May 20, 2013 After premieres in New York and Cannes, Leonardo DiCaprio has dropped out of the Australian launch of The Great Gatsby.

May 20, 2013 The Hollywood star, who plays Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's lavish adaptation of F.Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel, has cited a schedule change for missing the Sydney premiere this week.

May 20, 2013 Little has been seen of Nicole Kidman over the past rain-swept week in Cannes but that changed over the weekend.

May 20, 2013 Courageous Australian stuntman Scott McLean, who was almost killed during a high-speed stunt that went tragically wrong on the Bangkok set of The Hangover II, is still battling with mega-film company Warner Bros over medical costs, 2 years after the horrific injury.

May 20, 2013 Terrible drivers are given lessons from professional driving instructors with varying degrees of success.

May 20, 2013 The ABC has denied reports that management was considering dumping Alan Kohler's graph-friendly finance segment from the 7pm news.

May 20, 2013 The two-part profile of Edward Gough Whitlam offers a lively account of a heady period in Australian politics.

May 20, 2013 Two hours may not be enough time for the live version of The Voice (Nine, 7.30pm) in its new Monday slot. If Seal really winds up, this thing could still be going as Karl Stefanovic is rewriting Roz Kelly's sports scripts on Tuesday's Today show.

May 20, 2013 Ali Cobby Eckermann, a Nunga poet, is the second Aboriginal writer to win the top prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, in consecutive years.

May 20, 2013 Last week's federal budget would have buffered at least some of the chill wind that is blowing around the ABC and SBS four months out from a likely change of government.