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Tentside chat: Vogue Nippon's Leeyong Soo
What are you wearing today? Today I'm wearing a dress that I found at a fleamarket in Melbourne but I had to cut it because it was too long, so I've made it more to my length. And just a little black top, black tights and shoes...

Dark side of the Ron
There's another side to Ron Sexsmith. The mild-mannered, sweet-melodied Canadian singer-songwriter might be known to his fans for his melancholy songs about love and the years rolling on by - and there's a fair few on Sexsmith's latest...

D'Arranged Marriage at Maidment Theatre
Those Indian Guys - Rajeev Varma and Tarun Mohanbhai - are mining a rich vein of comedy with their story about a live-at-home bachelor trying to negotiate a pathway between family expectation and personal ambition.Arranged marriages...

007 out to sink gas platform
NEW YORK - BHP Billiton, the oil and mining conglomerate, is used to facing tough environmental opposition to its work across the globe, but the company may not have bargained for its latest opponent: James Bond.The former 007...

Christine Cole Catley: Bright Star: Beatrice Hill Tinsley Astronomer
This was a book that nearly didn't get written, and without it the story of the New Plymouth girl who answered the big questions of the universe would have been little more than a footnote to New Zealand history.Beatrice Hill...

Jolie and Brad pitch in
Movie stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are each giving US$1 million ($1.5 million) to humanitarian organisations - Global Action for Children and Medecins sans Frontieres-Doctors Without Borders."In the most troubled parts of...

Diaz on warpath over photographer's alleged assault
Cameron Diaz has filed a complaint with police accusing a photographer of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly driving his car at her.Diaz and her boyfriend, singer Justin Timberlake, were leaving a friend's home in Hollywood...

Tindall works on two-tier offer

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Coming out to Play
As well as checking out the stars of shows like Lost and Buffy at the Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo next month, sci-fi, comics and gaming fans will have a chance to see the new PlayStation 3.The expo, which attracts thousands,...

Elizabeth Taylor auctions aid Aids
Actress Elizabeth Taylor has signed a deal to give Christie's exclusive rights to handle future sales of her jewellery, art, memorabilia and clothing."When the items I've collected are cared for by other people I hope they will...

Michele Hewitson: TV chef wannabes get knives out
Cooking is mostly dull stuff - despite Gordon Ramsay's antics and Anthony Bourdain's laboured attempts to be the Steve Irwin of the food world.Cooking has its moments, of course, but they are, like a flaming splash of brandy in...

Q&A: Ricardo Simich, VIP seater
How did you come to be involved in Fashion Week? Four years ago I came back from overseas and stuck my finger in and helped on side exhibits, then I came down as "media" two years ago and I sat in the bar most of the time. Myken...

Kate Moss on a roll
British supermodel Kate Moss has signed a deal to design clothing and accessories for British fashion chain Topshop.Moss' first creations will include basics such as bags, jeans and vests.Moss, 32, has bounced back in the...

Kate Sylvester's modern fairy tale
Kate Sylvester unleashed her wild side in a knock-out show at a derelict building on Britomart last night. The mood was set with painted forest backdrops, glow-in-the-dark eyes and the sound of howling wolves.Based on the fairytale...