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Thursday 12 February 2015
TV pick: Best quotes from X Factor's new season
By now, you should know what to expect from the manufactured pop factory that is X Factor . But this year promises a few new twists, thanks to judges Natalia Kills and Willy Moon. Rumour has it Ms Kills isn't afraid to say what she...
Donnell says goodbye to 'The View'
NEW YORK (AP) " Rosie O'Donnell has ended her second stint on "The View," her goodbye about as short as her tenure.Holding her toddler daughter, O'Donnell made her exit Thursday in a segment that lasted barely 40 seconds. She thanked...
Early Nicki Minaj 'offensive' - BSA
A song that salutes big-bottomed women was aired too early in the day for the Broadcasting Standards Authority's liking and a radio station has been chided.The BSA upheld a complaint that radio station Humm FM 106.2 breached standards...
The Diary: Kiwi celeb snaps of the week
Sam Hayes Sam donned an itsy bitsy teenie weenie eco-green bikini this week in Brazil. The TV3 redhead, and her bestie Claire Robbie, took to Copacabana beach with a cocktail. Back home, the word is she won't be co-hosting 3rd...
Tour news: A$AP Ferg plans double trouble for NZ
He scared audiences senseless at a thrillingly intense Auckland show just last year.And A$AP Ferg will be planning a repeat performance when the rapper hits our shores in May for two shows - at Wellington's James Cabaret on May...
60 Minutes' Bob Simon killed in car crash
Bob Simon, a veteran correspondent for US current affairs show 60 Minutes, has been killed in car crash in New York.Simon was a passenger in livery cab which was hit by a Mercedes-Benz driven by a 23-year-old man.The 73-year-old...
Our First Home's numbingly nice cast
We're only through week one of Our First Home , but already the pain of renovation is palpable in the audience. The nauseating horror of having hacked away gib to reveal deep rot. Endless hours coated in dust and immersed in drudge....
Cricket World Cup opening ceremony will draw thousands
Thousands of Cantabrians are expected to flock to tonight's opening ceremony for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 tournament, which will include a starring role for All Blacks captain Richie McCaw.The free event at North Hagley Park,...
Meet the man who created Dothraki for Game of Thrones
David J Peterson was teaching English Composition at Fullerton College, California, when he heard that HBO was accepting applications to develop Dothraki for Game of Thrones . Using the handful of words and phrases in George RR Martin's...
Top Gear's back - get ready to be offended
Jeremy Clarkson and his fellow Top Gear presenters may have been forced to flee Argentina after causing offence to locals while filming the series' Patagonia special, but it evidently hasn't dented the programme's global appeal.The...
Sol3 Mio officially the nicest guys in Kiwi music
Chart-topping popera trio Sol3 Mio have cemented their reputation as the nicest guys in Kiwi music, taking time out to visit a sick fan. Brothers Pene and Amitai Pati and their cousin Moses Mackay went to visit Toni Reid in Christchurch...
In the Flesh - these zombies aren't dead just yet
Dominic Mitchell's first and only TV show has just been cancelled - but he doesn't sound too worried.Like the reformed zombies that form the basis of his "kitchen sink zombie drama" In the Flesh , it could soon come back to life."I'm...
Review: Kendrick sings _ and charms _ in 'Last Five Years'
Don't be surprised if, settling into "The Last Five Years" with your popcorn, you hear a large number of people around you singing rather than crunching.That's because the stage play it's based on, a soulful and romantic song cycle...
Fifty Shades of Grey: Kiss kiss, bang bang
Two weeks before the feverishly-anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey hits theatres, its burgeoning movie stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are savouring their last few days of anonymity.Unsurprisingly then, when I meet Johnson...
Man pleads no contest to burglarizing Miley Cyrus' home
LOS ANGELES (AP) " A convicted burglar has pleaded no contest to breaking into Miley Cyrus' home last year.The Los Angeles district attorney's office says Rusty Edward Sellner entered the plea to one count of first-degree residential...
Modeselektor: In the perfect mode
Trying to explain the sound Modeselektor makes is a tough task. Just ask band member Sebastian Szary."I think that's your job," laughs Szary down the phoneline from their Berlin studio when asked to describe themselves."We stopped...
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