Jean-Paul Gaultier's Classique fragrance is given a makeover.

Sacha Baron Cohen is preparing to unveil a fourth alter ego...

Irreverent Tui billboards will survive even if liquor laws are reviewed the way the Law Commission envisages: Yeah, Right.

Niue offers a different sort of tropical getaway - especially if you enter the island's annual bike race, finds Russell Baillie.

Grey's Anatomy's Patrick Dempsey reveals what he really thinks about the departure of co-star Katherine Heigl.

A Copenhagen restaurant has knocked Spain's elBulli from the top spot on the S.Pellegrino World's Best 50 Restaurants list.

Is it worth braving customs officials to get your hands on Apple's latest gadget?

Auckland Airport will put on extra security when teen pop sensation Justin Bieber arrives this week, after scenes of mass hysteria in Sydney yesterday.

Diane Kruger stretches her acting chops as a wife behind bars in the French thriller Anything For Her.

The hard part is deciding what to choose from the menu, writes John Gardner.

It looks good, it tastes good and it sounds good too?

As a means of launching a new dating website, its creators staged a speed dating evening in Auckland. Alan Perrott went along to learn how to find a date under the stopwatch.

The ever-ebullient Roy Goodman explained the premise behind Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Thursday concert in a running commentary as the stage was reset after the opening item.

Melbourne’s salary cap rort is confirmation that league is rotten to the core, writes Gregor Paul.

Rachel Hunter loves life, Alison Mau is easygoing and John Campbell is understanding - at least, that's what their eyebrows tell us.

It's a tough job but someone has to source out the artisan products that fill the shelves of boutique delicatessen Sabato.

Hollywood, aromatic with the scent of gorgeous and available young women, still remains a sexualised and sexist ecosystem.

A comic genius is a guy who can skulk onto the stage and tell a joke about not being allowed to open his hotel window and have everyone giggling and writhing.

It was when the drag queen in the Santa coat started banging her drumsticks on the scaffolding, singing about sending a barking annoyance to "doggie hell" that Rent came to life.

The Anzac pairing playing director Gaylene Preston's father in her family wartime memoir Home by Christmas talk to Russell Baillie about their shared role.

Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears don't shout at each other any more.

The most intriguing thing about this romantic comedy is how it managed to attract such a good cast.

Singer Sharon Jones and band the Dap-Kings have made a name for themselves by reviving the essence of funk and soul music's heyday from the 60s and 70s.

A treasure trove of Modernist art, lost in the Nazi invasion, is to be auctioned in the UK.

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talks to Russell Baillie about the American band's latest annual pilgrimage to our shores.

Former All Black Greg Somerville has been named as one of the Melbourne Rebels' latest signings.