A blog of recent clips, reporting and notions on what's happening in pop culture of interest to me. Written by Cynthia Wang.
My page for current articles and reporting, random thoughts on TV, music, movies, etc.
It’s always a pleasure to speak with Erik Thomson, especially when he goes into new territory with his projects. He goes into detail about comedy Aftertaste, a biting ABC comedy, for this mid-February issue of WHO.
Speaking to producers about their true-crime shows makes watching them a bit more fascinating. Here are two such pieces I reported and wrote for Foxtel.
The toast of Tinseltown are lined up to gift Foxtel families a wealth of Christmas movies.
From Broadway to Carlito’s Way, the actress has had roles in many genres. Now starring in The College Admissions Scandal, she is passing on her acting passion to the next generation.
Jenny Cooney caught up with Cate Blanchett and her Mrs America co-stars, and also the cast of Hugh Jackman’s film Bad Education. All I did was write it up! Nonetheless, i enjoyed their insights into these two prestige productions.
It’s been 14 years since I last went on location to cover Survivor, but it was worth all the water landings and achy knees to stand with Jeff Probst on a sandbar for the opening to Winners at War. Writer Thomas Mitchell highlights the key points of my interview in the March 9 issue of TV Week.
Two-time Australian Survivor contestant Luke Toki ended up winning the hearts of Australian fans, and landed a surprising media gig in the process. Luke and his family and friends spoke to me for a profile in Who Magazine’s March 30, 2020 issue.
It’s always a blast to talk to comedian Nazeem Hussain, who now adds fatherhood to his arsenal of jokes for new standup audiences to his latest show, Hussain That!
My last written piece for TV WEEK as features editor. After this, interviews from my set visits will be put together by other talented scribes. Glad to go out with one of my faves, Tim Minchin.
Forgot to add this one earlier in the list of articles from 2019, but here is my assessment of the Game of Thrones finale.
Grateful for a chance to speak to Christos Tsiolkas about his latest novel, Damascus, and journalist Annabel Crabb on the ABC special Australia Talks. I also take a look at the end of Total Control’s first season. For my interviews with Rachel Griffiths and Grant Denyer, check out their separate entries on this site.
Charlie’s Angels gets updated! I also commission David Michael Brown to look into gearhead biopics with the release of Ford V. Ferrari. Freddie Highmore breaks down the new season of The Good Doctor. Also, I talk to the Veronicas about their first reality series, In My Blood, and Debbie Cuell about her show, One Born Every Minute Australia. Teasers for The Mandalorian, Catherine the Great, and Total Control.
This week, I speak to Australian Actor Remy Hii about his work in Spider-Man: Far From Home, and preview Years And Years, Total Control, Catherine the Great (with a brief Richard Roxburgh chat) and His Dark Materials.
This week, I spoke with Mike Bullen about his show Cold Feet, wrote up Ready or Not in Entertainment along with a few other films, and tease new episodes of Total Control, Frayed and Morning Wars. My interview with Harry Richardson sits with the Total Control teaser, and I have a separate profile with Deborah Mailman.
We start with a preview of new ABC series Total Control, then go into an interview with John Turturro about The Name of the Rose, plus a few entertainment blurbs. Then a chat with Georgina Haig about Secret Bridesmaids’ Business.
We start with my chats with Julia Zemiro on her latest season of Home Delivery and Alexander England on Secret Bridesmaids’ Business. Then I spoke with Lindsay Lohan and Dave Hughes for The Masked Singer Australia. Then Nash Edgerton for Mr Inbetween, and Callan McAuliffe for The Walking Dead. I know, it’s not the final TWD season —they announced a new one the week this came out! Then Harlots.
Lots this week! I talk to Dave Hughes about The Masked Singer Australia, get a peek at new Seven drama Secret Bridesmaids’ Business, salute the end of Glitch, preview Rachel Griffiths’ Ride Like a Girl movie, talk to Russel Howcroft on How Australia Got Its Mojo and tease a new season of Love It or List It Australia.
I had fabulous chats with Ben O’Toole and Kiah Roache-Turner for Nekrotronic. For more with Ben, click here, and for more with Kiah on his casting Monica Belucci, click here. I also previewed The Goldfinch and this week’s episode of Glitch, and tease the arrival of Survivor: Island of the Idols. To read my interview with Sarah Snook for Succession, see her separate entry.
This week, I spoke with Australian Survivor contestants Luke Toki and Pia Miranda on secrets of the fourth season, then continue to tease the latest episodes of Glitch and Disenchantment. For my interview with Australian Survivor host Jonathan LaPaglia, please go to the TV Week tab under Telling Stories on this site.
Michelle Dockery takes us behind the scenes of the Downton Abbey movie, Maddie and I look at Network 10’s latest crop of shows for Pilot Week, and Kerry Armstrong talks about Seachange. I also tease the latest episodes of Hard Quiz and Scooby Doo.
