The team from popular Collingwood cafe Terror Twilight are bringing queue-worthy breakfasts further north with the opening today of their fourth venue, Convoy, opposite Queens Park in Moonee Ponds.
The spacious corner site is fronted by an L-shaped deck that catches the morning sun, with a takeaway window ready to fuel park- and pool-goers with coffee, sandwiches and snacks.
Serious cafe fanatics can order everything from sweet potato pancakes inspired by cinnamon scrolls to Turkish eggs with lemon yoghurt and black pudding or an English muffin packed with curried scrambled eggs, bacon and pickles. Later in the day, a prawn roll with crisp iceberg and celery beckons.
The cafe is surrounded by an outdoor deck and Queens Park and its swimming pool are across the road. Photo: My Friend Tom
Inside, the 100-year-old building with bullnose verandahs has been kitted out with houndstooth banquettes, spotted gum joinery and orange leather upholstery by Studio Esteta, whose other work includes Lune Croissanterie and Via Porta.
Despite the large footprint – 65 seats inside and 70 outside – the space feels warm, with intimate pockets created by shelves and screening.
The prize seat might be in the semi-private room with Mediterranean-inspired floor tiles and bifold doors that open onto the deck. Co-owner Kieran Spiteri says this will help with the many booking requests they get for birthday brunches and baby showers.
A prawn roll on a milk bun is one of the lunch-friendly dishes. Photo: My Friend Tom
He and his team say that Moonee Ponds has plenty of cafes, but few with a point of difference. They also chose the area because of personal connections: partner Ben Argentino grew up there while Spiteri’s first job was at the teahouse in Queens Park.
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The rescue of a soccer team from a cave in Thailand in 2018 captivated the world. Now it’s the subject of a Ron Howard film Thirteen Lives.
The plight of the “Wild Boars” commanded international attention soon after they were found by two British divers nine days after they vanished in the Tham Luang cave.
The team’s coach taught the boys in the cave how to meditate so they could conserve energy. This image is taken from a Thai Navy SEAL video.
The Sydney Morning Herald’s and The Age’s then-South-East Asia correspondent James Massola, who later wrote a book about the rescue, was on the scene with photographer Kate Geraghty.
Readers can compare for themselves how the details were reported at the time with their depiction in the film.
Contributions by the team made up of Thai Navy SEALs and British and Australians divers added to the international flavor of the rescue. Among the Australians, Richard Harris, an anaesthetist from Adelaide, played a key role in the delicate operation. (A graphic shows the length and depth of the cave complex.)
Members of the Australian dive team walk down the track that leads to the cave entrance where the rescue operations are being planned for the 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been trapped inside Tham Luang cave.Credit:Kate Geraghty
Massola reported at the moment the pumps holding floodwaters from entering the cave failed, just hours after the last of the boys were freed, forcing more than 100 rescuers to flee the cave complex while they were celebrating.
The rescue effort took place in a region of northern Thailand, bordering on Myanmar and Laos, which has complex culture and beliefs.
One of northern Thailand’s most revered monks visited the cave complex while families waited for news. Known to locals as the Tham Luang Nang Non or the great cave of the sleeping lady, it features a shrine to the princess of Sipsongpanna at its entrance.
From there, the idea of using taxpayer money to bring the Piano Man to Melbourne morphed into a 2018 election promise to stage a 10-day, statewide music festival. The festival will now stretch over an almost three-month season.
subway shows
An exclusive evening with Dua Lipa: Palais Theatre, Sunday, October 3.
Rockin’ the Burbs, various: Saturday, October 22 – Monday, October 31.
Bad Apples House Party – Briggs, Mo’Ju, Chasing Ghosts and more: Curtin Hotel, Saturday, November 5.
Blaktivisim – Yothu Yindi: Arts Center Melbourne, Saturday, November 5.
Chapterfest 30: Northcote Theatre, Saturday, November 5.
Flow Festival: Footscray Community Arts Centre, Saturday, November 5.
