The 81-year-old comedienne is currently relying on a machine to keep her alive after she went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing whilst undergoing minor throat surgery on Thursday, but her family are still hopeful that she...
Saturday, 30 August 2014
Helen Mirren: On the road
Helen Mirren has been famous for 40 years now. In the compressed timeline of modern celebrity, that feels like an eternity: it's one thing to achieve fame, but quite another to hold on to it, especially while keeping it manageable...
Vesuvius blows his top in Edinburgh
"Hey, it's Juan Vesuvius!" I am heading out of Edinburgh's Assembly Roxy with New Zealand comedian Barnie Duncan at midnight. There's no better indication that his one-man show, Calypso Nights , has become the talk of the town than...
Janet McAllister: Let down by 'lazy stereotypes'
When she went to Cirque du Soleil's Totem last week, artist and curator Melissa Laing was impressed by the acts' "phenomenal" technical brilliance. But that's not her overwhelming memory of the show. Instead, she says "the performers...
A magnificent year for grandes dames
When I was 17", as Frank Sinatra used to sing soulfully, "it was a very good year."What is it about certain years that usher in a high percentage of extraordinarily charismatic babies destined to amaze and electrify us with their...
MKR stars steamed at cyber slurs
Online abuse, including homophobic slurs, and questions about their sexuality has left a sour taste in the mouth of My Kitchen Rules New Zealand hopefuls Sam Sutherland and Dan Freeman.The Auckland-based friends were roasted by...
Good Lorde - what a price tag
Fancy a private performance from Kiwi Grammy winner Lorde?Then you'd best have a spare $300,000 to cover her performance fee for one-off private gigs.According to a list American media have reported was leaked from American booking...
Brad and Angelina married once in US, again in France
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have managed to keep two wedding ceremonies secret, it was revealed yesterday.The movie stars, who have been together for a decade, tied the knot in the romantic setting of a chapel at Chateau Miraval,...
Jack Tame: Back to future with favourite family
I was a Simpsons kid.I calendared. I VCR'd. At school I wrote book reviews on Bart Simpson's Guide to Life .The chapter on how to annoy one's parents remains as relevant today as it was 20 years ago: nothing angers your mum...
Bracelet boo-boo
Producers of new Kiwi horror flick Housebound got a stern telling-off when they tried to flog a home detention bracelet on Trade Me.The auction for the bracelet used as a prop in the film reached $10.50 before it was taken down...
5 takeaways from a punch-less summer box office
NEW YORK (AP) The movie of the summer might have been Marvel's irreverent hit "Guardians of the Galaxy," the top domestic film at the box office. Or it could have been Michael Bay's sequel-reboot hybrid "Transformers: Age of Extinction,"...
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' draft released
LONDON (AP) An unused chapter of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" has been released 50 years after Roald Dahl's much-loved children's novel was first published.The fifth chapter, from a 1961 draft, describes an extra room in...
After injury, Kings of Leon ready for stage
NEW YORK (AP) A brotherly reunion is coming to the City of Brotherly Love: Family band Kings of Leon will play its first show Sunday in Philadelphia since drummer Nathan Followill injured his ribs.The group will headline the second...
Spanish fashion designer Pertegaz dies at 96
MADRID (AP) Manuel Pertegaz, one of Spain's most admired fashion designers who dressed Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy and Ava Gardner, has died. He was 96.Pertegaz died Saturday in his hometown of Barcelona, according to Spain's...
Peter Kay set to bring back Phoenix Nights in 2015 with live show and new TV series
HE MAY have been out of the limelight for over a year, but Peter Kay already has big things planned for 2015.
Yummy mummy Kim Kardashian wears VERY low-cut jumpsuit as she leaves LA with North
KIM Kardashian certainly turned heads as she prepared to jet out of Los Angeles last night.
Denise Van Outen cosies up to topless male dancers as she performs at G-A-Y
DENISE Van Outen had all eyes on her as she performed at London nightclub G-A-Y yesterday.
