2012. The Mayans call it the end of the ‘fourth world’. Some call it the year of doomsday. Others believe it is simply the end of the world as we know it.

For Sampology, 2012 is the Super Visual Apocalypse – an audio visual celebration that's touring Australia and New Zealand from May 31. It pays homage to the legacy and pizazz of Bruce Willis, as he battles the many doomsday challenges that threaten the world's existence in 2012. Dance, laugh, cheer and get ready to party like it's the end of the world!

Brisbane, get your groove happening with this free Bruceocalypse mix, before Sampology makes Oh Hello! bounce on Sunday June 10.

Launched last night in Melbourne, music industry event BIGSOUND has come under criticism from last year’s headline keynote speaker, Alan McGee.

McGee, who caused controversy at BIGSOUND when he labelled the PIAS warehouse blaze in the UK a “result” and claimed he no longer listened to music anymore, has Tweeted (to his 3,600+ followers) that the industry music conference is “a joke” and “second rate”.

The three main speakers unveiled for this year’s event are musician and activist David Bridie, EMI Chairman Mark Poston and LA-based singer-songwriter Ben Lee.

The first 10 BIGSOUND showcase artists have been revealed as well. Click here for more details.

Courtney Love is at it again. This time her target is Dave Grohl.

Love recently launched a Twitter tirade against the former Nirvana stickman alleging that Grohl tired to sleep with Kurt Cobain and Courtney’s only child, Frances Bean Cobain.

She’s alleged that Grohl hit on her daughter in the back of a car and that she thinks the Foo Fighters frontman is sexually obsessed with Kurt.

Frances has since responded, saying her “biological mother” should be banned from the social networking site.

Here's her statement: "While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn. I have never been approached by Dave Grohl in more than a platonic way. I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy. Twitter should ban my mother."

In response to the allegations, Grohl, through his spokesman, said: “Unfortunately Courtney is on another hateful twitter rant. These new accustions are upsetting, offensive and absolutely untrue.”

Harry Potter stars, James and Oliver Phelps, will appear at Supanova Pop Culture Expo as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival later this month.

The identical twins — who played Fred and George Weasley — will introduce an encore screening of the final instalment of the Harry Potter franchise, ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2’.

"I am thrilled that James and Oliver Phelps will be with us on Saturday 21st to introduce our special encore screening of the final instalment of Harry Potter,” GCFF director Casey Siemer says.

“As we have always said, the relationship between Supanova and the Gold Coast Film Festival is going to create many exciting experiences for fans. Experiences where we extend and ameliorate audience interaction with film and television guests.

“I hope both events see outstanding support from Gold Coasters and I encourage everyone to get out and attend both Supanova and the film festival next weekend.”

The film screens at Birch Carroll & Coyle Australia Fair Cinemas in Southport on Saturday April 21 at 8.30pm. Fans are encouraged to come dressed in Harry Potter themed costumes, with a fantastic prize awarded for ‘Best Costume’.

The Gold Coast Film Festival, presented by Australia Fair Shopping Centre, will be held April 19-29 at Birch Carroll and Coyle Cinemas at Australia Fair Shopping Centre in Southport.

This year's tagline is French porn stars, Swedish politicians, American rock stars and Israeli pranksters come together on the big screen at Brisbane Queer Film Festival 2012. Featuring films from all over the globe including Israel, France, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and the U.S.A, the program looks very interesting, running the gamut of genres and styles.

Heather Corkhill is the director of 'The Cure', a documentary that explores the relationship between faith and sexuality and is part of this year's BQFF. 

Was there a personal motivation behind the making of 'The Cure'? Or was the subject matter compelling enough to warrant the film's creation? As a documentary filmmaker I was looking for a compelling subject to embark on my first feature-length production. I had heard about reparative or 'ex-gay' programs a number of years ago and associated them more with Evangelical Christianity in the U.S.A. I wanted to investigate whether programs that claim to 'heal' homosexuality still existed in Australia. In particular, I was interested in what motivated people to go to such extreme lengths to change. After uncovering a link between reparative programs and mental health issues my personal motivation for making the film shifted.

