Musical La La Land wins big at Britain's main film awards as it scoops the prize for best film, while Emma Stone and Damien Chazelle pick up awards for best actress and best director respectively.
Actor Matt Day wins the top gong at the Tropfest short film festival for his dark comedy examining the link between soaring Sydney house prices and euthanasia.
Hollywood actor and tech investor Ashton Kutcher tells a US Senate committee about the children his anti-trafficking organisation has rescued, saying "I've seen things no person should ever see".
Think sport and art don't mix? The artists behind a PIAF show described as "a large-scale public artwork that culminates in a huge party" in Fremantle want you to think again as they celebrate women in football.
Watching paint dry has become Coonalpyn's most popular pastime as residents and passers-by watch South Australia's most anticipated public artwork take form.
YouTube and Disney cut ties with influential YouTube star PewDiePie after he posted several videos that were deemed anti-Semitic, including one where he paid Indians $5 to hold up signs reading "Death to all Jews".
Last year children spent an average of 12 hours a week online, compared to 10.5 hours spent in front of the TV, according to a survey of Australian kids aged six to 13.
Protesters, a sea turtle and the migrant crisis in Europe are all featured in this year's World Press Photo competition, but none were more impactful than the explosive Photo of the Year: a gun-wielding Turkish policeman standing over the body of Russia's ambassador.
When Melbourne man Peter Dietze found a photo in the attic, he had no idea it would link him to Indian film royalty, take him around the world and lead to an exhibition at ACMI.
Adele may have dominated the Grammys, but even she bowed down to Beyonce, declaring she could not accept the Album of the Year award over her idol "Queen Bey".
The unlikely artist behind emoji, Shigetaka Kurita, didn't have any experience in design or programming when he designed the first set of tiny icons in the late 90s.
Asian nations may already be some of Australia's largest trading partners, but a small group of performers now wants to add another commodity to the list — laughter.
Although you may not know it, you are probably familiar with the music of acclaimed composer Ludovico Einaudi, which frequently features on TV and has also been played amidst icebergs.
A photographer speaking to people sleeping rough in Bunbury and Busselton out of curiosity leads to a photo exhibition about homelessness in the South West, and the plight of those affected by it.
Hype can often ruin a production for audiences, but what is incredible about The Book of Mormon is it completely stands up to its success, writes Will Huxley.
Opera Queensland artistic director Lindy Hume calls for a newly assertive regional arts sector to break through metro-centric perspectives of regional artists being junior partners.
Wearing the same t-shirt he bought 32 years ago at his first ever Bruce Springsteen concert, superfan Mark Ryder arrives in Sydney to see The Boss for the 100th time.
When Lady Gaga was announced as the headline performer of the Super Bowl halftime show, it was widely expected she would use her set to make a political statement — but what viewers got were a series of veiled messages that made a subversive statement in a quiet way.
Ballarat Indigenous arts collective Pitcha Makin Fellas will return to Melbourne's White Night festival for 2017 and then continue on appear at the Ballarat event, the first White Night in regional Victoria.
Hidden Figures tells the story of three African-American women who worked at NASA in the 1960s to help send astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The film's stars, Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner, discuss why it's such an important story to tell.
Host: John Barron
Panel: Maha Abdo, Caroline Overington and David Hetherington
Interview with: Iain MacGill
The panel discusses the ongoing Australian energy debate, the Liberal Party's deal with One Nation in WA & the increase in female finalists in Tropfest.
This week on The Mix: we chat to South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (and a Mormon) about their controversial hit musical, The Book of Mormon. Plus, Zan meets Sampha, the British producer with a golden voice, our pub critics descend into the deep dark pit of reality TV, and we show you what Franz Kafka’s head looks like in 42 pieces.
Your phone holds a tiny collection of modern art – and this is the man behind it. The first emoji’s are on show at New York’s MOMA, creator Shigetaka Kurita went for a visit.
Maxine Beneba Clarke is an author and poet who's been targeted all her life over the colour of her skin. Her award-winning work is inspired both by personal experience, and the desire to start difficult conversations about race.
