Life Academy

Dance Academy Cast Rewatch S1E5 | We Need To Talk About These Looks 😭

You know what time it is… it’s REWATCH time babyyyy 🎭💅 This episode had EVERYTHING — chaos opinions about the opening credits (still tragic 💀), deep dives into Jewish cultural pressure and academic expectations, and some really honest, personal storytelling from Dena about growing up in that environment. We also get some amazing behind-the-scenes tea about bringing Tom and Jeff into a real Shabbat experience 🕯️🍷, Patrick continuing to be outrageously talented on screen, and Kat & Christian serving chemistry that honestly should’ve come with a warning label 🔥 Plus lots of nostalgia, confusion (because why don’t we remember our own show?), and plenty of laughing at ourselves the whole way through 😂 If you’re rewatching with us or just here for the stories, we love you heaps 💛 1:00 - Dena’s "Unnecessary" Hate for the Opening Credits 3:29 - Growing up Jewish: The Pressure to be a Doctor or Lawyer 7:02 - Behind the Scenes: Taking Tom & Jeff to Synagogue 9:16 - Christian at the Cemetery (Alicia is watching this blind!) 11:15 - Sammy’s Dad & The Perfect Hebrew Prayers 14:44 - The "Sexy" Chemistry Between Kat & Christian 16:11 - Alicia’s First Ever Scene & "White Purple" Lips 20:15 - Alicia’s Comfort Watch & Depression Era 22:09 - Why Episode 5 was "Boring" Without Abigail and Kat Follow us at: https://www.instagram.com/denaamy https://www.instagram.com/aliciabanit https://www.instagram.com/lifeacademythepodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@lifeacademythepodcast Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/957273649851434/ Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LifeAcademyThePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Real Story Behind Miranda Priestly Is Messier Than We Thought

Pop culture girlies are HERE and we are NOT holding back 💜😭 We went to The Devil Wears Prada 2 premiere in Sydney and it was boujee, chaotic and honestly one of the most fun nights 🎬✨ We got told to "move along" off the red carpet because there was "actual talent" arriving 😳 The movie though? An absolute 10! Meryl, Emily, Anne, all back and better than ever. And the fun fact that Meryl Streep based Miranda Priestly on egotistical MALE directors and not Anna Wintour?! We cannot 👏 Then things get juicy. Lena Dunham's bombshell new book Famesick is out and Dena's love affair with Adam is officially over (😭 RIP). We've also got Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz's engagement, all our Met Gala hot takes including whether bleached eyebrows are a vibe or a crime, Rihanna hinting at new music, Taylor Swift's Love Story origin story which is genuinely hilarious, and the Oscars finally putting their foot down on AI 👏 Another week, another chaotic pop culture debrief, dAlings 💜 00:54 The Devil Wears Prada 2 Sydney premiere recap 03:58 Getting moved along on the red carpet 06:25 Devil Wears Prada 2 fashion facts & Anna Wintour influence 10:16 Meryl Streep says Miranda wasn’t really based on Anna Wintour 11:46 Sydney Sweeney’s cut Devil Wears Prada 2 cameo 13:29 Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz engagement rumours 15:33 Met Gala fashion reactions 17:39 Lena Dunham’s Famesick and Girls nostalgia 19:14 Jack Antonoff, Lorde rumours & Adam Driver stories 22:03 Rihanna new music rumours & Fenty confusion 23:41 Coachella headliner rumours 24:13 AI-generated work banned from some Oscars categories Follow us at: https://www.instagram.com/denaamy https://www.instagram.com/aliciabanit https://www.instagram.com/lifeacademythepodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@lifeacademythepodcast Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/957273649851434/ Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LifeAcademyThePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Life Lately: Living with ADHD as a mum is more exhausting than people realise

It’s Life Lately and honestly… your girls are not okay, but in a very iconic way 😭💜 Dena is tired, overwhelmed, running late, and deep in her “why is my ADHD brain like this?” era 👀 Meanwhile Alicia has had an absolutely unhinged week — late to teach at Thomas Lacey’s dance school, scraped her car on her own fence, and came home to find poor Muddy had fully destroyed the house. Like… walls were involved 💀💀💀 But in between the disasters, things got really beautiful 🥹 Dena saw The Drama on date night and broke down crying over Alex, unconditional love, and the kind of love that makes you want to tattoo it. Plus toddler birthday planning, spiritual practices, and some VERY spicy pop culture tea for next week 👀 Please tell us we are not alone in this chaotic era dAlings!!! 💜 1:47 — ADHD, we see you: time blindness, alarms, and mum-life chaos 👀 6:38 — Alicia’s first fail: 30 minutes late to teach acting 12:36 — Girls’ night chaos: wrong time, rushed outfit, and the car scrape 💀 20:21 — The baptism was cute… then Muddy destroyed the house 😭 24:45 — Alex vs Maya’s pink ball: the toddler meltdown we all saw coming 33:08 — Self-care has left the chat: Bali, uni, volunteering, and burnout 38:00 — Spiritual practices, oracle cards, and magical women ✨ 47:30 — New studio, same chaos — plus this week’s recs/homework 54:15 — Spicy pop culture homework: Lena Dunham, Adam Driver, and next week’s tea 👀 Follow us at: https://www.instagram.com/denaamy https://www.instagram.com/aliciabanit https://www.instagram.com/lifeacademythepodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@lifeacademythepodcast Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/957273649851434/ Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LifeAcademyThePodcast Recs/Homework: Oracle or affirmation cards — Alicia’s homework is to sit down, pull some cards, and let a little magic back in ✨ Ditto PMDD supplements — Dena says she’s genuinely noticed a difference with her PMDD symptoms. Honey’s Gummies Cunnies Gummies — Creatine, but make it sour lolly vibes. Pop culture homework — Watch The Drama and read up on the Lena Dunham / Adam Driver tea before next week 👀 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Life Lately: How to handle toddlers saying difficult things like saying “I don’t love you”