An intimate audience with Sophie Ellis-Bextor: NGV International Garden Restaurant, Thursday, November 11.
Claptone – The Masquerade: Riva, Saturday, November 19.
Jess Cornelius: The Night Cat, Saturday, November 19.
Toro Y Moi: Northcote Social Club, Wednesday, November 23.
Front 30 Years of Marvin the Album: Brunswick Ballroom, Thursday, November 24.
Big Thief: Melbourne Recital Centre, Friday, November 30.
Lovely Day: Palais Foreshore, Sunday, December 4.
Sampa the Great: Hamer Hall, Friday, December 9.
Earlier this year headline acts Nick Cave and Billy Joel were announced to play at Hanging Rock and the MCG respectively. Already on the docket were performances from Khruangbin, Amyl and the Sniffers, Tash Sultana, Baker Boy, Isabella Manfredi, Middle Kids, Alice Skye and Isaiah Firebrace.
Gudinski’s original idea for Always Live was a 17-day festival spanning three weekends and featuring a “monster” event on each weekend.
Although the concept was personally championed and developed by Gudinski, it has been embraced by rival promoters, with Live Nation Asia Pacific president Roger Field and TEG chief executive Geoff Jones backing the festival and state cabinet’s decision to appoint Matthew Gudinski, Michael’s son and heir to the Mushroom music empire, to the chairman’s role.
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OK Motels (Savage and the Last Drinks, Nice Biscuit, Elizabeth, Vintage Crop, Bad Bangs, Skyscraper Stan, Kino Motel, Smarts, Baby Cool, Enola and more): Charlton, Friday, October 28 – Sunday, October 30.
Crowded House (supported by Angus & Julia Stone and Boy & Bear): Gateway Lakes, Wodonga, Sunday, November 3.
The Alpine Festival – Jessica Mauboy: Pioneer Park, Bright, Saturday, November 12.
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (supported by Courtney Barnett): Hanging Rock, Friday, November 25 and Saturday, November 26.
Almost Summer Festival: Capital Theatre, Bendigo, Friday, November 25 – Sunday, November 27.
QMF x First Plays – Queenscliff Music Festival (Baker Boy, Isabella Manfredi, Middle Kids and RVG): Queenscliff, Friday, November 25 – Sunday, November 27.
Hometown – Isaiah Firebrace: Girgarre Sound Shell, near Echuca, Sunday, December 4.
Hometown – Alice Skye: Sawyer Park Sound Shell, Horsham, Saturday, December 10.
Tash Sultana (with Pierce Brothers, Kim Churchill, Kee’ahn, Little Green and Mark Howard) – Ocean Sounds: Churchill Island, Saturday, December 10.
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On Thursday Gudinski said the music festival would “reaffirm” Victoria as the music state of Australia.
“Always Live was a dream my late father had to reassure our state’s live music roots and I am proud to be part of the team making it a reality,” he said.
“We’re delivering the largest-ever live music celebration in Australia while supporting local jobs, businesses, artists and roadies around the state,” said Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events Steve Dimopoulos on Thursday. “We’re bringing Victorians the live music experiences they love, to destinations across the state.”
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lookalike daughter Apple Martin stepped out with her famous mum in New York City.
The pair, dressed in co-ordinating hues, were inspecting Paltrow’s Goop store in the Manhattan neighborhood of Noho.
Martin, 18, was casual chic in a white halter neck dress and black sandals, slinging a canvas tote bag on her shoulder while she carried a bottle of water in one hand and her phone in the other.
Paltrow wore a cream ensemble of a loose-fitted shirt and midi-length wide-leg pleated pants, teamed with white sneakers.
Martin was photographed two weeks earlier on holidays in Ibiza, looking carefree.
The teenage progeny of Paltrow and former husband Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin, she recently turned 18 years old.
