Noomi Rapace shows again in crime thriller Dead Man Down that she is the ultimate chameleon.
Looking the part
A tiger by the tail
Bill Westenhofer won an Oscar for best visual effects for his extraordinary work bringing the digital tiger Richard Parker (pictured) to life in the adventure fantasy Life of Pi.
House plans go awry
Faltering new reality renovation show House Rules feels overtly familiar.
Pain? Not one Iota as singer spills offstage
Sometimes event the best laid plans can go awry, as avante garde cabarat star Iota discovered last night at The Great Gatsby after party when he came flying off the stage just as he started his routine in front of 1200 VIP guests.
Quiet achiever hangs up the headphones
When it comes to being a lovely human being, Spencer is the Adam-bomb.
In short, a Man Booker winner
An author who pens stories the length of a sentence won this year's Man Booker International Prize.
Lovers of writing pack venues as the words rain down
Heavy rain through the night might have brought on ''uhtceare'' and powerful urges to ignore the alarm in favour of ''floccilation'', but the city's literary crowd ventured out nonetheless, filling many of Thursday's Sydney Writers Festival sessions.
A short trip from Texas to St Kilda
Film student Claudette Godfrey realised quickly she didn't want to be a filmmaker.
A tiger by the tail
Visual effects master Bill Westenhofer would like to thank the Academy ... for cutting him off.
No fire without smoke
Noomi Rapace will go to great lengths, including taking up cigarettes, for a film role she's passionate about.