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Michael Jackson Immortal tour comes to NZ
A world tour featuring the King of Pop will be brought to life in New Zealand this year. Jackson died in 2009 three weeks ahead of his This Is It tour – a series of 50 concerts to be held at the O2 Arena in London – but a unique performance by Cirque du Soleil will bring the pop star’s music back to life
Truth the key to White Lies story
An area of New Zealand history that has been swept under the carpet is the subject of a new home-grown movie which releases this week. White Lies, adapted from Whale Rider author Witi Ihimaera’s novella Medicine Woman, is set in a time when new laws prohibited unlicensed healers, making the practise of much Maori medicine illegal.
Key moments in the evolution of the undead
Because the zombie is essentially an empty vessel into which meaning can readily be poured, the genre is surprisingly alive. Here are five key moments in the evolution of the undead.
Five genre defining zombie movies
Because the zombie is essentially an empty vessel into which meaning can readily be poured, the genre is surprisingly alive.
Kanye has a lesson for us all
Kanye West just gave the New York Times a lesson in art, culture and music. Yes, that Kanye West
Will reality kill the vocal star?
Welcome to Dan Brown hell
Dan Brown literary efforts have annoyed a lot of people over the years – historians, Catholics, academics, book critics, conspiracy theorists, the list is endless. So you’d expect his latest novel, Inferno, to come in for a fair amount of flak, especially in light of the threatening legal non-disclosure agreements the critics had to sign before they were allowed to read it
Hip hop don’t stop for Zulus
Say hip hop, and images of gangster wannabes smoking blunts, dripping in gold, guns and women are likely conjured up.
Cookie Monster, Elmo in trouble
Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a two-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman