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J.K. Rowling says her crime-writing alter ego Robert Galbraith had respectable sales and two TV adaptation offers before he was exposed as a pseudonym for the Harry Potter novelist, and she wishes she could have kept her identity secret a little longer.
If you’re anything like me, then you probably like reading depressing statistics about the state of “women in film” and then whipping yourself into apoplexies of rage about it all. Fortunately it’s been a banner year for discussions on that front, since the 2013 cinema landscape is one so heavily populated by men that in a Freudian typo I just wrote “ladscape”.
Jazz dancer Annie Theewis has nailed it on the international stage. The Geraldine High School head girl returned from Hollywood on Tuesday with an armful of trophies.
The long-distance call came about 8pm while Eleanor Catton was cooking dinner. “Everything is about to change, your life is about to change,” the voice from England said
An auction featuring some of this country’s most significant artists includes works owned by Eric and Kathy Hertz, who died when their plane crashed into the sea near Kawhia in March. Among the paintings being auctioned are a 1910 oil of
The Catcher in the Rye, Doctor Zhivago, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Brave New World, Of Mice and Men, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Handmaid’s Tale and Lolita. It’s a not just a list of entries in the modern literary canon – they’re also books that have been banned.
Last time the adorable Jennifer Lawrence had a public encounter with an older man things got a bit creepy.
Everyone’s excited about the arrival of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Cambridge, even Kermit and Miss Piggy have a message for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Delivered in true Muppet style, the message is funny, timely and the duo even manages to reference their upcoming movie.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have apparently splashed close to $1 million on gold-plated toilets. The stars are looking forward to moving into their new $13.5 million Bel Air mansion, which is currently undergoing extensive renovations
The scores were tied heading into this week’s bathroom challenge, and the whole flat sat down for a viewing session hoping for less of a performance than last week.