Angelina Jolie has revealed she has decided to remove her ovaries in addition to having a preventative double mastectomy. In a moving and powerful op-ed in The New York Times this week, the actress said she had the mastectomy in February after finding out she carried a gene that gave her an 87 per cent of getting breast cancer
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Shortland St comp: Don’t be a hater
To celebrate Shortland St turning 21 this month, we’re asking fans to write about how much they love the show. The best submission will win the chance to interview stars of the show live on Stuff.co.nz.
Superhero life expectancies
For Hollywood, there is nothing more super than a superhero movie. Batman, Iron Man, Spider-man – these characters’ secret power isn’t super strength or tech wizardy but an uncanny ability to generate billions of dollars at the box office.
Less is more for Beth Orton
Even before the release of her first album in 1996, there was plenty of buzz about Beth Orton. She had sung on two albums by her then-boyfriend, electronica musician and producer William Orbit and on the debut by hit electronica outfit The Chemical Brothers.
Durham suffers brain haemorrhage
The Seekers frontwoman Judith Durham is in hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage soon after performing as part of the band’s 50th anniversary tour.
Shortland St comp: Born to love Shorty
To celebrate Shortland St turning 21 this month, we’re asking fans to write about how much they love the show. The best submission will win the chance to interview stars of the show live on Stuff.co.nz.
X Factor wildcard winner revealed
Fletcher Mills will join the 12 finalists for The X Factor’s live shows, starting this Sunday. The 17-year-old from Wellington convinced in his first audition when he sung an original composition, Ode to Bon Iver
The war porn of Game of Thrones
In the long and steamy affair between fantasy and cartography, certainly the most mesmerising image of recent vintage is the dynamic beauty kissed alive by the title sequence of Game of Thrones. At the start of each episode, the viewer is strapped to a rollercoaster and swept across its alternate world.
Rumours fly after Beyonce axes show
Singer Beyonce has cancelled her show in Antwerp, Belgium, amid rumours she is pregnant with her second child. Her representatives named dehydration and exhaustion as reason why she was pulling out of the show.
TV nostalgia not what it used to be
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be – though Sky’s new Jones! channel makes it superficially tempting. Depending entirely on one’s demographic, here are either the television treasures of childhood, or the embarrassing dross.