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Diddy pleads not guilty to new charge as trial nears

Diddy pleads not guilty to new charge as trial nears

Sean "Diddy" Combs has pleaded not guilty to a new indictment that accused him of threatening to punish employees who didn't assist his sex trafficking scheme.

Hackman's estate wants grisly death images kept secret

Hackman's estate wants grisly death images kept secret

Hackman's estate wants grisly death images kept secret

Hackman's estate wants grisly death images kept secret

The estate of Gene Hackman wants to block the public release of autopsy and investigative reports related to the deaths of the US actor and wife Betsy Arakawa.

Imagine: John Lennon honoured with UK coin collection

Imagine: John Lennon honoured with UK coin collection

Imagine: John Lennon honoured with UK coin collection

Imagine: John Lennon honoured with UK coin collection

Beatles great and peace advocate John Lennon's life and career is being celebrated with the launch of a commemorative coin in the UK.

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Ceberano tour a 40-year love letter to Australian tunes

Ceberano tour a 40-year love letter to Australian tunes

Award-winning singer Kate Ceberano is embarking on a major tour almost four decades since her voice received national exposure in an iconic concert series.

Laser beams focus on future of arts festival Rising

Laser beams focus on future of arts festival Rising

A free laser beam art installation will run every night of Rising in June. But organisers can't confirm Melbourne's popular arts festival is funded beyond 2025.

Familiar voices rev up high octane romance for the ears

Familiar voices rev up high octane romance for the ears

Australian actors aim to get a few hearts racing with a tale set in the world of motorsport as the romance genre speeds ahead with audiobook listeners.

Heads in jars used to examine cultural theft, legacy

Heads in jars used to examine cultural theft, legacy

Winter festival Dark Mofo has revealed its first piece for a reinvigorated 2025 event, a work using flesh in jars to examine cultural theft.

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Court revives a case around Nazi-looted painting

Court revives a case around Nazi-looted painting

Court revives a case around Nazi-looted painting

Court revives a case around Nazi-looted painting

The US Supreme Court has revived a case that could decide the ownership of a French impressionist painting once stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish woman.

Video art gets the message across at Samstag show

Video art gets the message across at Samstag show

Video art gets the message across at Samstag show

Video art gets the message across at Samstag show

Communication and its various breakdowns is the topic of an exhibition at Adelaide's Samstag Museum.

Much ado about a can of vodka at Table Top Shakespeare

Much ado about a can of vodka at Table Top Shakespeare

Much ado about a can of vodka at Table Top Shakespeare

Much ado about a can of vodka at Table Top Shakespeare

36 Shakespeare plays in eight days? All the world's a table top, where the players are cans of drink and toilet rolls.

Gene Hackman and wife's cause of death revealed

Gene Hackman and wife's cause of death revealed

Gene Hackman and wife's cause of death revealed

Gene Hackman and wife's cause of death revealed

Authorities in New Mexico have revealed the causes of the deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his concert pianist wife Betsy Arakawa.

Shape-shifting PJ Harvey brings theatre to Womadelaide

Shape-shifting PJ Harvey brings theatre to Womadelaide

Shape-shifting PJ Harvey brings theatre to Womadelaide

Shape-shifting PJ Harvey brings theatre to Womadelaide

PJ Harvey headlined the opening night of the 2025 Womadelaide Festival with songs from her most recent album, I Inside the Old Year Dying.

Meghan and Drew share hugs and memories in TV show talk

Meghan and Drew share hugs and memories in TV show talk

Meghan and Drew share hugs and memories in TV show talk

Meghan and Drew share hugs and memories in TV show talk

In a TV show appearance with talk queen and actor Drew Barrymore, the Duchess of Sussex has opened up about her love of "touch and hold and embrace".

King Charles shares favourite music in Apple radio show

King Charles shares favourite music in Apple radio show

King Charles shares favourite music in Apple radio show

King Charles shares favourite music in Apple radio show

The King has collaborated with Apple Music to launch The King's Music Room show, sharing his personal playlist including disco, reggae and Afrobeats.

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Global food bazaar helps eat into discrimination

More than one million people are expected to visit one of Australia's most popular food markets, Lakemba Nights, celebrating Muslim faith and culture.

Arts festival back in the black, despite cost of living

The Adelaide Festival should return to surplus in 2025, after box office figures fell short last year and the event posted a loss.

Nephew warns against speculation on Gene Hackman death

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman's nephew says loved ones do not want to speculate over the death of the Oscar-winning actor and his wife in unusual circumstances.

Rare Banksy owned by blink-182 rocker up for auction

Banksy's re-imagining of the 1992 painting The Singing Butler by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano is expected to fetch millions at auction.

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Anora wins best picture as it sweeps Academy Awards

Anora has taken the Academy Awards by storm, with Sean Baker’s strip club Cinderella story winning five Oscars including the top prize.

Festival enlivens landmarks of democracy with new hues

Australia's bush capital will be ablaze in colour as an annual festival sheds new and exciting lights on the nation's proudest democratic institutions.

Charli XCX wins top prizes at BRIT Awards

Charli XCX has picked up five prizes, including artist of the year, best dance act and song of the year at Britain's pop music honours, the BRIT Awards.

Tired dancing feet, high spirits after Mardi Gras

The task of cleaning up Sydney's streets from glitter and feathers is under way after Mardi Gras revellers celebrated the world's biggest evening LGBTQI parade.

Queer warriors bare all on LGBTQI night of nights

Thousands of rainbow-clad paraders have tapped to choreographed numbers or moved in euphoric bliss in the 47th annual Sydney Mardi Gras.

Sniffer dogs deployed as pill testing trial begins

One state's long-awaited pill testing trial has kicked off with a warning illicit drug use remains banned, as sniffer dogs are used elsewhere at the festival.

Gene Hackman likely died nine days before he was found

Preliminary autopsy results didn’t determine how Gene Hackman and his wife died, but did rule out that they were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning.

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