
Deadline Hollywood - 1 hour 28 min ago
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video has swooped for rights to Embassy, the action-thriller series starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Heughan and J.K. Simmons, in six territories. The streamer landed rights in the UK, Ireland, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand for the six-part AGC Television series, which is set to launch next year. AGC, Ascendant Fox and Turbine […]...

The Guardian - 3 hours 42 min ago
Actor says his opposition to South Island development near his farm has led to personal abuse The actor Sam Neill says he has received threats of violence from supporters of a controversial goldmine that could be opened several kilometres away from his farm in New Zealand's Central Otago district, after he publicly objected to the New Zealand government's plans to fast-track the mine. The Australian mining company Santana Minerals is pushing to expedite a 85-hectare (210-acre) open-cast...

New York Times - 5 hours 25 min ago
Workers clearing debris from a damaged bridge on Tuesday after torrential rain in South Karori in Wellington, New Zealand.

The Independent - 8 hours 22 min ago
Luxon tells reporters he had called for a confidence vote, in which he was successful...

Engadget - 15 hours 8 min ago
After debuting in the US, Gemini in Chrome is making its way to more markets. Starting today, Google is rolling out Chrome's built-in chatbot to users in Asia and the Pacific, including Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam. The expansion comes after Google earlier this year made Gemini in Chrome available to people in Canada, India and New Zealand . With the exception of Japan, where Google isn't making the new suite available on iOS just yet,...

Engadget - 15 hours 8 min ago
After debuting in the US, Gemini in Chrome is making its way to more markets. Starting today, Google is rolling out Chrome's built-in chatbot to users in countries in East Asia and the Pacific, including Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam. The expansion comes after Google earlier this year made Gemini in Chrome available to people in Canada, India and New Zealand . With the exception of Japan, where Google isn't making the new suite available...

The Guardian - 22 hours 7 min ago
The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out now Formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978 by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour and Peter Gutteridge, the Clean pioneered a lo-fi DIY spirit steeped in the sound of west coast psychedelia, Velvet Underground and post-punk. They've had an indelible influence on indie acts Pavement, Yo La Tengo and Guided By Voices, and made their first Flying Nun Records single...

The Guardian - 23 hours 7 min ago
The New Zealand composer burned pianos, sampled earthquakes and recorded Belfast's peace walls. And at 86 is still invested in her life's work: to appreciate the music in everyday sound A broken upright piano, tilted like the sinking Titanic, stands part-buried in a garden at Glasgow's Counterflows festival . Experimental composer Annea Lockwood swipes a hand across its exposed strings and beams at the metallic clang. "Great piano!" she says, inviting other musicians and the...