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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New Zealand's justice system is failing. The country has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the OECD, and over 56% of people with prior convictions are reconvicted within two years. Some 52% of people in prison identify as Māori, while 91% of people in prison have experienced mental distress, and over 50%…

It is January 1985, and the Smiths are soon to release their political opus, Meat Is Murder. NME’s December 1984 interview teasing the album begins with the earnest question, “Rather than writing about yourself in the abstract, your new songs seem to isolate particular instances …” Students across the nation are going vegetarian at Morrissey’s lead. This is very serious stuff.Over in Smash Hits, Tom Hibbert’s first question for the singer is: “What’s the matter with you?” Moz’s persistent lethargy, Hibbert suggests, may…

PTI | | Posted by Prapti Upadhayay Los Angeles, Jan 29 (PTI) Pop star Britney Spears has apologised to former boyfriend-singer Justin Timberlake about the revelations she made about their relationship in her 2023 memoir "The Woman In Me". Britney Spears loves Justin Timberlake's new song Selfish. She also speaks about her book on Instagram. (File Photo/ REUTERS) In the book, published in October, Spears had revealed that she had an abortion while dating the former NSYNC star. Stay tuned for all the latest…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe Barbie film will not be released in Vietnam over its apparent inclusion of a controversial marking in a map of the South China Sea.Starring Margot Robbie as the iconic doll, Barbie was scheduled to be released in the southeast Asian country on 21 July, in line with its cinematic debut in most countries across the world.However, state media announced on Monday (3 July) that the…

via Constantin Film Husband and wife duo Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich found the most lucrative success of their respective careers in the world of video game adaptations, so it made sense they would return to the well after drawing their association with Resident Evil to a close. What they didn’t plan for, though, was Monster Hunter offending an entire nation. Big hopes were pinned on the blockbuster fantasy’s chances of finding box office success in China, a market where console-to-screen translations…