To celebrate the momentous occasion, Paltrow paid tribute to her daughter. She wrote on Instagram, “18. I’m a bit of a loss for words this morning. I could not be more proud of the woman you are. You are everything I could have dreamed of and so much more.
“Proud doesn’t cover it, my heart swells with feelings I can’t put into words. You are deeply extraordinary in every way.
“Happy birthday, my darling girl. I hope you know how special you are, and how much light you have brought to all who are lucky enough to know you. Especially me.
“I say it all the time and I will never stop… in the words of Auntie Drew, I was born the day you were born. I love you. Mother.”
This week the 1970s classic grease aired on Nine in prime time viewing in tribute to the very much beloved Olivia Newton-John, who tragically passed away earlier this week. But celebrating grease again is a dangerous game.
Unfortunately, looking at grease through a 2022 lens leaves plenty to be desired. The movie enforces stereotypes, makes rape jokes and trivializes consent. Watching it with fresh eyes feels less nostalgic and more concerning.
I understand our desire to revisit the film, considering Newton-John’s death. It was the film that made her a star. She played Sandy, and she gave a Mary-Sue character dimension and charm.
It was the biggest film of the year when it was released, and it’s still very much a cultural touchstone. Who doesn’t know the words to, You Are The One That I Want? (I bet you’re singing the, ooh ooh ooh’s in your head).
But sadly, besides the chemistry between high school sweethearts Newton-John and John Travolta as Sandy and Danny, the film sends some harrowing messages. Let’s break it down, shall we?
For instance, at the beginning of the iconic movie, Danny brags to his mates about meeting a hot Australian girl during summer break. His friends pestered him for details of the relationship, including the line: “Tell me more, tell me more, did she put up a fight?”
Basically, the guys were making light of the idea of Danny having to force Sandy into sex. As if it would be perfectly acceptable for a guy to push a woman into sex.
Then there’s the scene in the drive-in, Danny is desperately trying to make out with Sandy and make things right. She pushes him away several times and then eventually screams “no” while Danny pins her down and says: “Nobody’s watching!” Ick, right?
Seems more rapey than romantic. If a woman says no, a man shouldn’t touch or force her. He should respect her de ella wishes de ella and not try to talk her into it and a movie romanticizing the opposite is grim.
If that wasn’t stressful enough, when Rizzo, a character in the film becomes pregnant and plans to get an abortion sings the song, There Are Worse Things I Could Do.
“There are worse things I could do, than go with a boy or two…. I could flirt with all the guys, smile at them and bat my eyes. Press against them when we dance, make them think they stand a chance, then refuse to see it through. That’s a thing I’d never do,” she sings.
She is suggesting that the worse thing a woman could be is a tease, which is not true. Women can say no and set boundaries whenever they want. Women have the right to flirt and make eyes, and we don’t need to sleep with a man.
Then there’s the overarching message; ultimately, good girl Sandy turns herself into a more vampy version of herself to earn Danny’s affections. So, the overall message is, change who you are to get the guy? Not very heartening.
I understand it’s a movie, it was made in the 1970s, and we weren’t having such loud and important conversations about consent, but re-watching it feels less like a trip down memory lane and more of a reminder that so much of our aging pop culture references just reinforce rape culture.
I miss Olivia Newton-John, but I think there are better ways to remember her than watching Grease. Her de ella entire body of work de ella and her de ella endlessly contributions de ella to create a better world for everyone speaks volumes, particularly being an advocate for Breast Cancer Awareness.
I’d much rather stare at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Center to remember her than watch her character Sandy wade through misogyny through song and dance.
Bindi Irwin’s husband Chandler Powell is hospitalized as her mother Terri takes care of their daughter Grace Warrior, one
By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia
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Bindi Irwin’s husband Chandler Powell has been hospitalized with tonsillitis.
The 25-year-old former wakeboarder had his tonsils removed this week and praised his beloved wife for being by his side.
Chandler, who married Bindi in 2020, shared a picture of himself and the Wildlife Warrior, 24, smiling from his hospital bed after the procedure.
