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Bedingfield misses NZ On Air grant
X Factor judge and multi-platinum selling pop star Daniel Bedingfield has failed for a second time in his bid for taxpayer cash to promote his latest song. Bedingfield had applied for a $6000 grant from the July round of New Zealand On Air’s “Making tracks” funding to produce a video for his song Out Of My Head.
Celebrity fans back Benny
X Factor hopeful Benny Tipene is the pick of celebrity fans to win the talent show tomorrow tonight. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Palmerston North is battling rivals Jackie Thomas and Whenua Patuwai
TVNZ snatches rights for Home And Away
TVNZ has snapped the broadcast rights to long-running soap Home and Away from TV3, whose owner MediaWorks NZ Limited is currently in receivership. The company said it was disappointed the distributor of Home and Away had chosen to cancel its contract and grant the show’s license to TVNZ.
Facebook sued over Eminem song
Eminem’s song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper’s songs. Eight Mile Style filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit on Monday alleging that a 30-second Facebook ad broadcast online last month copied music from Eminem’s 2000 song Under the Influence.
Shots fired at Cannes film festival
A man was arrested at the Cannes film festival after firing a starting pistol during a live TV broadcast on the palm-lined waterfront, sending actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil running for cover. French TV station Canal+ was interviewing Austria’s Oscar-winning Waltz and French actor Auteuil live on its nightly news show from a beach-front set before a crowd of spectators when a man fired two shots into the air.
BBC presenter pulled off air drunk
“I’m Paula White and you’re lishening to BBC Radio Shtoke.” What every broadcaster should remember before they head out for a few sneaky lunch-time drinks. Because it doesn’t take long for drunken on-air mishaps to go viral these days, as the unfortunate Paula White has learned to her cost.
Fired news anchor milks mishap
A North Dakota news anchor whose profanity-laced television debut got him fired after one broadcast is already getting job offers. A.J.
Oscar dates for 2014 and 2015 set
Film fans can already mark their calendars for the Academy Awards in 2014 and 2015. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced that next year’s Oscar ceremony will be held on March 2
Man Punches His Attorney in Court After Receiving a 15 Year Sentence
A man gets a 15-year prison sentence, then punches an assistant public defender. 6-Months Tacked On A man in Rock Hill, South Carolina earned himself an extra six months behind bars earlier this week because he punched his own attorney after being given a 15-year sentence. Lamarcus Williamson was in handcuffs on Tuesday when […]