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Submit Your Videos for Map My Summer

Screen Australia and YouTube want your summer footage.

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BMW Art Cars Head Home

BMW Art Cars unite in Munich to celebrate the collection's 35th anniversary.

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Maps Rescued and Repackaged as Art

Artist Matthew Cusick rescues a dead medium from the landfill to create beautiful and intricate collages.

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Argentinean Theatre Converted Into Beautiful Bookshop

A repurposed theatre in Buenos Aires has been turned into possibly the world's prettiest bookshop.

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Thom Yorke Makes Another Last Minute Announcement

The Radiohead frontman just casually announced and premiered his newest collaboration with electro producers Burial & Four Tet on the radio.

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Sylvester Stallone Stirs Up The Art World

Sylvester Stallone releases a collection of artwork in Switzerland.

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Twenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season

Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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Nine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately

Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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Nine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month

Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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The 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far

From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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Eight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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Must-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far

Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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The 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far

These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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The 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far

The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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The 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far

From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.

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Bicycle Film Fest Calls For Entries

Bicycle Film Festival 2011 wants your film! Get it in by April 1.

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Silicone Speakers for Sharing Music Anywhere

Foldable, stackable, washable and virtually indestructible, Tembo Trunks sustainable silicone speakers let you share your tunes wherever you are.

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Wear Music of Artists You Heart on Your Sleeve

Playbutton is an mp3 player embedded in a badge, each one storing pre-recorded content like an album or mix-tape.

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Tweets Inspire a Book on the Egyptian Revolution

Tweets from activists in the revolution in Egypt are compiled into a compelling timeline of the uprising.

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Wake Up and Smell the Books at MoMA

Pick up your favourite old classic or buy something new, curl up wherever you are with a cup of coffee, and nuzzle your nose between the pages.

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Google’s Person Finder Helps Locate Tsunami Victims

Person Finder is an online search tool to help people locate the whereabouts of family members, loved ones and friends that have been caught in the natural disaster.

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Surreal Images Caused by Google Earth Glitches

These dream-like pictures look as though they could be from the set of Inception, but they're actually screenshots from Google Earth

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You’re the Spitting Image of Your Former Self

Have you looked at your childhood photos lately?

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Virtual Christchurch Cafe Raises Money for Earthquake Victims

This philanthropic website seeks to aid New Zealand's earthquake victims with profits from virtual coffee products.

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The new look Concrete Playground

We've nipped, tucked and delivered Concrete Playground to you in a shiny new package, re-imagining everything from the ground up.

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This City Speaks To Me: Photo Book of Melbourne Bohemia

Melbourne's thriving bohemian culture captured in pictures and poems.

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Participate in a Global Art Project and Help Turn The World Inside Out

Semi-anonymous street artist JR has won the 2011 TED Award and is appealing to you, the public, to help him turn the world inside out.

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Brisbane Gin Festival

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Brisbane Comedy Festival

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Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

Get ready to laugh: Rhys Darby, Ross Noble and Boozy Shakespeare are on the lineup when Brisbane's annual comedy festival returns for 2025.

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Christmas in Brisbane

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

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Moonlight Cinema Brisbane

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Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane

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Corinne Vionnet’s Photo Opportunities Capture the Tourist Experience

Thousand's of observations from the tourist paparazzi come together in single, haunting images.

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Labyrinth in Berlin Club Confuses Your Senses

Imagine being drunk, in a maze, in the dark depths of an abandoned East Berlin club.

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Artsicle: An Original Artwork Rental Scheme

A new scheme running in New York let's you road test your art before you make a lifetime's commitment to it.

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The Strokes’ New Album ‘Angles’ Leaked by iTunes UK

Check out the 30 second clips of new Strokes' songs 'accidentally' uploaded by iTunes, conveniently compiled into one video.

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Japanese Illustrator Exposes the Composition of Mammals

When you peel back the skin of any animal you find a world or spiderweb nerves and strangely fragile skeletons.

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New Book Puts Palestinian Street Art Against The Wall

New photographs from the Palestinian territories highlight the suffering, the lives torn apart by relentless fighting, and appeal to a hope for a brighter day.

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Daft Punk and Coke to Release Shiny Limited Edition Bottles

New Coke bottles inspired by Daft Punk's robot helmets will undoubtedly become the source of many a French hipster's pick-up line.

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Tron: Legacy Inspires Icehotel Art Suite

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

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Feast Your Eyes: Ryan Matthew Smith’s Food Photography

High tech photography to match high tech cuisine.

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I Hope This Gets to You: A Viral Love Letter

Filmmaker Walter C. May sends a love letter to his girlfriend through the power of the viral internet.

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World’s Smallest Postal Services

Things are always better in miniature. Including the postal service.

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