Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ Celebrates a Dream Outliving a Life

By: Laura Bennett

If the last two years didn’t already have you contemplating the urgency of life and the finite nature of our time on earth, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut Tick, Tick… Boom! will do the trick. Read more

Mahalia Barnes on Music, Christmas and What Makes Jimmy Barnes Cry

By: Katrina Roe

Mahalia Barnes is music royalty in Australia. Her career started when she was just a kid, performing with the Tin Lids. Thirty years later, that record still features in the Barnes family Christmas celebrations. Read more

Matthew West’s New Album Sums Up Another Pandemic Year: ‘We Need Christmas’

By: Laura Bennett

After what’s been a wild couple of years, Grammy-nominated recording artist Matthew West is encouraging people to embrace not only the “Christmas cheer” but the restorative message of the gospel it celebrates. Read more

Needtobreathe’s Josh Lovelace Has Redefined Success and It’s Not More Awards

By: Laura Bennett

In Needtobreathe’s 20-year music history, they’ve won Dove Awards, have been Grammy nominated, toured with Taylor Swift, headlined sold-out shows at iconic music venues around the world, and still continue to be “a rock n’ roll band from South Carolina” who write songs for fans to live by. Read more

The Chosen: Powerful Christmas Special

By: Laura Bennett

The success of The Chosen series is certainly unprecedented. It’s the first episodic dramatisation of Jesus’ life and his followers, and it has become the most successful crowd-funded project of all time, raising US$10 million dollars to fund its first season. Read more

‘The Starling’ Shows Us We Can Overcome Grief in Many Ways

By: Laura Bennett

Melissa McCarthy is really having a moment. Between 2018’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? (for which she was Oscar nominated), Nine Perfect Strangers and now The Starling, Melissa’s proving comedians crossing over into drama can be a powerful exchange. Read more

“I Am Not Your Villain” 007 Campaign Calls for “Bad Guys” to Get a Makeover

By: Laura Bennett

One of the greatest arenas for social issues to be spotlighted, debated and resolved is in the entertainment industry. Read more

Daniel Craig Farewells James Bond 007 in ‘No Time to Die’

By: Laura Bennett

Following the ever-changing release date of Daniel Craig’s last outing as Bond through the pandemic has almost made its arrival an emotive signifier of life’s return to normal. Read more

Movie Challenge: The Travel Edition

By: Ally Barnes

The world is almost your oyster. The blanket warning against overseas travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been lifted, with borders now open. Read more

For King & Country Takes Out Top Award at Dove Awards

By: Amy Cheng

For King & Country has won the award for Artist of the Year at the 2021 GMA Dove Awards. Read more