No more tiers: Get the cake, dress and everything in between at The National Wedding Show
WANT to get your wedding sorted in one day, in one building? Here are the top 10 highlights to look out for at this year's National Wedding Show
Hey, big spender! Brad Pitt buys Angelina Jolie £3 Thorntons toffees as a wedding gift
THEY reportedly drank £15 wine on their wedding day, so it may come as no surprise that Brad Pitt didn't splash out on a wedding present for his new wife.
David Beckham sports bandaged arm following motorbike crash as he arrives at LAX airport
DAVID Beckham fell off his motorbike in Sunset Boulevard on Thursday afternoon, and yesterday he was showing the injuries of his nasty accident.
Comedian Tracy Morgan still struggling after crash
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) An attorney for Tracy Morgan says the former "Saturday Night Live" actor is having a tough time recovering from a June accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that left a fellow comedian dead.Attorney Benedict...
3 convicted in US rapper's slaying
ATLANTA (AP) A jury has convicted three men in the shooting death of an Atlanta rapper known as Lil Phat.Melvin Vernell III was shot and killed in June 2012 outside a hospital where he was awaiting the birth of his child.On Friday,...
Movie review: If I Stay
The latest bestselling young adult novel adapted for the big screen is Gayle Forman's supernatural story If I Stay. A story of teenage love and family tragedy, the film is faithful to the structure of the novel, but a little of...
Movie review: The Inbetweeners 2
Dick jokes, bad taste buddy banter, more dick jokes. When The Inbetweeners began back in 2008, the cult UK comedy show took a simple but poignant look at adolescent awkwardness that only occasionally veered into more puerile ter...
Sharon Jones: She's a soul survivor
Sharon Jones had her last chemotherapy treatment on New Year's Eve, and four days later, she was performing live on The Jimmy Fallon Show .No, she's not superwoman, but the 58-year-old American soul singer wasn't about to let a...
Michele Hewitson: No holds barred in the cells
Crikey, the new season of Wentworth got off to a raunchy start on Monday (TV2, 8.35pm). I'm not sure how you get around it not being raunchy, being set in an Australian women's prison, although I'm not sure raunchy is the right...
For the record
You can go a long way on a giggle. Benjii Jackson's stretched his all the way to England and as for Ben Howe, well, right now, he's in New York and still going strong after 15 years.Both run record labels (Muzai and Arch Hill respectively),...
Daughter: Joan Rivers is in 'serious condition
NEW YORK (AP) Joan Rivers remained in serious condition in a New York City hospital Friday, one day after going into cardiac arrest at a doctor's office.Melissa Rivers said in a statement Friday that her mother was "receiving the...
Cee Lo Green enters no contest plea in drug case
LOS ANGELES (AP) Cee Lo Green pleaded no contest Friday to one felony count of furnishing ecstasy to a woman during a 2012 dinner in Los Angeles and was sentenced to serve probation and community service.The Grammy-winning singer...
Hip-hop moves as force for slain unarmed black man
NEW YORK (AP) Rappers are making their voices heard in the Missouri city where a white police officer killed an unarmed young black man, channeling hip-hop's earlier roots when the genre worked as a voice for the oppressed and spoke...
Verity Johnson: Let positive role models speak loud and clear
I like knowing what's going on.And I had a particularly satisfying moment the other day when I realised we were in the midst of a "moral panic".In the aftermath of the VMAs, music videos have been swirling around our collective...
Classical review: Exquisite 300 years in Vienna
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Songs from Vienna on Thursday night gave a fascinating vision of musical life in the Austrian capital over three centuries - yet another example of the APO's insightful programming.American soprano...
After deaths, NYC music festival tightens security
Drug-sniffing dogs, peers watching for people feeling ill, a "cooling tunnel" and shorter days are greeting fans this weekend at an electronic music festival where two people died of drug overdoses last year, organizers said Friday.The...
