Elinor Evans
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Coming up on the box...
Dry your eyes and wave John Rowles off into the sunset - there's plenty to distract you on Kiwi TV this week!We're spoiled for choice this week, not least because John's abrupt departure will mean no elimination in tonight's Dancing With The Stars...
Tue, March 17, 2009, 12:28 pm EST -
If he only had time
John Rowles has pulled out from Dancing With The Stars.The 61-year-old announced today (Monday) that he was quitting the show after being advised to rest.Poor John said: "Under medical advice, I have decided to withdraw from Dancing With The Stars....
Mon, March 16, 2009, 4:07 pm EST -
DWTS: Hot to (fox)trot
In the words of Jason Gunn on last night's DWTS, "a week is a long time in television". And boy, was he proved right last night!Firstly, it's probably going to take me a week to get over my humiliation at the fact that my favourite-to-win,...
Wed, March 11, 2009, 9:14 am EST -
What's up, Chuck?
Is she really preggers with her second sprog? Did she really have a secret wedding to boyfriend Joel Madden?The one piece of news I can confirm about Nicole Richie is that she's on your screens tomorrow (Wednesday) night. Yes, really.The petite...
Tue, March 10, 2009, 11:54 am EST -
The boys are back!
Those loveable larrikins are back - Flight of the Conchords hits the small screen tonight for its second season.The much awaited new series of the HBO comedy will show on Prime tonight at 9.30pm.Don't want to know what to expect? Look away now!At the...
Mon, March 9, 2009, 12:20 pm EST -
A learning experience
Kids today, eh? They've got it all: games consoles, MP3 players, digital TV... but they want more!Now children who find their maths homework too hard can now look up their answers online - at a price.On French website faismesdevoirs.com...
Fri, March 6, 2009, 10:57 am EST -
'It's like the dancing elephants from Fantasia...'
It takes a certain kind of person to win Dancing With The Stars.Obviously the performer types (actors, actresses, singers etc) have the advantage in that they know how to hold themselves and how to look their best, maintain a cheesy grin AND make googly...
Wed, March 4, 2009, 11:12 am EST -
From biology to Bond baddies
Almost as shocking as the invite by a porn company for mum-of-14 Nadya Suleman to film a hardcore movie for them is the announcement that she has sacked her...
Fri, February 27, 2009, 1:14 pm EST -
Dust off your dancing shoes
The sequins! The spangles! The swirling satin! The high-camp glamour of it all!No, I don't mean Hugh Jackman at the Oscars... TV One's Dancing With The Stars is back.I've just watched the promo and it gave me goose bumps. Man, I wish I could dance half...
Wed, February 25, 2009, 9:35 am EST -
From the saline to the ridiculous
I watched a programme once about octopuses (octopi? Actually it's octopodes) and was astounded at how clever they are. Seriously, I suspect many of these cunning underwater chaps are brighter than me. They are super-adept at problem-solving, lateral...
Fri, February 20, 2009, 2:18 pm EST -
Battle of the sex bombs
Let battle commence!Voting is underway on the sexiest stars of the small screen - and the competition is fiercer than Tyra giving the camera her best tiger eyes.So who gets you all steamed up when they pop up on the telly?TV Guide wants to know who you...
Thu, February 19, 2009, 3:33 pm EST -
Live by the sword
If you live in the Auckland area or in Queenstown, you may have stumbled across a film crew whilst out tramping or walking the dog...But don't blearily assume it's the Power Rangers heading further afield than usual or a medieval flashback version of...
Tue, February 17, 2009, 2:49 pm EST -
The bear necessities
I officially have a new favourite animal!Yes, I know it's pretty tragic to have a favourite anything at the age of (almost) 30 - but have you seen this guy?I'm talking about Sam, the totally adorable and slightly charred koala who has shot to...
Fri, February 13, 2009, 11:07 am EST -
State of addiction
Which is worse in New Zealand, alcohol or drugs?It's a close call according to our readers' poll yesterday, with the two vices almost neck-and-neck for first place.But the winner with 3876 voted was... drugs; 52 per cent of readers voted that drugs,...
Thu, February 12, 2009, 10:42 am EST -
Hold on to your heart
I love a bit of sci-fi so I'll be tuning in to TV2 this week to catch Torchwood, the Doctor Who spin-off which focusses on the clandestine team secretly protecting humanity from all manner of highly-classified nasties....
Tue, February 10, 2009, 12:10 pm EST -
Bats, bulls and badminton
If you're feeling the pinch more than most in the economic downturn, it could be time to head to New York. One big-hearted Big Apple resident has been handing out big bucks from a booth in Times Square to the city's hard-up inhabitants....
Fri, February 6, 2009, 9:36 am EST -
Spongebob Square Eyes
Okay, so watching TV doesn't actually give you square eyes, just like certain other activities don't make you go blind, but is too much time in front of the box bad for kids?I've blogged before about how much television we watch these days, after we...
Tue, February 3, 2009, 2:43 pm EST -
Can money heal loss?
Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one... or can it?If that loved one has been taken away too soon, leaving family behind in need of help, surely support, be it emotional, psychological and financial, is exactly what they need?That's clearly...
Wed, January 28, 2009, 12:24 pm EST -
Getting long in the brows
A good friend of mine (at the ripe old age of 42) told me he knew he was getting old when the hairdresser offered to trim his eyebrows as well as his barnet.Spare a thought then for 72-year-old Si Burgher whose brows were so bushy he decided...
Fri, January 23, 2009, 1:44 pm EST -
It's KITT, Jim, but not as we know it
Are there no lengths the studios won't go to in the ratings war? With new movies of the Karate Kid and Fame in the pipeline, and rumoured remakes of Arthur and (my personal fave) Romancing the Stone, are there no new ideas in Tinseltown? Didn't...
Thu, January 22, 2009, 10:12 am EST
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November 20, 2009, 5:47 pmThe most shocking of talesSeveral stories this week merit a special mention in my mind-boggling news blog, but this first one will take some beating. Or shocking.A police officer called to a house in an small Arkansas town saw fit to use his Taser on the house's unruly...
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