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Pop culture is everywhere. But it's also a lot. If you need help making sense of like, everything in your feed, Beverley Wang is here to help. Every episode, Beverley and a special guest sort through the latest hot takes and Internet discourse to help you understand how pop culture reflects your world.
Want to know which new releases to watch or skip, which long reads to share with your group chat and which podcasts to follow? Stop Everything's got you.
New Podcast ep every Thursday.
Want to know which new releases to watch or skip, which long reads to share with your group chat and which podcasts to follow? Stop Everything's got you.
New Podcast ep every Thursday.
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Your hottest (nerdy) summer recommendations: Dr Who and anime
We love a summer recommendation and self appointed Stop Everything! nerd correspondent, Ahmed Yussuf joins BW to introduce us to the latest season of Dr Who. The revamped BBC x Disney co-production features the latest incarnation of the Doctor played… -
Michelle Visage spills on her friendship with RuPaul
Michelle Visage gets candid about her friendship with RuPaul, the art of critique, career longevity and honesty in friendships. The newly minted RuPaul's Drag Race down under host, Michelle Visage in The House of Stop Everything! and joins Beverley … -
‘Flirty’ Luigi: UnitedHealthcare suspect is meme of the year
In a year filled with chaotic memes like brat summer, Moo Deng, Hawk Tuah and Where’s Kate, the most tumultuous of all is Luigi Mangione, suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. BW and ABC entertainment reporter Jared Richard… -
Best TV of 2024: What you need to put on your list – now!
If you need help figuring out which shows to catch up on over the holidays (yay!), this one’s for you. TV critic Wenlei Ma is in to help BW countdown the most unforgettable, sexiest, funniest, surprising and entertaining shows of 2024. -
Big feels for Moana 2! What Disney got right in this sequel
In Disney’s Moana sequel, our heroine is a wayfinding big sis and leader of her community, on the cusp of a new mission to unite the people of the ocean. Guest critic Sosefina Fuamoli is in to talk about why Moana’s journey in this follow-up stirs… -
Cynthia Erivo's Wicked & Paul Mescal's Gladiator II – "Glicked" is saving 2024 cinema
Let’s go to the movies and feel joy again! Jon M. Chu’s Wicked and 86-year-old Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II are going head-to-head at the box office and we’re lapping it up. We haven’t had movies this big since 2023’s back-to-back releases of Barbie … -
Live from Adelaide: US election results and The English Teacher
We’re throwing what we think about celebrity endorsements out the window after the US election results. Endorsements from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Bad Bunny and Cardi B couldn’t help Kamala Harris in a race where Donald Trump had the… -
Does Australia need a new version of The Office in 2024?
Twenty-three years after the original series of The Office debuted, Australia has its own version of the mockumentary workplace comedy, for the first time featuring women in two of the core roles. Felicity Ward, who plays needy bad boss Hannah Howar… -
Kween Kong tells all: RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars
Secure your wig, pour yourself a hot cup of tea, and settle in as Kween Kong – Stop Everything! guest critic and RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars finalist – speaks exclusively to BW about the series finale and her experience on the show. We get i… -
How Andrew Garfield and James Blunt won our hearts?!
James Blunt weirdly got us on board with the 20th anniversary re-release of his debut album, Back to Bedlam, which features the divisive ear worm "You're Beautiful." Then actor Andrew Garfield got vulnerable on Sesame Street talking to Elmo about gri…
