Appointments Opera Australia appoints first ever female artistic director Opera Australia has appointed its first ever female artistic director. Jo Davies, 52, will commence her historic role in November 2023.
Life The moment Lizzo brought 17 activists on stage to share her People’s Champion award Lizzo delivered a show stopping speech at the People’s Choice Awards, inviting 17 activists on stage to share her “People’s Champion” award.
News & Views ‘Loved universally’: Remembering Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie Singer, songwriter and keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie has died at the age of 79, “following a short illness.”
Music Swift’s latest album takes out 10 Top Tens in Billboard 100 record Taylor Swift has made history by becoming the first artist in US history to claim the Top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
News & Views The story behind Karen Jacobsen’s musical rendition of Julia Gillard’s iconic misogyny speech Here’s what drove Karen Jacobsen to record a musical work of creative advocacy out of Julia Gillard’s iconic misogyny speech.
News & Views The woman who changed murder mysteries: Angela Lansbury has died at 96 Actor Angela Lansbury, most famous for her role as Jessica Fletcher in the US television series “Murder, She Wrote”, has died, aged 96.
Books Surviving assault, depression and an eating disorder: Mel C reveals all We know her as Sporty Spice aka “Mel C”, reveals life in new memoir, Who I Am, opening out about repressed trauma.
Screen ‘Let’s just tell more stories’: The big wins for black female artists at Emmys Hollywood’s best entertainers took home Emmys on Monday night, marking television’s biggest night in Los Angeles.
Music 72 per cent of women in music industry have experienced workplace sexual harassment More than half of people working in Australia’s contemporary music industry have experienced some form of workplace sexual harassment.
Music Lizzo hits back at ‘bitches’: “I ain’t gonna say nothing…because I’m winning!” Lizzo wins an award at 2022 VMA and hits back at ‘bitches’: “I ain’t gonna say nothing…because I’m winning!”
News & Views World mourns as Olivia Newton-John dies of breast cancer at 73 The world is waking up this morning to the heartbreaking news of the death of pop music icon Olivia Newton-John.
Music On her electric guitar, Joni Mitchell proved female music elders can be super punks Joni Mitchell’s performance at Newport Folk Festival defied the ‘permissible’ ways older women ‘should’ behave.
