IT HAS been a few years between TV car showroo...
Sunday, 22 March 2015
Downton Abbey makes hay as the sun shines over the stars
Downton Abbey’s stars have been spotted filming market scenes for the sixth series of the hit ITV show, which returns this autu...
EXCLUSIVE: Two faces of Poldark clash with original star's return
IT IS the clash of the Poldarks tonight in the most talked-about period drama since the launch of Downton Abb...
VIDEO: 'Ellie Goulding shot me down.' Luke Friend on celeb crushes and salsa dancing
LUKE FRIEND is already over Ellie Goulding as he reveals that Wolf of Wall Street beauty Margot Robbie will be his girlfriend in time for the release of his debut single Hole In My Hea...
Seerenade/ Carmina Burana by Birmingham Royal Ballet: Reviews
CARMINA BURANA is a flat-out brutal pastiche of medieval religious obsessions. It is also, with its cast of thousands, a perfect window on to this superb company of dance...
Theatre round-up: The Producers, The Cutting Of Cloth and Stevie reviews
BY ADAPTING his cult comedy, The Producers for the stage, and in the process making his debut as a Broadway composer and lyricist, Mel Brooks turned a film about one of the worst musicals of all time into a show that is one of the be...
Opera round-up The Wild Man of the West Indies and La Boheme: Reviews
ENGLISH TOURING OPERA has rediscovered Donizetti’s virtually unknown “Il furioso all’isola di San Domingo”, first performed to huge success in 1833, but vanished from view by the late 19th century. Renamed The Wild Man of the West Indies, it is cannily teamed during ETO’s spring tour with opera’s most popular work in Puccini’s La Bohe...
A bizarre black comedy: The Voices review and trailer
THE VOICES is a bizarre black comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as an arrested adolescent who turns serial killer encouraged by his loquacious household pets, profane cat Mr Whiskers and cheery bull mastiff Bos...
The Divergent Series Insurgent: Review and trailer
COULD Shailene Woodley be a Meryl Streep in the making? The 23-year old actress has already received a Golden Globe nomination for The Descendants and impressed in blockbuster weepie The Fault In Their Stars for which she was Oscar-tipped last ye...
Rita Ora boasts 'I bring four million to+ the Voice'
THE VOICE judge Rita Ora has praised her own pulling power, boasting she has attracted millions of viewers to the BBC sh...
Shiftlings PS4 Review: A perfect pick for some family fun
SHIFTLINGS is a game centered around two space janitors wearing inflatable space suits who are sent flying through the galaxy to fix a heap of problems and is a sure-fire hit for some family f...
Saturday, 21 March 2015
John Legend: 'Blurred Lines' verdict may set scary precedent
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) " John Legend says he's concerned that the "Blurred Lines" verdict could set a scary precedent for artists creating music inspired by others.Legend told The Associated Press on Saturday that the song sounds like...
VIDEO: 'This could go very wrong.' The Voice champ Jermain Jackman returns tonight
'THERE is dancing and I DON'T dance! Jermain Jackman's fears over his performance as he returns on The Voice live show tonig...
Keeping classical cool: Oldest US arts group turns 200
BOSTON (AP) " Before Beyonce, there were the Beatles. Before the Beatles, there was Brahms. And before Brahms was even born, there was the Handel & Haydn Society.America's oldest continuously operating arts organization turns 200...
'The Birds of America' take flight in HistoryMiami exhibit
MIAMI (AP) " When John James Audubon set out to survey the birds of the United States in the early 1800s, people believed the young country's natural resources were infinite.A new HistoryMiami exhibit showing every image printed...
Urzila Carlson: Take it like a man
A few weeks ago at an Auckland Art Gallery event filled with the great and the gaunt of our biggest city, Urzila Carlson stood out like a sore thumb. To be fair, it wasn't entirely the South African-born comedian's fault. She had...
Barry Manilow giving piano to NY school district
UNIONDALE, New York (AP) " Barry Manilow is giving a piano to a New York school district and he's urging others to donate musical instruments for schoolchildren to play.Newsday reports that the 71-year-old Manilow is donating a...
Contestant falls for another bachelor
Rosie Kininmonth shocked The Bachelor NZ viewers when she turned down clean-cut Arthur Green on the show's debut episode.And just days after her sensational exit, the 30-year-old real estate agent has revealed she is now planning...
Jeremy Clarkson's foul rant at bosses
With his multi-million-pound job hanging in the balance, it might have been wise to maintain a dignified silence. But Jeremy Clarkson isn't one for pulling his punches.The Top Gear presenter launched an extraordinary foul-mouthed...
Rocker from System of a Down calls NZ home
A sleepy town north of Auckland doesn't fit the typical rock 'n' roll lifestyle but Serj Tankian has always defied convention.The frontman of System of a Down now calls New Zealand home, and lives on a rural property about an hour's...
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