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Friday 23 January 2015
Seth Grahame-Smith defines multihyphenate with busy career
NEW YORK (AP) " Seth Grahame-Smith's life could be described as a mash-up.He's the author of the best-seller "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," and the follow-up, "The Last American Vampire," is now in stores.Grahame-Smith is...
Coro Street actress admits to drink driving
Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox has admitted drink-driving. The 81-year-old, who plays Rita Tanner in the ITV soap, entered a guilty plea at Crewe Magistrates' Court late last night (NZT).Knox was charged following an incident...
Wolf Hall: Nice teeth, shame about the codpiece
There's a reason why the Tudors are one of the most popular periods of history at school: all those battles, magnificent outfits and bizarre habits make for an entertaining introduction to the past.But it seems that many of those...
The Diary: Klum a model Kiwi visitor on world stage
An episode for the upcoming season of Germany's Next Top Model will be filmed in Auckland next week when the show's host, judge and co-executive producer, Heidi Klum, is in town to promote her new Bendon Lingerie campaign and partnership.Three...
Coro won't be same without Deirdre
Anne Kirkbride, who died aged 60, played Deirdre, the bespectacled, careworn femme fatale in soap opera Coronation Street for more than 40 years, and became renowned for her cracked, throaty voice, caused by chain-smoking in real...
Clive Davis to be honored with Hasty Pudding award
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) " Music producer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Clive Davis is this year's winner of the highest honor awarded by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770.Davis will receive the Order...
Dominic Corry: This year's most offensive Oscar snubs
Every year I tell myself it doesn't matter, and every year I let it matter. The Oscars are almost always out of touch, and should never be relied upon to be any kind of real representation of the year in cinema. Yet their nominal...
Thursday 22 January 2015
Exclusive: Curtis Harding album stream
He's been compared to Jack White, Prince, and Hendrix, and been hailed as a future star. Curtis Harding earned a five-star review for his debut album Soul Power from Herald reviewer Lydia Jenkin and now we're giving you the chance...
DreamWorks cutting jobs, movie plans
DreamWorks Animation said Thursday it is reducing the number of films it produces each year from three to two and cutting 500 jobs as it tries to improve its profitability.The company, known for animated movies such as "Shrek" and...
Court hears arguments on Jackson concert promoter lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (AP) " Lawyers for Michael Jackson's mother argued Thursday for a new trial in her case against concert promoter AEG Live LLC, but faced a skeptical panel of appellate justices who focused on the superstar's relationship...
Sally Newall, Fiona Sturges: Miranda - a fond farewell or good riddance?
It's what I call brill - Sally Newall After five years and three series, Miranda Hart has bowed out of her award-winning eponymous sitcom. Or more likely, tripped, face-planted and ended up in just her underwear on the way out the...
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