He is from another era of current affairs television and tonight (Friday afternoon NZ time) that era will end.

After a break, the Black Keys are back with an album they consider their best to date.

A New Zealander and his US-born wife have won an international competition looking for the 'world's best couple'.

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese tells Mark Kermode about his new 3D film, Hugo Cabret, his movie-mad childhood - and how directing the acclaimed drama Boardwalk Empire opened his mind to the epic freedoms of television.

Bobbi Brown makes up the stars but her appearance advice is very down to earth.

Carey Mulligan and Kelly Osbourne are among the style-savvy celebrities recruited to an internet giant's new fashion website, which lets women create their own virtual boutiques stocked with clothes from favourite designers.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and actor Leonardo DiCaprio are an unlikely pairing of figureheads in the fight to save the tiger.

New Zealander Henry Hargreaves is an ex-model making a name for himself in the Big Apple with a book celebrating breasts.

Charlie Sheen is suing the porn star who was with him when he smashed up a New York hotel room last month.

The best-selling author of The Tipping Point has enraged social network users by dismissing their impact on real issues. It is, Tim Adams writes, just the latest salvo in an argument set to run and run.

Lights, cameras, action: Chris Reed goes on location in New York.

Simon Rich published his first short story collection three years ago. Now, aged just 26, his first novel has won critical acclaim. He talks to Stephen Jewell.

The economic recession and increasing awareness about environmental and ethical concerns have spurred many in the fashion industry to look more closely at its image.

Remember touch-screen tablets? For indeed, Apple did not invent the touchscreen tablet. But before iPads, the category was a clear failure.

LimeWire may begin to regret its regular boast that its 50 million users shared and downloaded more than three billion songs a month.

The CMJ music marathon has wrapped for another year and the ten New Zealand bands that attended are taking stock of the festival and its effectiveness in gaining international attention.

Lawrence Arabia (James Milne) at the NZ@CMJ New Zealand music showcase night in New York.

She is a perma-tanned reality TV star famed for her booty. He is a perma-tanned jeweller famed for his bling. Can it be love?

Around half a dozen local bands have made the trip to New York for the CMJ Music Marathon, which kicks off this week. New Zealander Gemma Gracewood is there so you don't have to be.

There are a handful of NZ bands in New York for the CMJ Music Marathon, but that's not our only international presence by a long shot.

Take a flick though our gallery of NZ bands around the world.

Shares on Wall St advanced overnight, helped by better-than-expected results from Citigroup and expectations the Federal Reserve would further ease monetary policy.

In an area where dropouts are the norm a school is making dreams of a higher education come true.

A handful of local artists are preparing to fly to New York to perform at the CMJ Music Marathon festival.