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Friday, 3 October 2014
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Lynsey de Paul: The Seventies songbird who couldn't find love
SHE MAY have gained plenty of attention for her pert blonde features – one TV presenter called her ‘the Basque Separatist’ because of the singer-songwriter’s penchant for tightly-waisted dresses – but Lynsey de Paul, who had a string of hits in the Seventies including Sugar Me, was not always so confident of her charms.
Pampered Pets: What's the cause of my Boxer's lumps?
Top 10 celebrity dog adopters revealed
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Maroon 5 slammed for promoting sexual violence
Maroon 5 have been heavily criticised for their Animals music video, with support groups claiming it promotes violence against women.In the video, frontman Adam Levine's wife, Victoria's Secret supermodel Behati Prinsloo, is stalked...
Netflix signs Adam Sandler to four-film deal
In its bid to upend the movie business the way it has television, Netflix has secured one of the big screen's biggest box-office draws and most irreverent comedic talents.Adam Sandler has signed a four-film deal with Netflix, the...
NZ on Screen: Antarctica in pictures
Antarctica has long been a mecca for our filmmakers - pictorially splendid, remote, and with so many great stories of courage and hardship. There have been a number of films and television shows made about the legendary continent...
Comedian Ewen Gilmour has died
New Zealand comedian and Variety NZ Ambassador Ewen Gilmour died suddenly overnight.His agent, director of Creeping Charlie Productions Ltd Hilary Coe said Mr Gilmour's death had come as a shock."He is a true comedian legend and...
Karl Puschmann: If cartoon icons get back on form I'll eat my shorts
Have you given up on The Simpsons or Family Guy yet? I long ago checked out on both. The Simpsons Movie was an anomaly, a surprisingly successful 90-minute return to form, but the series ... well, d'oh!Ever the believer, I've...
Album review: Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems
Although he long had the reputation of a "one-man Joy Division" or "Laughing Len" in reference to his gloom-soaked melancholy, Leonard Cohen always had a self-deflating streak. Here the 80-year-old starts with Slow : "It's not because...
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