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Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Meet TVNZ's new weatherman
Daniel Corbett is joining Jim Hickey and Karen Olsen on its weather team.Corbett, an experience meteorologist, will begin his weather reports from next Monday.The Essex-born presenter has a BSc in Meteorology from the State University...
Kanye, Juanes enliven LA's Made in America fest
LOS ANGELES (AP) A new outdoor music festival in downtown Los Angeles reflected the city's diversity with a lineup that included rap, rock, punk, blues and Latin music. Kanye West, Cypress Hill, Weezer, Rise Against, John Mayer and...
Burning Man festival draws peak crowd of 66,000
RENO, Nevada (AP) The Burning Man counterculture festival drew a peak crowd of nearly 66,000 celebrants as it neared an end Monday on the northern Nevada desert.Friday's official peak attendance of 65,922 was within the population...
NY West Indian Day Parade marred by nearby slaying
NEW YORK (AP) Colorful floats, elaborate costumes, politicians and merrymakers filled Brooklyn's streets Monday for the annual West Indian Day Parade, a massive Caribbean celebration that was marred by a fatal shooting nearby before...
Celebrity photo hacker: 'I didn't do this by myself'
The chief hacker who organized the theft of private nude pictures of actresses including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton has gone on the run.The anonymous individual, who sparked the scandal after dumping dozens of naked photographs...
Demons and dragons clinch art award
A painting of the coastline around Otago Harbour populated by macabre medieval demons and dragons has won the Paramount Award in last night's annual Wallace Art Awards. Auckland painter Roger Mortimer, 58, was presented with the award...
Katy Perry calls herself 'pizza face' (+video)
She is now known as one of pop's most provocative performers, wearing typically outrageous costumes on tour.But back in 2001, Katy Perry was a shy 17-year-old trying to make it as a singer on the Christian rock scene.In previously...
Series of flops chills Hollywood summer
Sylvester Stallone flexed his ageing biceps, Tom Cruise battled aliens and Cameron Diaz sizzled, but in the end nothing could save Hollywood from a disastrous summer.Across North America, box office takings were down 15 per cent...
Angelina Jolie's wedding dress revealed
People magazine has scored one of the celebrity exclusives of the year: photos of Angelina Jolie's wedding dress.The dress Jolie wore for her top secret wedding to Brad Pitt two weekends ago was made by Luigi Massi, head tailor...
Perez Hilton apologises for posting naked leak pics
Perez Hilton, the acerbic celebrity blogger, has personally apologised for publishing naked photographs of Jennifer Lawrence.The Hunger Games actress was just one of the famous names targeted by a large-scale hacking scam.Hundreds...
Saturday, September 6
Today is Saturday, September 6, the 249th day of 2014. There are 116 days left in the year.Highlights in history on this date:1565 - Spanish troops arrive from Sicily, forcing Turks to abandon siege of Malta.1620 - Pilgrims...
Eight ways to look after your knees
The implant that can stop seizures while you sleep
The milk that won't churn your stomach
Eating fruit every day can slash risk of heart disease
Movie review: Housebound
Gerard Johnstone, the writer/director of the amazing new horror-thriller-comedy Housebound , is a good friend of mine and someone with whom I've spent countless hours discussing movies. But you only need to glimpse the tidal wave...
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