High-pitched screams: the second series of New Zealand's Next Top Model was - as to be expected - full of them.

Rating: 4/5 Verdict: It's hard to stay exclusive when everyone likes your songs

Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Stunning solo debut from Outkast's big guy

Rating: 3/5 Verdict: Not so lethal second album from US trio

Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Third album from Canadian folk rock circus refines their epic vision.

Seattle-based Band of Horses stopped into to Auckland on their way home from a full-on string of gigs through America and then Australia's mighty Splendour in the Grass festival.

The 3000 screaming and ecstatic fans are here to see Jared Leto, because while his band might be called 30 Seconds To Mars, it really is his show.

Time was finally up for Kieran Mitchell, and Shortland Street sent him off with a bang.

Young writer comes up trumps with local hero.

Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Keep your knickers on, Uncle Tom's gone gospel ...

Rating: 1.5/5 Verdict: Not tortuous, not unwatchable, but not good.

Louis Theroux fails to get to the bottom of Medicated Kids, writes Deborah Hill Cone

Rating: 3/5 Verdict: Safe country-rock that doesn't stray from the middle of the road

Director: Simon Mark-Brown Runtime: 90 mins Out now for a limited engagement at the Academy Cinema

Daring drama brings curtain down on Maori playwright's festival, hopefully not for last time

Elegant dancers take Swan Lake to new level with spirited stunts and acrobatics