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Thursday 5 March 2015
'Shadow of Mordor,' 'Monument Valley' win big at game awards
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) " "Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor" is king of the Game Developers Choice Awards.Monolith Productions' gritty action-adventure game set between J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" was honored...
'Duang!' Chinese poke fun at Jackie Chan with nonsense word
BEIJING (AP) " Jackie Chan might still be popular in China, but nowadays the pro-Beijing actor is as well-known as fodder for jokes as he is for his gritty martial arts and slapstick humor on screen. His latest contribution to the...
Celebrity Social: Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, pose for birthday snaps
She was reportedly not a fan of Selena Gomez's relationship with Justin Bieber.But things certainly seem to be starting off swimmingly between Taylor Swift and her gal pal's rumoured new beau: DJ Zedd.The 25-year-old singer was...
Lake Street Dive: Diving into the mix
Hailing from Boston, Lake Street Dive started out 11 years ago when four students at the New England Conservatory of Music decided to be a band."One afternoon, towards the end of our first year, Mike Olsen gathered the four of us...
Movie review: Focus
Will Smith and Aussie It Girl Margot Robbie team up in a sleek slice of escapism from directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, the co-writers and directors of I Love You Phillip Morris and Crazy, Stupid, Love .Like their previous...
'He peed in my shoes' - another Kiwi faces Graham's red chair
A New Zealand nanny living in London survived Graham Norton's infamous red chair with a story about Invercargill. Brittany told the chat show host - and his panel of guests, including Sir David Attenborough, Jessica Chastain and...
Kanye West says he wants to be 'Picasso or greater' in latest rant
He certainly doesn't suffer from a lack of confidence and in a recent Oxford speech, Kanye West showed his ego is as healthy as ever. Addressing the Oxford Guild Society at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Monday...
The Bachelor: Full line up and launch date revealed
TV3 has announced the launch date for its new reality series, The Bachelor New Zealand , which will begin screening on Tuesday March 17 at 7.30pm.The series will run on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, replacing one night of X Factor...
Facebook exec, NBA team up to get men to 'lean in' for women
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) " Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg has enlisted NBA stars LeBron James, Stephen Curry and some of the basketball league's other top players to convince more men to join the fight for women's rights at home and...
Review: 'Unfinished Business' should never have started
LOS ANGELES (AP) " In the years since he strutted onto the scene " lean, handsome, mouth running a mile a minute " in Doug Liman's "Swingers" (1996), Vince Vaughn has become one of the poster boys for the mainstream American comedy:...
Wednesday 4 March 2015
NZ 'joins the Netflix family' - but where's House of Cards?
Netflix executives have promised New Zealand will become "part of the Netflix family" but for now, it seems we may be the poor cousins. Netflix will launch in New Zealand on March 24 with no sign of its biggest show, House of Cards....
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