Entertainment & Culture

• Thinking outside the box: These artists are making art from humble cardboard

  • By Daniel Herborn

  • ABC Arts

  A woman in glasses stands in front of an artwork of yellow circles radiating out from one side.

  Artists have been using cardboard for at least a century to create works. These Australians showcase how the humble medium can be transformed into striking sculptures and collage.

• Split Enz announces first Australian tour in 20 years

  Topic:Music

  vintage pic of six men from band split enz wearing grey, patterned suits

• City of Melbourne rejects Mildura's Vault heist attempt

  Topic:Sculpture

  A large yellow sculpture consisting of several planes at angles with each other.

• Homelessness in regional WA takes national stage in Canberra exhibition

  Topic:Homelessness

  Three portraits. On the left is a woman with a wide nose, dark eyes and light hair. The middle is a bearded man who stares.

• The movie Jennifer Lawrence (and Martin Scorsese) had to get made

  Topic:Movies

  A woman in a strapless ballgown closes her eyes and lifts her head as confetti falls from the ceiling.

• No signs of brotherly discord as Oasis leaves Australian tour behind

  Topic:Music

  Fans wait at the barricade in front of a stage, cheering in Oasis merchandise.

• The history of the J Awards aligns with Australia's best music

  Topic:Music

  Four transparent trophies shaped like intertwined heads of cartoon emu and kangaroo with crossed-out eyes, sit outdoors on table

• Salt-N-Pepa push it real good at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction gig

  Topic:Music

  Missy Elliott presents an award to Salt-N-Peppa on stage

• 'World’s first sex worker statue’ returns home after 30 years

  Topic:Sculpture

  Bronze statue of woman

• Australian acts get nod as Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga lead Grammy nominations

  Topic:Music

  Kendrick Lamar has received nine nominations for the 2026 Grammys.

TV & Movies

• Will you get lucky and ace this week's quiz? I wouldn't bet on it

  • Quiz

  • Topic:Comedy

  Tom Gleeson on the set of Hard Quiz gesturing behind him with a serious expression.

  I applaud your courage for having a go. That's about it, though.

• Trailer for Michael Jackson biopic released a year behind schedule — with a glaring gap

  Topic:Movies

  A man wearing a red leather jacket, with curly locks across his forehead, smiles

• 'Bright, sparky and witty': Shirley Valentine star Pauline Collins dies

  Topic:Movies

  A person smiling and holding a bronze mask-shaped award, wearing a light pink outfit with puffed sleeves.

• Streaming services respond to proposed 10pc Australian content quota

  Topic:Television

  Harriet Dyer with a clapper board and Patrick Brammall holding a dog (Colin) standing outside on the street

• Streaming services to be made to produce Australian content

  Topic:Television

  bluey drawing a picture

• Diane Ladd, three-time Oscar nominee, dies aged 89

  Topic:Celebrities

  Diane Ladd in a blue jumpsuit pressing her hands on a Hollywood Walk of Fame star with her name, on a red carpet

Arts

• UN photographer turns lens on women of rural Australia

  • ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt

  • Topic:Human Interest

  A women holds an armful of wool in a shearing shed.

  Parisian-born UN photographer Martine Perret turns her lens to capture the resilience and strength of women in rural Australia.

• Victorian council aims to take Melbourne's controversial art piece

  Topic:Sculpture

  A large yellow sculpture consisting of several planes at angles with each other.

• Adelaide artist 'Jungle' Phillips dies aged 69 in his colourful home

  Topic:Art

  Smiling man in hat stands among artworks

• Lamine Sonko is theatre royalty in Senegal. Now he's making his Australian directorial debut

  Topic:Performing Arts

  A person dressed in elaborate African costume and mask sits in a brightly lit field.

• Photographer says heartbreaking image brought community together

  Topic:Photography

  Human Connection - Winner - Craig Parry

• By the end of the year, three capital cities could have no queer clubs

  Topic:LGBTQIA+

  A man wearing sunglasses with glitter up their cheekbones.

Books

• Helen Garner's 'candid, pacey' diaries win 100ドルk international prize

  • By Nicola Heath

  • ABC Arts

  An 80-year-old woman with short grey hair and a navy top, standing with her arms crossed, a green monstera in the foreground

  After being featured in Dua Lipa's book club and the SATC spin-off, Helen Garner has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction for her collected diaries, How to End a Story.

• Sarah Jessica Parker is a Booker Prize judge. Here's what we thought of her shortlist

  Topic:Awards and Prizes

  Sarah Jessica Parker

• Animal Farm gets AI makeover as students learn about online influence

  Topic:AI

  group of people with a computer

• 'Knew what he would do': Harris speaks out on Trump's America

  Topic:World Politics

  A woman wearing a suit smiles and waves.

• Literary detective work is thrilling, but biographers face challenge in age of AI

  Topic:Biography

  old books labelled with dates 1955, 1954

• The eight books our critics couldn't put down in October

  Topic:Books

  Eight book covers pictured on a blue background

Music

• Twice proves there is an audience thirsty for K-pop in Australia

  • M

    By Mawunyo Gbogbo

  • Topic:Music

  A concert stage with performers watched by a crowd of people

  Next stop Melbourne for multinational K-pop group Twice after Sydney concerts are lapped up by excited fans.

• Former Dragon lead guitarist Robert Taylor dies

  Topic:Rock

  robert taylor in b and w

• Radio station helps troubled teens turn their lives around

  Topic:Music

  Two men sitting at a round table talking into microphones. One is hearing a hooded jumper the other is in a cap.

• Interstate visitors down but local attendance up at this year's Dark Mofo

  Topic:Art

  In a warehouse space, red lights, shaped like inverted crosses, hang from the ceiling, above candlelit tables, where people eat.

• 'You will get yours': Liam Gallagher incensed by fan's flare at Melbourne Oasis concert

  Topic:Music

  A red flare goes off in the crowd at a Melbourne Oasis concert.

• David McCormack on the power of pop music and the beauty of Bluey

  Topic:Music

  A man in a wide brim hat and sunglasses has a guitar strapped on and leans against a car

Pop Culture

• Teddy Swims occasionally uses AI to make music, but warns of its dangers

  • M

    By Mawunyo Gbogbo

  • Topic:Music

  Teddy Swims sitting on an orange chair in front of an orange wall wearing orange shades, black suit, tattoos, bald head

  Grammy-nominated music artist Teddy Swims says AI is a "beautiful tool" when it comes to composing music. Swims was in conversation at SXSW Sydney.

• Video games could fall under social media ban, researchers say

  Topic:Video Games

  A screenshot of a Lego figure wearing a bunny costume and other costumes from the video game Lego Party.

• 'One of the greatest': Hollywood pays tribute to Diane Keaton who has died at 79

  Topic:Celebrities

  Diane Keaton, wearing tinted glasses and black and white chequed top and scarf, smiles in a head-and-shouloder shot

• Swift breaks Adele's album sales record despite mixed reception

  Topic:Music

  Taylor Swift poses in a body of water in a glittering corset with the words The Life of a Showgirl surrounding her

• From the ARIAs to the AFL we can’t stop watching Baker Boy ‘sonically evolve’

  Topic:Music

  An Indigenous musician

• Hollywood icon Paul Feig to take audiences behind-the-scenes of Bridesmaids at SXSW Sydney

  Topic:Events

  Paul Feig with black-rimmed reading glasses, grey hair, smiling, black suit with orange tie and pocket square