CULTURE

Griffith University has leapt 34 places to be ranked 291st in the world by the prestigious Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings announced today (October 8).

The University of Melbourne has jumped two places to No 36 - and again is the only Australian university to have all surveyed disciplines in the Top 30 in the world - in the Times Higher Education-QS (THE-QS) 2009 World University Rankings, released toda

Radiohead's lead singer Thom York put a band together for fun - as he said - and performed on October 4 and 5 at the Los Angeles Orpheum Theatre.

New details for Kevin Jonas' bachelor party are being disclosed by his two brothers Joe and Nick who are planning it.

After David Letterman confessed of having sexual relationships with women from the Late Show staff and mixed jokes with apologies to his wife on air, the problems seem just not to be over.

Aerosmith has survived drugs, departures, divorces and discord since the rock 'n' roll bad boys formed 40 years ago.

Forty years ago, Tim Hauser put together a sophisticated little singing group he hoped would make a few hits.

Celebrity and fashion photographer Irving Penn died Wednesday at 92 in his Manhattan home.

Australian actress Naomi Watts, who starred in The Ring, King Kong, and Eastern Promises, is the actress who provides the best return for a film studio, according to a list by Forbes.com.

Singer Beyonce Knowles finally spoke out on Kanye West's actions at the Video Music Awards last month.

Madonna's ex husband Guy Ritchie spoke about the pop diva in an interview with Esquire Magazine published Wednesday.

The bar codes of Madonna, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson and any celebrity can be created with online bar code generators with the input of a name.

If you've got it, flaunt it and sell it: that was the message at Paris fashion week as collections teemed with lacy stockings, bra straps and exposed knickers.

Two very different movies are showing an ugly, violent side of Brazil that many would rather forget as the country prepares to host both the World Cup and the Olympics within the next seven years.

Ashley A.J. Jewell, the former fiancé of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss did not die immediately after the fight outside a strip club in Atlanta. He was walking and talking after the fight and took a ride with a friend to the hospital; according to celebrities' blogging site TMZ.com.

Ustad Abdul Fattah once made jewelry in Afghanistan's royal studio, developing a lifetime of skills that went to waste in a country plunged into war after the king was toppled in 1973.

Canada's prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize announced its short list of finalists on Tuesday, after reviewing 96 books submitted from across the country.

The skeleton of a sperm whale is competing with the brain of a cow for this year's Turner Prize, Britain 's annual competition of contemporary art that regularly triggers debate about what is art and what is not.

Demand for Chinese paintings was firm but mixed at Sotheby's Asia sales in Hong Kong on Tuesday, with quality pieces and traditional, more classical paintings trumping the contemporary art market which remains fragile.

A German publisher said Tuesday it had canceled the printing of a murder mystery about an honor killing because it contained passages insulting Islam and may have prompted Islamist retaliation.

New Line is going on a Vacation. The Warner Bros. division is developing a sequel of sorts to the 1983 comedy classic, with Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin attached to produce and possibly direct.

Adrien Brody will star in Robert Rodriguez's Predators, a reboot of the sci-fi franchise.

Swiss authorities rejected an appeal on Tuesday to release from jail Roman Polanski, the film director arrested last month after fleeing the United States in 1978 to avoid sentencing in an underage sex case.

News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has held talks with Japanese and South Korean firms, possibly sounding out potential partners to rival Amazon.com Inc's Kindle electronic reader, sources said.

British author Hilary Mantel is working on a sequel to Wolf Hall, her 650-page novel about Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell which won the coveted Man Booker Prize for fiction late Tuesday.

The David Letterman extortion affair and sex scandal is proving a late night ratings bonanza for TV network CBS.

In a patriotic costume of red and white stripes, former Republican congressman turned TV celebrity Tom DeLay bowed out of hit U.S. television contest Dancing With the Stars Tuesday night, suffering from stress fractures in both feet.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor said Tuesday she was going into a hospital for heart surgery and asked for prayers.

Jon Gosselin appeared on Monday night's 'The Insider' and faced a no nonsense panel questioning the reality show star.