Bindi Irwin’s husband Chandler Powell had his tonsils removed this week. He shared a picture of himself and Bindi, 24, smiling from his hospital bed after the procedure
‘Just wanted to write a note to my amazing wife❤️,’ Chandler wrote in the caption.
‘I had to get my tonsils out and she has been taking the best care of me. I’m so lucky to be loved by you, Bindi.’
He said that Bindi’s mother Terri Irwin, 58, has been taking care of their daughter Grace, one, while he’s been in hospital recovering
He added that Bindi’s mother Terri Irwin, 58, has been taking care of their daughter Grace, one, while he’s been in hospital recovering.
‘Also, thank you Bunny (my awesome mum-in-law) for taking care of Grace while we’ve been in the hospital and I’ve been recovering,’ he said, with Bunny being Terri’s chosen name as grandmother.
‘ouch! A tonsillectomy as an adult is NO fun! I’m sorry! Will say a prayer!’ one follower commented underneath Chandler’s Instagram post.
It’s been a few weeks for Bindi and the Irwin family. Last week, Bindi revealed the family’s 38-year-old echidna had died
It’s been a few weeks for Bindi and the Irwin family.
Last week, Bindi revealed the family’s 38-year-old echidna had died.
‘Saying goodbye to our beautiful family member of 38 years,’ Bindi’s wrote alongside a gallery of pictures of the pet.
‘Saying goodbye to our beautiful family member of 38 years,’ Bindi’s emotional post began
‘The sweetest, kindest, most wonderful echidna you ever did meet.’
She added alongside a love heart emoji: ‘Rest In Peace, angel.’
Bindi, alongside her brother Robert and mother Terri Irwin, have vowed to carry on her late father Steve Irwin’s legacy through their work at Australia Zoo and their conservation efforts.
Steve, known to millions around the world as ‘the Crocodile Hunter’, died on September 4, 2006, at the age of 44 after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming a documentary in Batt Reef, Queensland.
Bindi was just eight years old at the time.
Bindi, alongside her brother Robert and mother Terri Irwin, have vowed to carry on her late father Steve Irwin’s legacy through their work at Australia Zoo. He died on September 4, 2006, at the age of 44 after being attacked by a stingray
An Australian mum has shared her simple two-ingredient cleaning hack that left her oven sparkling without using harsh chemicals.
The Brisbane makeup artist showed how she cleaned her oven using a homemade mix of dishwashing liquid and bicarbonate of soda in a video posted to TikTok.
The mum-to-be mixed the two household ingredients together to make a paste then coated the inside of the oven in the solution and left it to eat away at the grime.
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An Australian mum-to-be has shared a ‘genius’ hack online for cleaning her oven using a homemade mix of dishwashing liquid and bicarbonate of soda
She then scrubbed the surface with a scourer and wiped the excess paste away with a damp cloth.
‘When you’re on mat leave and all you do is watch cleaning hacks,’ she wrote in the clip’s caption.
The clip quickly racked up more than 146,700 views on the platform and many in the comments were wowed by the ‘genius’ hack.
She mixed the two household ingredients together to make a paste, coated the inside of oven in the solution and left it to eat away at the grime then scrubbed it away
‘Omg why didn’t I see this the other day,’ one user wrote while another said: ‘This is genius, thank you’.
Others shared their own tips and tricks for making the notoriously hard-to-clean appliance look like new.
‘Your oven looks amazing! Next time around, google how to remove your oven door. Makes oven cleaning 1000x easier!’ one person suggested.
‘Dishwashing liquid and vinegar works really well. Far less mess,’ another replied.
Previously a TikTok-famous professional cleaner shared her ‘no chemical’ method for cleaning dirty ovens in a viral video.
Kacie from The Big Clean Co in Melbourne used boiling water, white vinegar, dishwashing liquid, Bunnings scrapers, kitchen scourers and ‘the power of steam’.
