The first audio of Emma Watson's take on the Disney classic has gone online.

Rebecca Ferguson will sing for Trump only if she can perform the racially charged Billie Holiday hit Strange Fruit.

The announcement means we will likely see new Lorde music within the next four months.

Former Take That singer was caught on camera using hand sanitiser after high-fiving fans at a New Year's Eve concert.

Ed Sheeran hasn't released an album since 2014 but that is about to change. After a year off, the singer has revealed that new music is not far away.

Georgia from Broods recalls her favourite entertainment moments of 2016.

George Michael's boyfriend has said a hacker was responsible for a series of tweets that claimed the singer killed himself.

Eight people were arrested after a police raid of 12 tents at the Rhythm & Vines music festival at Gisborne yesterday.

A spectacular fireworks display off Auckland's Sky Tower and parties around the country herald the start of a new year.

A post-mortem examination carried out to determine the cause of George Michael's death has proved "inconclusive"

George Michael's hairdresser sister Melanie is expected to inherit half of the singer's fortune.

Chris Martin paid his tribute to George Michael by surprising a group of homeless people with a performance of Wham!'s Last Christmas.

Forget earworms, here are the musical tapeworms of 2016. The songs that made you wish it were possible to un-hear something.

American hip hop artist Chance the Rapper wooed a capacity crowd on the first day of Rhythm and Vines, telling the crowd he would move to NZ.

We're looking back on some of our favourite big reads from TimeOut this year. Today, we revisit Joanna Hunkin's interview with Bic Runga.

UB40 singer Ali Campbell says a comment from a producer is the reason he quit the talent show.

As part of our I Met A Star series, Chris Watson remembers the night he met The Beatles

The Happy Poem of 2016.

Rihanna unfollowed Jennifer Lopez from Instagram after the star confirmed her relationship with Drake.

George Michael's fortune of more than $222 million could be split between his godchildren, family and friends and charities, friends said yesterday.

George Michael made the difficult transition form pop pretty-boy to serious musician.

Auckland's mayor has said he's open to building a pontoon-like structure whose consent was put on hold by the council earlier this month.

Fame wasn't all it was cracked up to be for George Michael and the singer tried to reduce the strain of his celebrity status. But Frank Sinatra was not impressed.

At the peak of his musical powers, the then married English rocker was spending $1782 a week on cocaine, $891 a week on vodka.

George Michael's partner has spoken of the moment he found the pop legend on Christmas Day, as the cause of his death is revealed.

As part of our Summer Herald, Kiwis are recalling their brushes with celebrity. Today, John Lamplough tells of the time he pulled a pint for Status Quo.

News of George Michael's death shook the world. His former Kiwi gardener pays tribute to him.

WATCH: A schoolgirl has become an internet sensation with her rendition of Hallelujah which has been watched 3 million times.

Instead of printing the Catholic prayer, red-faced organisers of a Christmas carol service accidentally handed out 1000 copies of Tupac Shakur's vitriolic banger.

A musical great known for both his chart-topping hits and his turbulent personal life, George Michael was a giant of popular culture.