NEW YORK (AP) " A day after Trevor Noah was declared the new host of "The Daily Show," complete with the blessing of the exiting Jon Stewart, graphic tweets targeting women, Jews and victims of the Ebola virus are causing a social...
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Residents mixed over Block news
Sandringham residents are preparing for a Block invasion, as producers reveal they're moving into the neighbourhood.Producers for Eyeworks New Zealand, the production company that makes The Block NZ , sent letters to residents...
Jono gets bad break in Blues training stunt
TV3 comedian Jono Pryor got more than he bargained for when he joined the Auckland Blues rugby team for training yesterday.Pryor and his co-host Ben Boyce were filming a stunt for the pair's Friday night Jono and Ben show when...
The Diary: Good keen men
Film-maker Taika Waititi is casting for a feature film based on a Barry Crump book, and he tells The Diary the project will be under way soon. Hunt For the Wilderpeople is a movie written and directed by Waititi, and based on Crump's...
The man who would be King
Where would British acting be without all those cruelly maligned posh boys to brighten it up? Benedict Cumberbatch is in absolutely everything, Eddie Redmayne got himself an Oscar and now Damian Lewis is the latest in a long line...
Foreign take on funny side of life
The acerbic quiver of Jon Stewart, whose talk show on Comedy Central has for more than a decade served as a vital locus of satirical political and social commentary, is to be handed to someone with an entirely outside perspective...
Regrets, he had a few: Sinatra's big mistake
He crooned about having a few regrets in the classic hit My Way - and now we know what Ol' Blue Eyes might have been talking about.One of Frank Sinatra's greatest misgivings was leaving his first wife for movie star Ava Gardner,...
Lupita Nyong'o looks stunning in bridal-esque gown on cover of Harper's Bazaar
SHE'S shot to fame in the past couple of years and Lupita Nyong'o looks happier and more fresh-faced than ever whilst posing for her latest magazine shoot.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 5-11
April 5: Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 73. Actor Max Gail ("Sons and Daughters," ''Barney Miller") is 72. Actress Jane Asher is 69. Singer Agnetha Faltskog of Abba is 65. Actor Mitch Pileggi is 63. Guitarist Mike McCready...
South African comic Noah will replace Jon Stewart
NEW YORK (AP) " The choice of South African comic Trevor Noah as Jon Stewart's replacement on "The Daily Show" advances an intriguing new trend of late-night comic hosts with a more worldly perspective while continuing the longer-running...
Jamie Foxx's 'transphobic' Bruce Jenner joke
Jamie Foxx has been slammed for making a joke about Bruce Jenner.The 47-year-old singer-and-actor caused controversy in his opening monologue at the iHeart Radio Music Awards at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium when he poked fun at...
Mark Wahlberg's ridiculous 2am workout routine
Mark Wahlberg insists a hotel room is ripped out and converted to a gym wherever he stays so he can work out at all hours of the night.The Fighter actor is so dedicated to staying in shape, he wakes at 2.30am six days a week to...
Why Jon Hamm was forced to turn down Gone Girl
It was one of the biggest movies of 2014, netting $368 million at the box office and even netting an Oscar nomination for Rosamund Pike.Now it has been revealed that Jon Hamm was forced to turn down a starring role in Gone Girl...
Coachella, Lollapalooza ban 'narcissistic' selfie sticks
You can bring your beach towels and floral headbands, but forget that selfie stick if you're planning to go to the Coachella or Lollapalooza music festivals.The devices, which grasp cellphones to allow people to take pictures of...
Siobhan Keogh: How I learned to love DLC
I have a confession to make: I like DLC.DLC, or downloadable content, has drawn the ire of gamers since its inception. Essentially, DLC is additional content that's not in the base game. There are legitimate reasons DLC might...
TV review: That Walking Dead finale - where to from here?
*Warning: The following contains spoilers for The Walking Dead. Do not read if you haven't seen the season five finale. The latest season of The Walking Dead shambled to an end this week, with the final episode almost entir
Is The Block's fourth season moving to Sandringham?
The Block's fourth season will be moving to Sandringham, it has been reported.Local TV website The Spinoff reports resid
Swinging Britain: Secret world of sex parties
THE secret world of sex parties is in the spotlight after a guest at one dies in a swimming pool
Top 10 facts about tins
THIS is Canned Food Week and you can find out all about it at www.cannedfood.co.uk. Meanwhile here are some facts, fresh from the can.
Irvine Welsh, Joseph O'Neill up for comic-writing prize
LONDON (AP) " Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh and Irish-American author Joseph O'Neill are among the finalists for a comic-writing award whose prize includes a bottle of champagne and a pig.Welsh's scabrous "A Decent Ride" and O'Neill's...
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