Previously TikTok-famous professional cleaner Kacie (pictured) shared her method for cleaning dirty ovens in a viral video
In a TikTok video Kacie from The Big Clean Co in Melbourne used boiling water, white vinegar, dishwashing liquid, scrapers, kitchen scourers and ‘the power of steam’
The cleaning hack ensures no toxic, harsh chemicals are used and will make the appliance look brand new.
‘I’m a professional cleaner and I’ve got a non-toxic way to clean your oven using the power of steam,’ she said in the video.
‘You’ll need dishwashing liquid, vinegar, some scrapers and scourers.’
In the short clip, Kacie explained how steam can help remove the tough food stains and residue at the bottom of the oven.
‘I’m a professional cleaner and I’ve got a non-toxic way to clean your oven using the power of steam,’ she said in the video
‘Now when that charcoal is cold it is rock solid, so here’s what you’re going to do. Add one cup of boiling water and one cup of vinegar to a tray,’ she said.
‘Put it in a hot oven and let it do its thing for about 20 minutes.
‘You’ll be left with this big mushy mess that scraps right off.
She then used the scraper to remove the tough food build-up with ease.
Kacie then poured dishwashing liquid onto the glass oven door and used a scour to remove any remaining grease and ‘make it shine’.
In the short clip, Kacie explained how steam can help remove the tough food stains and residue at the bottom of the oven
‘Don’t forget to let your oven cool a little so you don’t burn yourself,’ she said.
She also used a scour to clean the oven racks over the sink and used the sharp blade for tough food stains.
The cleaning tip left the oven looking sparkling clean as if it had never been used before.
After 24 hours the video was viewed more than 105,000 times, and TikTok users seemed impressed with the transformation.
‘I’ve been trying to find a way to do this naturally, I always worry the chemicals will stay in the oven and affect food,’ one woman wrote.
Another TikTok users recommended using the Scrub Daddy sponge rather than steel wool to clean the oven.
Others dubbed the cleaning tips as ‘awesome’.
How to clean an oven without using chemicals:
What you’ll need:
white vinegar
Toilet
kitchen scours
Dishwashing liquid
Bunnings scrapers
Method:
Add one cup of boiling water and one cup of vinegar to a tray
Place in a hot oven and leave to steam for 20 minutes
Remove the tray and scrape the food stains using the scraper and scour
Clean the oven and dish racks using the dishwashing liquid
A string of celebrities dazzled at a glamorous runway show hosted by Australian retailer David Jones on Wednesday night.
But while former foreign minister Julie Bishop’s “revenge” dress turned heads at the Sydney event, she wasn’t the only famous face who went all-out in the fashion stakes.
Model Natalie Roser “got dressed up” for the superstore’s Spring Summer fashion show, wearing a skin-tight black dress from Australian designer Effie Kats.
The $299 “Gia Mia Dress” is made from a “wet-look jersey” that clung to Natalie’s body, prompting a wave of comments on social media.
“Unsure if I was made for the dress or the dress was made for me…” the 32-year-old wrote on Instagram.
“Sizzling,” one user wrote in response, while another said: “Spectacular.”
“In both cases dress is yours,” another added.
While one described Natalie as looking like “catwoman”.
Fashion designer Pip Edwards was also at the event, wearing a pair of white wide-leg pants with a backless black top and sparkly Prada heels.
The former girlfriend of cricket star Michael Clarke posed alongside two of her PE Nation employees Claire Tregoning and Luke Morrell.
Pip later stopped for a snap with Julie Bishop, who was wearing a $3,750 metallic jacquard long-sleeved mini dress designed by French luxury fashion house Balmain.
The 66-year-old politician turned fashion icon finished her look with a chic black clutch and matching heels at the runway show, her first public appearance since her break-up with longtime boyfriend David Panton last month.
Former Miss World Australia Erin Holland looked sensational in a “liquid gold” dress from luxury Italian fashion designer Fendi.
