The Latest Breaking News from Taika Waititi

Losing his hammer was bad enough, but now our hero must cope with being ogled by goddesses in Thor: Love and Thunder

The New Zealand director has become one of Hollywood’s most prominent celebrity filmmakers, thanks to his work revitalising the Thor franchise and the divisive Oscar-winner ‘Jojo Rabbit’. Louis Chilton digs into Waititi’s unusual career and asks whether anyone really knows what his ‘deal’ is anymore

The unanimous decision was announced on Friday at the Art Gallery of NSW, where all finalists will be exhibited from 14 May

MORNING BRIEFING: Talks aimed to stop industrial action have hit a snag after five weeks of enterprise agreement negotiations between rail unions and the State Government.

Taika Waititi might be introducing The Mighty Thor, but we may not get as much of her story as we think.

Director Taika Waititi reckons it’s Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher in the forthcoming Thor: Love and Thunder. But what about Thanos? Or Loki? And who else is in the running?

For those seeking refuge from the election, the 101st Archibald Prize is almost a politician-free zone. Unless you count Joanna Braithwaite’s amusingly titled McManusstan, a portrait of bird lover Sally McManus. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett painted by Anh Do is in the line up – but more accurately described…

This summer at the movies, Tom Cruise is back in the cockpit behind those iconic aviators. Doctors Grant, Sattler and Ian Malcolm are returning for another round with the dinosaurs. Natalie Portman is picking up Thor’s hammer. And Jordan Peele is poised to terrify us with the unknown. Again. Hollywood…

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