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Review: Disney on Ice in Wellington

Disney on Ice TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, May 15 Standing in a queue at the TSB Bank Arena for ice creams before opening night for Disney on Ice I overheard a frazzled-looking gentleman in front of me joke out loud in desperation: ‘‘I’ll have six beers please’’. It summed up the contrast between many of the children – unrestrained excitement, some of the girls in Disney princess costumes – and foreboding by parents that it would be another show where they would be bored and try to surreptitiously browse the internet on their smart phones until it was over.

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Bluray review: Pitch Perfect

PITCH PERFECT (Universal) Director: Jason Moore Starring: Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow I normally give musical films a wide berth. The idea of people breaking into full song – or, in the case of Pitch Perfect, giving us acapella takes on pop hits – makes my skin crawl.

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Bluray review: Life Of Pi

LIFE OF PI 3D (20th Century Fox) Director: Ang Lee Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, a tiger Ang Lee won Best Director at the most recent Academy Awards. I’m not sure how or why, because so much of the film is based on computer effects that it’s hard to know exactly how much influence Lee might have had on the look and feel of Life Of Pi.

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Dr Dre sponsors tech innovation centre

The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook. Young – hip-hop mogul best known as Dr Dre and the co-founder of Interscope Records – appeared at a news conference

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Diddy claims he’s joining Downton

Music mogul and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs will not be appearing in British period TV drama Downtown Abbey, US broadcaster PBS said, despite tweets saying he would be joining the hit show’s upcoming season. Diddy set social media abuzz after posts on his verified Twitter account said, “MY BIG NEWS: So happy to announce that Im a series regular on DOWNTON ABBEY-my favorite show+i’ll be debuting a sneak peek tonight 12am PST!.” He even tweeted a photo of him in a 1920’s suit.

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