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10:30, May 03 2021 DAVID UNWIN/Stuff Comedians James Nokise and Tofiga Fepuleai, both have solo shows during the opening week of the Comedy Festival. COMEDY FESTIVAL The New Zealand International Comedy Festival opens in Wellington this week and runs until May 23. For show information, times, prices and tickets see comedy.festival.co.nz Raw Meat Monday Fringe Bar, May 3,10,17; 8pm The Capital’s longest-running open mic comedy night. Comedy gold and comedy coal, each night is a guaranteed g...

By Andy Rieger | For The Transcript Apr 25, 2021 Andy Rieger The Norman Transcript WASHINGTON, D.C. — Organizers of my Honor Flight carrying veterans to see the memorial built to honor their World War II service had one goal that August day a few years back: Keep ‘em hydrated. That meant pushing water on the 80- and 90-year-olds who were taken on the one-day pilgrimage to see the World War II memorial, Korean War memorial and the Vietnam...

“He’s really excited and I’m really pleased for him,” he said. “He’s gone well for us, and this deal with the Bulldogs is reward for his hard work over a long period of time. “They obviously see him as a future NRL player, and I hope he can realise the potential they see in him.” Dale-Doyle played his junior football with a number of local clubs in the region - Emu Park, Rockhampton Tigers, Fitzroy and North Rockhampton. After a one-year stint at the East Tigers while attending ...

Premium Content Subscriber only Skipper Jack Madden is confident the CQ Capras can break through for their first win of the season in the Intrust Super Cup’s Anzac Round this weekend. They tackle the Ipswich Jets at Ipswich at 2.10pm Saturday, with the game to be livestreamed free on Kayo Freebies. The Capras have in their first four games had one draw and three close losses to be sitting in 13th place on the ladder, one rung ahead of the winless Jets. In all but one of those games, the Capra...

BIG SHOT (DISNEY+) Former Full House star John Stamos plays temperamental basketball coach Marvyn Korn in this 10-part David E. Kelley ( Boston Legal, Big Little Lies) dramedy. He’s a man who finds himself having to rebuild her career at an elite girl’s private high school after he is fired from a more lucrative role. “The charismatic cast certainly helps,” wrote Time magazines Judy Berman. “Stamos may never win an Oscar, but hes a reliably likeable TV presence who makes it easy...

LINE OF DUTY (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Newbies to this much-loved British police procedural (now in its sixth season) may find it takes a little while to learn the lingo, but persevere, and you’ll find cracking drama amongst the seemingly scrupulous attention to detail. These are stories where often the crime comes secondary to the law enforcers’ conduct or potential corruption and where you’ll find your impressions of guilt and innocence change many times over the course of a series. Even befor...

Guaranteeing at least a giggle or three, Patriot Brains (Wednesday, April 7, 8.30pm, TVNZ2) is an all-new panel show pitting comics from both sides of the Tasman against each other. Who knows the most about their own country? Who will be named and shamed as uneducated patriots? A regular guest on panel shows back in his own country of Great Britain, good-natured host Bill Bailey will moderate this age-old rivalry. Spoilt for laughs, the following evening sees the returns the return of two ...

New Zealand International Comedy Festival unveils 2021 programme with local focus 17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read NZ Herald By: Ethan Sills The countrys top comedians face the challenge of finding the funny in Covid-19 when the International Comedy Festival returns this May. The festival has today unveiled its line-up, with more than 80 events spread across four weeks that will see dozens of comedians taking to stages throughout Auckland and Wellington. Its a much-needed boost to the lo...

2021 NZ Intl. Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo has launched! Audiences will be treated to a feast of comedic treats, with tickets on-sale from midday Thursday 18 March for the banquet of offerings from the best Kiwi comedians, back in venues live across Auckland and Wellington for three weeks in May. With homegrown comedy on a meteoric rise, Aotearoa’s local heroes are rightfully claiming the spotlight in the Comedy Fest. It’s no secret that Kiwi comedy has been punching above its weigh...

Henry Darrow The Emmy winner also starred opposite David Janssen on Harry O and worked on three TV versions of Zorro. Henry Darrow, the pride of Puerto Rico who starred as the charming Manolito Montoya, the son of a wealthy Mexican land baron, on the 1967-71 NBC Western The High Chaparral, has died. He was 87. Darrow died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Wilmington, North Carolina, his former publicist, Michael B. Druxman, announced. The actor also played San Diego police detective Man...