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What’s in a name? Trending and Endangered names

What’s in a name? We take a look at the names that will be heard at playgrounds of the future and the ones that won’t.

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Music history on auction

Costumes, gowns, jewellery and instruments owned by famous musicians will be the highlights of a celebrity auction in Beverly Hills.

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Kimbra Chameleon

Three years after wowing the music world with her first album Vows, Kimbra Johnson is back to serve up a lesson in pop music.

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World’s largest Picasso Museum re-opens in Paris

A Paris museum, containing the world’s largest collections of Picasso art, is set to re-open after five-years.

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Amal Alamuddin-Clooney in Athens fighting for return of Parthenon Marbles

Mrs Clooney was the latest exhibit at the new Acropolis Museum in Athens as she leads the case for the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles.

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Interview: Agnes Obel

Agnes Obel is touring this November in celebration of her sophomore release, Aventine. MiNDFOOD catches up with the Danish singer songwriter.

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Five Minutes With: Morgana O’Reilly

We talk to Morgana O’Reilly, star of new Kiwi comedy-thriller Housebound, about her latest role, why Americans love Antipodean films and being an only child. 

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Sophia Loren turns 80

Italy’s most celebrated screen diva, Sophia Loren turns 80 this week, celebrating with a tell-all book of memoirs.

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71st Venice Film Festival: Red Carpet Highlights

Venice, once again, rolls out the red carpet for an 11-day film and celebrity extravaganza. Here are some of the red carpet highlights.

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Emmys Best and Worst Dressed

Who stole the show (for all the right reasons) at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards?

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British film director, actor, Richard Attenborough dies

Oscar-winner Richard Attenborough had died over the weekend aged 90.

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5 minutes with Diane Keaton

With a formidable list of on-screen lovers, Diane Keaton, star of the new film And So it Goes, kisses and tells all to MiNDFOOD.

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Downtown Abbey caught out over water bottle photobomb

The fifth season of Downton Abbey has been marred by a mysterious water bottle photobomb.

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Legendary actress Lauren Bacall dies aged 89

Queen of Hollywood’s golden screen, Lauren Bacall has passed away aged 89.

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Robin Williams found dead in California home

Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams has tragically passed away.

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Watch an artist with Alzheimer’s deteriorate via self-portraits

This series of self-portraits illustrates the demise of an artist’s brain due to the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s Disease.

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Interview: Kasey Chambers

Australian music artist Kasey Chambers lays it all on the table on her first solo record in four years, Bittersweet.

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5 Minutes With Dame Helen Mirren

She’s portrayed umpteen royal British monarchs, but MiNDFOOD discovers that Dame Helen Mirren is a thoroughly modern woman.

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Friendship bracelets changing lives

Everyone benefits from an accessory that is fashionable and underpinned by a humanitarian cause.

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Mesmerising ballet spectacular: Allegro

Royal New Zealand Ballet production Allergo: Five Short Ballets is mesmerising audiences. It is touring nationally until August 23.

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5 Minutes with Puss n Boots

After playing live together since 2008, Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson and Catherine Popper have taken their collaboration into the studio under the moniker Puss n Boots.

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5 minutes with Maggie Gyllenhaal

Actor Maggie Gyllenhaal speaks exclusively to MiNDFOOD about her role in BBC2’s suspenseful new spy drama, The Honourable Woman.

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The power of hip-hop

Desert Pea Media has released a compilation of songs and videos created with 10 indigenous communities around regional and remote Australia, an initiative to empower young people to create dialogue around social and cultural issues. We chat with Desert Pea Media founding member and creative director Toby Finlayson

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“I’ve been drawing on napkins daily for my two sons’ lunch boxes since 2006”

Nina Levy has been drawing on napkins daily for her children since 2006.

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