Issue 5
| Jamie Kennedy interview |
Jamie Kennedy Talks…
to Ryan Boyd
The NZ Comedy Fest is just around the corner and debate managed to score an interview with one of the headlining acts, Jamie Kennedy. You may know him from The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, you may know him from Scream, or you may know him from the huge number of supporting roles he’s had in some big Hollywood films. The point is, you know him. But if you’re like me, you didn’t know he did stand-up.
We talked about that, his first acting experience on a bask ...
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| News Media |
News Media = Bollocks
I can't remember much from my days of university. I think there was something about a library and overdue charges, but that was a few years ago now. I lost most of my memory one day when standing next to a giant magnet, which while fun at the time has made remembering stuff kind of tricky.
But one of the things I learnt I remember quite well as every night around 6pm I am reminded of it: the fact that news media is so hilariously ridiculous.
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| Sommerset interview |
The Sun Shines Again for Sommerset
It has been over two years since Sommerset announced they were calling it a day and went out with a bang in what was a solid “final” tour. Talia Blewitt sat down with guitarist/vocalist Milon Williams at a suave Ponsonby café to chew the fat about why they broke up and more importantly, why they’re getting briefly back together.
With all the global reunion tours that has befallen fans recently, I had to wonder if two years really classified as a long enough peri...
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| New York Calls | Cityscapers calling former AUT student's name
An ex-AUT student has taken his first trip overseas this week to attend a prestigious workshop in the UK that aims to find new ways of thinking about cities and public spaces.
Rangituhia Hollis, 30, who received a Te Ara Poutama scholarship in 2001 and studied Art and Design at AUT from 2001-03, departed for the two-week Cityscapers: By The Throat studio on Friday 28 March.
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| Global Day of Action | Global Day of Action
World-wide protests have come at a time of escalating human rights abuses in Tibet despite China’s promise of improvements in human rights ahead of the Olympics.
Friends of Tibet New Zealand held a Global Day of Action march in Aotea square on Monday, March 31st.
About 300 people led by nine Buddhist monks marched down Queen St
on the anniversary of the day the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama
set foot in India after his exile from Tibet in 1
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| AUT student overcomes | Student's Hardship Doesn't Weigh Her Down
An AUT business student refuses to demand special treatment as she struggles to continue studying whilst single-handedly supporting her family after her husband suffered a massive heart attack.
Lajwanti Gidwani, 38, who is studying for a postgraduate diploma in business, hasn’t used her recent difficulties to shirk her studies, despite a heavy workload.
Even when reprimanded for answering a phone call from home during a lecture, she didn’t im...
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