Trashy movies, B-grade cinema, creature features, and the eternal question: is Sharknado art? Episode 65 is Sam and Brock get into the most beloved, deranged, low-budget films ever made.

It starts with Forbidden Fruits (With Lily Reinhardt, whoserole on "Riverdale really was her Juilliard"), spirals into whethercreature features are the pinnacle of trash cinema, takes a detour through The Killer Condom, Rubber The Killer Tyre, Velocipasta, Leprechaun, Cocaine Bear and a knock-off Disney list that makes no sense, and ends with a passionaten defence of the Real Housewives of Melbourne as legitimate Australian cinema. Brock watched all five Sharknados in one weekend. We also debate whether Batman and Robin, Pirates of the Caribbean and Donnie Darko count as trash.

And of course, how can we talk trashy movies without bringing up the icon Abby Lee Miller, yes lowkey a terrible person, but an incredible diva. Too many iconic moments. Too many.

What's your favourite trashy movie? Drop it below.

CHAPTERS:
00:01:12 Diva Moments: Musical Audition & Short FilmComing Together
00:03:08 Listener Questions: Down Under Vs The World DoubleCrowning Debate
00:13:47 Forbidden Fruits Review
00:22:01 What Even Is A Trashy Movie? (The Debate Begins)
00:24:43 Sharknado As The Gold Standard Of Trash Cinema
00:25:52 The Killer Condom, Rubber The Killer Tyre & OtherUnhinged Films
00:27:55 B Grade vs Trash: Are They The Same Thing?
00:29:33 Real Housewives Of Melbourne Is Australian Cinema(Non-Negotiable)
00:35:30 The Knock-Off Disney Film List (Atlantic Rim? SundaySchool Musical?)
00:37:34 Diva Of The Week

#OkayDiva #TrashyMovies #BGradeMovies #Sharknado #ForbiddenFruits#LilyReinhardt #CreatureFeatures #CocaineBear #KillerCondom #TrashCinema#BestWorstMovies #MovieRanking #BadMovies #OkayDivaPodcast #BrisbanePodcast#QueerPodcast #LGBTQ #AustralianPodcast #MovieReview #AbbyLeeMiller

She apparated onto the okay diva couch, immediately clocked us and the rest is fierce herstory. DIVA's get excited, this week we have the incomparable stunnalina diva Freya Armani! From Drag Race Down Under Season 4 and the undeniable Brisbane scene, she's here to get into her life after the show, Queensland's legendary drag scene and all things divalicious.

Drop your fav Brisbane drag show below, does our scene get the recognition it deserves?

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— What's In This Episode —

00:01:54 Freya's Diva Moment: Michelle Visage & Fluffy All Star

00:04:15 Welcome To Okay Diva: The Apparation

00:08:42 Becoming A Brisbane Nightlife Staple

00:10:38 Starting Drag In 2019 & The Pandemic Queen Era

00:11:46 The Drag Race Audition: The Edna Mode Story

00:17:18 The State Of Brisbane & Queensland's Drag Scene

00:18:01 Why Gen Z Isn't Going Out Anymore

00:21:49 Brisbane vs Melbourne & Sydney: The Opportunity Gap

00:26:18 Where Her Name Comes From: Freya & Armani Explained

00:29:30 Do You Get Along With Your Drag Race Sisters?00:30:52 Would She Do Drag Race Again?

00:39:18 Diva Of Her Life

#FreyaArmani #DragRaceDownUnder #BrisbaneDrag #DragQueen #QueenslandDrag #OkayDiva #BrisbanePodcast #QueerPodcast #LGBTQ #AustralianDrag #DragRace #BrisbaneNightlife #MichelleVisage #SnatchGame #DragLife #QueerAustralia #AustralianPodcast #GenZPodcast #DragCommunity #Brisbane

The fiercest celebrity comeback moment of the year: Anne Hathaway's generational run on the silver screen, coming in swinging with five film releases in 2026 alone: Mother Mary, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey, The End of Oak Street, and Verity. Beautiful, talented and showstopping as always but is there something else going on…? Why now? Why so many? What's the reason? We ask all the hard-hitting questions about our DIVA.

This episode is a full breakdown of Anne Hathaway's film career; all the way back to the beginning, we're unpacking which movies of hers raised us from foetus to fierce sis and open the floor to question what her most impactful character has been to date. We rank her entire filmography through moans cause she's hot, it makes sense gurl. Princess Diaries, Hoodwinked, Ella Enchanted, The Devil Wears Prada, Interstellar, Brokeback Mountain, Ocean's Eight, Alice in Wonderland and more, every era covered, every film rated, every hot take aired.

We also get into why Anne disappeared for a while, why The Witches felt like the beginning of the end, and why 2026 is her comeback, she disappeared for a bit but has come back with five films in a single year including Christopher Nolan's epic.

