Mawunyo Gbogbo is an ABC journalist specialising in popular culture. She has worked in the media industry for more than 20 years, including as a music and pop culture reporter for Double J and ABC News, a features reporter for ABC Radio Sydney, a journalist for ABC NewsRadio, a reporter for the flagship ABC Audio Current Affairs programs AM, PM and The World Today, a segment producer for the Today Show on Channel Nine and as an associate producer for Insight on SBS TV, where she won a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award for Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Children's Rights and Issues. She was a finalist in the Music Journalist Award category at the 2024 Australian Women in Music Awards. Mawunyo is the author of Hip Hop & Hymns published by Penguin Random House.
In the documentary-style Lego biopic Piece by Piece, Pharrell Williams recounts forming The Neptunes with Chad Hugo and producing some of popular culture's biggest hits. Here, we break down five.
Taylor Swift is the most listened-to artist for a second year in a row, according to Spotify Wrapped 2024. In Australia, The Wiggles, The Kid LAROI and AC/DC were the most streamed local artists. See how your listening habits stack up.
When Chloe Bennet changed her surname from Wang to her father's Christian name, her fortunes in Hollywood changed immediately. Her experiences as a minority have informed her work on the new series Interior Chinatown.
Country music artist Kane Brown is on tour in Australia, charming fans at his Sydney concert.
Grammy winner Tems is overcome with emotion at her sold-out Sydney concert, which brings her Born in the Wild Australian tour to a rapturous close.
The cast and crew of Cross sat down with ABC News and shared how the James Patterson crime thrillers might be the source material for the show, but the new TV series goes where the books and films didn't.
Music titan Quincy Jones is being remembered by entertainment heavyweights as everyone from Will Smith to Elton John pays tribute to Jones, who has died. He was 91.
From a tongue-in-cheek song where he asks what a man has to do to get a beer around here, to a heartfelt track about his mum's dementia, nine-time Golden Guitar winner Adam Harvey has released his new album Let the Song Take You Home.
Described as "a musical feast celebrating the women who refused to behave", Well-Behaved Women imagines what some prominent women might say if they sang their thoughts.
Generational clashes threaten to tear apart a family dynasty in Netflix's Territory, set in Australia's Northern Territory.
Sydney actor Andrea Solonge has been announced as the winner of the 12th Heath Ledger scholarship. Solonge has appeared in the Stan series Prosper and in Taika Waititi's Apple TV+ series Time Bandits.
Christine Anu is set to lead the cast of the Broadway smash-hit musical Hadestown when it heads to Sydney. She's described it as the must-see musical of 2025.
Top End Bub is a follow-up to the 2019 smash-hit film Top End Wedding. But instead of another movie, its creators have opted for a TV series. Co-creator, executive producer and star Miranda Tapsell explains why as first look images of the series are released.
Michael Rainey Jr went from receiving death threats to being embraced by viewers in his role as Tariq St Patrick on Power, and one of several spin-offs Power Book II: Ghost. He's poised and ready should the call come for a continued role in the Courtney A Kemp and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson-produced show.
Grammy winner LL Cool J says he wanted to do something new with his album The Force by crafting tracks unlike anything you've heard before.
Grammy winner Leon Bridges has released a new album Leon, while announcing dates for his Australian tour. He shares songwriting credits with fellow Grammy winner John Mayer on the song When a Man Cries.
NFL tight end Travis Kelce is being praised for his acting debut in Grotesquerie, a series about a detective who accepts the help of a nun and journalist as she investigates a series of unsettling crimes.
Sean "Diddy" Combs has been a revered artist and entrepreneur in the world of hip hop since the early '90s. Now, he's awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. How did we get here?
Go behind the scenes at the biennial Cultural Spectacular at Muswellbrook Showground, which featured headliner Dan Sultan, with Jem Cassar-Daley supporting.
Keith Urban says he finds it "impossible" to give blanket advice. But there is one thing he'd encourage of aspiring musicians and that is to have people around them that they trust.
Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki has won an Emmy for her role as Princess Diana in The Crown. This and other highlights from the 76th Emmy awards.
Taylor Swift and Post Malone were winners at the MTV VMAs, with Chappell Roan taking out the award for best new artist. The show began with a nod to an iconic moment. Here are the highlights from the 2024 show.
The veteran actor died today at 93 but his legacy lives on in the iconic characters that he brought to life with his trademark voice and on-screen presence.
Casey Donovan stars as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act the musical, in a role made famous by Whoopi Goldberg in the 1992 film and 1993 sequel.
From untold stories of the golden age of hip hop to shedding the kilos that threatened his life, we look at the making of hip hop royalty as Busta Rhymes gets ready to tour Australia.