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In the backstage toilets of a community theatre in south-west London, a group of amateur actors is taking time out from rehearsals to photograph poo – their own poo.

REVIEW: For a film like this, you almost need two reviews: one for the fans, for whom Nick Cave’s rambling musings will never be less than treacle to their ears; and one for filmgoers who may be only mildly interested in the Australian rock star as an Actual Person but may appreciate the twist on the documentary artform. With those caveats in mind, here’s the rundown: Cave has collaborated with British artists Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth to produce a necessarily self-conscious, sometimes delightful, often ponderous, mash-up of the documentary trope

Lee Tamahori doesn’t know why people think he lives in Hollywood.

Chris Martin has no doubt had a radical change in diet after reportedly ditching Gwyneth Paltrow for Jennifer Lawrence. The Daily Mail reported the couple have been spending time together since the end of June, after the Hunger Games star broke up with X-Men co-star Nicholas Hoult.

Justin Bieber has reportedly paid authorities for abandoning his pet monkey in Germany.

Hands up who doesn’t remember where and when they were smacked over the head by the visual and emotional assault that is Once Were Warriors. The 1994 drama about the dysfunctional Heke family exposed a dark vein of domestic violence, rape, suicide and alcoholism and propelled New Zealand cinema on to the world stage.

Jeremy Corbett pauses for a moment when asked how 7 Days has changed in the five years since it first screened.

After almost two decades in obscurity, the girl who broke a nation’s heart as Grace Heke is to reappear on New Zealand screens. But this time she’ll be playing herself – a 36-year-old mother of four living in Cairns, Australia.