Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune Only Teardrops, despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, hippie-chic 20-year-old for the catchy love song that is driven by her deep, Shakira-like voice
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Aussie soap star in serious condition after crash
Former Packed to the Rafters actor Justin Rosniak is in a serious condition but lucky to be alive after the van he was driving flipped onto its roof in Sydney’s west on Friday night, police say.
Doctor Who? Finally an answer
For a select few around the world, 2013 is a year of joy, mystery and edge-of-your-seat spoiler gathering. It’s not our fault that we are so obsessed.
Tyler hopes to eclipse Eurovision
Bonnie Tyler, the champion of the power ballad, carries the hopes of the United Kingdom into the Eurovision song contest in the Swedish city of Malmo this weekend.
No Ellen appearance for Maurice Williamson
Cabinet Minister Maurice Williamson has missed out on his chance to appear on the American chat-show Ellen.
TV thriller 24 to return in 2014
Emmy-winning US television thriller 24 will return next year with its lead star, Kiefer Sutherland, after a four-year hiatus, Fox network said.
Matthew Perry’s Go On cancelled
Actor Matthew Perry’s latest TV show has been cancelled after one season, marking his third disappointing venture since he won fame on the hit comedy Friends.
Mike Tyson gets own animated series
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will star as a cartoon detective, with a pigeon as a sidekick, in a new animated series, US cable network Adult Swim has said.
Game aims to expose Kiwi music
A video game, the first to be funded by NZ On Air, has been released by Auckland games developer InGame, to promote New Zealand music. NZ On Air spent $287,000 on the game
Randy Jackson exits American Idol
Veteran American Idol judge Randy Jackson said he was leaving the Fox TV singing contest to focus on his other business ventures.