REVIEW: A Gala Evening: Bryn Terfel (bass- baritone), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tecwyn Evans Michael Fowler Centre, May 3 Bryn Terfel, besides being one of the great bass baritones gracing the opera stages of today, is a larger than life character in all senses of the word.
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A moment with Sam Neill
Last year was a busy time for Sam Neill’s moustache. The admirably bushy lip-warmer, which he sports in the new Kiwi crime series Harry, began life as part of a beard when the actor did a film called Mariah Mundi And The Midas Box in Bristol.
Shorty star talks betrayal
Kerry-Lee Dewing has a “mates before dates” philosophy on friendship but her Shortland Street character Kylie Brown hasn’t been so loyal. Kylie is struggling to deal with her drunken one-night-stand with Vinnie (Pua Magasiva), the boyfriend of her best friend Emma (Amy Usherwood)
Death Star commander actor dies
Character actor Richard LeParmentier, who as a young Death Star commander learned the hard way that Darth Vader brooks no disrespect, died Tuesday. He was 66
Shorty star follows dad’s footsteps
If you think one of the new faces on Shortland Street looks vaguely familiar, then you’re right.
Harington sick of gutting chickens
Kit Harington it tired of being told to “gut chickens” for Game of Thrones. The British actor portrays Jon Snow in the smash hit sci-fi series.
Mad Men star still battles with rejection
Christina Hendricks insists she was “rejected a million times” before she landed her Mad Men role.
Ryan Reynolds: I relied on self-help books
Ryan Reynolds went through a phase of reading “every self-help book” around. The hunk was named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2010 and is married to gorgeous Gossip Girl star Blake Lively.
In search of new Star Trek fans
Hollywood producers have all kinds of clever strategies for making sequels to hit movies. Sometimes they cash in with a fast and almost identical follow-up – think The Hangover 2.
Obama jokes off galactic blunder
The Force is strong with Barack Obama. The US President has bounced back from a galactic mix-up after he fused two Star Wars and Star Trek references into one at a press conference