Friday, 5 December 2014

Brand plans action over newspaper's 'hypocrite' claims

Months after he won substantial damages from the Sun for a false report that alleged he had been unfaithful to then-girlfriend Jemima Khan, Russell Brand has stated his intentions to launch further legal action against the tabloid...


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Verity Johnson: Go nuts with those hooters, Madonna - you're still sexy

Clearly, there's something special about boobs.They're hanging out in every major art gallery in the world. They've got a global, multi million-dollar lingerie trade devoted to them. They've got more nicknames than even the police.They've...


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Return on the Rings

The posters and trailers promise The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be "the defining chapter" of not just the Hobbit trilogy but Peter Jackson's entire Tolkien saga. The film's backers are leaving nothing to chance. This...


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The Diary: Laughs forgotten as Twitter spat gets heated

War of words He fronts a conservative political party, but Epsom electorate MP David Seymour, the leader of the Act Party, was far from quiet and measured when he got into a Twitter war of words yesterday with 7 Days comedian Urzila...


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Review: Cast make light of a dickens of a job

Northern Ballet's noted production of Charles Dickens' famous tale of curmudgeonly greed, grim reflection and a joyous redemption in Act III has all the charm of a very traditional Christmas card. Old London, with St Paul's dome and...


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Michele Hewitson interview: Millie Elder-Holmes

This is weird, I thought, at the KFC Fight For Life press conference at a Ponsonby pub on Wednesday morning. And if I thought that, what on earth must the star of the circus, Millie Elder-Holmes, think of it?The idea was that I...


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Pumping up the volumes

Nick Cave A Little History: Nick Cave & Cohorts , 1981-2013 by Bleddyn Butcher (Allen & Unwin, $59.99) With this year's release of the biographical film 20,000 Days On Earth Nick Cave fans' need for a memoir have p


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Return to Middle-earth - was it worth it? The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies predicted to limp at box office

The posters and trailers promise The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies to be "the defining chapter" of not just the Hobbit trilogy but Peter Jackson's entire Middle-earth saga. The film's backers are leaving nothing to chance....


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Vagina facts: 15 mind-boggling things you probably didn't know about your lady parts





FROM the highest amount of orgasms ever achieved to the life expectancy of your pubic hair, here are 15 fascinating facts about your vagina


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WATCH: Mel and Kendra join forces to tackle the Critter Conveyor in next bushtucker trial





MOVE over Edwina! Kendra has a new bushtucker trial team mate.


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Is that you, Karen? Former Doctor Who actress Gillan is barely recognisable at GQ awards





SHE shot to fame as Amy Pond on Doctor Who but yesterday Karen Gillan was barely recognisable as she attended a Hollywood party.


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From brrr to Brazilian: Warm your cockles with these South American Christmas cocktails





SPICE up your Christmas with these festive, Brazillian cocktails from Ypióca Cachaça


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Weekend Watch: Battlin' babes and shavin' South Islanders

Movies: The Exorcist Massive Santa's waggling his creepy finger, the giant baubles are up at the mall and people are starting to talk about terrible things like "tanning" and "New Years". Frankly, Christmas stress makes me wa...


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Mark Wahlberg seeks pardon for 1988 assaults

BOSTON (AP) " Actor Mark Wahlberg is asking Massachusetts for a pardon for assaults he committed in 1988 when he was a troubled teenager in Boston.Wahlberg's application with the Massachusetts Parole Board says he isn't the same...


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Kiwi child actor cleared of rape in the UK

A Kiwi teaching assistant who was in the UK as part of his gap year has been cleared of raping a female colleague at a boarding school where they both worked.Arthur Caughley, 20, who as a child starred in a children's drama series...


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Dominic Corry: What Bond may bring

Truly the Madonna of movies, the James Bond franchise was successfully re-inventing itself long before the term 'reboot' became as central to the modern film environment as it currently is. You could never accuse the franchise...


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Early Bob Dylan lyrics fail to sell at NYC auction

NEW YORK (AP) " The lyrics of two early unrecorded Bob Dylan songs have failed to find a buyer at a New York auction.The typed lyrics including handwritten annotations were offered Thursday at Christie's.The original 1962 "Talkin...


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Oh Mandy… how maestro Barry Manilow worked his magic on Amanda Holden





PRESENTER Amanda Holden sealed it with a kiss after meeting one of her musical heroes yesterday.


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Neighbours delight as party boy Bieber moves out of Hollywood





IT SEEMS that residents of Beverly Hills can breathe a sigh of relief as pop troublemaker Justin Bieber has moved out of his Hollywood home following months of excessive partying.


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