http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Entertainment headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:32 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=1501119 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631564&ref=rss American pop star Lady Gaga arrived in Auckland this morning, ahead of her two near sold-out nights at the city's Vector Arena over the weekend.Lady Gaga - whose real name is real name Stefani Germanotta - has brought the full... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:03:52 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631511&ref=rss To say that the first live performance by The Pixies in New Zealand has been highly anticipated is an understatement akin to stating that the All Blacks would quite like to win the Rugby World Cup again one day.How anticipated?... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:09 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631529&ref=rss An Elvis Presley record thought to have been signed by the King himself has been revealed as a forgery after it was realised the LP was signed eight years after the singer died.Elvis Sings Country Favourites was one of about 20... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:18:07 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631541&ref=rss Victoria Beckham is said to have been left "shocked and upset" at the death of her ex-boyfriend Corey Haim.The singer-turned-fashion designer briefly dated the Lost Boys star in 1995, and was saddened to... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:14:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631550&ref=rss Nick Carter gave his best blue steel gaze and surveyed the crowd as though he was waiting for the knickers to start flying. Then he winked and tossed a red rose (sans thorns?) into the sea of out-stretched arms. It was a gloriously... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:08:30 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10628252&ref=rss As a band, Calexico is perfectly named: their music is a road trip to the cinematic imagination. It takes us to Calexico, a sun-bleached crossroads where a fleapit theatre plays Sergio Leone and John Ford westerns on permanent loop.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:10 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631441&ref=rss The Auckland Town Hall organ has reclaimed pride of place in the Great Hall after two years of reconstruction in Germany.Alterations in the 1970s caused the organ to lose its Romantic style and power and growing concerns over... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:08 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631493&ref=rss They were 20 years late, and playing an album they wrote as 20-somethings, but the Pixies finally made it to New Zealand last night for their first show.The tour is in celebration of the 20th anniversary of that album, Doolittle,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:07 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631522&ref=rss LONDON - Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.The High Court ruled on that record label EMI Group can't sell Pink Floyd... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:10:16 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631399&ref=rss Lovely lines from William Butler Yeats: "Yet they were of a different kind, / The names that stilled your childish play, / They have gone about the world like wind / But little time had they to pray".They came into my head this... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:07 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631450&ref=rss Television New Zealand is looking at radical solutions to trim $30 million to $40 million from budgets - including halving the 6pm news hour.It is understood that TVNZ has sounded out TV3 advising: "If you go half an hour, we'd... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:06 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631442&ref=rss A Sydney writer who describes himself as "an atheist Jewish-Australian political activist" is coming to Auckland in May as part of the international lineup for the Writers and Readers Festival.Antony Loewenstein is the author... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631370&ref=rss LOS ANGELES - Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.Haim died yesterday at 38, another... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:44:18 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631323&ref=rss I knew Stefani Germanotta before she was famous.It's not like we grew up together or anything. Stefani - who you might know these days as Lady Gaga - was a cool and eccentric New York kid, prone to singing to strangers in restaurants... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631317&ref=rss Ladies on ladders tie fake pohutakawa flowers to the leaves - it's supposed to be December, and New Zealanders will notice if there are no crimson flowers to prove it. At their cue, little girls in fairy costumes leave their mothers'... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631330&ref=rss There will be no third series of award-winning TV comedy The Jaquie Brown Diaries , which has left its star time to get down, so to speak.Brown, who is about to make her theatre debut, not only has to act, she also has to dance.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:59:02 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631286&ref=rss Wellington could be breaching trademark laws if a Wellywood sign is erected at Miramar, Hollywood executives say.The sign, which has been given resource consent by Wellington City Council, has been designed to copy the iconic... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:01:52 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631313&ref=rss LONDON - The world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Anna Nicole will be presented by the Royal Opera on February 17 next year, starring Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as the late model and Playboy playmate.The Royal Opera... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10631314&ref=rss ROME - Google says it will scan up to one million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.Officials from Google... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10628250&ref=rss 11 and 12 travels to New Zealand carrying a lot of cultural baggage. Ironic given that over forty years ago director Peter Brook arguably revolutionised the British stage with the concept of the empty space. In terms of baggage... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:10 +1200