Five charged in overdose death of Friends star Perry
A prosecutor says five people have been charged over Matthew Perry's death from a ketamine overdose including the US actor's assistant and two doctors.
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‘Completely lost’: exhibition captures disaster despair
Photographer Natalie Grono's stirring images of the NSW Northern Rivers floods form a new exhibition that reminds viewers of the enormity of the devastation.
Divine debut for Donovan in Sister Act stage musical
Casey Donovan hopes to channel her anxiety into a winning performance as the star of the Australian debut season of the stage musical Sister Act.
Indigenous fashion celebrated as award winners crowned
Some of the First Nations fashion industry's highest achievers have been celebrated in an awards ceremony in the Northern Territory.
Ticket hesitation hits The Forum line-up, inquiry told
Artists have been pulling out of hoped-for gigs at famed live music venue The Forum as fans leave ticket purchases to the last minute, an inquiry has been told.
Praiseworthy author Alexis Wright wins Miles Franklin
Author Alexis Wright has become a two-time winner of the prestigious $60,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award, with her epic novel Praiseworthy.
Scuba artists take a deep dive to draw inspiration
A Queensland artist and dive enthusiast is hosting drawing sessions at the Museum of Underwater Art on the Great Barrier Reef - waterproof paper supplied.
Celine Dion serenades Paris in sodden start to Olympics
More than 300,000 spectators have braved the rain to line the Seine and bear witness to the first-ever Olympic opening ceremony to be held outside a stadium.
Rain doesn’t dampen Paris 2024 opening ceremony
More than 300,000 spectators braved the rain to line the Seine and bear witness to the first-ever Olympic opening ceremony to be held outside a stadium.
National plan needed to rescue live music, inquiry told
With iconic venues such as Brisbane's The Zoo unable to survive, Australia's live music industry needs a national rescue plan, an inquiry has been told.
Dust never settles as Slim’s son releases debut album
David Kirkpatrick spent his early years on the road with his parents Slim Dusty and Joy McKean, memories that have inspired his band's debut country album.
‘Part of something so much bigger’: poet’s outback awe
A poem slowly came to Imogen Batt-Doyle as she led hikers through the outback, with her reflection on the vast wilderness taking out the Cloncurry poetry prize.
Indigenous stories and history caught on camera
Aunty Barbara McGrady has spent decades documenting First Nations people, events and stories and now her work is on display in a major solo exhibition.
Baldwin breaks down as manslaughter case thrown out
The involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin has been dismissed with a judge blaming police for withholding evidence.
Alec Baldwin weeps as manslaughter case is dismissed
A New Mexico judge has thrown out the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin in the middle of his trial and said it cannot be filed again
Baldwin weeps after dismissal of manslaughter charges
A New Mexico judge has thrown out the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin in the middle of his trial and said it cannot be filed again
Manslaughter charges dropped against actor Alec Baldwin
A US judge has ordered the dismissal of manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin over a fatal shooting on the set of his film Rust.
Baldwin lawyer grills police technician over Rust probe
A lawyer for Alec Baldwin has grilled a crime scene technician over what he suggested was an insufficient search for the source of live ammunition.
Freedom Ride protest remembered six decades on
Two plaques have been unveiled in Sydney, one in honour of Charles Perkins and the other marking the Freedom Ride protest he led across regional NSW in 1965.
Baldwin reckless with revolver, prosecutor tells jury
A prosecutor has told a jury that before a fatal shooting on the Rust movie set, actor Alec Baldwin skipped safety checks and recklessly handled a revolver.
Jury to hear opening statements in Alec Baldwin trial
A US jury is set to hear opening statements at the involuntary manslaughter trial of Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer.
Jurors seated in Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial
Alec Baldwin's trial in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer has begun in New Mexico, with the jury seated.
Jury selection begins in Baldwin manslaughter trial
Alec Baldwin's trial in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer has begun in New Mexico, with jury selection the first oart of the procedure.
Music legend Herbie Hancock, 84, to tour Australia
Genre-defying musician Herbie Hancock is embarking on an Australian tour and will headline the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.
Milestone play a personal win for actor with disability
A prize-winning play brings performers with disability to centre stage in Australian theatre and it's been a long time coming, actor Kate Hood says.
Students help keep the Blak fire burning through art
An immersive art exhibition is on display for NAIDOC Week, featuring works created by students, under the guidance of First Nations creatives.
‘Don’t overthink it’: thousands take nippy solstice dip
A record 3000 people have taken a naked plunge in Hobart's River Derwent to mark the winter solstice.
MONA queen’s forest foray has aura of ambiguity
It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.
New night life boss ‘crucial’ to live music economy
The Queensland government's decision to appoint a night life economy commissioner has been welcomed as a boost for the future of the live music industry.
UK TV doctor Mosley’s family confirms death in Greece
The wife of TV doctor Michael Mosley says she is devastated to have lost her "wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband" on the Greek island of Symi.
British TV presenter Mosley found dead on Greek island
A body has been found believed to be that of Michael Mosley days after the British TV doctor went missing after going for a walk on a Greek island.