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Thursday, 16 October 2014
My first gig: Benny Tipene
I was 16 when I went to my first concert. At that time I would've been listening to rap - Tupac and 50 Cent. It wasn't until I was 17 that I started getting into rock 'n' roll and learnt to play an instrument.It was 2006 and it...
Medical examiner: Rivers died of low blood oxygen
NEW YORK (AP) The New York City medical examiner says Joan Rivers died from low blood oxygen during a medical procedure.The comedian, who was 81, died Sept. 4. She had been hospitalized since Aug. 28 when she went into cardiac...
APPLE LIVE: Apple Pay, new Mac system debut
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) Apple made its new Mac operating system, Yosemite, available as a free download starting Thursday. Apple Pay, the company's new system for using iPhones to make credit and debit card payments at retail stores,...
Medical examiner: Joan Rivers died of low blood oxygen as a complication of surgery
NEW YORK (AP) Medical examiner: Joan Rivers died of low blood oxygen as a complication of surgery.
Review: Aretha takes on divas, comes out swinging
Aretha Franklin, "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics" (RCA Records)Aretha Franklin sings the sound of America like nobody else alive a point of unceasing pride for Detroit, the place she was raised and remains near today....
Calorie warning on sugary drinks deters teens
APPLE LIVE: Apple Pay to debut on Monday
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) Apple Pay, the company's new system for using iPhones to make credit and debit card payments at retail stores, will make its debut Monday.Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the date Thursday during a company event...
Wed in a lion's cage: circus queen's active at 103
PARIS (AP) Madame Rosa appears at the circus apartment doorway in sparkling diamonds, red lipstick and a walking frame and sits down beside her leopard skin rug."That's Mickey," exclaims the 103-year-old doyenne of Europe's most...
This year's NZ Music Award contenders revealed
Perhaps not unsurprisingly given her domination of the pop world in the last 18 months, Lorde is one of the leading contenders for this years Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.The nominees, plus the winners in several categories...
Thai soaps trigger outcry over romanticizing rape
BANGKOK (AP) In a famous scene from Thailand's award-winning soap opera "The Power of Shadows," the handsome protagonist gets drunk and rapes the leading lady. He later begs her forgiveness, and they live happily ever after.Boy...
New claims Lionel Richie is Khloe Kardashian's father
There's long been speculation regarding her paternal origin.But a new report by In Touch claims that Khloe Kardashian's real father is none other than Lionel Richie.A source told the publication that the reality star's mother...
Celebrity social: Ariana Grande embracing diva label
Ariana Grande has encouraged her critics to keep labelling her a diva because it elevates her to the same rank as Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion.The 21-year-old singer has faced a public backlash in recent weeks following a series...
TV pick: Friday Night Dinner's awkward ensemble
It features two comedy legends in Black Books' Tamsin Greig and The Inbetweeners' Simon Bird, and stars a deaf shirtless dad who likes to keep dead foxes in the freezer.But Paul Ritter, who plays dodgy dad Martin Goodman in...
Movie review: Pride
When British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher set about closing coal mines in 1984, it sparked a year-long strike by members of the National Union of Mineworkers, the memories of which still reverberate in the provinces.It also...
TV Pick: Downton Abbey
1. It's 1924.The first Labour Government has come to power in Britain which has put the wind up Lord Grantham: "What worries me is our government is committed to the destruction of people like us and everything we stand for." Things...
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