Two very different documentaries were announced within hours of each other this morning. Firstly, Prime Video revealed a Lily Allen feature-length doco, promising “an intimate portrait of the life and career of a global icon and voice of a generation.” Coming in 2027, it will “chart the life and work of Lily Allen, from her early years through to West End Girl.”

Meanwhile, another global icon (of sorts) has teamed up with Netflix for its upcoming Untold sports documentary series, which will feature an episode about Australian Olympic breakdancing sensation Rachael “Raygun” Gunn. The streamer said Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly will take viewers “inside the rise, fall, and reinvention” of Raygun. The series will be available to stream from 25 August.

“I’ve done it maybe four times in my life before solo shows when the backstage had no toilet… I didn’t want to wet myself onstage,”
Australian comedian Dave Hughes told The Daily Mail, after fellow comedian Melanie Bracewell claimed that the first time she met him, “he peed in one of my glasses I use for stage because he couldn’t go out to the bathroom”. Posting to social media, Bracewell added, “he does this regularly and wait staff have to clean it up”.

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The increase in streams of ‘Everything Hallelujah’ after Justin Bieber performed the song at the World Cup Halftime Show during this week’s final in New Jersey.

It was a Spice Girls reunion at Mel C’s UK wedding to Australian model Chris Dingwall, with Mel B, Geri Halliwell, and Emma Bunton (Scary, Ginger, and Baby Spice, respectively) all in attendance. Victoria Beckham (aka Posh) was there in spirit as Mel C’s wedding dress designer.

The Odyssey has already been seen by millions, with the Christopher Nolan-directed epic earning $AU376 million at the global box office in its opening weekend.

But if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, don’t worry. This is a spoiler-free write up on the production behind this year's biggest movie. (Not that I can really spoil an almost 3,000-year-old story).

Beyond the legendary director and all-star cast, one particular detail is drawing audiences in: the camera technology used to film it, after The Odyssey made history as the first feature film to be shot entirely on IMAX.

There's sooooo many reasons as to why that's cool so let's jump into how they pulled it off!

You might recognise IMAX as the name of those big ass screens where you go to watch a space movie every now and again.

Some IMAX screens reach close to 16 metres in height, roughly twice as tall as a standard cinema screen, delivering a visual and audio experience that goes way beyond what standard cinemas can offer.

Shooting on IMAX film is also widely regarded as the most premium way to make movies. The 70mm frame is roughly ten times the surface area of standard 35mm film, so it holds far more detail. IMAX says the expanded aspect ratio delivers around 40% more image than a regular cinema.

But shooting for IMAX is not without limitations. Due to the size of the film stock, IMAX cameras can only shoot for about three minutes at a time. They’re also notoriously noisy, meaning dialogue often has to be re-voiced in post-production, through a process known as Additional Dialogue Recording (ADR).

For those reasons and more there's never been a feature-length film shot entirely on IMAX. Until now.

Enter Christopher Nolan – the film nerd's go-to auteur behind blockbusters including Oppenheimer, Interstellar and Inception. It’s been his dream since he was 16 to shoot a film entirely on IMAX. Now in his fifties, he's finally done it with The Odyssey.

To do so, the team challenged IMAX to build a quieter camera, or find a way to contain the noise. They did both. The result was a HUMONGOUS contraption dubbed "the blimp" – a big metal box wrapped around a specially designed IMAX camera that takes about six people to carry.

However, the blimp’s size blocked actors from seeing each other during close-up shots. To get around this, Nolan set up a system of mirrors around the blimp so the cast could perform to each other's reflections (see above). The result is a visually stunning film that I would recommend seeing on the biggest screen possible.

If you're hoping to make it into an IMAX theatre I have some bad news: there are only 41 cinemas in the world that can screen the true 70mm film experience Nolan intended.

Melbourne is home to the ONLY screen of this kind in the southern hemisphere, and its sessions of The Odyssey are sold out until late August. Sydney’s IMAX uses a (still impressive) 4K laser projection system rather than a traditional 70mm film projector.

If you can’t make it to an IMAX, well, I still think it’s worth a trip to your local cinema to see a thrilling, if not slightly cropped, romp of a film.

Reporting by Elliot Lawry.

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A lawyer for social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate has vowed to fight rape and sex trafficking charges in the UK, claiming they are victims of a “political witch hunt”.

The brothers, who hold dual U.S. and UK citizenship, were arrested by U.S. officials over the weekend, as British authorities seek their extradition.

Here’s the latest.

Former professional kickboxer turned 'manosphere' influencer Andrew Tate, 39, became one of the world's most polarising internet personalities in the early 2020s. His social media empire (run with younger brother Tristan) promotes wealth, male dominance, and misogyny.

Andrew has been banned from YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram for hate speech, but still has more than 10.8 million followers on X.

The brothers moved to Romania in 2016, where they were arrested in 2022 on accusations of human trafficking, rape, and forming an organised criminal group to sexually exploit women.

A second Romanian case opened in 2024, alleging trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, and money laundering – triggering about nine months of house arrest combined.

The Tates deny all allegations, and the case in Romania is ongoing.

Separately in 2024, more charges were brought against the Tate brothers – this time by UK authorities – relating to alleged sexual offences against three victims between 2012 and 2015.

The brothers were arrested in Romania on behalf of the UK. However, a Romanian court ruled they could only be extradited to the UK once the Romanian proceedings concluded.

In February 2025, Romanian authorities eased travel restrictions on the brothers, who flew straight to Florida on a private jet, where they’ve been living ever since. Romania's foreign minister said at the time that a White House official had expressed interest in the brothers’ case. U.S. President Donald Trump said he knew “nothing about” whether his administration had pressured Romania to release them.

The Tates were arrested in Miami on Saturday on behalf of British law enforcement. The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it’s “decided to bring further charges against brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate in relation to four further victims.”

Andrew is facing “seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography,” the CPS said.

The CPS has also decided to prosecute Tristan with “one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.”

The men appeared before a U.S. magistrate for the first time on Monday. Following the brief preliminary hearing, they were taken back into federal custody. In the coming weeks, a federal judge will consider whether they meet the conditions for extradition to the UK.

Speaking outside a court in Miami, the brothers’ lawyer Joe McBride argued his clients were being “attacked for what they say, not what they've done” and branded the UK “a fallen state that prosecutes its citizens for free speech”.

McBride said the men were being kept in solitary confinement, but “remain positive”.

He also suggested U.S. President Donald Trump could intervene in the extradition proceedings, arguing “he was elected to fight against this kind of nonsense”.

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Reporting by Emma Gillespie.