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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Australian Herald.com http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/dd8845aa60952db2/ en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 02:24:28 -0400 Sat, 17 May 2008 02:24:28 -0400 30 London, May 16 : Singer Amy Winehouse is expected to pocket 1million pounds to perform for Governor of Chukotka, Roman Abramovich's girlfriend. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360066/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:15 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360066/cs/1/ New York, May 16 : Singer Shania Twain and her husband, producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, have separated after 14 years of marriage. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360043/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:36 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360043/cs/1/ London, May 16 : Britain's biggest new bands - the Arctic Monkeys and The Kooks have been waging a feud for over a year - because of a guitar! http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360037/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:29 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360037/cs/1/ London, May 16 : After 29 studio albums and a lifetime in the music industry, veteran singer Neil Diamond has topped the US album charts for the first time. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360036/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:28 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360036/cs/1/ Washington, May 16 : Hindu groups have contacted various film related organizations in Canada urging them not to distribute or screen upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" till its presenter Paramount Pictures makes necessary changes to it. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360029/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:21 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360029/cs/1/ Washington, May 16 : A research team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has reported the development of bacteria-resistant films applied to medical devices and other surfaces to ward off microbial accumulation. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/359949/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:17 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/359949/cs/1/ Reliance BIG Entertainment, the media and entertainment arm of the $75 billion Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, Friday announced that it would spend $1 billion on the Indian film and entertainment business over the next 12-15 months. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360180/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:25 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/360180/cs/1/ A Wellington film crew are tackling this year's 48-hour film challenge from Matiu/Somes Island in the hope its lack of mod cons will inspire them to glory. When the sixth instalment of the 48Hour... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14887102/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:53:34 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14887102/ AFTERMATH: A woman has died after she was knocked from her mobility scooter which is seen wedged under a car after the accident on Mail Road, Stoke. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14887103/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:53:21 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14887103/ NEW YORK (Billboard) - Could it be? The man behind the show seen in millions of TV homes each week is, himself, camera shy? "American Idol" creator Simon Fuller admits that it's true. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14887734/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:15:13 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14887734/ Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 18:00 CDT LOS ANGELES, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM HD, the high definition movie channel from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, today announced it has signed an affiliate agreement ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14884686/ Fri, 16 May 2008 23:01:32 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14884686/ A Wellington movie that was originally jilted by the Film Commission is being trumpeted at Cannes. Paul Murphy's new feature Second Hand Wedding, which opened in New Zealand this week, is the onl... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885168/ Fri, 16 May 2008 22:15:11 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885168/ NEW YORK (Billboard) - Outside the windows of a 36th-floor conference-room suite at New York's Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the morning is gray and befit for April showers. Always the trendsetter, R&B... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885870/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:37:02 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885870/ A 42 year old man who threatened to set himself alight during a domestic incident in Hastings this morning has been arrested. Police said a woman had called them about the man's behaviour and the... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885166/ Fri, 16 May 2008 22:14:53 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885166/ A grim Brazilian drama about society's descent into anarchy launched the Cannes film festival, and politics dominated the opening news conference held by jury president Sean Penn. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885167/ Fri, 16 May 2008 22:15:08 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885167/ CANNES, France (Reuters) - Oscar-winning documentary maker Michael Moore, who this week unveiled plans for a follow-up to his anti-Bush polemic "Fahrenheit 9/11," said on Friday the new film would cov... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885869/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:37:00 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14885869/ As he prepared to succeed Tony Blair as prime minister, Gordon Brown made clear his distaste for celebrity politics. He was marking a break from Mr Blair, who toasted New Labour's success with Britpop... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881564/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:27:11 -0400 The Independent http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881564/ Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 15:00 CDT PlayNetwork, a global leader in providing signature media experiences for businesses, announced today it has expanded its work with Chili's Grill & Bar to in... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881565/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:19:48 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881565/ For some aging icons, the name of the Hollywood fame game now seems to be 'Take The Money And Run.' De Niro and Pacino, in particular, have been pilloried for career choices over the decade that in... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881566/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:15:51 -0400 Times of India http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881566/ Access Hollywood Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz, along with their families and friends, prepared for the big day with a slew of pre-wedding celebrations.With his father by his side, Wentz was spotted l... