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Entertainment - Headlines

 

Love-struck fan proposes to Harry Potter star

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:52:11 +1200

 

Daniel Radcliffe has reportedly been left red-faced by a fan's public proposal.The Harry Potter actor - who is dating production assistant Rosie Coker - was filming an interview at The Grove shopping centre in Los Angeles when...

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'The timing was wrong': Exponents axe 28 tour dates over poor sales

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +1200

 

Singing along to The Exponents' hit Why Does Love Do This To Me at the top of your lungs along with a boozed-up crowd is apparently no longer the live drawcard it once was.The Jordan Luck-fronted band has been forced to cancel...

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Madonna like a 'mad drunken aunt' at Super Bowl (+photos, video)

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:53:41 +1200

 

Piers Morgan claims Madonna's performance at the Super Bowl was "gruesome".The talk show host - who has had a long-running feud with the Hung Up singer - was not impressed with Madonna's routine during the halftime show of the...

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Robert Downey Jr welcomes second son, Exton Elias

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:18:01 +1200

 

Robert Downey Jr has become a father for the second time.The Avengers actor - who already has 18-year-old son Indio from his first marriage to Deborah Falconer - and wife Susan welcomed a baby boy, Exton Elias Downey, into the...

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Adele 'too fat' says fashion mogul Karl Lagerfeld

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +1200

 

He's the toast of the catwalk, but when it comes to dishing out compliments, outspoken fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is no silver-tongued charmer.The Chanel supremo, who's been known to dispense with <a href='http://www.guar...

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Television - Headlines

 

Paul Casserly: Suck on this MIA

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +1200

 

The half-time shenanigans at the Super Bowl are as legendary as the American tradition of taking offence to the things that seem kind of tame. This is the country that - to paraphrase Kurtz from Heart of Darkness via Apocalypse...

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Dawn French: 'I'm still quite fond of my fat self'

published on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:32:30 +1200

 

You would expect that losing an astonishing 47 kilograms would be a load off Dawn French's mind as well as her body.Yet the 55-year-old star has confessed she is not entirely happy about her slimline shape.Miss French, who was...

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TV stars, politicians mix at Espiner wedding

published on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200

 

Broadcaster Guyon Espiner married Emma Wehipeihana yesterday at a private ceremony where politicians mixed with television stars.The couple's "best friend", former Labour MP Darren Hughes, was the master of ceremonies at the celebrations...

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Miliband and Gromit: leader too close to cartoon for comfort

published on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200

 

One is a hapless inventor from Wigan whose hare-brained schemes and anthropomorphic dog, Gromit, have made him one of the most cherished figures in British film.The other is the leader of the British Labour Party. And unkind talk...

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Gordon Ramsay cooks up NZ trip

published on Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200

 

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is making a flying visit to New Zealand to settle a legal dispute after he controversially pulled out of charity dinners for a sick Kiwi girl.The famously foul-mouthed television star arrives in early...

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Film - Headlines

 

Harrison Ford won't be in Blade Runner sequel - report

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:18:04 +1200

 

It's been called the greatest science-fiction movie ever made - and now a Blade Runner sequel is being planned.But reports that Harrison Ford is involved in the sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 cult classic have been denied.Scott...

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New Spider-Man trailer unveiled (+video)

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:57:10 +1200

 

A new trailer for the highly anticipated Spider-Man reboot has hit the net.The trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man features footage of Andrew Garfield as a charmingly awkward Peter Parker being bullied at school, testing out...

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'She was like a bulldozer' - Princess Diana film planned

published on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:24:33 +1200

 

Princess Diana's life is set to be made into a movie.Film producer Stephen Evans is lining up a Hollywood actress to play the late British royal - who tragically died in a car crash in August 1997 - in a film that will be based...

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Dominic Corry: When old-age make-up attacks

published on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +1200

 

Last week saw the release of Clint Eastwood's high profile new biopic, J Edgar , starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the founding director of the FBI, J Edgar Hoover.The film tracks Hoover's life from his youth in the 1920s right up...

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New Avengers, Battleship, Lorax trailers (+videos)

published on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:32:04 +1200

 

Forget about the football - new trailers for three hotly anticipated 2012 movies were unveiled during the Super Bowl.These included minute-long spots for collaborative superhero film The Avengers , apocalyptic alien invasion movie...

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Music - Headlines

 

'The timing was wrong': Exponents axe 28 tour dates over poor sales

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:50:42 +1200

 

Singing along to The Exponents' hit Why Does Love Do This To Me at the top of your lungs along with a boozed-up crowd is apparently no longer the live drawcard it once was.The Jordan Luck-fronted band has been forced to cancel...

Read more...


Madonna like a 'mad drunken aunt' at Super Bowl (+photos, video)

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:54:45 +1200

 

Piers Morgan claims Madonna's performance at the Super Bowl was "gruesome".The talk show host - who has had a long-running feud with the Hung Up singer - was not impressed with Madonna's routine during the halftime show of the...

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Tour news: World's biggest DJ heads Down Under

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:53:22 +1200

 

The man responsible for the highest-selling digital single ever made is heading to New Zealand.Grammy-winning French house DJ David Guetta, who produced the Black Eyed Peas' record-breaking single I Gotta Feeling , will play Auckland's...

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NZ not included in Madonna's world tour plans

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:28:52 +1200

 

Madonna has announced details of a world tour that includes a trip to Australia - but not New Zealand.Live Nation Entertainment has announced that Madonna's tour will begin on May 29 in Tel Av

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Madonna fumes over MIA's middle finger

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:19:37 +1200

 

Madonna is reportedly furious with rapper MIA for giving the finger at their Super Bowl performance.The Paper Planes singer joined Madonna on stage as a guest vocalist at Monday's game but shocked viewers when she stuck up her...

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Gossip - Headlines

 

Love-struck fan proposes to Harry Potter star

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:52:11 +1200

 

Daniel Radcliffe has reportedly been left red-faced by a fan's public proposal.The Harry Potter actor - who is dating production assistant Rosie Coker - was filming an interview at The Grove shopping centre in Los Angeles when...

Read more...


Madonna like a 'mad drunken aunt' at Super Bowl (+photos, video)

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:53:41 +1200

 

Piers Morgan claims Madonna's performance at the Super Bowl was "gruesome".The talk show host - who has had a long-running feud with the Hung Up singer - was not impressed with Madonna's routine during the halftime show of the...

Read more...


Robert Downey Jr welcomes second son, Exton Elias

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:18:01 +1200

 

Robert Downey Jr has become a father for the second time.The Avengers actor - who already has 18-year-old son Indio from his first marriage to Deborah Falconer - and wife Susan welcomed a baby boy, Exton Elias Downey, into the...

Read more...


Adele 'too fat' says fashion mogul Karl Lagerfeld

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +1200

 

He's the toast of the catwalk, but when it comes to dishing out compliments, outspoken fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is no silver-tongued charmer.The Chanel supremo, who's been known to dispense with <a href='http://www.guar...

Read more...


Kylie calls police over 'deluded weirdo' on Twitter

published on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:28:15 +1200

 

Kylie Minogue has called the police after being threatened by a "deluded weirdo" on Twitter.The Australian singer says that one of her followers has been sending her threatening messages via the microblogging site.On her Twitter...

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