Margaret Mahy could be posthumously honoured this year with an award now named after her. New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards today announced the top prize would be renamed ‘New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award’
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Williamson to appear on Ellen show
Pakuranga MP Maurice Williamson has been given the go-ahead to appear on the popular Ellen DeGeneres show after his speech in support of gay marriage made a him a hit on YouTube. Prime Minister John Key this morning joked about making Williamson his senior speech-writer
Never-before-seen nude Jolie
A quick scout around the pervier corners of the net – the ones where screen-shots of onscreen nudity are piled high – will offer up plenty of images of Angelina Jolie naked. But snaps of a topless Angelina Jolie with a horse They’re much harder to come by, unless you’re happy to settle for bad Photoshopping and the disapproving looks of friends, family and colleagues for even searching for such a thing.
Every woman Don Draper’s betrayed
Don Draper was true to his new wife last season but will he stay true to her in the upcoming season The last scene of season 5 certainly suggested that Don would be back to his philandering ways. Before the season 6 gets under way tomorrow, let’s look back at all the women he’s cruelly betrayed and discarded.
Homeland producer dies
A representative for Henry Bromell, an executive producer for the TV series Homeland, says Bromell has died. Bromell’s longtime agent and friend, Peter Benedek, said Bromell died Monday at a Los Angeles area hospital
Girls nudity not gratuitous: Dunham
Lena Dunham’s insists her nudity in Girls isn’t to “land screen caps on blogs”. The creator-and-star of the hit HBO series is regularly sans clothes on screen and has revealed why the scenes are warranted
The Great Scientology Implosion: Author Details Church on the Decline
The Church of Scientology is a notoriously difficult subject for a journalist. The press has long been considered an enemy of the Church, which was founded half a century ago by science fiction writer L.
Christopher Plummer in a Beguiling Beginners
Writer/director Mike Mills’s Beginners features a gay widower, Hal , coming out of the closet at 75. His grown son Oliver stands by bemused as his father rips through a bucket list he’s been secretly adding to through 45 years of straight marriage.
Bangkok’s Lucrative Hangover: Sex, Drugs and Popular Sequels
In “Farangs,” a short story by Thai-American writer Rattawut Lapcharoensap, a guesthouse owner grumbles about foreign tourists and their narrow tastes.
‘What the Hell Would Spielberg Do Here?’: Abrams on ‘Super 8’
Surely the most eagerly awaited film of the summer, J.J.