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Saturday, 4 April 2015
Former drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd dies in wreck
CARTERSVILLE, Georgia (AP) " The former drummer for the Southern hard rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, Robert Burns Jr., has died in a car crash in Georgia.Georgia State Patrol spokeswoman Tracey Watson said Burns' vehicle went off a curve...
Time for more hot and heavy scenes on screen: academic
When it comes to sex on television, it would appear size does matter.Fat people are rarely seen being intimate on screen and this reinforces negative attitudes towards them, says Dr Cat Pause, a senior lecturer and fat studies researcher...
Rhythm in his heart and soul
Many concertgoers are familiar with the rhythmically charged music of John Psathas, most recently sampled when the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra presented his View from Olympus with Dame Evelyn Glennie last year.Rhythm is in...
T.J. McNamara: Emotions run high in wild west
This is a week of veteran artists and new galleries. The most vigorous exhibition is Land Cadence by John Madden, who has devoted his painting life to wrestling to convey the steep hills of the west coast of the Waitakeres, particularly...
Patricia Greig: If you listen to the land, it will speak to you
From a clutter of paint tubes covered with ancient clay dust and shimmers of oils, works rise like mirages at all angles from the depths of John Madden's studio.A lifelong reverence for the land is obvious in his work.His expression...
Let's dance: Romantic looks for spring
Rita Ora on The Voice UK final: 'I would love to win'
9/11 opera envisages what happened inside the towers
We all remember where we were on 9/11. The planes that flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre blew a hole in the heart of the world. That day, it seemed as if optimism, decency, empathy and love were confronted and defeated...
Take a deep breath
It opens with a baby's first cry and the inhalation of a first breath, and ends 35 seconds later with the final exhalation of a human being and another cry. Samuel Beckett's Breath , surely the shortest play in existence, has never...
Madonna wages war on Instagram over nude post
Madonna has launched an attack on photo-sharing site Instagram over its rules on nudity after it removed an image of her posing topless.The 56-year-old responded to the censorship by posting a fully nude photo of herself to her...
Corrie's Kate Ford: 'I love watching crime programmes'
Vera actress Brenda Blethyn: 'I'd love to play a villain'
Nicole Scherzinger: 'Jennifer Lopez always looks flawless'
Easter Chocolate: Cocoa-infused beauty products
Paul Kelly and co coming back for more
The past couple of times Paul Kelly has crossed the Tasman he's travelled light. Just a big book of songs and a sideman or two.This time the veteran singer-songwriter is one of 10.He's bringing the musicians and the voices that...
Friday, 3 April 2015
Greg Dixon: Few highlights in the stream
So my mission, if I chose to accept it, was this: to go forth into the great unknown of the internet, into the daunting wilds of our new TV streaming services, and come back with tales of my adventures, good and bad.There's been...
Scalpers don't miss a beat in a bid to sell Fleetwood Mac tickets
Minutes after the Dunedin Fleetwood Mac concert sold out, scalpers started listing tickets online.But a concerned promoter says fans should refuse to pay the inflated prices as tickets can be secured other ways.The concert on...
Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris get very cosy on dat night
They appeared to confirm rumours of a fledgling relationship on Thursday.But Calvin Harris and Taylor Swift raised more eyebrows when he was seen driving back from her LA home on Friday morning. The superstar DJ was spotted the...
Alan Davies: Master Blaster
The pleasantries lasted for at least 10 minutes. We exchanged greetings, discussed his upcoming New Zealand tour, and even swapped stories about raising - and being terrorised by - small children."Mainly it's me resisting the urge...
Lane change for rom-com action star
Watching an actor evolve can make for fascinating viewing - sometimes proving more entertaining than their output. Take Ryan Reynolds. As he puts it, candidly, "I'd worked both successfully and very unsuccessfully in the movie-star...
Lifetime deciding what to do with Will Ferrell movie
NEW YORK (AP) " The fate of a Lifetime TV movie featuring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig remained unclear on Friday after the project's secrecy was spoiled.Lifetime confirmed on Thursday that the former "Saturday Night Live" stars...
Thunderbirds - Taylor made
The movie hadn't even started and he was already looking forward to it finishing.Because, while anticipation around the London premiere of the first The Lord Of The Rings movie back in 2001 had been feverish, Sir Richard Taylor...
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