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Crowe plans to direct Gallipoli film
New Zealand born actor Russell Crowe has confirmed plans to make an overdue directorial debut with World War I drama The Water Diviner, after two previous efforts were scuppered by the media – but only if he can do it on his own terms. ”It was probably time [to direct] 10 years ago, but if you’re engaged in making movies as a career then you have to work within cycles that come up,” Crowe explains while promoting new film Man of Steel
Will John Travolta fly David Letterman to NZ?
What do you do if you get to hang out with a pilot who owns a fleet of private jets You ask them if they could give you a lift to the furthest away country you can think of. When US talk show host David Letterman had actor John Travolta in his studio, he casually inquired for a ride to New Zealand.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt ‘want eight’
Angeline Jolie and Brad Pitt reportedly want two more children. The couple famously share a brood of six, including adopted children from Cambodia, Vietnam and Ethiopia.
Why Dominic Bowden could never judge
Dominic Bowden, host of The X Factor NZ, knows exactly what it takes to make the show a success. “If we haven’t got the talent, people will switch off,” he says
Truth the key to White Lies story
An area of New Zealand history that has been swept under the carpet is the subject of a new home-grown movie which releases this week. White Lies, adapted from Whale Rider author Witi Ihimaera’s novella Medicine Woman, is set in a time when new laws prohibited unlicensed healers, making the practise of much Maori medicine illegal.
With Samsung, Jay-Z continues to boom
He really is more than a businessman. Jay-Z’s partnership with Samsung for his new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, is another sign of how musicians are finding new ways to push, sell and promote their music, and how the multiplatinum performer – who famously rapped “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man” – continues to leverage his enduring popularity into a successful brand.
The private life of Kim Kardashian
OPINION: With all the hoopla and listicles outlining the so-called wackiness her baby daddy spouted in his New York Times interview last week, comparatively little has been made of Kim Kardashian’s own public outpouring (and we’re not talking about her birthing fluids – Mazel Tov!). A week before Kim gave birth to her and Kanye West’s child – almost a month earlier than scheduled (you’re welcome, gossip rags!) – she tweeted a series of distressing tales of paparazzi subterfuge, claiming when she denied them pictures of her, “they threatened my life & said if I continue to block shots then they will make my world dangerous to live in! How dare they threaten my life & my unborn child! This has gotten way out of control!” “For years I’ve always been so gracious,” she continued, “Let me enjoy this last month of pregnancy please without threats & being scared to leave my home due to what dangerous thing they just threatened to do to me.” What is clearly a cry for safety and privacy, though, will surely fall on deaf ears.
Miguel inviting lawsuit over NZ fan’s injury
The New Zealand woman who was kicked by Miguel during a Billboard Music Awards performance continues to suffer cognitive difficulties and has yet to receive any assistance from the R&B singer nearly a month after the incident, her attorney said.
Witi Ihimaera’s charmed life
Witi Ihimaera is charming, possibly even to the people who were very snarky about his astounding plagiarism in The Trowenna Sea. That was 2009