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By: Laura Bennett
When you consider how easy it is for us to access information and do a little digging to fact check and verify it, we’re quickly losing any excuse to be ignorant. Continue reading “‘Don’t Look Up’ – How Do You Get People to See the Truth? [Movie Review]”
By: Laura Bennett
When Sydney-local Bella Taylor-Smith appeared on The Voice in August last year she blew both the judges and audience away with her skill. Continue reading ““I Didn’t Know If Using My Gift Was Appropriate” – ‘Voice’ Winner Bella Taylor-Smith”
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. Continue reading “Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ Celebrates a Dream Outliving a Life”
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. Continue reading “Mahalia Barnes on Music, Christmas and What Makes Jimmy Barnes Cry”
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. Continue reading “Matthew West’s New Album Sums Up Another Pandemic Year: ‘We Need Christmas’”
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. Continue reading “Needtobreathe’s Josh Lovelace Has Redefined Success and It’s Not More Awards”
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. Continue reading “The Chosen: Powerful Christmas Special”
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. Continue reading “‘The Starling’ Shows Us We Can Overcome Grief in Many Ways”
By: Laura Bennett
One of the greatest arenas for social issues to be spotlighted, debated and resolved is in the entertainment industry. Continue reading ““I Am Not Your Villain” 007 Campaign Calls for “Bad Guys” to Get a Makeover”
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. Continue reading “Daniel Craig Farewells James Bond 007 in ‘No Time to Die’”