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14883601/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:00:25 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14883601/ Police say results from a blitz in Wellington overnight make them hopeful the drink drive message is finally getting through. More than 1500 vehicles were stopped and nine drivers will face drink dri... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882315/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:29:49 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882315/ Honesty is not the best policy, especially when it comes to bad dates or the dreaded "do I look fat in this" question from a partner. One in two American men and women have told a lie to ge... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882314/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:29:43 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882314/ The rows of beggars on either side of the road stretched for miles, twin columns of human misery left by the winds and waves of Cyclone Nargis. Without clothes or shoes, the thousands of men, women a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882312/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:29:38 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882312/ Kiwibank is the first to drop mortgage rates to under 9 per cent as $45 billion in home loans comes due for renewal. The homegrown bank yesterday took its two-year fixed-term home loans to 8.99 per c... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882311/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:29:36 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882311/ last year - have discussed marriage and are ready to cement their relationship. A source said: "They've been talking marriage for a while. They'll be formally engaged any day now. They w... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882319/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:30:07 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882319/ Bunker-in-the-bush kidnap conspirator John Burrett has written a book proclaiming his innocence, and accusing a High Court judge of `trumping up' evidence. Such an outlandish crime was always goi... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882310/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:29:32 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882310/ The Subway Series gets underway tonight, and for once, the rest of the country can feel free not to care. Neither the Mets or Yankees are playing particularly well and Fox has decided to offer up thre... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881540/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:34:00 -0400 USA Today http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881540/ Many people may feel they are struggling as the cost of living rockets. But on a wide range of measures, the average Kiwi is better off Over the past five years, real income per person has risen by 1... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882309/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:29:30 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882309/ Los Angeles - It's looking like business as usual at the Academy of Country Music Awards set for Sunday night where Kenny Chesney the winner of the entertainer of the year award for the past three yea... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881568/ Fri, 16 May 2008 18:57:41 -0400 Earth Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881568/ Solange Knowles wastes no time setting the record straight about comparisons to older sister Beyonce on her sophomore album, "Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dream," due Aug. 26 via Music World/Geffen... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14884352/ Fri, 16 May 2008 18:57:20 -0400 Billboard http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14884352/ Two serving New Zealand police officers, a former officer and a man believed to be currently serving in the Queensland police force face charges of conspiring to defeat the course of justice after all... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882316/ Fri, 16 May 2008 19:29:51 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882316/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A talking lion is expected to devour Marvel superhero "Iron Man" at the North American box office this weekend, as Walt Disney Co. opens its much-anticipated fantasy sequel "Th... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882040/ Fri, 16 May 2008 18:48:22 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14882040/ WASHINGTON - It's true: 'Desperate Housewives' will flash-forward five years.Marcia Cross, who plays domestic goddess Bree on the ABC comedy-drama, told AP Radio in a recent phone interview that a fla... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880484/ Fri, 16 May 2008 17:10:08 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880484/ Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off this fall on The CW. He'll play Harry Mills, the son of aging Hollywood star Tabitha (Jessica Walter) who moves back to the 90210 ZIP code with his wife Debbie (Lori Laug... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881302/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:14:09 -0400 Entertainment Weekly http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881302/ Although the trial of former private eye Anthony Pellicano did not produce sensational revelations about the inside workings of Hollywood executives or the lurid lives of celebrities, it did end as mo... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14879171/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:36:12 -0400 Showbiz Data http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14879171/ MUMBAI: Reliance BIG Entertainment, the media and entertainment arm of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (ADA) group, has finalised a slate of 69 films in nine languages for production and distribution over t... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878210/ Fri, 16 May 2008 17:12:19 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878210/ More viewers over the age of 65 watch American Idol than those who are 18-24, according to an audience analysis of the show by Nielsen Media Research. As reported by Broadcasting & Cable magazine,... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878753/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:36:05 -0400 Showbiz Data http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878753/ Reporting on IFC Films' acquisition of the U.S. film The Pleasure of Being Robbed at the Cannes Film Festival -- it is set to close the Directors' Fortnight section of the festival next week -- New Yo... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878446/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:36:11 -0400 Showbiz Data http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878446/ Director Steven Spielberg was "depressed" over the number of leaks about the plot of the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that appeared in the press and online and had to be... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878625/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:36:01 -0400 Showbiz Data http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878625/ PORTLAND, Ore. - The Vietnam war was still on the distant horizon, JFK was in the White House and the sun was out for the 1962 Junior Rose Festival Parade. YouNewsTv contributor Sherina61 sent in over http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878211/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:22:43 -0400 KATU 2 http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878211/ heyday has died of natural causes. Max was about 19. In people years, anyway."I can tell you any pig that lives over the age of 12, the owner knows what he's doing and is taking care of it,&q... