Melbourne Queer Film Festival celebrates 30 years

Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen's lives have definitely changed since they left The Real Housewives of New York City after Season 4. The couple and their two sons, Francois and Johan, left Brooklyn for New South Wales, Australia, where Simon has family, in late 2014. And Alex and Simon traded reality TV for new careers entirely: "Simon decided to go to law school, and he's halfway through at this point. And I decided to get a degree in psychology," Alex previously shared.

Tom Hanks was in Australia filming an untitled Elvis Presley biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann when he and his wife Rita Wilson learned they contracted the coronavirus. Now, Luhrmann has announced production for the project has been halted as the pandemic continues to infect thousands across the globe.

The So Pop 2020 festival tour has been scrapped, due to the strict policies put in place by the governments of Australia and New Zealand to limit the spread of COVID-19.

By Tom Grater

The Sydney Film Festival, set to have taken place in June in Australia’s most populous city, has been canceled.

A stylish Lily Allen was among the tens of thousands who attended the Cheltenham Festival on Friday.

Australia’s live music sector is in limbo after the federal government announced a suspension on public gatherings, as part of unprecedented new measures designed to help halt the spread of coronavirus.With effect from Monday, Australians won’t be allowed to gather in groups of 500 or more.The so-called “cautionary" ban applies to “non-essential” gatherings, prime minister Scott Morrison said Friday (March 13), though it won’t extend to schools, universities, public transport or airports.

Australia’s live music sector is in limbo after the federal government announced a suspension on public gatherings, as part of unprecedented new measures designed to help halt the spread of coronavirus.With effect from Monday, Australians won’t be allowed to gather in groups of 500 or more.The “cautionary" ban applies to “non-essential” gatherings, prime minister Scott Morrison said Friday (March 13), though it won’t extend to schools, universities, public transport or airports.

Australia’s Download Festival won’t be rocking out next week.Spread across dates in Melbourne (March 20) and Sydney (March 21), the metal and hard rock spectacular had a bill featuring headliners My Chemical Romance, Deftones, Jimmy Eat World and more.Those plans have come unstuck with MCR announcing they would postpone their performance in Australia and New Zealand.

Bush, Stone Temple Pilots and Live won’t be making the trip to Australia next month after the touring festival they were booked for was postponed, due to the coronavirus pandemic.Under The Southern Stars was set to take place across 12 sites in April, though promoter Andrew McManus has shelved the shows.“In light of the current global health crisis,” McManus says in a statement, “we feel that it is imperative to protect the Under The Southern Stars family and proceed in a clear and calm

In a family with 10 children, all raised around horse racing, isn't one almost mathematically guaranteed to grow up to be a champion? A sense of inevitability hovers over Ride Like a Girl, despite the film hinging on an underdog theme: It's about one of the family's daughters, after all, and girls don't win the Melbourne Cup.

This marks their first-ever collaboration

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Katy Perry celebrated International Women’s Day with a performance at the Women’s Cricket World Cup Final in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday — and she’s hoping next year, she’ll be able to celebrate it with a baby girl.

Katy Perry celebrated International Women's Day with a performance at the Women's Cricket World Cup Final in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday — and she's hoping next year, she'll be able to celebrate it with a baby girl. 

Katy Perry is hopeful she’ll soon be having a daughter. The “Never Really Over” singer, who is currently expecting her first child with fiancé Orlando Bloom, addressed her pregnancy during a performance at the Women’s Cricket World Cup Final in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday.

Luke Hemsworth relied on Evan Rachel Wood going easy on him while filming action scenes for the latest series of Westworld as he had recently undergone bicep surgery.