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17th century artwork stolen from quake-damaged church in Italy
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Italian authorities investigate the theft of a 17th-century painting from an earthquake-damaged church, as officials rush to recover works of art from collapsed buildings amid concerns of further lootings.
Topics: earthquake, disasters-and-accidents, visual-art, italy
Gypsy-rock filmmaker Emir Kusturica and Dope Lemon to play Womadelaide
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Frantic gypsy-rock group Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra and Angus Stone's psychedelic side project, Dope Lemon, are among a further 27 acts announced for Womadelaide 2017.
Topics: world, music, carnivals-and-festivals, events, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
Joanna Murray-Smith wins lucrative new writing prize
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The creator of the chilling play Switzerland is the winner of a new $30,000 prize recognising the talent of Australian women who write for the stage and screen.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, theatre, books-literature, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000
Ben Quilty confronts the Syria refugee exodus
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Artist Ben Quilty and author Richard Flanagan made a harrowing trip to Europe and the Middle East to witness first-hand the refugee crisis.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, contemporary-art, arts-and-entertainment, lebanon, syrian-arab-republic, australia
Southern Cross and Nine to start regional TV news in 2017
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Southern Cross Austereo and Nine will hire up to 80 news staff to produce hour-long news bulletins across 18 regional centres, beginning next year.
Topics: television, television-broadcasting, regional, wollongong-2500, canberra-2600, wagga-wagga-2650, dubbo-2830
SNL breaks fourth wall in final Trump and Clinton skit (photos)
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US sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live has poked fun at presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump one last time before the US election is called.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, elections, event, arts-and-entertainment, comedy-humour, united-states
'Christmas for architecture nuts': Sydney's historic buildings to be opened to public (audio)
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More than 50 Sydney buildings which are normally off-limits to the public will open their doors on Sunday, including the Lands Department Building, Hong Kong House, Legion House, the Great Synagogue and Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay.
Topics: history, art-history, architecture, sydney-2000
Michael Buble says 3yo son Noah diagnosed with cancer
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Canadian singer Michael Buble says he and his wife are "devastated" after learning their three-year-old son has been diagnosed with cancer.
Topics: cancer, health, family, arts-and-entertainment, united-states
'Way out of the ordinary' times for tiny Victorian farming town
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In Victoria's far north-west the farming town of Patchewollock is experiencing a minor boom in culture and babies, and after decades of decline, it can't come too soon.
Topics: street-art, arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, music, rural, patchewollock-3491, brim-3391
Jury finds Rolling Stone defamed uni in debunked campus rape story
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A US federal jury finds against Rolling Stone magazine ruling its publisher and a reporter defamed a University of Virginia administrator who sued them for $7.5 million over a discredited story about gang rape at a fraternity house.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, arts-and-entertainment, sexual-offences, united-states
Do men dominate Australia's music scene? Analysis
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From festival line-ups to young start-ups — the Australian music scene has a gender problem.
Topics: music, music-industry, arts-and-entertainment, women, australia
Evening the score: Rupert Murdoch and the Scientologists
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As hard as it has tried, the Church of Scientology has yet to avenge a decades-long crusade against it by Rupert Murdoch, writes Steve Cannane.
Topics: non-fiction, religion-and-beliefs, people, offbeat, journalism, australia
Reptile handler proposes as massive croc Elvis watches on
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A reptile handler in New South Wales proposes to his girlfriend inside a crocodile enclosure containing a 4.5-metre animal named Elvis, then jokes that popping the question was "worse than feeding a crocodile".
Topics: marriage, zoos, animals-and-nature, animals, somersby-2250
Wiggles visit puts Aboriginal community in global spotlight
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Wigglemania has swept through the far north Queensland Aboriginal community of Yarrabah, but Blue Wiggle Anthony Field says it was the children's music supergroup that left richer for the experience.
Topics: community-and-society, music, indigenous-music, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, yarrabah-4871
What legacy will Michelle Obama leave behind?
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America had never seen a first lady like Michelle Obama. As she enters her final day in the post, look back on some of her impressive achievements.
Topics: us-elections, women, popular-culture, government-and-politics, united-states
Rodin's famous nude sculpture sighted in Sydney
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'A mini Tate right here in Sydney' is how curators are describing the Art Gallery of NSW's major summer exhibition, Nude: art from the Tate collection.
Topics: art-history, contemporary-art, sydney-2000
Proposed merger of AT&T and Time Warner ups pressure on free-to-air TV
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In the age of the internet there is little doubt that free-to-air television is in much better shape than newspapers, but that may change.
Topics: television, takeovers, media, stockmarket, broadcasting, television-broadcasting, australia
Children of the revolution: The new sound of Australian dissent
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Political songs in Australia have changed a lot since the rock-fuelled protest heyday of the 1980s and '90s, but the rage remains, and the new guard are fighting for change on everything from 'Invasion Day' to refugees and gay marriage.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, indigenous-music, activism-and-lobbying, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, rock, hip-hop, australia
Putin signs order giving Steven Seagal Russian citizenship
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Action movie star and Vladimir Putin supporter, Steven Seagal, becomes the latest celebrity to be granted Russian citizenship by order of the President.
Topics: world-politics, actor, russian-federation, united-states
Pet paintings take over the walls of the National Portrait Gallery
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A celebration of creatures great and small, and the special companionship they offer, is launched at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
Topics: contemporary-art, arts-and-entertainment, events, canberra-2600, act, australia
Decades after being gang raped, victim takes centre stage in her own nightmare
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In an empty Perth theatre, Xan Fraser takes the stage and tells the story of her gang rape.
Topics: sexual-offences, theatre, perth-6000
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra celebrate anniversary of Indiana Jones score
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The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the 35th anniversary of American composer John Williams' score to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, by performing it as the movie screens above their heads.
Topics: orchestral, music, arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
The Light Between Oceans glows faintly, but fails to dazzle
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For a romantic weepy, The Light Between Oceans doesn't do a terrible job of telling a story of grief, love and a dreadful mistake.
Topics: romance-films, film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, albany-6330, wa, australia, new-zealand
Emma Watson leaves free books for London commuters
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Film star and UN ambassador Emma Watson teams up with a project to leave free books for commuters in the London Underground.
Topics: human-interest, social-media, books-literature, england
The Wiggles, Midnight Oil added to Sounds of Australia
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Iconic songs by Midnight Oil, Christine Anu and The Wiggles are among 10 new recordings to be immortalised in the NFSA's Sounds of Australia registry.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, history, popular-culture, library-museum-and-gallery, human-interest, canberra-2600, australia, act
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