arts-and-entertainment

Steve Irwin posthumously honoured with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Irwin rose to international fame in 1996 with his documentary series, The Crocodile Hunter.

He was a highly respected conservationist and world-renowned television personality who was the face behind Australia Zoo, one of Queensland's most iconic tourist destinations.

The adventurous wildlife warrior died while making the documentary, Ocean's Deadliest, after being stabbed in the chest by a stingray barb during underwater filming on the Great Barrier Reef.

Parenting expert sues Disney and Pixar over Inside Out movie

Denise Daniels said the animated film, featuring colour-coded characters representing individual human emotions, mirrors a children's program called The Moodsters hat she conceived and pitched to Disney every year from 2005 to 2009.

In a complaint filed in the Los Angeles federal court, Ms Daniels said she had an 'implied-in-fact' contract with Disney requiring that she be paid from box office, DVD, Blu-Ray, iTunes and merchandise revenue from Inside Out.

The film has grossed more than $US850 million worldwide since its June 2015 release.

Rebel Wilson failed to prove articles cost her roles, publisher says

Wilson is seeking $7 million after she successfully sued the publisher over eight articles she said portrayed her as a serial liar, as part of what she called a "malicious, deliberate take-down".

Wilson's lawyer, Matthew Collins QC, yesterday told the court that Wilson could have made up to $18 million from a number of film roles if the articles had not damaged her career.

But Bauer Media's lawyer, Georgina Schoff, said Wilson "has not proved that the publications were the cause of the alleged loss".

She said the articles had not been published in the US.

Did Bob Dylan plagiarise his Nobel lecture?

The American singer-songwriter used a video posted online to accept the prize for literature earlier this month, just in time to collect the 8 million Swedish krona ($1.2 million) reward.

But American author and journalist Andrea Pitzer said substantial chunks of Dylan's address were copied without attribution from the Spark Notes cheating website.

Tolkien book Beren and Luthien published after 100 years

Beren and Luthien is about the fate of two characters — a mortal man and an immortal elf — taken from Tolkien's fictional world, Middle Earth.

The story centres on a series of daunting quests and forbidden love, as the lovers together try to steal from the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor.

It was edited by his son Christopher Tolkien, who is now 92, and contains versions of a tale that became part of The Silmarillion.

How Stephen Curry went from The Castle to serial killer

Maybe a robber, he thought, or a shonky man who occasionally sold VHS players from the back of his car.

So when a casting agent was writing down a list of names for a new Australian thriller, Hounds of Love, she tacked his on the end.

"Director Ben Young looked at it and went, 'Ah OK'. I think he thought it was a typo or something," Curry told News Breakfast.

At first glance you can imagine why.

John Travolta donates historic jet to museum

The pair first met in 2009 when they flew a 1955 Super Constellation from Sydney along the coast of NSW.

Mr De La Hunty is the president and founder of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) and saved the Constellation from an American aviation graveyard in a labour of love that cost millions of dollars.

"We share a mutual respect for old airplanes and flying and at that stage we were keen to suggest to him that if he ever wanted to part with his Boeing 707 we would be very interested in it," Mr De La Hunty said.

Jamaican dance: Dancehall style brings fresh vibes to Australian streets

"I would describe dancehall as a culture," Alexx Mubanga said.

"It's a culture, it's from Jamaica and it's a way of escaping the struggles, everyday struggles."

Born in Kitwe in Zambia, Mr Mubanga moved to Perth eight years ago to study at TAFE, and while he had always loved the dance form he never thought he would be doing it long term.

"My family more wanted me to study, something like mechanical engineering, which is why I went into that," he said.

But as an international student, the 29-year-old found he was having to work all night just to pay his fees.

Chris Cornell's family disputes preliminary suicide finding

The city's medical examiner said 52-year-old Cornell — the lead singer in Soundgarden and Audioslave — died early Thursday morning after performing at a concert on Wednesday night.

But Cornell's family said without toxicology test results completed they do not know what caused his death.

On Friday, an official said the results of a full autopsy and toxicology tests could take days before they are completed and released.

Adam Goodes once again face of anti-racism fight in Archibald Prize entry

Colour Doesn't Matter was painted by Darwin artist Megan Adams as a response to the racial abuse of her friend's Indigenous son, a Year 6 student.

"He's just the kindest, happy-go-lucky kid so it was really hard to see him so upset," Ms Adams said.

"Adam Goodes is a fantastic AFL player but he's also a great speaker, speaking against racism; the troubles he went through also related to experiences my friend's son had."