Arts: Australia

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Jean-Baptiste Andrea ignored his parents' advice to avoid writing – now's he one of France's most famous novelists.

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Starring Christie Whelan Browne and directed by Malthouse theatre's new artistic director, this show is a highlight of the newly announced program.

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Chrissie Swan is cheerful and chatty, but not even she can save this new version of Healthy, Wealthy & Wise.

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The artist, sacked and then restored as Australia's representative at the Venice Biennale, has been announced as recipient of a Creative Australia grant.

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Pop singer Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada, have been photographed kissing. Maybe. Or maybe not.

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From awe-inspiring acrobatics to a show that is exceedingly weird yet somehow sharply relatable, here are our latest reviews of the Fringe.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (12 hours ago)

Is it time for the Academy to recognise animal performances at the Oscars? One dog certainly thinks so.

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He is one of our most in-demand small-screen personalities, but don't call him a celebrity.

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There's a darkness to the story of the late Canadian actor and comedian John Candy that this documentary teases but never quite shines a light on.

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The filmmaker has made his first public comments since the death of his former romantic and creative partner was announced at the weekend.

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Pavlov's Dog are the prog-rock legends who never quite broke through – but after more than 50 years, they're still hitting the high notes.

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Led by a 19-year-old 1960s music-obsessed wunderkind, rising Aussie band The Gnomes is ready for take-off.

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His uncompromising, gut-wrenching conversations helped create the modern podcast grammar.

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While the Palais may be better known for gigs, we take a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to stage an opera in the famed venue.

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The state government refuses to confirm its level of investment, and the pay-off, of its gamble. That's only one element shrouding SXSW Sydney – and its complicated web of stakeholders – in mystery.

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Playful and unpredictable, this five-part British series raises many good questions about how we view victims of deceit.

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Diane Keaton starred in my 1984 MGM film Mrs Soffel with our superstar Mel Gibson. So, two superstars. Not always a fun thing for them, I discovered.

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After a long and productive career, the much loved Oscar-winning actor has died, aged 79. Here we remember some of her quintessential films.

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Too often, Sydney Theatre Company's adaptation of D'Arcy Niland's classic novel feels like a musical minus the songs, undermining its mythic quality.

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From weather apps and controlled chaos, to artists baring all, here are our latest reviews of the Fringe.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 days ago)

American actress Diane Keaton, famed for her roles in Annie Hall and First Wives Club has died at the age of 79, People Magazine reported on Saturday, citing a family spokesperson.

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"If it weren't for their support, making it through those moments would've been much, much harder,” says the star of Girls, M3GAN and the new film, Regretting You.

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The legendary creator of Mad Max, Babe and Happy Feet has always been fascinated by technology. But is AI really just another tool? 

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This restaging of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon by The Australian Ballet is big, busy and beautifully drilled, but still presents a challenge.

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Nell brings her joyous, simple characters – happy faces in eggs and ghosts and reimagined domestic items – to Heide in a 30-year survey of her work.

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The rapid rise in costs affected the 12th season of the show in ways host Anthony Burke had not seen before.

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We've long despaired about the American impact on English – but the tide is turning.

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The story about a spirited teenage girl straining against her family's Italian heritage remains a cultural touchstone.

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This week's reviews range from a stunning work from a new indie Australian publisher to speculative YA, a history of the Spartans, and an optimistic call to arms for how to make Australia better.

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It's a gallery, art centre and cultural meeting point, in one, and it's opened in Brisbane – not Melbourne or Sydney. Here's why.

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From flea-market vinyl hound to white prince of New York's hip-hop-fuelled '90s club explosion, this fever dream of a vanished world will be hard to beat.

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I've done a bunch of bad things during my life, and was widely judged for my behaviour after my 23-year marriage ended.

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Paul Williams has his fifth try at singing with MoJo - Mordialloc Jazz Orchestra - singing All Of Me at The Count's bar at Monash University last Wednesday.

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From awe-inspiring acrobatics to a show that is exceedingly weird yet somehow sharply relatable, here are our latest reviews of the Fringe.

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Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Peedom (Sherpa, Mountain, River), DEEPER features hero of the Thai cave rescue, Richard "Harry” Harris, as he takes on his most perilous adventure yet.

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When night falls, tour the unexpected in Werribee in this Melbourne Fringe Festival event created by teenagers.

