Based around the real-life farce that occurred shortly after the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Armando Iannucci's (Time Trumpet, The Thick of It, Veep) Death of Stalin bills itself as a 'comedy of terrors'. With an ensemble cast of comedy vets (Michael Palin, Steve Buscemi) and theatre wonders (Simon Russell Beale), Iannucci's film deflates rather dark passages of world history to show the sad, hilarious truths of how men act when confronted with a sudden power vacuum. Any good, Maria?
Countdown is cutting down the cost of more than a dozen women’s sanitary items, in order to reduce period poverty.
In 2016, Countdown, the Salvation Army and Manurewa MP Louisa Wall launched an initiative via the Foodbank project to help stock the charity’s food banks with sanitary products. Since the launch of this campaign, more than $190,000 worth of tampons and pads have been donated.
To find out more about this initiative I spoke to Labour MP for Manurewa, Louisa Wall.
I also spoke to Corporate Affairs General Manager Kiri Hannifin, to know a little more about what Countdown has done to help reduce prices on sanitary items.
Dr Wells made her presence in the studio through the phone lines this morning, but her unfortunate flu didn't stop her from reviewing Rick and Morty Season 3. Pickle Rick, a smarter Morty and animated farting, Season 3 has it all from the wacky Grandad - Grandson duo.
Maria's bringing in dark tales of the silk road... You know, the online version. Deep Web is a documentary about the tales of online encrypted trading; the darkest secrets of the deepest web. Ooo, spooky.
Maria has actually used the word _exceptional_ this week, what a glorious occasion. McQueen is about to hit cinemas and you don't want to miss out on this intimate and professional depiction of one profound influence in the world of fashion.
Daylight savings got to the Dr. this morning so Mike catches up with Maria over the phone to recommend Hibiscus & Ruthless, the wholesome kiwi tale of obedience and sticking to the straight and narrow. Definitely something to check out if you're in the mood for a chuckle.
Dr. Maria kicks off 2019 with a bang. Her first selection is one that received 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, so it has to be good, right?Summer 1993, the film worthy of such high appraisals, follows the story of a six-year-old fresh who is fresh to the country side, living with her new legal guardians. Safe to say, Maria's pretty impressed.
Equalise My Vocals is a new campaign set to address the New Zealand music scene's gender problems, brought to you by the lovely Coco Solid and Trixie Darko. Through a series of interviews and panel discussions with a diverse range of women, Coco and Trixie hope to shed light on the real issues this NZ Music Month. bFM reporter Jogai Bhatt speaks to Trixie to learn a little more, beginning with the question of how the project initially came about.
“Goodbye twitter haters,” claimed Reporter Duncan Garner. This was in response to the backlash he faced after releasing an article for Stuff. In his article he complained about a "human snake" of a line at Kmart, saying he could have been anywhere in South-East Asia. He went on to use this as evidence to reduce immigration, saying he wants to have a discussion around infrastructure in regards to growing immigration numbers. This sparked controversy on social media which caused him to delete his Twitter account.
A panel discussion was held on these events by host Joel Thomas, producer Sam Smith, News Director Lillian Hanly, Aaryn Marsh Niuapu of Racial Equity Aotearoa, and University of Auckland Film Television and Media Professor Neal Curtis.
Producer / writer / Q.I. ‘elf’ / podcast co-host Dan Schreiber speaks to Mikey about bringing his hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish to our shores, live on the Bruce Mason stage, May 19th of next year.
Produced and presented by the researchers (or, as they are called, ‘elves’) from the hit Stephen Fry fronted BBC comedy panel quiz show, Q.I., each podcast episode of No Such Thing as a Fish sees Dan and pals share the most bizarre, extraordinary and hilarious facts they’ve found out over the last seven days.
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