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Stampede at UN General Assembly as Pharrell Williams gets happy
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US pop singer Pharrell Williams is mobbed by children after addressing the UN General Assembly on the International Day of Happiness.
Topics: happiness, emotions, community-and-society, music, united-states
French couple given two-year suspended sentence for 'stealing' 271 Picasso works
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A French court hands down a two-year suspended sentence to a former electrician and his wife for hiding 271 Picasso works in their garage for close to 40 years.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, courts-and-trials, france
Scrunchies preventing wildlife deaths: study
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A fashion relic of the late eighties and nineties, the humble scrunchie finds a new lease on life preventing the slaughter of wildlife by domestic cats.
Topics: animals, animals-and-nature, human-interest, environment, wa
Iranian migrant's photo takes out national photo portrait prize
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A mysterious photo of a young Iranian boy takes out one of Australia's biggest photography prizes.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, library-museum-and-gallery, awards-and-prizes, photography, canberra-2600, act, iran-islamic-republic-of
Tale of child convicts first novel for 95yo writer Marjorie Davey
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Burnie writer Marjorie Davey publishes her first full-length novel at the age of 95, telling the story of Port Arthur's convict boys.
Topics: books-literature, history, history-education, port-arthur-7182
Marvin Gaye's family push for ban on sales and performance of Blurred Lines
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Thicke and Williams' 2013 hit Blurred Lines is at risk of extinction unless Marvin Gaye is credited and his family receive a share of profits.
Topics: music, copyright, united-states
Alan Rickman: Storytelling, truth and feminism
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Alan Rickman's new film A Little Chaos tackles issues facing women from past to present.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, human-interest, people, director, theatre, england, united-kingdom, australia
Pop quiz: Which of these artists needs a copyright lawyer?
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The judgement against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for copyright infringement over their song Blurred Lines has brought into focus the merits and pitfalls of copyright law. Listen to these eight songs and rate how similar you think they are.
Topics: copyright, music, arts-and-entertainment, laws, united-states
Investors cheer Nintendo move into smartphone games
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Nintendo Co shares notch their biggest daily gain in more than 30 years after the video game company announced a venture into smartphones.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, arts-and-entertainment, games-industry, japan
'Music becomes the common language': WASO partners with Chinese orchestra
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The West Australian Symphony Orchestra will perform in Beijing in 2017, the culmination of a program aimed at strengthening ties with one of the state's most important trade partners.
Topics: music, opera-and-musical-theatre, wa
Daredevils bring surfing to Alice Springs clay pan
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With the nearest beach 1,500 kilometres away, Alice Springs is not known for its surf breaks, but a bunch of daredevils are trying to change that.
Topics: surfing, extreme-sports, alice-springs-0870
Top Australian art worth $8m donated to National Gallery
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More than $8 million worth of 20th-century art is donated to the National Gallery of Australia from the estate of an unassuming public servant who died in Canberra last year.
Topics: art-history, contemporary-art, library-museum-and-gallery, canberra-2600, act
Navigating the murky waters of arts sponsorship Opinion
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Could I really accept money from a mining company to fund a project about Indigenous soldiers? Doesn't this raise questions on integrity? Yes, but sponsorship and integrity can co-exist.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, mining-industry, indigenous-culture
Don Quixote writer's remains found in Madrid convent, archaeologists claim
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Spanish archaeologists claim to have unearthed the remains of Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes in a Madrid convent almost 400 years after his death.
Topics: archaeology, books-literature, history, art-history, spain
Skinny models and our obsession with appearance Opinion
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France's proposed crackdown on thin models purports to be about healthy body image, but it's also a reminder to girls that they are permanently being judged on their appearance.
Topics: fashion, womens-health, diet-and-nutrition
Social media celebrates St Patrick's Day
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Celebrations of St Patrick's Day all around the world are being documented on social media, throwing a spotlight on the best of Irish culture.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-society, social-media, australia
Bondi Pavilion, a Sydney landmark, to undergo $10 million makeover
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One of Sydney's landmarks, the Bondi Pavilion, is set for a makeover, with expressions of interest being sought from the world's best heritage architects to refurbish the 90-year-old building.
Topics: architecture, history, bondi-beach-2026, bondi-2026, waverley-2024
US tycoon charged with murder after making 'chilling' confession
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An extraordinary admission off camera, but caught on microphone, has resulted in a former three-time murder suspect being charged again.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, television, courts-and-trials, united-states
Dolce and Gabbana slam Elton John over 'storm in a test tube'
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Italian designers Dolce and Gabbana accuse Elton John of being authoritarian, ignorant and hypocritical in a row over IVF babies, escalating a spat that has embroiled some of the world's biggest stars.
Topics: fashion, design, parenting, family-and-children, community-and-society, italy, united-kingdom, england
France likely to pass bill banning super-skinny models
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France's government is likely to back a bill banning excessively thin fashion models as well as potentially fining the modelling agency or fashion house that hires them, the health minister says.
Topics: fashion, arts-and-entertainment, eating-disorders, laws, france
Singer/songwriter Pharrell Williams takes a picture with children at United Nations International Day of Happiness 2015 at the United Nations General Assembly Hall on March 20, 2015 in New York City.
