A Beautiful Mind

Wellington-born Russell Crowe, who last year won an Oscar for his lead role in Gladiator, pulls off the second biggest win of his career – a Golden Globe for best actor, in A Beautiful Mind. Winning both these awards puts Crowe in the company of such superstars as Marlon Brando, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson. “G’day folks. How ya doin’?”, he says on taking the platform to accept the award.


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The Examined Life of Melanie Lynskey

The Examined Life of Melanie Lynskey

In series like Yellowjackets, New Plymouth-born actor Melanie Lynskey specialises in revealing the turbulent emotions of women who seem innocuous and mild on the surface, Alexis Soloski writes in a profile…