Indie music week opens in Adelaide as AIR turns 20
Indie-Con Australia opens in Adelaide on Wednesday ahead of the 20th AIR Awards, with Ninajirachi leading nominations across 23 categories.
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Page 3 of 5Odyssey holds number one with $11.45m second weekend
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey took $11.45 million at the Australian box office in its second weekend, lifting its local total to $29.9 million.
Two Australian debuts top the local ARIA albums chart
Holly Hebe's EP Mood Ring and Swapmeet's debut album Mount Zero, both released on 17 July, entered the ARIA Australian artist albums chart at one and two.
Old Mervs announce national tour and album Carparks
Perth duo Old Mervs announced a nine-date Australia and New Zealand tour and a new album, Carparks, out in October, with the artist presale for tickets opening on Thursday.
The Temper Trap return with a No.1 Australian album
The Temper Trap's Sungazer, the Melbourne band's first album in a decade, has debuted at number one on the ARIA Australian albums chart and number nine overall.
Terence Donovan, Neighbours' Doug Willis, dies at 90
The actor behind Neighbours patriarch Doug Willis died peacefully in Melbourne on Saturday night, aged 90, his sons Jason and Paul announced.
Odyssey posts Nolan record with Australia fourth
The Odyssey opened to an estimated US$264.1 million worldwide, Christopher Nolan's biggest launch, with Australia's US$9.3 million his fourth-best market.
Odyssey banks 2026's biggest Australian opening day
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey took US$3.7 million in Australia in two days, the year's biggest opening day, as its global launch neared US$40 million.
The Odyssey opens to a Melbourne IMAX gold rush
Nolan's Homer epic opened in Australia with the Southern Hemisphere's only IMAX 70mm run selling 17,000 tickets in a day and a 98 per cent RT debut.
Creators put $500m price on unlicensed AI training
APRA AMCOS puts unlicensed AI training at $500m over four years for local music creators as the industry backs the PM's 'anything less is theft' line.
T. rex Gus sells for record US$50.1m at Sotheby's
An anonymous phone bidder paid US$50.1 million for the 67-million-year-old fossil, an auction record for a dinosaur, and palaeontologists want it in a museum.
Sam Neill dies at 78, months after beating cancer
The Jurassic Park and My Brilliant Career actor died in Sydney surrounded by family, less than three months after announcing he was cancer-free.
