With the original CSI getting the last rites tonight, Stephanie Merry looks at the forensic show's legacy.

If you need new jandals, now might be the time to splurge with two summer music festivals confirming their line-ups today.

The nominees for the first three New Zealand Music Awards were announced today, recognising the best work of those who engineer, produce, and design the covers for local albums.

Eli Orzessek talks to pop's king of parody, Weird Al Yankovic.

In Pan, director Joe Wright creates his own interpretation of Barrie's story by taking the source material and imagining what came before, telling the story of how Peter found Neverland, and became Peter Pan.

More than a quarter-century after Hope and Glory, his enchanting, autobiographical child's-eye view of London in the Blitz, Boorman turns in a sequel-of-sorts.

The Scottish play is Shakespeare's leanest tragedy, barely 2500 lines as against Lear's 3500 and Hamlet's 4000.

Filmmaker Nancy Meyers has produced a catalogue of lighthearted, fun films, with mature actors and made for mature audiences; think Something's Gotta Give and It's Complicated.

Two guitarists from classic rock outfits have solo albums out this week. Pink Floyd's David Gilmour talks to Neil McCormick who also ponders the new excursions of Keith Richards on screen and record.

Adam Sandler leading a crew to save the world against an invasion of 80s videogame arcade characters created by aliens who got hold of one of those Nasa space probes with a recording of what we did for entertainment in 1982.

If you're kicking off your brand new dance album, a record that will soon soundtrack festivals the world over, maybe you shouldn't do it with The Weeknd.

Burning tyres, smouldering wreckage and dust storms blowing across desolate wastelands. Right from the start, Mad Max gets one key thing right: the vibe

The vibe was lively on a Friday evening. Plenty of people in the spacious, warm patio space, and a busy restaurant area.

Occupying the most improbable of genres, the musical thriller, this feature-film version of a 2011 National Theatre hit takes an unusual angle of view to explore the effect on the small Ipswich street of the title of a wave of murders in 2006.

Smash hit show looks set for a strong second season, writes Dominic Corry.

Their last show here was one of their favourites, but Odesza promise to deliver an even bigger electro-pop party this time around. They talk to Chris Schulz.

She's the sole American import in Born To Dance, the Kiwi hip-hop dance film which opens at local cinemas today - meet Kherington Payne, who plays North Shore resident Sasha, a dancer and the love interest of the film's leading man, Tu.

Locking themselves away to write, record and produce seems to have paid off - Chvrches have come into their own with their second album, Every Open Eye.

Internationally acclaimed South Auckland hip-hop superstar Parris Goebel turns this classic follow-your-dreams dance story into something special, thanks to her electrifying, unique style of choreography and incredible troupe of dancers.

Chrvches are there. So are Grimes, Flume and Beach House - but who else made the cut in this week's Laneway line-up? Here are five artists we thought deserved some extra attention.

New Zealand Opera's Tosca is more than extraordinarily gripping theatre, marking the huge advances made since the company last presented the opera in 2003.

Fern Sutherland has the interesting honour of being one of our most internationally successful Kiwi actors, while remaining relatively unknown in New Zealand.

What we know so far: The Doctor is back. Ten years after returning from the television graveyard and more than 50 years after its first episode, Doctor Who returns to Prime this Sunday, airing the same day as in Britain.

Intense studio sessions and an occasional fist fight have been channelled into Villainy's new album. They talk to Chris Schulz.

Soundgarden's frontman Chris Cornell talks to Chris Schulz about his latest solo album, Higher Truth, and his upcoming New Zealand shows.

Tearaway has been given the PlayStation 4 port it deserves - but upgrading the Vita's best platformer wasn't easy. Chris Schulz discovers the origami game's port gave developers a few paper cuts.

As TVNZ makes its new season announcement, we take a look at the big bunch of new shows all the networks are debuting in the coming weeks.