New Zealand Entertainment News

Mark Wahlberg premieres The Lovely Bones in New York at the Paris Theatre along with costars:   Peter Jackson (the Director of the movie), Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperiolo , and Nikki SooHoo .

Helen Mirren called for more women to get behind the camera as she collected a lifetime achievement award yesterday. The 64-year-old actress was honoured at the Women in Film and Television Awards, attended by stars including Girls Aloud singer Sarah...

Alice Sebold�s novel is one of those great books where you don�t know what to expect; it is a tough, thrilling, emotional story...What we attempted to do is to present an afterlife that is evocative, elusive and ephemeral. It is...

The most searched-for terms New Zealanders typed into google.co.nz during 2009 give an insight into our culture. David Bain was the most searched for New Zealander, narrowly beating David Tua. Rugby league star Sonny Fai, swept out to sea in...

A film adaptation of classic TV cartoon Yogi Bear, featuring singer Justin Timberlake and Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd, has begun filming in New Zealand. The film was a CGI/live action hybrid being shot in 3D, with Aykroyd and Timberlake as...

The makers of the television series, America's Next Top Model , say several episodes will be filmed in New Zealand. The locations and "challenges" the contestants will undertake here have not been announced. In each series of the show, called...

Peter Jackson is predicting production of "The Hobbit" films will start in the middle of next summer, a few months later than expected. Jackson made the projection in a recent interview with a German web site to promote "The Lovely...

He turned to look at me with a wistful expression...This incredible line of prose belongs to one of the biggest pop culture phenomena of recent times...Sales of the four books by Mormon housewife Stephenie Meyer have now reached 17 million,...

All-girl pop act the Pussycat Dolls have broken up after a rift formed between frontwoman Nicole Sherzinger and the rest of the group, according to reports. The New York Post reported Sherzinger was no longer on speaking terms with the...

It's taken them 11 years to perform in New Zealand again, but Pearl Jam's Auckland show felt like a homecoming celebration...Pearl Jam Where: Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland When: Friday, November 27 Long hair, flannel shirts, extreme guitar solos, a Neil...