She teamed her outfit with a bag from the same brand and a pair of gold Tony Bianco heels.
The catwalk showcased an array of spring and summer fashion from the best of Australian and international designers.
In the skies above a dusty ranch on the outskirts of LA, something — or someone — is watching. A mysterious presence, an other-worldly entity. It appears briefly — like a smudged oval shape in a UFO photo — and occasionally it sends earthly debris raining down, like someone tipping out the contents of a celestial handbag.
Coins, keys, bits of plastic and general detritus fall from the sky — you want to watch you don’t get hit by anything sharp.
In writer-director Jordan Peele’s first two films, Get Out and Us, plots involving doppelgangers and body swaps showed us the world is a false front, hiding lethal dangers and dystopian conspiracies. In Nope, the California sky becomes a heavenly Loch Ness, and people turn their cameras on it, trying to capture proof of the sinister thing that lurks behind its clouds, or just beyond the horizon.
Getting the money shot, however, proves to be a life-ending event for some.
Peele’s 2017 debut Get Out won a slew of awards, including an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.(Supplied: Universal Studios)
Like Peele’s previous films, the tone of Nope mixes internet urban legend, gallows humor and an appetite for forthright political critique. It’s also wrapped up in a widescreen cinematic package that is his most visually accomplished, and harks back to the blockbusters of the 70s and 80s.
The ranch where the UFO appears belongs to an African American family who train horses for Hollywood. Their patriarch (Keith David) is killed by the entity early in the film, so it’s left to his unassuming but diligent son OJ (an excellent Daniel Kaluuya, reuniting with Peele after his breakout role in Get Out) and fast-talking, prodigal daughter Em (a charming Keke Palmer) to carry on the business.
Nope is “about the human addiction to spectacle and the monetization of it,” Peele said at the film’s Hollywood premiere.(Supplied: Universal Studios)
They enlist salesclerk Angel from a big box tech store (a well-cast Brandon Perea, channeling minimum wage ennui) to install an elaborate, off-the-shelf security camera system at their house, to monitor the skies. It’s the kind of DIY flex you might expect from the suburban hero of a 70s Spielberg blockbuster — squint your eyes and Nope could be the love child of Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
It doesn’t quite sustain the intensity of those classics, but on the other hand, it’s trying to say a lot more.
Threading through the mystery thriller are questions of seeing and what it means to be seen — apt for a film that is set on the outskirts of a city synonymous with showbusiness, and is also about people of colour.
OJ and Em claim ancestry that links them to one of the earliest surviving motion picture clips: a clutch of frames that constitute a kind of proto gif, made in 1887 by photographer Eadweard Muybridge, in which a Black jockey rides a galloping horse in perpetual motion . The idea that they are direct descendants of one of the cinema’s pioneer performers (whose name was never recorded) is presented with a degree of irony in the film.
Peele first met Keke Palmer (pictured) in 2013 when she guest starred on Key and Peele, his sketch comedy series with comedian Keegan-Michael Key.(Supplied: Universal Studios)
On set, the historical pedigree doesn’t amount to any special treatment or even much respect, as Peele observes in a superbly directed scene where OJ turns up for a TV commercial shoot. As technicians scurry about setting up a shot of OJ’s horse, oblivious to the animal’s rising anxiety, Peele adds a touch of farce with an exchange between a finicky female star and a frazzled assistant. The scene cuts to OJ’s point of view amidst the commotion as he tries to keep the animal calm, but despite his best efforts someone spooks the horse — with disastrous consequences.
It’s not the first time an animal goes berserk in the film.
Nope’s most disturbing sequence is a cryptic flashback that occurs at the beginning and returns later – where a chimpanzee goes ballistic during the filming of an 80s sitcom. Here, Peele uses the point of view of a Korean American child actor hiding under a table to obscure our full view of the bloody carnage, heightening the suspense and terror. That child, years later, ends up living next to OJ and Em, running a Western-themed amusement park (he’s played by a Stetson-wearing Steven Yeun).
