Auckland scene final straw for US prosecutor

The Auckland-based final scene of Oscar-tipped movie Wolf on Wall St has outraged the US federal prosecutor who sent the real wolf to jail for fraud. The movie, which has courted infamy with its 544 f-words and countless naked women, finishes in Auckland with convicted fraudster Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, showing an audience how to sell a pen

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Change of plan for Malin Akerman

“I tend to get a lot of scripts in which people want me to play the trophy wife, which is frustrating because I want the interesting, meaty roles.” That was actress Malin Akerman in 2009, then best known for supporting roles in movies such as The Heartbreak Kid, 27 Dresses, Couples Retreat and Watchmen. Having made the switch from film to TV, Malin can now be seen playing the titular lead in a new comedy series on TV2.

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Kanye West’s influential year

In late May 2013, on the eve of the release of his sixth solo album, Kanye West sat down with New York Times music writer Jon Caramanica and gave one of the most memorable interviews of this past year. It was a brilliant, obnoxious mix of cartoonish overstatements and grandiose aphorisms, most of which were-like so much of West’s career-more right than wrong.

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2013 in review: The top 10 music moments

The soundtrack to 2013 went a little like this: we danced to the return of our favourite electronic music duo, bopped around to a catchy song until we stopped to listen to the lyrics, watched with open mouths as a former Disney starlet took off all her clothes and rode a wrecking ball, and related to a tune penned by a 17-year-old New Zealand school girl. Here we have compiled the 10 biggest music news stories that captured our attention this year.

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