Kiwi singing sensation Lorde features in the latest drop of leaked Sony emails with a company boss comparing her favourably to a "lame" Lady Gaga.In an email written a month before Lorde won two Grammy Awards in January 2014, the...
Saturday, 18 April 2015
Scarlett O'Hara outfit fetches $137,000 at auction
DALLAS (AP) " An outfit Vivien Leigh wore when she played Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" has fetched $137,000 at auction.Heritage Auctions offered the gray jacket and skirt, featuring a black zigzag applique,...
Orphan Black: Send in the clones
On one of his first days on the set of Orphan Black , Ari Millen was introduced to the man set to kill him."I was supposed to die in episode six (of season two)," Millen says about his role on the cult sci-fi show, which follows...
Earth Day aims to reach millions with 'Angry Birds' game
WASHINGTON (AP) " The hugely popular game "Angry Birds" is showing Earth Day some love this year.Game developers at Rovio Entertainment are announcing plans Saturday to create an in-game experience about climate change. The game...
TV pick: The Killing Field
It's a well-worn premise, but that doesn't mean it won't make for a gripping watch. This Australian Broadchurch -esque murder mystery is set in the small isolated town of Mingara, a quiet place where everyone knows everyone. Except...
Singer Sam Hunt rising in both country and pop worlds
NEW YORK (AP) " Rising country star Sam Hunt may be finding success on the pop charts, but don't fret " he won't pull a Taylor Swift."By no means do I want to try to leave country music," Hunt said in a recent interview. "That's...
'Get women out of the kitchen', TVNZ told
Former Justice Minister Judith Collins has told TVNZ bosses she wants its news bulletins to take women more seriously.Her criticisms include showing too many women in the kitchen and in "lesser roles".In the just-released annual...
The Block gears up for Auckland inner-city sites
Four character villas — all with two storeys — will feature in the next season of The Block NZ . The new Fans versus Faves series will see newbie renovators pitted against past contestants and is due to start filming...
Divorced Gilda pregnant with her second child
One of New Zealand's richest men and his socialite wife have divorced.News of the divorce of Gilda and James Kirkpatrick comes in the week she announced she was pregnant with her second child.He is worth $150 million, according...
COMMENT: All's fair in sex, love, war - and books: How ebooks have changed publishing
HAVE you written a steamy novel that would make Christian Grey blush? Or perhaps your fantasy creatures make Daenerys Stormborn’s dragons in Game of Thrones look like timid household pe...
Inspiration in the kitchen: The best cooking books of spring
SEEKING fresh inspiration in the kitchen? Vanessa Berridge shares her selection of the season’s most imaginative recipe collecti...
Shakira and Gerard Pique look SO loved-up as they enjoy date night at the basketball
THEY welcomed their second son into the world less than three months ago, and last night Shakira and Gerard Pique were enjoying a well-deserved night o...
Best National Trust gardens to see bluebells
THE National Trust has announced its top gardens to see bluebells this spri...
Usher, Gwen Stefani among headliners for Earth Day rally
WASHINGTON (AP) " An all-day Earth Day rally and concert Saturday is drawing some big names to the National Mall.Usher, Mary J. Blige, Gwen Stefani, Common and Train are scheduled to perform during the free Global Citizen 2015 Earth...
Oiled-up Jason Statham gyrates in tiny leopard-print pants in hilarious '90s throwback vid
IT'S hard to imagine Jason Statham as anything but a hunky Hollywood movie star. However, once upon a time, he actually made a pretty good go-go danc...
Michael Douglas joins James Corden to reenact THAT saucy Sharon Stone Basic Instinct scene
HE'S certainly not afraid to go that extra mile for the Late Late Show and James Corden's latest sketch is one of his best so f...
Katie Hopkins calls Russell Brand a 'd*** on a permed stick' in latest Twitter feud
SHE usually relishes in all the abuse she gets online, but Katie Hopkins couldn't resist making a dig at Russell Brand when he criticised her on Twitter yesterd...
Heat wave for Vauxhall Corsa
HOT hatches come in many shapes and sizes. From the supermini-based pocket rockets to the £40,000 super-car-chasing prestige models, those after more power from their hatchbacks have plenty of choi...
Britain's Got Talent 2015: Dance act Boyband wow the judges with Uptown Funk performance
WE'RE one week into the new series of Britain's Got Talent and tonight's show will see a five piece dance act called Boyband impress the judg...
Britain's Got Talent singer Becky O’Brien feared she would be killed by violent husband
BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT viewers may be close to tears tonight as they're introduced to wannabe singer Becky O’Bri...
Craig Revel Horwood would 'love' to see Dermot O'Leary on Strictly Come Dancing
HE WAS known for his dancing medleys on X Factor, and now it seems some people are desperate to see Dermot O'Leary show off his moves on Strictly Come Danci...
