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Fur makes a comeback at New York Fashion Week

Alexander Wang showed a cool leather trenchcoat with a strip of mink running entirely down the back during the weekend's shows at New York Fashion week.

Nightmares for Gmail users as Buzz kills privacy

Google's new Buzz social hub features is set automatically to 'on' - and shares Gmail users' information without asking.

Madonna turns marriage ref for TV

Madonna, who's been divorced twice, is to appear as a judge on a US reality TV show about warring couples.

Markets spooked by Greece situation

Desperate times

Drea de Matteo found fame in <i>The Sopranos</i> but once the hit show was over, so, it seemed, was her career.

Alert: puppet sex

There's a new musical coming to town and it sounds like it's <i>Sesame Street</i> crossed with Peter Jackson's sordid black comedy <i>Meet the Feebles</i>.

'Top Chef' venture inspires foodie tourists

A walking-tour inspired by <I>Top Chef</I> is gaining popularity in New York.

John Mayer apologises for <i>Playboy</i> interview

John Mayer is once again making news with his mouth, not his music, calling his ex Jessica Simpson 'sexual napalm' in a new interview.

Class action could cost Toyota billions

Back to fight another day

Bauer's back for the eighth season of 24, this time in the Big Apple.

A quick word with: Gabourey Sidibe

Sidibe plays the title character in the movie, an obese, illiterate, teenage mother from a highly dysfunctional family in 1980s Harlem.

No charges against Madoff's UK operation

No one from the UK arm of Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment business will face prosecution, the Serious Fraud Office has decided.

Australian interest rates left unchanged

Aussie rate decision drags dollar down

Terrorist hero can't spot a con

Corinne Bailey Rae heals with music

Soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae is making a comeback after husband's tragic death.

The power of optimism

Hope for Haiti telethon raises millions

George Clooney's Hope for Haiti Now telethon has raised US$57 million (NZ$79 million) so far.