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NewsThe Unexpected Poetry of Google Autocomplete
Autocomplete results are often unintentionally hilarious and weirdly sad - but are they also art?
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NewsBoozing Now Acceptable at Breakfast Thanks to Spreadable Beer
An Italian duo have done their bit to make the world a better place, engineering a chocolate-flavoured beer spread.
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NewsLuxury Hotels in Weird and Wonderful Places Around the World
Here are 10 of Smith’s most interesting places to pass a night, picked just for Concrete Playground.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett's compelling work lights up one of Woody Allen's darkest films.
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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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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 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far
From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.
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NewsThe Lifted Brow Goes Subcompact on Your Ass
The Lifted Brow brings this lightweight publishing style to Australia.
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NewsWin a Stoker Prize Pack
Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Jacki Weaver unexpectedly star in a violent neo-gothic Bildungsroman from a master of style.
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NewsKickstarter Coming to Australia and New Zealand
Nothing has quite transformed the 'crowd funding' story like Kickstarter.
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NewsAvocado Beer Is a Possibly Delicious Invention
An LA brewery has created a guacamole-inspired beer to celebrate the beginning of avocado season in California.
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NewsSocks Infused with Coffee Cure Smelly Feet
For feet so sweet you can wear the same pair of socks for days.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Kick-Ass 2
Because you know you want to see how Hit Girl is handling high school.
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NewsWorld’s Most Instagrammable Hotel Opens in Sydney
1888 Hotel has built in special features to inspire photographers of all stripes.
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NewsEccentric Doctor’s Manmade Mountain Outlawed in Beijing
Beijing architect Zhang Biqing's illegal mountain is forced to crumble.
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NewsTen Places to Get an Early Taste of Summer
Feeling wind-blown, frost-bitten and winter-weary? It's never too late to hatch a getaway plan.
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NewsFree Beer for Doing Absolutely Nothing
Stand still for three minutes and you'll be rewarded with a cold one.
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NewsSydney Businessmen Successfully Crowdfund Booze Startup
Mr Black takes two of Sydney's favourite vices and combines them in one delicious, stylishly packaged drink.
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NewsMelbourne Festival Is After Your Heart with 2013 Program
A ten-hour theatre show, a concert in the dark and a giant Welcome to Country mark Melbourne Festival 2013.
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NewsWorld Movies Presents Films That Shocked the World
Be shocked, horrified, stunned and controversified with this week of films in August.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Frances Ha
Greta Gerwig plays one of the most loveable characters you'll meet this year.
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NewsYour Guide to a Spring Weekend in the Hunter Valley
The perfect weekender, whether you're with friends, your lover or your mum.
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NewsRevisit a Time When Street Photography Meant More Than Fashion
See how the legends cross social boundaries to capture iconic images of their milieu.
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NewsWin a Papillionaire Bicycle and Tickets to What Maisie Knew
Want to experience your own child-like wonder? A new bicycle from Papillionaire and What Maisie Knew ought to do it.
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NewsArt Spiegelman, Grant Morrison and More Announced for GRAPHIC Festival
GRAPHIC is like arty Comic-Con, and you don't need to be an uber-fan to feel part of the party.
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NewsWin Tickets to See The World’s End
The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy culminates in the pub crawl to end all pub crawls.
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NewsPlating Up: The Bespoke Tableware Inspired by Chefs
Chefs lend a hand in creating unique tablewares, fit for their food.
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NewsWin Tickets to See The Way, Way Back
See one of the most beautiful comedies of the year for free.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Before Midnight
Walking and talking is an art form for one of cinema's best known couples.
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NewsThe Ten Best French Restaurants for Bastille Day
Compiled here is a list of Sydney's best and most fun French. Carpe diem at one of them this weekend.
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NewsThe Five Best Political Memes from Around the World
LOLcats have mutated into a medium that netizens use as a form of political expression.
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NewsWin Tickets to We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks
It fast becomes apparent how little you know of an organisation dedicated to transparency.
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NewsThe Top Five Leadership Spills on Screen
See how Australian politics compares to famous spills on screen.
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NewsSpend an Evening with David Sedaris on New Tour
You know you wanna hear David Sedaris read his insightful, satirical, real-life stories aloud.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Russian Resurrection Film Festival
For cinephiles, Russophiles and anyone who just wants to watch something a little unexpected.
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NewsNew York Introduces Bill to Regulate 3D Printed Guns
How do you stop someone from printing their own gun in an instant?
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NewsSand Hill Road’s Secrets to Making the Perfect Pub
Matt Mullins shares the blueprint for what makes redesigned pubs like The Prahran Hotel work.
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NewsPoet and Hacker Bravo Child Shows What Artists Can Do at a Hackfest
The host of Memebrain explains why he wants artists to turn up to his hackfest.
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NewsWhat If Game of Thrones Happened in the 1990s?
Ever wondered what Game of Thrones would be like if the claimants of Westeros were fighting to sit atop a beanbag?
