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25.07.2021 / 03:23

Elderly 'hero nannies' fight off would-be thieves who burst into their bingo game

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A group of elderly women who have been named 'hero nannies' bravely fought off two wannabe thieves who tried to rob the during their bingo night.Around 30 women, the oldest of whom was 87, were enjoying a game of bingo when two thieves in balaclavas burst into the rugby club in Gisborne, New Zealand. Speaking to The New Zealand Herald, a 67-year-old 'hero nanny' who helped defend the $700 prize pouch explained how it all went down.

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Pita Taufatofua, the Hot Tongan Flag-Bearer, Is Shirtless & Oiled Up Again for Olympics Opening Ceremony!

Pita Taufatofua became a viral sensation at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics when he put his shirtless and oiled-up body on display during the opening ceremony.

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Lorde swears off booze after day drinking session with Seth Meyers

Lorde has sworn off alcohol after a day drinking session with U. S.

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World Cup withdrawals are selfish and nothing to do with player welfare - go ahead without them

Australia and New Zealand’s decision to withdraw from this year’s World Cup is best summed up by George Orwell’s book ‘1984’.

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‘They Are Us’: Controversial film about Christchurch attacks put on hold

They Are Us, A fictional film about the Christchurch mosque shootings starring Rose Byrne, has been put on hold.They Are Us came under fire from New Zealand’s Muslim community when it became clear that the film’s focus would be on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Its title is pulled from one of the speeches that Ardern, who is to be played by Byrne, made at the time of the 2019 attacks.

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‘Surviving 9/11’: Keshet Scores Raft of Global Pre-Sales on BBC Documentary (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran Keshet International has completed further pre-sales on “Surviving 9/11,” Top Hat Productions’ feature-length documentary for the BBC.The BBC had commissioned the film to mark 20 years of the tragedy, which falls this year.Keshet has finalized license deals with The Seven Network in Australia; Globo in Brazil; CBC in Canada for both the CBC network and its French network Société Radio-Canada; TVNZ in New Zealand; DPG Media in Belgium; RTV in Slovenia; NRK in Norway; Sky Deutschland in Germany; KAN in Israel; AMC Networks International Southern Europe in Spain and Portugal for its Odisea/Odisseia channel; and Rai Documentari in Italy. Hoopla Digital has picked up the library streaming rights in the U.S.

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Seth Meyers Got Lorde So Wasted, She Needed To Get An IV Drip!

Lorde is here to confirm that the guests on “Day Drinking” with Seth Meyers are, in fact, very drunk!

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Australia and New Zealand's bombshell move might be final kick in teeth for Rugby League

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Rugby League supporters won't know whether to laugh, or cry into their pints of bitter.That has to be the drink of choice now, given the stunning developments regarding the staging of the World Cup on these shores in October and November.Organisers have been left seething after Australia and New Zealand both pulled out of the competition due to concerns over player welfare and safety in light of the pandemic.Bosses from the Australian and NZ Rugby League boards have made it clear that the wellbeing of players, coaches and staff cannot be guaranteed.One of the issues is that all those involved would have to quarantine for two weeks on returning home from the UK and domestic clubs in both

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Lorde Goes Day Drinking With Seth Meyers, Requires Vitamin Drip Afterward

Lorde spends a day drinking with Seth Meyers? Lots of laughs, shots, and apparently vitamin drips!During the latest «Day Drinking» segment on , the two visited Zero Bond in New York City, where they engaged in various activities while under the influence. Lorde and Meyers kicked things off by trying new drinks made by the comedian and inspired by hits like «Solar Power» (iced coffee, Red Bull, espresso beans, Four Loco) and «Everybody Wants to Rule the World» (Sake, whiskey, red wine, White Claw).Later, the two played a New Zealand slang drinking game, challenged each other to a painting competition and drank every time Meyers couldn't remember Lorde's real name, Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor.Watch below:During the show, Lorde admitted

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‘Butter,’ ‘Permission to Dance’ Hitmaker Jenna Andrews Signs With Milk & Honey for Management (EXCLUSIVE)

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicJenna Andrews, the hit songwriter and producer whose credits include BTS’ chart-topping “Butter” as well as “Dynamite” and “Permission to Dance,” has signed with Milk & Honey for management. She will be represented by founder and CEO Lucas Keller along with general manager Nic Warner and manager Chad Wes.A native of Calgary, Andrews also co-wrote “Supalonely” by New Zealand artist Benee and “Heartbreak Anthem” for Little Mix and David Guetta and Gus Dapperton and has collaborated with the likes of Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Lennon Stella, Tori Kelly, Jessie J and Noah Cyrus as well as producers Noah “40” Shebib, Diplo, DJ Mustard, Max Martin and Stargate.

