Bracewell and McDonald to host the 40th ARIA Awards
Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald will host the 40th ARIA Awards on 18 November, streaming first on Paramount+ before going to air on 10.
Entertainment
Big Red Bash to end after final festival in 2027
The outback music festival will run one last time in July 2027, its organisers say, after floods wiped out this year's event when it was 90 per cent sold.
Genesis Owusu and Tame Impala lead ARIA nominations
Genesis Owusu and Tame Impala lead the 40th ARIA Awards with eight nominations each, as ARIA takes aim at foreign AI companies over copyright.
Rachel Griffiths returns to MTC in its 2027 season
Melbourne Theatre Company unveils 11 productions for 2027, with Rachel Griffiths as painter Clarice Beckett. Subscriptions become memberships.
Arts Centre strike cancels Macy Gray's tour opener
A 24-hour stoppage at Arts Centre Melbourne from midnight Thursday has taken three Friday performances off, including the opening night of Macy Gray's Australian tour. The pay offer at the centre of the dispute is the Victorian government's own 3 per cent wage cap.
Radiohead fix prices for 16-show Australian return
Radiohead will play 16 arena shows in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in May and June 2027, their first in Australia since 2012, and tickets will be sold only to registered fans at fixed prices with face-value resale. The protections arrive because the dynamic-pricing ban the federal government promised in 2024 never made it into law.
Peedom's Everest drama Tenzing premieres at Telluride
Jennifer Peedom's first dramatic feature, Tenzing, had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado on Saturday night, with Tom Hiddleston as Edmund Hillary and Genden Phuntsok as the Sherpa who reached the summit with him. Apple releases it in cinemas on 9 October.
Fox Sports brand to vanish as Kayo takes over in 2027
Foxtel will retire the 30-year-old Fox Sports name in 2027 and fold Fox Footy, Fox League and Fox Cricket into Kayo Sports, its new owner DAZN told advertisers in Sydney, alongside a Real Housewives of Melbourne revival and Rachel Griffiths joining Wentworth: Halfway Home.
Guy Pearce's Murdoch opens Venice in Boyle's Ink
Danny Boyle's Ink, with Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch buying The Sun in 1969, opened the 83rd Venice Film Festival in competition. Pearce says Murdoch's daughter told him her father is happy with the casting.
Blue poles to hang in Perth for the first time
Jackson Pollock's Blue poles will show at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from April to September 2027, its first loan to an Australian venue since 2003, while the National Gallery closes wings for repairs.
NSW puts $3.8 million into 33 live music venues
Thirty-three NSW live music venues will share $3.8 million for soundproofing, lighting and staging, after a run of Sydney closures.
Eight Australian albums land, one cracks the ten
Peking Duk, Kate Miller-Heidke, King Gizzard and five more debut on the ARIA Australian albums chart this week. Only Peking Duk makes the main top ten.
