Although the great jazz composer and band leader Count Basie died in April 1984, his band plays on.

This doco, made and heavily branded by the V&A, is likely to be as close as fans here will get to it without an airfare.

Poltergeist 2015 is a faithful tribute, produced with an eye to introducing the Steven Spielberg-produced original - and the phrase "they're here" - to a new audience.

Melissa McCarthy has become Hollywood's go-to gal for big screen comedy. She talks to Michele Manelis.

First drinks were delivered pretty efficiently once we’d decided what to drink on a half-sunny, half-cloudy Sunday afternoon.

No, It's not the Maori TV answer to The Bachelor NZ. Though there are plenty of moments in the early episodes of Find Me A Maori Bride just as excruciatingly hilarious as the recent reality show.

In the closing moments of this deliciously unpredictable Western, set in Colorado but shot in the South Island, the camera revisits the scenes of the various killings that have punctuated the action.

It might be time he purchased some property here, because Chris Cornell is packing his bags for his second New Zealand visit this year - and fourth in five years.

A new Friday night battleground is forming for local content as TVNZ announces a new lifestyle programme to go head-to-head with TV3's Jono and Ben.

We look at how the characters from Outrageous Fortune link to Westside, set 30 years earlier.

She's So Rad are a duo with wonderful musicality.

Long before Lolcats became a thing, Andrew Lloyd Webber brought our feline friends to the forefront of popular culture with his record-breaking musical Cats.

Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn is on a roll with his performances in everything from the television series Bloodline to the New Zealand-made Slow West. He talks to Lydia Jenkin.

The X Factor finale is nigh. Duncan Greive, Joanna Hunkin and Russell Baillie evaluate the chances of the final three acts.

Thom Payne is a man looking oblivion in the face. At least that's how Thom Payne saw it in Thursday's premiere episode of Happyish (9.30pm, SoHo), a new American-made sitcom starring British-made actor Steve Coogan.

Scottish director John Maclean talks about why he filmed his awarding winning off-kilter Western in the South Island

The vibe at The White Rabbit is Melbourne cool. Formerly The Crown (and before that the Rose & Crown), this classic pub has been given a whitewash facelift.

From the packed line-up in the Documentary Edge festival, Peter Calder picks five of the best he's previewed.

It seems odd that Microsoft would bother upgrading State of Decay. Released in 2013,it was a middling zombie romp at best, with emphasis on stealth, survival and saving your mates over bloodthirsty brain bashing.

Lee Daniels Empire is the first primetime US show to feature a predominantly black cast, and it's coming to New Zealand screens. Sarah Hughes reports.

After years out of the spotlight, Bic Runga is heading back on the road again on a joint tour with rising singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook. They talk to Lydia Jenkin.

If you're aching to learn which films have made the cut for the upcoming New Zealand International Film Festival, there's bad news in store: you'll have to wait until the full programme is launched on June 23.

He's been a rapper, an actor, a porn movie mogul and, most recently, a terrible reggae singer called Snoop Lion. How many lives has this Dogg used up already? Six? Seven?

This exceptional album is named for Stevens' schizophrenic and drug-addicted mother who died in 2012 and the stepfather (married to Carrie for five years when the singer was a young boy) who was his stability and currently runs Stephens' record label.

The stars and creator of the new Mad Max reboot talk to Michele Manelis about the extremes they went to for the new movie.

The Odd Couple (Fridays, 7.30pm, Prime) is a remake of the 1970s television sitcom which was an adaptation of 1968 film which was an adaptation of the Neil Simon play which opened on Broadway in 1965.

Motley Crue will perform in New Zealand on Saturday for the first and last time. Vince Neil tells Chris Schulz why.

It might be years since the end of The Mighty Boosh, but the local following that Noel Fielding earned from the surreal show will be welcoming him to this year's comedy festival.