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    Meryl, 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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    Meeting the Man with the Acid Tongue

    We speak to filmmaker Nicholas Wrathall about the renowned author and contrarian, Gore Vidal.

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    New York Hipsters Are Getting Beard Transplants Now

    Beard-related anxiety is no laughing matter.

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    What Should Win vs What Will Win at the 2014 Oscars

    Will the Academy stick to history, or go with a few risks?

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    James Murphy Launches Petition to Soundtrack NYC’s Subway

    Former LCD Soundsystem frontman petitions for musical turnstiles

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    Get Free Concert Tickets in Return for Online Activism

    Fight the good fight in return for free music.

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    Action Bronson takes to the Hauraki Gulf

    Swan diving, cooking and yachting in the city's largest body of water

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    The Veronica Mars Movie will be Released Online on March 14

    The new Veronica Mars movie will be made available to rent or buy online on March 14.

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    Turning Damaged Christchurch Homes into Art Projects

    If you had all the material from one house at your disposal, what would you create?

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    Finalists revealed for the 2014 Taite Music Prize

    Recognising outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained on one album.

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    House of Dumplings

    117 Taranaki Street, Wellington

    You will have your dumpling and eat it too.

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    Southern Cross

    39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

    The bar's ridiculously ‘gram-able courtyard is the perfect summer afternoon spot to sip on a cold one.

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    St John’s

    5 Cable Street, Wellington

    Bean bags with your beersies? Yeah, go on.

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    Baobab

    152 Riddiford St, Newtown

    A Newtown cultural institution.

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    Ekim Burgers

    257 Cuba St, Te Aro

    The best homemade burgers that you can’t actually make at home.

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    Enigma

    128 Courtenay Place, Te Aro

    Goliath-sized burgers and laid-back staff make Enigma a great late night haunt.

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    Bebemos

    88 Riddiford Street, Wellington

    The laid-back Latin craft beer bar houses over 60 different types of beers.

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    Fidel’s Cafe

    234 Cuba Street, Wellington

    Cuba Street's Cuban icon.

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    Sweet Mother's Kitchen

    5 Courtenay Place, Wellington

    New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.

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    Tommy Millions

    Cnr Courtenay Place And Taranaki Street, Wellington

    Big fans of Tommy.

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    Jimmy Fallon Hosts His First Tonight Show, Dances Through Hip Hop History with Will Smith

    You know you've made it when you're twerking with the Fresh Prince.

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    Back to the Future’s Self-Tying Laces Might Soon Be Real

    Nike is out to preserve your childhood dreams.

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    Win Tickets to The Past

    Win one of five double passes to The Past which opens in cinemas on March 13.

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    Win Tickets to The Rocket

    The Rocket punches well above its weight with a compelling narrative, heartfelt performances and stunning cinematography.

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    See the Stunning Winners in the 2014 World Press Photo Contest

    The world's leading visual journalism contest showcases some serious talent.

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    Detroit Chef Creates a 10-Course Menu Based on Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’

    For one night only a pop-up restaurant will host 36 guests to enjoy the menu, drink pairings and a full stream of the album .

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    The Ten Must-Sees of Splore 2014

    One part music festival, one part art installation and two parts incredible vibe.

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    Ty the Rapper, Being Frank as Per Usual

    Best known for his lyrical frankness.

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    Wanted: The Best Deputy Editor in the Business

    Are you an authority on pop culture, music, food, drink, events and city life?

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    Ten Crazy Things People Have Done in the Name of Live Art

    The highs, the lows, and all the wilfully mutilated body parts.

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    Send a Little Guerrilla Kindness to Christchurch

    Melbourne Sayraphim Lothian's latest project involves Christchurch, kindness and a whole lot of little green birds

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    Rainbow Sochi Google Doodle Targets Anti-Gay Laws in Russia

    The online giant joins activists all over the world.

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    Forgotify – 4 million songs never streamed

    A streamless treasure trove of music.

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    A Bluffer’s Guide to Street Art with WERT159

    A little bit of a how-to guide on the elusive public art form.

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    Terry Gilliam Goes Back to the Future with The Zero Theorem

    Everything's normal when math whizz Christoph Waltz and David Thewlis in a tiger suit get together.

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    Composer Turns Bicycle Into a Musical Instrument

    Are they spokes or oversized strings?

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    Four Ideas from the Movie Her We Actually Want in Our Future

    There are no dystopian trappings in Spike Jonze's vision of the future.

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    Lorde Wins Two Grammys

    Two more awards to squeeze in the trophy cabinet.

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    Samantha Jones Hilariously Dirties Up Spike Jonze’s Film Her

    Theodore Twombly's new artificially intelligent operating system is crude, lewd and incredibly rude.

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    Concrete Playground is Looking For Wellington Writers

    For those who like free things in life.

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    How War Became Both Beautiful and Traumatic for The Railway Man

    Jonathan Teplitzky on war, visual irony and how Gen Ys respond to silence.

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    The Dutch Masters Recreated as Astonishing Entomological Displays

    Seventeeth-century portraits get a beautiful and complex 21st-century update.

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    Concrete Playground Meets Douglas Moores

    With the exhibition now under way, we had the chance to catch up with Douglas and hear a little about the how and why of our Kiwi ingenuity.

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    Tim Minchin to Turn Groundhog Day into a Musical

    The same songs over and over again?

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    Coachella 2014 Lineup Announced

    It features a reunited Outkast and a gee-whiz number of Antipodeans.

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