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A US film festival has withdrawn an award given to a British movie about a Gulf War veteran seeking justice after a London court jailed five people for making the movie as part of 2.8 million pound (NZ$5 million) tax scam. Tax inspectors were told that A-listers from Hollywood would be starring in a 19.6 million pound production that would be shot in Britain
New Zealand jazz icon Nathan Haines drew some public complaints about “really loud saxophone coming out of the carpark” when he recorded upcoming album, Vermillion Skies.
In just four years, Justin Bieber has gone from fielding innocuous questions about his haircut to denying that he’s in desperate need of rehab. Bieber’s grown up and into tabloid territory, with his recent troubles making some question whether he’s just the latest teen star gone wild
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has cancelled an experimental concert by extreme metal band Napalm Death, fearing the noise level could damage the 104-year-old building. Ceramic artist Keith Harrison from the V&A, the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, collaborated with Napalm Death on a set to be played through a sculptural sound system which would disintegrate under decibel stress.
British actor Frank Thornton, who played the pompous Captain Peacock in the television department store sitcom “Are You Being Served”, has died aged 92, his agent says.
Justin Bieber has taken to Instagram to unload frustration over what he says are the “countless lies” being circulated about him. In a passionate post, Bieber wrote that he’s “tired of all the countless lies in the press right now,” denying rumours that he’s going to rehab
Justin Bieber has taken to Instagram to unload frustration over what he says are the “countless lies” being circulated about him. In a passionate post overnight, Bieber wrote that he’s “tired of all the countless lies in the press right now,” denying rumours that he’s going to rehab.
Former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, who played on the British heavy metal band’s landmark first three albums, has died at the age of 56, the group said on Wednesday. Burr, who had been suffering from multiple sclerosis, died “peacefully in his sleep at home” in London on Tuesday and had been in poor health for several years, the band said in a statement posted on their website
Selena Gomez “was one of the first to get in touch” with Justin Bieber after his week of woes. The two young stars are not dating at the moment, after experiencing problems at the end of last year
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber was filmed lunging and shouting abuse at a photographer on Friday (NZT Saturday) during an ill-fated stay in London which has gone from bad to worse after he collapsed on stage the day before. The altercation, caught on camera, showed the 19-year-old get out of a van, try to move towards the unnamed member of the paparazzi and threaten him using several swear words.