The trailer for the second Hobbit movie has been released, giving the first good look at the dragon Smaug. Wellington-made The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be released on December 13
Trailer: Smaug is unleashed
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Angelina Jolie back on red carpet
Angelina Jolie has made her first public appearance since announcing last month that she had undergone a double mastectomy. Jolie joined partner Brad Pitt for the opening night of his zombie thriller World War Z in London’s Leicester Square
The other side of the pop art mastermind
Andy Warhol is not only one of the world’s best known artists, but one of the few who was famous and fetched high prices while alive. Since his death in 1987, he has become pervasive, with many exhibitions, books and more, and his works are far more valuable
Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror
REVIEW: Review Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror Every now and then an episode of Doctor Who comes along that is greater than the sum of its parts. The opposite is true of The Crimson Horror whose sum parts are greater than its whole
Anzac Day short film: Dead Letters
In cooperation with NZ On Screen and the NZ Film Commission we’re proud to present Dead Letters as our Anzac Day short film.
M*A*S*H actor Allan Arbus dies
Actor Allan Arbus, best known for his role as Army psychiatrist Sidney Freedman on the 1970s hit television series “M*A*S*H” and as the husband of the late photographer Diane Arbus, has died at the age of 95. Arbus, who gave up his photography for acting, passed away from congestive heart failure at his home in Los Angeles on Friday, his second wife Mariclare Costello Arbus told Reuters.
Cookie Monster, Elmo in trouble
Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a two-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman
Bristol’s most famous son
He’s like Madonna in these parts, or Kylie: a single moniker that’s instantly recognisable.
Not enough heroes for girls in kids books
There is a ‘girl power’ void in new books for Kiwi kids, according to judges on a children’s book awards panel. Finalists for The New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards were released this morning, with 19 books picked out of hundreds to contend for awards across four categories.
The TV Guide’s hot gossip
Not only is Star Trek star, Patrick Stewart, about to wed a jazz singer (Sunny Ozell) half his age, but he’s getting Gandalf to conduct the wedding ceremony! Well, alright – not Gandalf exactly, but his alter-ego, Sir Ian McKellen. Patrick, 72, revealed the plans on The Jonathon Ross Show recently, saying his X-Men co-star would do the honours.