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22.07.2021 / 18:15

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Fears towns will 'lose out once again' as Australia and New Zealand drop out of Rugby League World Cup

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Lorde Goes Day Drinking With Seth Meyers On ‘Late Night’

Getting drunk with Seth Meyers during the day should come with a warning.

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Watch Lorde drink a ‘Solar Power’-themed cocktail with Seth Meyers

Lorde appears on the new episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers where she helped revive the show’s Day Drinking segment.Drinking at Zero Bond in New York, Meyers made a slew of cocktails for the singer inspired by her songs (including the ‘Solar Power’ and the ‘Ribs’) and the pair played a New Zealand slang drinking game.Other activities included attempts to paint the cover of Lorde’s previous album, 2017’s ‘Melodrama’, and an animated performance of Lorde’s hit ‘Green Light’ courtesy of Meyers.A recurring bit involved Meyers trying to remember Lorde’s full name – Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor – at multiple points throughout the day.Lorde released latest single ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’ yesterday (July 21), marking the second song to be

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Lorde shares new song “Stoned at the Nail Salon”

New Zealand pop royalty Lorde is back with a new single called "Stoned at the Nail Salon," another track from her upcoming album Solar Power. Unlike the jaunty, sun-stroked vibe of the album's title track, "Stoned" finds Lorde in a more ambivalent mood, though an overriding sense of bliss pervades thanks to the golden electric guitar dancing across the stripped-down song.

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Lorde Releases ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’ Single From ‘Solar Power’

Lorde shares another piece of Solar Power with the release of “Stoned at the Nail Salon”.

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Listen to Lorde’s soothing new single ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’

Lorde has released a new track called ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’ – you can listen to it below.Arriving today (July 21), the delicate acoustic number serves as the second preview of the New Zealand pop star’s upcoming third album, ‘Solar Power’. Its title track arrived last month, marking Lorde’s first new material since 2017’s acclaimed ‘Melodrama’.“This song is sort of a rumination on getting older, settling into domesticity, and questioning if you’ve made the right decisions,” the singer explained of her latest single.“I think lots of people start asking those questions of themselves around my age, and it was super comforting to me writing them down, hoping they’d resonate with others too.

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‘Lego Masters’ Lands In New Zealand As Banijay Embraces “Perfect Storm” For Unscripted Shows

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay has put in place the building blocks for its latest adaptation of Lego Masters, inking a deal with Kiwi broadcaster TVNZ to make a local version of the show. The deal comes as Lucas Green, Banijay’s global head of content operations, talked up a “perfect storm” for unscripted shows globally.

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Lorde’s new single ‘Stoned at the Nail Salon’ is arriving tomorrow

Lorde has teased the second single from her forthcoming album ‘Solar Power’, with ‘Stoned at the Nail Salon’ set to arrive tomorrow (July 21).The New Zealand singer-songwriter confirmed the new song’s imminent arrival with a bright yellow graphic on her website with its title and date.‘Stoned at the Nail Salon’ will follow on from the album’s title track, which was released back in June.

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Wife beat husband to death with stone frog and hid his mummified remains in her garden

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A "theatrical and slightly odd" lady took a dark secret to her grave when she passed away from cancer in 2015.Lee Sabine had lived in Australia and New Zealand before returning to Wales in 1997, settling in the village of Beddau with her former accountant husband John Sabine.

