.  The billionaire superyacht season started early, with the richest men in the world and their celebrity friends anchored outside of Gustavia and neighboring St. Maarten and Antigua. Many will stay throughout Christmas, taking glamorous day trips […]

Farewell 2023 in style with these elite NYE packages

Let’s be honest, for all the hype, New Year’s Eve celebrations can be underwhelming. So we’ve rounded up some of the best events across Australia’s capital cities so you can bring in 2024 in style. Sydney Toast to the New Year – Countdown with Capella Sydney: $380 pp It is Capella’s first NYE celebration since […]

Amy Shark: What money can’t buy

Amy Shark is a multi-platinum award-winning Australian indie pop singer-songwriter from the Gold Coast. She burst onto the global music scene in 2016 with her six times Platinum single ‘Adore’ and followed up with the APRA Song of the Year award, for her number one Australian hit ‘I Said Hi’. Issue Eight of Forbes Australia […]

Why a major airline waived fees just for Taylor Swift fans

Fear not, Swifties. South America’s largest airline has your back—and hopes that in return you’ll spend, spend, spend. Taylor Swift kicked off her South American tour with three sellout crowds at Buenos Aires’ Monumental Stadium, the home venue of Club Atlético River Plate and the Argentinian national soccer teams. The Argentina concerts are the latest […]