New stars often get compared to their music industry forebears and British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, who plays two shows in New Zealand next month, is no exception.
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Wolvie’s angry, spoiled and photoshopped
The man with the claws and the rippling six-pack is back. And he’s angry.
Bieber can’t keep his clothes on
Teenage pop star Justin Bieber has paraded through a Polish airport shirtless before flying out of the country, adding to a string of peculiar incidents that have plagued his European tour. The Canadian singer had previously been spotted wearing a bizarre gas mask on a night out in London, where he turned up late for one concert and collapsed on stage with shortness of breath during another
Bluray review: Top Gun
TOP GUN (Paramount) Director: Tony Scott Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt You don’t really want me to review the movie Top Gun, do you Top Gun is one of the most influential action movies of all time, informing both serious blockbuster fare and blockbuster parodies for years after its release. It’s arguably Tom Cruise’s most famous role, and certainly the film that launched him into the superstardom he enjoys now
Bluray review: Taken 2
TAKEN 2 (20th Century Fox) Director: Olivier Megaton Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, RadeSerbedzija Let’s get something out of the way now: Taken 2 is essentially a remake of Taken. The question, then, is why bother with the sequel if you’ve already seen the original
Bluray review: Savages
SAVAGES (Universal) Director: Oliver Stone Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, John Travolta, Benicio Del Toro As a director, Oliver Stone enjoyed a rarely-matched string of critical and pop cultural hit movies from the mid-eighties through the mid-nineties: Salvador, Platoon, Wall Street, Born On The Fourth Of July, The Doors, JFK, Natural Born Killers, Nixon …
‘Never ever getting back together’
Bobby Brown is reportedly suing an American tabloid for making false reports he planned to re-marry his late ex-wife Whitney Houston just before her death. The 44-year-old former New Edition singer is waging a legal battle against The National Enquirer, the New York Daily News reports.
Booze makes the day for Buble
Michael Bubl
Digital move sees historic film lab close
The move to digital will soon see Sir Peter Jackson close an historic 35mm film processing laboratory at Park Road Post Production. Park Road’s film processing lab dates back to 1941, when it was first established in Wellington as part of the government-owned National Film Unit
Apology over Vietnam propaganda
US TV network CBS has apologised after its Emmy-winning reality series The Amazing Race angered veterans with an episode featuring Vietnamese communist propaganda.