Review: The Veils At Bodega

THE VEILS Bodega, Thursday July 25 & Friday July 26 The Veils first played Wellington in early 2007 it was a wide-eyed and yearning sound and approach – Finn Andrews was like Rufus Wainwright dressed up as Michael Stipe. As a frontman, as a musician, it seems that Andrews has aimed for Springsteen but settled for Bono.

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Bynes’ parents ‘deeply concerned’ for actress

Amanda Bynes’ parents are deeply concerned that their daughter may hurt herself or others unless they are allowed to assume control over her medical care and finances, court filings show. The petition Richard and Lynn Bynes filed Friday not only detail her public incidents of disturbing behavior, including several arrests, but also reveal that the former child star has stated fears that she is being watched by smoke detectors and devices in the dashboard of her car

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Life advice from celebrities

A round-up of life advice from celebrities, including the power of eyebrows and monkeys. Helen Mirren on things she’d tell her hypothetical daughter: “[The] first words I would have taught her would have been “f*** off” because we weren’t brought up ever to say that to anyone, were we And it’s quite valuable to have the courage and the confidence to say, “No, f*** off, leave me alone, thank you very much.” Robert Downey Jr on the power of perception: “I’m thinking of buying a monkey.

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Review: APO, A New Era

Thursday evening’s Auckland Philharmonia proved to be a study in contrasts, not just in terms of the programme but also in terms of the performances. Subtitled A New Age, the APO continued its exploration of music of the early 20th century with works by Debussy, Glazunov and Schoenberg.

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Glee cast, producers hold private memorial for Cory Monteith

Glee cast, crew and producers have held a private memorial for star Cory Monteith, the 31-year-old heartthrob who died this month from an overdose of heroin and alcohol. Fox Television said in a statement that Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy and Monteith’s co-star and girlfriend Lea Michele joined their colleagues “to share memories and music in an emotional celebration of the life of Cory Monteith.” Fox declined to provide additional details

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