http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Entertainment headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:00:23 +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=10625147&ref=rss Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have begun legal action against a British tabloid that reported they were going to split, a lawyer acting on their behalf confirmed yesterday.Keith Schillings, of London-based Schillings... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10625242&ref=rss LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's personal physician pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter yesterday, setting the stage for a sensational courtroom drama as prosecutors attempt to prove Dr Conrad Murray caused the pop star's... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624961&ref=rss With New Zealanders being arguably the most passionate Top Gear fans in the world, it is hardly surprising that they've gone the extra distance and created their own miniature version of the Top Gear Test Track, where our own local... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10625141&ref=rss Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Classical Brits. The 65 year-old soprano, who has been entertaining audiences for more than 40 years, told the Daily Telegraph she was "honoured... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:42:14 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10625035&ref=rss LOS ANGELES ? Michael Jackson's doctor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star's stunning death last summer and setting up the prospect of another sensational celebrity... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:49:40 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10625046&ref=rss Hollywood super couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are suing a British tabloid that published allegations they were to split.A lawyer representing Brangelina has issued a statement declaring that the celebrity pair has begun... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:33:55 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10625066&ref=rss SALT LAKE CITY ? Former child television star Gary Coleman has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to a domestic violence incident last April in Utah.In a deal with the prosecutor, Coleman entered... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:20:26 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624930&ref=rss I could kill Men At Work. Since the story broke that their number one hit Down Under plagiarised a deceased schoolteacher, it has been on high-rotate in my brain."Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?"Then the clincher... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:01 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10625080&ref=rss Giving up smoking is one of the easiest things a person can do, according to Mark Twain. He himself used to do it all the time. Jonathan Safran Foer puts converting to vegetarianism in the same category. "In high school I became a... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10625067&ref=rss This collection of essays came together by chance. Zadie Smith had been commissioned to write some magazine articles, so she added a few film reviews, a travel article or three, some memoirs - and lo, a book. A book from someone... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624849&ref=rss I am trying to picture Jay Manuel in polar fleece and a beanie. Nope, I just can't do it. The normally zhuzhed-up America's Next Top Model personality is trying to convince me he is a mad-keen hiker who loves the great outdoors.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624859&ref=rss Johnny Dankworth, who has died aged 82, was one of the few British musicians who not only were world-class but were recognised as such, taking to the stage on clarinet or sax with the proverbial Who's Who of jazz, from Chick Corea... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10625059&ref=rss Damien Wilkins' previous novel, The Fainter , was the work of a writer committed to refreshing the page not for the sake of revolution, but to test and stretch how a story can take shape. Wilkins' latest novel is equally refreshing.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624838&ref=rss As it centres around a young protagonist who discovers that he possesses mystical abilities, it's no wonder that next week's new film Percy Jackson has been compared to the adventures of a certain boy wizard. But according to director... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624833&ref=rss The truth is out there.Or, just as likely, not. "Probably a lot of it is bullshit," admits hyperactive sausage salesman and intrepid mystery-hunter Leigh Hart.It's this hard-nosed attitude which has seen Hart crucified by... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624786&ref=rss Leaving for work, a buttoned-up English banker asks his housewife: "Is your lover coming today?" Harold Pinter teasingly sets the scene for his caustic 1963 send-up of middle-class sexual mores with this matter-of-fact question. The... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624064&ref=rss If it's good enough for Dave Dobbyn and Shapeshifter, then it's got to be good enough for Jools and Lynda Topp.On April 15 the Topp Twins make their orchestral debut with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra for an evening of music,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624874&ref=rss In our new satire series we chew the fat with gossip gals Janet Wilson and Noelle McCarthy and consider conversations they probably never had. This week's subject: the 19-year-old university student who auctioned her virginity.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624736&ref=rss Paul McKerrow was an all-American boy. Raised in Montana, he was the quarterback for his high school football team, which is as close to being idolised as many small-town Americans come.He was also his class president, the valedictorian... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10624641&ref=rss International popstar and blonde Irish heartthrob Ronan Keating wowed his fans at a Hawke's Bay winery last night.The former Boyzone member played to thousands of people at the Church Road Winery in Napier.The Peter Urlich... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:00:20 +1200