Southern exposure at Auckland Museum
Portrait photographer Jane Ussher (MNZM) was invited to Antarctica as part of the Antarctic New Zealand 2008/09 Media Programme. While there, she photographed the historic huts that served as bases for Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest...
Chelsea Clinton quits as NBC News reporter
NEW YORK (AP) Chelsea Clinton said Friday she is quitting her job as a reporter at NBC News, citing increased work at the Clinton Foundation and the imminent birth of her first child.Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's daughter had...
Can anyone learn to become a psychic?
SELF-CONFESSED sceptic Joanna Della-Ragione went along to the world’s biggest spiritualist school to find out.
Cheryl and Mel B shed tears on X Factor's return
HANKIES at the ready...The X Factor is back on TV tonight and so are the tears and the tantrums.
No way back for Iain over Bake Off ‘freezergate’ row
ELIMINATED Great British Bake Off contestant Iain Watters will not win a reprieve despite calls from angry viewers for him to be reinstated on the show.
Car review: Renault Twingo’s back with a twinkle
THE RENAULT Twingo has had a mixed history in the UK.
Melissa Rivers an 'emotional wreck' as Joan remains in coma
COMEDIAN Joan Rivers’ distraught daughter was last night said to be an “emotional wreck” after dashing to be at the star’s bedside as she lies in a coma.
Family fortunes! Britain's luckiest woman wins £30,000 worth of prizes in two years
MUM OF TWO Katy Spence has amassed a hoard of goodies including iPads, Marc Jacobs perfume and computer games by entering over 100 competitions EVERY DAY
'I'd rather be a mother than a movie star' Family takes priority for Nicole
NICOLE KIDMAN has revealed that she would rather be a mother than a movie star as she talks candidly about her experience giving birth and forming a family with country music star Keith Urban.
Coat tales: Autumn outerwear for all occasions
WRAP up warm in the new season's smartest coats
Sparkle in champagne: Best in gold and white accessories
CARRY on the summer glow through to autumn with flashes of dazzling gold and white
No dairy! Creamy and fruity vegan dessert recipes
THIS week celebrity chef Aldo Zilli tries dessert recipes from a vegan recipe book
True blues: Shades for your nails, eyes and beauty regimen
BLUE is the hue to be inspired by this summer when it comes to looking and smelling fresh and fragrant
Cleansing, pedicures and red lippy: Vintage-loving chef Rachel Khoo reveals beauty secrets
STYLISH chef Rachel Khoo, 34, reveals her top fashion and beauty tips...
Late bloomers: Plant cyclamen for autumn petals
WANT colour in your beds and borders? Here is how to plant autumn-flowering cyclamen for a burst of pretty petals
Robert Watson-Watt: The inventor who helped win the Battle of Britain
HE’S one of the great unsung heroes of the Second World War but the story of Robert Watson-Watt, the father of radar, is finally to be told in a new TV drama
The X Factor: It's time for the judges to face the music in new series
CHERYL and Simon are back in the judging seats together again, alongside X Factor veteran Louis and new judge Mel B. How long before sparks fly?
Ex-Corrie star Michelle Collins' stellar performance in BBC drama Casualty
FORMER Coronation Street actress Michelle Collins causes quite a stir in tonight's explosive episode of Casualty
Friday, 29 August 2014
Leslie Jordan becomes second housemate to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother
LESLIE Jordan has become the second housemate to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house tonight.
Charlotte Hawkins keeps a protective hand on her baby bump as she leaves the ITV studios
GOOD MORNING BRITAIN presenter Charlotte Hawkins looked every inch the doting mum-to-be as she left work today.
Charlotte Hawkins keeps a protective hand on her baby bump as she leaves ITV studios
SHE is yet to meet her little bundle of joy but that hasn't stopped Charlotte Hawkins from playing the part of a doting mum-to-be.
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