Performers and yoga teachers are among those who say they are owed thousands of dollars by the festival organisers, who have filed for insolvency.

Artists and politicians are strange bedfellows. When there's a one-sided association, things can get complicated.

French activist and former actress Brigitte Bardot says many actresses sexually provoke film producers to win roles and then complain about harassment to get attention.

Frontman Colin Hay says the meaning of his song Down Under is lost on Cory Bernardi, suggesting the South Australian senator dabble in some "light hallucinogens", wander into a field and reconsider his own importance.

The vending machine is an item synonymous with modern life. But its origins extend back to first century Egypt.