One difference between me and Desiree Hartsock, this season’s bachelorette, is that I’m cursed with the inability to fall in love with someone who mistakes verbs for adjectives. Des, to her credit, is more forgiving
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TV’s way of dealing with off-screen deaths
As the death of Glee star Cory Monteith highlights, the pain for colleagues and friends is very real.
Pubs, blood and icecream
The stars of The World’s End answer our readers’ questions and tell us why pubs are such an integral part of British culture.
Decades of dance for Swan Lake
At 83, choreographer and former ballet dancer Russell Kerr has seen it all.
Cyrus ‘an old world’s worst nightmare’
Miley Cyrus thinks she is an “old world’s worst nightmare”.
Kiwi Russell Crowe is ours to own
Kiwi actor Russell Crowe has been rejected for Australian citizenship because of an immigration hitch.
Horrors of turn-of-the century TV
Last week, I was lucky enough to contract a flu so violent that it sent me to bed for three days straight, sent all the water that exists in the world directly to my head, and made me see the face of God (shiny!). My muscles had atrophied to the point where I could only crawl to the living room where daytime TV reruns awaited.
Auckland gets own Monopoly
No more living in the shadow of London – Auckland is passing go and collecting it’s very own version of Monopoly. The Auckland edition of the iconic board game was launched today at the Viaduct, on the city’s waterfront
The Wayans Brothers come to NZ
When you hail from a family as big and talented as that of New Yorkers Howell and Elvira Wayans – with 10 children – you have to work to get noticed. For Shawn and younger brother Marlon, the necessary attention was gained through making people laugh, and now they are arguably two of the most recognisable members of their clan.
Mad Men star: Me and Scientology
Elisabeth Moss’ cheeks are pink from the cold and the excitement of her first helicopter flight.