Arts & Culture

In 2004, a German-born Australian resident ended up in prison and then a detention centre for 10 months after providing authorities with a false name. Her story shone a light on the immigration and mental health systems.

Fugitive director Roman Polanski's win at the Cesar awards is met with booing and a walkout by some actresses attending the ceremony in Paris.

Two South Australian crossbench politicians call for an urgent review of classification laws, after discovering manga and anime sold in Australia that depict sexual images of children, including rape scenes.

A societal swing as powerful as the #MeToo movement can't but have some influence over the thinking of a group of people whose wives, friends, daughters and sisters have finally started to tell them their own truths, writes Virginia Trioli.

Sydney's glittering and glamorous Mardi Gras parade will explode onto Oxford Street tonight, with dozens of floats and thousands of revellers set to join the annual event celebrating the LGBTQI+ community.

The Moscow-based Hollywood actor is sanctioned by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US after failing to disclose a $US1 million fee.

Stateless follows four strangers whose lives collide in an Australian immigration detention centre in the desert. With the series premiering on Sunday, here is your shortcut guide.

With six kilometres of manuscripts, 21 kilometres of newspapers and 23 kilometres of books, the State Library of Victoria is collecting in perpetuity — and it needs more space.

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The actor penned this father-son tale while in rehab and the result is as soul-searching as you might expect, and also surprisingly tender.

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears is smart, sharp, earnest and above all, it is the film fans have been pining for. So how would Essie Davis — Phryne Fisher herself — fare turning her sleuthing skills to a real crime?

The Auschwitz museum says a brutal scene in Amazon TV series Hunters is "dangerous foolishness" but the creator says it was "incredibly necessary".

A new documentary from British broadcaster Channel 4 News appears to show children picking beans, lifting heavy loads and working for up to six days a week on farms which supply Nespresso.

The tech is more plausible and the portrait of domestic violence has never felt more grimly everyday than in this chilling update of Universal's classic horror film.

Coronavirus whistleblower, dissidents and freedom of speech are at the heart of a new exhibition by Badiucao, self-described as the Chinese-Australian artist hunted by the Chinese Government.

Disney has changed a lot under the leadership of Bob Iger, picking up a range of popular movies and TV shows through bold acquisitions. But do you know which?

The Grammy winner says she is "OK and safe now" in an Instagram post explaining her withdrawal from the limelight after the release of her 2010 album.

Joining us in studio today is actor and entertainer Todd McKenney, chatting about his role as the evil Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical and how he manages to perform the entire show on his knees.

A Hong Kong bookseller who sold texts critical of Chinese political leaders, and who has previously been abducted in a Thai beach resort before resurfacing in detention in mainland China, is jailed for 10 years.

Opera singer Placido Domingo apologises to the women who have accused him of sexual harassment after an investigation by the American Guild of Musical Artists found he behaved inappropriately with female performers.

A woman who says she has only been a fan of the iconic rock band Queen for about a year sets the Guinness World Record for clocking up approximately 240 hours, or 10 consecutive days, watching Bohemian Rhapsody in cinemas.

Harvey Weinstein's new home will be New York's notorious Rikers Island jail. This is what we know about how the case against the former film mogul unfolded, and what could happen next.

Australia's premier horror director, Leigh Whannell, uses a century-old Hollywood property to highlight an urgent contemporary issue.

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is facing more than 25 years in jail after being convicted of sexual assault by a New York jury in a landmark victory for the #MeToo movement.

Almost 15 years after his death, Pro Hart remains a much-loved figure in his home city of Broken Hill — but his family and the local community are in shock in the wake of his prominent local grave site being defaced, apparently with acid.