Screen legend Denzel Washington's latest film takes its title and central idea from the semi-classic 80s series The Equalizer, starring Edward Woodward as an ex-intelligence agent using his skills to help the downtrodden. But fans...
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Saturday, 20 September 2014
U2 guitarist's plan for Malibu development gets OK
MALIBU, California (AP) The California Coastal Commission staff has agreed to allow U2's guitarist to build a scaled-down compound in the mountains above Malibu.The staff recommended Friday that the commission approve a smaller...
MKR beats reno rivals
TVNZ's My Kitchen Rules New Zealand is giving The Block a roasting in the battle for locally produced reality TV supremacy.After four weeks of hype and mass promotion for the rival programmes, TV One's cooking show is attracting...
Election 2014: Lucy Lawless' campaign work done - next job help Iron Man
Actress Lucy Lawless is heading back to the United States and straight back to work after two months of lending support to the Greens.Lawless was the first celebrity supporter to show up at the Greens' election night bash at the...
Actress detained by police refuses to apologize
LOS ANGELES (AP) An actress who was detained by Los Angeles police is refusing to apologize for claiming race played a role in the incident, despite calls from local civil rights leaders.Daniele Watts issued a statement late Friday...
Hilary Mantel: I fantasised about killing Margaret Thatcher
Author Hilary Mantel has described how she fantasised about killing Margaret Thatcher after finding herself within shooting range of the former Prime Minister. "I thought, if I wasn't me, if I was someone else, she'd be dead,"...
Classic CD: Bruckner Sumphoney No.9
Claudio Abbado regularly appears in the shameless shuffle of Sky Arts' repeat screenings, most recently conducting Brahms, Schoenberg and Beethoven at the 2013 Lucerne Festival.This concert, together with performances of Schubert...
T.J. McNamara: Abstraction a driving force
The exhibition of paintings by Mervyn Williams at the Gus Fisher Gallery is a spectacular show to accompany the publication of an equally spectacular book ( Mervyn Williams by Dr Edward Hanfling, Ron Sang Publications, $135). The...
Jump back: The best 1960s-style clothes and accessories
Janet McAllister: Theatre company invites everyman reviewers
I got made redundant last week. So did all the theatre reviewers in the city. When we made our usual arrogant demands for free tickets, we were told kindly but firmly that our services would not be required for two Basement shows.Instead,...
On each other's team
Auckland playwright Gareth Davies, a self-confessed Everest "nut", knows so many stories about the historic efforts to climb the highest mountain in the world.Many of those stories are widely known but not so much the bizarre saga...
Whatever happened to... Scorpio from Gladiators
Bake Off queen Mary Berry's classic recipes
My Weekend: Holby City actress Tina Hobley
Friday, 19 September 2014
Nightclub setting for Opera Don makes sense
From the start, New Zealand Opera's Don Giovanni presented the mix of tragedy and comedy stipulated in the opera's description as "dramma giocoso" (playful drama).Wyn Davies immediately captured its emotional ambivalence in a...
Jazz at Lincoln Center opens season with 'Ochas'
NEW YORK (AP) Wynton Marsalis has opened Jazz at Lincoln Center's new season with the world premiere of "Ochas," a three-movement suite blending jazz with the traditional folkloric music of Cuba.At a pre-concert reception Thursday...
Gospel stars go on tour after recent operations
ATLANTA (AP) Donnie McClurkin can hardly talk. Fred Hammond could barely walk. But the Grammy-winning gospel singers are preparing for the Festival of Praise Tour, which spans 31 cities.The tour, which includes Cleveland, Detroit,...
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