Entertainment
Pop star's Aussie proposal for real
Robbie Williams' mum says her son's on-air proposal to girlfriend Ayda Field, genuine.
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Stars gather in Taiwan for Chinese-language 'Oscars'
TAIPEI (AFP) - The cream of Asian cinema is set to gather in Taipei on Saturday for the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars".
November 28, 2009, 10:47 am -
London West End show goes multi-lingual
Foreign tourists watching a show in London's West End will be able to follow the performance in their own language, thanks to a new hand-held subtitles device.
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Robbie Williams causes wedding stir
British pop star Robbie Williams caused a stir in Australia with an on-air proposal to his US actress girlfriend during a Sydney radio show.
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Polanski home prepared for house arrest
Security experts have started preparing Roman Polanski's Alpine chalet for the movie director's house arrest.
November 29, 2009, 3:07 am -
Another weekend in jail for Polanski
Roman Polanski has not come up with three million euros ($A4.93 million) bail to allow him to be moved to house arrest in his Swiss chalet, authorities say.
November 28, 2009, 7:31 am -
Robbie Williams proposal 'genuine'
Pop star Robbie Williams' mother says her son's on-air proposal to girlfriend Ayda Field in Australia is genuine.
November 28, 2009, 7:02 am -
Grammy Hall of Fame inducts 25 songs
The Doors' Riders On The Storm and the Beach Boys' California Girls are among 25 recordings being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
November 28, 2009, 6:50 am -
Chris Brown to be interviewed on 20/20
The US television network ABC says Chris Brown will appear on its 20/20 newsmagazine on December 11.
November 28, 2009, 6:29 am -
Former director of Spain's Guggenheim museum jailed
MADRID (AFP) - The former financial director of Spain's Guggenheim Bilbao has been sentenced to 32 months in jail for stealing nearly half a million euros (750,000 dollars) from the museum's accounts, the court said Friday.
November 28, 2009, 4:31 am -
Louvre, Versailles face closure by striking French workers
PARIS (AFP) - The Louvre, the world?s most visited museum, the chateau of Versailles and a host of other top French tourist sites could shut next week due to strike action over planned job cuts, unions warned Friday.
November 28, 2009, 1:27 am -
BBC chief predicts smaller corporation after 2012
LONDON (AFP) - BBC director general Mark Thompson has predicted the corporation will become "smaller" in the future as all broadcasters go digital, with the BBC website likely to be cut back.
November 28, 2009, 1:03 am -
Thompson tips growth in Aussie films
Jack Thompson believes there's some good things around the corner for the Australian film industry.
November 27, 2009, 11:31 pm -
Newsreader Ian Ross says goodbye
Veteran newsreader Ian Ross has thanked viewers as he read the news for the final time on the Seven Network.
November 27, 2009, 4:36 pm -
CD Review: Them Crooked Vultures
Joshua Homme has made the album those Muse hobbits wish they could conjure with the rhythm section Andrew Stockdale wishes he could recruit.
November 27, 2009, 4:00 pm -
Jokes on film
The worlds of cinema and stand-up are set to collide at the Astor Theatre with The Squinge, a new comedy experience kicking off this Sunday night.
November 27, 2009, 3:30 pm -
Holiday in Cambodia
Dengue Fever is a Los Angeles-based band making the sort of music that was popular in Cambodia in the 1960s and 70s, when rock music was thriving and singers such as Sinn Sisamouth, Pan Ron and Ros Sereysothea were household names.
November 27, 2009, 3:00 pm -
Carl Cox looks back
Carl Cox, a Briton who lives in Melbourne, is one DJ you're guaranteed to see headlining a stage at one of the big festivals each summer.
November 27, 2009, 2:30 pm -
Movie Review: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
This brightly coloured and beautifully rendered animated family film should come with the warning, "This film may induce drooling, cravings and binge eating".
November 27, 2009, 2:00 pm -
Awards honour dancers
Dance duo Sete Tele and Rachel Ogle have spent a decade working with intellectually disabled dancers and children in isolated areas, a commitment which saw them honoured at the WA Dance Awards last night.
November 27, 2009, 1:30 pm -
Splendour goes north
Splendour in the Grass is moving to Queensland next year as a proposed new site at its natural home of Byron Bay awaits planning approval.
November 27, 2009, 1:00 pm
Breaking News
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Opinion
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Belle Taylor
November 25, 2009, 4:01 pmOur unhealthy food neurosisKate Moss got herself in a bit of trouble last week by declaring "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." Apparently this is an anorexic catch cry, and heath professionals condemned Moss for uttering the phrase, claiming it could tip people...
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Simon Collins
November 24, 2009, 2:57 pmImmigrant songBloody queue jumpers. Are you like me and royally peeved that so many immigrants are stealing our thunder?If it's not Russian pole vaulters or Chinese doctors making us true Aussies feel inferior, then it's musicians who arrived on our shores just long...
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Tiffany Fox
November 23, 2009, 5:20 pmSplashing out on waterThere is an ad on TV that has caught my eye. A cute little froggie is jumping from one bucket of water to another, in the hope that the sight of the slimy critter in our drinking water will make us want to use less of it.It is an admirable sentiment,...
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