Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Competition: Win a copy of Bad Neighbours!

Outrageous comedy Bad Neighbours is out now, and we've got five copies of the blu-ray to give away!When Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) discover that their new next-door neighbours are none other than a University fraternity...


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Competition: Win a copy of Pulp on DVD!

Pulp: A film about Life, Death & Supermarkets is out now on DVD, and we've got five copies to give away!The film follows the story and career of Pulp's lead singer Jarvis Cocker. The documentary includes testimony from band members,...


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Broods on tour: In the tub with Sam Smith

Since Chicago, we've done shows in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Oakland, LA and Omaha. Tonight we were meant to play a show with Sam Smith in Houston, but it's been cancelled unfortunately due to Sam's health (poor...


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Lorde appears on all-star charity track

Lorde has appeared as an angel - complete with wings - in an all-star charity video for the BBC.The Kiwi pop star appears alongside Chris Martin, Elton John, Brian May, Florence Welch and Dave Grohl in the cover of the Beach Boys'...


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Karl Puschmann: Web series worth watching

www. is now a valid channel for watching television on. Over the past few years the internet has exploded with people making their own TV shows and posting them online. And we're not just talking enthusiastic amateurs and out-of-work...


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Should we get excited about Twin Peaks' return?

Robert Smith welcomes Twin Peaks' return When David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks made its debut in the early nineties it quickly scored a massive audience, hooked on the mystery of who killed Laura Palmer. But that success...


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Megadeth singer's mom-in-law missing in California

JULIAN, California (AP) Authorities in California are searching for a missing woman with Alzheimer's disease who is the mother-in-law of Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine.U-T San Diego reports 75-year-old Sally Estabrook was last...


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James Bond villain Geoffrey Holder has died

James Bond villain Geoffrey Holder has died.The Trinidadian actor, who was best known for his role as Baron Samedi 007 film Live and Let Die passed away on October 5, 2014, aged 84.A family spokesperson revealed that Geoffrey...


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Ewen Gilmour's private farewell

Comedian Ewen Gilmour is being farewelled at a private ceremony for family and friends this afternoon.The private ceremony is now underway at the Tuakau Town Hall.There were more leather jackets than suits as a large number of...


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Bake Off favourite Richard Burr banned from kitchen for making mess





BUILDER Richard Burr may be the hot favourite to win the Great British Bake Off tonight, but it has emerged his mother banned him from her kitchen for wrecking it.


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Arthritis breakthrough could end agony for millions of sufferers





MILLIONS of Britons could be spared the agony of crippling arthritis pain after a major breakthrough by scientists.


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Top 10 facts about restaurants





The London Restaurant Festival starts today and goes on until October 27.


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Singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul 'saved the lives' of three people by donating organs





LYNSEY de Paul "saved the lives" of three people by donating her organs to medicine, it was revealed at her funeral yesterday.


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Tuesday, 7 October 2014

How to look after marguerites over winter





MANY people use daisy-like marguerites as bedding plants, and throw them away at the end of every autumn but these pretty, half-hardy plants can be lifted for winter and replanted next spring.


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ABC's 'World News' breaks a ratings streak

NEW YORK (AP) As it did in the morning two years ago, ABC News has broken a long-running winning streak by its rivals at NBC News.ABC's "World News" beat NBC's "Nightly News" in viewership last week, only a month after David Muir...


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CBS reporter travels to Syria for interviews

NEW YORK (AP) CBS News reporter Clarissa Ward traveled undercover to Syria to interview two Westerners fighting against the United States for stories airing this week, a risk the network took despite the backdrop of kidnappings and...


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Tour news: Rod Stewart, Knife Party, Laneway

Rod Stewart has added a second Auckland show to his upcoming New Zealand tour after the first sold out.Stewart will perform his The Hits tour on Monday April 13 and the new show the following night on April 14.He's also playing...


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7th Heaven dad Stephen Collins 'admitted child abuse'

Actor who played reverend on long-running drama fired from Ted sequel hours after reports he confessed to molesting girls.The actor who played Reverend Eric Camden, the virtuous father on long-running family drama 7th Heaven, is...


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Colin Hogg: Fooling around pays off for Jono and Ben

Maybe I'm just deranged from all the politics I've had to look at on television lately, but I watched Jono and Ben at Ten on TV3 on Friday night and I laughed like I've never laughed at those fools before.And when I say fools,...


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Mike Rowe's series CNN's latest entry into reality

NEW YORK (AP) Mike Rowe never expected his new travelogue series "Somebody's Gotta Do It," to land on CNN.Yet when you think about it, Rowe fits what has become the network's mold for nonfiction entertainment programming: well-known...


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