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DAN ROOKWOOD HELLO SON, IT’S ME, DAD.
The future is calling • AFTER MUCH ANTICIPATION, SAMSUNG’S ‘GALAXY FOLD’ HAS LANDED. AND IT’S LIKE NOTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN.
ART OF COLLABORATION • JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT AND KEITH HARING ARE THE SUBJECTS OF THIS SUMMER’S BIGGEST, MOST BLOCKBUSTERY ART SHOW.
Also worth checking out • EVEN MORE CULTURE, FOR WHEN YOU JUST CAN’T FATHOM ANOTHER BEACH DAY.
YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT TAIKA DOES NEXT • SOME BELIEVE ‘PC CULTURE’ IS RUINING COMEDY – TAIKA WAITITI IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THE LATEST FILM TO COME FROM THE MAN WHO MADE THOR FUNNY? A NAZI SATIRE, OF COURSE.
Taika’s transformations • THE KIWI HAS CONTORTED HIMSELF INTO SOME TRULY WACKY CHARACTERS.
FASHION (FOR A GOOD CAUSE) • A ROBUST, ELEGANT NEW COFFEE-TABLE BOOK CHRONICLES KIM JONES’ FIRST YEAR AT DIOR MEN.
THE UNSTOPPABLE KIM PETRAS • THE GERMAN-BORN, LA-BASED ARTIST THINKS SHE CAN BECOME THE WORLD’S BIGGEST POP STAR. AND SHE MIGHT BE RIGHT.
STARS ON THE HORIZON • SOME BIG NAMES HEADED TO AUSSIE FESTIVALS THIS SUMMER.
CULTURE KINGS • THE WORLD MAY BE FALLING TO PIECES, YET SOMEHOW POP CULTURE IS STILL GOING STRONG. TO HELP PICK THE GOOD FROM THE BAD, WE PRESENT ALL THE THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN, READ AND LISTENED TO IN 2019. DON’T WORRY, THERE’S STILL TIME.
BECK'S BACK • HE HAS SEVEN GRAMMYS AND 14 ALBUMS IN THE BAG. BUT THE MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST WON’T REST UNTIL HE’S WRITTEN THE 'PERFECT SONG'. WITH HIS NEW ALBUM, HYPERSPACE, HE’S NOT FAR OFF.
Tim Minchin • AN AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL, A HEALTHY FILM CAREER, THE PROMISE OF HITTING THE BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD – IT WAS ALL GOING SO WELL. UNTIL IT WASN’T. NOW BACK IN AUSTRALIA AFTER AN UNEXPECTED SETBACK IN THE US, THE 44-YEAR-OLD IS READY TO REDEFINE HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST TALENTED AND SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS.
Island Time
Bar upgrade • IT’S PARTY SEASON, BUT THAT COCKTAIL SHAKER YOU RECEIVED FOR YOUR 18TH BIRTHDAY WILL NO LONGER CUT IT. THE PERFECT TIME, THEN, TO GIVE YOUR DRINKING KIT A STYLE MAKEOVER.
THE AUSSIE CONQUERING THE US • FOR TWO DECADES NICK MATHERS HAS BEEN BUILDING A BI-COASTAL RESTAURANT EMPIRE THAT’S REDEFINING THE AMERICAN FOOD SCENE.
Nick Mathers’ LA • Now practically an LA local, we asked Mathers to give us a few of his top spots worth checking out around the city of angels – besides his own, of course.
A NIGHT AT • HOTEL SHANGRI-LA
The (meat-free) future of food • There’s never any shortage of burger options these days, but the latest trend looks set to take over the planet – and might just help save it, too.
Where to go meat-free • HUNGRY JACKS, GRILL’D AND EVEN KFC IN THE US HAVE ADDED FAUX-MEATS TO THEIR MENUS – BELOW ARE SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR TRYING IT IN YOUR LOCAL AREA.
Plan your party look • BEING OUR ANNUAL MEN OF THE YEAR ISSUE, WE’RE IN PEAK-PARTY MODE. AND WITH A BIT OF LUCK, YOU ARE TOO. BUT HAVE YOU GIVEN ENOUGH THOUGHT TO YOUR FESTIVE ATTIRE? NEVER FEAR. NATURALLY, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS.
YOUR SUMMER SNEAKER • THOUGHT THE SNEAKER BUBBLE WOULD POP? THINK AGAIN. WE TRAVELLED TO THE BIGGEST SNEAKER SHOW IN THE WORLD TO DISCOVER THE...