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    Public Enemy Are Bringing the Noise Down Under on a Huge Spring 2024 Tour with AB Original

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    The Jamie Lee Curtis- and Lindsay Lohan-Starring 'Freaky Friday' Sequel Is Set to Hit Cinemas in 2025

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    Iconic Australian Thriller 'Wake in Fright' Is the Next Film That's Scoring the Hear My Eyes Treatment

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    BIGSOUND 2024 Has Unveiled the First 70 Acts That'll Be Playing Brisbane When September Hits

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    Eight New Movies You Can Watch in June That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

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

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    How Bangarra Dance Theatre Is Looking Beyond Australia with Its First Mainstage Cross-Cultural Collaboration 'Horizon'

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    Dolly Parton Has Announced a Broadway Musical Based on Her Life So Start Begging for It to Please Come Down Under

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    Laura Jones Has Just Picked Up the 2024 Archibald Prize for Her Portrait of Author Tim Winton

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    Sydney Film Festival Has Expanded Its 2024 Program with Eight New Movies Straight From Cannes

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    A Huge René Magritte Exhibition Is Coming to Australia as Part of the 2024–25 Sydney International Art Series

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    Thom Yorke Is Bringing His First-Ever Solo Tour to Australia and New Zealand in Spring 2024

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    Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May

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    George Miller Is Coming to Sydney Film Festival to Chat About All Things 'Mad Max' and 'Furiosa'

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