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NewsThese Artists are Painting an Entire Town in Mexico
'Painting the town red' gets a whole new meaning.
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NewsWorld’s Remotest Film Festival Marks Its 11th Anniversary
The festival takes place in the Sahara desert, 170 kilometres away from the nearest village.
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NewsThe Ten Best Bars and Eateries of Karangahape Road
The best our most colourful road has to offer.
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NewsLondon Might Become a Friendlier City with Project Talk to Me
An end to lonely tube commutes on dark, frosty mornings?
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NewsThis Guy is Trying to Collect Every Copy of Speed on VHS
Like the bus in Speed, we collectively cannot - and will not - stop.
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NewsAaron Sorkin Has Apologised for The Newsroom
"I wish that I could go back to the beginning of The Newsroom and start again."
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in April
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsNine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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NewsSay Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards
Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
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NewsRent Joss Whedon’s Brand New Tribeca Film ‘In Your Eyes’ For Just Five Clams
The Avengers director high-fived his fans worldwide by releasing the film online.
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NewsYour Guide to the 10th Semi-Permanent Design Conference
A creative platform spreading art and design inspiration.
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NewsYou Can Now Enrol in Hogwarts Thanks to a New MOOC
Listen up, muggles. Your letter has arrived.
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NewsWhat’s Happening in Auckland this Record Store Day
Celebrating the hard work of the dedicated souls that run independently owned record stores.
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BarScarlett Slimms & Lucky
476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland
Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
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BarCassette Nine
Vulcan Lane, Auckland
Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
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RestaurantMiss Clawdy
12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland
There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.
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NewsThe Ten Best Small Bars in Auckland
There's nothing better than getting cosy in a small space with some good friends and strangers, accompanied by some good food and even better drinks.
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NewsWatch This Cute Puppy Video to Raise Funds for Charity
Join the Pedigree Adoption Drive. Do it for the dogs.
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NewsTavi Gevinson Will Make Her Broadway Debut in This Is Our Youth
Tavi's career change will make you feel like a hopeless underachiever all over again.
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NewsMaligned Comic Sans Font Gets a Minimalist Neue Makeover
Passive aggressive workplace notes have never looked better. Meet Comic Neue.
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NewsNew Zealanders Tweet to Bring Down King Joffrey
Tweet and bring down that prostitute-torturing weasel.
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NewsSome Amazing Person Graphed the Quality of Every TV Episode on IMDB
Settle those pub arguments once and for all.
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NewsThe Wolf of Buzzfeed: The Perfect Takedown of Clickbait Culture
Please click on this. It has GIFs!
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NewsIntroducing Hopt Soda, a Refreshing Alternative Soft Drink
A modern soft drink for a modern drinker.
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NewsThe Best New Experiences in Auckland this Week
We're one of the ten most liveable cities in the world, here's why.
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NewsThe Grand Finale to Silo Park’s Summer of Events
Thanks to the team at Silo and Waterfront Auckland for making this city such a kick ass city to live and play in.
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NewsTen Must-See Acts at the NZ Comedy Festival 2014
Once again Concrete Playground has curated your Festival experience with a list of ten diverse acts you need to get along to.
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NewsMexican Artist Saner Makes His Mark on Auckland
Watch a time-lapse video of the street graffiti installation from Saner at a prominent Newton location.
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NewsSeven Things We Learnt from SXSW 2014
The future is nearly here, and Game of Thrones' Hodor is a DJ.
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NewsCrowdfunding Hospitality: IconPark’s New Approach to the Pop-Up
The phrase 'vote to keep your favourite in the house' just got interesting.
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NewsThe Imaginative Twitterature of the Twitter Fiction Festival
A mad rush of lies, poetry and parody accounts, all under the #twitterfiction hashtag.
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NewsPresident Obama Appeared on Between Two Ferns and It Was Glorious
"If I ran a third time, that'd be like doing a third Hangover movie. That didn't go so well, did it?"
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NewsAmsterdam’s Public Urinals to Turn Pee into Food
Fertiliser without phosphorous is kind of like coffee without caffeine.
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NewsShia LaBeouf’s Performance Art Explained
Shia's artistic collaborators shed some light on the whole weird shabang.
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NewsIndigenous Art Takes Centre Stage at Auckland Art Gallery
The exhibitions offer viewers an alternative perspective on the world and a way to deepen understanding around the Aboriginal and Maori cultures.
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NewsThe Best and Worst of Oscars 2014 Acceptance Speeches
Cate Blanchett supports women in film, Matthew McConaughey celebrates a weird hero.
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NewsEllen Takes the Ultimate Oscars Selfie, Crashes Twitter
Returning to the Oscars after hosting seven years ago, Ellen made her mark with selfies and pizza.
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NewsMeryl, Lupita and Amy Can’t Resist Dancing to Pharrell’s Happy Either
Pharrell's award-nominated song gets Hollywood A-listers sheepishly dancing.
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NewsMeeting the Man with the Acid Tongue
We speak to filmmaker Nicholas Wrathall about the renowned author and contrarian, Gore Vidal.
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NewsSilo Park announces March programme
The contiuation of great films, music and free dance lessons
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NewsNew York Hipsters Are Getting Beard Transplants Now
Beard-related anxiety is no laughing matter.
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NewsA Bluffer’s Guide to Gin
Not since the abolition era has gin been so hot. No longer exclusively the drink of grannies or a young Snoop Dogg, gin has enjoyed a significant resurgence in the past five years.
