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Taylor Swift ties with Beyonce after sweeping VMAs

Taylor Swift ties with Beyonce after sweeping VMAs

Taylor Swift has snared seven MTV Video Music Awards, taking her career total to 30 and equalling Beyonce as the most awarded musician in VMAs history.

Australia's biggest art fair records $17.5m in sales

Australia's biggest art fair records $17.5m in sales

Australia's biggest art fair records $17.5m in sales

Australia's biggest art fair records $17.5m in sales

Sales at Sydney Contemporary in 2024 have fallen short of the previous year, with $17.5 million spent on artworks.

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

With its world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar, the Australian Ballet has put queer love into classical dance.

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Rebecca to feature in Melbourne Theatre Company line-up

Rebecca to feature in Melbourne Theatre Company line-up

An adaptation of Rebecca will feature in the Melbourne Theatre Company's 2025 program, of which eight productions are premieres of Australian works.

Fresh injection to get film fests buzzing from day one

Fresh injection to get film fests buzzing from day one

Rolling out the red carpet and putting up the best cultural films up in lights will be made a little easier under a new program.

'Paradox of Pompeii' to be told through everyday relics

'Paradox of Pompeii' to be told through everyday relics

Casts of volcano victims, detailed frescoes, carbonised bread and other ancient artefacts will help illustrate the story of Pompeii in a new Australian exhibit.

Love on the Spectrum wins hearts with two more Emmys

Love on the Spectrum wins hearts with two more Emmys

Australian production house Northern Pictures has beaten RuPaul's Drag Race to win two more Emmys for its reality show Love on the Spectrum.

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'My heart is broken': Nicole Kidman's mother dies

'My heart is broken': Nicole Kidman's mother dies

'My heart is broken': Nicole Kidman's mother dies

'My heart is broken': Nicole Kidman's mother dies

Nicole Kidman has won the award for best actress at the Venice International Film Festival for her role in Babygirl.

K-pop phenomenon continues meteoric rise in Australia

K-pop phenomenon continues meteoric rise in Australia

K-pop phenomenon continues meteoric rise in Australia

K-pop phenomenon continues meteoric rise in Australia

The rise and rise of K-pop shows no sign of wavering in Australia, with fans hungry for more show, more fashion and more dance routines.

More than moon dust: Space architect prints new habitat

More than moon dust: Space architect prints new habitat

More than moon dust: Space architect prints new habitat

More than moon dust: Space architect prints new habitat

Off-planet habitats could be 3D-printed from moon dust or Martian "soil", a space architect says, and teach Earthians a valuable lesson in sustainable living.

Choir takes stories the 'world needs to hear' to London

Choir takes stories the 'world needs to hear' to London

Choir takes stories the 'world needs to hear' to London

Choir takes stories the 'world needs to hear' to London

An Indigenous choir, Marliya, will perform before their first international audience in October when they take their show Spinifex Gum to London.

Atong Atem's art of masculinity leads the agenda

Atong Atem's art of masculinity leads the agenda

Atong Atem's art of masculinity leads the agenda

Atong Atem's art of masculinity leads the agenda

In her latest artworks, photographer Atong Atem is thinking about gender - from the pain of childbirth to posing as a "hot dude".

From pony rides to Birdsville, where horses 'just go'

From pony rides to Birdsville, where horses 'just go'

From pony rides to Birdsville, where horses 'just go'

From pony rides to Birdsville, where horses 'just go'

It's a long way from Alan Lai's home in Hong Kong to Birdsville, but the young jockey has embraced his debut at "the Melbourne Cup of the outback".

The chips are never down in Bertalli's outback kitchen

The chips are never down in Bertalli's outback kitchen

The chips are never down in Bertalli's outback kitchen

The chips are never down in Bertalli's outback kitchen

Bertalli's hot chip van is a favourite among many rural Australians and the family business serving up fresh salty spuds at country shows for 70 years.

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Brazilian music star Sergio Mendes dead at 83

Grammy-winning Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes, whose career spanned seven decades, has died at the age of 83, his family has announced.

Bubble experts bring a show that pops to Sydney Fringe

Bubble Show in Space, by Australian performer Kurt Murray and his Romanian partner Iulia Benze, is playing at Sydney Fringe for the first time.

Wild dreams and a car crash form golden threads of song

The Long Way Home, Australian country musician Matt Ward's third album, celebrates journeys through the bush, finding home, and falling in love.

Oasis reunion attitude 'stinks', Liam Gallagher says

Liam Gallagher has fired back at fans who were angered at being charged over-inflated prices for tickets to the Oasis reunion, saying their attitude "stinks".

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'Love the town': Birdsville's only cop to bid farewell

After 10 years as the only cop overseeing a patch of Queensland as big as the UK, Senior Constable Stephan Pursell is preparing to farewell the outback.

Linkin Park reunite after Chester Bennington's death

Linkin Park have reunited, showcasing new singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, and are planning a world tour.

'It's in our blood': the ties that bind in Birdsville

The small outback town of Birdsville's population swells from 110 people to thousands for the iconic races, which are celebrating their 142nd year.

First Nations stories win big at Qld Literary Awards

Bundjalung author Melissa Lucashenko has won the top gong at the Queensland Literary Awards for her novel Edenglassie.

UK watchdog to probe dynamic pricing of Oasis tickets

Britain's competition watchdog is keeping its action options open as it looks into the "dynamic pricing" that jacked up the cost of Oasis tickets.

Buyers step through portal at nation's biggest art fair

Many artworks have already sold as Sydney Contemporary - Australia's biggest art fair - opens to the public.

Inflatable ape looks for love at Sydney Contemporary

The Sydney Contemporary showcases works by more than 400 artists with hopes the event will generate some $20 million in sales.

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