We are BACK dAlings and honestly… we've had a week 😔💜 Some weeks you're absolutely smashing it. Other weeks your car gets towed mid-facial, you reverse into a stranger's car, and your toddler looks you dead in the eyes and says "I don't love you." This is one of those weeks for Dena...😭😭😭 Alicia's not doing much better 😅 Health anxiety has been quietly taking over her nights, and this week it got bad enough that she left a dinner party before the mains even arrived. She also opens up about the International Women's Day speech she gave at Queen's College, Melbourne Uni — and how writing it all down reminded her of just how much she's actually survived 🥹 Plus: the au pair conversation Dena's been too scared to have publicly (YES and don't judge her!!), why resilience is sometimes just exhausting, and the parenting repair moment that hit different 😢 This is the episode for anyone who's ever felt like they're failing at everything all at once, and needed someone to remind them they're not. Love you dAlings SO much 💜 1:52 — Dena's disaster week: towed car, a free facial, and a $680 bill 8:00 — "I don't love you" — Maya's bedtime rejection and Dena's ADHD trauma spiral 13:22 — Alicia's mum guilt: yelling at Isla for an accidental wee (and the repair) 19:55 — Alicia's Queens College speech — resilience, rejection and the women who lifted her 30:32 — Learning to receive compliments & knowing your own worth 32:45 — Health anxiety spiral: how Alicia talked herself out of a dinner party 38:30 — Dena opens up about having an au pair — $300/week and why it saved her family 44:43 — Recommendations: home organisation, Gemma La Prê lip stains & more 47:57 — Life Academy hits 1 million downloads + exciting things coming for you dAlings Follow us at: https://www.instagram.com/denaamy https://www.instagram.com/aliciabanit https://www.instagram.com/lifeacademythepodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@lifeacademythepodcast Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/957273649851434/ Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LifeAcademyThePodcast Recs/Homework: Au Pairs Australia: Search the Facebook group to find your match. Do your due diligence: police checks, working with children's card, trials! Organised Abode (Belle): Melbourne-based home organiser who will change your life. Can't get Belle in? Clear out your wardrobe and donate. Best feeling ever ✨ Gemma Lepre French Kiss Lip Stain: The lip stain that does NOT budge. Find them on Instagram 💋 Therapy: Alicia's finally committing. Don't wait, dAlings 🙏 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Dance Academy Cast Spills the Tea: First Day Secrets & Why Dena HATED the Intro! | Rewatch S1E4

Okay DALINGS… the rewatch chaos continues and WOW this one unlocked some very vivid memories 😂 This ep was one of the very first things we ever filmed, so naturally we’re roasting ourselves the entire time – from the questionable outfits (who approved those??) to trying to figure out our bodies on camera for the first time 🫠 On top of that, we get into the friendship dynamics and unpack why poor Kat honestly deserved so much better in this episode 😭 There’s also plenty of behind-the-scenes moments, including Alicia getting absolutely pelted with a soccer ball (multiple times), Dena going full chaos mode between takes, and a certain HOT extra that we need you guys to help us find immediately 👀 We hope you enjoy this unhinged trip down memory lane. Love you! 💜 3:21 - Tara Lying Straight to Kat’s Face 5:59 - Spotting the "Hot Extra" (Adam, is that you?) 7:02 - The Raw Egg Throw Breakdown 8:14 - The Origin of "Clammy Sammy" 11:18 - Being Dressed by "Old Ladies" on Set 14:02 - Dena’s Very First Scene Ever Filmed 15:03 - Alicia’s Real Soccer Ball to the Face 19:10 - Dena’s Opening Credits Controversy 21:46 - The "Bloody Beautiful" Slow-Mo Ending Follow us at: https://www.instagram.com/denaamy https://www.instagram.com/aliciabanit https://www.instagram.com/lifeacademythepodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@lifeacademythepodcast Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/957273649851434/ Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LifeAcademyThePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]