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14879234/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:13:48 -0400 E online http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14879234/ NEW: Stars relieved conviction ends private eye's rein of terror Anthony Pellicano will star behind bars until Septemver sentencing A-list private investigator convicted of illegal dirt-digging tactic... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880517/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:10:38 -0400 CNN http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880517/ May 16, 2008 Britney Spears is going on holiday with Mel Gibson. The Toxic singer and her father Jamie are heading to Costa Rica with Mel and his wife Robyn. The quartet will stay at the Brave... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880886/ Fri, 16 May 2008 17:05:25 -0400 Tonight http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880886/ Fox Broadcasting plans to draw viewers to its new dramas Fringe and Dollhouse by drastically cutting the number of commercials and promos in them to half the usual number. Today's (Friday) Hollywood R... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14879173/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:36:03 -0400 Showbiz Data http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14879173/ Virtually all reviewers compare Prince Caspian with the earlier Narnia movie. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A.O. Scott in the New York Times calls the newer film "more satisfying" than the fir... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878629/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:36:08 -0400 Showbiz Data http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878629/ A rather conventional computer-animated feature may seem like an unlikely choice for inclusion in the program of the Cannes Film Festival, but when it is voiced by the likes of Angelina Jolie, Jack Bl... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878445/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:36:09 -0400 Showbiz Data http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878445/ Captain Daniel Vettori defied England's pacemen as New Zealand inched towards 300 at lunch on day two of the first cricket test here today. Vettori batted through the morning session on a cold, o... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14879030/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:38:00 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14879030/ King: An e-mail from Griselda in Cooper City: "All those cheap shots you and Simon Cowell take on each other, real or playing a part?" http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880518/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:10:37 -0400 CNN http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880518/ Sugarland will premiere a new single, "All I Want To Do," on Sunday's (May 18) Academy of Country Music Awards broadcast on CBS. The track introduces the country group's third album, "Love on the Insi... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881201/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:05:54 -0400 Billboard http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881201/ In tribute to the 35th anniversary of singer/songwriter Jim Croce's death, the artist's three studio albums will be reissued on CD in September via Rhino. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878636/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:05:54 -0400 Billboard http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878636/ R&B outfit Pretty Ricky will introduce a new single and a new singer during a Monday (May 19) webcast, ahead of the Aug. 26 release of its next album, "80s Babies." http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881202/ Fri, 16 May 2008 16:05:53 -0400 Billboard http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14881202/ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Listening to half an hour of music each day may significantly lower your blood pressure, according to research reported at the American Society of Hypertension meeting in N... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878209/ Fri, 16 May 2008 15:56:54 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14878209/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres plans to marry her long-time partner, actress Portia de Rossi, after a California court ruling allowing gay marriage. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880266/ Fri, 16 May 2008 15:56:34 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14880266/ The movie doesn't really change those ground rules. Ten years on, the women are still funny, cutting, narcissistic, materialistic (the labels!) and loyal. There is not a whiff of anything subversive i... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876957/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:16:58 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876957/ Tilles Center (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), under the baton of David Wiley and chorus director Frances C. Roberts. The hundred or so singers onstage who will bring this to life are collected from one end of th... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876152/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:16:08 -0400 Newsday http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876152/ Teachers are fighting to exclude their private lives - such as personal postings on Internet sites Bebo and Facebook - from falling foul of new serious misconduct rules. The Teachers Council wants to... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875397/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:04 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875397/ Narnia film-maker Andrew Adamson is keeping a promise to his wife and returning to live in Auckland. Over the past seven years Adamson, 41, has chalked up one of the greatest box-office batting avera... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875385/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:27 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875385/ Voters are demanding cuts to GST and petrol tax to ease pressure on household budgets - but relief looks unlikely. National leader John Key confirmed yesterday that the party was unlikely to revive i... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875394/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:44:52 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875394/ People who use weapons in domestic arguments can expect significant prison terms, a judge says. Judge Michael Crosbie made the comment yesterday in sentencing Merle Valerie Wilson to three years and ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875393/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:44:50 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875393/ The funding gap between Australian and New Zealand universities is "turning into a chasm", vice-chancellors say. New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee (NZVCC) chairman Professor Roger... