The finals picture has cleared considerably following round 22, but there are still a few scenarios that could see teams jump in and out of the top 8 and top 4. Two favourites in the race to the eight have separated themselves from the rest, while top 4 teams will clash on Friday and Saturday nights in what could be finals previews. The Favourites Greater Western Sydney Giants GWS all but secured their place in the finals while simultaneously ending Richmond’s season in the

Warning: minor spoilers for seasons 1 & 2 The adult animated series Final Space , created by Olan Rogers, is odd to describe. At its core, it’s sci-fi, set in a future where space travel and alliances with other planets are completely normal. But it’s also a comedy, where wildly funny jokes balance hard-hitting, suspenseful drama and action. If that wasn’t enough, there’s also a central love story and even some supernatural elements thrown into the mix. This impressive and

For many university students, sleep deprivation has become an accepted part of their life, but research shows that missing some shut-eye can have long-term implications. A third of university students were not getting enough sleep, a recent research paper out of Edith Cowan University found. Many students were unaware of how many hours of sleep they should be getting, what time they should be going to bed, and what effective strategies for sleeping were. Pulling all-nighter

Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby” music video is a joyful celebration of queerness in hip-hop, packaged in a tongue-in-cheek prison break story. After sliding down a stripper pole to Hell, giving Satan a lap dance and then taking his crown, Lil Nas X left some wondering what else he might do to keep fans coming back for more. In. response, Lil Nas X says, “hold my Grammy”, and comes out guns blazing (literally, if you count the amount of shirtless screen time). Sticking to his t

If the race to the finals was heating up last week, it is now reaching boiling point. The equation was supposed to get simpler with one less round to play, but instead we saw three genuine upsets that brought the field closer together. It has now become decidedly more difficult to predict what will happen in the home-stretch of this AFL season. With six teams in the running for those two finals berths, let’s unpack where every contending team stands before Round 22. The C

The new song from technical death metal stalwarts Rivers of Nihil begins with a lone, mournful guitar fit for a forlorn Morricone, before exploding.  From there, the Pennsylvania-based band effortlessly shifts from moments of quiet anguish to righteous anger, with a surprising number of clean vocals adding further deviation from their initial tech death label. The Pennsylvania-based band dropped their latest song and first single— Clean —in late July, from their upcoming alb

In honour of our latest lockdown, here are six movies that will help you weather the storm. 1. Sweet Virginia, a neo-Western thriller Jon Bernthal ( Widows, Sicario, Wind River ) delivers a career-best performance as a motel owner who unknowingly befriends a violent sociopath. What ensues is the tense unravelling of a story about an unlikely friendship. This thriller expertly plays on genre conventions and uses them to its advantage to create a chilling and utterly brillian

With three rounds to go and two finals spots yet to be claimed, the race for the AFL finals is well and truly on. From the group of seven contenders, all of who can mathematically make or miss the finals, eight premiership points (two wins) is all that separates them from the top six or the bottom five teams on the ladder. Let’s dive into what it’ll take for each of them to stay in the mix come September. The favourite West Coast Eagles West Coast has the best chance by far

On July 13, 2021, the US Department of Justice issued a statement announcing the unsuccessful attempt by the Islamic Republic of Iran intelligence service to abduct an Iranian-American journalist and human rights activist from New York City and transfer her to Iran. Masih Alinejad is an Iranian-American journalist, women’s rights activist, and founder of the My Stealthy Freedom online movement against compulsory hijab law. She has been repeatedly threatened and intimidated

Amid the cottagecore trend, EA has thrown their hat into the ring with the new Sims 4 expansion pack, Cottage Living . The 11th Sims 4 expansion introduces a new, English countryside-inspired location called Henford-on-Bagley, where Sims can raise cows, grow their own food and forage in the wilderness. Similar to Stardew Valley , Cottage Living focuses on farming and interacting with the community. The new release, which came out on July 23, comes with a host of new items

Jimmy McGovern’s latest project, Time , is a confronting prison drama that was captivating from beginning to end. The three-part series mirrors the gripping and controversial storytelling of McGovern’s previous works, Cracker (1993-1996) and Broken (2017 ) , in a mixture of a perfectly suspenseful script and a talented cast. The mini-series follows the life of Mark Cobden, an introverted teacher who is sentenced to prison and forced to acclimatise to the harsh system. He form

When 27-year-old administration manager Kiara Dean started looking for new rental accommodation in Warrnambool four months ago, she was optimistic. “We thought we weren’t going to look too bad. Two full-time workers, old enough that we weren’t young party people,” Kiara said. However, by March, Kiara still hadn’t found a property to rent. We were just getting knockback after knockback. All the agents that we spoke to were saying they were getting 20, 30, up to 70 applications