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Ben O'SheaSenior Reporter and Host of News Worthy

Ben hosts The Nightly’s flagship current affairs podcast News Worthy. He also writes weekly NFL columns for The West Australian and The Sunday Times, hosts Reel Talk, a movie review show, and regularly reports on science. Before that, he was the long-time editor of Inside Cover and editor of The Wire Mag, a weekly music liftout in The West.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is eighth in the line of succession.

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New generation deserves republic say but not under Albo

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has a greater chance of being the next Australian head of state than any Aussie, it’s time the new generation got to weigh in on whether we should leave the Commonwealth.

Ben O'Shea

Ben O'Shea

Of all the fascinating games on the docket in the NFL in Week 7, none loom larger than the undefeated Chiefs’ roadtrip to Seattle.

NFLPremiumNFL Week 7 Preview: Blockbusters and make-or-break games.

Of all the fascinating games on the docket in the NFL in Week 7, none loom larger than the undefeated Chiefs’ roadtrip to Seattle to face the reigning champs.

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Wildwood is the new film from Laika, the stop-motion animation studio behind Coraline and Kubo And The Two Strings.

REEL TALKPremiumThis stop-motion masterpiece is destined for Oscars glory

A fantasy tale that might scare small kids but will enthrall audiences.

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Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg.

SpaceVideoPremiumAustralian astronaut’s historic space mission in doubt

The Albanese Government has been accused of haggling with the European Space Agency over the cost of getting Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg a seat on a space mission.

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Boy Swallows Universe star Phoebe Tonkin is bound for WA to star in a new crime series.

EntertainmentVampire Diaries star heads to Perth as WA screen boom grows

Adapted from the best-selling debut novel of the same name by Melbourne-based author Sarah Bailey, The Dark Lake will be shot on location in Perth’s metropolitan area next year.

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‘We are being manipulated into thinking AI offers something invaluable and indispensable,’ says Ben O’Shea

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Welcome to donkey-see-donkey-do AI world

Ever tried putting toothpaste back in the tube? Give it a go and you’ll see what a fruitless endeavour it is, so why do we think we’ve mastered it despite all the evidence to the contrary?

Ben O'Shea

Ben O'Shea

The Chicago Bears are back on track.

NFLPremiumNFL Week 6 Recap: Bears get back on track

Which division in the NFL might go two weeks without any of its four teams notching a win? If you guessed the NFC East you’d be right.

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Brock Purdy has led the 49ers to an undefeated start.

NFLNFL Week 6 Preview: Undefeated Chiefs and 49ers keep rolling

Things change fast in the NFL but, by Week 6, we are starting to get a clearer picture of who some of these teams are, and not all of those pictures are pretty to look at.

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Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esme Creed-Miles in a scene from Sense And Sensibility.

REEL TALKLatest version of Austen’s novel goes back to the future

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esme Creed-Miles breathe life into a 200-year-old tale of two sisters.

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Pete Hegseth said the execution ‌of ‌Nidal Hasan will take place at Fort Hood on December 3.

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President sure to trump Pete’s cynical MAGAmaxxing move

You’ve probably heard of looksmaxxing. You may have even heard of proteinmaxxing. Well, the decision to livestream a public execution in the US was never about serving justice and all about MAGAmaxxing. 

Ben O'Shea

Ben O'Shea

Every week the NFL usually delivers one cracking game but in Week 5 we had three.

NFLPremiumNFL Week 5 Recap: Big wins for Ravens, Jaguars and Packers

Just like Icarus, who flew too close to the sun on wings made of wax, the NFL has a way of punishing hubris. 

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Brock Purdy has started strongly.

NFLPremiumNFL Week 5 Preview: Blockbuster games highlight round

Niners QB Brock Purdy is a former Mr Irrelevant, the player taken dead last in the NFL Draft, so his status as the best QB in the NFL at the quarter-mark is another chapter in his astonishing story.

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