Zayn Malik delivered a shocker to his fans when he announced he was quitting the chart-topping band One Direction.The British singer announced Wednesday he was quitting the band "to be a normal 22-year-old." His bandmates Harry...
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Cate Blanchett loses cool over reporter's cat question
Cate Blanchett lost her cool with an Australian TV journalist during what can only be described as a very awkward interview on television program The Project. The actress came prepared to answer questions about her new Disney film...
How hysterical fans responded to Zayn Malik quitting One Direction
Speculation about his future reached fever pitch in the past week when Zayn Malik left the One Direction On The Road Again tour due to stress.But fans' worst fears came true today when the heartthrob confirmed he had quit the band....
Government announces £275million for road updates
THERE must be an election around the corner: the government has announced extra cash to help improve major local roads.
The top five smartphone apps for motorists
MAKE the most of your smartphone with the best apps for your motoring life.
The Clash: No one wants to see a man band
Paul Flynn says: The girls in the office were abuzz as the Backstreet Boys gig was announced. I imagined the concert - a band who at one stage were hot and cool, doing the same old choreographed dance moves they did 20 years ago....
Why One Direction fans are calling Zayn Malik's fiancee Perrie Edwards 'Yoko Ono'
Perrie Edwards has been compared to Yoko Ono by angry One Direction fans.The Little Mix singer has been blamed for her fiancé Zayn Malik's shocking decision to quit the boy band today because he recently left their world tour...
Celine Dion returns to Caesars Palace stage in August
LAS VEGAS (AP) " Celine Dion is returning to The Colosseum stage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas starting Aug. 27 after a year-long hiatus to care for her husband, allow her inflamed throat muscles to heal and spend time with her three...
Album review: Van Morrison, Duets: Re-working the Catalogue
Duet albums are often the last refuge of senior citizen scoundrels, the deceased (current artists singing along with a dead hero's classics) or phoned-in studio constructions. In his defence, Morrison - senior at 69 - has a history...
Album review: Trinity Roots, Citizen
The many of us who believed the two albums by the first incarnation of Trinity Roots were important statements about life here in Aotearoa will be disappointed - if not insulted - by this superbly produced but woefully undercooked...
How Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear co-hosts responded to sacking
Jeremy Clarkson's co-hosts have taken to Twitter to comment on the Top Gear star's sacking today.Clarkson faces arrest after the BBC sacked him for punching a Top Gear producer in the face with such force he had to go to A&E.BBC...
Dominic Corry: Kiwi genre films Deathgasm and Turbo Kid kick butt at SXSW
Following in the footsteps of Housebound's breakout success at the same event last year, two upcoming Kiwi genre films have received a rapturous respons
Rebecca Adlington strokes her pregnancy bump at advertising conference
SHE'S preparing to welcome her first baby with husband Harry Needs and Rebecca Adlington looked radiant as she posed for pictures today.
Tour news: Why Charli XCX is coming to NZ to perform for free
The Wikipedia page for Charli XCX has a story on it that's so amazing it can't possibly be real. It suggests that, at age 14, Charlotte Aitchison's parents would drive the budding pop star to dodgy parts of London to illegal raves,...
Tour news: Pregnant Brooke Fraser's 'intimate' NZ tour
Brooke Fraser has announced plans for a scaled-back tour of New Zealand in June.The pregnant singer-songwriter had planned a 10-date tour for April, but scrapped it, leading to rumours spreading that the Something in the Water...
Game review: Don Bradman Cricket 14
What's the bigger challenge? Emulating Don Bradman's test career or leading the Black Caps to World Cup glory? In Don Bradman Cricket 14 , recently released on PS4, you can achieve both.The most recent cricket game on the market...
My first gig: Gordon Harcourt
It was, I think, 1981. The Springboks might well have been in the country, but I was 14 and I had bigger things on my mind - The Police were coming to Wellington.Back then, my army surplus bag from the shop on Cuba St (now a cafe...
Review: 'Get Hard' plays with stereotypes with mixed success
While the stereotypes in "Get Hard" may be gross exaggerations, its characters live in the real world: A place where the chasm between rich and poor is vast and growing; where black men are disproportionately jailed and white-collar...
Kardashian's star Kylie Jenner shares photos from NZ photoshoot
The youngest star of the Keeping up with the Kardashians reality show has shared pictures on Instagram of her on the cover of New Zealand magazine Remix .Kylie Jenner, 17, is featured in an interview and photoshoot for the magazine's...
David Crosby repeatedly asks about ambulance after accident
SANTA YNEZ, California (AP) " A recording of an anguished emergency 911 call from David Crosby shows the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer repeatedly asking how soon an ambulance will arrive to help a pedestrian he just hit with his car.Crosby...
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