He may not be regular Sunday night viewing any more, but Benny Tipene is doing anything but relaxing.
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The origin of the latest Hollywood formula
If you’ve gone to the movies recently, you may have felt a strangely familiar feeling: You’ve seen this movie before. Not this exact movie, but some of these exact story beats: the hero dressed down by his mentor in the first 15 minutes (Star Trek Into Darkness, Battleship); the villain who gets caught on purpose (The Dark Knight, The Avengers, Skyfall, Star Trek Into Darkness); the moment of hopelessness and disarray a half-hour before the movie ends (Olympus Has Fallen, Oblivion, 21 Jump Street, Fast & Furious 6)
Jackman slams gay rumours
Hugh Jackman has taken a wrecking ball to rumours that he is gay, after admitting that he is ”frustrated” by the constant speculation over his sexuality. The actor told Australia’s Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes on Sunday night that if he was gay, he would not make a secret of it
Lohan ‘bolts from rehab’
Lindsay Lohan allegedly dashed from rehab just minutes after stepping foot into the facility.
The X Factor a rating success
The premiere of New Zealand’s first season of The X Factor has topped TV3s previous ratings hit The Block.
Wolvie’s angry, spoiled and photoshopped
The man with the claws and the rippling six-pack is back. And he’s angry.
Veronica Mars rattles movie industry
After years of hope, stalled efforts and studio frustration, Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas watched a long-held dream come to fruition in a sudden digital rush. “There were a few minutes of nothing happening,” he says.
No Laughing Matter: Braving the World’s First Tickle Spa
Elena Gil admits she is an addict. “It started when I was kid,” she says.
He’s the Boss
As it turns out, Keith Olbermann still had a thing or two more to say.
WARNING: Andy Williams here. Unhappy kid. Tired of being picked
After Andy Williams, 15, was arrested for opening fire on his classmates in Santee, Calif., last week, his mother Linda Williams wept before a TV crew and said, “He’s lost.