In 2021, South Korean-born Steve Yeun (pictured) became the first Asian American to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, for Minari.(Supplied: Universal Studios)
How this thick backstory relates to the mystery of the alien visitation is something Peele leaves the audience to ponder. But the notion of trauma, and how it echoes through the lives of these characters, is of central concern.
In all of this, cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema (Dunkirk; Tenet), shooting on widescreen celluloid, brings a sense of momentum and pace, and serves up some slick shots of horseback riding and aerial acrobatics against the expansive landscape in starlight and bright sun.
Various people descend on these rolling hills with different agendas, including a slightly mad, jaded cinematographer (Michael Wincott) who turns up with his wind-up film camera, reinvigorated by the thought of capturing a never-before-seen image. He hunkers down beneath camouflaged webbing, his hand vigorously turning the camera crank, a portrait of clenched-jaw determination and manic intensity.
The flurry and movement of the film as it crescendos is impressive, even as the narrative canvas seems to contract once the object in the sky is revealed, and a CGI entity replaces whatever we’d shaped in our imagination.
Peele’s layering of themes and ideas, which don’t always cohere but form a multifaceted and thought-provoking critique, takes second place to a popcorn thrill ride of high stakes and bruising action.
Peele cites Japanese animated sci-fi action film Akira and anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion as influences for Nope.(Supplied: Universal Studios)
Once the dust has settled, however, Nope’s best moments involve the horror of filmmaking itself. Its funniest and most confronting revelations happen on set, whether it’s via the perspective of the Korean American child star or Kaluuya’s horse wrangler, and are bound up in the industry’s absurd excesses and nightmarish oversteps.
The central idea of UFO chasing is obviously an extension of this theme. But the metaphor of voyeurism and spectacle, as well staged as it is, creeps towards overstatement.
To be fair, Peele uses it to pose important questions about where to draw certain ethical lines. What is the difference between depiction and exploitation, between opportunism and collaboration? In an era where issues of representation are central to public discussion of film and television, especially in the US, the film feels like a substantial contribution.
But as a horror film about filmmaking, its most radical idea is that we should put that camera down. Sometimes. Lest we become monsters ourselves.
A string of celebrities dazzled at a glamorous runway show hosted by Australian retailer David Jones on Wednesday night.
But while former foreign minister Julie Bishop’s “revenge” dress turned heads at the Sydney event, she wasn’t the only famous face who went all-out in the fashion stakes.
Model Natalie Roser “got dressed up” for the superstore’s Spring Summer fashion show, wearing a skin-tight black dress from Australian designer Effie Kats.
The $299 “Gia Mia Dress” is made from a “wet-look jersey” that clung to Natalie’s body, prompting a wave of comments on social media.
“Unsure if I was made for the dress or the dress was made for me…” the 32-year-old wrote on Instagram.
“Sizzling,” one user wrote in response, while another said: “Spectacular.”
“In both cases dress is yours,” another added.
While one described Natalie as looking like “catwoman”.
Fashion designer Pip Edwards was also at the event, wearing a pair of white wide-leg pants with a backless black top and sparkly Prada heels.
The former girlfriend of cricket star Michael Clarke posed alongside two of her PE Nation employees Claire Tregoning and Luke Morrell.
Pip later stopped for a snap with Julie Bishop, who was wearing a $3,750 metallic jacquard long-sleeved mini dress designed by French luxury fashion house Balmain.
The 66-year-old politician turned fashion icon finished her look with a chic black clutch and matching heels at the runway show, her first public appearance since her break-up with longtime boyfriend David Panton last month.
Former Miss World Australia Erin Holland looked sensational in a “liquid gold” dress from luxury Italian fashion designer Fendi.
She teamed her outfit with a bag from the same brand and a pair of gold Tony Bianco heels.
The catwalk showcased an array of spring and summer fashion from the best of Australian and international designers.
