How The Naked and Famous Fought Themselves and Won With New Album 'Recover'

Leena Tailor As the magical creatures of Middle Earth prepare to resume venturing through Auckland, New Zealand, for Amazon’s “Lord of the Rings” prequel series, the mythical world of Pandora has been bursting into life for James Cameron’s “Avatar” sequels in Wellington, just one hour’s flight south.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese war action film “The Eight Hundred” will open in theaters in North America, Australia and New Zealand at the end of the month, a week after it becomes the biggest local film this year to open in Chinese cinemas..Handled by Huayi Bros., the controversial film will release in China on Aug. 28.

Coronavirus has broken out in New Zealand again after a 102-day streak of the country being Covid-19 free.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has imposed a temporary lockdown in Auckland - putting the city on alert level three.It comes after four cases of the deadly virus were confirmed in the community there.From Wednesday, people will be asked to stay at home, while restaurants and other businesses must close by midday so that health officials can "assess the situation".Ms Ardern said: "We are

Benee has shared a new single, ‘Snail’.The track premiered with an animated music video, created by Goodbye Robot. Watch it below:Per a press release, the song was inspired from Benee’s fascination with snails while New Zealand was under coronavirus-imposed lockdown.“When we were in lockdown, I was fascinated by snails.

New Zealand is celebrating 100 days without coronavirus.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Sundance Now has boarded New Zealand crime series One Lane Bridge in the U.S.

Business Insider.The new feature will be rolled out to users in Australia and New Zealand today (August 5) and will be launched in other countries at a later date.It comes after Microsoft recently confirmed that it is in talks to purchase the US operations of TikTok after Donald Trump said he wanted to ban the popular app over the weekend.The tech firm recently released a statement saying: “Microsoft fully appreciates the importance of addressing the President’s concerns.

"Mulan" will go straight to Disney Plus, which has over 60.5 million paying subscribers, reports variety.com.After several delays to its theatrical release date, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said that "Mulan" will premiere on the service on a "premiere access" basis in the US and other select markets at a premium price of $29.99 (Rs 2,244.67), beginning September 4.The film will be released theatrically in markets where the streaming platform is not available.New Zealand filmmaker Niki Caro's "Mulan"

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Dania Ramirez (Tell Me a Story, Devious Maids) is set to co-star in Sweet Tooth, Netflix’s new drama series based on the DC Vertigo comic, which hails from Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey, Jim Mickle, Beth Schwartz and Warner Bros.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorA new version of RuPaul’s Drag Race is coming to the Netherlands later this year via format owner World Of Wonder, broadcaster RTL and Dutch firm Vincent TV. Drag Race Holland (8×60’) will feature ten Dutch drag queens who take part in weekly challenges where the bottom two face-off against each other in a lip-synch battle for a chance to remain in the competition.

Recover, The Naked and Famous noted an important anniversary date during their Billboard Live At-Home performance Monday (July 20), which raised money for the NAACP Foundation.The New Zealand indie electronic band released their debut album Passive Me, Aggressive You on Sept.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterWeta Digital, Streamliner and Avalon Studios is changing the game when it comes to production with a new LED-stage virtual production service.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorDes, ITV’s drama starring David Tennant as British serial killer Dennis Nilsen, has been acquired by a raft of international broadcasters and streamers, including AMC Networks’ Sundance Now in the U.S., Canada and Caribbean.Made by All3Media-backed Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, the miniseries has also been sold by All3Media International to DIRECTV in Latin America, STAN in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand.In Europe, Des has been acquired by C

The Dalai Lama’s debut album Inner World is a big success.