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The former host of the Australia’s Biggest Loser fears she is eating herself to death. Ajay Rochester, who fronted the popular weight loss show for three years before leaving in 2009, has admitted she has gained a staggering 48kgs.
If M can be a woman, why can’t James Bond be black Pierce Brosnan is recommending it, suggesting during promotions for the UK release of the film Love is All You Need, that when (and if) Daniel Craig should choose to put down the Walther PPK, actor Colin Salmon should get a shot. Though Craig has signed on for “at least two more films” according to Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, Brosnan feels it is “absolutely essential” that Salmon play the first black James Bond, and join him in a very exclusive and beneficial club.
Landing a role in the modern Sherlock Holmes series Elementary was a chance to revisit childhood for Aidan Quinn. The Chicago-born actor, who plays Captain Tommy Gregson in the TV series, says he remembers reading Sherlock Holmes stories as a youngster
An Oscar-winning Kiwi costume designer has been asked to weave her magic at an internet billionaire’s fairytale wedding. Sean Parker, founder of file-sharing site Napster and later president of Facebook, has hired film costume designer Ngila Dickson to create an outfit for each guest at his US$10 million (NZ$11.8m) wedding in California in June
Disney is turning Star Wars films into an annual ritual. Walt Disney chairman Alan Horn has announced that the studio would release films set in a galaxy far, far away every year starting in 2015
The 11-year-old songstress who captured the country’s attention last year on New Zealand’s Got Talent is set to release her first album. Competition runner-up Jessie Hillel can’t wait to hear the final cut of the album With Love, recorded in Auckland, which will hit the shelves on April 26.
Success doesn’t seem to have clouded French band Phoenix’s minds. While their 2009 album was titled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, tipping their hat to the famous composer, they named the follow-up simply Bankrupt! The title of the band’s fifth album, out tomorrow, is a nod to the beauty of failure, guitarist Christian Mazzalai says.
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A strong stomach and a sense of humour are two essential ingredients for anyone working as a property manager for residential rentals, according to Rachel Williams, who features in series two of TV2’s Renters. Williams has been doing the job for three years at Ray White’s Royal Oak branch in Auckland and she never ceases to be amazed by what she finds.
Adele will reportedly marry in a ’50s-themed ceremony in July. The British singer and her fianc