Oscar-nominated Iranian director Asghar Farhadi says he will not attend February's Academy Awards because of a travel ban imposed by US President Donald Trump, saying the uncertainty surrounding his ability to travel to the US was "in no way acceptable".
More than 1,000 men in ceremonial attire dance at a mainly Zulu gathering in South Africa, many wearing fake leopard skins rather than genuine pelts as conservationists fight to save the vulnerable big cats.
Could you imagine your favourite gaming pastime taking you around the world? For a handful of Australians, their love of a card games has done just that.
Country music singers Travis Collins, Sara Storer and Troy Cassar-Daley are among the artists recognised at this year's Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth, which also acknowledged the powerful track F U Cancer.
Country music often depicts the hardships of relationships and living on the land, but there is one issue you do not often hear sung about — domestic violence.
An historical documentary featuring the Indigenous community on Palm Island in far north Queensland will shed light on a relatively unknown aspect of Australia's colonisation where Aboriginal people were stolen, stripped and exhibited as attractions in a human zoo.
Australian music producer Flume claims the top spot in the triple j Hottest 100 countdown for 2016, in a year that attracted a record-breaking 2.2 million votes and more Australian artists than ever before.
The Adelaide Festival has secured veteran rocker Neil Finn for an opening weekend concert in Elder Park during March, but capacity will be limited to just 15,000 people.
When artist Sven Roehrs asked his mother's neighbour, Professor Alan Mackay-Sim, to sit for a portrait, he did not know he would be painting the next Australian of the Year.
How do you tune in to triple j's Hottest 100? And what's so special about this year's poll? Find out about all the ins and outs of Australia's favourite music ballot.
One of the directors of the Oscar-nominated Australian film Tanna, set in Vanuatu and based on a true story, says getting the chance to take his cast of first-time actors to Hollywood's night of nights is a dream come true.
Some 200 life-size human figures are submerged 14 metres under the Atlantic Ocean as part of Europe's first underwater museum, which has officially opened to the public in Spain.