Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

In this awesome video, Stargate Studios reveal just how many of your favorite television shows rely on green screens for their outdoor scenes. See more funny videos and Entertainment Videos at Today's Big Thing. Full story

Returning tonight is one of the competition’s highest scoring female challengers Kim Papp. In her heat, fire officer Kim careered through the Gauntlet; crossed the Hit and Run bridge three times; surprised Destiny by beating her; and sped up the Wall leaving Nitro in her wake. After amassing so many points, she went into the Eliminator with a time advantage and built on ... Full story

Kim Laurenson is the first contestant to be fired by ‘The Boss’ Terry Serepisos in the New Zealand version of The Apprentice. Laurenson stepped up to project manage Team Athena in the first challenge of the series, in which the contestants were tasked with devising a strategy to raise the most money from a sausage sizzle, situated in central ... Full story

Top Model is back, baby! Hosted by recent New Zealand visitor Tyra Banks, America’s Next Top Model returns to our screens with the premiere of its 12th cycle, screening on Friday, February 12th at 7:30pm on 3. This week’s season premiere brings together 34 gorgeous girls to Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Of course, only 13 will survive this ... Full story

Soap star Jodi Gordon is quitting Home and Away after five years. The actress who plays Martha McKenzie, will film her final scenes at the end of next month. A Channel 7 spokeswoman made the following statement. "Jodi has put in a tremendous five years on Home and Away. It was a mutual decision for her to take this next ... Full story

Tyra Banks has announced she is ending her award winning talk show. Banks told fans via her website that the current season will be the last. "I've been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past 5 years." she said. Banks also pointed out that ratings for the show were at record levels and she has plans to launch her ... Full story

TV ONE’s New Year’s Eve line-up sees a selection of special entertainment shows and a chance to look at the year that was for Kiwis. The evening kicks off at 7.30pm, with The Royal Variety Performance, performed in the United Kingdom annually in aid of the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund (the EABF). This year's 81st performance will be staged ... Full story

To celebrate Christmas Day, TV2 has a festive and fun-packed line-up of movies for the whole family to enjoy, from dawn until dusk. For the early risers, A Miser Brother's Christmas, at 7.05am, is a family animation following Santa as he gets stuck in the middle of the Miser brothers' feud. Can the brothers overcome their differences and save ... Full story

This week sees Jeremy Corbett and two teams of New Zealand’s finest comic talents blast the last seven days of news out of the water for one last time this season, the finale of 7 Days screens on Friday, December 11th at 10pm on 3. “This series has been awesome. Normally when you start getting to about episode eight ... Full story

This week TV2 brings viewers exclusive coverage of Miss World 2009, on Sunday at 12pm. Held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the 59th beauty pageant will feature 19-year-old Cantabrian Magdalena Schoeman, representing New Zealand. On Monday's The Mentalist, at 8.30pm, Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) and the CBI team go to Hollywood to investigate the murder of a movie producer who ... Full story

Join Petra Bagust, Mike McRoberts, and many of your favourite New Zealand and Australian celebrities for the happiest night of the year - Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park. Highlights from the Auckland and Christchurch events screen on Sunday, December 13th at 7pm on 3. Hosted by Petra Bagust and Mike McRoberts, this year's show brings a talent packed line-up ... Full story

She’s finally done it. This week sees Jaquie wake up in celebrity rehab in the second season conclusion of The Jaquie Brown Diaries, screening on Friday, December 11th at 9:30pm on 3. “Celebrity rehab is exactly what it sounds like,” Jaquie Brown explains when faced with the question ‘what exactly is celebrity rehab?’. “It's a special place that celebrities ... Full story

This Saturday TV2 launches a brand new entertainment series, where ordinary Kiwis are handed a chance to perform in the spotlight, in One Night Only. The show, hosted by Jordan Vandermade (The Singing Bee) and Clinton Randall (Just The Job), pitches two teams of regular people from all walks of life against each other for a cash prize. The ... Full story

Devious Sid Mitchell (Thijs Morris) causes some trouble on Shortland Street this week, but who will pay the price? When Sid’s plan to have some fun doesn’t quite pan out, it may not be him that takes the fall. When it's revealed that Sid was responsible for spiking a drink at the IV, a defeated Sid decides to distract ... Full story

The Visitors have arrived, as the highly anticipated premiere of TV2's new thriller V lands on TV2. In the first of two feature-length episodes ahead of a full series next year, the world is on the verge of its first encounter with an alien race. The Visitors (or V's) are initially viewed with fear, but they quickly become a ... Full story