Celebrity & Style Mag

Monday, 1 September 2014

X Factor shocker as singer dumps her man in a frantic attempt at fame

IN ONE of the X Factor's most humiliating scenes yet a contestant vowed to drop her partner from their double act in her quest for fame and fortune.

THE cousin of One Direction star Harry Styles wowed judges with his band’s audition on last night’s X Factor.

BOB Geldof’s eldest daughter Fifi revealed yesterday she has been battling clinical depression in secret for two decades.

MILEY CYRUS says she believes gender discrimination is to blame for the controversy her provocative dancing has caused because Elvis Presley never received any criticism for his hip gyrations in the 1950s.

Paul Casserly: TV's best quotes - 'I don't know what we use whale oil for'

Good morning "you puffed up little s****". Let us consider August. Nothing much to report really. Oh, that's right, there was one thing. Nicky Hager released a book that became a giant turd that hit the electoral fan like something...

NY's Electric Zoo music fest shut down by storms

NEW YORK (AP) New York's Electric Zoo music festival has been shut down as powerful thunderstorms roll through the area, forcing thousands of people to leave.The cancellation came on the three-day electronic music fest's final...

Friends reunion 'was scripted, rehearsed' - Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel has been forced to admit his Friends reunion skit involving several of the sitcom's stars was scripted and rehearsed.Jennifer Anniston, Lisa Kudrow and Courteney Cox made Friends fans dreams come true when they 'performed'...

Celebrity chef charged with intoxicated driving

SOUTHAMPTON, New York (AP) Celebrity chef Todd English, who has opened restaurants around the U.S. and written multiple cookbooks, was arrested Sunday on a charge of driving while intoxicated, authorities said.Police in Southampton,...

Te Radar's Rant: Le lessons

Having recently spent a fortnight casually sauntering around central Paris the one conclusion I came to was that Auckland's architecture is woefully bereft of gargoyles.Gargoyles are the perfect example of form and function reaching...

Fashion Five A Day: Leopard print for pre-fall

One look at the glossy pages of September issues this season and you'll be clued in on the fact that leopard print is back and here to stay for the season ahead. Let's be honest- this print is never out of style and easily jazzes up any outfit. All you need is a touch of leopard - a belt, a shoe, or pair of sunglasses. Or go full on leopard and rock a House of Holland number for the season. Just don't wear all at once! [Click image above to shop]

Preview: The Sound of Music

As he stretches his hands above his head in the Singaporean heat, musical theatre performer Rhys Williams' arm reveals a tattoo written in an old typewriter-style font: "Worse things happen at sea". The South African explains it's...

Assassin's Creed Unity delayed by two weeks

The release of Assassin's Creed Unity has been pushed back two weeks, Ubisoft has announced.That makes its official European launch date November 13. It was due to launch worldwide on October 28.The date change means Unity will...

Video premiere: Jeremy Redmore - One Day Alone

Jeremy Redmore's latest music video might as well be called, 'Around the world in 29 seconds'. Because that's exactly what the concept for One Day Alone is.The video for the song, taken from his debut solo album Clouds Are...

Pittsburgh-based reality show 'The Chair' to debut

PITTSBURGH (AP) Viewers of a new reality TV show will soon find out what happens when two fledgling directors are given $850,000 to direct their own movies from the same script."The Chair" is shot in Pittsburgh and documents the...

California Made in America show tunes up for day 2

LOS ANGELES (AP) With the first day of downtown Los Angeles' inaugural outdoor music festival in the books, the city is tuning up for round two.The Budweiser Made in America concert resumes at 2 p.m. (2100 GMT) Sunday in Grand...

Joan Rivers' daughter: 'We are keeping our fingers crossed'

Joan Rivers' loved ones say that they remain hopeful about her recovery three days after she went into cardiac arrest at a doctor's office."We are keeping our fingers crossed," her daughter, Melissa Rivers, said in a statement,...

Downton Abbey burns in fifth season trailer

The first full-length trailer of Downton Abbey series five has been released.The one-minute clip shows Downton in flames as an unidentified blonde is scooped up into a man's arms, and a terrified Earl of Grantham despairing that...

No update on Joan Rivers' condition, hospital says

NEW YORK (AP) Joan Rivers remains hospitalized three days after going into cardiac arrest at a doctor's office in New York City.The Mount Sinai Hospital said Sunday that it had no updates to release on the 81-year-old comedian's...

Classical review: The Medium, Opera Factory

The music theatre of Gian Carlo Menotti fits in well with the strengths of Auckland's Opera Factory, as its new production of The Medium revealed.Back in 1947, American critic Virgil Thomson commented on how this work "wrings...

Theatre review: Belleville, Herald Theatre

A knock at the door sounds like hammering with an anvil in this Silo Theatre production, but clever, compelling Belleville is really only playing dress-up as a thriller. Its taut, insightful portrait of a millennial marriage is...