Matthew Lewis continues to excite fans as he reveals amazing abs in sexy shirtless snap
BRITISH actor Matthew Lewis got fans VERY excited this week, after a friend posted a ridiculously hot shirtless snap of the star on Twitt...
Tech News Recap: EVIDENCE of alien colonies, Putin memes made ILLEGAL and Windows HACKED
ALL THE biggest technology news from the past week – Astronomers find EVIDENCE of 'highly advanced' alien civilisations, Russia makes Vladimir Putin memes ILLEGAL and a bug found more than 18 YEARS ago still leaves ALL Windows PCs open to attack from HACKE...
Alex Jones goes casual chic in tight grey jeans as she's pictured filming The One Show
SHE'S known for her effortless style and yesterday was no different for Alex Jones, who arrived at the BBC studios nailing the casual chic lo...
Lewis Hamilton puts on brave face in Bahrain while Nicole Scherzinger parties at Coachella
HE MAY have been beaten by Nico Rosberg in the Bahrain GP practice, but that didn't stop Lewis Hamilton grinning from ear-to-ear yesterd...
Michael Douglas still head over heels for Catherine Zeta-Jones
HOLLYWOOD star Michael Douglas has revealed that his marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones is stronger than ev...
'Happy birthday wifey' David Beckham shares cute throwback snap on Victoria's 41st
DAVID BECKHAM was clearly feeling nostalgic yesterday as he wished his wife a very happy birthd...
'I'll miss being there' Jeremy Clarkson finally speaks out about Top Gear departure
HE MAY have stayed quiet up until now, but Jeremy Clarkson has finally addressed his Top Gear departu...
Habitat, Cuckooland and Made: The best statement chair designs
YOU'LL BE sitting pretty in these easy-on-the-eye desi...
You've got to have faith: New book reveals the two sides of legendary singer
THE singer treated his personal life like his performing one - as a part to be played, a new book reve...
School sex scandal that still divides America
AFTER teacher Mary Kay Letourneau was imprisoned for raping her 12-year-old pupil she married him. Now she says it's time to let her back into the classr...
Robin Williams the posthumous star of '3 Still Standing'
TORONTO (AP) " Before the late Robin Williams enthralled television audiences on "Mork and Mindy," he already was a star on the 1970s stand-up comedy circuit " and by the '80s was a leading light for a new stand-up generation.The...
BBC bosses in desperate bid to keep Richard Hammond and James May on Top Gear
BBC bosses are desperately trying to persuade Richard Hammond and James May to stay on Top Gear following Jeremy Clarkson's sacki...
iZombie: Brain food for zombie fans
Somehow, despite being partial to a jolly good zombie romp (or rampage), I've only just caught up with iZombie (TVNZ OnDemand) which I can only put down to having had my, er, fill of blood and gore and autopsies and weirdness on...
Letters from the battlefield
Michael Williams' Symphony No 1 ( Letters from the Front ), which the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will play in its Spirit of Anzac programme on Thursday, is not the first time the Hamilton composer has worked with the orchestra.In...
T.J. McNamara: Favourites past and present
One sound reason for visiting Philadelphia is to see the famous painting The Gross Clinic by one of the city's favourite sons, Thomas Eakins . It is at the imposing Philadelphia Museum of Art.The neo-classical building, brown rather...
NZ Dance's stirring tribute to the Anzacs
The Anzac centenary has brought thoughts of warfare, its gallantry, violence and terrible loss to the forefront of many peoples' minds. But Shona McCullagh, choreographer, arts laureate, Woman of Influence (Westpac and Fairfax Award...
Emily Perkins takes on A Doll's House
The interview with Emily Perkins starts off like most others. A couple of years ago, Perkins moved from Auckland to Wellington, where she is a senior lecturer at Victoria University's International Institute of Modern Letters, so...
Wild Ireland's Christine Bleakley:'I like to do the odd mad thing once in a while'
THIS MORNING presenter Christine Bleakley chats to Saturday about her new ITV travel series, her career aspirations and breaking Ameri...
George Lucas to Colbert: Why aren't you replacing Stewart?
NEW YORK (AP) " Stephen Colbert came to the Tribeca Film Festival to interview filmmaker George Lucas, but the "Star Wars" creator had a question of his own."The perfect choice to replace that Jon Stewart fellow would have been...
Mother Karen Gaynor thrown in cell for 6 hours for pruning next-door's tree
A MOTHER-OF-TWO was arrested, held in a police cell for six hours and put on trial – accused of over-pruning next-door’s tr...
David Cameron brings back Margaret Thatcher’s vote winning right-to-buy policy
TOWARDS the end of last year a rather unremarkable ground-floor flat with a price tag of £1million went on the mark...
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