Sunday, 31 August 2014

No rest for the newlyweds as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt film sex scenes





Newlyweds Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are planning a working “honeymoon”, filming the most explicit sex scenes of their careers.


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T.J. McNamara: Intrigue in the suburbs

Three galleries this week are showing works with traditionally admired artistic skills such as perspective, drawing and collage.Perspective construction is shown skilfully and accurately in the work of Graham Fletcher at Gow Langsford...


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Saturday, 30 August 2014

Joan Rivers reportedly on life support

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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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...


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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,...


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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...


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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...


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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,"...


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'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...


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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...


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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...


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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


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