ANKARA, Turkey (AP) " Turkey's state-run news agency says Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey's best-known novelists with worldwide readership, has died. He was 91.The Anadolu Agency says Kemal died Saturday at a hospital in Istanbul.Kemal...
Saturday 28 February 2015
No escape from reality: More TV goodies this year
Couch potatoes face reality TV overload, with more than 250 primetime hours hitting our screens this year.Kiwis are already being fed a steady diet, with Our First Home and The X Factor NZ going head-to-head three nights a week....
Beauties vie for heart of Art
A yoga teacher who shared the catwalk with supermodel Elle Macpherson is one of 21 Kiwi beauties who will fight for the heart of Art Green on The Bachelor NZ .Chrystal Chenery is from Christchurch and describes herself as a yoga...
Kerre McIvor: TV show's exploitation of victim's death inexcusable
The producers of X Factor NZ must have thought they'd struck gold when 29-year-old Shae Brider turned up to audition. Not because he's a musical genius. As we should realise by now, reality shows are about drama and sensationalism,...
Final voyage for space crusader
Actor Leonard Nimoy didn't just leave a lasting impression on the science-fiction world, he also left his mark on science itself.Seti Research astronomer Seth Shostak, who researches the possibility of extraterrestrial life, recalled...
Kamo celebrates 'amazing adventure'
A decade-long "amazing, fun adventure" has culminated in wedded bliss for sunday presenter Miriama Kamo and her longtime beau Mike Dreaver.The couple, parents to 3-year-old daughter Te Rerehua, married last weekend on a patch of...
The colourful debate
It's the dress that threatened to break the internet - and apparently divided the human race into two warring factions; black/blue versus white/gold.Experts say there appears to be no right answer, regardless of the colour of the...
An enthralling doco for the binge generation
Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki says The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst , his story of a New Yorker with privilege who's free despite suspicions of his involvement in three murders, may be the first documentary created for binge...
Bill Oddie admits 'I tried to kill myself twice' after being axed from BBC's Springwatch
BILL ODDIE has confessed that he tried to take his own life after losing his job back in 2009.
Madonna says 'we're living in crazy times' as she compares France to Nazi Germany
SHE'S certainly been in the limelight this week, and now Madonna is the hot topic of conversation again after comparing France to Nazi Germany.
Spanish police arrest 9 on suspicion of selling fake art
MADRID (AP) " Spanish police have broken up a gang that allegedly created and then sold fake works of art purporting to be by renowned artists including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Joan Miro.Officers have arrested nine suspects...
First step to give first time buyers 20% discount to start
FIRST-time buyers struggling to get on the housing ladder will be offered a 20 per cent discount on homes built on brownfield sites.
Harrison Ford ditches his bike and buggy for a fly around Santa Monica in his Ryan PT-22
HOLLYWOOD star Harrison Ford proved he's still as cool as ever when he took his aeroplane for a ride in the skies of California yesterday.
'I had to escape Hollywood's madding crowd!' Julie Christie on swapping glamour for sheep
THE ACTRESS, 74, who won an Oscar half a century ago explains why she swapped the film world's glamour for a sheep farm in Wales
What will Nicole say? Lewis Hamilton in talks to sign record deal with Jay Z’s Roc Nation
HE'S the world champion when it comes to driving cars, but it seems that Lewis Hamilton is really keen to kickstart his career in music too.
Farinelli And The King, Beautiful and The Nether Theatre round-up
VAN KAMPEN'S witty and touching play, Farinelli And The King is an exploration of royal role-play, courtly intrigue and attitudes to insanity that is quite the equal of Alan Bennett’s study of another mad eighteenth century monarch, George III
Ofcom receives 47 complaints following Emmerdale's sexual assault storyline
A DARK storyline in Emmerdale has prompted several viewers to make complaints to Ofcom, it's been revealed.
AP PHOTOS: Germany Young Ensemble
BERLIN (AP) " Hoping to demonstrate their posture, agility and strength, a handful of boys and more than 120 girls between ages 7 and 9 tried out for the Young Ensemble of Berlin's Friedrichstadt-Palast theatre in February.Hundreds...
Moor sisters win Viva Prix de Fashion
The Black Caps aren't the only ones in the good books tonight.Police have praised cricket fans for their good behaviour during and immediately after this evening's nail-biting victory over Australia at Eden Park.Auckland City...
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