With the release of her first TV series and Oscar buzz around her latest film, Julia Roberts is ready for her standing ovation.
Julia Roberts was never a big podcast fan. It wasn’t until she listened to Homecoming by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg that she became an addict. “I hadn’t heard very many podcasts [when I started listening to Homecoming] and I certainly hadn’t heard one that consisted of one continuous storyline. I was very taken with it,” says Roberts, down the line from LA. Even from 12,000km away, you can hear the warmth in her voice and feel her trademark smile.
In the TV adaptation of the podcast by Amazon Prime, Roberts checks her smile to play Heidi Bergman, a single woman who is overcome with paranoia and haunted by resurfacing memories of her time as a caseworker at the Homecoming Transitional Support Center for returning war veterans.
When a Department of Defense auditor tracks Heidi down four years after leaving the facility and starts asking questions about her work, she realises things were not as they seemed. Dun dun dun…
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SHANNEN DOHERTY
The rebellious actor died in July after a nine-year battle with cancer. Zara Wong looks back at the legacy of a woman who always lived on her own terms
IN THE WILDS OF ALASKA
Nature served up a spectacular array of delights, while cruising the majestic waters of the far north.
Back to EARTH
In its earliest days, the farm bred draught horses for export. Now Tasmania's 1840 cottage Leighton House has been restored as a glorious getaway
ODE to LIGHT
Created by master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian in 2011, Elie Saab's Le Parfum has since gained a cult following and become an industry icon. Here, Sally Hunwick uncovers the origins of the stunning chypre floral scent
JEN ATKIN
The Ouai beauty guru is regularly called on by the Kardashians and a host of other A-listers. Here, she talks about hair, her beauty cupboard and how she keeps up her energy levels
A NEW DIRECTION
When she was 16, Jordan Lambropoulos told her surgeon she'd rather die than wake up with a colostomy bag. Today - 10 years, countless operations and 14,000 Instagram followers later - she's proof that a colostomy bag is not the end. In fact, it can be the beginning of a whole new life
LADY LUCK
Rosalía takes her accessories as seriously as she takes her art. The Spanish musician spent three years working on her much-lauded album Motomami, finessing the details and perfecting the finishing touches. And when it comes to her outfits, she's no less specific
Wait... superhero movies are cool now?
Who had Emma Corrin and Juno Temple as supervillians on their 2024 bingo card?
CURTAIN CALLING
Brisbane-born star Vidya Makan steps into the shoes of America's founding mother in the long-awaited return of Hamilton
LEIGH-ANNE
The English singer on colourism, freedom and reuniting Little Mix
