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NewsElizabeth Rose's New Single Is an Anthem for Marriage Equality
With sale proceeds being used to help fight discrimination. What a legend.
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NewsSee Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away as an 8-Bit Video Game
Hayao Miyazaki's beloved film, as an adorable platform adventure.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Reveals First Lineup for 2015
Sundance smashes, Jason Segel taking on David Foster Wallace and Neil Armfield’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of 'Holding the Man'.
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NewsFlorence and the Machine Announce Splendour 2015 Sideshows
Their Coachella set finished up with 'Dog Days Are Over'. Just sayin'.
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NewsWhat It's Like Learning to Dance in Pointe Shoes in 12 Weeks
To play Bottom in the Australian Ballet's The Dream, male dancers need to make like the ladies and go en pointe.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes films 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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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, Aussie westerns and expressive dance flicks.
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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 a 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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NewsThe Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.
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NewsNine 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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NewsTwelve 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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NewsThe Australia Council Has Started Suspending Funding to Artists After Budget Cuts
Your calendar of shows to see might be looking a bit lighter a few months from now.
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NewsWhat to Expect from the Newly Resurrected Astor Theatre
Newly appointed general manager Zak Hepburn talks us through Palace's plans.
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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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NewsWin Tickets to See Wild Tales
Six people are driven to the verge of a nervous breakdown in this twisted tour de force.
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NewsBlur Now Have Their Own Official 'Magic Whip' Ice Cream
For sharing with all the people, so many people.
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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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NewsShadow Electric Is Hosting A Fundraiser Party for Nepal
Clear your calendar for one huge and bighearted openair bash at the Abbotsford Convent.
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NewsWatch the First Trailer for New Parks and Rec-Style Muppets Show
Muppets in mockumentary format. Would watch.
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NewsParlour Is Australia's New Start-Up Connecting Musicians with 'Stages'
Like Airbnb for musicians and big-backyarded music-lovers.
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NewsOxfam to Launch Month-Long Oxjam Music Festival in Australia
A whole month of parties fighting against poverty across Australia. Even you can throw one.
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NewsWes Anderson Designed a Cafe That Looks Like One of His Movie Sets
You'd better believe it's kitschy as blazes.
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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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EventBaker's Dozen
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Federation Square, Melbourne
Melbourne's most-loved bakers and pastry icons are coming together for a huge pop-up bake shop at Fed Square.
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EventMoon Dog Bus and Beer Crawl
Sat, 22 Mar, 2025
Moon Dog World, Preston
Sample every brewery under the Moon Dog name on this intra-city adventure, which is travelling from Preston to Footscray for beers, bites and mechanical bull rides.
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EventPoodle Bar & Bistro's Fifth Birthday
Sun, 9 Mar, 2025
Poodle Bar & Bistro, Fitzroy
This birthday bash features hot Italian sandos, cocktails and other sips, and late-night DJs whipping up a ruckus.
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EventMoomba Festival
Thu, 6 Mar - Mon, 10 Mar 2025
Yarra River, Melbourne
Viral stars are taking over Fed Square, human-powered gliders will defy physics and 1300 performers are set to enliven the streets across five days of fun.
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EventWindsor Wine Room x St Hugo
Mon, 10 Mar - Sun, 23 Mar 2025
Windsor Wine Room, Windsor
Fine, Barossa red wine and fresh pasta pairings, just in time for autumn.
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EventFesta Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco
Tue, 18 Mar and Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Mister Bianco, Kew
Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.
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EventLightscape Melbourne
Fri, 20 Jun - Sun, 10 Aug 2025
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, South Yarra
Another winter, another lit-up garden display, with this after-dark festival getting Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne a-glowing.
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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventGet Up and Glow
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Bossley Bar & Restaurant, Melbourne
Get your Saturday started in the best way with a yoga class, brekkie and beauty products — all for free.
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EventMelbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Wed, 26 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Carlton Gardens, Carlton
This five-day flower and garden fest features landscaping inspiration, workshops for plant lovers, art exhibitions and a special after-dark experience.
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NewsJohn Oliver Is Coming to Australia
He's roasted and praised Australia many a time, now the political satirist is coming to deliver truth nuggets in person.
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NewsFlight Facilities Team Up with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sydney's beloved disco-house duo are going classical for Melbourne Festival.
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NewsThis Trailer for Studio Ghibli's Final Film Has Already Broken Our Hearts
Catch a glimpse of When Marnie Was There, Ghibli's last feature.
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NewsWin Tickets to Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
The loneliness of the superfan is poetically told through the story of Kumiko and her quest for Fargo's buried money.
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NewsThe Book of Mormon Is Coming to Australia
Australians can finally get in on the crass magnum opus from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
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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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NewsSplendour in the Grass 2015 Official Sideshows Announced
Missed out on a Splendour ticket? Just bring the festival to you.
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NewsFive New Reasons to Have High Hopes for Jurassic World
The Jurassic World trailer has taught us a lot about the made-up new dinosaur, Indominus (yes, Indominus).
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NewsLally Katz Takes Her Theatrical Surrealism to a Resort on the International Date Line for Timeshare
The Australian playwright says there's a lot you can learn over several weeks of 'research' in luxury resorts.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Banksy Does New York
See the adult scavenger hunt that swept through New York's art scene.
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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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GuideThe Six Best Record Stores for Vinyl in Melbourne
Must-do stops on your Record Store Day hunting trail.
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NewsMalthouse Theatre Is Giving Away Free Tickets, If You've Got 5000+ Followers to Tweet At
And for once, you won't be instructed to switch off your mobile phone.
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NewsThe STD Ghost, Pubertal Werewolves and the History of Sex in Horror Movies
Worth your time: the new movie whose protagonist is haunted by an anthropomorphised STD.
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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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Bluesfest Fuses Generations and Genres for a Muddy, Muddy 2015
Mud schmud, Bluesfest let cancelled headliners come out in the wash this year.
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NewsWhat Does Jay-Z's TIDAL Have that Spotify Hasn't?
Meet Australia's brand new streaming service — with a bigger price tag, but more Swifty.
