7.30PM, TV3
PROJECT RUNWAY
The fashion designers have a tough client to deal with tonight. They must design a "day to evening" ensemble for top store Banana Republic. What about a towelling track suit but with zip off arms and legs? Unzip those babies and you're ready for da club.
8PM,
TV ONE
KIWI KITCHEN
A good mini mince pie and a cuppa tea is essential at any after-match funeral function. Tonight, Richard Till meets the caterers who provide food at funerals and visits poet Kevin Ireland to sample his red wine casserole.
8.30PM, TV2
THE CLOSER
Kyra Sedgwick played a stunning role alongside her husband Kevin Bacon in the disturbing movie, The Woodsman, last year. While her part as deputy police chief Brenda Johnson in The Closer isn't quite so full-on she's still a powerful presence. This week she investigates the death of a call-girl who has a client who just happens to be her boss, Pope.
9.30PM, TV3
ROVE LIVE
This week's has to be one of his best yet - it's got everything, from Hollywood superstars, to outlandish pop stars, and even a cool alternative rock band. Actors Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson chat about their new film, You, Me, & Dupree; Jake Shears and Ana Matronic
from Scissor Sisters are on the couch; and New York rockers Sonic Youth
perform.
MOVIES
[rated out of 5]
8.30PM, SKY MOVIES 1
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
Herald rating: * * *
Tom Hanks plays widower Sam Baldwin, whose 8-year-old son decides that dad needs a woman in his life and phones a national radio show. Sam's story is heard by thousands of women across America, including Annie (Meg Ryan), who is about to marry her fiance (Bill Pulman). One of the biggest romance films of the 1990s, from writer-director Nora Ephron, who also wrote When Harry Met Sally. (1993)
8.30PM, RIALTO SKY DIGITAL
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
Herald rating: * * *
A man dying of cancer in a Montreal hospital is visited by his son. Money gets him out of the overcrowded ward and into better care, but not before the director has a good dig at Canadian health care. (2003)
SPORT
7PM, SKY SPORT 1 LIVE
AIR NEW ZEALAND CUP: HAWKES BAY V CANTERBURY
Hawkes Bay have been knocking on the door of the first division for years, now they get their chance as they kick off the new 14-team provincial rugby competition against Canterbury. The Magpies have home advantage but it
could be a cruel initiation into the
big time.
Friday's TV highlights
7.30PM, TV3
PROJECT RUNWAY
The fashion designers have a tough client to deal with tonight. They must design a "day to evening" ensemble for top store Banana Republic. What about a towelling track suit but with zip off arms and legs? Unzip those babies and you're ready for da club.
8PM,
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