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Review: Billy Idol left Auckland wanting more, more, more
20 Jan, 2020 9:00am
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Did Flying Lotus' cutting edge 3D gig just change the game for live concerts?
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With GoT now a disappointing memory can this claim the throne? Karl Puschmann finds out.
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The producer on his trippy 3D show, life after death and why you shouldn't mess with him.
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The Someone You Loved singer on NZ, his crazy year and why he has so many sunglasses.
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Karl Puschmann looks at how the entertainment experience has changed in the last decade.
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Cops, death metal and baby Yoda's... Karl Puschmann on the entertainment year that was.
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After four decades the Skywalker saga is about to end, Karl Puschmann says his farewells.
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We have all your entertainment bases covered.
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Carrey is not in the right headspace to receive information that could possibly hurt him.
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"It's been a challenging year of patience and reflection," she tells Karl Puschmann.
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COMMENT: Disney+ leaves me giddy with nostalgia but desperate for something to watch.
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Boh Runga on why it took 20 years to release Mix on vinyl and why she's still a CD fan.
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COMMENT: But is it good enough to bring your monthly subscription fee to Disney Plus?
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We wrap up the first wave of reviews from the galactically hyped Disney Plus show.
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The rap trio tell Karl Puschmann about ZM Friday Jams and how pop music is rocket science.
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Music will be the winner on the night, but here's our predictions of the actual winners.
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The artist is a barrel of laughs chatting about the Tūīs, FOMO and the chaos of her mind.
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The rise represents a whopping 70 per cent increase from its launch price four years ago.
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Comment: Living with Yourself shows how awful we all actually are.
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Alex Winter says he relished the challenge of making a doco about the Panama Papers.
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Fly My Pretties are back with their boldest concept to date, Barnaby Weir explains all.
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Karl Puschmann takes El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie out for spin.
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Becoming straight edge, loving Stevie Nicks and why you won't see him on the d-floor.
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Karl Puschmann wonders what's worse; Between Two Ferns lack of laughs or lack of ambition.
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TimeOut's hottest takes on how you should spend your entertainment time.
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Karl Puschmann finds America to be gripping television.
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- 8 minutes to read
The story of one man's vision to make a timeless family film and how that shaped his life.
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The comedian on starring in Mosley, loving Footrot Flats and why it's good to scare kids.
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Learning guitar, the Kiwi band that influenced them and vomiting before a big video shoot.
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Karl Puschmann finds the hidden depths of this Southern locale.
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This week alone two new streaming services were announced. Karl Puschmann takes a look.
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A handy guide to getting started with the acclaimed, but uneven, director's work.
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The Silver Scrolls nominee on the seven songs that shaped her life.
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Annabel Liddell explains why it took four years to invite fans to their Bad Luck Party.
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Check out the legendary band's storming cover of a Kiwi classic.
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Comment: Is Taika's Jojo Rabbit a must see or a nah see?
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Karl Puschmann reports back from the first night of Fleetwood Mac's five-show NZ takeover.
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Joining Fleetwood Mac is no easy task; "We hung him up by his toenails."
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There's hedonistic excess and then there's Fleetwood Mac. We recount their wildest tales.
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Brush off those winter blues and get excited about the great films and shows coming up.
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Karl Puschmann travels to Sydney to see Fleetwood Mac live.
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Peter Urlich and Dave Dobbyn tell Karl Puschmann about the enduring legacy of Th' Dudes.
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Their slogan is 'a place to be morning, noon or night' and it truly is.
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Karl Puschmann tries to heed the advice of the Guide in the face of adaptation madness
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Can Black Midi's Mercury nominated Schlagenheim do the impossible and make prog cool?
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We talk to the Irish comic before he hits Auckland.
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The Black Seeds frontman on sneaking into gigs, trying weed and the hero who let him down.
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Karl Puschmann suffers imposter syndrome at a rare whisky tasting. But gets over it.
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A look at what it takes to bring the coolest show on earth to New Zealand.
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Karl Puschmann discovers Nashville's Honky Tonk Tuesday and two must-eat meals.
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The announcement that the new 007 would be a black woman left people shaken and stirred.
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The director said his new Joker movie will anger fans...
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Album review: The Black Keys, Let's Rock
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Sandler's on a hot streak he hasn't enjoyed in almost two decades. Can it last?
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Latest release from the vault has the Purple One performing the hits he wrote for others
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Karl Puschmann meets the garage rock survivors as they prepare to unleash their new album
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Inspired by Freddie Mercury's new song we rank the best songs released after death.
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It sounds like an artificial sweetener but will Google's Stadia be sweet as?
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Nick Offerman believes American can still be saved, he tells Karl Puschmann how.
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On their eighth studio album The National embrace their feminine side
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Our picks of the best shows and movies hitting the streaming services this week...
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A rising pro-spoiler movement irks noted spoilerphobe Karl Puschmann.