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    The 'Cat Person' Trailer Turns the Viral 'New Yorker' Story Into a Nicholas Braun-Starring Dating Thriller

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    Attenzione: The Italian Film Festival's 2023 Lineup Is Here and Filled with Europe-Set Must-Sees

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    Louise Bourgeois' World-Famous Spider Sculpture 'Maman' Is Coming to Australia for the First Time

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    SXSW Sydney's Screen Festival Will Open with the Julia Garner-Starring Aussie Thriller 'The Royal Hotel'

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    The Duke of Enmore Will Now Let You Sing Karaoke with a Live Band to Live Out Your Rockstar Fantasy

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    The Others Way Festival Is Returning to Karangahape Road for 2023 with Souls of Mischief Headlining

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    'Justified: City Primeval' Brings Timothy Olyphant and His Stetson Back for a Perfect TV Revival

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    Break Out the Cosmos: HBO Has Just Renewed 'And Just Like That...' for Season Three

    The Sarah Jessica Parker-led series just needs another three seasons, then two movies, to match 'Sex and the City'.

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    Joji Is Returning to Australia and New Zealand This Spring for His First-Ever Headline Tour

    Joji's 'Pandemonium' tour will hit arenas across Australia's east cost and Auckland in November.

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    The First-Ever Angelika Film Centre Outside of the US Is Opening in Brisbane This Week

    The arthouse cinema chain launched in New York in 1989 — and now it's bringing its movie-loving experience to an eight-screen site in Woolloongabba.

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    Wildlands' 2023–24 Lineup Is Here with RÜFÜS DU SOL, Central Cee, Peggy Gou and A$AP Ferg

    The Jungle Giants and G Flip will also head to Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide when the dance, electronic and hip hop fest returns this summer.

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    Ms Lauryn Hill Is Touring Australia to Celebrate 25 Years Since 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' Released

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    '& Juliet' Is Taking Its Olivier Award-Winning Shakespeare-Meets-Pop Spectacle to Sydney in 2024

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    New 'Star Wars' Series 'Ahsoka' Chooses Wisely in Making Rosario Dawson Its Formidable On-Screen Force

    Disney's favourite galaxy far, far away delivers another master-and-apprentice tale, this time focusing on a 'Clone Wars' and 'Rebels' figure in live-action.

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    Taronga Zoo Is Launching Its Own Pop-Up Openair Cinema with Classic Movies and Harbour Views

    See the animals, then see 'The Lion King', 'Scream', 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' or 'Dirty Dancing'.

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    Lost Paradise Has Unveiled Its Dance-Heavy New Year's Eve 2023 Lineup with Flume and Basement Jaxx

    Dom Dolla, Foals, Bicep, Kelis and Carl Cox will also be ringing in the new year in Glenworth Valley.

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    Fresh From Starring in 'The Idol', The Weeknd Is Bringing His 'After Hours Til Dawn' Stadium Tour Down Under

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    MELT Festival's 2023 Lineup Is Here with Kah-Lo, Aluna, KUCKA and Club Toilets-Set Theatre Hit 'Overflow'

    Brisbane Powerhouse's annual celebration of queer culture returns with a feast of music, visual art and theatre in November.

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    Sparks, Santigold, Chromeo and The Lemon Twigs Are Doing Harvest Rock Sideshows on the East Coast

    Can't make it to Adelaide for two music-filled October days? Four of the festival's highlights are doing their own gigs.

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    Netflix Is Turning 'The Survivors' by 'The Dry' Author Jane Harper Into a Crime-Thriller Streaming Series

    The streaming platform has announced four new Australian projects, including an outback succession tale called 'Desert King'.

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    Ministry of Sound Is Hitting Riverstage with a Massive Orchestra Show Filled with Dance Music

    Hear classical renditions of Basement Jaxx, Darude, Röyksopp, Underworld, Moby and more — played by an orchestra, and with live vocals.

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    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Is Bringing Back Its Hans Zimmer Tribute for Two More Nights of Film Scores

    The first round of concerts in May sold out, so MSO is bringing the legendary composer's movie music back to Hamer Hall in December.

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    SXSW Sydney's Music Festival Will Give You Access to 300-Plus Performances Across 25 Venues

    SXSW Sydney is creating a bustling live music precinct for four days — with sets stretching from the Hollywood Hotel to Tumbalong Park.

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    'Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles' Is SXSW Sydney's First Big Local World-Premiere Film

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    Senegalese-French Love Story 'Banel & Adama' Just Won MIFF's 2023 Bright Horizons Award

    Soda Jerk's 'Hello Dankness' also picked up the Melbourne International Film Festival's annual prize for Australian innovation.

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

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    Mark Your Calendar: Wildlands Has Locked in Its Summer 2023–24 Dates and Venues

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    HBO's Stunning New Scammer Docuseries 'Telemarketers' Is Your Latest True-Crime Obsession

    The Safdie brothers executive produce this has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed three-parter about the shoddiest and shadiest of call-centre operations.

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    'Killing It' Season Two Tussles with Different Snakes — and This Savvy Satire Gets Even Sharper

    Craig Robinson and Claudia O'Doherty are no longer polishing off pythons, but they're still facing savage inequality while chasing the American dream.

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    The Matildas' Semi-Final Against England Was Australia's Most-Watched TV Program Since 2001

    It didn't turn out the way that the nation hoped, but Sam Kerr and company still smashed records against the Lionesses.

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    Caroline Polachek, Alvvays and Alex G Just Joined Kraftwerk on Meredith's Hefty 2023 Lineup

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    We Are Sex Bob-Omb!: The First Trailer for Netflix's Animated 'Scott Pilgrim Takes Off' Series Is Here

    The film's whole cast is back for this new take on the graphic novels, which hits streaming in mid-November.

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    Bradley Cooper Picks Up the Baton in the First Trailer for Leonard Bernstein Biopic 'Maestro'

    As well as starring opposite Carey Mulligan, Cooper directs, jumping back behind the lens for the first time since 'A Star Is Born'.

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    Sydney Underground Film Festival Will Unleash Its Weird and Wonderful 2023 Lineup Upon Dendy Newtown

    Sydney's celebration of cult and underground cinema is moving to a new venue, complete with an all-female reimagining of 'Conan the Barbarian', Japanese gore and an ode to Werner Herzog.

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    Good Things' Huge 2023 Lineup Is Here with Devo, Fall Out Boy, Limp Bizkit, Corey Taylor and Pennywise 

    Celebrating Australian alternative rock as well, Spiderbait, Frenzal Rhomb, Jebediah and Eskimo Joe lead the festival's local contingent.

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    Tom Jones, Jack Johnson and Elvis Costello Lead Bluesfest's First 35th-Anniversary Lineup for 2024

    Elvis Costello & The Imposters had to drop out of 2023's Bluefest, so they're making the trip in 2024 instead.

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    RÜFÜS DU SOL, Central Cee, G Flip and Genesis Owusu Will Kick Off 2024 in Sydney at Field Day

    The Domain will also welcome Romy, Sub Focus, Ross From Friends, Claptone and COBRAH for this huge New Year's Day festival.

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    RÜFÜS DU SOL, Central Cee, Peggy Gou and Kelis Lead Beyond The Valley's NYE 2023 Lineup

    Destroy Lonely, DMA'S, G Flip, Mall Grab, The Jungle Giants — the list goes on for what's set to be a huge New Year's festival in Hesse.

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    Just In: Fall Out Boy Are Teasing a New Australian Tour Like Its the 2000s Again

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