Saturday 14 February 2015

The open face of Doctor Who

Three decades is just a short trip in the Tardis for the Doctor, but Peter Davison is just like everybody else, and has to time travel the slow way - one day at a time. However, 35 years after he signed on for the lead role in Doctor...


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Friday 13 February 2015

Lawyer: Hirsch in rehab, doesn't remember attacking exec

LOS ANGELES (AP) " An attorney for actor Emile Hirsch says the actor does not remember the night he is accused of attacking a studio executive because he was drunk.Attorney Robert Offer wrote in a statement obtained Friday that...


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Chris Martin pledges 15 years to Global Citizen to boost org

NEW YORK (AP) " Chris Martin is lending his talents the Global Citizen organization over the next 15 years to help the group achieve its goal to eradicate extreme poverty by the year 2030.The Coldplay frontman will help curate concert...


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T.J. McNamara: Dark curtains hung for drama

In the downstairs gallery at Two Rooms, a group show called The Smoothing of Things is an attractive collection of strong academic abstraction that acts as a prelude to the exhibition upstairs of Noel Invanoff's Slider Painti...


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How to grow potatoes in patio bags





GROWING potatoes in black plastic bags on your patio or balcony is even easier than growing them in the ground.


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Nick Atkinson: The machine that animates forgotten furniture

Katy Wallace and her partner Paulus McKinnon are both magpies with an eye for picturesque objects in various states of disrepair. McKinnon used to collect alluring weatherboards that had come adrift before washing up on windswept...


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Clearing out the closet

English actor-writer Rob Ward brings his award-winning play Away From Home to Auckland next week as part of the Pride Festival. It centres on a football fan who works as a rent boy and falls for one of his clients - a top football...


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Gallipoli - Lads to the slaughter

Here's the thing you notice first: they all look so young. These are kids, you think to yourself, what the hell are they doing dressed up as soldiers charging with fixed bayonets up a hill into enemy fire?This, I couldn't help thinking...


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macbEth: There will be blood

There was some grumbling when the Auckland Arts Festival put opera to the side in 2013. Two years before, it hosted a zesty production of Handel's Xerxes , made possible because the dates coincided with NBR NZ Opera's own Auckland...


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Don McLean's 'American Pie' manuscript to be auctioned in NY

NEW YORK (AP) " Christie's says that singer-songwriter Don McLean is selling his manuscript and notes to "American Pie," the wistful anthem that asked, "Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?"The auction house said...


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Nashville seeks moratorium on Music Row condo onslaught

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) " The onslaught of high-end condo developments along Nashville's storied Music Row looks to be coming to an end " at least for now.City planning officials are recommending a moratorium on new projects seeking...


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Concert review: Broods, Auckland Town Hall

It's hard to believe that Georgia and Caleb Nott have only been making music together has Broods for just over a year. Especially considering the year they've had: Making waves in the US, opening for British pop star Ellie Goulding...


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Reach out and touch an alien? Movies offer little guidance

Astronomers are debating whether it would be a good idea to send signals into the universe, looking for extra-terrestrial life. Since we don't know who might respond, some argue we'd be asking for cosmic trouble. Such is the dilemma...


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Good health! More young Britons go teetotal





BINGE-DRINKING among young people could soon be a thing of the past, according to figures released yesterday.


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Nicole Scherzinger shares adorable snaps from her visit to The Philippines with Unicef





IT LOOKS like Nicole Scherzinger has put her split from Lewis Hamilton well and truly behind her as she couldn't hide her smile while on a Unicef visit to The Philippines.


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Familiar Oscar pattern seen in this year's acting races

LOS ANGELES (AP) " Oscar envelopes have been full of surprises over the years, yet one pattern persists: academy voters are moved by affliction.From 1988 to 1997, eight of the best actor winners had played a character with a mental...


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Nashville seeks moratorium on Music Row condo onslaught

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) " The onslaught of high-end condo developments along Nashville's storied Music Row looks to be coming to an end " at least for now.City planning officials are recommending a moratorium on new projects seeking...


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Party animals: The Finn family takes over Auckland Zoo

The Finns haven't started rehearsals for their concert at Auckland Zoo just yet - they are scheduled for next week - but the discussions have certainly begun about which songs they'll be playing."That's as much part of it as playing,"...


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VIDEO: 'I owe my career to Whitney!' Jessie J's tearful tribute to Whitney Houston





'Whitney was my inspiration,' reveals Jessie J in an emotional tribute to the singer on the third anniversary of her death - the same week Bobbi Kristina died


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Bizarre life of bigamist caught out by Facebook





BIGAMIST Adrian Linham liked the Mexican beach where he honeymooned with his first wife so much he married his second “bride” there.


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