Pop, Cultured

Entertainment news that may have slipped under your radar. @mantsig

Hulk Hogan: still runnin' wild

11 May 2012 | 2:13

So, yeah, I've interviewed another professional wrestler. But seriously, can you blame me?

Name the first wrestler that pops into your head. Even if you know next to nothing about the squared circle, or if you have some vague recollection of it from your childhood, chances are you would've mentioned this week's guest.  Read more

We need to talk about Kevin

24 February 2012 | 20:03

It's about 5pm on a Wednesday. My colleagues and I are in the SBS newsroom, furiously working on our stories for the approaching bulletin; conflict in the Middle East, Greece's worsening financial crisis, why some diamonds are pink instead of white.

Good guess. That last one was mine.  Read more

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"The Ides of March" (starring Ryan Gosling and George Clooney) is among the nominees for best picture at the next Golden Globes. (AP)

That's all folks (but here's some more anyway)

16 December 2011 | 8:19

Since launching this blog back in July, the kind folks here at SBS Online have allowed me to bring you useless factoids about award ceremonies, video games, obscure celebrities, and films that have stirred up some kind of controversy.

So for the final "Pop, Cultured" of 2011, I'm doing something completely different... by omitting any references to an obscure celebrity.  Read more

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Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose. (Getty Images)

Appetite for induction

09 December 2011 | 1:59

If music is the soundtrack of our lives, the upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is a compilation of life's better moments.

Its three headline additions have collectively sold more than 200 million albums worldwide, share nearly 90 years of musical excellence between them, and have gone through more members than the Collingwood Football Club.  Read more

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Willem Dafoe in the Australian feature film 'The Hunter'. (youtube)

Scene one, AACTA one

01 December 2011 | 17:01

It's got a new name and a new time, but will that be enough to renew interest?

For those who actually care about local cinema, the ceremony once known as the Australian Film Institute Awards (or AFIs) has become the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (or AACTAs). I guess some puns just write themselves.  Read more

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