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Ryan Gosling Crashes Russell Crowe’s AACTA Speech

Ryan Gosling Crashes Russell Crowe’s AACTA Speech

New Zealander Russell Crowe was recently presenting at the AACTA Awards when he was suddenly gate crashed by his Nice Guys co-stars Ryan Gosling. There was a little confusion…

Olympus comes to Aotearoa

Olympus comes to Aotearoa

Hercules, a Hallmark Productions (US) telemovie starring Leelee Sobieski, Sean Astin, and Timothy Dalton, used the NZ countryside as a stand-in for ancient Greece. “The story requires a bigger-than-life place,” says Dalton. “It needs…

Kevin Smith Farewelled

Kevin Smith Farewelled

One of New Zealand’s best loved screen stars, Kevin Smith, dies aged 38, in a Beijing Hospital. Best known for playing Ares in the hit series Xena:Warrior Princess, Smith suffered head injuries in a…