Waitaki Councillor and Broadcaster Jim Hopkins Dies
Hopkins was born in 1946 and spent most of his working life in and around broadcasting before he entered local government.
Entertainment
The Making of a Counterculture Capitalist Success Story
In ‘The Rise of Hip Capitalism,’ author Charles L Ponce de Leon traces how Rolling Stone fused countercultural rebellion with entrepreneurial ambition, turning cultural dissent into a media empire.
Why Couldn’t Mozart Get a Job?
if you are serious about music then you have to be prepared to be poor and accept the low probability that you might be one of the very few who somehow fall on their feet and get rich. You shouldn’t expect to be supported out of the public purse when you haven’t proven yourself to the public.
Stanley Kubrick Left Hollywood in 1961 and Never Went Back
Every film he made after that was testimony about the same thing.
Part Star, Part Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall lit up 1970s American cinema – and kept going.
Sam Hunt, Leading Without Authority but Unseen Elsewhere
Peter MacDonald Sam Hunt once said he could have become prime minister, as an accountant. Yet he chose a radically different path: poetry. He realised that while many follow ledgers or wield formal power, poets lead society in subtler ways, through observation, reflection and the quiet uncovering of truths that
AI Slop: We’ve Been Here Before
The similarities between ‘AI slop’ and the first decades of cinema.
John Barnett: The Entrepreneur, Visionary and Patriot
On one level, Barnett – the son of British Jews who migrated before the second world war and settled in Auckland – can be seen as the classic show business entrepreneur. But perhaps more important than that, he was also a patriot who believed in telling New Zealand stories to New Zealanders.
The Fans Have Had It
What you don’t hear about is the growing community of fans that are beginning to express their displeasure at these things. They are leading campaigns to boycott the latest versions of the movies.
Face of the Day
She’s later seen watching her family from heaven, before walking off camera with The Beatles’ drummer, Ringo Starr.
