Monday, 27 October 2014

Will the real Shakespeare please stand up?





A NEW book claims that the world's greatest playwright was actually someone else.


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Sunday, 26 October 2014

Paul Casserly: Sky's The Zone, a blind tasting

Sky have gone hard out promoting their new sci-Fi themed channel The Zone. I know this because a package arrived with some promotional knick-knacks, some of which my family will receive as gifts this Christmas. The pack also contained...


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Mel B reduced to tears as Jake Quickenden leaves X Factor





JAKE Quickenden has been voted off The X Factor leaving his mentor Mel B in tears.


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Downton dilemma: What do to with a dog named Isis?

The question of how to deal with an embarrassing Labrador has hounded English families for decades.But even by the wacky standards of Downton Abbey, killing it off seems a little extreme. The latest episode of ITV's period soap...


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Matt Heath: Kids, cricket and hitting racism for six

On Friday I attended a one-day international between the Black Caps and South Africa at the Bay Oval in Tauranga. I was lucky enough to be calling the game with The Alternative Commentary Collective. It's a beautiful new cricket venue...


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Tired Brits 'snooze' for two days a year





BRITONS lose more than two days of sleep a year by pressing the snooze button on their alarm clocks.


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Former rugby player Thom Evans is the fourth celebrity to leave Strictly Come Dancing





Thom Evans has become the latest star to waltz off the dance floor in Strictly Come Dancing 2014.


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Lorde home to kick off NZ tour

Lorde will kick off her much-awaited New Zealand tour in Christchurch tonight.The multiple Grammy winner is performing the first of four concerts in five days at Christchurch's Horncastle Arena tonight.From there it's off to Dunedin,...


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Ten things you didn't know about Strictly Come Dancing hunk Thom Evans





HE'S BEEN wowing the Strictly Come Dancing judges with his rhythmic dance moves and sequined outfits but there are a few things you don't know about hunky Thom Evans.


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Spirits move 'Ouija' to No. 1 at the box office

NEW YORK (AP) The spirits moved "Ouija" to No. 1 at the box office, with the board-game adaption leading the weekend with a $20 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.The horror movie release, timed to Halloween, attracted...


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Actor, Ohio native O'Neill aids Traficant movie

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) Actor Ed O'Neill is supporting an effort to raise funds to complete a documentary about a colorful congressman in his native northeast Ohio.Filmmaker Eric Murphy says he has a crowd-funding campaign to raise...


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Ola Jordan DENIES 'leaving Strictly Come Dancing to start a family with husband James'





SHE'S BEEN married to husband James Jordan for 11 years but it doesn't looks like Strictly Come Dancing star Ola Jordan is preparing to put her dancing to one side to have a baby.


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Concert review: SoulFest, Western Springs

What an absolute pleasure the first SoulFest festival was. Roughly 9000 punters descended on Western Springs Stadium yesterday for the biggest neo-soul, RnB, and hip hop line up New Zealand has ever seen, and you would've been hard...


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Loyal fan scores with a Rebels alliance

She might have scored a plum role on the latest Star Wars TV show, but Vanessa Marshall does not want JJ Abrams' upcoming movie spoiled for her."I don't want to know anything about Episode VII - not a single thing," she laughs...


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GTA 5: Rockstar reveal DLC release for 2014 and plans for Online Heists debut





ROCKSTAR have revealed they plan to launch new DLC content for GTA 5 story mode and have given an update on the delayed online heists feature.


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Former X Factor star Wagner, 58, to be father for third time with 22-year-old girlfriend





HE SHOOK the entertainment world back in 2010 when he was a contestant on the X Factor and just four years later Wagner has shocked the world again.


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Confidential Agent: How London's agents are sucking everything up





LOTTE Von Trippe reflects how London agents are like vacuum cleaners, sucking everything up.


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New life for old haunts





ANDREA WATSON finds spooky properties are very much in demand Old homes with new life.


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New life for old haunts





ANDREA WATSON finds spooky properties are very much in demand Old homes with new life.


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'With all the world's problems, we've got 1D' The Who's Roger Daltrey blasts modern music





HE MADE history in rock band The Who in the 1980s but Roger Daltrey isn't impressed with the state of modern music.


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