Mark Sainsbury has been vindicated after seeing ratings plunge for Close Up's replacement Seven Sharp.

Nikki Kaye was at the start line this morning in the gruelling Coast to Coast triathlon, but Pippa Middleton, who last year bleated about her intention to enter the two-day endurance race, is holidaying on the Caribbean island of Mustique.

Seven Sharp launched on Monday to some scathing reviews for adopting a trivial approach to current affairs.

Ahead of its highly anticipated launch on Monday, Seven Sharp executive producer Raewyn Rasch has hit back at critics and defended her new show and its differences, telling The Diary why denouncers will be eating their words.

Her big sister is a Hollywood actress, but aspiring producer Millie Lynskey is stepping into the movie business with a short film .

Paul Henry's biggest regret, he told us, "was not getting his TV3 talk show up and running".

Anna Guy is making a new life for herself in the media, but rumours she could play a presenting role have ruffled some peacock feathers in the TV3 newsroom.

She is a three-time Oscar winner and co-writer of some of the biggest blockbusters ever made, but the notoriously private Fran Walsh opens up about movies.

Toni Street has been named the new co-host of TV One's Breakfast show alongside Rawdon Christie, after Petra Bagust's shock live resignation.

British comedian Russell Brand, who performs in Auckland tonight, highlighted the other "pure" associated with New Zealand - methamphetamine.

Julie Christie resigned this week as CEO of Eyeworks, successor to the TV production firm she founded, but is staying schtum about her plans.