As Hollywood continues to grapple with the far-reaching and damaging effects of Covid-19, on the other side of the world Australia and New Zealand are bucking the downward trend.
27.01.2021 - 20:50 / variety.com
Chris Willman Music WriterAllegations of abuse and impropriety in the New Zealand music business have caused a second major manager to resign, following earlier news that Lorde’s ex-manager had stepped down from his firm.
Now the manager of “Supalonely” singer Benee, Paul McKessar, has left the firm he cofounded and directed, CRS Management director, after after days of addressing charges of sexual harassment.The scandals have arisen largely as a result of the New Zealand publication Stuff
.As Hollywood continues to grapple with the far-reaching and damaging effects of Covid-19, on the other side of the world Australia and New Zealand are bucking the downward trend.
Bharat Mahajan, a 28-year-old mental health services manager working on the frontlines of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, was on Sunday crowned Mr Gay New Zealand 2021.The winner of Mr Gay New Zealand will have the chance to represent the country at the Mr Gay World competiton that is scheduled to take place in Johannesburg later this year.Mahajan from the town of Thames was judged the winner at the Ending HIV Big Gay Out event, just hours before Auckland went into a level three lockdown
2 min read After a three week public campaign and an intense two days of challenges, Bharat Mahajan was announced as the winner of Mr Gay New Zealand 2021 on stage at the Ending HIV Big Gay Out just before Auckland was sent into a level three lockdown on Sunday.
“I shouldn’t tell you this,” grins Sam Neill, as he and his pup Chuff escort ET Canada through a gate to his Instafamous cows at the sprawling headquarters of his Two Paddocks vineyards in New Zealand’s Central Otago. “It sounds too eccentric, but I come play my ukulele here and a couple wander over and listen, but I’d really like mass adoration … I want cattle groupies.”
EastEnders star Maddy Hill is returning to the soap as her character Nancy Carter. Nancy is returning to Albert Square after five years away in New Zealand.
EXCLUSIVE: New Regency has secured the film and television rights to Meg Mason’s novel, Sorrow and Bliss, in what was said to be a competitive situation.
2 min read A special edition Pride Stamp has been developed by New Zealand Post to celebrate the country’s Pride Month which will be held under no Covid-19 restrictions this year due to the country’s ability to keep the virus under control.
New Zealand has come out to support its LGBTQI communities with NZ Post releasing a special edition Rainbow Pride stamp. New Zealand Post has issued the special stamp to celebrate pride month and and mark the 35th anniversary of the passing of the Homsexual Law Reform Act that decriminalised same-sex relationships.The release of the stamp coincides with Pride months in different cities in New Zealand, including Auckland Pride from February 3-28, and the Wellington Pride festival from March
Also Read: 'Street Gang' Director Explains Why 'Sesame Street' Once Got Backlash From Black Parents (Video)The film is set in New Zealand and features Kiwi stars, and Gillies had to put on a thicker Kiwi accent in order to play Mandrake, but do so without appearing exaggerated or cartoonish.
WarnerMedia has picked up the intimate, sexually themed New Zealand-made documentary There is No I in Threesome. The film will have its world premiere at the WarnerMedia Lodge at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, followed by a streaming release on Feb.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefWarnerMedia has acquired “There Is No I in Threesome,” a New Zealand-made documentary about a couple exploring an open relationship, and set is as an HBO Max Original.It will have its world premiere at the WarnerMedia Lodge at the Sundance Film Festival and begin streaming on Feb. 11, shortly before Valentine’s Day.
Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo has said the European dates for the band’s Hella Mega Tour with Green Day and Fall Out Boy are currently still scheduled to go ahead this summer.The jaunt, which saw its opening leg in Asia axed due to coronavirus concerns, was due to hit the UK, Europe and US last summer before heading to Australia and New Zealand in November.The dates were then postponed and rescheduled to take place this summer.
Rod Stewart headbutted a fan and tried to throw a piano off a balcony during a tour of New Zealand in 1979.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Music Group terminated the employment contract of Scott Maclachlan, a senior VP of A&R in its Australian office, after an investigation into sexual harassment claims, a rep for the company confirms to Variety.