I was a Simpsons kid.I calendared. I VCR'd. At school I wrote book reviews on Bart Simpson's Guide to Life .The chapter on how to annoy one's parents remains as relevant today as it was 20 years ago: nothing angers your mum...
Saturday 30 August 2014
Bracelet boo-boo
Producers of new Kiwi horror flick Housebound got a stern telling-off when they tried to flog a home detention bracelet on Trade Me.The auction for the bracelet used as a prop in the film reached $10.50 before it was taken down...
5 takeaways from a punch-less summer box office
NEW YORK (AP) The movie of the summer might have been Marvel's irreverent hit "Guardians of the Galaxy," the top domestic film at the box office. Or it could have been Michael Bay's sequel-reboot hybrid "Transformers: Age of Extinction,"...
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' draft released
LONDON (AP) An unused chapter of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" has been released 50 years after Roald Dahl's much-loved children's novel was first published.The fifth chapter, from a 1961 draft, describes an extra room in...
After injury, Kings of Leon ready for stage
NEW YORK (AP) A brotherly reunion is coming to the City of Brotherly Love: Family band Kings of Leon will play its first show Sunday in Philadelphia since drummer Nathan Followill injured his ribs.The group will headline the second...
Spanish fashion designer Pertegaz dies at 96
MADRID (AP) Manuel Pertegaz, one of Spain's most admired fashion designers who dressed Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy and Ava Gardner, has died. He was 96.Pertegaz died Saturday in his hometown of Barcelona, according to Spain's...
Peter Kay set to bring back Phoenix Nights in 2015 with live show and new TV series
HE MAY have been out of the limelight for over a year, but Peter Kay already has big things planned for 2015.
Yummy mummy Kim Kardashian wears VERY low-cut jumpsuit as she leaves LA with North
KIM Kardashian certainly turned heads as she prepared to jet out of Los Angeles last night.
Denise Van Outen cosies up to topless male dancers as she performs at G-A-Y
DENISE Van Outen had all eyes on her as she performed at London nightclub G-A-Y yesterday.
No more tiers: Get the cake, dress and everything in between at The National Wedding Show
WANT to get your wedding sorted in one day, in one building? Here are the top 10 highlights to look out for at this year's National Wedding Show
Hey, big spender! Brad Pitt buys Angelina Jolie £3 Thorntons toffees as a wedding gift
THEY reportedly drank £15 wine on their wedding day, so it may come as no surprise that Brad Pitt didn't splash out on a wedding present for his new wife.
David Beckham sports bandaged arm following motorbike crash as he arrives at LAX airport
DAVID Beckham fell off his motorbike in Sunset Boulevard on Thursday afternoon, and yesterday he was showing the injuries of his nasty accident.
Comedian Tracy Morgan still struggling after crash
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) An attorney for Tracy Morgan says the former "Saturday Night Live" actor is having a tough time recovering from a June accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that left a fellow comedian dead.Attorney Benedict...
3 convicted in US rapper's slaying
ATLANTA (AP) A jury has convicted three men in the shooting death of an Atlanta rapper known as Lil Phat.Melvin Vernell III was shot and killed in June 2012 outside a hospital where he was awaiting the birth of his child.On Friday,...
Movie review: If I Stay
The latest bestselling young adult novel adapted for the big screen is Gayle Forman's supernatural story If I Stay. A story of teenage love and family tragedy, the film is faithful to the structure of the novel, but a little of...
Movie review: The Inbetweeners 2
Dick jokes, bad taste buddy banter, more dick jokes. When The Inbetweeners began back in 2008, the cult UK comedy show took a simple but poignant look at adolescent awkwardness that only occasionally veered into more puerile ter...
Sharon Jones: She's a soul survivor
Sharon Jones had her last chemotherapy treatment on New Year's Eve, and four days later, she was performing live on The Jimmy Fallon Show .No, she's not superwoman, but the 58-year-old American soul singer wasn't about to let a...
Michele Hewitson: No holds barred in the cells
Crikey, the new season of Wentworth got off to a raunchy start on Monday (TV2, 8.35pm). I'm not sure how you get around it not being raunchy, being set in an Australian women's prison, although I'm not sure raunchy is the right...
For the record
You can go a long way on a giggle. Benjii Jackson's stretched his all the way to England and as for Ben Howe, well, right now, he's in New York and still going strong after 15 years.Both run record labels (Muzai and Arch Hill respectively),...
Daughter: Joan Rivers is in 'serious condition
NEW YORK (AP) Joan Rivers remained in serious condition in a New York City hospital Friday, one day after going into cardiac arrest at a doctor's office.Melissa Rivers said in a statement Friday that her mother was "receiving the...
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