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Controversial Burger Chain Carl’s Jr is Coming to Australia

Great news for sex pests and very bad news for people with high cholesterol.

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First Look at Romance Was Born + Rebecca Baumann: Reflected Glory Exhibition

Get a sneak peek at the fashion duo's ambitious new project at Carriageworks.

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Win Tickets to See Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel

Time for another wild, pastel adventure with Wes Anderson.

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Nicolas Jaar and Darkside Invite You to Fall Into Their Small Worlds

We chat to Nicholas Jaar about the light in Darkside.

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Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck Is Moving to Australia for Six Months

As you do.

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Concrete Playground’s MICF 2014 Diary

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Win Tickets to See Hannah Arendt

Spend some time with the fearless, headstrong woman behind 'the banality of evil'.

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Lorde Announces 2014 Australian Tour

We're about to get the royal treatment.

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The Creative Decathlon: Ten Things To See at the Festival of Live Art

Way more hardcore than White Night.

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It’s Really Happening: Biennale of Sydney Splits from Transfield

Wow.

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Beyonce Just Got an Emoji Makeover

The visual album taken to its logical conclusion.

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Shia LaBeouf’s Performance Art Explained

Shia's artistic collaborators shed some light on the whole weird shabang.

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Actors in Crisis: New Beginnings for The Government Inspector

Actor Gareth Davies talks panic, process and becoming mistaken auteur 'Seyfat Babayev'.

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The Best and Worst of Oscars 2014 Acceptance Speeches

Cate Blanchett supports women in film, Matthew McConaughey celebrates a weird hero.

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Ellen Takes the Ultimate Oscars Selfie, Crashes Twitter

Returning to the Oscars after hosting seven years ago, Ellen made her mark with selfies and pizza.

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Meryl, Lupita and Amy Can’t Resist Dancing to Pharrell’s Happy Either

Pharrell's award-nominated song gets Hollywood A-listers sheepishly dancing.

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Oscars Lounge: The Academy Awards 2014 Drinking Game

Crack open some champers with the stars.

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