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NewsUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tituss Burgess Is Actually Releasing a Pinot Noir
Drink it in the boudoir, a mid-sized car or in Myanmar — with caviar.
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NewsBerlin's Disused Telephone Booths Are Being Turned Into Mini Nightclubs
A relic of telecommunications becomes the ultimate rave cave.
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NewsThe Filmmakers Behind Making a Murderer Are Coming to Australia
All your questions about the case of Steven Avery are about to be answered.
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NewsJK Rowling Is Releasing an Eighth Harry Potter Book Because All Is Well
We're damn well stupefied.
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GuideThe Best Things to See, Do and Taste at Melbourne Chinese New Year 2016
Ring in the Year of the Monkey with lunar markets, classical music, and adorable monkey buns.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-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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NewsNine 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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NewsBenjamin Law Talks Facebook, Family and the Lack of Diversity on Australian TV
Mad chats with the brains behind the new SBS comedy The Family Law.
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NewsMiranda July and Richard Dawkins to Kick Off an Epic Year for the Wheeler Centre
The first part of the 2016 program is out — and it's looking very satisfactory indeed.
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NewsAussies, Prepare to Say Goodbye to Your US Netflix Account
"Those using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they currently are."
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2015-16 Summer Reading List
Ten books to get stuck into by the pool, the beach or on the couch with an Icy Pole in hand.
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsMidsumma Announces Their 2016 Program
Melbourne's largest queer arts and culture festival is back.
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NewsThe Arbory Is Launching Its Own Creative Version of Oktoberfest
Trade in your Oktoberfest bier for a nitro espresso martini — on tap.
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NewsThe Wheeler Centre Introduces New Festival The Interrobang
The 'festival of the question' wants to know what you want to know.
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EventPeninsula Pass for World Bathing Day
Sun, 21 Jun - Mon, 22 Jun 2026
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
For one weekend only, wellness seekers can soak, steam and unwind across three iconic Peninsula bathing destinations.
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EventThe Social Studio Fundraiser: 'Flee' Film Screening
Sun, 14 Jun, 2026
Cinema Nova, Carlton
Support this fashion-focused social enterprise as they raise funds to offer free education and training programs to refugee communities.
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EventCharlie Brings the Fire to Mister Bianco
Tue, 23 Jun, 2026
Mister Bianco, Kew
See what magic happens when Charlie Carrington and Joe Vargetto join forces for a fire-driven feast in Kew.
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EventSauna Sessions at Moon Dog Beach Club
Sat, 6 Jun, 2026
Moon Dog Beach Club, Frankston
Trading sun loungers for sauna benches, this winter time collab invites guests to sweat it out, then sip a cold one at the bar.
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EventThe Shortest Lunch 2026
Sat, 20 Jun - Sun, 21 Jun 2026
Various Yarra Valley venues, Coldstream
13 Yarra Valley wineries will host this popular weekend of tastings and food, in celebration of the winter solstice.
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EventSt Kilda Film Festival
Thu, 4 Jun - Sun, 14 Jun 2026
Various locations in St Kilda, St Kilda
Great movies come in small packages at this standout short film festival, with 190-plus titles screening across 11 days in 2026.
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EventDiscoteca Italiana at Melbourne Museum
Sat, 6 Jun, 2026
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Step from centuries-old relics onto the dance floor as this one-night-only Italo disco party combines the ancient world and after-dark fun.
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EventIndependent Music Exchange at Northcote Town Hall
Sat, 6 Jun - Sun, 7 Jun 2026
Northcote Town Hall, Northcote
Celebrate independent music as label founders and crate diggers come together to champion physical media and share community-driven knowledge.
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EventSorrento Solstice Festival
Sat, 20 Jun - Sun, 21 Jun 2026
Various locations in Sorrento, Sorrento
Celebrating, not hiding away from the year's shortest days, this emerging solstice festival offers firelight by the ocean.
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EventVera Blue x Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Veil
Sat, 11 Jul, 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
The groundbreaking Australian artist is once again reimagining her music with Victoria's top orchestra this July.
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NewsHear From Australia's Most Promising Young Writers in a New SBS Podcast
Seven short stories about the Australian high school experience.
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NewsDay of the Dead Warehouse Project Announces Extra Ticket Release
Honour the dead, celebrate the living. Be ready on Saturday.
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NewsThe Chaser Team Are Crowdfunding a New Print Magazine
Help fund the printing, distribution and "tax effective offshore corporate structure" they need.
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NewsPatti Smith's 'Just Kids' Memoir Is Being Made Into a Miniseries
Step aside, Gossip Girl. This is real NYC love.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Melbourne Writers Festival 2015 Reading List
Put this wintry weather to good use and get clued in for MWF.
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NewsThe Onion Is Launching a New Web Series Parodying Vice Media
Throwing acid in the face of ignorance.
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NewsTake a Delicious, Delicious Tour of Nick Offerman's Pizza Farm
“If it’s on a plant, it’s good for you, who cares how it got there.”
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NewsGrey Gardens Projects Exhibition Space to Open in Fitzroy
With a gallery and performance space, coffee bar and a brand new permanent home for Speakeasy Cinema.
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NewsLee Lin Chin Announced as Australia's Official Eurovision Spokesperson Because All Is Well
"I’m not worried about being up early, I’ll just have to take a break from the clubs for 20 minutes."
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NewsHumans of New York's Brandon Stanton Photographed the 2015 Met Gala
Ordinary people as celebrities, celebrities as ordinary people.
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NewsPalace Theatre to Hold a Huge Garage Sale This Weekend
Take home a piece of the Palace, however bittersweet it may feel.
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NewsEmerging Writers' Festival Announce 2015 Program
This year, EWF tackles the F word — in more ways than one.
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NewsDark Mofo Announces Huge 2015 Program
British jellymongers Bompas and Parr are just the tip of this dark and delicious Tasmanian iceberg.
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NewsNine Incredible Things You're Missing at SXSW This Year
From Tinder robots to Kwik-E-Mart food trucks and virtual reality SNL, SXSW 2015 has truly opened with a bang.
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NewsVivid Sydney Announces Huge 2015 Program
Giant Rococo pigs, interactive games of duck, duck, goose, Sufjan Stevens and TV on the Radio.
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NewsAll the Life Advice You Need from Terry Pratchett
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
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NewsAnita Sarkeesian to Talk #Gamergate in Melbourne
She explained #Gamergate to Stephen Colbert. Now it's your turn.
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NewsThe Eight Best Ways to Celebrate Chinese New Year in Melbourne
Dragon dances, illuminated Chinatown laneways, kung fu cinema for White Night and all the dumplings you can handle.
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NewsNew Web Comedy 'The Katering Show' Skewers Foodie Culture
"The journey of a food intolerant, and an intolerable foodie."
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NewsConcrete Playground's Summer Reading List
Ten books from this year that no bibliophile should miss.