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A new film about the female founder of dating app Bumble is the latest example of someone's life being dramatised without consultation or consent.

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Cathy Freeman relives the moment they almost "lost the flame" in the brand new documentary Sydney 2000: The Best Ever on 9Now.

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Tim Robinson created one of the most brain-bending comedies on Netflix, but can he repeat his success?

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You won't know her name, but Agnes Lee is probably responsible for some of the best and worst moments in your family's life.

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Krasznahorkai, 71, previously won the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and is known for his novels often unfolding in single sentences.

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While the documentary is a controlled portrait of a very driven woman, it's also desperately missing the lighter moments that made her husband's doco such a hit.

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The man who brought Father Dougal McGuire to life in the beloved sitcom Father Ted returns in a very different role at the Irish Film Festival.

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Don't miss the return of Alan Partridge, the entertaining Cocaine Quarterback, Matthew McConaughey's The Lost Bus and the Australian time-loop comedy One Last Shot.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (6 days ago)

Bruce Beresford and Bryan Brown have reunited 40 years after Breaker Morant for a film about man coming home to reunite with his dad after his mother's death.

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Hollywood stars Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart stunned as an Aussie TV interview goes hilariously wrong in episode of Australia's Top Ten of Everything on 9Now.

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The 79-year-old has addressed concerns about her health in a social media video one day after her sister asked fans to pray for the country music singer.

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Dolly Parton has responded to concerns about her health.

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It's a good B-movie plot, and Beast of War is best described as a good B-movie.

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Actor Suranne Jones returns to the sites of three witch trials and asks what they say about how women are treated today.

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The revered conservationist is the first guest on an interview show that only releases episodes when the guest has died.

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You may know how the bloody Battle of Hastings ends, but a new drama digs into how it all began.

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Captain Moonlite – and some of Australia's biggest conflicts – feature in two very different portraits of Australia hosted by Rachel Griffiths.

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After The Hunt has already stirred up controversy after its screening at the Venice Film Festival.

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From Mako Mermaids to The Newsreader, Chai Hansen has long been a fan favourite, but his new role feels the most personal.

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Forget plot and character, the new Tron movie, Tron: Ares, is all about glowing grid patterns and neon motorcycles racing through the dark city streets.

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The third title in journalist and author Greg Sheridan's trilogy about Christianity explores its evolution and influence on Western civilisation.

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Once known as the poet laureate of Twitter, the novelist speaks about writing, reading and her plans for a website.

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The radical Go-Between, whose new musical project marks the first time she's recorded her own songs, is still shocked at the lack of women she sees at reunion gigs of older bands.

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Adapted by Benjamin Law from Australian author Cory Taylor's memoir, this play is stuffed with moments of elation, regret, acceptance and absurdity.

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This landmark investigation examines the shadowy world of the global hub of cybercrime.

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As he mourns the recent death of his brother Dave, Edwards is in a period of reflection ahead of his debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

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Australian hip-hop's leading party-starter turns pride into power on his second album.

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Owner Luke Everingham explains how he built a rotating house on the Mid North Coast of NSW on World's Weirdest Homes on 9Now.

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If you love weird cult movies, dabble in art or write poetry, there is a club for you.

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Take it from a TV comedy writer: this season of South Park is appointment viewing.

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Inside the crazy 'kamikaze-cabaret' world of Meow Meow.

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The former NYT opinion editor and columnist has been battling "wokeness” and buddying up with billionaires. Now she's the editor-in-chief of CBS News.

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Elevate your wine experience. Discover the perfect glass for every sip

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From free gigs to movie premieres and tech and gaming events, here's the best of this year's instalment of SXSW Sydney.

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The romance novelist was famous for her raunchy portrayals of the British upper classes, including bestsellers Rivals and Riders.

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The star's album launch film, The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, landed in cinemas across Australia at the weekend – and her fans packed them out.

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The Australian actor attended a fundraiser on the weekend, making her first public appearance following her separation from Keith Urban.

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This new historical drama from the creator of Peaky Blinders has proven to be a hit. But how much is actually true?

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When Shooter Jennings began digging into his father Waylon's old recordings from the 1970s and '80s he discovered a treasure trove too good not to share.

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From iconic Marilyn Monroe to Kylie in Padam Padam, stunning costumes worn by divas over the years are coming to the Australian Museum of Performing Arts later this year.

