Lorde's star just keeps on rising: she's become the first female solo artist in 17 years to top Billboard's alternative songs chart.

Auckland hip-hop dancers The Royal Family have won gold for the third year in a row at the world champs in Las Vegas.

A fan of ABBA saw the money, money, money roll in as his collection was sold at an auction house in Stockholm.

'Bronies' are a subculture few people will have heard of, but they're growing in number.

Full interview with Arkane Studios designer & associate producer Seth Shain on Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches, conducted at Quakecon 2013.

Dean Hall is the man behind probably the best-known PC game mod of today - Day-Z.

Sam Rockwell is the heart-warming comic highlight of this little gem and was consistently laugh out loud.

Researchers trying to identify the Renaissance model for Leonardo da Vinci's `'Mona Lisa" have excavated bones in a tomb in a Florence basilica.

Oprah Winfrey has received a formal apology from Swiss tourism representatives after the media mogul allegedly became the victim of racism while shopping in Zurich last month.

Australian David Wenham, who is in New Zealand for the Big Screen Symposium in Auckland over the weekend, is the most unassuming of Hollywood stars.

Kiwi-born British director Richard Curtis says his latest film About Time will be his last.

Kate Rodger joins Firstline to discuss new films The Way, Way Back and Elysium.

New Zealand's first X Factor champion, Jackie Thomas, is officially launching her debut album today.

Twenty years down the track Head Like a Hole are on tour again, but a few things have changed.

There will be a strong contingent of emerging young artists among the more familiar faces at this year's Auckland Art Fair.

Ex Oasis star can't stop talking about Australian rock due Jagwar Ma, who are playing in Powerstation in Auckland tonight.

Talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey is back on the big screen, teaming up with Forest Whitaker for The Butler.

Sandra Phillips, the curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, will discuss privacy and spying at this year's Art Fair - both hot issues in New Zealand at the moment.

Chris Rene was a recovering drug addict and a former rubbish collector when he took part in The X Factor in the United States.

Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes - one who shows a lot less skin.

Dslyecxi and Bohemia Interactive explain the principles of helicopter flight in Arma 3.

Daniel Rutledge describes what it's like to go to QuakeCon and reviews Stomp 2013.

American actor Michael Winslow, known for his amazing sound effects, is touring his show, Man with 10,000 Voices.

The latest trailer for Watch Dogs is centered on positive things people are saying about it.

Irving Zisman is an 86-year-old on a journey across America his 8 year-old Grandson Billy.

The latest Total War: Rome II trailer uses Hannibal's remarkable achievement to illustrate the ways players can outfox their opponents.

These days porn is a billion dollar business, but it wasn't always this way.

A couple of years ago UK producer James Blake took dubstep and used it to quietly express his inner-most feelings.

Five Crusaders rugby players have hit iTunes today with a video that's very much tongue-in-cheek.

Peter Capaldi is the new star of Doctor Who. The veteran Scottish actor was revealed as the 12th Doctor this morning.

Radio and television presenter Jeremy Corbett is sharing some advice in his new parenting book, Which Way Up?

Richard Renaldi puts two total strangers together for a photograph on the streets of New York City.

This movie proved to be a slick sleight-of-hand that tricked me into overlooking the plot flaws.

A couple of years ago UK producer James Blake took dubstep, and used it to quietly express his innermost feelings.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is tonight being honoured with a New Zealand award which honours those whose work creates a legacy for our culture.

Some of New Zealand's best-known musicians have come together to help fight extreme poverty as part of the Global Citizen movement.

Award-winning musical Altar Boyz, about a group of cheesy pop stars, is about to light up the stage at Dunedin's Fortune Theatre.

The Big Day Out is back, with a big band line-up and a brand new venue.

The Library of Congress is promising to protect TV classics by digitising old film and tapes.

Three of the biggest acts of the 1990s will battle for supremacy at next year's Big Day Out a Blur, Pearl Jam and Snoop Lion.

You may not recognise the name, but Darren Mathiassen is considered by many in the music industry to be the country's top drummer.

We tell stories every day often without even thinking about it. But one told tonight at Massey's Albany campus started 1,000 years ago in Iran.

After Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement fails to follow through, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice.

In Woody Allen's latest, a life crisis causes a woman to head to San Francisco, where she reconnects with her sister.

Awkward interviews featuring Fox News and Bruce Willis have become viral hits online over the last week.

British police say they have recovered a A1.2 million (US$1.84 million) antique violin that was stolen from an acclaimed musician in 2010.

Former Disney darling Miley Cyrus is back with a provocative new look and sexy new video.

Most of this season's expensive movies a such as After Earth, The Lone Ranger and R.I.P.D a are proving to be flops.

A documentary on a New Zealander that brought joy to thousands of people had its world premiere in Auckland tonight.

X Factor NZ contestant Benny Tipene chats to 3 News as his single 'Walking on Water' hits iTunes.

My low anticipation levels were rewarded with a well above-average viewing experience.

The restored version of a historical epic has premiered in Wellington. Utu Redux is playing as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Award-winning hip hop group Homebrew have always liked doing things their own way, from the music, to the way it's marketed.

Kate Rodger reviews The Wolverine and new films from the NZ film festival on Firstline.

The normal shroud of secrecy surrounding the filming of The Hobbit trilogy was broken briefly today as associate produce Matt Dravitzky spoke to 3 News about the last day of filming.

Steve Coogan's Alan Patridge character is coming to the big screen in a new movie.

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

Hit cartoon Adventure Time is coming to consoles in a game from Namco Bandai.

British monarch Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-grandson for the first time on Wednesday.

Beloved British author Jane Austen is to feature on the new English A10 note.