The LGBT community is a particularly high-risk group for mental health issues, and gay people from faith backgrounds face significant emotional stress and increased chance of ostracism or rejection. I realised then that the film would mean so much more than just a compelling narrative. The film lifts the veil on the secretive world of ex-gay programs, gives a voice to those who had lived through the experience and come through the other side, and informs the community of the risks of trying to change what cannot be changed.

The film includes an interview with Ron Brookman, leader of Living Waters Inc, an organisation that runs reparative programs. Brookman has 'transformed from homosexuality'. How important to the film was it to have his side of the story told? As filmmakers who are committed to fair and balanced storytelling, it was essential to hear both sides of the story. We contacted every group or counselling promoting assistance with "unwanted same sex attraction" in Brisbane and Sydney and found roadblocks at every turn. To Ron's credit, he was the only person who would go on camera. Our film was never about demonising the people that run the programs as we believe that the individuals involved are generally well-meaning Christians, who are sadly misguided in their views and causing unintended harm.

When it came to sourcing talent for the documentary, did you have willing participants? It is a very difficult subject matter to talk about on camera, and we were cognisant of putting people on camera who were vulnerable and not quite ready to tell their stories. For some time we struggled to find people who were at the point that they were strong enough in themselves. Some of the most tragic stories we heard were in fact from those who contacted us, but were still in the closet and not ultimately able to go on film. In all cases but one we approached the subjects. One brave soul, Peter Williams, who used to run a Mormon ex-gay group contacted us directly to tell his story for the first time because he wanted others, especially young same-sex attracted Mormons, to become aware of the inherent risks in trying to change.

The film will be screened as part of the 2012 Brisbane Queer Film Festival; how important are such events to the local, and wider, gay communities? As queer filmmakers from Brisbane, we cannot express how profoundly important it is for us to be able to tell our stories, in our own way, and have the film received by a local audience. In fact, it was over drinks on the balcony, after watching a documentary at the Brisbane Queer Film Festival in 2010 that we jointly committed to making a documentary of importance to us and to our community, with the aim of one day being shown at the festival. I am happy and proud to say we have made it there. We look forward to seeing you all on the balcony for a drink after the film!

'The Cure' screens at BQFF on April 14 at the Brisbane Powerhouse. For the full program, head to bqff.com.au/program

What do artists like Temper Trap, Washington, Boy and Bear, The Jezabels, Kimbra, Cloud Control, Little Red, emma-louise and The Middle East all have in common?

They have all used BIGSOUND as an essential platform in their rise to international careers.

Now Australian and international artists have the chance to perform in front of this coveted audience, with applications now open for BIGSOUND Live (Sept. 12-13), the two-night music festival accompanying BIGSOUND (Sept. 12-14).

With dozens of international industry leaders and hundreds of decision-makers from around Australasia, BIGSOUND is an important gathering of the music industry tribe in the southern hemisphere. Head to BIGSOUND for more information. Applications close May 4.

"BIGSOUND 2011 was actually one of the best nights and gigs of my life. I had such a great time that I think I said ‘that was the best gig I've ever done’ right after I came off stage. It was a completely packed-out venue and the vibe was just incredible!" - Lanie Lane

The Gold Coast Film Festival is inviting movie fans to name the vivacious maiden who adorns the event’s 2012 artwork.

“She is 50 percent The Incredible Hulk, 50 percent Attack of the 50ft Woman and 100 percent Gold Coast Film Festival,” Casey Marshall Siemer, Festival Director, says.

“The Gold Coast Film Festival now has a new pop culture focus, as such we wanted to create a fun pop culture Gold Coast super hero for our poster. She is breaking things up because she symbolises that the film festival is breaking new ground and breaking stereotypes of screen culture and traditional film festivals.”

The Gold Coast Film Festival presented by Australia Fair Shopping Centre, will be held April 19-29 at Australia Fair Birch Carroll and Coyle Cinemas in Southport.

To suggest a name, click here. Entries close Monday March 19.

Over the course of 16 years, Australian hip hop label Hydrofunk has released a boatload of quality local and international releases. Eyeball these names: Def Wish Cast, Ugly Duckling, Koolism, Downsyde, Mad Doctor X and Abstract Rude, not to mention Resin Dogs, 2Dogs and DJ Katch.

