Sunday, 22 March 2015

J Cole shines like true star at South by Southwest festival

NEW YORK (AP) " J. Cole helped close the annual South by Southwest festival with a top notch performance that proved he's not just one of rap's best performers, but music in general.Cole was a crowd favorite at ACL Live at the Moody...


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Mad Men mania for final season

Visit the Mad Men exhibition occupying a floor of the Museum of the Moving Image in New York and among all the costumes, sets and props from the (madly) popular programme you will see a mock page of the New York Times dated September...


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Auckland Arts Festival review: A Child of our time, Auckland Town Hall

With inspired singing from Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir and the New Zealand Youth Choir, Stier presented Tippett's testament of hope. Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's presentation of Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time was...


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British actor proves himself perfectly suited for everyman roles

Eddie Marsan is the sort of character actor whose face is familiar but his name doesn't quite ring a bell. He pops up everywhere - whether it's playing miserable gits in Mike Leigh's movies ( Happy-Go-Lucky and Vera Drake ), or...


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'It's a f***ing disgrace' Liz Hurley portrays swearing, stripping queen in The Royals





IT'S the latest drama about The Royals and Liz Hurley certainly portrays a very sexed-up Queen as she galavants around in her underwear.


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Watch out Boris Johnson, The Voice winner Jermain Jackman wants your job!





'WE DEFINITELY need a younger Mayor of London,' Jermain Jackman says with a cheeky grin as the Voice champ tells us about love, life and his new debut album.


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Daniel Craig over-looks Day of the Dead march on Mexico set of James Bond movie Spectre





FILMING has resumed for the latest James Bond movie and this time Daniel Craig is doing his hunky work in Mexico.


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Singer-songwriter Jackie Trent dies after 'a long illness' aged 74





SHE famously knocked the Beatles' Ticket To Ride off the top spot with her catchy hit Where Are You Now, but sadly musician Jackie Trent died yesterday.


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Is it time for your carriage? Cinderella star Lily James parties with boyfriend Matt Smith





THEY'VE been coy about their dating history but Lily James and Matt Smith are being very open about their relationship now.


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Motoring review: Mercedes C takes on its rivals





THERE ARE few areas of commerce where corporate rivalry is more intense than on the German super-saloons battleground.


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Wedding of the year? Andy Murray and Kim Sears 'to wed in Dunblane Cathedral'





THEY are set to marry in just a few weeks time but it doesn't look like Andy Murray and Kim Sears' union is going to be as private as first thought.


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Live like a rock star: Superbands Asia and Uriah Heep’s manager is selling his home





HOW DOES it feel to live in a house where some of Britain's most enduring bands have partied, chilled out or made records that rocked the world?


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'It would be sad not to have sex again before you die!' Helen Lederer on Losing It





ACTUALLY Lederer isn't going mad, her new book is called Losing It. The comedienne tells us about sex over sixty and learning to accept herself and be hopeful for the future.


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X Factor review: Are the new judges any good?

Like it or not this season of The X Factor has created New Zealand television history. How the hell do you follow that up? That's what the country was tuning in to find out.The first order of business was to acknowledge the global...


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VIDEO: Extraordinary clip of Silk and The Village star Maxine Peak as Hamlet





VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Maxine Peak in the film version of her female Hamlet after acclaimed roles in TV smashes like Silk, The Village and Shameless.


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US TV reporter dies after covering story

A veteran New York television reporter has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage after covering a story.WABC-TV says 49-year-old Lisa Colagrossi was stricken while returning to the station from a fire scene Thursday. Colagrossi...


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X Factor: I'll Stan by you

You don't have to be an avid viewer of The X Factor New Zealand to know it's been a tough week behind the scenes.Husband-and-wife judging duo Natalia Kills and Willy Moon made international headlines with their wannabe Bonnie...


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Anna Faris: Mum's the word

With her recurring role as Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie franchise and starring parts in a succession of offbeat comedies Lost in Translation, Waiting and House Bunny , Anna Faris was on a Hollywood high, headed for the top....


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Two icy worlds collide

The blockbuster world of Frozen makes its icy foray into Once Upon A Time this week and Elsa and Anna fans aren't the only ones rejoicing at the two worlds colliding.Young and old cast members are Frozen film buffs, from 14-year-old...


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Cheap Trick's peaceful return

Cheap Trick's legendary guitarist and songwriter Rick Nielsen has a clear memory of the last time the band played in New Zealand. It was 1979 at the Christchurch Town Hall."I remember the show because at the end, the mayor came...


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