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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Entertainment articles  Entertainment
    Debbie Harry wants Florence Pugh to play her in the Blondie biopic
     21 October 2025
    Two films about the 1970s and early 1980s rock band are in development - a documentary and a biopic, directed by 38 year old Charlotte Wells - and the group's 80-year-old frontwoman thinks the perfect leading star is in Thunderbolts actress Florence, 29
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    Wayne Rooney has recalled transforming into Freddie Mercury at his early 40th birthday bash
    21 Oct: The 39-year-old former professional football player danced around a vacuum while he donned sexy heels, a black leather skirt, a sleeveless skintight pink top, magenta earrings and a black wig, to mimic the late Queen frontman's iconic look in the band's 1984 video for I Want to Break Free... more
    Simon Cowell says he is "ageing backwards"
    21 Oct: The 66-year-old music mogul was told he is a year younger after his blood was analysed and filtered at a wellness clinic... more
    Mark Ruffalo dreamt of how he would perfectly punch Ryan Reynolds in the face for a scene in The Adam Project
    21 Oct: The scene in Netflix's 2022 time-travelling movie sees 48 year old Reynolds' character Adam Reed - the future version of 57 year old Ruffalo's on-screen son, played in the present by 16 year old Walker Scobell - punch his dad Louis Reed (Ruffalo) in the face after being warned to not go back in time to his own timeline as the two versions of the same person could cause problems with the space-time continuum... more
    Joe Manganiello and Caitlin O'Connor are engaged
    21 Oct: The 48-year-old actor took to Instagram to share that he and his 36-year-old partner secretly got engaged in June after two years of dating... more
    Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith have called off their divorce trial
    21 Oct: The 47-year-old actor and the 39-year-old actress - who married in 2019 and split in 2023 - had been due to go to trial this week but asked that it be cancelled as they had been privately working on a custody deal for their five-year-old daughter Juno... more
    Nicole Kidman is said to be focusing on "family and work" after filing for divorce from her husband of 19 years
    21 Oct: The 58-year-old actress has dramatically split from country singer Keith Urban, 57, and sources have now told People magazine the Oscar-winner is "surrounded by the two things that matter the most to her - her family and her work"... more
    Sarah Paulson has paid an emotional tribute to her late friend and co-star Diane Keaton
    21 Oct: Following the Oscar-winning actor's death earlier this month aged 79, the actress spoke to Access Hollywood at the premiere of her new Hulu series All's Fair about the loss, with Sarah, 50, saying she was struggling to come to terms with the passing... more
    Cyndi Lauper was expelled twice from Catholic school as a child
    21 Oct: The 72-year-old singer says her "political differences" with the nuns got her into trouble long before she became a pop icon... more
    Victoria Beckham is set to reunite with her former Spice Girls bandmates for a new animated project on the band
    21 Oct: Titled The Spice Girls, it will mark the group's first professional collaboration since their performance at the 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony... more

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     Today's News

    Politics:
    Waimakariri's MP has contacted Police, after a rock was thrown through his car's rear window 11:37

    Entertainment:
    Debbie Harry wants Florence Pugh to play her in the Blondie biopic 11:30

    Rugby:
    Injury problems for Ireland ahead of their test against the All Blacks in Chicago on November 2 - Mack Hansen has been ruled out with a foot problem and fellow backs Bundee Aki and Robbie Henshaw are in doubt 11:27

    Law and Order:
    A 25-year-old man accused of murder in North Dunedin will continue to have name suppression - while mental health reports are written 11:07

    Entertainment:
    Wayne Rooney has recalled transforming into Freddie Mercury at his early 40th birthday bash 11:00

    National:
    The global race is on to secure critical minerals. Why do they matter so much? 10:37

    Entertainment:
    Simon Cowell says he is "ageing backwards" 10:30

    Politics:
    NZ’s government wants tourism to drive economic growth – but how will it deal with aviation emissions? 10:27

    Athletics:
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has been named as one of five finalists for World Athletics' field athlete of the year 10:27

    National:
    The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and now the Louvre’s royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists 10:17

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