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    SXSW Sydney Has Added More Than 500 Speakers, Screenings, Artists, Workshops and Games to Its 2024 Lineup

    If this year's festival already sounds huge — and it does — less than a third of the full program has been revealed so far.

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    From the Smartphone Backlash to Taking on the One Percent, 2024's Festival of Dangerous Ideas Program Is Here

    Roxane Gay, Jean Twenge, Masha Gessen and David Runciman lead the lineup at Sydney's deep dive into crucial and complex topics, which will also be livestreaming some of its sessions.

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    Australia's Scandinavian Film Festival Is Marking Ten Years of Showcasing Nordic Cinema with a Packed 2024 Lineup

    Spend winter watching movies from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, including a retrospective dedicated to Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman.

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    Qantas Has Dropped One Million Discounted Fares — Including 30-Plus Domestic Routes for Under $150

    Get from Sydney to the Gold Coast for $109, Brisbane to the Whitsunday Coast from $129 and Melbourne to Hobart from $149.

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    The First-Ever Australian Season of 'Dear Evan Hansen' Will Tour the Country After Its Sydney Debut

    Sydney Theatre Company's production of the Tony-winning musical has locked in dates in Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide.

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    Roxane Gay Will Get Chatting at Sydney's Festival of Dangerous Ideas and Melbourne's Now or Never

    On the tenth anniversary of 'Bad Feminist', the writer and social commentator's 2024 trip to Australia will span two cities.

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    Now or Never's Second Huge Year Will Close Out Winter 2024 in Melbourne with More Than 100 Events

    From live music in the Royal Exhibition Building to an audiovisual installation above the Yarra, this year's lineup is full of highlights.

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    Now Open: A Stunning Alphonse Mucha Exhibition Is Filling the Art Gallery of New South Wales with Art Nouveau Works

    More than 200 pieces from the  Czech-born artist have hit Australia as part of the most-comprehensive showcase of his work that the country has ever seen.

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    Australia's Most-Stylish Restaurants, Bars and Homes Have Been Revealed at the 2024 Interior Design Awards

    Melbourne's Reine and La Rue and Purple Pit, which are located in the same building, shared the Hospitality Design Award.

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    'House of the Dragon' Knows How to Take Flight in the 'Game of Thrones' Prequel's Civil War-Fuelled Second Season

    The fiery feuds keep coming in this engaging — and characteristically bloody, and long-awaited — return to Westeros' past.

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    Post WWII-Set Italian Melodrama 'There's Still Tomorrow' Has Won the 2024 Sydney Film Festival Prize

    In Italy, actor-turned-director Paola Cortellesi's debut behind the lens did better at the 2023 box office than 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer'.

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    The New Indigenous Story Bridge Adventure Climb Will Give You a First Nations (and Sky-High) Perspective on Brisbane

    Artists Birrunga Wiradyuri and Jessica Skeen are leading the climbs, sharing stories about history, Country and culture in Meanjin.

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    HBO Has Renewed 'House of the Dragon' for a Third Season of Targaryen Feuds Ahead of Season Two's Arrival

    More of this hugely popular 'Game of Thrones' prequel is coming — and not just when the second season hits.

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    Now Streaming: The Restored Version of Talking Heads Concert Film 'Stop Making Sense' Has Hit DocPlay

    If you missed the greatest concert film ever made in 4K in cinemas in 2023, you can now watch it at home.

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    Break Out the Marmalade Sandwiches: Everyone's Favourite Bear Is Back in the First 'Paddington in Peru' Trailer

    The Amazon rainforest awaits in the third film in this page-to-screen franchise, with Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas joining the cast.

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    'The Boys' Keeps Confronting the Struggle to Hold Onto Humanity in Its Bleak and Brutal Must-Watch Fourth Season

    With just one more season to come, this page-to-screen series remains as laser-focused as ever on the consequences of letting the quest for power run riot.

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    Say Goodbye to 'The Boys': Prime Video's Superhero Satire Is Ending After Its Fifth Season

    The streaming series was renewed before season four even arrives — and now showrunner Eric Kripke has announced that the following season will be its last.

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    Save the Date: Good Things Has Locked in Its Return Across Australia's East Coast for December 2024

    Who'll be on the music festival's lineup hasn't yet been revealed, but you can mark your calendar for the event's stops in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

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    The Big Pineapple Has Reopened with a New Cafe and Viewing Platform After an Extensive Renovation

    The train at the Sunshine Coast's giant piece of tropical fruit, which dates back to the 50s, has also been restored.

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    When Splashing Horror Across the Screen Is in Your Genes: Ishana Night Shyamalan Chats 'The Watchers'

    After first making an imprint as a director and writer on 'Servant', Ishana Night Shyamalan carries on the family tradition with her debut horror movie.

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