Alex and Corban Walls were runaway winners of the reality home-building show The Block last night, making $307,000 profit.The couple's Pt Chevalier home set an early cracking pace in a live auction on TV3, selling for $1,552,000....
Friday, 14 November 2014
TV star's grape-crushing stunt reflects change in advertising
You may have seen superstar chat show host Graham Norton doing his bit for NZ Inc recently, crushing a barrel of grapes with his bare feet to help Kiwi firm Invivo Wines make a special sauvignon blanc bearing his name.Norton has...
Michele Hewitson interview: Martin Snedden
The last, and only other time, I met Martin Snedden he was Mr Rugby World Cup, although the event was then still three years away. I suggested that by the end of it he'd either be a saint or in the sewer. He agreed that there was...
The Diary: SBW 'can't wait' for fatherhood touchdown
It's official: baby watch has begun. Sonny Bill Williams and his wife Alana are expecting their first baby over the next few days, and the sports superstar "can't wait to be a daddy", his agent Khoder Nasser told The Diary yesterday."Basically,...
Mysteries for the new maverick
HARRY Bosch, Connelly’s veteran LAPD cop who breaks the rules, is back on the beat with a rookie in tow.
The finest strategist of them all
HISTORIAN Andrew Roberts’ doorstop biography of Napoleon is 820 pages long and the fact that the Battle Of Waterloo does not get under way until page 752 tells you all you need to know.
Third Person review: Smartly structured but the execution is laboured
TEN years after the Oscar-winning Crash writer/director Paul Haggis takes another stab at a multi-story, ensemble piece with Third Person.
Rik Mayall memorial 'Bottom bench' unveiled in Hammersmith
IN THE opening scene of Rik Mayall's BBC comedy series Bottom the late comedian can be seen squabbling with his co-star Adrian Edmonson while sitting on a roadside bench.
Designs on a dream home: Couple build an 'upside-down' house
TONY and Alison Benson faced huge opposition when they lodged a planning application to create a massive new West London house on the site of an older property: but now locals love it.
Win a break at Humble Bee Farm in Yorkshire worth £400
We’ve got two relaxing breaks to give away!
Awards season starts early with 1st televised show
LOS ANGELES (AP) " For those who feel like Hollywood's awards season can't start soon enough, you're in luck.The Hollywood Film Awards, which bills itself as "the official launch of awards season," is making its television debut...
White Christmas: A nostalgia-fest for Bing Crosby fans
IT is not hard to see why Irving Berlin’s 1954 musical is so rarely revived.
Frankie Bridge grabs some extra dance practice with husband Wayne before Strictly tomorrow
EVERY little helps when it comes to practicing for Strictly Come Dancing.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Alison Hammond and Aljaž Skorjanec are Strictly superheroes
SHE'S TURNING heads on this year's Strictly Come Dancing and Alison Hammond has admitted the public's support has been "motivating".
Review: Lackluster tribute to Paul McCartney
Various artists, "The Art of McCartney" (Arctic Poppy)This two-disc Paul McCartney tribute is a decade-in-the-making labor of love by one man, producer Ralph Sall. So it would be churlish to throw cold water on it, right?Sorry....
NBC's Al Roker completes marathon weathercast
NEW YORK (AP) " His voice reduced to a croak, Al Roker completed a 34-hour marathon weather forecast Friday on NBC's "Today" show.Roker had his marathon certified by Guinness World Records as the longest continuous live weather...
It's a whopper! Declan Donnelly's fiance Ali Astall flaunts HUGE diamond engagment ring
THEY ANNOUNCED their engagement earlier this week and Declan Donnelly's fiancée Ali Astall has been flashing her new ring.
Apple iPhone and iPad users warned of new security threat
THE U.S. government has warned iPhone and iPad users to be on the alert for hackers who may exploit a vulnerability in Apple's iOS operating system.
Slow but worth the wait: James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy star in The Drop
THE Drop is one of those films that is slow to come to the boil but when everything finally falls into place it proves to have been well worth the wait.
WATCH: Review and trailer for The Imitation Game
EVERYONE should know the story of Alan Turing and the wartime codebreakers of Bletchley Park.
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