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Paul Sinha: The Chase star ‘almost broke down’ after discovering Parkinson’s symptom

Paul Sinha, 51, has shared how he first discovered he may have Parkinson’s disease after he suspected something was wrong when his shoulder became frozen.The Chase star said he looked up his symptoms while he was on tour in New Zealand and it offered up a life-changing diagnosis.Speaking on when he first began to notice he may be unwell, Paul said: “I was on tour in New Zealand in 2019 and I just googled, ‘Frozen shoulder Parkinson’s’,“To my surprise, everything I had was textbook. “I remember almost breaking down on the street as I realised there was no escape from what these research papers were saying,” he added to Radio Times.The Sinnerman star also voiced his concerns over the times he gets questions wrong in a quiz.He added “Every

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Lorde: 'Jack Antonoff is my songwriting husband'

Lorde says Jack Antonoff is her songwriting husband. The 24-year-old singer compared her relationship with songwriter Jack, 37, to a “platonic marriage” and says they never get sick of each other.

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17.07.2021 / 14:09

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Lorde Takes Over A New York Rooftop To Perform ‘Solar Power’ On ‘The Late Show’

Lorde just did her first live performance of her latest single.

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The Match Factory Reveals Sales on Palme d’Or Contender ‘Drive My Car’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorLeading arthouse sales agency The Match Factory has announced a host of sales on Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car,” which premiered in Cannes Competition on Sunday and is a favorite with the critics.The Japanese drama has sold to the U.K. (Modern Film), Benelux (September Film), Italy (Tucker Film), Spain (Elastica), Portugal (Leopardo), Greece (Ama Films), Former Yugoslavia (Demiurg), Hong Kong (Edko Films) and Taiwan (Andrews Film).

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‘Reservation Dogs’ Trailer: Indigenous Teens Get The Spotlight In New Taika Waititi Comedy Coming In August To FX

They’re the best in town, even if it’s a small town. Will anything slow down Taika Waititi? Since the mainstream success of 2014’s “What We Do In The Shadows,” it’s been one success after another for the New Zealand star.

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Lanarkshire woman's Bookface book swap brunch is a big success

iOS - Android Heather, who is a creative director for a PR agency, was delighted with the response of the first get-together, which attracted 50 fellow book lovers and was hosted by broadcaster Sally Magnusson and author Maggie Ritchie in Glasgow’s Glaschu restaurant.

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Lorde had 'culture shock and felt like a freak' after return from hiatus

She delighted fans last month with her return to the music world, and now Lorde has opened up to them about her comeback in an intimate letter.

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You can now buy a colour changing gin - and it's perfect for Insta-worthy cocktails

Scapegrace Black is the world’s first naturally ‘Black Gin’ that when mixed with tonic magically changes to a vivid purple before your eyes.The 70cl bottle boasts a 41.6% ABV and can be found at numerous retailers including Master of Malt (£35.95), The Whisky Exchange (£38.25), House of Malt (£35.95) and Loch Fyne Whiskies (£37.50)Scapegrace Black is an ultra-premium gin distilled using glacial pure water from New Zealand’s Southern Alps.

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Joan As Police Woman announces ‘The Solution is Restless’, a new album with Dave Okumu and the late Tony Allen

Tony Allen and The Invisible’s Dave Okumu.‘The Solution is Restless’ is the ninth studio album by Wasser under her long-running project. It is also one of the final studio recordings of Allen, who died in April 2020.Born out of a night-long improvisation session in a Parisian studio, ‘The Solution is Restless’ will be released on November 5 via PIAS Recordings.

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Bobby Gillespie: “Everyone in Primal Scream is really flattered that Lorde was influenced by ‘Loaded'”

Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie has spoken of how “flattered” the band are that Lorde was influenced by their seminal ‘Loaded’ for her recent single ‘Solar Power‘.The New Zealand musician made her return last month, four years after the release of her critically-acclaimed second album ‘Melodrama’. She went on to speak about Primal Scream’s influence on her comeback single – pinpointing ‘Loaded’ as a key inspiration behind it – before the indie veterans took to Twitter to share that they “loved” the song.Now, frontman Bobby Gillespie has revealed that the whole band are “flattered” that they had inspired Lorde.“I need to hear [the whole album],” Gillespie told NME.