After digging through the label’s extensive back catalogue, Hydrofunk co-founder DJ Katch, aka Kool Von DeeJaye Katch, has pieced together the following DJ set, compiled from beats and bobs recorded between 2004 and 2011.

And the best part... it’s absolutely free. So tuck in.

Are you an aspiring music producer and/ or MC? Then the gauntlet is being thrown down by the Hilltop Hoods, who in conjunction with Triple J Unearthed, are offering up a brand new, never before heard track for remix.

The Trials produced track, called 'Now That You're Gone', won’t be officially released until the Hoods drop their sixth studio record, ‘Drinking From The Sun’, in March, but the three-piece will release the stems for the tune ahead of schedule.

The best remixes — as chosen by the Hoods and Unearthed — will be played on Triple J throughout the competition.

The overall winner will score a Triple J/ Hilltop Hoods merch pack, and a meet and greet with the Hoods during their upcoming tour. Find all the downloads and details at triplejunearthed.com 

Entries are now open and close Sunday March 4.

For eight year old Juliet, baking mud pies and listening to Jessie J are all part and parcel of being a kid. But the Bulimba schoolgirl has become an international hit after her video, ‘My First Hardcore Song’ went viral on YouTube.

The song, which has more than 18 million hits now, depicts Juliet moshing on a trampoline with her stuffed toys and introducing her dog, ‘Robert’, and her fishes. We get our ‘two-step’ on with Juliet’s mum, Kristina McDonald.

At what point did you know that the clip could be the next viral sensation?
When I posted the song on YouTube, it was only intended to show our friends and family over Facebook. Within 15 minutes it had capped at 301 views and stayed that way till the next morning when we woke up to over a million views; also thousands of emails and our Facebook timelines flooded with people sharing the video of Juliet. We were in a state of shock for three days as we had requests for interviews from all over the world and people asking where they could buy apparel and the song.

Obviously this has gone beyond your wildest dreams with the global response, but has there been an evolvement of how crazy things have gone? Like you reach 100k views, then a million, then ten million...
Getting messages from rural farms in South Africa or from eskimos in Greenland just blew our mind, it just spread like fire to literally everywhere around the world so quickly.

Do you have your parenting antennas up for any kind of negative feedback ala Rebecca Black?
I personally never read one comment on YouTube or on any article that was written. Juliet has only seen one short clip on TV and we have showed her a few clips of people covering or dancing to the song on YouTube, which she thinks is pretty neat. Juliet is eight years old and we want to ensure she keeps her priorities to Lego and playing with Robert, not the craziness that is the World Wide Web.

The track is now for sale on iTunes; has the response been as crazy?
It went to number one on the metal charts within 12 hours of going live on iTunes; that just blew our minds! We still have no idea how many it has sold though as they only tell you once a month. 

What sort of music does Juliet listen to? Has she always show a flair for entertaining?
Juliet loves to have music playing all the time, she enjoys singing along to Jessie J and Johnny Cash. Her music taste is very eclectic. Juliet has been putting on 'shows' for us since she was about four years old, 'shyness' is not part of her vocabulary.

You have t-shirts been made; what’s the next step for merchandise - ‘Robert’ labelled dog bowls?
We hope to keep the merch side of it pretty limited as it takes alot of time to orchestrate. A week ago we were baking cookies and covering books for her new school year. We were not ready for any of this. Oh and Robert doesn't need any more attention... it’s going to his head!! 

The idea for the clip; was it a team effort?
We didn't write a storyboard or spend much time planning the video, we literally went to New Farm Park and filmed her singing it a few times then filmed a few scenes at home. We thought it would be funny for the breakdown if all her toys were moshing with her on the trampoline, so we grabbed a blanket full of toys, did the scene in about four minutes then had ice cream.

What is the next step; would you like things to settle down and return to some semblance of normalcy? Or do you have a taste for the fame now?
The whole '15-minutes of fame' is a very apt way to sum it up; she is eight years old and her priorities are to make mud pies and enjoy being a kid. I have no doubt she will one day take over the world, but for the near future she just needs to be eight.