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Saturday 6 December 2014
'Karate Kid' honored for Los Angeles ties
LOS ANGELES (AP) " Los Angeles has honored an underdog that became a top dog: "The Karate Kid."The movie, which was filmed in LA's San Fernando Valley, was honored Friday to mark the 30th anniversary of its release.Director John...
Urban pockets $1.4m in house sale
Movie star Karl Urban has made a cool $1.4 million from the sale of his Herne Bay, Auckland, mansion.The 42-year-old actor sold the luxury villa he owned with ex-partner Natalie Wihongi for $6.65m after paying $5.25m for it just...
A tale of two buskers
Herald on Sunday chief reporter and occasional strummer Bevan Hurley took on Luger Boa frontman and former The D4 lead singer and guitarist Jimmy Christmas to see if Auckland's lunchtime crowd would notice a difference between the...
T.J. McNamara: Painter explores depth of spirit
Poet and artist William Blake said, "Energy is eternal delight." It can be a quiet inner energy or an extravagant outward show.The work of Johanna Pegler at Anna Miles Gallery is filled with the inner spirit of the outward man...
Classic CD review: Johann Sebastian Bach, 53 Cantatas (BIS)
If one were to compile a list of the seven musical wonders of the world, then Bach's Cantatas might head it. Just over 200 surviving works range from scores for solo voice with varying accompaniments to such monumental creations...
Friday 5 December 2014
U2 guitarist The Edge: 'When Bono goes cycling, he likes to dress up as a Hasidic Jew'
The image of Bono on a bicycle on a long coat, sharp hat and flowing payots isn't one many of us have had the imaginations to visualise.That is until The Edge dreamt it up for us."You know, when Bono goes cycling he likes to dress...
Joe Jonas, Kim Kardashian hit up Art Basel parties
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) " Joe Jonas, Kim Kardashian, Usher and a bevy of supermodels are making the party rounds in South Beach this week, with Art Basel Miami Beach gatherings drawing celebrities, art collectors and fashionistas from...
Father-and-son authors writing book on drug abuse
NEW YORK (AP) " Father-and-son best-selling authors David Sheff and Nic Sheff are teaming up for a young adult book about drug abuse.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Friday that the Sheffs' book, currently untitled, will come...
Greece outraged by British Museum sculpture loan
LONDON (AP) " One of the British Museum's much-disputed Parthenon Marbles was unveiled Friday after being sent in secret to Russia " a surprise move that outraged Greece, which has long demanded the return of the artifacts.The loan...
Janet McAllister: Thai spirit house sparks spirited debate
It's unusual for New Zealand critics to give any artist a public roasting. So last summer, when commentator Daniel Michael Satele severely criticised Tessa Laird and Tiffany Singh on prominent art site EyeContact for cultural arrogance...
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