Even the Prime Minister has been called out. After having a bucket of icy water poured over his head, Christchurch real estate identity Mike Pero nominated John Key to take the challenge for charity.

Hollywood actress Kate Bosworth is expanding her fashion career by launching a style app.

Lupita Nyong'o has strutted red carpets and won Academy Awards, so you would have thought her first cover issue for Vogue would be a breeze.

Game of Thrones star Kristian Nairn has signed on to DJ at an upcoming series of raves staged for Australian fans of the fantasy drama.

Father-of-three Dean Wyllie, who was the architect on Prime TV's 'The Kiwi Dream' renovation show has died after falling down the stairs at his Auckland home.

She's played to stadium crowds, has had No. 1 hits worldwide and yet Rihanna has decided Germany's World Cup win has been the "most epic" experience of her life.

Keisha Castle-Hughes is believed to have landed a role in the wildly popular US television series, which received 19 Emmy nods this week.

Star doing her bit to draw world’s attention to new nation’s refugees of civil war, writes Judith Woods

Actress Katie Holmes is showing off her sexy side by going topless for a new magazine photoshoot.

They are arguably the UK's most high-profile showbiz couple - and they've managed to withstand the pressures of the paparazzi and family life to celebrate 15 years of marriage.

The temperatures are falling and our thoughts are turning to all things warm — winter getaways, crackling fires, mulled wine . . . and talent. Welcome to Spy’s annual Winter Hot List.

David and Victoria Beckham celebrate the 15th wedding anniversary this year.

Over a dozen NZ women have told Maggie Barry they were also indecently assaulted by Rolf Harris - and one is considering an official complaint to police after years of silence.

A Christian hip-hop artist has lodged a copyright lawsuit against pop star Katy Perry that cites "witchcraft, paganism, black magic, and Illuminati imagery".

Sally Ridge’s lawyer says he’ll oppose any bankruptcy push by Adam Parore’s business after she was ordered to pay him $100,000 in legal costs.

True Blood star Joe Manganiello has been named People's Hottest Bachelor.

It's the first rule of calling in sick ... don't be seen out with your friends the night before. But it seems nobody had told Graham Norton.

Some of Auckland's most high-profile locals have spoken candidly about the city and where they think it is heading.

Photos from the 2014 BET Awards.

Photos from the 2014 Glastonbury music festival in England.

Glamour couple Kylie Bax and Spiros Poros have separated after nine years of marriage.

Ali Mau will be back on TV screens next week - though in the unaccustomed position of hosting a TV3 show.

When the Stockton Police Department in the United States posted mugshots of four men they'd arrested after a spate of shootings and robberies, one of the crims found instant fame.

As actor Gary Oldman discovered to his chagrin this week, political correctness has a way of transforming verbal hand grenades into verbal boomerangs, writes Paul Thomas.