Stop Everything! and catch up with Atsuko Okatsuka – stand-up comic, social media star and bowl cut icon – who's coming to Australia with her new show, Full Grown.

In 2022, Atsuko's debut HBO comedy special, The Intruder – and her viral "drop challenge" – marked her arrival as a comedy star on the rise.

Atsuko talks to BW about how full grown she actually feels, backup career plans and the power of the bowl cut.Show notes:

Atsuko Okatsuka's website

Atsuko Okatsuka's TikTok

Couple breaks up during Atsuko's comedy set

What happens when you say the quiet part out loud? For Tenacious D's Kyle Gass, it means a tour cancellation and possibly the end of the band, with co-founder Jack Black announcing "all future creative plans are on on hold" after Gass shared his birthday wish on stage: "don't miss Trump next time."

It's been a wild week of news from an assassination attempts on former US President Donald Trump to rubbernecking at the display of wealth, celebrity, and influence on display at the billionaire Ambani wedding in Mumbai.

Guest critic Gianni Di Giovanni is in to talk through it all, and why games journalism in Australia is important!

2024 is a huge year for horror releases with features like The First Omen, A Quiet Place: Day One, Trap and The Moogai luring audiences into theatres for a good jump scare.

Guest critic and horror aficionado Maria Lewis talks through what's exciting her in horror right now.

And hands (up) if you've got mixed feelings about season three of FX's The Bear.

There are more than one billion smartphone users in China, and the only thing stopping many of us from understanding their social media world is language.

Dr Candise Lin is a Chinese-American tutor who has amassed a 1.5m following on TikTok with her quirky content, translating Chinese social media posts for her English-speaking followers. Candise opens a window into Chinese pop culture, WeChat, beauty standards and Gen Z trends in this deep dive episode.

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Candise Lin Instagram accountCandise Lin TikTok account

The remix of Charli XCX's The girl, so confusing featuring verses from Lorde has got the internet talking, Justin Timberlake's mugshot goes viral and "realistic" lunch packing mumfluencers are rotting our brains.

Stop Everything! for guest critic Yumi Stynes, author, foodie and host of Ladies, We Need To Talk, who's dropping insights on all the above like no one else can. This a fun one!

Show notes:I am: Céline Dion reviewLadies, We Need To Talk: Horny Women

I am: Céline Dion captures a scene so confronting even its filmmaker didn't know whether Celine would be happy including it in the documentary.

BW sits down with director Irene Taylor to discuss the journey with Céline in making this intimate and raw documentary, and what it was like to witness the superstar experiencing Stiff Person Syndrome firsthand.

Show notes:I am: Céline Dion review

Now that the second part of Bridgerton season three has dropped, it's time to Stop Everything! for a loving critique of the hit Netflix series' sex scenes. They're hot, but perhaps a bit more time focusing on female pleasure wouldn't hurt?

And we're jumping into the TARDIS with journalist, Whovian and guest critic Ahmed Yussuf, who's taking us on a journey through the latest season of Dr Who, a revamped BBC-Disney co-production featuring the joyfully charismatic Ncuti Gatwa.

Show notesLA Times: Being a 'Doctor Who' fan means learning how to love and lose and love againRawdah Mohamed  

It's time to Stop Everything! for a chat with Rachel House, who's appeared in acclaimed Aotearoa/New Zealand films like Boy and Whale Rider; Netflix's hit reboot of Heartbreak High; and blockbusters like Moana and Thor: Ragnarok

Rachel's celebrating her feature directorial debut, The Mountain, which follows three kids on their quest to climb Mount Taranaki, and is firmly set in the spirit of coming-of-age films like The Goonies, E.T. and Stand By Me.

Find out why Rachel thinks Aotearoa humour is such a hit overseas, and why she relishes acting in supporting roles.

That's the dealio when Oscar-nominated Australian auteur Baz Luhrmann gets bailed up by a TikTok street interviewer who's got no idea who she's talking to.

Comedian and guest critic Kirsty Webeck is in to dissect that viral moment between TikTok creator god_worthy and the director of Elvis, The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet, Australia and Strictly Ballroom. Kirsty's also got big thoughts on how social media is changing the game for standup comics.

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god_worthy and Baz LuhrmannKirsty Webeck's TikTok

Activist, performer and Drag Race royalty Kween Kong is back in the Stop Everything! guest critic chair to talk about the trailer to Celine Dion's new documentary, controversy on the Cannes red carpet and getting political at Drag Con.Show notes:

I am: Celine Dion trailerKelly Rowland on Cannes red carpet incidentKween Kong's TikTok account