The Spill

On the show today… Celeste Barber is returning to her acting roots by starring in Wellmania , a new comedic drama series which has received an eight-episode order by Netflix in Australia. The series is inspired by Brigid Delaney’s novel Wellmania: Misadventures in the Search for Wellness and is co-created by Brigid and Benjamin Law. And Bella Hadid has explained why she’s return...

On the show today… Olivia Wilde is Vogue's latest cover star and in the magazine’s long-form profile piece addresses the backlash she’s faced by dating Harry Styles, who is both nearly ten years younger than her and the star of her next movie. Olivia talks about the ‘false narrative’ that has been plaguing them and we can pinpoint exactly where it started. And the fi...

On the show today… Australia’s famous faces were out in full force at the Sydney Opera House last night for the 2021 Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts awards, known of course as the AACTAs. There was one movie and one TV show that dominated the awards list and you need to watch them both immediately. In other awards news, the People's Choice Awards were also held last night...

On the show today… The first trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special has been released and, damn it to hell, it actually looks pretty magical. A few famous faces from the franchise appeared in the trailer with a hint that there’s more to come. And this week the world was gifted with a sight we definitely didn’t ask for but were still ki...

On the show today… The first trailer for the new Stan Original Film Gold was released today and stars Susie Porter, Anthony Hayes and very rugged leading man Zac Efron. Now that we have a release date locked in, let's talk about how we think this movie should really pan out. And the Grammy Awards have always had a very…checkered past, but it looks like this year things have really go...

On the show today… Married At First Sight couple Martha Kalifatidis and Michael Brunelli have announced they are engaged and it’s nice to see that a set-up romance from one of Australia’s most controversial reality shows has a happy ending.  Plus, Khloe Kardashian is back in the headlines thanks to some (alleged) dirtbag behaviour from her ex-partner and the father of her d...

On the show today… Abbie Chatfield has issued an apology in response to a statement made by The Bachelorette star Brooke Blurton after Brooke publicly stated that an ‘unnamed former friend’ (now known to be Abbie) tainted her Bachelorette experience by ‘displaying what white privilege looks like’. There are a lot of layers to unpack in Abbie’s apology and a rea...

On the show today… Alec Baldwin’s first full-length, sit down interview about the tragic incident that took place on the set of his film Rust , which resulted in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, will air this week. A trailer for the upcoming interview shows Alec telling a different story to what was first reported. And The Bachelorette star Brooke Blurton has posted an em...

On the show today… Adele has confirmed that she will be doing a Las Vegas concert residency in 2022 called Weekends With Adele , and if you look back at her past comments around performing, this makes a whole lot of sense. And the first full trailer for And Just Like That , the upcoming revival of Sex and the City , has been released giving us a proper look at how the new characters will fi...

On the show today… Mariah Carey has reemerged into the world to fulfil her yearly Christmas promo duties and her first stop was an interview on The Project to spruik her new Christmas special. However, things got off to an awkward start when she greeted host Waleed Aly. And in a landmark ruling earlier this year, Channel 7 was ordered to pay compensation to a former My Kitchen Rules contest...

On the show today… Today it was sadly announced that Virgil Abloh, artistic director of Louis Vuitton menswear and founder of fashion line Off-White, had passed away at the age of 41. Virgil was a trailblazer in many ways and redefined what it meant to be a modern fashion designer. Plus, Weekend Sunrise host Matt Doran, infamously known as the journalist who had his interview with Adele pul...

On the show today… A groundbreaking season of The Bachelorette has come to an end with Brooke Blurton announcing that she has found ‘her person’. But the excitement of the finale has been overshadowed by a scandal involving Abbie Chatfield and an Instagram unfollow.  And a new docuseries called The Princes and The Press , which focuses on the relationship between brothers P...

On the show today… The ARIA Awards took place at Taronga Zoo in Sydney last night and we need to talk about the winners list because it was packed with a whole lot of diverse artists who deserve to be celebrated. Plus, The Jonas Brothers Family Roast came out on Netflix last night which saw the superstar brothers Kevin, Joe and Nick sit for an hour while friends and family cracked jokes abo...

On the show today… The 2022 Grammy Award nominations have been announced and three superstars are battling it out for the top awards. An Australian band is also in the running for a number  of awards and an artist just became the most-nominated artist in Grammy Awards history. And actor Kevin Spacey and his production companies have been ordered to pay $31 million USD to the studio beh...

On the show today… The American Music Awards took place this week, featuring appearances by Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift that we need to discuss. Plus, the world kind of lost its mind when Machine Gun Kelly walked the red carpet with his daughter, but there’s a reason why this story really blew up. Plus, Adele’s ‘An Audience With’ concert aired this week, marking...

On the show today… Discovery+ has announced they will be releasing a new documentary called Johnny vs Amber , a two-episode offering that promises to “tell the story of the breakdown” of the relationship between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard and “how it tipped into the celebrity court case of the decade.” But can this documentary really make good on its ultimate promis...

On the show today… The first trailer for Pam & Tommy , which stars Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee has been released and the public reaction has been pretty extreme. The series documents the wild story of a stolen celebrity sex tape, but not everyone is on board with how the real-life events have been depicted. And it’s been a big week of celebrity b...

On the show today… Travis Scott has been named in a $750 million lawsuit filed this week by a Houston lawyer on behalf of 125 Astroworld Festival victims, including the family of one man who died. Ten people have now died as a result of the Astroworld Festival tragedy while hundreds were left injured. The first teaser for Meghan Markle’s upcoming appearance on The Ellen Show has been...

On the show today… It’s been confirmed that the cast of Harry Potter will reunite for a special TV event entitled Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, to commemorate the first movie premiering 20 years ago this week. All the main cast members will be featured, but author J. K. Rowling has been completely left out. And Britney Spears‘ legal team said she is “r...

On the show today… Taylor Swift has released the music video for I Bet You Think About Me , one of nine tracks that didn’t make it onto her original 2012 Red album but has now found a home in the re-recorded Taylor’s Version release. The video is directed by none other than Blake Lively but also includes a slightly questionable leading man.  Plus, another star has entered t...

On the show today… In news that fans have been waiting for, Britney Spears has officially been freed from the conservatorship she has been under for 13 years. Britney herself did not attend the Los Angeles-based hearing, but her fans were on the ground waiting for the verdict and their reaction will go down in the pop culture history books. Photos and details from Paris Hilton’s three...

On the show today… Adele has given a new interview to Rolling Stone called 'It Fucking Devastated Me' ahead of her new album launch. Now we need to talk about what she said about life, her famous friends and most importantly dating as Adele. And Meghan Markle has apologised for misleading a British court about the extent of her co-operation with the authors of a book about her and Prince Ha...

On the show today… The first trailer for season four of Selling Sunset has been released and along with announcing some surprising new cast members, the trailer offered up news of a few extra twists coming to the hit reality show. Plus, Paul Rudd has been named People’s 2021 Sexiest Man Alive and he's...confused by it. Look, we’re not here to debate how good looking Paul Rudd is...

On the show today… It’s the news fans have been waiting for!  Squid Game , Netflix’s most-watched show of all time, is coming back for a second season and according to series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, it will be centred on the return of a key character who has a new mission. And one of the key consultants on royal drama The Crown , Jemima Khan, is walking away from the serie...

On the show today… New details have emerged about the lead-up to the Astroworld tragedy that left eight people dead. It’s been reported that police paid a visit to Travis Scott prior to his performance to advise him that going ahead with the concert could be dangerous. Travis Scott and Drake are now both being sued over the incident. Plus, it’s the video everyone is talking abou...