NEW YORK (AP) " Little League phenom Mo'ne Davis was so impressive on a basketball court that she momentarily silenced trash-talking "Wedding Ringer" star Kevin Hart.Playing in the All-Star Celebrity Game against opponents more...
Saturday, 14 February 2015
What makes an Oscarcast click? Will it click this year?
NEW YORK (AP) " What are TV viewers seeking from their annual Oscar fix? The same thing they want from movies: drama, comedy, sex, slapstick, glamour and romance.Of course, no single movie can do all that. No wonder the perfect...
Prince performs Valentine's Day set for star-studded crowd
NEW YORK (AP) " Prince woke up early Saturday to share some love and hits on Valentine's Day to a crowd that included former basketball star Michael Jordan, Beyonce, Jay Z and Chris Rock.The pop icon performed an early morning concert...
'50 Shades is as sexy as a verruca!' Author Jemma Forte's top books about love
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY is nowhere to be found on best-selling author Jemma Forte's Valentine's Day list of best books about love from Caitlin Moran to Nancy Mitf...
Robbie Williams celebrates turning 41 by posing in his birthday suit
HE is known for being a bit of an exhibitionist so it's no surprise Robbie Williams decided to bare all for his 41st birthd...
Prince performs Valentine's Day set for star-studded crowd
NEW YORK (AP) " Prince woke up early Saturday to share some love and hits on Valentine's Day to a crowd that included former basketball star Michael Jordan and comedian Chris Rock.The pop icon performed an early morning concert...
TV show participants' new battle
They've survived two health crises - including breast cancer - and now Anne and Al Gourley are battling the pain barrier on Our First Home .Retired builder Al Gourley suffered temporary paralysis and was at death's door after contracting...
Friendly spider not wanted on Oz TV
AUSTRALIA: The ABC has banned an episode of Peppa Pig , the popular children's cartoon, because it featured a friendly spider and sent an "unsuitable" message to children that the insects may not be dangerous.The five-minute episode,...
The X Factor: Dreamweavers
It's one of life's funny little twists that Natalia Kills and Melanie Blatt should be on a TV talent show at the bottom of the world.Sure, on paper there are practical reasons the singers, who had never met before crossing paths...
NY Fashion Week: Sarah Jessica Parker's designing moment
NEW YORK (AP) " The Associated Press is all over New York Fashion Week, from its runway fashions to celebrity-packed events. Here's what some AP writers are seeing:____MONIQUE LHULLIER GETS SULTRY, SENSUALFrom Anna Kendrick...
Assisted dying clinic comes under fire for telling patients to hide suicide from GPs
AN assisted dying organisation in Switzerland has been attacked for warning its clients not to discuss their suicidal intentions with their own G...
Ant and Dec to team up with Prince Charles for Prince's Trust 40th anniversary documentary
TV royalty Ant and Dec are joining up with the real thing for a new documentary about the work of the Prince's Tru...
The end of the road: Sam Bailey "dropped" by Simon Cowell's record label after 14 months
SAM Bailey has parted ways with Simon Cowell's record label Syco just over a year since winning The X Fact...
Keeping it in the family! Mary Portas reveals her brother is biological father to her son
FASHION guy Mary Portas has opened up about how her brother Lawrence Newton helped her and fashion journalist Melanie Rickey conceive a baby b...
Pamela set to divorce for THIRD time
PAMELA ANDERSON has filed for divorce against her husband Rick Salomon - for the third ti...
Benedict Cumberbatch to marry fiancée Sophie Hunter in secret ceremony this weekend
ACTOR Benedict Cumberbatch is reportedly set to marry his pregnant fiancée Sophie Hunter this weeke...
Kristian Aadnevik
Today I'm wearing Kristian Aadnevik AW14 especially for my boy Sonny Hare =;x) Lucky fellow!Happy Valentines everyone.bunny kissesFifi Lapinxxx...
Jackie Chan's son apologizes after release from jail
BEIJING (AP) " The son of actor Jackie Chan has apologized and asked for a second chance following his release from a six-month jail sentence for allowing people to use marijuana in his apartment.The 32-year-old Jaycee Chan said...
Kevin Hart indifferent to Sony executive Amy Pascal's firing
NEW YORK (AP) " Kevin Hart says he never had any "hard feelings" toward former Sony Picture co-chair Amy Pascal. And now that she's been forced to step down, he just wants to distance himself from last year's Sony cyber-attack and...
Eastenders: Who is Lucy Beale's killer? We reveal the suspects
LUCY BEALE'S murderer is about to be unmasked in a week of special live shows to celebrate EastEnders’30th annivers...
What lies beneath: Sensual lingerie for Valentine's Day
VALENTINE'S DAY should be a time of indulgence, so treat yourself to new linge...
The Casual Vacancy's Julia McKenzie: 'Michael Gambon is a pleasure work with'
THE Casual Vacancy, based on JK Rowling’s best-selling novel, is a darkly funny tale of small-town politi...
Valentine’s Day treats: Macarons, Tangerine lollipops with sherbet
TRIED-and-tested tips from Saturday magazine’s celebrity c...
Paul Hollywood: 'There was a huge amount of banter on The Great Comic Relief Bake Off'
AS FOUR more celebrities line up for The Great Comic Relief Bake Off, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood reveal the secrets of the te...
Gary Busey hits woman in Malibu accident
MALIBU, California (AP) " Authorities say Gary Busey has struck and slightly injured woman with his car while backing out of a shopping center parking lot in Malibu.The accident happened shortly before 3 p.m. Friday on the Pacific...
House Of Fools' Bob Mortimer: 'We’re just trying to make each other laugh'
VIC REEVES and Bob Mortimer return for more anarchic antics in their madcap sitcom, House Of Foo...
Bon Jovi performs intimate set in Kenneth Cole store
NEW YORK (AP) " Most of the time when you hear a Bon Jovi song in a store, it's playing over a loudspeaker. But Thursday night, around 100 lucky fans were treated to seeing the New Jersey-born rocker perform a bunch of his hits during...
Julie Walters on new drama, Indian Summers: 'It isn’t romanticised and it isn’t nostalgic'
ACTRESS Julie Walters heads the cast in a lavish new Channel 4 drama that’s been described as The Jewel In The Crown meets Downton Ab...
How a bad night’s sleep can make us pile on the pounds
LOSING sleep could make you fat, say scientis...
Killing America's deadliest sniper: Eddie Ray Routh on trial for Chris Kyle murder
EX-MARINE Eddie Ray Routh is standing trial for the murder of Chris Kyle, the US Navy Seal whose combat exploits in Iraq inspired the Oscar-nominated f...
A true Lady and a brave spy: The remarkable story of the Queen Mother’s close friend
THE remarkable story of the Queen Mother’s close friend whose Countess title was a cover for her wartime espionage exploits defying the Na...
Debenhams, Miss Selfridge and Avis: The orange things we're lusting after this week
THERE'S something for every budget in this week's must-ha...
Julianne Moore: I used to be a real geek
AT 54 the actress looks set to win her first Oscar but as she tells GARTH PEARCE she has always been a slow starter and credits her mum with spurring her on to succ...
Man who tried to sell stolen art in Los Angeles gets 4 years
LOS ANGELES (AP) " A man who tried to sell stolen paintings worth a fortune, including works by Marc Chagall and Diego Rivera, was sentenced Friday to more than four years in state prison.Raul Espinoza pleaded no contest to one...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 grou...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Good health! More young Britons go teetotal
BINGE-DRINKING among young people could soon be a thing of the past, according to figures released yesterd...
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 Philippin...
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...
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...
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,"...
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 d...
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