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    Turning Your Directing Dream Into a Reality When You Love Being a Supporting Actor: Rachel House Talks 'The Mountain'

    One of New Zealand's hardest-working talents is happy letting someone else lead the show on-screen — but now she's calling the shots on her first movie behind the lens.

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    Strawberry Fields Has Dropped Its 2024 Lineup — But If You Want Tickets, This Year's Fest Is Already 95-Percent Sold Out

    DJ EZ, KiNK, Daddy G from Massive Attack and Seun Keuti & Egypt 80 are among the acts helping to celebrate the fest's 15th anniversary.

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    Herbie Hancock Is Headlining the 2024 Melbourne International Jazz Festival — and Touring Australia

    The 14-time Grammy-winning music icon has announced a string of Aussie dates, including a MIJF show at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

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    The Big Pineapple Festival's 2024 Lineup Is Here with The Amity Affliction, Bliss n Eso, Peking Duk and More

    The only music fest that takes place next to Queensland's most-famous big thing, this event is back in a huge way for its first run in three years.

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    Noel Fielding's Highwayman Comedy 'The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin' Is Returning for Season Two

    Apple TV+ is standing and delivering a second season of this British comedy led by 'The Mighty Boosh' star, which riffs on an IRL figure.

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    Ocean Alley, ONEFOUR, King Stingray, Cub Sport and Bag Raiders Lead Ability Fest's 2024 Lineup

    Dylan Alcott's inclusive and fully accessible music festival returns to Melbourne and expands to Brisbane in October.

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    Palm Tree Music Festival Is Returning to Australia in 2024 with The Chainsmokers Leading the Lineup

    After debuting Down Under in 2023, the fest has locked in a second Aussie run in December 2024, with Alesso, Gryffin, Austin Millz and Daya also on the bill.

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    Australian Romance-Scam Thriller 'Fake' Features One of the Best Episodes of TV You'll See in 2024

    Starring Asher Keddie and David Wenham, this is the kind of love- and lies-fuelled saga that's impossible to stop binge-watching.

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    You Can No Longer Cuddle a Koala at Brisbane's Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary — But a New Close-Up Experience Is Coming

    Patron feedback has indicated that visitors are "wishing to spend longer with the sanctuary's koalas and their passionate wildlife care team, without necessarily holding them".

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    Celebrating Eccentricity and Recognising Existence's Chaos, 'Fantasmas' Is a Must-See Serving of Surreal Brilliance

    After 'Los Espookys', ex-'Saturday Night Live' writer Julio Torres has created, penned and directed — and also stars in — another wonder that only he could've made.

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    Now Open: The Largest and Most-Complete Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil Ever Seen in Australia Is on Display in Melbourne

    You've got until October to check out the skeleton of a T. rex fittingly called Victoria, which features 199 bones and measures more than 12 metres in length, at Melbourne Museum.

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    Cool Characters, Outsider Communities and Wild Career Successes: Austin Butler Chats 'The Bikeriders' 

    He's slipped into Elvis' blue-suede shoes. He battled Timothée Chalamet in 'Dune: Part Two'. And when the part of Benny in this motorcycle drama came his way, Butler “just felt that I had to play him”.

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    Starting a Rom-Com Sitcom with a Nipple Flash and a Dog on Wheels: Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall Talk 'Colin From Accounts'

    Before this Aussie hit started picking up AACTA, Logie and Gotham TV awards — and scored a second season — it began as a fun idea between the IRL couple and 'No Activity' co-stars.

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    Dylan Alcott's Inclusive and Accessible Music Festival Ability Fest Is Returning in October and Expanding to Brisbane

    This is the first time that the fest will take place outside of Melbourne — and it's locked in its dates in both the Victorian and Queensland capitals.

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    Donald Glover Plays a Star Musician Fleeing Giant Animals in the Trailer for 'Bando Stone & the New World'

    As well as starring in this new dystopian movie, Glover directs — and provides the soundtrack as Childish Gambino.

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    Richard Gadd Is Following Up 'Baby Reindeer' with HBO and BBC Drama 'Lions' About Another Complicated Relationship

    There's no word yet who'll be starring in the series, which will hop between the 80s and now — or if any emails will be sent from from a iPhone.

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    Virgin Is Kicking Off July with a Flight Sale on One Million-Plus International and Domestic Fares Starting at $49

    Start booking your getaways for the next year, including to Tokyo, Bali, Fiji, Hamilton Island, Hobart and more.

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    Save the Date: Triple J's One Night Stand Will Return for Its First Festival in Five Years in September 2024

    You'll find out by the end of July where the regional music fest is headed this year — and who'll be on the lineup.

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    KFC's Latest Pop-Up Will Get You Celebrating a Chicken-Filled Midyear Christmas in the Blue Mountains

    At the Colonel's Lodge, you'll spend two nights in a wood-panelled mansion with unlimited KFC Christmas spreads to feast on.

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    Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month

    Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.

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