We discuss whether Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway look the same from behind, and whether Hoodwinked is the single most important film ever made for a child's development. It is. That's not up for debate.

And naturally we reveal all the personal lore attached to her, you'll want to get into it.

Is this Anne's most iconic moment of her career? Or is something else going down with our diva? Drop your take below.

CHAPTERS:01:00:50 Intro: Post Soak Bath House Diva Energy

01:01:15 Diva Moments Of The Week

01:06:20 Why Anne Hathaway & Why Now: Five Films In 2026

01:07:03 Anne Hathaway & The Reincarnation Theory (We're Serious)

01:11:10 The Five 2026 Films Broken Down: Mother Mary, Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey, Verity, End Of Oak Street

01:13:15 The Odyssey Review: Anne As Penelope & Why She Ate

01:13:45 Devil Wears Prada 2 Defence (If You Hate It You're A Misogynist)

01:14:10 Did Anne Disappear? The Witches & The Career Lull Discussion

01:17:30 The Jennifer Coolidge Effect: Why This Is Her Comeback Era

01:19:10 Verity Breakdown: Dakota Johnson vs Anne Hathaway (Do They Look The Same?)

01:27:30 Full Filmography Ranked By Reaction: Every Anne Hathaway Film Rated

01:34:55 Brokeback Mountain Discourse (Brock Doesn't Like Sad Gays)

01:38:22 Diva Of The Week

#AnneHathaway #AnneHathaway2026 #DevilWearsPrada2 #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #MotherMary #Verity #PrincessDiaries #Hoodwinked #EllaEnchanted #OkayDiva #PopCulture #FilmReview #CelebrityComeback #BrisbanePodcast #QueerPodcast #LGBTQ #GenZPodcast #AustralianPodcast #FilmRanking #AnneHathawayFilms #BrittanyMurphy #UptownGirls #FilmDebate #MoviePodcast

In 61 episodes we have never done a dedicated musical episode. That ends today.

Sam and Brock go head to head in a Keep or Cut: Musical Divas: 10 each, blind draw, five must get cut from existence.

Before that we get into what makes a musical a musical, whether techno can exist in a musical, the state of the movie musical in 2026, Lin-Manuel Miranda discourse, Rocky Horror vs Little Shop of Horrors as horror musical pioneers, and why if you don't like musicals Brock genuinely believes your not only a chop ho but you simply don't like music.

Who's your most iconic musical diva? And who would you cut? Drop your list in the comments and fight us.

Welcome back to the divalicious Aussie pod - Okay Diva and this week we finally have drag and burlesque queen Vyse Versa on the couch! The diva we've been trying to book since we started having guests. Worth the wait. They walked in with an evil laugh they've been training to do in everyday conversation and we were immediately in love.

Vyse is a drag and burlesque performer based in Brisbane who came up through an acting degree, graduated, looked around, and decided that a different stage was calling their name. They found burlesque, took one class, and was performing as a soloist within months. The rest is rhinestones.

They break down how drag and burlesque combine into something completely their own, the difference between the two communities, and what it felt like to host at Clutch West End in front of a circle of screaming queers and feel completely in their element.

We also get into Vyse's genuinely undefeated hot takes: AI in creative spaces is evil and will not be tolerated (seeing an AI generated bio at the Tootie is busted af), and performers need to be aware of how they smell. Clock it girl.

Vyse is coming up on some massive milestones: competing at the Australian Burlesque Festival in Melbourne for the first time, and hosting Altimate Tootie at The Brightside. They also gives flowers to their burlesque mother, the incomparable Mara Maraschino, as diva of their life and the woman who taught them what diva actually means.

Follow Vyse Versa on Instagram @and.vyse.versa and catch them at tootie the last Friday of every month at Hello Gorgeous.

CHAPTERS:01:01:09 Welcome Vyse Versa: Evil Laugh Training & Diva Moments

01:07:29 Drag Meets Burlesque: How Vyse Combined Two Worlds

01:08:00 Acting Degree To Burlesque Stage: The Origin Story

01:20:09 Brisbane's Drag vs Burlesque Community: What's Different

01:21:00 Drag Time vs Burlesque Time (Industry Secret Revealed)

01:24:20 Career Highlight: Hosting Tootie & The Clutch West End Night

01:27:10 Passion Fruit In The Eye Mid Performance

01:28:26 Upcoming: Australian Burlesque Festival & Dancing With The Queens

01:32:12 Hot Take: AI Is Evil In Creative Spaces

01:33:18 Hot Take: Performers Need To Smell Good

01:39:00 Diva Of Her Life: Burlesque Mother Mara Maraschino

#OkayDiva #VyseVersa #BrisbaneDrag #BrisbaneButlesque #DragQueen #BurlesquePerformer #BrisbanePerformer #QueerPodcast #LGBTQ #BrisbanePodcast #HelloGorgeous #ClutchWestEnd #AustralianBurlesqueFestival #DragCommunity #BurlesqueCommunity #AIInArt #QueerArt #GenZPodcast #DragLife #PerformanceArt

One of the most quietly fascinating celebrity moments of the year: Ariana Grande personally messaging her impersonator Paige Nieman to tell her she's beautiful as herself without all the makeup trying to make her face look like someone else's. Sweet or shady? We genuinely cannot decide.

