Three years
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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.
Live from The World’s End premiere
Watch all the red carpet action from The World’s End premiere tonight in Wellington online. On the guest list are director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg, Nick Frost as well as co-star Martin Freeman who only yesterday finished filming The Hobbit.
More judges drama at American Idol
The ratings are down. Randy Jackson is out
Crossover king goes Irish
Jonathan Ansell is not your typical opera singer. He shot to fame in the UK in 2004 as part of opera boy band G4 who finished second in Simon Cowell’s X Factor.
Demi Lovato: I should have rested
Demi Lovato wishes she’d taken longer to return to the public eye after her rehab stint. The singer entered a treatment facility in 2010 and has spoken about her bipolar disorder and struggles with eating disorders and self-harming
Duo accused of plotting to kill singer
Two men are on trial for plotting to rob and kill soul singer Joss Stone after allegedly planning to decapitate her, then dump her body in a river. The suspects, Junior Bradshaw and Kevin Liverpool, were arrested in June 2011, close to the singer’s house after suspicious neighbours reported them to police.
Germany Tries Its Last Nazi War Crimes Defendant
More than 60 years after the end of World War II, an 89-year-old retired auto worker from Ohio went on trial in Germany on Monday in what many are calling the country’s last Nazi war crimes proceeding. That’s not the only reason the world is watching the trial closely: John Demjanjuk is also No.
Ghana U-20 champions after dramatic shoot-out
Ten-man Ghana overcame Brazil 4-3 on penalties in the Under-20 World Cup final in Cairo to become the first African side to win the tournament. Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu scored the winning penalty after Brazil’s Maicon had fired over the bar when a successful spot-kick would have handed Brazil the title for a record fifth time
In the Loop: Stinging Strangelovean Satire
There’s the story about the billionaire American who buys an ancient English castle and has it moved brick by brick to Texas. But the lawn, which has also been cut into pieces and transported, doesn’t have its old lustrous green