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    An American couple have taken their love for Star Wars to a different level by dressing up as the movie's characters for their engagement shoot.

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    The Spirit of Youth Awards Set to Grow in 2011/2012

    With the competition's expansion into unprecedented categories, there are now more opportunities for Australia's finest creative minds to showcase their work to the world.

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    Win a Double Pass to the Hola Mexico Film Festival

    Foreign films don't have to be so foreign, which is why we are giving you amigos a helping hand - señors and señoritas, we have 25 double passes to the Hola Mexico Film Festival to give away.

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    Concrete Playground’s Guide to Sydney Festival 2012

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    Spike Jonze Directs Stop-Motion Skeletal Love Story

    The acclaimed director's latest short film has you falling in love with a pair of horny skeletons who come to life one night in a French bookshop.

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    Win a Double Pass to See Midnight in Paris

    Woody Allen’s latest film offers a snapshot of the world’s most adored city in its glory days, where avant-garde intersected with the everyday.

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    Move, Learn, Eat: Take in Eleven Countries in Three Minutes

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    Interview /// A Conversation with Mike Mills

    Tom Melick meets him in a beige-smothered hotel room. He wears a suit, looks overworked and speaks with a casual generosity.

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    Win a Double Pass to See Indie Film, Win Win

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    Win a Double Pass to the Sydney Film Festival

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    Win a Double Pass to see Source Code

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    Yoram Gross’ Animated Life

    The creator of Blinky Bill and Dot and the Kangaroo tells his own story.

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    The Art Boat

    Fri, 30 Aug - Sat, 21 Sep 2024

    South Bank Pontoon B, South Brisbane

    Get the BRIEFS FACTORY experience while cruising down the Brisbane River on vessel decked out with patterned tentacles.

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    Sip Happens Festival

    Sat, 3 Aug, 2024

    The Triffid, Newstead

    Clink vino glasses to a live music soundtrack at this wine-tasting festival dedicated to up-and-coming small producers at The Triffid.

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    Caxton Street Comedy Festival

    Sat, 19 Oct, 2024

    Caxton Street, Paddington

    This brand-new event on Caxton Street is taking over four venues with 20-plus comedy shows across one side-splitting day.

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    Riverfire

    Sat, 31 Aug, 2024

    Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

    Brisbane Festival is kicking off with a flurry of fireworks that'll brighten up the CBD's skyline — and bring the city out in force.

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    Trent Dalton's Love Stories

    Sun, 8 Sep - Sun, 29 Sep 2024

    QPAC Playhouse, South Brisbane

    After 'Boy Swallows Universe', another Trent Dalton book is coming to life on the stage at Brisbane Festival.

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    OS Art Shop Offline Launch

    Sun, 28 Jul, 2024

    Fish Lane, South Brisbane

    Outer Space now has an online platform selling art, jewellery, ceramics and more by local independent artists and creatives — and it's kicking it off with an IRL party.

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    Water and Dreams High Tea

    Sat, 29 Jun - Sun, 27 Oct 2024

    W Brisbane, Brisbane City

    W Brisbane's Living Room Bar is serving up edible bubbles and airfoam-topped cocktails at this high tea themed around GOMA's 'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses' exhibition.

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    Deadpool & Wolverine

    Thu, 25 Jul - Wed, 14 Aug 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    If there’s a Marvel messiah in the MCU's 34th film — and the first to feature either Deadpool or Wolverine — it's Hugh Jackman back in the claws as Logan.

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    2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics Live Site at South Bank

    Fri, 26 Jul - Sun, 8 Sep 2024

    South Bank Parklands, Brisbane

    Whether you're keen to catch the Matildas, the swimming or the athletics action, South Bank is hosting a viewing site for Paris 2024.

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    Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses

    Sat, 29 Jun - Mon, 7 Oct 2024

    GOMA, South Brisbane

    Beloved by Beyoncé, Björk and Cate Blanchett, this Dutch fashion designer's stunning haute couture pieces are on display at GOMA.

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    British designers/sci-fi fans redesign Sweden's icehotel, Tron: Legacy style.

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