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A little more than a decade ago, Guy Pearce had broken through in Hollywood but was struggling to deal with a relentless workload and his new celebrity. He was known around the world for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, L.A.
ABSOLUTE ZERO Little Green Cars
CHANGE BECOMES US Wire (Southbound) Three and a half decades of arthouse punk is tough to sustain so the Londoners dipped into their past for the basis of their 13th studio offering. But the small nuggets mined from their late 70s seam of peculiarity get the type of reworking that reminds you that Wire are both the band of Heartbeat and Eardrum Buzz – and aren’t afraid to warp a track with poppy enthusiasm or Eno melancholy
TRUE HALLUCINATIONS Ex Cops (Shock) Shoe-gazing often patched over the stains of half-arsed ability with swirling reverb and torrents of forced harmonising. The success – both critical and downloaded – of Ex Cops’ Brian Harding and Amalie Bruun is that their dreamy pop is anchored with rock-solid vocals and shining blue-sky melodies.
Ten years after it was first cancelled by Fox, Futurama is set again for its final delivery. Comedy Central announced that this seventh season would be the show’s last, finishing up in the US on 4 September.
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As the show with the most duplicitous dragons on television continues, Nelson Mail reporters and bloggers Sarah Dunn and Adam Roberts continue their discussions about the land of Westeros. Dear Adam, We were left with a bit of a cliff-hanger last week when Jaime Lannister got his hand cut off by Lord Bolton
Sydney-based former New Zealand television presenter Charlotte Dawson has gone public with her new love – and he’s 24 years her junior.
With some deck chairs, a carpet and a handful of pocket-sized instruments, a New Zealand couple took to Berlin’s streets to busk and get by in a city where they couldn’t find jobs.
Australian rock legend and former Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett has died after a long battle with cancer.