Lorde has signed up 80s superstars Grace Jones and Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon to sing on a new Hunger Games soundtrack, according to reports from New York.The Grammy Award-winning 17 year-old has already released a new...
Monday, 6 October 2014
Clooney buys UK mansion for new wife
George Clooney bought his wife the £5 million (NZ$ 10.27 million) mansion where they are spending their UK honeymoon.The Hollywood star married Amal Alamuddin last Saturday (27.09.14), and he treated his new bride to the home an...
TV2 pins hopes on 'multi-night' prime time show
A promising new drama series has been commissioned by TV2, with the network to trial a different screening method for its prime time launch.Instead of the traditional one-episode-per-week method that successful local dramas like...
The Diary: 21 responses to Auckland's power cut
Yesterday, a massive power cut hit Auckland's leafy eastern suburbs. Many palatial homes and popular cafes are still without power, and police are crediting BMW drivers with taking care on the roads despite no traffic lights. The...
Familiar faces get second time to shine as X Factor final 12 announced
THE final 12 acts in the running for this year's X Factor crown were revealed last night - and viewers could be forgiven for thinking certain faces looked familiar.
Strictly proves too hot for Masterchef judge Gregg Wallace
HIS no nonsense comments have left scores of MasterChef hopefuls sobbing into their soufflés.
Gerard Depardieu reveals his mother tried to kill him in womb with knitting needle
Gerard Depardieu is the bad boy of French cinema. But just how bad has only become apparent with the publication of the autobiography of France's national treasure turned national embarrassment.During his youth in Chateauroux in...
Sunday, 5 October 2014
Adele is rolling in the dosh despite no new music
Adele earns £80,000 (NZ$164,300) a day despite not releasing an album in almost four years.The Skyfall singer - whose last record 21 came out in 2011 - has earned £54 million (NZ$110 million) in the last 22 months up to December...
Paul Casserly: Radio fumes with Stinky Grooves
On Stinky Grooves - a radio institution that runs from 9 till midnight every Tuesday - music is served with the care given to a degustation at a high-end restaurant. Each track is carefully selected and matched with the next, although...
Top 10 facts about Eggs
BRITISH Egg Week begins today with the theme “eggs make a meal out of anything”.
Celebrity Treasure Island: where are they now?
The year was 2004 ... Ten years ago there were no reality shows about cooking - but Survivor -style show Treasure Island was the gift that kept giving for gossip columnists. Reality TV queen Julie Christie's show was into its...
Tissues at the ready! Tears from Cheryl and all the girls as X Factor finalists revealed
IT'S been a gruelling selection process but after tonight's episode, viewers finally know who will be going into the X Factor finals.
Paul Revere of Raiders rock band dies at 76
LOS ANGELES (AP) Paul Revere, the organist and leader of the Raiders rock band, has died. He was 76.Manager Roger Hart says Revere died Saturday at his home in Idaho. No other details were provided.Revere, born Paul Revere Dick,...
Fourth wave of celeb nudes includes first male victim
The fourth wave of of celebrity nudes hacked from the iCloud has leaked online - revealing its first male victim.Less high profile than the previous victims, this bout features Nick Hogan, son of Hulk, as well as Winona Ryder, ...
Tour news: Supergroove with Dave, Don and Anika
The first of the summer's major local vineyard tours has been announced with a line-up that brings together a revived Supergroove, Dave Dobbyn, Don McGlashan and Anika Moa.The Winery Tour 2015 starts at Tauranga's Mills Reef on...
Masterchef star Gregg Wallace is first to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing
HE MAY know a thing or two when it comes to cooking, but it seems that Gregg Wallace hasn't got what it takes to cut it on the dance floor.
Five school holiday films
The Boxtrolls Animated movie about Eggs, a young orphan raised by cave-dwelling, trash-collecting creatures known as the Boxtrolls. Planes: Fire & Rescue Sequel to Disney's 2013 Cars. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Thunderbirds are go - again
New images from the New Zealand-made animated revival of the classic 1960s sci-fi show Thunderbirds have been revealed.The cult show is set to appeal to a new generation, with a 21st-century version making a return to the small...
Teen star bends hits, likes Beckham
If ever there was a disparity between an actress and her characters, it's to be found in Chloe Grace Moretz. She sprang to fame in 2010, shocking parents everywhere as the profanity-spouting Hit-Girl in Matthew Vaughn's violent comic-book...
Musical review: The Sound of Music, The Civic
Right now The Sound of Music seems even more in tune with the times than when it premiered in 1959 and anticipated all the major themes of the 60s.A young musician with an old guitar abandons the security of her cloistered home...
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