Registrations are now open for theatre-obsessed young Aucklanders to take part in the Young & Hungry Festival of New Theatre - a showcase of three fresh new plays written especially for the text generation.

Antipodes: The Ingenious and Exhilarating Expedition of El Lider and La Campana. By Mark Price. Longacre Press.  RRP $34.99. 

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The ‘Monty Python’ comedian will have to give over half of his estimated fortune to third wife Alyce Faye Eichelberger, after a ruling made by a Californian court – leaving her richer than him.

Never one to shy away from the offensive, Jack Black will again tread dangerous ground with his latest role in Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Superbad) and Harold Ramis’ (Caddyshack, Ghostbusters) biblical-era comedy.

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"Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!"  Those are the famous last words of the comedian Groucho Marx.  But several new Internet sites are trying to prove old Groucho wrong by allowing you to communicate after death.

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