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All screaming for all singing Cassie

Is it too early to call Well, based on the reaction of the 300 screaming fans at a meet and greet with the X-Factor judges at Auckland’s Sylvia Park mall tonight the other 10 contestants may as well go home because the public vote is well in the corner of 14-year-old Cassie Henderson. Not even a miserable wet night could stop these fans from coming out to meet their idols and they were even surprised with a guest appearance by four of the remaining 11 contestants including Henderson, Benny Tipene, Anna Wilson and Jackie Thomas.

Velvet Underground settles Banana battle

Velvet Underground, the 1960s avant-garde rock band, has settled a fight with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts over the rights to an iconic pop art image of a banana that graced the band’s best-known album. Velvet Underground sued the Warhol Foundation in January 2012 after reports that the foundation was planning to license the banana design for cases, sleeves and bags for Apple Inc’s iPhone and iPad

Up close with polar bears a thrilling experience

We no longer have to die wondering what it’s like to be eaten by a polar bear, thanks to the ingenuity of the veteran producer of TV One’s new Polar Bear Family and Me, Tuesday, 8.30pm. Jason Roberts built a perspex and steel version of a shark cage, designed to resist the depredations of these powerful beasts, while watching them up close

Late night Shopping brings out the stars

Wellington’s hottest stars braved a chilly night for the premiere of local film Shopping at the Embassy Theatre. Family, friends and stars such as Bret McKenzie, Ladi6, Oscar Kightley and Taika Waititi mingled at the opening night of Kapiti film-making duo Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland’s first feature film