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A roundup of books for your weekend reading
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Greg and Zanna watch the disturbing and powerful story of how fame nearly destroyed Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez's life falls apart on camera, in this new documentary.
Review: The squeezy sex-toy that could double as a dog chew
Here's a great budget-friendly secret santa gift amongst friends
She Said: Five years on, did MeToo really change Hollywood?
Times: Insiders reveal the legacy of the mogul's downfall.
Taonga inspires story about art to help us find a way through the darkness
The story of five totara panels
Auckland restaurant review: Eyeing the menu at Palmer Bar
If you're eating and drinking downtown, set your sights high (literally).
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An extract from Selling Britishness, new books to discover and two reviews
The world's most famous scientist explains the universe
The world's most famous scientist has great hair.
She Said: The story of how two newspaper journalists took on Harvey Weinstein and won
The New York Times' takedown of Harvey Weinstein has the power to change the world.
Steve Braunias flies south for the winter of his years
Steve Braunias finds a possible solution for his next step in life
‘Secrets I was never going to talk about’: Steven Spielberg gets personal
New York Times: For 50 years, Spielberg has avoided one subject: himself. Until now.
Bro’town’s Ant Sang on the adventures of Astro Boy
An immersive digital dance experience that transports you to another universe.
Michelle Obama: 'Our hurts become our fears. Our fears become our limits'
In The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama provides tools and inspiration for uncertainty
Happy Endings: Our verdict on sex toy We Vibe Melt
We Vibe Melt: 'Grab a wine and take it in the tub for some lovely alone time'
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Jane Harper's new page-turner, discover the mysteries of wetlands, new cook books
Design for Living: The dramatic impact of Robert Moses
Bright ideas that make cities better: Robert Moses, a town planner on stage in New York.
David Beckham's first foray into reality TV: He shoots, but does he score?
He has a legendary right foot and famously dreamy eyes, but do they translate to TV gold?
Millennials aren't real. Nor are Boomers, Zoomers or Gen X-ers
Can you really be said to share an identity with everyone born within 15 years of you?
Misogyny and political power plays: Why Canberra commentator Kerry-Anne Walsh walked away
"Most of the male journalists I worked with were terrific, but some were absolute f***s."
The stars have holiday-movie favourites, too
New York Times: Celebrities on what movies they turn to at this time of year.
Diana Wichtel: Kanye West is storming the limits of tolerance
Diana Wichtel: Most people learn tolerance in toddlerhood.
'So much fun tearing into each other': Claire Danes and Jesse Eisenberg on playing husband and wife
New York Times: Actors on their marriages and how it felt to depict a contentious one.
Geena Davis: How Thelma and Louise changed my life
Geena Davis' memoir on Hollywood and her path to empowerment
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Conversations with sci-fi writer Adam Christopher, Ruby Jones and a book to check out
Harry and Denzel Kelemete: how to transform an 80s anthem into a Samoan classic
Harry and Denzel Kelemete: an 80s anthem not lost in translation
Duckrockers: Don’t You Forget About Me
Duckrockers follows a group of young Pacific Islanders living in inner-city Auckland during the mid-1980's. Video / Supplied
Design for Living: Happiness at Kākāpō Creek Children’s Garden
Bright ideas to make cities better: Mairangi Bay's new childcare centre in the bush.
Harry Styles is objectively hot, but can the same be said about his new movie?
Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie pass judgment on My Policeman.
'I hid in the woods for 10 years': Kelly Sherrod and her extraordinary reinvention
Nashville is the last place you'd expect to find Auckland alt-art musician Kelly Sherrod.
Steve Braunias: 'We all have a tiled table within us that's wanting to get out'
Tau Henare's terrific tiled table.
Raw beef and pickled kohlrabi: Is this Auckland's single best bite?
Melbourne's MoVida has made the permanent leap to Auckland. Is it any good?
Proteins of Magic
You've probably never heard of Aucklander Kelly Sherrod — the Nashville-based musician whose reinvention as Proteins of Magic is as unexpected as her choice of adopted home. Video / Supplied
I talk to my dead wife all the time: Advertising titan Maurice Saatchi on grief
Times: They were an '80s power couple. Then his life fell apart when she died.
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John Boyne revisits the Holocaust, Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised reviewed