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Tale of two comics has one winner
REVIEW: Stephen K Amos – The Spokesman; Tom Green – Live Opera House, Wellington, May 5 Reviewed by Daven Parsons-Piwari The New Zealand International Comedy Festival brings to town all sorts of international delights for our entertainment pleasure, two such worldwide acts being Brit Stephen K Amos and Canadian Tom Green.
Hip hop don’t stop for Zulus
Say hip hop, and images of gangster wannabes smoking blunts, dripping in gold, guns and women are likely conjured up.
The Office: That’s a wrap
The actors who play Pam, Jim, Dwight and other beloved characters from the popular NBC show The Office have bade farewell to the northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton that served as the TV setting for their fictional paper company. The NBC mockumentary about a clan of quirky cubicle-dwellers at the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Co.
Jurors see Jackson’s messy bedroom
In a case that attorneys promised would dive into Michael Jackson’s personal life, US jurors have been shown photographs of the eccentric music legend’s messy, clothes-strewn second-floor bedroom in the rented mansion where he died. Although the foyer of the Holmby Hills home was pristine – a lavish, open space with ornate gold frames – and the dining room boasted flowing white curtains around giant windows that allowed in streaming sunlight, the second floor presented a scene that was radically different, jurors were told in the wrongful-death case brought by the singer’s family against entertainment firm AEG.
Good guys telling jokes for charity
New Zealand comedians are once again putting their jokes on the line for charity. The sixth-annual The Good Guys is a one-night comedic showcase in aid of children’s charity SpinningTop
Paltrow embarrased by own sex tips
Gwyneth Paltrow once told a friend to perform a sex act instead of getting angry at her partner. The Hollywood actress gave the startling advice
Beyonce tour ‘rider revealed’
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(Email) Chain of Moans – Episode 5
As the show with the most foetuses in jars on television continues, Nelson Mail reporters and bloggers Sarah Dunn and Adam Roberts continue their discussions about the land of Westeros. Note: Sarah is on holiday this week, so Nelson Mail web editor and Tyrion fanboy Lee Henaghan will be standing in for her.
In defence of Gwenyth Paltrow
OPINION: Gwyneth Paltrow was recently named the most irritating celebrity in Hollywood by a team of people who are probs very insightful, educated and unbiased. She beat out other “annoying” (otherwise known as successful and not Jennifer Lawrence) women, including Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie for the top spot, so congrats I guess It’s not unusual for people (read: Jezebel staffers and Buzzfeed contributors) to take the anti-Paltrow position; she’s thin, white, wealthy, privileged and friends with Jay-Z and Beyonc