Category Archives: Political

Our current “golden age” of television drama has largely been marked by an obsession with realness.

REVIEW: Although it will inevitably be compared with the Diana biopic which flopped amidst much critical derision last year, Grace of Monaco clearly desires to align itself more with its director’s previous success, La Vie En Rose.

Music is both protector and reminder of mortality and Martin Phillipps, of seminal New Zealand band The Chills, believes a new album will bring their reputation “up to date”. “A lot of people refer back to the 80s and 90s with us,” Phillipps says

Who can question the leadership qualities of a man who thinks the Kardashians are “the most remarkable people of our time” Nuptials aside, Kanye West is being pitched as a runner for Mayor of Chicago in a campaign by artist and writer Ben Shepard – who claims the lyrics of West makes him the ideal candidate. As the Kimye hysteria continues after last weekend’s wedding in Florence, Shepard is suggesting lunatic egomaniac West, who grew up in the city’s South Side, step up to replace the current mayor, Rahm Emanuel.

Childhood taboos, the power of embarrassment and some very unusual words are featured in a musical being staged at Hamilton’s Riverlea Theatre. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is described as an examination of six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves.

OPINION: If Australians are to fix their structural deficit, every citizen must be prepared to suffer hardship: this we all accept. But it is a very sad day indeed when Peppa Pig, a porcine cartoon beloved by every thinking and feeling three-year-old across the country, is thrown on the fiscal bonfire to burn, like a scrap of surplus bacon, as a sacrifice to the god of national prosperity.

Songs by Herbs have often reflected important political issues in New Zealand. Now they are turning their guitars towards Christchurch.

It’s true that Nicole Kidman doesn’t fare too well playing Hollywood (and actual) royalty in Grace of Monaco.

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