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Murder-plot-accused singer’s split amicable
Divorce documents show that the lead singer of metal band As I Lay Dying had an amicable split with the estranged wife he’s now accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill, but she was concerned about how recent changes in his behaviour would affect his parenting. Meggan Lambesis, the wife of Tim Lambesis, said in the court papers obtained by The Associated Press that she worried about his ability to care for their three adopted children, but she gave no indication she felt in danger
Trailer: The World’s End
The first trailer for pub-crawl apocalypse movie The World’s End has hit the web.
Will.i.am’s $100k donation surprise
Grammy-award winning hip hop artist Will.i.am jetted into Auckland for a company party last night, but he’s not going home without leaving something behind. The Black Eyed Peas frontman has donated $100,000 to a network of low decile schools in the city’s low-income areas toward providing children with new computers and iPads
Bowie video given adult-only rating
David Bowie’s latest music video featuring him as a Christ-like figure surrounded by women in skimpy outfits and priests in a bar has been slapped with an adult-only rating by video sharing website YouTube.
Westenra to sing lullaby for royal baby
Christchurch songbird Hayley Westenra is set to sing a lullaby for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s first child. Westenra’s new album, Hushabye, features a tune, Sleep On, which has been penned for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s baby, expected in July
Young and the Restless actress dies
American actress Jeanne Cooper, who starred on the daytime television soap opera The Young and the Restless for four decades, has died, her son, actor Corbin Bernsen, said. Cooper was 84
Will.i.am swoops into Auckland
Multi Grammy-award winning hip hop artist will.i.am performed at a company party in Auckland last night. Calling the former Black Eyed Pea “one of the world’s biggest superstars”, Hallenstein’s Brothers enlisted him to DJ at its “Ultimate After Party”.
Taylor Swift announces NZ show
After wowing crowds over three nights in Auckland in March 2012, Taylor Swift is set to return this spring.
William Shatner spinning yarns
“Anything I tell you is 100 per cent the truth.” William Shatner – Bill, as he prefers – is sitting across from me in a plush Auckland hotel suite. William Shatner! He has just finished telling me about his close encounter with an endangered monk seal while on holiday in Hawaii, and before that it was the rather thrilling tale of the time he hunted down a 2.7m-tall Kodiak bear in Alaska, armed only with a bow and arrow