Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Music Group terminated the employment contract of Scott Maclachlan, a senior VP of A&R in its Australian office, after an investigation into sexual harassment claims, a rep for the company confirms to Variety.
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coronavirus crisis.Up to 20,000 people attended the nation’s largest festival, Rhythm and Vines, in Gisborne on the north island from December 29-31, 2020.
Ticketholders were not required to wear masks nor socially distance from each other for the New Year’s festival, which saw performances by Fat Freddy’s Drop, Benee, and BROODS.Elsewhere, as IQ reports, Rhythm & Alps marked its 10th anniversary by inviting 10,000 people to Wanaka on NZ’s south island, ringing in the new year with sets by
.Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Music Group terminated the employment contract of Scott Maclachlan, a senior VP of A&R in its Australian office, after an investigation into sexual harassment claims, a rep for the company confirms to Variety.
Olivia Rodrigo drifts in at Number 1 for a second week on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Drivers License.
The Visual Effects Society (VES) named its 2021 Board of Directors officers with Lisa Cooke being elected as Board Chair. She is the first woman to hold this role in VES’s history.
Crystal and Detox of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” talk backlash over performing during the pandemic.
The Luminaries, the British/New Zealand drama starring The Knick’s Eve Hewson and Sin City’s Eva Green, has been picked up by Starz.
2 min read As reported by Gay Nation over the last four weeks, RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under is now under production in Auckland, New Zealand and RuPaul will host the series alongside co-judge and Drag Race veteran Michelle Visage.
EXCLUSIVE: The Black List is partnering with the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) for the Black List New Zealand Project (BLNZP). The new initiative is a one-off fund script development workshop designed to foster the creative relationship between writers and producers and stimulate international opportunities for New Zealand feature films.
The Down Under drag race is on! Following days of speculation, reports and sightings, we can confirm that production will resume on RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under in New Zealand this week.
RuPaul’s Drag Race is about to say “shantay, g’day!” Emmy-winning production company World of Wonder is bringing the popular series to Australia and New Zealand and it will be appropriately titled RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. The new edition of the drag queen reality competition will debut on WOW Presents Plus stateside and internationally on Stan in Australia and TVNZ OnDemand in New Zealand.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorRuPaul is bringing the hugely successful franchise of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” to Australia and New Zealand in 2021.“RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under” will stream exclusively on WOW Presents Plus in the U.S.
coronavirus pandemic began.New Zealand has managed to tackle and contain the virus so effectively that its alert level sits at one, with only a few imported cases or isolated local cases occurring (it currently has fewer than 80 active cases). This has meant that mass gatherings without social distancing have been able to run since the end of last year.The concert in question was the first of Six60’s six-date nationwide summer tour.
coronavirus variants from overseas.
TikTok‘s viral Sea Shanty craze.Royal Mail worker Nathan Evans became a viral hit on the social media app in December, where his performances of the traditional sailor songs garnered millions of views.Nathan’s biggest hit came in the form of the New Zealand folk song ‘The Wellerman’ – which has been viewed a staggering 4.3 million times.Now, Snow has posted his own version of the song on Twitter with the caption: “Sea shanties! Bringing us in the Pandemic together as never before!” You can view
In the near-70 years of Official UK Chart history, there have been surprisingly few artists who have scored a Number 1 under the age of 18.
Picture the scene: Hong Kong International Airport is attempting a mass evacuation when a high-speed train packed with missiles crashes into a terminal. Shown in slow motion, a nuclear explosion rips through the airport and blows it sky high into a mushroom cloud.