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Time magazine names US President-elect Donald Trump its Person of the Year in a choice that was "straightforward" according to its managing editor.

Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci says the only novelty sprung on actress Maria Schneider in the film Last Tango in Paris was the butter — not the simulated rape, which he says was written into the script.

Mel Gibson is awarded the best direction gong at the AACTA Awards for his World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge, which picks up the best film prize.

Demonstrators dressed as sausages storm the AACTA Awards red carpet, chanting "end the sausage party" in a protest against gender inequality in the film and television industry.

Some of the nation's most artistically significant homes go on show in a new multimedia exhibition at the National Archives of Australia.

Australian electronic music producer Flume is nominated for two Grammy Awards and Adelaide-born singer Sia is in the running for three awards.

Veteran British actor Peter Vaughan, who played blind scholar Maester Aemon in HBO's hit fantasy series Game of Thrones, has died aged 93.

Matt Damon defends his casting in new China-Hollywood co-production The Great Wall amid criticism his role should have gone to an Asian actor.

In a remarkable coincidence, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is being cared for by Dr David Bowie in a New Zealand hospital after being evacuated from the South Pole.

Singer Lady Gaga opens up about her battle with mental illness during a visit to a drop-in centre for homeless LGBT youth in the US.

Cemeteries are private spaces to mourn but also public areas for bird watchers, design enthusiasts and those seeking solace from a bustling city.

US comedian and television personality Jimmy Kimmel adds 2017 Academy Award host his extensive list of entertainment experience.

A farmer who lost nearly all his crops in the floods that hit a wide part of inland NSW this year uses photos of the devastation in a fundraising calendar.

An American artist builds a two-storey creative play space made up of 56,000 metres of packing tape inside a south-east Queensland gallery in the hopes of attracting thousands of visitors over the summer holidays.

Revelations of sexual abuse in the making of Last Tango in Paris give the film 'the air of a snuff piece'. Film scholars must reassess the work – there is no place for revering artistic achievement over human suffering.

One hundred years after she breathed life into the iconic Gumnut Babies, the work of one of Australia's best-loved authors May Gibbs is celebrated at the State Library of NSW in Sydney.

The director of new film The Legend Of Ben Hall says the NSW bushranger has been unfairly eclipsed by Victoria's Ned Kelly.

Amy Schumer cancels her long-awaited Australia and New Zealand tour due to illness, touring company Live Nation has confirmed.

A recently unearthed video interview with Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci from 2013 has renewed interest and outrage over what happened to actress Maria Schneider on set during the infamous butter rape scene

If you're on the hunt for that perfect summer read, look no more — from page-turners to weighty tomes, RN's presenters will have the book for you.

Aboriginal families in Western Australia's north are finding ways to reclaim a sacred image that sparked rumours of Arab voyages and aliens during the early days of British exploration — the large, looming Wandjina.

For the first time, internationally acclaimed UK free jazz pianist and composer Keith Tippett is undertaking a musical residency in Australia, which will culminate in a one-off performance in Perth.

Two women providing in-demand hairdressing services in far north Queensland take a 1,600km road trip every six weeks, working in halls, beer gardens and by the side of the road.

The director of the Australian Museum is optimistic she will be able to raise $285 million to make the museum one of the "top five" in the world.

Central Australia's vast stretches of outback roads are known for their red dirt and the occasional roo. But another manmade spectacle is becoming just as common.