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Kevin Costner to be seventh-time dad

March 18, 2010 09:00:00

Kevin Costner is to become a father for the seventh time.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, popular-culture, actors, united-states

Twilight graphic novel a tasty treat

March 17, 2010 00:43:00

Twilight fans now have an addition for their collection, with the first volume in the graphic novel adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's books hitting Australian stores on Wednesday.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, popular-culture, australia

SNAGs flavour of bachelor contest

March 15, 2010 15:09:00

NRL players are out while foodies like Curtis Stone make the Cleo Bachelor of the Year finals.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, popular-culture, awards-and-prizes, australia

Let's focus on the cricket

March 15, 2010 08:00:00

Let's hope cricket headlines will focus on the game, not Lara Bingle, this week.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, popular-culture, australia, new-zealand

Clarke and Bingle break up

March 12, 2010 22:31:00

Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle have officially ended their engagement.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, popular-culture, human-interest, people, sport, cricket, australia, nsw, sydney-2000

Royal Opera to stage Anna Nicole story

March 11, 2010 11:30:00

The Royal Opera will next year premiere a work about the life of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, who died in 2007.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, opera-and-musical-theatre, popular-culture, united-kingdom, england

80s teen idol Corey Haim dead

March 11, 2010 07:00:00

80s teen idol Corey Haim, as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, has died aged 38.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, popular-culture, death, actors, united-states

Pink Floyd battles EMI over online royalties

March 10, 2010 01:15:00

British rock band Pink Floyd have launched legal action against record label EMI in a case that centres around royalty payments and how music is sold in the digital age.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, rock, popular-culture, united-kingdom

Bingle 'violated' by nude photo

March 8, 2010 10:21:00

Lara Bingle says she has been humiliated by the release of a nude photo she claims was taken by AFL footballer Brendan Fevola.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, popular-culture, people, australia

All hail the brooding but brilliant author

March 8, 2010 07:39:00

Who decided all of a sudden that our creative people had to be nice anyway?[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, popular-culture, author, australia

Laid bare: A week of nakedness

March 5, 2010 16:21:00

There have been two public displays of nudity this week. Both - unsurprisingly - attracted a frenzy of media attention. But that's where the similarity ends.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, popular-culture, law-crime-and-justice, australia

Fevola axed from AFL advertisement

March 4, 2010 13:42:00

Brisbane Lions forward Brendan Fevola has been pulled from the AFL's television advertising campaign for the opening two rounds of the season.[MORE]

Tags: popular-culture, sport, australian-football-league, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, vic, carlton-3053

Burt Reynolds recovering from heart surgery

March 4, 2010 11:42:00

Actor Burt Reynolds has undergone heart surgery and is now recovering at his Florida home.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, popular-culture, actors, united-states

Burton to hunt vampires with Abraham Lincoln

March 4, 2010 11:11:00

Visionary filmmaker Tim Burton is bringing new novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to the big screen.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, popular-culture, united-states

Timberlake, Diaz reunite on big screen

March 3, 2010 11:27:00

Justin Timberlake is reuniting with former girlfriend Cameron Diaz on the big screen.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, popular-culture, actors, united-states

Stop press: a photo scandal has emerged

March 3, 2010 11:00:00

Australia has seemingly stood still over the Lara Bingle photo scandal.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, popular-culture, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sport, australia

Fevola faces questions over Bingle scandal

March 3, 2010 10:30:00

The AFL has confirmed it is investigating the alleged distribution of a semi-naked photo of Lara Bingle by Brisbane forward Brendan Fevola.[MORE]

Tags: popular-culture, sport, australian-football-league, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, vic, carlton-3053

Goodrem, Sebastian to sing Jackson duet

March 2, 2010 13:06:00

Delta Goodrem and Guy Sebastian will perform Michael Jackson's Earth Song together as part of a tribute concert for the late King of Pop.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, popular-culture, australia, nsw, sydney-2000

Bingle sues Fevola over nude photo

March 2, 2010 07:00:00

Lara Bingle to sue AFL footballer Brendan Fevol after he allegedly released a nude photo of her.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, popular-culture, courts-and-trials, sport, australian-football-league, australia, nsw, sydney-2000, qld, brisbane-4000

AC/DC fan's eye punctured in concert fall

March 1, 2010 12:33:00

A wheelchair-bound AC/DC fan whose eye was punctured when he plunged off a viewing platform for disabled concertgoers remains in a serious condition in hospital.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, popular-culture, accidents, australia, qld, brisbane-4000

Aussie Alice savaged by critic

March 1, 2010 09:00:00

Mia Wasikowska's portrayal of Alice In Wonderland has been savaged by a movie critic.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, popular-culture, actors, australia, united-kingdom, england, united-states

Stones add 10 tracks to Main Street

February 26, 2010 16:36:00

The Rolling Stones, who have long resisted releasing archival material, will include 10 previously unheard songs in an upcoming reissue of Exile On Main Street.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, popular-culture, united-states

Kidman joins Adam Sandler comedy

February 26, 2010 15:29:00

Nicole Kidman will exercise her comedy chops in Just Go For It, a movie starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, popular-culture, actors, united-states

Growing Pains actor 'took own life'

February 26, 2010 14:15:00

Andrew Koenig's father says the former Growing Pains actor killed himself.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, popular-culture, television, death, suicide, actors, united-states