Our Lorde is more interesting than our Lord, according to trends that track what people are searching online, and from where. Pop royal Lorde, 17, otherwise known as Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O’Connor, was the most-searched New Zealander in 2013,
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Lorde ‘feeling good’ about Grammys
The 17-year old Royals singer seems optimistic about her chances at the Grammys today. Lorde this morning tweeted that she is “feeling so good” about tonight, and presumably her chances of taking home any or all of her four nominated awards.
Lorde’s style sets global fashion trend
Lorde’s chic vampish looks are setting global fashion trends in the lead up to the Grammys. Hundreds of internet pages are dedicated to recreating the Auckland teenager’s haunting look
Death in Remuera
REVIEW: Gangland monikers of Auckland’s mobsters were once like famed American writer Damon Runyan’s string of exotic names for fictional gangsters. From the Auckland name-calling: Trevor (“Too Fats” ) Smith, Barry (“Machine gun”) Shaw, “Spats Charlie”, “Pinky”, Claude (“Pooch”) Quintal, “Diamond Jim” Shepherd, believed the last Mr Asia survivor, Frank (“The Tank”) Zimmerman, “Fred the Head”, Leon (“Lucky”) White , “Big George” Curtis and “Knucklehead” Walker
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.
A tribute to Kiwi musical talent
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Bill Culbert returns to Venice
On a busy
Bill Cuthbert returns to Venice
On a busy
Let’s talk about Adam Hills and Joan Rivers
OPINION: So, if you’ve been anywhere near the internet this week, you will be aware that Adam Hills is the new king of the GIF set jungle after his The Last Leg screed about Joan Rivers went viral. Here, play catch-up if you’ve not already seen it 10,000 times:
Facebook Helps FBI
Investigators led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and aided by Facebook Inc, have busted an international criminal ring that infected 11 million computers around the world and caused more than $850 million in total losses in one of the largest cybercrime hauls in history. The FBI, working in concert with the world’s largest social network […]