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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Entertainment articles  Entertainment
    Miley Cyrus pitches her songwriting skills to legendary filmmakers and Hollywood stars at events to get involved in movies
     31 December 2025
    The 33-year-old singer-songwriter scored the responsibility of making the credit song - Dream As One - for Avatar: Fire and Ash after she told the film's director, James Cameron, 71, that she was up for doing it at Disney's D23 Expo in August 2024.
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    Jamie Lee Curtis is glad she narrowly dodged fame as a child thanks to her late mom Janet Leigh
    31 Dec 2025: The 67-year-old Hollywood legend revealed she was asked to audition for the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist by its late director, Ray Stark - who was friends with her mom - but Janet refused because Jamie was only 12 at the time and wanted her to have a childhood.... more
    Olivia Culpo is saving all her clothes for her daughter
    31 Dec 2025: The 33-year-old model has kept the likes of her sizzling pink and red beauty pageant looks - including the velvet outfit she donned when crowned Miss Universe in 2012 - as well as her Dolce+Gabbana wedding dress "intact" in storage, so that she can gift it to Colette, five months, when the tot is older.... more
    Billie Lourd has paid tribute to her grandmother Debbie Reynolds on the ninth anniversary of her death
    31 Dec 2025: On Sunday (28.12.25), the actress shared a sweet early 2000s photo of her with late mom Carrie Fisher and the Hollywood legend - who died from a stroke aged 84, the day after Carrie passed away from a sudden cardiac arrest aged 60 on December 27, 2016 - at The Radio City Christmas Show, Universal City, California.... more
    Toni Collette has praised Kate Winslet for bringing an "incredible sense of trust and freedom" to the set of Goodbye June
    31 Dec 2025: Kate, 50, made her directorial debut with the Netflix Christmas family drama film - which sees Bernie (Timothy Spall) and his four children, Connor (Johnny Flynn), Julia (Kate), Molly (Andrea Riseborough), and Helen (Toni) confront grief, reconciliation, and love as they gather around their dying mum June (Dame Helen Mirren).... more
    Ashley Park dec lares crocheting as her personal Roman Empire
    31 Dec 2025: The star of Netflix's Emily in Paris - of which season five was shot in the Italian capital - adores her "nerdy" hobby so much, she has already begun her little gifts for the cast.... more
    Erin Doherty used to order coffees in Anne, Princess Royal's regal voice to see how people reacted
    31 Dec 2025: The 33-year-old actress - who played a teenage version of the 75-year-old royal in seasons three and four of Netflix's The Crown - relishes finding out how her different alter egos fit into different social situations.... more
    Michael J. Fox thanked Crispin Glover for being a "brilliant actor" to work with on Back to the Future 40 years after the film's release
    31 Dec 2025: The 64-year-old actor recently wrote a letter to Crispin, 61, commending his "phenomenal role" of George McFly - the dad of Michael's alter ego Marty McFly - because he did not have time to say it when they shot the 1985 sci-fi comedy.... more
    Nicola Roberts is thrilled to be "a part of the pregnant lady/mommy to be community"
    31 Dec 2025: The Girls Aloud member is grateful for all of the supportive messages that she and her fiance, accountant-and-semi-professional footballer Mitch Hahn, have received since they announced on Christmas Day (25.12.25) that they are expecting their first child together.... more
    Jamie Campbell Bower sought inspiration from cult leaders for his performance in Stranger Things
    31 Dec 2025: The 37-year-old actor admitted Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple who led more than 900 of his followers to mass suicide in 1978, was an "early reference" for his alter ego's latest incantation, Mr. WhatsIt, as seen in the second volume of the final season of the show.... more

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     Today's News

    Health & Safety:
    Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn has been placed into an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis 6:06

    Environment:
    Heavy rain is expected for the Northwest of the South Island 21:57

    Entertainment:
    Miley Cyrus pitches her songwriting skills to legendary filmmakers and Hollywood stars at events to get involved in movies 20:08

    Entertainment:
    Jamie Lee Curtis is glad she narrowly dodged fame as a child thanks to her late mom Janet Leigh 19:38

    International:
    The US is ramping up its security in Louisiana, a year after a deadly terror attack 19:27

    Environment:
    Stormy weather's forecasted to keep battering Northland and Auckland until later tonight 19:27

    Entertainment:
    Olivia Culpo is saving all her clothes for her daughter 19:08

    Entertainment:
    Billie Lourd has paid tribute to her grandmother Debbie Reynolds on the ninth anniversary of her death 18:38

    Environment:
    Power is likely be restored tonight, and support's available for Horowhenua locals affected by Sunday's severe weather event 18:37

    Entertainment:
    Toni Collette has praised Kate Winslet for bringing an "incredible sense of trust and freedom" to the set of Goodbye June 18:08

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