You can almost set your watch by it — a new Marilyn Manson album comes out and Christian Heritage Party leader Graham Capill sends out a press release. To be fair, Capill was criticising Radio Z (that's Channel Z to its listeners) for giving away the album Holy Wood. But according to his missive, titled "Radio Z hits the nadir of the moral alphabet," the offending album includes the songs "Disposable Teams," "Crucifixion" and "King Killing." Er, that's actually Disposable Teens, Cruci-fiction in Space and King Kill, but we get the message. Oh, here it is again: "Given that many young people face dark situations in their own lives, Radio Z would be much better advised to give away what is uplifting and excellent instead of the evil trash of Manson," Capill concluded. Boy, just wait until he sees the video ...
SHE'S A NATURAL: Robyn Reynolds, the woman who made Robbie Williams' visit to these shores so hospitable, and described by her manager as "the new Courtney Love" (he gets a percentage for this stuff?) has already made her film debut. Waikato student film-maker Daniel Strang cast Reynolds last year in his short film Playing A Role as a "Bardot-esque" hairdresser. She's got one line: "Well, at least your hair looks great." Of such humble things great careers are launched, we guess.
YOU'RE UP THE HIMALAYAS NOW, DR ROPATA: A couple of funny things were immediately apparent to local media watching a preview of alpine action movie The Vertical Limit — which was shot here last year with the Southern Alps doubling for Nepal. The first was seeing our Temuera Morrison as Pakistani Army helicopter pilot Major Rasul, complete with Peter Sellers accent and impressive moustache. The second was seeing Tem's fellow former Shortland Streeter Jo Davison (Gina) rudely pushed aside by star Chris O'Donnell in her only non-speaking scene. And the third was O'Donnell's character's name — Peter Garrett, as in the famously bald and twitchy frontman of Oz rock band Midnight Oil who was last seen setting the Olympic closing ceremony alight. Though there are three Australian characters in Vertical Limit, oddly not one of them jokes: "Geez, you look better with hair, mate."
<i>Chatterbox:</i> Just lay off our teams says Capill
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