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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Entertainment articles  Entertainment
    Erin Doherty fears phones can lead to "the death of art"
     30 December 2025
    The 33-year-old actress is not a fan of Netflix's "casual viewing" genre - shows where the makers are aware those watching are not likely to be giving things their full attention - so hopes her own intense mini series Adolescence "flies the flag" for showing audiences still want to be engaged and challenged by what they are seeing.
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    Gwyneth Paltrow accepted her role in Marty Supreme to be "close to" her children
    30 Dec: The 53-year-old actress hadn't appeared in a movie for six years but she was tempted by the idea of playinng a glamorous starlet in Josh Safdie's new movie because filming fell during a time she had an "empty nest" with her kids Apple, 21, and 19-year-old Moses - who she has with ex-husband Chris Martin - away at college, and in a location close to where they are studying.... more
    Tom Arnold's children want to be police officers because they have "seen so many" cops as a result of his bitter divorce
    30 Dec: The 66-year-old actor and Ashley Groussman- who have Jax, 12, and 10-year-old Quinn together - split acrimoniously in 2019 with subsequent drama as a result of a high-profile custody dispute and restraining order filings, and the Flintstones star admitted his kids have "seen a lot" of negativity.... more
    Jack Black is one of Paul Rudd's "heroes"
    30 Dec: Paul, 56, jumped at the chance to star in the upcoming film Anaconda because it meant he could work with the 56-year-old actor again.... more
    Olivia Culpo regrets wearing heels to the Super Bowl
    30 Dec: The 33-year-old model looked stylish as she donned a boxy black blazer, Wolford pantyhose and gold-toed Saint Laurent heels for her job as Tubi's Super Bowl LIX red carpet correspondent at the Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, in February.... more
    Steven Spielberg refused to make a movie with Ben Affleck because the actor had made his son cry
    30 Dec: Screenwriter Mike Binder has told how he wrote 2006's Man About Town under the belief that the Jurassic Park filmmaker would be at the helm and release it through his Dreamworks company, but Spielberg dropped the project when he found out the Good Will hunting star was on board to play a Hollywood agent.... more
    George W. Bush wants Oh Happy Day played at his funeral
    29 Dec: The former US President's daughter Jenna Bush Hager shared her 79-year-old dad's choice of track - which comes from 1993's Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit - as she and Savannah Guthrie shared their "funeral song" on the Monday morning (22.12.25) episode of Today with Jenna and Friends.... more
    Sigourney Weaver has addressed "legitimate" concerns over her kissing scene with Jack Champion
    29 Dec: The pair appear together in Avatar: Fire and Ash and the 76-year-old actress' character Kiri shares a smooch with Jack's Spider, and because the movie was made when the 21-year-old star was around 15 years old, audiences have expressed concern over the moment.... more
    Amanda Bynes says she has shed almost 30 pounds after using Ozempic
    29 Dec: The 39-year-old former actress - who revealed earlier this year that she was trying the weight-loss jab - was 180lbs but now she has shown off her new slim look after she lost 28lbs.... more
    Michael Bolton feels "deeply grateful" to be surrounded by family amid his brain cancer battle
    29 Dec: The 72-year-old singer - who has daughters Isa, 50, Holly, 48, and 46-year-old Taryn with his ex-wife Maureen McGuire as well as six grandchildren - was diagnosed with glioblastoma in late 2023 and underwent immediate surgery and admitted having his girls nearby has meant "more than [he] could ever put into words.... more

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