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It was a tough gig matching the likes of Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes solo, Hoodoo Gurus, Tina Turner and, last year, The Kid Laroi.

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The last surviving member of the trailblazing Australian band is fired up by the "nuts” state of the world.

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In this history of satirical metal band Spinal Tap, the line between fact and fiction is complicated.

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Boy Swallows Universe star Lee Tiger Halley dives into a gory wartime thriller about a shark stalking its prey.

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"He really crushed it when it came to surprising me, he went all out, 10 out of 10,” Taylor Swift told talk show host Graham Norton of her engagement to Travis Kelce.

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The judge told Combs he had "abused the power and control over the lives of women who you professed to love”.

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Mutiny is afoot but jumping the Spotify ship is fraught for artists and fans alike.

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The three sisters at the heart of the Malka Leifer sex abuse trial tell their story - and they hope it's for the last time.

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Men lend their names to some 700 pieces inside your body, including your Adam's apple and the Elvis muscle.

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The Aboriginal art movement is Central Australia's self-determined powerhouse.

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The actress, best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, died surrounded by her loved ones at home on Friday morning.

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Recent footage of the country music star on stage with a 25-year-old bandmate has led to wild speculation amid his separation from wife Nicole Kidman.

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From a chilling outback thriller and a dark family saga about intergenerational curses to Stoic philosophy, here's our literary round-up.

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Writers in this country have always trod a rocky career path, but recent events show that even this path is being swept away

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The fallout over the Australian film The Deb has become even more bitter, with actor Charlotte MacInnes claiming she was defamed by the Pitch Perfect actor-turned-director.

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And the author of Runt is not alone – screenwriter Aaron Sorkin uses the same strategy.

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The Life of a Showgirl offers flashes of brilliance, but is more headline fodder than timeless pop.

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The billionaire is leading a right-wing backlash against the streaming giant after being triggered.

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Back to the Future The Musical will not disappoint and nor will it fail to amaze.

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In Prism the Australian Ballet showcase three variations on the endless rainbow of contemporary concert dance.

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Our live blog has you covered on everything Taylor Swift, from the first play to the final take.

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Caped crusaders are suddenly helpless against our post-pandemic cynicism.

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Vidya Makan and Sonya Suares struggled to find a place on Australian stages. So they made their own.

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I hated the first episodes of this new Glen Powell sports comedy. So why was I rooting for it by the series' end?

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The writer never thought she would tell the story of her ancestor who brutally murdered a woman in London.

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The host of this hit ABC franchise says Hard Quiz was originally designed as an "evil quiz show”. So, does it still work when all the contestants are tweens?

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It's a big month for true crime, Emma Thompson stars in a new show from the team behind Slow Horses, and Tony Armstrong tackles racism in sport.

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Will Swenson has been unveiled as the star of the Neil Diamond stage show. It's a role he's been prepping for his whole life.

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The outdoor performance attracts tens of thousands of Sydneysiders every January – but not next summer.

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After the punishing physical preparation for her role in Tron: Ares, the US actress was in peak form. Then came the costume fittings.

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By unleashing his comic creation on the most delicate topic of all, Steve Coogan says he is ready to ruffle feathers.

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There are personal elements to Bruce Beresford's new film about a set designer who returns home to Australia to deal with his ageing parents.

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The Vegas man's backyard looks just like any other, but it's actually in an underground bunker on World's Weirdest Homes on 9Now.

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Artist Gregory Kloehn shows cameras around his home in a rubbish bin on World's Weirdest Homes on 9Now.

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Former pilot Bruce Campbell explains why he lives in an unconventional house - a decommissioned Boeing 727 - on World's Weirdest Homes on 9Now.

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Rodger Corser and the original cast of RENT return to the stage at the Sydney Opera House.

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The move is designed to repair a $7.5 million black hole in the gallery's budget.

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UK journalist Adele Zeynep Walton's call for a new approach to the digital world is passionate, but lacks proper interrogation.

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In between visiting his daughters in Australia, the much-loved crooner is working with Orchestra Victoria on a deeply personal project.

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The cast of Everybody Loves Raymond will return to screens for a 30th anniversary TV special.

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Andy Lee reveals the policies he would enforce if he ran for local council on the Hamish & Andy podcast.

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Good Boy demands a certain amount of admiration, and not just for building a film around a dog without the benefit of special effects.

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Set in the world of American football, Him is a loud, brutal, grotesque film about fame and the desire to win at all cost.

