Marcus Gomes is 20 years old, packs a slight frame and — with not one A-League goal to his name — has become one of the hottest signings in Australian soccer.

The ritual of taking a family portrait is a reminder of including what we find important in the frame.

Country music trio The McClymonts take out three gongs, including best group or duo of the year, as Kasey Chambers becomes the newest inductee into the Roll of Renown at the 2018 Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth.

Kendrick Lamar wins triple j's Hottest 100 countdown with his song HUMBLE. Relive the countdown with our playlist of the top 10 songs.

The critically acclaimed American rapper becomes the first artist of colour to take out top spot on triple j's annual Hottest 100. Take a look back over our live blog.

From the revival of baking, pickling and beards to the fetishisation of former public housing and terraces, austerity nostalgia has taken prominence in our cultural landscape. But one expert believes it's also obscuring our political reality.

An 18-year-old man is critically ill after nine partygoers were taken to hospital following a mass drug overdose at a Melbourne dance party, prompting health warnings and renewed calls for pill testing at events.

Does Missy Higgins or Nick Cave have the more verbose lyrics? And between Courtney Barnett, Paul Kelly and Kasey Chambers, whose lyrics are more readable?

Donald and Melania Trump wanted to borrow a Van Gogh painting from New York's Guggenheim Museum, but are instead offered a working solid-gold toilet made by an Italian artist.

The media mogul was urged to run for the US presidency in 2020 following her impassioned Golden Globes speech against sexual harassment and assault, but says being in the White House is "not something that interests me".

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.

A study finds wearing the popular mermaid tails and fins can reduce a child's ability to swim by up to 70 per cent, after viral video shows girl becoming stuck upside-down in backyard pool.

Australian Conservatives senator Cory Bernardi says artists asking to be removed from his party's "alternative to the Hottest 100" playlist should be thankful for the royalties, after Powderfinger, Hilltop Hoods and Darren Hayes voice their opposition.

What's red and a bit squishy? Australian opera singer Eve Klein uses a laryngoscope to connect her audience to the inner workings of her vocal chords.

The 70-metre-long tapestry depicting the conquest of England by Norman invaders in the 11th century is creating excitement in Britain after France confirms it will loan the historically significant piece.

Sweet Country — a film that competed at last year's Venice Film Festival where it won a special jury prize — sees Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton artfully tackle the Western, a genre well suited to examining issues of race and colonisation.