Anika Moa talks to former Dancing With the Stars competitor Colin Mathura-Jeffree who says the series was a hotbed of scandal.

What exactly is FreeviewPlus, and what does it do? After living with it for a couple of weeks, Karl Puschmann may have finally figured it out.

We know shows like The Sopranos and Mad Men are good for us, but what about those that aren't? Here are a few guilty pleasure admissions from the Herald's entertainment team.

WATCH: Eccentric musician Aaron Tokona tells Anika Moa how he came to video Rihanna getting tattooed in Auckland.

You've heard it, right? By now everyone should have. After all, it's the first new song in five years from the Black Eyed Peas, the creators of Fergie, the term "phunk", and, in I Gotta Feeling, one of the biggest worst songs of all time.

Dominic Corry takes a look at five films that beat the bad buzz and five films that weren't so lucky.

Paul Casserly tuned in to Judy Bailey last week and recalls just how she became mother of the nation.

Pregnant Brooke Fraser joins Anika Moa in the studio, where she is promptly interrogated about her baby's paternity.

As we head towards Sunday night's Dancing With the Stars Grand Final, we hand out awards for the best moments from throughout the season.

The New Zealand International Film Festival is upon us. Dominic Corry sifts out some of the best movies to see.

The past decade or so has come to be known as the "golden age" of television.

Paul Casserly gives the run down on the first episode of the new lifestyle TV show Kiwi Living.

Paul Casserly looks back at a month of television to bring you the best quotes from the gogglebox.

Anika Moa sits down with country singer Marlon Williams, who she believes is destined to be "as famous as Lorde, if not famouser".

High hopes, hip-hop hustle, hamburgers and heroin are the disparate and intriguing elements that make up the fantastical tale of Tyshaun Granger.

Apra to retrospectively award 1981’s Silver Scroll to the best song of that year.

Ever wonder where all the post-emo scene kids ended up? At Twenty One Pilots' sold out Auckland show, of course.

Funny guy Paul Rudd has turned superhero in Marvel's latest superhero flick, Ant-Man. He talks to Russell Baillie about how the troubled movie made it to the big screen.

Each Eyeworks show succeeds - where X Factor manifestly failed - thanks to the attention to detail paid to the people we'd be watching each night, writes Duncan Greive.

Former Bachelor contestant rocks Dancing With the Stars' 80s night, as she gets near-perfect score for cha-cha to Prince's Kiss.

Anika Moa sits down with X Factor NZ judge Shelton Woolright, who reveals he had never heard of Willy Moon or Natalia Kills.

We've all got one: those characters that just make you want to punch them in the face. We take a look at television's most annoying characters.

His hand doesn't work properly, his jokes are worse than your dad's, and in one hilarious scene, he has to jolt his dislocated knee back into place. If there's a hospice for cyborg killers, Arnie's T-800 deserves to be there.

New Zealand's most loved and hate films have been named in a new poll - but there's a major surprise in the No. 1 position.

Jay-Jay Harvey says a Dancing With the Stars couple were caught kissing - but who? We put it to them.

Non-comedian guests deliver some golden moments on Jaquie Brown's otherwise lacklustre new game show, writes Alex Casey.

Seven Sharp's ratings have gone ballistic - but why? Paul Casserly tries to find out.

The dancers went all out to impress the judges, with new looks, X-Men haircuts and, for Jay-Jay Harvey, a raunchy cheerleading outfit. But did it pay off?

Spy rounds up the best pics from snap-happy Kiwi celebs.