entertainment

Jose da Costa’s escape from Indonesian-occupied East Timor in 1995 has been detailed in a new book launched at the Northern Territory Writers Festival this weekend. Source link

The prolific A.B. Original rapper-producer talks about learning to “marry the wrong feeling with the right music”. Source link

The “huge swathes” of Pitjantjatjara lines in the 1949 film Bitter Springs are at last translated. Warning: This story contains images of Indigenous people who have died. Source link

In a modern-day cost-of-living crisis, the classic 1817 novel’s tale of inheritance and wealth still rings true. Source link

Rap superstar Lil’ Kim performed mostly truncated versions of her hits at her Vivid Sydney show, but she gave the diehard fans in the audience exactly what they came for. Source link

All remaining Vivid Sydney drone shows have been cancelled following a technical failure at Monday night’s show, where almost 90 drones fell out of the sky. Source link

The Booker Prize winner sat down at the Sydney Writers’ Festival to ponder the threat of AI to fiction, share some recommendations and consider whether his book was really about masculinity. Source link

Sweet teen love, gay football stars, alien abductions and a murderous PhD student bent on revenge — this month’s best new releases have it all. Source link

Films are four times more likely to feature a talking animal lead than a woman over 60. These charts explain the state of film for older women.  Source link

The veteran broadcaster’s family, friends and loyal listeners gathered in Sydney Town Hall to pay tribute to the 64-year-old who died last month, two years after he was diagnosed with cancer. Source link