This episode is a full breakdown of the Ariana Grande and Paige Nieman situation — what Ariana actually said, whetherit was a genuine act of kindness or a very polite cease and desist, and why the whole thing raises bigger questions about celebrity impersonation culture in 2026. We discuss where the line is between a talent and an obsession, why impersonating someone as a stage act hits differently to building an entire social media career on looking like someone else, and whatit actually means when your most famous quality is that you resemble another person.

We also get into the impersonation vs biopic debate and why embodying a real person who already exists is a completely different skill set to playing a character, whether biopics evencount as impersonation, and what happens when you get so good at being someone else that people stop being able to tell the difference. Plus: Paige looks more like Ariana did five years ago than Ariana does now, and that raises questions everyone’safraid of.

And then naturally we spiral into Sam's Jennifer Coolidge impression that he has tragically lost, the Michael Jacksonimpersonator who spends his days judging other people's Michael Jackson impressions on the street, and the full philosophical question of what you do with your life when your talent is being someone else.

Was Ariana being kind or was she being shady? And should celebrities be able to ask people to stop impersonatingthem? Drop your take below.
CHAPTERS:

01:01:39 Diva Moments:Birthday Blackout & Learning To Ski
01:07:52 We're Going On The Radio (God Help Us)
01:09:50 VIP Opening Of Pop World — Brisbane's Newest ValleyClub
01:14:46 The Ariana Grande & Paige Nieman SituationExplained
01:18:59 Impersonations vs Biopics: Are They The Same Thing?
01:24:34 The Ring My Bell Drag Number (A Gift To The World)
01:33:00 The Michael Jackson Impersonator Who Judges OtherImpersonators
01:34:45 Diva Of The Week: Bonnie Tyler & Ariana Grande
01:38:46 Crystal Methyd Is Winning All Stars & ProductionIs Shady

#ArianaGrande #PaigeNieman#ArianaImpersonator #CelebrityDrama #OkayDiva #BrisbanePodcast #QueerPodcast#LGBTQ #PopCulture #CelebrityNews #Impersonation #ArianaGrandeNews#Doppelganger #AustralianPodcast #GenZPodcast #PopCultureDebate #CelebTea#ArianaGrandeFan #ImpersonationDebate #WhoIsPageNieman

We find ourselves deep in the Khia Asylum this week. What it is, who's in it, who built it, and who has successfully escaped. Ava Max is the final boss. Zara Larson escaped. Charli XCX was one of the founding prisoners. And Khia herself? Gets her flowers fully in this episode because that woman wrote a song that hit so hard it became the name of an entire cultural institution for struggling artists.

We also get into labels vs boxes — whether labelling yourself is empowering, whether boxes are something only other people put you in, and whether you can even separate the two when your self-identity is built on experiences imposed on you by others. It gets genuinely good.

We close out Pride Month with a Hacks Season 4 finale discussion that is just unhinged love, possibly the best ending to a show either of us has watched in a decade, a full campaign for a Lou spinoff, and Jean Smart deserving every award that exists.

Plus: Olivia Rodrigo's album debate, why horror still doesn't get enough Oscars recognition (Sinners excepted), and Drag Race Down Under Season 1's audio sounding like it's being recorded inside a kidnapping.

Have you finished Hacks? Are you okay? Let us know. Also who do you think is in the Khia Asylum right now?

CHAPTERS:0:00 Diva Moments: Closing Night & The 4:30am Club Fan Encounter

9:30 POTS Episode At The Beat (Nearly Passed Out Diva)

14:30 The Khia Asylum Explained (Ava Max Is The Final Boss)

22:00 Labels vs Boxes: The Identity Discourse

30:25 Diva Of The Week: Zara Larson & Khia Herself

33:22 Music Releases: Olivia Rodrigo Album Debate

35:42 Leviticus & Nothing Scarier Than Being A Gay Man In Australia

36:18 Hacks Season 4 Finale: We're Not Okay

38:14 Horror At The Oscars (Sinners Deserved Everything)

#OkayDiva #KhiaAsylum #Khia #MyNeckMyBack #ZaraLarson #HacksSeason4 #HacksFinale #JeanSmart #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #QueerPodcast #BrisbanePodcast #OliviaRodrigo #DragRaceDownUnder #PopCulture #GenZPodcast