http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Entertainment headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:00:17 +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=10670884&ref=rss Fans excited by the chance to nab a U2 concert ticket for under $40 today found themselves lumped with a hefty online surcharge. We asked readers if they thought a $19 service charge was excessive, and most were unequivocal.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:00:58 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670866&ref=rss Much was made of the affordability of tickets to U2's Auckland's show when it was announced last month, but what wasn't made clear was that fans would be lumped with an online surcharge of almost $20 per transaction.Tickets to... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:40:58 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670863&ref=rss The 48-year-old singer of U.S. hard-rock band Guns N' Roses irritated thousands of his Dublin fans at the 02 Arena on Wednesday night by showing up nearly an hour late - a recurring problem on his band's European tour - and then walking... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:26:11 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670854&ref=rss The star of an Oscar-winning documentary about a Japanese town that slaughters dolphins has delivered a petition to the US Embassy in Tokyo demanding an end to the hunt. The Cove star Ric O'Barry handed the petition, signed by... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:54:44 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670830&ref=rss Tickets to U2's only New Zealand show sold out in less than an hour this morning.The tickets for the Irish supergroup's November 25 show at Auckland's Mt Smart stadium went on sale at 9am and more than 50,000 were snapped up by... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670574&ref=rss Gin Wigmore has become quite the savvy business woman - and she's not scared to do the hiring and firing, either.During a long and arduous American tour that started in March, where she was on a mission to get her showy, bouncy,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:20:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670569&ref=rss Gin Wigmore might have had a cameo appearance at last year's Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards - by singing on Smashproof's hit Brothe newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:10:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670799&ref=rss The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.Robert... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:45:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670536&ref=rss MUSIC Tonight, trippy and fiery two-piece Cairo Knife Fight play the Kings Arms, and across the valley Nightchoir play the Wine Cellar on K Rd as part of their national tour. newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:45:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670805&ref=rss Zsa Zsa Gabor 's husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt says he wants to preserve his ailing wife's body after she dies.Gabor's ninth husband has told German newspaper Bild that he want newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:01 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670747&ref=rss TVNZ employees' days of splurging on company plastic have ended, as the state broadcaster cuts up hundreds of credit cards to avoid "misleading" publicity.Nearly everyone from celebrity presenters to senior executives will be... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670609&ref=rss I'm not hooked on Top Gear - but that's because I'm not interested in cars. Nevertheless, I'm always amused by the "Reasonably Priced Car" bit when celebrities drive like the clappers around the treacherous lap and swear a lot.To... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670607&ref=rss Many of the songs on this debut album from the London-based duo of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos sound like unfinished snippets or vignettes - and that's not even counting the three short interludes on the record. But the overall effect... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670606&ref=rss By abandoning the pop-economy of their terrific, 2005 self-titled debut for the more embellished Those the Brokes in 2006, this English outfit lost followers, and momentum. But where that debut was a radio/car album, Brokes was... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670605&ref=rss In his rock 'n' roll essays and fiction collection The Boy Who Cried Freebird , American writer Mitch Myers traces the notion of "boogie" from its name (having sex, basically) through the blues (John Lee Hooker's Boogie Chillun'... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670592&ref=rss Katy Perry is sprawled out naked, save some strategically-placed candy floss. And that is a pretty apt summation of the album really - attention-seeking and naughty, but still sickly sweet. It's retro-pink party pop, heavily doused... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670591&ref=rss Alan Dale is wearing his comfiest slippers. The pair he salvaged from the throw-out pile and sent to his Waiwera holiday home. Yep, he feels totally at home, he says, as he sips a steaming cup of coffee and watches the ducks cross... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670590&ref=rss Friday night drinks? Meet me at: My friend's place for wine with dinner and a game of Gin Rummy. Where I'll be wearing my new: $3 cardy from a Hastings hospice shop. I'm so jetset. And this weekend I'm planning on: A... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670579&ref=rss The Situation is a real person who goes by the name of Mike Sorrentino, and he loves nothing better than working out, cooking up a storm, and loving the ladies. This show, which follows the non-stop partying life of eight 20-somethings... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10670568&ref=rss The build-up to The X Factor - Australia's second attempt at the Simon Cowell talent show which props up TV3's late-week primetime from tonight - got off to a rocky start.Host Matthew Newton, who had already featured heavily... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:00 +1200