Sunday, 30 November 2014

Spy: X Factor judge tried to burn down ex's house

The hunt for the next talented Kiwi with the x factor has begun, but host Dominic Bowden missed the first day of filming at the Skycity theatre on Wednesday. He was busy in Hollywood, backstage at the final of Dancing with the...


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Five things you didn't know about Strictly Come Dancing beauty Sunetra Sarker





SHE'S GIVEN her all in BBC competition Strictly Come Dancing but there's more to Sunetra Sarker than meets the eye.


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Star Wars trailer gets Lego makeover

There are Star Wars fans, and then there are complete Star Wars obsessives.One of the latter has spent more than 12 hours remaking The Force Awakens teaser trailer with Lego, and the result is pretty awesome.The first glimpse...


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Matt Heath: Hard-living Stones may have cracked the secret

The Rolling Stones' songs are big and their sound is huge but the actual band is very little. From where I was sitting they were just tiny dots in the distance. Even close up Mick, Keith and Charlie are skinny wee dudes.It got me...


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Piers Morgan slams LaBeouf's 'grotesque' rape claim

Piers Morgan has condemned actor Shia LaBeouf's "outrageous 'rape' claim", writing that it "demeans real rape victims" and was "ridiculous" on Twitter.The former British newspaper editor turned US commentator posted the remarks...


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Tour news: Nas adds second Auckland show to NZ tour

Queensbridge rapper Nas sold out his upcoming Auckland show in just two days, but fans who missed out can now nab tickets to another show.The Illmatic star, who will be performing his 1994 classic debut in full during his three...


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Actor reveals 'catastrophic' Star Wars audition

He may be hotly-tipped for next year's best actor Oscar, but Eddie Redmayne has shared details of his "catastrophic" Star Wars and The Hobbit auditions.The English actor, who plays Stephen Hawking in upcoming biopic The Theory...


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'Mockingjay' tops 'Penguins,' 'Horrible Bosses'

LOS ANGELES (AP) " Moviegoers wanted another helping of "The Hunger Games.""The Hunger Games: Mockingjay " Part One" ruled the Thanksgiving box office for a second weekend in a row with $56.9 million, according to studio estimates...


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Mark Strand, prize-winning poet, dies in NYC at 80

NEW YORK (AP) " Mark Strand, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate widely praised for his concentrated, elegiac verse and graceful command of both humor and despair, has died. He was 80.Strand, whose works were translated...


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New summer festival heading to Mt Smart

Summer in Auckland wouldn't be complete without a crazy outdoor dance party and today Frontier Touring and Future Music Group have announced a new mini-festival: Future Sound System.Taking place at Mt Smart Stadium on Friday February...


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Moses - more a myth than a man?

The actor Christian Bale has said that Moses was "likely schizophrenic and one of the most barbaric characters I ever read about in my life", which may illuminate the way he plays the character in Ridley Scott's upcoming film Exodus:...


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Let's do Time Warp again - Rocky Horror sequel set for debut

In 1973 a gender-bending musical that pushed the boundaries of good taste opened with an expected run of just three weeks ... and is still being staged across the world. Now, four decades later, a stage sequel to The Rocky Horror...


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Classical review: APO, Auckland Town Hall

The partnership between Radio New Zealand Concert and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is long-standing and symbiotic.Friday's Settling the Score Live drew an enthusiastic APO audience to hear what radio listeners had taken to...


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Grey Lynn plays host to swinging festival

Auckland's Grey Lynn Park Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary in style on Saturday.According to organisers, the free festival - which featured performances from a variety of artists and 250 stalls - attracted between 70,000...


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Cyber Monday deals: Tesco midnight launch, New GAME sale, Amazon daily deals





FOLLOWING The success of Black Friday, shoppers can prepare themselves for another day of sales in the UK with Cyber Monday.


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Filling up fast! Jake and Foggy race against the clock in I'm A Celeb Bushtucker Trial





THEY'RE TWO of the strongest contestants and camp mates picked Carl Fogarty and Jake Quickenden to take the latest Bushtucker Trial on I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!


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SPOILER: Handbags at dawn! Phil Mitchell and Nick Cotton come to blows in EastEnders





THEY'RE two of the most confrontational characters in the history of EastEnders so a face-off between Phil Mitchell and Nick Cotton's not going to end well.


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The abs champion! Nicole Scherzinger flashes washboard tummy in netted crop top





SHE'S ONE of the hottest singers around and Nicole Scherzinger flaunted her impressive abs at a concert yesterday.


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Downton Abbey's Phyllis Logan: 'I love meeting fans'





DOWNTON'S Phyllis Logan just loves her other life as housekeeper Mrs Hughes, no matter how many corsets she has to wear. And rumours that she’ll be running a B&B with Mr Carson are just below-stairs gossip – as Paula Kerr reports


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'I did have a four-year relationship with a woman' Mel B discusses same-sex dating





SHE'S happily married to Stephen Belafonte, but Mel B has spoken out about her previous relationships and admitted to one with a woman.


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