New Moon pre-sales have smashed all previous records, and the film is shaping up to be the biggest money-maker of the year. Jane Hastings, general manager of Sky City Cinemas, said the group had counted more than 30,000 pre-bookings by yesterday at midday. That breaks records held by other films… More
4:00AM Saturday November 21, 2009
A teenager who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in the Bay of Plenty is preparing for the biggest night… More
4:00AM Saturday November 21, 2009
Sam Hunt writes in his new book, Backroads, that even as an 8-year-old boy, "I always imagined I would live as… More
2:24PM Saturday November 21, 2009
LONDON - American Idol contestants should be thankful that they have caring, sharing Ellen DeGeneres on the… More
12:31PM Saturday November 21, 2009
Fly My Pretties are seeing out the year with two final encore sShows in Auckland and Wellington this December. Led… More
The Mormon queen of the damned
If you have even the most fleeting acquaintance with a prepubescent girl, chances are you've heard about the film of New Moon , the second in Stephenie Meyer's bestselling quartet… More
Oprah Show to end after 25 seasons
CHICAGO - Oprah Winfrey announced that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after… More
The Bayswater revolutionary
In the last years of apartheid, an unlikely group of young middle class white men sang a protest song. It became the anthem of a generation of young whites conscripted into the South… More
Mariah Carey's catty diva demands denied
Supreme songstress Mariah Carey 's penchant for OTT extravagance and making outlandish diva demands is legendary, but this time she's out-showbizzed herself. The diminutive songbird… More
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Michele Hewitson: Give them enough rope
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