The Fifth Trimester

Three years after Friends star Matthew Perry's tragic death at just 54, Netflix has dropped The One About Matthew Perry - an in-depth, three-part docco about the man behind one of the most beloved sitcom characters of all time, Chandler Bing. But does it offer any new insights we didn’t already learn in his memoir, Friends, Lovers & The Big Bad Terrible Thing? BB and Lu discuss.
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The One About Matthew Perry
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Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis and Larry Sloman
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We're fresh from the campsite and feeling like brand-new gals after our annual bestie getaway. Now, onto this week's very important investigations: Did Margot Robbie copy Bella's long bob? And would you have a baby with your best mate? UK comedian and actor Russell Brand has been found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others following a four-week trial. We're unpacking the landmark case, the culture of complicity that enabled him and why his born-again Christian rebrand is looking more dubious than ever. Palate cleanser, anyone? Chanel made quite the splash in Sydney last week, with a swarm of fashion's finest descending on Barangaroo's Cutaway for the re-staging of Matthieu Blazy's Resort '27 collection. We're breaking down the star-studded spectacle and why it's such a huge moment for lil old 'Straya. Plus, our INs and OUTs include a grief hack, a vintage swimwear staple and the end of an Aussie icon.
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It-Fits Jersey Bedding
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The Trial Of Russell Brand
Nora McInerny’s TED Talk, “We don’t ‘move on’ from grief. We move forward with it.”
Nordies Boardies
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Season 3 of Nobody Wants This is back, baby! It's warm, funny, so lovely and, dare we say, a redemption season. Loosely inspired by creator Erin Foster's real-life romance with her Jewish husband Simon Tikhman, the Netflix hit picks up with Joanne and hot rabbi Noah moving in together as Joanne navigates converting to Judaism. So, did this 10-episode rom-com comeback win us over?
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Nobody Wants This on Netflix
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Is the best kind of new hairstyle a spontaneous one? What was your high school email address, and what does it say about you as a person? And Jay-Z has seemingly given himself the Super Bowl halftime show, which has us wondering: what would WE like to give ourselves? We urgently need to talk about millennial icon and the new patron saint of The Fifth Trimester, Jennifer Lawrence, who's been dishing out some seriously Fifth Trimester-coded revelations. We're making a case for Halloween being the best day of the year. From our fave celeb costumes to our own Halloween shindig, and why the heck is Gen Alpha suddenly dressing up as Soulja Boy?! Plus, our INs and OUTs include a genius budget holiday hack, and we're asking if celeb lookalike competitions have officially jumped the shark?
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Jennifer Lawrence’s Call Her Daddy episode
Jennifer Lawrence Hopes You Won’t Hate Her New Project
Jessica DeFino’s theory about Jennifer Lawrence
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Your live music correspondents, Lu and BB, had the pleasure of heading to the Pussy Palace to see the one and only Lily Allen perform her divorce-anthem album, West End Girl, in Sydney this week. Powerful, poignant, and more a one-woman theatrical Broadway show than a concert, Lily knocked our frilly socks off. And, on a personal note, it was a very healing, full-circle moment for BB after her infamous run-in with the British singer in 2014.
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When Lily Allen Cancelled Bella
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