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Fictional gays must repent in Malaysia

March 22, 2010 23:17:00

Filmmakers can depict homosexuals for the first time in strictly censored Malaysia, so long as they repent or even go straight in the end, an industry group said.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, malaysia

I wasn't the only abuse victim: Hey Dad! star

March 22, 2010 20:00:00

Former Hey Dad! child star Sarah Monahan says she was not the only cast member sexually assaulted behind the scenes of the hit show.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, television, child-abuse, sexual-offences, australia

Young and Stills: the great rivals of rock

March 22, 2010 17:29:00

The year is 1967. The place California. A stringy-haired emaciated looking youth is lying on the floor with spittle around his mouth, caught in a ghastly seizure. The epileptic fit that has hold of him has been brought on in part by a vicious verbal assault from a person supposed to be his friend. It takes the man lying on the ground some time to recover. It's not the first time he's suffered a seizure but it will be the last time he lets his guitar wielding partner get the better of him.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, bands-and-artists, rock, canada, united-states

Digital yet to kill the radio star

March 22, 2010 14:16:00

Figures show almost half a million people in Australia are tuning in to digital radio every week just six months after the consumer launch of the broadcasting platform.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, radio, australia

Michael Bolton to tour Australia

March 22, 2010 14:12:00

American singer Michael Bolton has announced his first Australian tour in 17 years.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, australia

Mountaintop surprise winner at Olivier Awards

March 22, 2010 13:35:00

The Mountaintop, a drama about civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King, scooped the best new play honour at the coveted Laurence Olivier Awards.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, opera-and-musical-theatre, theatre, awards-and-prizes, united-kingdom, england

Hourglass full for Days Of Our Lives

March 22, 2010 11:30:00

At least one daytime soap is safe for another year. NBC has picked up Days Of Our Lives for its 45th season, keeping the show on the air through 2011.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, television, united-states

Hobbit shoot starts in July

March 22, 2010 10:22:00

Shooting of Peter Jackson's long-awaited movies based on the JRR Tolkein fantasy The Hobbit is due to start in July in New Zealand, actor Ian McKellen says.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, new-zealand

Celeb mag apologises for made-up interviews

March 22, 2010 09:49:00

Gossip magazine apologies for publishing fabricated article about Beyonce and hubby Jay-Z.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, popular-culture, print-media, germany

Renovation show The Block returning

March 22, 2010 09:14:00

The Block, one of reality television's biggest-ever Australian hits, is returning.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, television, australia

Art placed atop melting iceberg

March 22, 2010 09:14:00

A Dutch artist has arranged two large sculptures on an iceberg in Greenland to raise awareness about climate change.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, sculpture, climate-change, greenland

Celebrity tips and tricks go too far

March 22, 2010 08:00:00

So a nice lady who quite possibly has too much time on her hands recently spent a year 'living like Oprah' for a book entitled 'Living Oprah - My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk'. You've probably read it already. Indulge me for a moment.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, popular-culture, community-and-society, australia

Jamie Boyd returns to his father's country

March 21, 2010 22:26:00

Jamie Boyd reflects on what it means to him to be back in the Shoalhaven area during a rare visit to Australia for his own exhibition. [MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, human-interest, act, canberra-2600, nsw, shoalhaven-heads-2535

Court rules against Anna Nicole Smith's heir

March 20, 2010 10:05:00

Anna Nicole Smith's heir will not receive a cent from the estate of her billionaire oil baron husband.[MORE]

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

Parkes hosts heats for Elvis World Cup

March 20, 2010 09:42:00

Elvis Presley's former tour manager is among the judges at the first Australian qualifier for the Elvis World Cup. [MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, entertainment-events, carnivals-and-festivals, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, australia, nsw, parkes-2870

Jennifer Lopez goes Overboard

March 19, 2010 15:15:00

Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in the remake of the romantic comedy Overboard.[MORE]

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

Big names join fight against Indigenous poverty

March 19, 2010 15:09:00

Some of Australia's leading business people have joined forces to help eliminate Indigenous disadvantage and poverty.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, indigenous, reconciliation, government-and-politics, aboriginal, australia, nsw, sydney-2000, wa

Teen jailed over chef murder, actress assault

March 19, 2010 14:19:00

A teenager who kicked Sydney chef Daniel Owen to death and attacked two other people, including an All Saints actress, has been jailed for more than 12 years. [MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, television, law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, nsw, marrickville-2204

Christoph Waltz to direct first feature

March 19, 2010 14:13:00

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz - whose career is red-hot since he won the best supporting actor Oscar as a Nazi officer in Inglourious Basterds - will make his feature directing debut on the German-language movie Auf Und Davon (Up And Away), based on a script he wrote.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, directors, germany

Foxx eyes Kane And Lynch role

March 19, 2010 14:02:00

Jamie Foxx is in negotiations to star opposite Bruce Willis in Kane And Lynch, a videogame adaptation that veteran stunt coordinator and second unit director Simon Crane is helming.[MORE]

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

Lady Gaga's ex sues for millions

March 19, 2010 12:12:00

A music producer claims a "bad romance" with pop phenomenon Lady Gaga cost him more than $30 million.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, courts-and-trials, united-states

Singing sailors net whopping record deal

March 19, 2010 11:18:00

A group of sailors from Cornwall in south-west England has landed a record deal after a music executive heard them singing sea shanties in a local pub.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, offbeat, united-kingdom, england

Musician Alex Chilton dies

March 19, 2010 10:34:00

Singer and guitarist Alex Chilton, known for his work with bands The Box Tops and Big Star, has died aged 59.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, death, united-states

Bullock's husband sorry after affair claims

March 19, 2010 09:19:00

Jesse James apologises to wife Sandra Bullock and begs for forgiveness after affair claims emerge.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, academy-awards-oscars, united-states

TV's Davy Crockett dead at 85

March 19, 2010 08:35:00

Fess Parker, the actor best known for playing American folk heroes Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, has died aged 85.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, television, death, united-states