West celebs immortalised in granite

Actor Oscar Kightley, racing driver Paul Radisich and fashion guru Karen Walker are the latest additions to Waitakere City Council’s walkway of fame.

Granite plaques bearing their handprints will be officially unveiled at a ceremony tomorrow.

The walkway at the civic centre in Henderson was started by the council in 2001 to honour famous west Aucklanders.

Mayor Bob Harvey says it wasn’t easy picking this year’s lucky three.

"There’s tough criteria," he says.

Other nominees included film director Rodger Donaldson, who once lived in Titirangi, and actor Russell Crowe whose parents once ran the old Potters Wheel pub in New Lynn.

Crowe missed out because he lived in Blockhouse Bay, not Waitakere city.

The council will soon be accepting nominations for next year and Mr Harvey says All Blacks coach and former Kelston Boys High School principal Graham Henry will probably be in the running.

"He certainly has the credentials as far as I’m concerned."

Samoan born actor, writer and television presenter Oscar Kightley is a familiar face to most west Aucklanders.

The Te Atatu Peninsula resident grew up in Waitakere and worked as a journalist after attending Rutherford College.

He soon found his way into television where he worked as a Super 14 Rugby commentator and presenter for the show Sportzah.

Mr Kightley co-wrote the 2006 film Sione’s Wedding and is also well known for his involvement in the satirical television cartoon series bro’ Town and the play the Naked Samoans.

Karen Walker is an international name in the fashion world. The Swanson resident started work in the fashion industry in the early 1990s and her designs are seen in top fashion shows in Europe and the United States.

Her clothes have been worn by Madonna, Kate Winslet, Tyra Banks and Liv Tyler and she now has permanent showrooms in London, Tokyo, New York and Sydney.

Paul Radisich grew up in west Auckland and shifted to Europe in the early 1980s where he raced in the British Formula 3 class alongside Damon Hill in 1985 and 1986.

He was back down under by the 1990s and has since been a regular fixture in the Australian Touring Car Series.





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Incredible Hulk - Marvel-ous Weekend

Two features from Marvel Entertainment, a company that only ten years ago was forced
into bankruptcy, landed among the box office's top ten over the weekend. The Incredible
Hulk sold $55.4 million worth of tickets, putting it in first place, while <
I>Iron Man added $5.6 million to its gross, bringing its seven-week total to
$279.9 million. Meanwhile, performing well above expectations, Fox's The Happening
took in $30.5 million in its debut -- nearly twice what analysts had predicted.
Last weekend's champ, Kung Fu Panda slipped to second place with $30.5 million.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media
by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):
1. The
Incredible Hulk, Universal, $55,414,050, (New); 2. Kung Fu Panda, Paramount,
$33,612,594, 2 Wks. ($117,289,932); 3. The Happening, 20th Century Fox, $30,517,109,
(New); 4. You Don't Mess With The Zohan, Sony, $16,370,344, 2 Wks. ($68,760,685);
5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount, $14,741,83
4, 4 Wks. ($276,524,265); 6. Sex and the City, Warner Bros., $9,788,353, 3
Wks. ($119,522,016); 7. Iron Man, Paramount, $5,620,375, 7 Wks. ($297,918,329);
8. The Strangers, Universal, $4,024,485, 3 Wks. ($45,287,220); 9. The Chronic
les of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Disney, $3,165,013, 5 Wks. ($131,904,474); 10.
What Happens in Vegas, Fox, $1,667,587, 6 Wks. ($75,755,145).

17/06/2008

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Simple Aggression

   
Artist: Simple Aggression

   Genre(s): 
Metal
   

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Discography:


   
 Gravity

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 10

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Obtest

   
Artist: Obtest

   Genre(s): 
Metal
   Metal: Pagan
   

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Discography:


   
 Is Kartos I Karta

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 8


   
 Auka Seniems Dievams

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 10


   
 997

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 3


   
 Pries Adura

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 5


   
 Oldness Comming

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 3

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The Ting Tings - The Ting Tings Top Uk Album Chart

British pop duo THE TING TINGS have seen their debut LP shoot to the top of the U.K. album charts.

The dance act's We Started Nothing LP debuted at the top of Britain's album chart on Sunday (25May08), knocking U.S. crooner Neil Diamond's Home Before Dark to the number two position.

Welsh soul sensation Duffy still hangs in the top five, with her Rockferry album sitting at number three, while German techno band Scooter are at four with Jumping All Over the World, and Australian drum and bass group Pendulum are at five with In Silico.

In the U.K. singles chart, The Ting Tings missed out on a chart double after their single That's Not My Name - last week's (18May08) number one - was knocked from the top spot by Rhianna's Take A Bow. The Ting Tings's song is now in second place.

Madonna and Justin Timberlake's collaboration 4 minutes falls another place to number three, with will.i.am and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole's Heartbreaker and Sam Sparro's Black + Gold at four and five respectively.

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Denise Richards - The Things They Say 8460

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PHIL ROY

The Great Longing (Decca): B

For two spectacular tracks, it sounds as if journeyman songwriter Roy is about to make something much greater than a breezy album of soulful, off-the-cuff folk-rock on his major-label debut. But even if the rest of “The Great Longing” isn’t up to the standards set by the to-die-for choruses of “The Willow” and “I Love Everyone,” Roy is enough of a pro (having written songs for Ray Charles, Joe Cocker and others) with big enough ears (he grew up in Philly absorbing eveything from Gamble and Huff to John Coltrane) to make a breezy album of soulful off-the-cuff folk-rock sound pretty damned good. Download: “Without Conscience.”

Redknapp set for West End role?

Singer and television presenter Louise Redknapp is reportedly in talks to star in a West End musical.
The former Eternity singer, who now presents 'The Clothes Show' on UKTV Style, recently said that she would like to relaunch her singing career.
Speaking about the West End rumours, Redknapp told the Daily Express: "There have been chats about it and it could be on the horizon very soon."
She dismissed reports, however, that she will be starring in a production of 'Grease', saying: "I couldn't see me in the skinny Lycra pants. Maybe 10 years ago, but not now."

Jarvis Cocker Praises Amy Winehouse's "Clever Lyrics"

Jarvis Cocker has praised Amy Winehouse for her clever lyrics.

The former Pulp frontman praised the troubled singer and British band the Arctic Monkeys for their use of language and lyrical themes in their records.

He says, "Rap music has stayed in relatively good health, because it's almost all about the words. Arctic Monkeys have made much of their love of hip hop and I think you can hear that in Alex Turner's lyrics.

"Amy Winehouse goes one better and just makes words up. I think Pete Doherty harks back to The Beatles' song 'I am the Walrus' - he plays games with words."

The 'Common People' hitmaker, who is currently working on material for his second solo album, was previously hailed the most important lyricist of the mid-nineties 'Britpop' era.

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Take That - Monty Don Intending To Make Full Recovery

since suffering a minor stroke.

Don, 52, appeared at the Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye today where he told an audience that he was "very happy" to no longer be filming for 12 hours a day.

"I'm fine and recovering well," he said.

"I can't do regular… you know what TV is like with 12 hour days. I'm very happy to take that burden off me."

The gardening presenter said he was enjoying "pottering round" and was intending on making a "full recovery and do what I can when I can".

Don suffered a minor stroke six weeks ago which forced him to give up his presenting job on Gardeners' World.

The 52-year-old presented the BBC show for five years after taking over from Alan Titchmarsh in 2003.


26/05/2008 15:59:16

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M.O.S.K.W.A.

   
Artist: M.O.S.K.W.A.

   Genre(s): 
Industrial
   

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Discography:


   
 E=idm2

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 18

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