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A Bookmark Which Follows Your Reading

For the inner bookworm in all of us, French designer and inventor Oscar Lhermitte has come up with a way to make torn, dog-eared pages a thing of the past.

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Win a Double Pass to see Headhunters

Headhunters tells the story of Roger Brown, a charming villain whose life is turned upside down through greed.

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Kony 2012 Campaign Goes Viral

Kony 2012 is a viral campaign spearheaded by the humanitarian group Invisible Children to raise awareness about atrocities in Uganda.

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Jon Rafman’s ‘The Nine Eyes of Google Street View’ Photo Project

Canadian artist Jon Rafman has presented viewers with a collection of the most bizzare, quirky and often disturbing images that are captured on Google's Street View.

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Concrete Playground Meets Charlie Murphy

Charlie Murphy deserves some serious credit. Trying to forge a career as a professional comedian is pretty tough at the best of times, let alone when your brother is none other than Eddie Murphy.

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Moss Poetry Appears in Sydney’s Paddington Reservoir Gardens

The walls of Sydney's historic reservoir are currently playing host to obscurely profound pieces of moss poetry.

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Say Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game

Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.

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Win a Double Pass to see the Academy Award-Winning ‘A Separation’

Critics have praised the film for its fast pace, weaving complexity and bravery for commenting on themes which have been kept hidden to much of the Western world.

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Concrete Playground Meets Photographer Dean Sewell

Dean recently sat down with Concrete Playground to talk about the Lonely Station, photography and the usefulness of good rope skills.

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Win a Double Pass to see Like Crazy

Enter to win tickets to see the winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

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Win a Double Pass to Playground Weekender 2012

A four-day extravaganza in arguably the most gorgeous festival location near Sydney, Del Rio's Riverside Resort on the Hawkesbury.

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Win a Double Pass to see The Grey

John Ottoway (Liam Neeson) is forced to lead a group of roughneck men in their fight for survival when the men come under attack by a pack of vicous, aggressive wolves.

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Hotel Offers Champagne Baths for Valentine’s Day

In what resembles a scene from a high-end gangster rap video, guests at London's Cadogan Hotel will be able to bathe in 122 hand-poured bottles of Dom Pérignon.

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Michael Cera Takes the Stage at the Sydney Opera House

Theatrical masterpiece 'This Is Our Youth' will undergo another celebrity makeover when the play hits the Sydney Opera House this March.

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The Best Ads From Super Bowl 2012

It's usually the off field antics and advertising that captures the imaginations of those outside of the 50 US states.

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The Global Mail: Not-For-Profit News Site Launches

Launched today, the not-for-profit news and features website will offer its readers public interest stories both locally and from around the globe.

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Stuart Ringholt’s Naked Art Tours Come to Sydney

An art tour where all participants must turn up in the flesh, literally.

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Win a Summer’s Supply of C Coconut Water

Show us a plant that you can use to make medicine, soap, a mean green curry, alcohol (and a requisite hangover cure), and bikinis from, and we'll show you a coconut.

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Food Trucks to Hit Sydney in 2012

This is one government initiative that all Sydneysiders will welcome with open arms and open mouths.

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Online Community Rallies Against the SOPA & PIPA Proposals

Here are some of our favourite online reactions to the world's most controversial bills.

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Win a Double Pass to See Martha Marcy May Marlene

A dark and magnetic exploration of human consciousness, Martha Marcy May Marlene exposes the unturned side of humanity that we fear to recognise.

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Peats Ridge Festival 2011 Review

It’s one-seventh the travel time to Woodford, one-fifth the number of Southern Cross tats at Field Day, as picturesque as Falls, and the local line up is without parallel.

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Make Food Not War

Stage a war in the kitchen and attempt to replicate these deliciously evil masterpieces.

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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of New York

Before he was a filmmaker, Kubrick was a photojournalist for Look Magazine, for whom he captured the street life and subjects of New York City.

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Win a Double Pass to See Young Adult

Director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, who previously collaborated on the Academy Award-winning Juno.

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How Happy is Your City?

A giant emoticon erected above this Bavarian city is set to measure the general mood of the people below.

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Fireworks by Day

A Chinese artist takes modern art to the sky with his daytime fireworks exhibition.

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A-List Actors Become Evil Villains

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling and others appear in vignettes as nefarious villains in this online video exhibition by Alex Prager.

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Cultural Disappearing Acts

UNESCO has added 'intangible' cultural traditions to the list of the world's endangered phenomena.

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Please, Steal Our Banksy

A Melbourne hotel issues an open invitation to steal their artwork straight off the walls.

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Gourmet Food Hampers for a Good Cause

The Philanthropic Foodie is a demiurgic thinktank that come up with ideas that marry Sydney’s love of fine food and worthwhile charities.

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Win a Book of Italy’s Most Beautiful Hotels

Italy is not just about the food, as the folks at Mr & Mrs Smith know.

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From Barley to the Bottle in the Heart of the City

Watch your beer 'grow' from start to finish at this temporary inner city brewery.

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A Guide to this Summer’s Best Beach Reads

In attempt to help out those with a literary whim, Concrete Playground presents the ten best books to read this summer.

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Concrete Playground’s Summer Road Trip Essentials

Road trips can be an idealised summertime activity, so Concrete Playground has come up with some tips to make sure you never have a bad one again.

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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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Benetton Receives Hate for its ‘Unhate’ Campaign

The United Colors of Benetton are the centre of controversy after their new 'Unhate' campaign showed some of the world's leading figures locking lips.

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It’s Just a Plant: The Children’s Book on Marijuana

The story of a young girl's educational journey as she comes to understand cannabis, explained to her by her parents, a doctor and a kind gang of Rastafarians.

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The New Seven Natural Wonders of the World

With so many fantastic places to visit around the world, it's often hard to decide where to possibly go. The New7Wonders makes it a little easier for you.

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Win a Priceless Night Out with Florence + the Machine

Win the ultimate night out on the town for you and three friends.

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The Ten Best Bars in the World

Your local favourite may not be on the list, but rest assured that all fifty are well worth the visit next time you find yourself in one of the world's culture capitals.

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Concrete Playground’s Guide to Sydney Festival 2012

The reinvigorated Sydney Festival has completely transformed our city in summer and it’s made Sydney a truly amazing place to be in January.

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Edinburgh Gardens

With endless grassy lawns canopied by sheltering trees, Edinburgh Gardens caters to a diverse range of picnicgoers.

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