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New X Factor NZ bags 800k taxpayer funding
The glitz, glamour, music and dramatic pauses of The X Factor New Zealand will return to local screens next year. NZ on Air announced today it would provide funding of up to $800,000 for 32 episodes of a new season
Cirque du Soleil arrives in Auckland
The Cirque du Soleil has arrived in Auckland for its Totem show – illustrating the evolutionary progress of human species through athleticism, comedy and beauty.
Katy Perry eats out of Kiwi director’s hands
Asking Katy Perry to eat a giant slice of watermelon on camera was never on Joel Kefali’s to-do list.
Gossip: When Jen met Ange
While this week marks 100 years since the start of World War I, in gossip-magazine land another infamous conflict is being commemorated: Jen versus Ange. It has been 10 years since Jennifer Aniston’s marriage to Brad Pitt ended following rumours of his affair with Angelina Jolie
NZ Film Festival review: Locke
The description of this movie’s setting and plot was intriguing: just one man, in his car, making and receiving phone calls during a single trip at night.
9 ways to experience Disney in real life
Going to Disneyland is fun, but an amusement park has nothing on the real-life castle that inspired the one in Sleeping Beauty. Yes, even Disney needs a little magical motivation, sometimes.
Arts shows different side to NZ
A video of a driver doing burn-outs and portraits of vegans are among the works representing New Zealand at a major art show in Edinburgh.
Eleanor Catton’s stellar success
A man walks into a West Coast pub and sells half a million copies of a literary fiction novel constructed according to the astrological alignments of the planets. This year, for local book retailers, fact was stranger than fiction.
Spark festival set to ignite arts supporters
More than 20 artists, designers, film-makers, musicians, writers and media commentators will be in Hamilton next week, sharing talent and knowledge. The annual Spark International Festival of Media, Arts and Design is now in its 16th year