Jennifer Lawrence’s latest film Mother! is intense. Filming it was so traumatising that between taping scenes, Lawrence retreated to a tent where Keeping up with the Kardashians was playing on loop.
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Jennifer Lawrence: Living With Rats, Mother! and the Hollywood Pay Gap
Jada Pinkett-Smith on racism, sex trafficking and death metal
“Asking for acknowledgement diminishes dignity and it diminishes power.”
The Turning Point: Lana Sandas
“I was on an $800-a-day heroin habit” and no one knew. Think you know what a ‘junkie’ looks like?
Motez: From war torn Iraq to the biggest dance stages in the world
Tom Cruise one-on-one with Marc Fennell
There is no bigger, no more iconic movie star than Tom Cruise. Whether you like him or not, his filmography is a library of iconic, culturally defining big screen moments. He is legendary. So where did it all start? I sat down with Tom to talk through his movie career. He volunteers some pretty incredible never-before-heard insights on a bunch of his films both old and new: Magnolia, Edge of Tomorrow, Taps and his latest: American Made.
Luc Besson on Hollywood, the 20th Anniversary of the Fifth Element and making Valerian
Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon: Life, Near-Death and The Big Sick
Going deep with Bojack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg at Video Junkee 2017
Creator and Showrunner, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, of the hit Netflix Original animation series Bojack Horseman in a Q&A with me. We go deep into the creation of his wildly acclaimed dark comedy and how an animation about a humanoid horse became a global hit.
Edgar Wright: Studios should make one original for every franchise movie
Morgana Muses: Porn star at 52
For her 47th birthday Morgana booked a hotel room and an escort. She wanted the night of her life… because it was going to be her last.
This is the story of how porn saved Morgana Muses' life.
Laura Jane Grace from Against Me! on coming out as a transgender woman
Al Gore on Trump, Climate Change and the car crash that changed his life
Neil deGrasse Tyson on space, race and that one time he nearly became a stripper
I really loved this chat. It was funny, challenging, intense and really considered. If you enjoyed it make sure you see Tyson onstage. He's doing a wonderful series of events around the country at the moment.
Ben Mendelsohn: Making the most of second chances
Ben Mendelsohn on actors "overthinking" their roles, and how working as a labourer between acting gigs kept him grounded.
So, I spent a weekend chatting to One Nation voters and it was fascinating.
When we talk about One Nation we invariably talk about one person: Pauline Hanson. We often don't tend to talk about - or to - the people that actually vote for her. So myself and excellent producer Simon Cunich went to find out what matters to them. What makes them angry? Why are they turning away from both major parties? You may be surprised by their responses. You may be offended. Let me know in the comments what you think.
Bernard Fanning: I never wanted to be out of control again.
Zac Efron used to Google himself every morning. Turns out that's not a great thing to do.
What’s it like to be young and famous in an age when you can google yourself every morning? I asked Zac Efron and Alex Daddario.
James Blunt is surprisingly honest and legitimately funny
“I feel disrespect for anyone who enjoys my music.” So, um, James Blunt is surprisingly honest and legitimately funny. We talked about his years as a soldier in Kosovo, why Carrie Fisher had a piano in her bathroom and why music reviewers are bullshit and.. yeah... it's a full chat
Indigenous Astronomer: Karlie Noon
Karlie Noon was the first Indigenous woman in NSW to graduate with a double degree in mathematics and physics… but Indigenous Australians have been practicing science long before universities were teaching it.
Despite evidence in the form of rock art depicting Indigenous knowledge about astronomy, Karlie says that she gets pushback for claiming Indigenous Australian astronomers made discoveries attributed to Galileo, Newton and Kepler.
“I'm young and I'm saying, ‘No, that's not true, Indigenous people knew about it before them.’ I guess it can be a little bit jarring to people.
“There's this perception Indigenous discoveries can’t add anything to western science, so why would we bother looking at it?” she says.
Karlie’s experience teaching students from low socio-economic and Indigenous backgrounds has led her to CSIRO’s Indigenous STEM Education project where she works as a research assistant.
When she left home and set out for a career in science, it dawned on Karlie that her background was worlds apart from those studying and working alongside her.
Like the students she has mentored along her way, Karlie grew up in a poor family; she left school in year eight, studied at TAFE then went on to university.
While many people in Karlie’s life are proud of her achievements, “there's the other side where people feel a bit weird when you're in the limelight.”
Karlie puts this down to a sort of internalised shame stemming from generations of Indigenous people needing to be fearful of the public eye.
Despite everything, Karlie continues to push ahead… and she hopes other young Indigenous people will follow her, or be inspired to forge their own path.
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