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![$108m movie deal will see <i>Borat</i> star acting the goat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
$108m movie deal will see <i>Borat</i> star acting the goat
Sacha Baron Cohen is preparing to unveil a fourth alter ego...
![Tui billboards headed for the axe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Tui billboards headed for the axe
Irreverent Tui billboards will survive even if liquor laws are reviewed the way the Law Commission envisages: Yeah, Right.
![Tour de Niue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Tour de Niue
Niue offers a different sort of tropical getaway - especially if you enter the island's annual bike race, finds Russell Baillie.
![Anatomy of an exit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Anatomy of an exit
Grey's Anatomy's Patrick Dempsey reveals what he really thinks about the departure of co-star Katherine Heigl.
![Danish restaurant named best in the world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Danish restaurant named best in the world
A Copenhagen restaurant has knocked Spain's elBulli from the top spot on the S.Pellegrino World's Best 50 Restaurants list.
![Review: Apple iPad](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Review: Apple iPad
Is it worth braving customs officials to get your hands on Apple's latest gadget?
![NZ prepares for Bieber fever](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
NZ prepares for Bieber fever
Auckland Airport will put on extra security when teen pop sensation Justin Bieber arrives this week, after scenes of mass hysteria in Sydney yesterday.
![Femme for real](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Femme for real
Diane Kruger stretches her acting chops as a wife behind bars in the French thriller Anything For Her.
![<i>The Grove</i>, Wyndham St, Auckland CBD](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
<i>The Grove</i>, Wyndham St, Auckland CBD
The hard part is deciding what to choose from the menu, writes John Gardner.
![How to speed-date](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
How to speed-date
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.
![<i>Review:</i> Ebullient Goodman keeps concertgoers entertained](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
<i>Review:</i> Ebullient Goodman keeps concertgoers entertained
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.
![<i>Gregor Paul:</i> Rugby should clean up in Storm aftermath](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
<i>Gregor Paul:</i> Rugby should clean up in Storm aftermath
Melbourne’s salary cap rort is confirmation that league is rotten to the core, writes Gregor Paul.
![Window frames of the soul](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Window frames of the soul
Rachel Hunter loves life, Alison Mau is easygoing and John Campbell is understanding - at least, that's what their eyebrows tell us.
![Diary of a gourmet food hunter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Diary of a gourmet food hunter
It's a tough job but someone has to source out the artisan products that fill the shelves of boutique delicatessen Sabato.
![Sexist Hollywood under fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Sexist Hollywood under fire
Hollywood, aromatic with the scent of gorgeous and available young women, still remains a sexualised and sexist ecosystem.
![<i>Review:</i> The 5 Star Comedy Preview](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
<i>Review:</i> The 5 Star Comedy Preview
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.
![<i>Review:</i> <i>Rent</i> at the Civic Theatre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
<i>Review:</i> <i>Rent</i> at the Civic Theatre
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.
![Double duty on <i>Home by Christmas</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Double duty on <i>Home by Christmas</i>
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.
![Tears for Fears: Escaping the mad world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Tears for Fears: Escaping the mad world
Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears don't shout at each other any more.
![Movie review: <i>When In Rome</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Movie review: <i>When In Rome</i>
The most intriguing thing about this romantic comedy is how it managed to attract such a good cast.
![Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned the Hard Way](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
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.
![The paintings Hitler couldn't steal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
The paintings Hitler couldn't steal
A treasure trove of Modernist art, lost in the Nazi invasion, is to be auctioned in the UK.
![The return of Wilco](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
The return of Wilco
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talks to Russell Baillie about the American band's latest annual pilgrimage to our shores.
![Rugby: Rebels sign former All Black](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Rugby: Rebels sign former All Black
Former All Black Greg Somerville has been named as one of the Melbourne Rebels' latest signings.