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Studiocanal Rolls Out ‘Suddenly,’ ‘Baghead,’ ‘Bojangles,’ ‘Cat Person’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Studiocanal has clinched major territory sales across a powerful slate of new movies, led by Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby survival thriller “Suddenly,” and “Baghead” with “The Witcher’s” Freya Allan.“Boldangles” and “Cat Person,” starring “Succession’s” Nicholas Braun and “Coda’s” Emilia Jones, are also finding trading traction, as is Cannes Festival player “Peaceful,” headlining Catherine Deneuve, also has deal momentum.Multiple deals are in advanced negotiations, and will close by festival end, said Chloé Marquet, Studiocanal head of international film sales as she drilled down on deals done.“Suddenly” will be put through Studiocanal direct distribution operations in the U.K., Germany, France and Australia/New Zealand.

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Jemaine Clement expands ‘Shadows’ vampire universe with Taika Waititi

FX’s ongoing spinoff series of the same name (Season 3 premieres Sept. 2) is set in the same world and follows different vampire roommates living on Staten Island.

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MAFS Stars Find Love After Initial Attack on Media for Suggesting Romance

2 min read Former Married At First Sight (MAFS) Australia contestant Liam Cooper, who launched a scathing attack on media outlets that claimed he was dating former MAFS New Zealand star Samuel Levi who he stood next to on a red carpet, has today announced the two are now dating.

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‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Companion Piece ‘Wellington Paranormal’ Lacks a Certain Sparkle: TV Review

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticFX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” is a master class in extending a slight premise boundlessly outward. That series, based on Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s film, imagines a comic universe in which ancient vampires make their way through humdrum lives stripped of Transylvanian glamour in modern New York City.

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Below Deck’s Katie Flood Reveals Her First Impression of Mathew Shea After Premiere Walkout

Ahoy, matey! Katie Flood is the latest recruit on Bravo’s Below Deck Mediterranean, and the new chief stew exclusively told Us Weekly about all of her first impressions.

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Castration could help men live longer, shock sheep study suggests

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A study has a suggested new way that would allow men to live longer- castration.It is a well established fact that women tend to live longer than men.

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Lorde reportedly set to make live comeback on ‘Colbert’ next week

Lorde is reportedly set to make her live comeback next week, appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.If confirmed, the booking will be the singer’s first live performance since returning with new single ‘Solar Power’ last month.According to Consequence, Lorde is set to be the musical guest on the July 15 episode of the show, which will also feature Hugh Jackman in the interview chair.Lorde appeared on Colbert last month via FaceTime from her native New Zealand, where she discussed her third album – also called ‘Solar Power’ – its striking cover art, how she’s spent her last few years, and more.Watch the interview below:Lorde’s third album, ‘Solar Power’, is set to be released on August 20, and the singer has described it as “a buzzy

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Saban Films Takes ‘Soul Assassin’ Starring Bruce Willis, Nomzamo Mbatha (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn a statement buy, Saban Films has acquired rights to North America – along with Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, South Africa and Scandinavia – on Bruce Willis starrer “Soul Assassin.”Directed by Jesse Atlas, the revenge thriller also stars Nomzamo Mbatha (“Coming 2 America”) and Barry Jay Minoff (“Exposure”). Atlas wrote “Soul Assassin” along with Aaron Wolfe, based on their short film, “Let Them Die Like Lovers.” Jeff Elliott (“Beast of Burden,” “Untogether,” “The Poison Rose”) produced; 120dB Films co-financed the film with Elliott’s Brickell & Broadbridge.Set to release in 2022, “Soul Assassin” recently wrapped principal photography.

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Mom names babies ‘Slayer,’ ‘Pantera’ and ‘Metallica And Justice For All’

his newsletter, Webworm.Additionally, Metallica’s middle name is And Justice For All, an ode to the band’s fourth studio album.“Proud to report that a New Zealand mother has named her children Metallica, Pantera and Slayer,” wrote Farrier. “She told me, ‘It’s not easy raising three of the heaviest bands.’ ”Farrier — whose credits include creating the Netflix series “Dark Tourist” — does not identify the mother, but to verify her headbanging claim, he sought out the babies’ birth certificates.“I reached out to the Registrar General himself, asking if there are any restrictions naming babies after band names, or albums,” Farrier wrote.

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‘NCIS: Hawai’i’: Alex Tarrant To Star, Enver Gjokaj To Recur In CBS Spinoff Series