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Watching Paula Deen’s cooking show was a weekend ritual for Marilynne Wilson, who says she’s furious at the Food Network for dumping the comfort-food queen after she acknowledged using racial slurs in the past.
The defining image of World War Z, according to director Marc Forster, is not a zombie biting into someone’s flesh but the wildlife montage that plays behind the opening credits, which might best be summed up in the words of one of his characters: ”Mother Nature is a serial killer.
Australian radio presenter Dee Dee Dunleavy has triggered outrage on social media by penning a blog post implying women should boycott British celebrity Nigella Lawson’s books until she “makes a stand on domestic violence”.
“Just bear with me, I’m making myself a morning cup of tea,” hollers Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman, on the phone from an island off the coast of Thailand. A cup of tea That’s not exactly a rock ‘n’ roll scenario for the British post-punk industrial band who have influenced the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Metallica.
We sit down to eat dinner at the usual sort of time – 7pm or so – up in Brisbane. Bernard Fanning lives back there now with his young family after a year-and-a-half in Madrid
He was the one to beat right the way through the series, but early on it looked as though Masterchef 2013 winner Aaron Brunet was about to choke at the final hurdle. Speaking to Fairfax from his home in Raglan, he said it was some advice he was given from a sportsman before going into the series that got him through what seemed like an insurmountable challenge
Keen New Year’s revellers may have to travel further afield to enjoy annual festivities as Waikato’s biggest celebration is set to take a sabbatical.
How the mighty have fallen.
When Max Gimblett was eight he fell in love with America. With Japan a growing Pacific threat during WWII, American troops moved into Auckland and Wellington in 1942
Boys, you have two months to get rid of that beer gut and practise your chat-up lines – Kiwi supermodel Rachel Hunter, right, is coming home, and she’s single. Hunter is back as a judge for the second series of New Zealand’s Got Talent – joining OpShop lead singer Jason Kerrison and J-Lo’s ex-husband Cris Judd – and she will be home in July to start filming.