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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Entertainment articles  Entertainment
    LL Cool J is to host the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards
     18 August 2025
    The 57-year-old rap icon - who is among the nominees at this year's MTV VMAs - has been announced as the host of the ceremony which is being held at New York's UBS Arena Sunday on 7 September. It is being broadcast simultaneously on CBS and MTV for the first time, whilst Paramount + will stream the ceremony.
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    Priscilla Presley has refuted allegations that she led her daughter Lisa Marie Presley to an early death to regain control of the Presley estate
    18 Aug: The 80-year-old widow of the "King of Rock and Roll", Elvis Presley - who died aged 42 in August 1977 - is being sued by her ex-business partners, Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko, in a $50 million civil lawsuit.... more
    Darius Campbell Danesh' ex-wife, Natasha Henstridge, has paid tribute to the late singer on the third anniversary of his death
    18 Aug: The former Pop Idol contestant passed away at the age of 41 in August 2022 after inhaling chloroethane - also known as ethyl chloride - at his Minnesota apartment.... more
    John Cena doesn't want to "take time away" from WWE's next big superstars
    18 Aug: The 48-year-old wrestling legend turned Hollywood actor is set to retire from his in-ring career when his current farewell retirement tour comes to an end in December, and he's opened up about why the timing is just right.... more
    Kelly Ripa has joked she only wears a bra "to hold her microphone"
    18 Aug: The 54-year-old talk show host quipped that the average age of her bras is "thousands of years" because "they don't get a big workout".... more
    Christine Baranski has branded the women who travelled on the Blue Origins NS-31 flight as "grotesque"
    18 Aug: The 73-year-old actress is the latest celebrity to voice their disgust after an all-female crew flew to the boundary of space on Jeff Bezos' rocket in April, including pop star Katy Perry, his now-wife Lauren Sanchez, broadcaster Gayle King, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.... more
    Bendigo Writers Festival has questions to answer over ‘untenable’ code of conduct for authors
    18 Aug: Bendigo Writers Festival has had to cancel 11 sessions, as writers withdraw over a code of conduct sent two days ago.... more
    What the stories of Robert Bogucki and Christopher McCandless reveal about our cultural obsession with survival
    16 Aug: From the iconic tale of Christopher McCandless, to an Alaskan's death-defying dance in the Australian desert, to extreme reality TV shows, we're obsessed with survival. So what is it about these stories that we find so fascinating?... more
    Jennifer Aniston has filled her home with crystals to banish negative "nerves" from the mansion
    15 Aug: The Friends actress, 56, opened the doors of her Los Angeles home to Vanity Fair, declaring it a sanctuary from the pressures of both Hollywood and the wider world... more
    Robert Plant has revealed why he recently turned down an invitation from Tony Iommi to attend Black Sabbath's farewell concert
    15 Aug: The legendary Led Zeppelin singe, 76, was asked to perform at Black Sabbath's "Back to the Beginning" concert - Ozzy Osbourne's final performance before his death - but ultimately declined, with Robert saying his decision was based on massively changing his performing style from huge stadiums to smaller venues... more

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    Priscilla Presley has refuted allegations that she led her daughter Lisa Marie Presley to an early death to regain control of the Presley estate 16:12

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    Entertainment:
    Darius Campbell Danesh' ex-wife, Natasha Henstridge, has paid tribute to the late singer on the third anniversary of his death 15:42

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