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875390/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:44:39 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875390/ Online trading is booming in Canterbury as people sell items to help deflect soaring living costs. Figures from the Trade Me website show Canterbury sells more items than any other region. Last mont... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875388/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:44:33 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875388/ If Mahe Drysdale is on the money about his fellow rowers, Saturday, August 16, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics could be another New Zealand sporting day to saviour. The triple world single sculling cham... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875389/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:44:35 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875389/ Matthew McConaughey has been sent a year’s supply of deodorant. US company Axe sent the 38-year-old actor - who recently revealed he “never uses deodorant” - enough of their new poc... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875401/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:23 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875401/ A free-trade agreement with Japan would be three times more beneficial than the deal already signed with China, an Otago University trade economist says. In Tokyo this week, Prime Minister Helen Clar... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875396/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:00 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875396/ Jury selection was completed at R. Kelly's child pornography trial yesterday (May 15) in Chicago, amid contentious exchanges between prosecutors and defense attorneys, who accused each other of trying... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14877755/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:13:18 -0400 Billboard http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14877755/ The speed and ferocity of a fire that ripped through Tauaasa Taafaki's house left him astonished but counting his lucky stars. The blaze, which started in a bedroom of the Morere St house in Tita... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875395/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:44:57 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875395/ Actor Hugh Grant, his ex girlfriend Liz Hurley and her new husband won thousands of dollars in damages after paparazzi pictures taken while they were on holiday were published in tabloid newspapers. ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875382/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:25 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875382/ California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action -- she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show. DeGeneres was taping the episode o... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876153/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:16:09 -0400 Newsday http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876153/ May 16, 2008 Patrick Swayze's cult film Point Break is to get a sequel. The surfing-themed crime thriller, which also starred Keanu Reeves, was a massive hit when released in 1991. Rumours of ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14877372/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:11:35 -0400 Tonight http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14877372/ The Kiwi team behind a film on the life of weightlifter Precious McKenzie are eyeing up director Lee Tamahori and actor Sir Anthony Hopkins for the project. Tauranga's Lance Morcan and his son Ja... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875402/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:10 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875402/ HOLLYWOOD - Police announced Friday they are searching for a 31-year-old man in connection with the severely beating of another man who died from his injuries earlier this week. Francisco Guerrero ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14874387/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:19:18 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14874387/ The Dave Matthews Band is emphasizing the "band" part of its equation on the group's next album. "It literally was a collaborative effort from beginning to end," violinist Boyd Tinsley tells Billboard... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14877754/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:13:17 -0400 Billboard http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14877754/ The four leading ladies of 'Sex and the City' — from left, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall — arrive for the German premiere of the movie in Berlin on Thursday. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876958/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:16:59 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876958/ First-home buyers taking advantage of the Government's new scheme to tackle housing affordability must be willing to live in tiny apartments or "fixer-uppers" in less desirable parts of ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875399/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:05 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875399/ National is on track for a landslide election win with a 27-point poll lead over Labour. On today's Fairfax Media poll, Labour faces an election night rout that would oust 14 sitting MPs and deli... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875400/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:45:07 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14875400/ Rutsey played drums with Rush from 1968 to 1974, as well as on the band's eponymous debut album, but departed soon afterwards, apparently due to a lifelong illness stemming from diabetes. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14877753/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:13:16 -0400 Billboard http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14877753/ Taylor Hicks is going from "Idol" to "Angel." The "American Idol" alum will join the Broadway cast of "Grease" on June 6, playing Teen Angel in the revival of the popular musical. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14874908/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:13:15 -0400 Billboard http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14874908/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donna Summer was dubbed "The Queen of Disco" after a series of hit singles in the 1970s: now the singer pokes fun at that title in a new song included in her first studio album in... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876694/ Fri, 16 May 2008 13:03:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14876694/ For years Downing Street was allegedly beset by the "TB-GBs" - legendary rows between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. But it now appears that GB - without TB - has found another often-heard acronym to... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14874385/ Fri, 16 May 2008 12:52:06 -0400 BBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14874385/ Broker action Goldman Sachs on Friday raised its forecast for the average price of West Texas Intermediate oil in the second half of 2008 by 32% to $141 a barrel from $107 a barrel. "We believe that... