Sonny Bill Williams' baby may be born a Kiwi as he and pregnant wife Alana plan to be based in NZ before the birth.

JK Rowling has written to a teenager who found strength in the words of a Harry Potter film after her entire family were shot dead.

Victoria Beckham is clearing out her closet and selling off more than 600 pieces of clothing to raise money for charity.

Production begins this week on the highly anticipated sequel to Tim Burton's blockbuster reinvention of Alice in Wonderland - with the same A-list cast as the 2010 Oscar-winning film.

He's been living it up on the French Riviera since his girlfriend Karrueche Tran reportedly broke up with him.

The body of Connor Morris - boyfriend of Millie Elder-Holmes - has been returned to his family, but no-one has yet been charged over his death.

Spy finds out what Shortland Street stars are up to in Fiji, and discovers that the boom party times have arrived.

A Sione's Wedding star has been banned from driving after crashing into two cars while drunk.

Justin Bieber has declared Instagram war on sparring partner Orlando Bloom, posting a picture of the British actor appearing to shed a tear.

Former John McGlashan College pupil Jonny Dyas is settling back into Dunedin life after mixing with some of the biggest names in the music business.

Major shortcomings are revealed in a review into the Crewe murders investigation, but Arthur Allan Thomas' family have dismissed it for failing to get the truth.

One Direction star Zayn Malik has been bombarded with death threats by outraged Israelis after posting a #FreePalestine message on Twitter.

Internationally acclaimed chef and restaurant owner Michael Meredith dropped out of school at 15 and worked as a supermarket trolley boy before finding his calling.

Tributes are flowing for the civil servant credited with buying more public land in New Zealand than anyone else.

Cliff Curtis’ turn as a bipolar chess champ may be his greatest role yet. He talks to Russell Baillie about piling on weight, confronting his past, and being a family man.

Cliff Curtis has been on our screens for more than 20 years, ranging from pivotal roles in New Zealand films like Once Were Warriors and Whale Rider to becoming a chameleonic character actor in Hollywood. Here's a visual look back at his career so far.

The $100 million movie of Cloud Atlas bombed, but that didn’t halt the rising star of its author, David Mitchell, regarded by many as the greatest of his generation. now he is tweeting his latest work, writes Hermione Hoby.

Peaches Geldof's baby son was left alone with her body for up to 15 hours after she died of a heroin overdose in a room littered with syringes and 'importation quality' drugs.

For the second year in a row, Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr has topped Forbes’ list of highest paid actors, with his Avengers co-star, Australia’s Chris Hemsworth.

He went inside the minds of our most dangerous prisoners, told us how to bring up our kids, and now Nigel Latta turns moral guardian in search of answers to society’s biggest problems.