I hope this email finds you winding down, eating chocolate, and getting excited for a blissful long weekend.

Over 500 of you responded to last week’s poll about the Suddenly 30 reboot. To the 89% of you who voted ‘make it stop’, I see you. I am you.

That being said, this thoughtful comment from one of our subscribers, Cass, almost changed my mind: “Even though I usually prefer the original, remakes kind of feel like the way we retell stories over time throughout history. It's taking something that was once important and giving it a contemporary context so that it can become relevant again”.

What a lovely sentiment. Let’s be more like Cass. Wishing you a glass-half-full Easter.

“I really love them all, but Call Me By Your Name is pretty perfect, and I really love Dune.”
Kylie Jenner, speaking about her favourite Timothée Chalamet films on the debut episode of Kid Cudi’s new podcast. She also told the rapper she’s seen Chalamet’s 2023 movie Wonka “like seven times.”

2.4 million.
The number of viewers who’ve streamed Heartbreak High (HBH) season three on Netflix since its release last week. The local production debuted as the most watched show on Netflix in both Australia and New Zealand, according to figures published on Wednesday. HBH S3 is also number nine on Netflix’s Global Top 10 TV list.

Fans have been given a glimpse of Eric Dane’s final performance, with the latest trailer for Euphoria season 3 dropping on Tuesday. Dane died on 19 February aged 53 following “a courageous battle with ALS,” his family said. The actor announced his diagnosis in April 2025, just days before he began shooting new episodes of Euphoria. Dane plays Jacob Elordi’s on screen dad, Cal, in the series, which returns to HBO Max on 13 April after a four-year wait.

The Eurovision Song Contest is officially coming to Asia in 2026, with Bangkok selected as the host city for the inaugural spin-off event.

Since 1956, Eurovision has brought together mostly European nations in an annual song competition broadcast to millions live on TV.

This new version is Eurovision’s first-ever multinational expansion beyond Europe.

Countries including South Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam have already signed on, with more expected to be announced in the coming months.

Eurovision’s director Martin Green described the moment as “especially meaningful”, as it coincides with the contest's 70th anniversary.

For Eurovision fans across Asia, this week’s announcement has been a long time coming.

Plans for an Asian adaptation began in earnest in 2008, when the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced a contest for 2009.

The contest launched under the clunky title Our Sound – The Asia Pacific Song Contest, after Asiavision was already taken by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union for its news service. Fifteen countries signed up, but the event never saw the light of day.

In March 2016, the EBU began development on a fresh attempt alongside Australia's Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The competition was officially renamed the Eurovision Asia Song Contest in 2017, with Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore among those vying to host.

New South Wales pledged significant investment, while the Singaporean Government offered $4 million to host the event. At one point, the Gold Coast even claimed it would host the event, but by May 2021, SBS confirmed it had shelved the project entirely.

This was followed by years of radio silence, but that changed this week, when organisers announced Eurovision Asia has officially arrived.

Bangkok will host Eurovision Song Contest Asia this November.

The pop music spectacle’s trimmed-down format will consist of a single broadcast show.

In keeping with the familiar Eurovision format, results will be decided by professional juries and public voting. Songs must be under three minutes and feature no more than six performers.

The ten confirmed participating countries are South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, with further countries expected to join as the competition expands.

Each participating broadcaster will select its entry through a national selection process in the months leading up to the Grand Final.

Nepal has become the first country to announce its national selection date, with broadcaster Himalayan Television set to choose its representative on 19 September.

Designed to grow with the region, Eurovision Song Contest Asia will bring together countries representing more than 600 million people, with organisers billing it as the first programme of its kind in the region.

SBS confirmed Australia will not be competing, but the broadcaster said it “will be watching with interest as it develops.”

Australia will, however, be represented by Delta Goodrem at the main Eurovision gala in Austria next month.

The contest’s 70th anniversary has been marked by growing controversy and boycotts over Israel’s participation. Spain, Ireland, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Slovenia have all refused to participate this year.

Reporting by Elliot Lawry.