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871035/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:29:53 -0400 Market Watch http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871035/ Hilary Duff is all grown up now, a beautiful 20-year old, and in her latest film, "War, Inc.," opening Friday, she makes a big career move. Co-starring with http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14872610/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:22:06 -0400 Newsday http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14872610/ American Idol " alum will join the Broadway cast of "Grease" on June 6, playing Teen Angel in the revival of the popular musical. The gray-haired singer -- whose "Idol" fan base was called "The Sou... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14870939/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:22:05 -0400 Newsday http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14870939/ Sheryl Crow has played matchmaker for friend Jen Aniston, but it seems she's found herself a new flame, too. Life & Style reports that the singer is currently dating a restaurateur from Alabama. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14873304/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:23:02 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14873304/ ASHKHABAD - Turkish companies will restore and build movie theatres and culture centers in Turkmen capital of Ashkhabad. Turkmenistan`s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow approved those projects wort... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871038/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:53:33 -0400 Turkish Press http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871038/ HARDIN CENTER COURTYARD: Courtyard Concert Series; decisions on weather cancellations made by 4 p.m. on show days; 543-2787, ext. 0, for status; today, Ed Howard; Saturday, no concert; May 23, Foggy H... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14870938/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:27:21 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14870938/ One person is dead and another seriously injured in a crash in Christchurch tonight. Southern police communications spokesman Inspector John Doherty said the crash involved one vehicle happened about... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871900/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:49:56 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871900/ What started as a prayer request on an Internet forum culminates Sunday when 20 bands get together to "Jam 4 Frankie."On March 31, a user posted a request to The Gadsden Times forum asking for pray-er... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871039/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:27:22 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871039/ The Hurricanes and Blues are in a Super 14 playoffs no-man's land. The Hurricanes' 19-17 loss to the Blues at Auckland's Eden Park on Friday night means they are sweating on other results... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871902/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:50:01 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871902/ Actress Jodie Foster - who only publicly confirmed she is a lesbian at an awards ceremony last December - has reportedly split from her girlfriend. The http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871906/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:50:20 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871906/ Angelina Jolie has handled uproar about pregnancy news in stride "Kung Fu Panda" co-star Jack Black revealed Jolie was having twins Jolie says she's happy she could now be open about the pre... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14873323/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:22:30 -0400 CNN http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14873323/ Reuters WARM WELCOME: The quiet fishing village of Husavik is home to the Icelandic Phallological Museum and it's collection of 291 preserved members. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871904/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:50:06 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871904/ actress struggled for cash when she first moved to Los Angeles and had to forgo a number of life’s luxuries, including personal grooming. She said: "When I moved to Los Angeles I had no mo... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871901/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:49:58 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871901/ The Tiles rocked and rolled their way to first place in the 2008 Battle of the Business Bands May 14 at Warehouse Live. The group -- which walked away with the coveted Fender electric guitar grand p... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871037/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:03:12 -0400 Business Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871037/ Whether you're waiting for the bus or goofing off at work, playing games on your mobile is an easy way to pass a few minutes. Here are a few you can download from your provider (if available) tha... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871903/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:50:04 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14871903/ CANNES, France (Reuters) - The director of a powerful film about the final days of Bobby Sands said he had not made a hero of the IRA prisoner whose death in a 1981 hunger strike made him one of the m... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14873074/ Fri, 16 May 2008 10:09:05 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14873074/ LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say they have charged former NBA star Dennis Rodman with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel last month. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14870815/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:22:22 -0400 USA Today http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14870815/ May 16, 2008 Angelina Jolie's adopted daughter is pretending to be pregnant with a pig. The Oscar-winning beauty - who is expecting twins with partner Brad Pitt - says three-year-old Zahara is tr... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14870376/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:19:32 -0400 Tonight http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14870376/ A Korean waitress working at Queenstown's Copthorne Hotel could have exposed thousands of guests to hepatitis A. Public Health South medical officer of health Dr Marion Poore was notified yesterd... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14868834/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:52:58 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14868834/ LOS ANGELES — A Hollywood private investigator was convicted Thursday on federal racketeering and other charges for digging up dirt for his well-heeled clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and c... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14868151/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:15:32 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14868151/ MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Colombian pop singer Shakira is using her fame to help poor Latin American children, but she also has her heart set on a new role -- mother to her own offspring. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14869873/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:11:51 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/dd8845aa60952db2/id/14869873/