The world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will take place in the New Zealand capital of Wellington later this year. Kiwi Prime Minister John Key says the making of two films by Sir Peter Jackson about the adventures of hobbit Bilbo Baggins - before the event of the Lord of the Rings movies - has provided phenomenal global promotion for the country.
Two years after winning the inaugural Taite Music Prize with his album Chant Darling, Lawrence Arabia returns with the first single from his next album.
Travelling Shoes is taken from the new album The Sparrow, which will be released on July 6. The video for Travelling Shoes was filmed during a performance of the entire album for an audience of friends and family at Whangateau Hall, north of Warkworth.
Celebrating 20 years in the business, Shortland Street dominated entertainment news headlines and Twitter feeds in the month of May – and delivered a 90-minute episode to fans of the Street that pulled out all the stops. For Talking Heads, two generations of Shorty stars – Pearl McGlashan and Angela Bloomfield – swapped notes about the iconic local soap.
Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue sang a medley of her dance tunes to loud cheers and whistles at the star-studded Jubilee concert to celebrate the Queen's 60-year reign.
Usher made a surprise appearance at Microsoft's E3 media briefing in Los Angeles to promote Dance Central 3 for Kinect.
An 80-strong local contingent of Lady Gaga’s “Little Monsters” descended on Auckland’s Stamford Plaza this afternoon, as their pop heroine – dressed in fluorescent orange and flanked by security – greeted fans and signed autographs ahead of her shows at Vector Arena this week, which have just benefited from the release of more tickets to all three shows. Sam Wicks joined the media scrum in the hope of putting a question to the self-described “Mother Monster”.
It was a year for blockbuster franchises at the MTV Movie Awards, with Twilight, Harry Potter and The Hunger Games series dominating to prove that young audiences just can’t get enough.
Watch the brand new video from Andrew Keoghan, Bright Idea, from his Taite Prize nominated album, Arctic Tales Divide.
Jaime Ridge is due to take on reality television star Rosanna (Rosie) Arkle from The GC in a scheduled boxing bout for the KFC Godfather of Fight Nights in July.
A terrifically haunting clip, perfectly portraying the feverish complexity of Flicker. Jed Town collaborated with Alex Proyas (INXS, Mike Oldfield, Crowded House) skillfully creating an intensely serpentine work full of dark frames and layered, unnerving images. Yikes.
Home Brew perform Good God from their self-titled album that debuted at No. 1 on the New Zealand album charts. This is the final of seven songs performed at York Street Studios for the Sundae Sessions.
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It's been a decade since Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones last suited up as Men in Black agents, but they're back in black (and now in 3D) to defend the earth from the clutches of another evil alien.
Great North have an album coming out soon, here is some behind the scenes video from the last few days of recording. Although it appears that Hayden looks at the camera he actually doesn't see that the camera was filming him (the camera was right next to the computer screen that he was actually looking at) so this is him in his natural recording environment. Sometimes mistakes are made when recording and Hayden is very vocal about it.
Gotye's global hit Somebody That I Used To Know has topped the US singles chart for a sixth straight week.
A YouTube video has been posted showing Ricky Rodgers driving down Clock Hill in Alexandra, New Zealand, rolling his Ute over and then continuing to drive away. courtesy kiwinzdan
Actress Liz Hurley has blasted "spiteful" rumours surrounding her relationship with her fiance Shane Warne's children.
Present on the red carpet for over 10 years, the Lebanese couturier Elie Saab is without doubt a king.
Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Benja Harney, the self taught paper engineer was in Auckland as a guest speaker for the design conference 'Semi Permanent', held in Auckland on the 17th & 18th May. Whilst here he had a design challenge to build a Mini Cooper from paper. nzherald.co.nz spoke to Benja about his world of paper.
Will Ferrell’s Ron Burgundy is back breaking news all over again. Considering the movie isn't scheduled to start filming until February for a release later in 2013, there's absolutely nothing substantial revealed about plot, scenes or meaningful dialogue. But it is our first glimpse of the Anchorman team since 2004 - and for that we should be thankful.
The new trailer for the Sam Mendes-directed Skyfall reveals James Bond engaging in wordplay. In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Skyfall is released on November 22.
After 10 years of the V48 Hours film festival, organiser Ant Timpson still believes that this competition is the pathway for New Zealand's future film makers and he only hopes that the festival will continue for many more years to come.
You know you’re heading into controversial territory with a Sacha Baron Cohen movie, and the comedian’s latest offering, The Dictator, certainly delivers.
First dater passes secret love note to maitre'd
The adaptation, by Simon Beaufoy, is a cheesy love story rescued only by a scenery-chomping turn from Scott Thomas as Patricia Maxwell, a government PR maven with a shark's charm and bite to match.
From the ledge of the 25th floor of a NYC skyscraper, where one wrong step means death, a cornered Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) must orchestrate a dangerous plan to prove his innocence for a crime he didn't commit.
Home Brew perform Basketball Court from their self-titled album that debuted at No. 1 on the New Zealand album charts. This is the third of seven songs performed at York Street Studios for the Sundae Sessions.
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Coldplay have finally confirmed the worst kept touring secret of the year - they are coming to Australia and also playing Auckland in New Zealand.
The trailer for Piranhaconda - a low-budget made-for-TV movie starring Kiwi model Rachel Hunter. She stars in the B-grade movie as Talia, one of the film's stars set to take on a giant fish-snake creation alongside Michael Madsen, Rib Hillis and Terri Ivens.
The crowd packed out the Freemans Bay Community Centre in Ponsonby for a public forum meeting which opened in dramatic fashion, when four men brought a white coffin draped in the nz flag with the words "Public TV Service" into the hall.
Home Brew perform Radio from their self-titled album that debuted at No. 1 on the New Zealand album charts. This is the second of seven songs performed at York Street Studios for the Sundae Sessions.
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Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer and Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump get close on Saturday Night Live
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen addresses New Zealand as Supreme Leader Admiral General Aladeen from the film The Dictator.
Home Brew perform Dark Intro from their self-titled album that debuted at No. 1 on the New Zealand album charts. This is the fourth of seven songs performed at York Street Studios for the Sundae Sessions.
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