If the rest of the major award ceremonies are a guide, this year's Oscars could be one of the most political we've ever seen. Here are the moments most likely to cause a drama.

Video shows a plane piloted by Star Wars and Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford suddenly and mistakenly fly low over a passenger jet with 110 people aboard at a Southern California airport.

Parents are being reminded to pre-vet every app their young children download amid renewed concerns that virtual reality gaming is exposing minors to sexual advances.

Australia's media has long had an appetite for crime figures. Now the story of "the mother of all crime gangs", Ellen Kelly, has been unearthed.

Who will win, who should win and who could cause the biggest upset at this year's Academy Awards?

If you want to know who's going to win the Oscars, your best bet is the bookmakers.

British music legend Sir Elton John will perform in Cairns and Mackay as the only two Queensland stops of his four-date Australian tour — Once in a Lifetime.

Are houses on lots as small as 80 square metres the solution for those comfortable with high-density living but despise apartment blocks?

A Sir Hans Heysen masterpiece returns to South Australia before being auctioned next month where it is tipped to break a record price for a watercolour painting.

A raw and powerful Adelaide Fringe show deals with a range of perspectives after a suicide, with some of its cast members drawn from a mental health support group.

They nail items into their heads, swallow swords and juggle chainsaws, but who are the real people behind these freak show acts at the Adelaide Fringe?

A remarkable film from 1901 of former Test cricketers KS Ranjitsinhji and CB Fry is painstakingly restored by the National Film and Sound Archive.

The Trainspotting sequel reunites director Danny Boyle with his original cast 20 years later and has a powerfully melancholy undertow.

Gowns worn by Princess Diana for everything from meeting diplomats to dancing with movie stars feature in an exhibition celebrating the fashion of one of Britain's favourite royals.

It is almost impossible to fathom director and performer Jonathon Young's personal story of tragedy, which he has drawn on to create the powerful dance theatre show Betroffenheit.

Controversial stand-up comedian Ivor Dembina, who is known for his outspoken views on politics and is appearing at Adelaide's Fringe festival, defends the right to joke about sensitive subjects.

Singer Shannon Noll is excused for not attending his first court hearing after being arrested for allegedly assaulting a bouncer outside an Adelaide strip club.

Of course we should shame Pete Evans for what he feeds his daughter, writes Ben Pobjie. But while we're at it, that kid has a really bad haircut...

When the Adelaide Fringe Festival became a legal organisation in 1975, founding chairman Frank Ford never expected it to grow to be the world's second-largest annual arts festival — and all without tapping into the unrealised potential of interstate audiences.

Florence's famed Duomo is cleaning up its act, removing centuries of graffiti from the cathedral dome interior and letting new visitors leave their mark digitally instead.