EDGE #315: Sheryl Sandberg Deems Ardern Political Prodigy, Leave No Trace Cannes Hit, Anthony McCarten Freddy Mercury Biopic + Blair Archibald Nails Fashion Week ++

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From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 23 May 2018 | #315 | New York
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Politics and Economics | TIME
22 May 2018
Sheryl Sandberg Deems Ardern a Political Prodigy
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg gives her opinion on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has been named in Time magazine’s list of 100 ‘Most Influential People’, alongside other leaders including London mayor Sadiq Khan, Canada’s Justin Trudeau and royal couple Prince Harry and Meghan Markle…

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Visual Arts | Guardian (The)
21 May 2018
Autoportrait Wins Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
The 2018 Deutsche Börse photography prize has been awarded to the New Zealander Luke Willis Thompson, 30, for Autoportrait, a film installation about the partner of Philando Castile, who was…
Story
Golf | Golf Australia
21 May 2018
Michael Long Wins PGA with Dream Course Round
New Zealander Michael Long, 49, has recorded a dream victory at the recent TX Civil & Logistics Western Australia PGA Championship after equalling the course record at Kalgoorlie Golf Course…
Story
Community/General | Guardian (The)
17 May 2018
Scientist Richard Dawkins Considers Move to NZ
The British scientist Richard Dawkins has told current affairs programme The Project he would like to move to New Zealand as a refuge from the “madness” of a post-Trump, post-Brexit…
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Film & TV | Guardian (The)
22 May 2018
Leave No Trace with Thomasin McKenzie Cannes Hit
“Debra Granik is the exceptional film-maker who directed Winter’s Bone in 2010, launching the career of Jennifer Lawrence, and now she returns with this deeply intelligent, complex, finely tuned and observed…
Story
Film & TV | Stuff
20 May 2018
Kim Chambers Swims Like No Other
Kim Chambers, a former ballerina who grew up on a sheep farm in the King Country has done what no other woman has yet achieved: swum the world’s most difficult ocean swim, from the shark-ridden Farallon Islands 48km off…
Story
Film & TV | Joe.ie
19 May 2018
New ABs Documentary “Looks Absolutely Breathtaking”
“All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks is a new six-episode series and it promises to be a belter,” writes Paul Moore in an article for Joe.ie.Narrated by the “incredibly gifted”; Taika Waititi “the documentary sees a film…
Story
Business | Irish Times
18 May 2018
Irish Distillers Acquires Eight Degrees Brewing
Pernod Ricard-subsidiary Irish Distillers has acquired Cork-based craft beer producer Eight Degrees Brewing for an undisclosed sum. Eight Degrees, whose brands include Sunburnt…
Story
Business | Business Insider
21 May 2018
Eco-Friendly Startup Aims to Reduce Plastic Dumped Into Ocean
“80 billion plastic bottles from shampoo and conditioner alone enter our oceans every year,” writes Mara Leighton in an article for Business Insider. Ethique – a New Zealand beauty…
Story
Agriculture | Augusta Chronicle (The)
18 May 2018
Dairy Farmer Richard Watson Gets Help From Ida
Cow No. 14433 doesn’t stand out from the herd at Seven Oaks Dairy in Wisconsin. But New Zealand-born dairy owner Richard Watson knows everything about the…
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Music | Happy
18 May 2018
Get Inspired by Brogan Kerrison as Glencoe
After being surrounded by music from a young age, New Zealand-born Brogan Kerrison started writing his own at age 14. Years later, in the tail end of 2016, he finally realised his dream of releasing music to the world…
Story
Music | O Estadão de S. Paulo
19 May 2018
Brazil Readies for Connan Mockasin
New Zealand singer-songwriter Connan Mockasin will head to Brazil in November after the release of two new albums in October.“There were some invitations to go, some almost came to fruition, but now it is…
Story
Music | Daily Telegraph
07 May 2018
Singer Stan Walker Overhauls His Lifestyle
In the powerful documentary Stan Walker: The Fight of His Life, the New Zealand soul singer reveals his lengthy battle to get his strength back after a stomach cancer operation, and how at one point he believed he would…
Story
Film & TV | Esquire
22 May 2018
Anthony McCarten Freddy Mercury Biopic Trailer Out
“The first footage of Bohemian Rhapsody will rock you,” according to Esquire magazine. Penned by New Zealand-born Anthony McCarten, the upcoming Queen biopic, starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury…
Story
Film & TV | CNET
17 May 2018
Unique Sneak Preview for Effects Man Matt Aitken
New Zealand-born VFX supervisor Matt Aitken talks about Marvel’s “unusual” move that helped make the biggest superhero blockbuster ever, Avengers: Infinity War.Aitken’s credits included an Academy…
Story
Film & TV | Gympie Times (The)
16 May 2018
Julian Dennison is Firefist in Deadpool 2
Julian Dennison is living the dream. The 15-year-old actor from Lower Hutt was hand picked by Ryan Reynolds to star in Deadpool 2, which hits cinemas on 16 May.As Reynolds told the New Zealand Herald, he saw Dennison in Taika Waititi’s…
Story
Visual Arts | Digital Arts
16 May 2018
Illustrator Andrew Archer’s Sci-Fi Vision
Self-taught illustrator and art director New Zealander Andrew Archer was commissioned by London-based publisher The Folio Society to create the cover illustration and a series of internal artworks exploring…
Story
Visual Arts | Independent (The)
20 May 2018
Photographer Launches Project to Prevent Bullying Against Redheads
New Zealand photographer Bianca Duimel “is hoping to change the conversation around red hair with a powerful art project…
Story
Adrenalin | IRONMAN
19 May 2018
Athlete’s Guide to New Zealand
Adventurer and now New Zealand-based athlete Luke Yates, “newly enamoured with the country”, explains why the Land of the Long White Cloud is perfectly suited for endurance adventures in an article for…
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Fashion | LA Times
22 May 2018
New Rebecca Taylor Store Opens in California
With $600 in her wallet, New Zealand native Rebecca Taylor moved to New York with dreams of starting a fashion line. She cut and sewed at a Brooklyn kitchen table that she built herself. The Los Angeles Times …
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Fashion | Grazia
23 May 2018
Designer Blair Archibald Nails Fashion Week
In a “brilliant debut show” at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, New Zealand-born designer Blair Archibald “announces himself as a serious talent,” Nicholas Carolan writes for Grazia.“Anticipation around…
Story
New Zealand | Star Tribune
20 May 2018
Moeraki Boulders Make for Ever-Changing Photo Op
An image of Otago’s Moeraki Boulders has featured in the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s online version. “Folklore is storied with mystical explanations, but it is believed the coast has been eroded to expose these…
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