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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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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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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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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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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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EventRooftop Racquet Club at QT Melbourne
Thu, 8 Jan - Sun, 1 Mar 2026
QT Melbourne, Melbourne
Keep an ace up your sleeve this summer, as this glamorous hotel serves up a rooftop pickleball court, signature cocktails and late-night DJs.
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EventSummer Under The Roof: Quealy Winemakers and D.O.C Gastronomia Mornington
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 - Sun, 25 Jan 2026
Quealy Winemakers, Balnarring
Fill your weekends with award-winning wine and top-quality pizza, as this vine-side collaboration takes over summer with culinary goodness.
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EventDome Under Fulldome Festival
Fri, 30 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb 2026
Scienceworks, Spotswood
Head to Melbourne Planetarium to see 39 films from around the world at Australia's only fulldome film festival.
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EventLibrary on the Lawn: Kids Festival at State Library Victoria
Multiple single dates
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Add more reading time and kid-friendly entertainment to your summer holidays schedule, from storytime sessions to scavenger hunts.
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EventChristmas Sculpture and Qris Qringle at QV Melbourne
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 - Tue, 6 Jan 2026
QV Melbourne, Melbourne
Christmas has arrived at QV Melbourne, featuring a towering festive sculpture and mystery Qris Qringle giveaway loaded with daily prizes.
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EventThe Royal Family Dance Crew Presents 'Defend the Throne'
Wed, 27 May - Sun, 7 Jun 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
Global street-dance icons The Royal Family Dance Crew will headline RISING 2026 with 'Defend the Throne,' a high-energy showcase blending 14 years of their most iconic choreography with brand-new work ...
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EventSummer Music Series at Mr Mills
Multiple single dates
Mr Mills, Melbourne
Step into this chic late-night basement bar, where high-energy DJs will groove through the early hours all summer long.
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EventMidsumma Festival 2026
Sun, 18 Jan 2026 - Tue, 30 Dec 2025
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
Victoria's major LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural celebration is back, delivering over 250 events that champion queer creativity and community.
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EventLu-Niverse: Countess Luann at Melbourne Recital Centre
Mon, 23 Feb, 2026
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
Be cool, as this reality TV star brings her infectious energy to Melbourne for a tea-spilling deep dive into a slew of wild moments.
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EventCarlsberg Beach Club
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 - Thu, 29 Jan 2026
Frankston Waterfront, Frankston
Get ready for European holiday vibes, sunset sessions, and free live music just 45 minutes from Melbourne.
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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.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Mommy by Filmmaker Xavier Dolan
The Quebecois wunderkind has taken out the Cannes Jury Prize at 26.
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NewsThe Majestically Decaying Head of Queen Nefertiti Is Sitting in Sydney Harbour Right Now
See the barely believable images from Sydney's annual Opera on the Harbour.
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NewsShould You Switch to Australian Netflix?
There are some Netflix shows we're slapping down our $8.99 for immediately. And then there are some glaring omissions.
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NewsFive Reasons to Tune in to World Movies Uncut
World Movies is the only station in Australia allowed to show R18+ films, and they're taking full advantage of it.
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NewsAlison Wonderland Is Bringing Back Her Secret Warehouse Parties
Bringing electronica out of the clubs and into Australia's industrial spaces.
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NewsThe Black Keys Cancel Asia Pacific Shows, Bluesfest Loses Second Headliner
First Kravitz, now Keys.
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NewsJimmy Kimmel Pranks SXSW Punters with the Ol' Fake Band Stunt
"What do you think of DJ Gluten... hard to tolerate?"
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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.
