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Katy Perry has arrived in Perth.

West Coast represent! CommentsGlobal pop sensation lands in Perth ahead of RAC Arena show

One of the best-selling artists of all time has touched down in Perth just hours before her show on Sunday night.

Morgan de Smidt

The National Indigenous Art Fair attracts almost 100 artists from across the country each year. (HANDOUT/ORIGINAL SPIN PR)

EntertainmentPremiumIndigenous art fair weaves legacy through every fibre

An Indigenous art fair that began with a small marketplace and a dream now attracts almost 100 artists from across Australia annually.

Keira Jenkins

The space at Uffizi Gallery where Anton Domenico's portrait of Ferdinando de' Medici hung is empty. (EPA PHOTO)

EntertainmentPremiumSelfie-taking tourist damages Baroque artwork in Italy

A priceless oil painting at an Italian art gallery has been damaged after a tourist taking a selfie tore a hole through the centuries-old canvas.

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Spreadsheet Champions presents as a "heartwarming tale of formulas and friendship". (HANDOUT/KRISTINA KRASKOV)

EntertainmentPremiumExcel at spreadsheets. There's a competition for that?

An Australian documentary follows six teenagers from across the globe as they compete to become the world champion of Excel 'spreadsheeting'.

Liz Hobday

Adrian Dzvuke at Ode to Sirens in Fremantle. Styling: Samson Makumbe.

New musicAdrian Dzvuke is making heartache feel good

The Perth-based artist reflects on his journey from bedroom beat-maker to global stages and studio sessions with idols in the lead up to releasing his most honest EP yet.

Jade Jurewicz

Amy and Mike are one of six couples taking part in Seven’s bold new reality dating program, Stranded on Honeymoon Island.

What REALLY happenedCommentsSurvivor meets MAFS: Bold new reality TV show coming soon

The unique dating experiment, narrated by radio identity Jackie O, has been described as ‘Survivor meets MAFS’, and is certainly not for the faint of heart. 

Clare Rigden

Dr Chris Brown visits Crown Perth as the latest season of Dancing with the Stars airs on Channel 7. Kelsey Reid

ENTERTAINMENTCommentsDr Chris Brown reveals if he still works as a vet

His list of talents include TV host, dance floor cheerleader, and global adventurer, but there’s one CV item Dr Chris Brown keeps getting asked about.

Zach Margolius

Pernille (Henriette Steenstrup) manages to maintain a smile despite being deep in the trenches of middle age.

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Under-the-radar Netflix show ‘one of the best of the year’

Pernille, Stranded On Honeymoon Island, The Bear, Squid Game S3 and The Gilded Age: here’s what our Screen Queen Clare Rigden is watching and loving this week.

Clare Rigden

Mariska Hargitay poses during the My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2025, in Cannes, France.

TVMariska Hargitay tackles her most personal project

Mariska Hargitay is among the most recognisable faces on TV, but long before that she was the daughter of 1950s bombshell Jayne Mansfield. In an intimate doco, she reckons with her mother’s complex legacy.

Katherine Fleming

Head Projectionist Satria Leech and Manager Rob Denman at the Como Theatre / The Revival House. The Revival House is a project to keep screening movies using the traditional projection of 16mm and 35mm film.

moviesThe Perth cinema taking film back to celluloid

When digital technology came to movies, some lovers of traditional film secretly stored away reels of film. Now, in a restored Art Deco theatre in Como, they’re being projected in all their imperfect glory.

Norman Burns

BTS member Suga has completed his mandatory service in South Korea's military and been discharged. (AP PHOTO)

EntertainmentPremiumLast BTS member out of South Korea's military

The K-pop band BTS is now free to stage a comeback after a lengthy hiatus, with all members having served their mandatory national service in South Korea.

Staff Writers

Bar staff will be trained to respond to sexual harassment and drink-spiking, to make patrons safer. (James Gourley/AAP PHOTOS)

EntertainmentPremiumSexual harassment and violence training for bar staff

Making venues safer for women to work and play in are part of attempts to revive a major city's ailing night-time economy, with new training on the way.

Jack Gramenz

About 3000 people wearing nothing but bather's caps have taken an icy plunge into the River Derwent. (HANDOUT/MONA)

EntertainmentPremiumPrimal moment: nudes brave icy waters for solstice swim

Thousands of souls have taken a nude sunrise plunge into Hobart's River Derwent, as Antarctic expeditioners also mark the winter solstice with a sub-zero dip.

Callum Godde

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Venice is bracing for Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos' "wedding of the century". (AP PHOTO)

EntertainmentPremiumVenice braces for Bezos' 'wedding of the century'

Amazon founder and the world's third-richest man Jeff Bezos is set to marry journalist Laura Sanchez in Venice this summer.

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Angie Colman will be playing the RTRFM Fremantle Winter Music Festival.

Your WeekPremiumWhat’s happening this week in Perth

The best events happening this week in Perth.

Belle Taylor

From F1 to Jurassic World: Rebirth, it’s blockbuster season.

MOVIE NEWSPremiumFrom F1 to Jurassic World: Rebirth, it’s blockbuster season

From Brad Pitt fighting G-forces in an F1 car to Scarlett Johansson battling mutant dinosaurs, the American summer blockbuster season is set to deliver a global box office bonanza.

Ben O'Shea

Stranded On Honeymoon Island is the reality TV format you didn’t know you needed.

What to WatchCommentsEverything worth watching on TV this week

Stranded On Honeymoon Island, Joh: Last King Of Queensland, The Bear, Ironheart & Squid Game: here’s what we’re taking a deep dive into on TV this week.

Clare Rigden

The Fray's Joe King, Dave Welsh, and Ben Wysocki.

MusicPremiumThe Fray re-enter the fray

Their music became the soundtrack for some of the biggest TV hits of the noughties, and now The Fray are back on tour to remind fans How To Save A Life.

Zach Margolius

Tim Winton.

Huge coupPremiumFestival no stranger than fiction

Festival of Fiction returns for 2025 with a list of big-name authors on this year’s huge two-day program.

Tanya MacNaughton

Tash Sultana.

Tash SultanaPremiumTash Sultana gets back to basics

With their latest album Tash Sultana returns to the folksy roots sound that made them famous.

Belle Taylor

Bay Of Fires stars Roz Hammond.

She’s back!PremiumRoz Hammond reprises her role on ABC drama Bay Of Fires

Roz Hammond speaks with us about filming in freezing Tassie, comedy, and why she’s thrilled to be back on Bay Of Fires.

Clare Rigden

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire - 05 JUNE 2025: Guy Sebastian leaves the Downing Centre in Sydney. Christian Gilles / NewsWire

NEWSPremiumReason behind accounting ‘mistakes’

Guy Sebastian’s former manager has revealed why he made accounting “mistakes” as he stands trial for allegedly embezzling $640,000 from the pop star.

Clareese Packer

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