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NewsThe Five Greatest Papal Film Moments
Vatican movies to get you in the mood for the next two months of Church and State.
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NewsWin Yourself a Literary-Inspired T-Shirt from The Affair
The Affair have transformed their love and passion for literature into a unique and compelling range of men's T-shirts
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NewsSydney Illustrator Wins New Yorker Comp with Hipster Cover
The dandy is a hipster in Simon Greiner's version of the iconic Eustace Tilley image.
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NewsCocktail Masterclass: Perrier Summer Punch
Mixologist Tomas Vikario shows how to make the perfect no-fuss drink for when friends turn up unexpectedly.
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NewsThe Ten Best Luxury Beach Breaks in Australia
We have teamed up with boutique travel experts Mr & Mrs Smith to bring you ten of the best local beach breaks – no passport required.
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NewsThe World’s Biggest Waterslide Is Being Built in NZ
Kiwi charity Live More Awesome is dreaming big with their latest fundraiser.
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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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NewsSecret Garden 2013 Announces Line-Up (Not That It Needs To)
A weekend for lovers of food, music, dress-ups, and adventures.
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NewsWin Tickets to See The Impossible
One family's extraordinary story from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
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NewsSix Things We’ve Learned From #UpGoerfive
XKCD has us talking in only the 1000 most common words.
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NewsThe Dion Lee/Sarah Blasko Collaboration You Didn’t Know You Could Hope For
An inspired collaboration from the Sydney Dance Company.
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NewsEat and Drink Hong Kong Style
Hong Kong is almost close enough to justify a long weekend away. Here's Concrete Playground's guide to eating and drinking HK style.
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NewsSeth MacFarlane Makes Hitler Quip as Oscar Nominations are Announced
For all its bravado and banality, we, along with an estimated 40 million viewers worldwide, remain total suckers for the Oscars.
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NewsGuardian shows how to sell papers with most action-filled ad ever
Who knew the weekend supplements were so tense?
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NewsA Bluffer’s Guide to Champagne
With Concrete Playground's bluffer's guide to wine prepare to become a bona fide wine aficionado.
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NewsAmazing Bars Around the World
When it comes to mind-boggling designs, wacky themes and unique going-out experiences then these ten bars are a cut above the rest.
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NewsGoodreads’ Best Books Of 2012
Goodreads Choice Awards offers readers the closest thing the literary world has to a People's Choice Award.
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NewsUS Political Maps
Mark Newman's monstrous election maps are more realistic than regular maps, and scarier.
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NewsTen Rock-Star Retreats Around the World
You don't have to release a Pitchfork-approved debut album or sell out a stadium to live the life of a travelling troubadour.
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NewsWin Tickets to The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Win a double pass to Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Emma Watson, Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller.
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NewsHooroo Uncovers Australia’s Top 40 ‘Secret Spot’ Travel Destinations
Travel website Hooroo has uncovered 40 of Australia's best-kept holiday secrets.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Summer Reading Guide
Concrete Playground duly presents our suggestions for the best books to read over your summer.
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NewsInterview: Nick Palumbo of Gelato Messina
"I wanted to create a brand that used traditional craftsmanship but was flexible in the sense that there is no limit to how creative you want to be."
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NewsEight Boutique Online Stores for Beautiful Gifts
Quirky, inspiring, and fun boutiques are only a click away.
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NewsThe Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows
The website "Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows" are doing their little bit to make the inexpressible more expressible
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NewsMake Your Own Perrier Summer Berry Mojito
Mixologist Tomas Vikario shows Concrete Playground how to make a Perrier Summer Berry Mojito in the comfort of your very own herb garden.
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NewsThe Most Magnificent Moustaches Throughout History
In the spirit of Movember here are thirteen of history's most magnificent mo's
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NewsThe Silent History Reinvents Storytelling
One of the first applications to expand the unchartered boundaries of e-book storytelling.
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NewsThe Autark Home Floating Houseboat
The Autark Home brings a whole new meaning to living on the water.
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NewsWin Tickets To Two Little Boys
Two Little Boys follows the hilarious bond between two best mates as they face a series of unfortunate incidents.
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NewsConcrete Playground meets Dead Europe director Tony Krawitz
The filmmaker seeks out the ghosts of Europe with his new Christos Tsiolkas adaptation.
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NewsConcrete Playground talks to Rohan Anderson (Whole Larder Love)
We preview the new book and talk about cities without supermarkets.
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NewsWhat Your Favourite TV Show Says About Your Politics [Infographic]
If this infographic is anything to go by it seems that our TV habits can be a useful barometer for understanding our politics.
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NewsWin Tickets to see Alex Cross
Alex Cross follows the action-packed journey of young detective/psychologist as he meets his match in a serial killer.
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NewsIntroducing the Ketel One Modern Craft Project
Do you have a traditional craft, an enterprising spirit and a hankering for $100,000 cash prizes?
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NewsVintage Halloween Costume Ideas
Perhaps the only thing scarier than your fake blood and broomstick are these vintage Halloween get-ups.
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NewsPhotographs That Shatter Your Image of Famous People
Ten photos that prove that sometimes what the spin media show us about famous people is not exactly the whole story.
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NewsWin Tickets to Bachelorette
Bachelorette combines humour, drunken romance and the dynamic of female relationships in a raunchy and intoxicated weekend.
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NewsDiscover the Favourite Hangouts of Your Friends Around the World
A social search engine that'll help you find the favourite places of your friends and friends of friends.
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NewsWin The Walking Dead
To mark the launch of season three, Concrete Playground has the ultimate catch-up giveaway.
