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Sunday, 12 April 2015
TV review: Why Thunderbirds Are Go is a fab remake
Those of us who loved Thunderbirds in those good old days always saw past the big heads, the wobbly walks and the major disaster scenes done with miniature models.You get the sense from watching tonight's first episode, that for...
Film Commission offers scholarship programme for women
The Film Commission has announced an annual scholarship programme for women, as suggested by acclaimed filmmaker Jane Campion.The programme will offer scholarships in areas of the screen industry where not many women work. It will...
Ad ordered off NZ screens over use of fog lights
An ad for Ssangyong's Korando has been ordered off New Zealand television due to its use of fog lights.In the ad, which was filmed overseas, the vehicle is shown being driven over a variety of terrain during daylight hours. It has...
Jerome Flynn: My turn on the Throne
After topping the charts worldwide in 1995 as one half of pop duo Robson and Jerome with their cover of Unchained Melody, Jerome Flynn was about as far away from cool as it was possible to be. So, the Kent-born 52-year-old must wonder...
Black-ish: Grey area's tasty bites of wit
Black-ish , which premieres tonight on TV2 at 8pm, is the most successful new American comedy in years and is already on its way to being a bona fide cultural phenomenon.Anthony Anderson ( Transformers, The Departed ) stars as Andre...
Slapstick in the rain
Not every actor would embrace the role of comic foil but, for Steven van Wyk, director of Cape Town's Underground Dance Theatre, landing the role of Cosmo Brown in the West End's newest production of the hit, Singin' in the Rain...
Thunderbirds are go - again
The biggest surprise was the lump in my throat.It arrived just as the opening life and death drama was becoming so dramatic that a measured plea for extra hands was in order: "Thunderbird Five, I need you now." Then it's slam, cut...
Midge Ure: Just a guitar and nowhere to hide
Midge Ure is full of fascinating stories about the decades he's spent in the entertainment industry. From his Visage days and his time as the frontman of Ultravox in the midst of the 80s new-wave era to Band Aid and the controversy...
Review: Ed Sheeran at Vector Arena
Screams erupted from the crowd as singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran stepped into the spotlight and plugged in his guitar.Busting straight into I 'm A Mess from latest album x , Sheeran showed he was anything but as he used his loop...
Celebrity chef retiring after diagnosed with dementia
Celebrity chef Dame Alison Holst is retiring, after she was diagnosed with dementia.Dame Alison, 77, has decided to step out of the public eye and spend time with her family.She had been writing a monthly column for her local...
Shell to design and build its own city car concept
UK car sales break new records again
Shine on: Metallic make-up is hot this spring
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