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Shakira performing at the Global Citizen Festival in September 2025 in New York.

Pop star Shakira wins $90 million payout in court victory over Spanish government

The decision follows years of tax troubles in Spain for the Colombian superstar.

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Madonna (left) joined Sabrina Carpenter on-stage at Coachella. Is the queen of pop well and truly back?

Thought she’d hung up? Madonna is back – and her new song is a banger

Coachella marked only the beginning of Madonna’s hedonistic pop comeback tour, returning with a bang after years of half-hearted attempts and bizarre experimentation.

  • Nell Geraets
Can it be 40 years ago? James Hughes in 1986 with his big brother, Karl.

It’s 40 years since 1986. Suddenly, I feel very old

Our peers knew us as the Headbangers. My mum joined People for Nuclear Disarmament. Every memory is a timepiece.

  • James Hughes
Gwyneth Paltrow.

Cutting through the Goop: What Gwyneth Paltrow’s bio reveals

Love her or hate her, there’s no denying her long-lasting influence on culture.

  • Melanie Kembrey
Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan.

At 13, I was desperately seeking something. Madonna on film was it

The mononymous megastar was just starting out when Desperately Seeking Susan gave wild girls everywhere a new heroine.

  • Simmone Howell
Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show

Brisbane Festival: Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show is no Eurotrash

The autobiographical revue by fashion’s ultimate gender bender is a saucy crowd-pleaser bursting at the seams with talent and creativity.

  • Nick Dent
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Fire eater Clara Fable is one of the stars of Limbo – The Return at the West End Electric.

West End Electric ready to light up Brisbane’s theatre scene

A disused brick building on Boundary Street has been brought back to life as a 400-seat cabaret club just in time for Brisbane Festival.

  • Nick Dent
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Madonna makes a surprise intervention for Ukrainian peace summit

The Queen of Pop has taken to Instagram to endorse the efforts of a global peace summit to protect young Ukrainians abducted by Russian occupiers.

  • Rob Harris

The May 26 Edition

Debi Mazar talks about her path to success, her time in Adelaide filming the TV series Ladies in Black, and her seemingly charmed family life in Florence.

Debi Mazar is starring in the new ABC drama, Ladies in Black.

Raised by single women who had to leave bad men, Debi Mazar beat the odds

The New York It girl and best friend of Madonna hustled her way to Hollywood. Now, she’s set to star in a homegrown series that packs a feminist punch.

  • Steve Dow