The long-distance call came about 8pm while Eleanor Catton was cooking dinner. “Everything is about to change, your life is about to change,” the voice from England said
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Kimye join weird baby namers
Maybe Kanye West was inspired by One Direction Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their daughter North West, according to their Los Angeles County birth certificate. The baby was born at 5:34am Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles.
Beckham to ‘lock up daughter like Rapunzel’
David Beckham jokes his daughter will “absolutely not” be dating when she gets older. The football star shares 23-month-old baby Harper with wife Victoria Beckham
Iglesias and Kournikova set to wed
Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova will reportedly wed next week. According to UK newspaper The Sun, the pair have finally set a date after 12 years together.
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.
Beckham designs clothes naked
Victoria Beckham designs clothing while naked.
Tributes flow in for Barbara Anderson
The Government has paid tribute to one of New Zealand’s finest writers, Barbara Anderson, who died in Auckland yesterday.
Museum cans heavy metal gig
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.
Game, Sex and Match: The Perils of Female Sports Advertising
How you feel about Kim Clijsters doing a split in a frilly orange skirt probably depends on your reaction to a well-oiled Caroline Wozniacki serving a tennis ball into a wind machine. Then again, these provocative scenarios, which form part of the Women’s Tennis Association’s new “Strong is Beautiful” advertising campaign, seem tame compared to the spot starring Belarusian tennis ace Victoria Azarenka.
India: The Battle Royal
It was almost a palace coup in reverse. With the cool, crisp disdain of a modern-day Victoria, India's Rajmata of Gwalior informed the governor of the state of Madhya Pradesh last week that 36 members of the state's ruling Congress Party had defected to her opposition United Front Party.