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‘Winter’s Tale’ by Shakespeare gets African reboot

Celebrity News | Celebrity Gossip - Yahoo! OMG! — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:03:54 +0000

A theater cast has flown from tropical Nigeria to share its own interpretation of the Shakespearean tragicomedy "The Winter's Tale" with a UK audience.

Hawke’s Bay Better Home and Living Show

Festivals & Lifestyle — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Today, Pettigrew Green Arena
Napier

Red Cross Book Sale

Festivals & Lifestyle — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Today, Barber Hall
Palmerston North

Dunkleys Great NZ Craft Show

Festivals & Lifestyle — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Today, Baypark Arena
Mt Maunganui

Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet

Celebrity News | Celebrity Gossip - Yahoo! OMG! — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:59:57 +0000

The ripples of the Arab Spring are being felt in summery Cannes, where films from Egypt and Syria, as well as a documentary about the overthrow of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, are being screened alongside the latest features from the world's heavyweight directors.

Ukrainian pianist plays her way to YouTube stardom

Celebrity News | Celebrity Gossip - Yahoo! OMG! — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:59:27 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - A little-known Ukrainian pianist who has had 43 million views on YouTube of her performing everything from Liszt to Schubert said on Friday for an encore she will play London's Royal Albert Hall -- and the world is invited to watch on the Internet. Valentina Lisitsa, who has been playing piano since the age of 3, began her rise to Internet stardom five years ago, when she posted a Rachmaninov etude nicknamed "Little Red Riding Hood" on the Internet. Perhaps in part bolstered by her flashing long fingers and blonde tresses, that video clip has had 1. ...

Soccer: Blatter calls for alternative to penalty shootout

NZ Herald — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:38:51 +0000

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has asked German great Franz Beckenbauer to find an alternative to the "tragedy" of penalty shootouts.Blatter told the FIFA Congress on Friday that football "loses its essence" when matches are settled...

3 young actors seize the day, go ‘On the Road’

Celebrity News | Celebrity Gossip - Yahoo! OMG! — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:15:08 +0000

Kristen Stewart understands the lure of the open road. So do her "On The Road" co-stars, Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley.

Rugby World Cup boosted Auckland spending by $500 million

3 News - Sport — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:14:00 +0000

An economic report has found Auckland city benefited from $512 million spending because of the Rugby World Cup

John Lydon boosts his Public Image with new album

Celebrity News | Celebrity Gossip - Yahoo! OMG! — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:03:50 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As bad boy lead singer of the anarchic, trail-blazing and short-lived 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols, John Lydon (then Johnny Rotten) snarled and spat his way across a shocked society and music scene still pleasantly half-high from the mellow 1960s. Never one to let the grass grow under his feet, Lydon left the Pistols in 1978 to form the more experimental - if less commercially successful - Public Image Ltd., and for the next 15 years the band's shifting lineup released a dozen albums and toured the world. ...