Prints you'll actually keep

There are 3,000 photos on your phone from last year. You've looked at maybe twelve of them. The instax™ mini 13 does something your camera roll can't – it makes the photo real the moment you take it. A physical print you can hand to someone, stick on a fridge, or tuck into a wallet.

The self-timer and selfie mode mean everyone gets in the shot, too. No editing. No uploading. Just the moment, printed.

Secondhand fashion giant Depop is being sued in a U.S. court over hidden fees.

California woman Linsey Dinh alleges many Depop users may be unaware of the digital platform's mandatory checkout fees.

She’s calling for better transparency, and an undisclosed sum in compensatory damages.

Thousands of Depop's 43.5 million registered users could potentially sign on to the lawsuit (what’s known as a class action).

Founded by Simon Beckerman in 2011, Depop began as a marketplace for readers of PIG (an independent culture magazine) to buy items featured in its pages.

Now, it’s a global marketplace and pre-loved fashion app. As of December 2025, Depop had more than 10 million active buyers and sellers. Almost 90% of Depop buyers are under the age of 34.

In January 2025, Dinh was browsing Depop and found an item listed at $US17.00.

She decided to buy it based on that price. But when she got to checkout, an extra $1.55 "Marketplace fee" appeared that hadn't been mentioned anywhere during her browse.

She paid it, but looked into the charge and determined it could be illegal under California law.

Dinh then filed legal action against Depop in a California court in February.

Depop has been accused of misleading customers via its lack of transparency over mandatory fees.

Court documents state Depop “individually advertises the price of each item for sale on its website. However, [Depop’s] advertised prices fail to include a mandatory fee ultimately charged at checkout.”

The Plaintiff (Dinh) claims the fees amount to what’s known as “drip pricing” and “junk fee” practices, which are illegal in California.

The state introduced an Honest Pricing Law on July 1, 2024. Under the legislation, mandatory fees must be included in a product’s advertised price. The only exceptions are government-imposed taxes and shipping costs.

In Dinh’s case, this means the $17 item she bought on Depop should have been advertised as an $18.55 item.

Depop's Marketplace fee is used to cover buyer protection and customer support costs.

The lawsuit acknowledges these expenses as legitimate, but Dinh’s lawyers claim the fee should be built into the listed price from the start.

The complaint argues that by waiting until checkout to reveal the fee, Depop exploits the fact that shoppers are already invested in their selections and unlikely to start their search over.

“A shopper may have put so much time into the shopping process that by the time additional fees or charges are disclosed they have already made up their minds to make a purchase,” the complaint notes, citing consumer behaviour research.

Dinh is suing under four separate California laws, seeking refunds of all fees paid, damages, and a court order forcing Depop to change its practices permanently.

The complaint includes screenshots showing that at the time of Dinh's January 2025 purchase, Depop's product pages showed prices with no additional disclosure such as an asterisk or fine print.

By the time the lawsuit was being prepared, a small "i" icon had quietly appeared next to prices. When clicked, it explains the Marketplace fee is already included in the displayed total.

The lawsuit has accused Depop of quietly updating its terms in an attempt to rectify unlawful practices.

The timing of the lawsuit comes amid the planned sale of Depop.

Etsy acquired the platform from Simon Beckerman for $US1.6 billion in 2021. This year, it agreed to sell Depop for approximately $1.2 billion.

The deal is expected to close by the middle of the year.

Depop's response to the complaint is due April 27, but by the time administrative court processes are completed, Depop will most likely be under new ownership.

As a result, eBay will likely inherit both the platform and the lawsuit, but it’s not yet clear how liable it could be for past Depop conduct.

eBay already displays fee-inclusive pricing on its UK platform following a similar buyer protection fee rollout there.

The case is in its earliest stages. Depop has not yet filed a response, but we can expect arguments over whether its updated website disclosures are now sufficient, and whether California's laws apply to users outside the state.

For now, Dinh and her lawyers are asking the court to certify the case as a class action. This step would open the lawsuit up to other Depop buyers who paid the hidden fee.

A ruling could take one to three years. However, cases like this frequently settle before that point. In this instance it means Depop would have to make a compelling enough offer to Dinh for her to withdraw the lawsuit, and planned class action. 

Reporting by Emma Gillespie.