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The prospect of upsetting rabid fans played heavily on the minds of the film's co-creators and co-writers – so they agreed on one key act.

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The Rock is transformed as real-life MMA champion Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine.

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Like many things in life, the Nobel Prize for Literature sounds pretty impressive if you don't know much about it.

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The larger-than-life works celebrate the iconic book that captures the essence of Aussie childhood and spending time at home in the kitchen.

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Crime, biography, politics, fiction: there is a bumper crop of new books this month, including the return of a Booker winner after nearly 20 years.

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The end of what had seemed a fairytale marriage is terrible news for romantics – but great news for lawyers, accountants and real estate agents.

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What does it take to make a 30-minute episode about September 11 or the Cronulla riots? About 15 hours of interviews – and many tears.

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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez was the Indiana Jones of science – albeit a grouchy one.

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This explosive book about the late owner of London's luxury department store Harrods is a distressing but compelling read.

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He upsets the purists, but this 24-year-old guitar prodigy has millions of fans – including Madonna.

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Kidman petitioned to end the marriage in a Nashville court. The filing states the marriage "suffered irreconcilable differences”.

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This year's festival has kicked off, with over 500 shows set to take place. Here, our writers take a closer look.

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All the highlights from the city's cultural calendar this month and beyond.

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The director and stars of a new production at the Sydney Opera House discuss the Jonathan Larson musical's legacy.

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A colourful dance floor has been set up in Fed Square – and the more people that move across it, the more it lights up – and the more energy it generates.

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Kaylee Bell's next goal? Proving mums belong on the stage.

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The bestselling author's new novel is an anticipated sequel to her 2020 novel The Champagne War.

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Catherine Lacey's new novel is both memoir and fiction and the best book our reviewer has read all year.

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Is this sports comedy the new Ted Lasso? It's certainly trying to be.

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It's a truth universally acknowledged that the BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice is the best Austen adaptation – and not just because of the lake scene.

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The pair have publicly gushed over each other countless times over their 19-year marriage but it seems that has now come to an abrupt end.

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A source close to the family told this masthead the actor has been attempting to keep the family together for the sake of the children.

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In May, Donald Trump announced his intention to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies made outside the US. After months of silence he's suddenly restated a plan that Hollywood fears.

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NGV is set to host Cartier, an exhibition of historic jewellery, including pieces associated with Princess Margaret, Wallis Simpson, Elizabeth Taylor and Rihanna.

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US comedians are taking aim at colleagues who are accepting huge pay packets to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

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Rick Morton has won a Prime Minister's Literary Award for his non-fiction book Mean Streak. He'd trade it all for justice for the victims.

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The Puerto Rican rapper will take the field in February, following Kendrick Lamar's record-breaking set this year.

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The Hack is good, but it would be so much better if it just knew what sort of show it really wanted to be.

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The plight of people like Justin Bieber has made the star of Him more protective of her privacy.

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The third season of this Logie award-winning drama returns this week with some proper blockbuster action.

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Her show reel has Tilly battling monsters, aliens and even getting emotional on Graham Norton's couch and multiple talent agents are circling.

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Details of the institution's most ambitious and costliest of its five exhibitions have been announced, and it's all about space and flight.

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Like matter and anti-matter, or the two Captain Kirks, Snoop Dogg and his doppelganger can't exist in the same place … or can they?

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Penned by one of the writers on NYPD Blue, the tense two-act thriller Mauritius is being staged at Desire Books & Records in Manly

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Mo Chara, who was charged after waving the flag of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah at a concert, has had the charge against him dismissed in a London court.

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From art exhibitions to literary talks and jazz, there's plenty to keep you busy this spring.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

A young Kate Mulvany was so captivated by The Shiralee, starring Bryan Brown and Rebecca Smart, it had the coveted "do not ever tape over” sticker on the videotape.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The American rapper promised to bring an Australian element to his pre-game performance, and he was good to his word.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The 53-year-old American hip-hop artist has already shown he's pretty handy with a Sherrin. He's promising to score on the pre-game entertainment stage too.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 weeks ago)

In the true story of a bus driver caught up in a massive US wildfire, the Hollywood star was reminded of life's most precious gifts.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 weeks ago)

The story of an unlikely friendship between two men, both marginalised in different ways, is India's official entry in next year's Oscars.

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