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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson introduces the women who play the powerful females who shaped his life: Ana Tuisila plays The Rock's grandmother, Lia Maivia, and Stacey Leilua plays his mother, Ata Johnson.

Stacey and Ana have just been nominated for a HCA TV award (Hollywoods Critics Association) for Best Actress and Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series Comedy and Dwayne himself is also up for a Best Supporting actor role in Young Rock!  The "Young Rock" Series is nominated for Best broadcast network series, Comedy.

Check out who they'll be going up against below - 

Stacey shared the news on her social media this morning saying: 

“Young Rock” focuses on different chapters of Dwayne Johnson’s life. From growing up in a strong and resilient family, to being surrounded by the wild characters of his professional wrestling family, to playing football at the University of Miami, the show will explore the crazy rollercoaster that has shaped Dwayne into the man he is today and the larger-than-life characters he’s met along the way.

Starring Dwayne Johnson, Joseph Lee Anderson, Stacey Leilua, Adrian Groulx, Bradley Constant, Uli Latukefu, Ana Tuisila, Fasitua Amosa and John Tui.

Peep the cast interviews above.

"Young Rock" premieres tonight (17th Feb) 8/7c on NBC which is 2pm today in NZ

For kiwis wanting to watch the show, actress Stacey Leilua who plays The Rocks Mum says you can watch it on PeacockTV but you'll need a VPN.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and talks to him about his upcoming TV show about his life 'Young Rock' which stars a few of our Pasifika actors from Down Under.

One of those stars is Stacey Leilua who plays Dwaynes Mum, Ata Johnson.  They discuss her casting and Ata joins him to sing a song to Jimmy on her ukulele.

Check the vid out above. 

He also talks to The Rock's young co-star Bradley Constant who plays Dwayne at the age of 15 in the video below - 

Watch Dwayne Johnson, Uli Latukefu, Stacey Leilua and Adrian Groulx in Young Rock, a new comedy about Johnson's outrageous youth.

Young Rock premieres Tuesday, February 16 at 8/7c on NBC.

Check out behind the scenes photos here - 

KJ Apa and Cole Sprouse from Riverdale sat down to discuss the idiosyncrasies of their home languages (alright, it’s mostly Cole making fun of KJ for NZ slang).

'Dawn Raids' - two words that mean so much in Pacific history in Aotearoa.

This is also the choice of name for one of New Zealand's most renowned and controversial hip hop record labels, who are famous from bringing the sound of South Auckland to the world. A new doco directed by Oscar Kightley follows their journey from bang to bust.

Here is their extraordinary story of reaching the heights of international fame and the lows of losing everything.

Catch the movie in NZ and Australian theatres from tomorrow, Thursday 21st January.

Samoan superstar Dwayne Johnson has just shared a sneak peek at his new television series "Young Rock" and we also get our first look at Polynesian actors Stacey Leilua and Uli Latukefu in their roles.

Stacey Leilua plays Ata Johnson, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnsons mother and Uli Latukefu plays 'The Rock' from the ages 18 to 20 when he was recruited by the University of Miami.

The actor shared the sneak peek across his social media and said of the preview - 

"Ladies and gents, here’s your first look at @nbcyoungrock.

I really wish my dad was around to see this one. Maaaaan he would’ve been proud.…more

Join the Recording Academy, Grammy Museum Experience for a Q&A with hit producer and our very own Jawsh 685.  He talks having the right "mindset" and some of his favorite current music!

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On the 4th March 22, the tracklist for the Gran Turismo 7 - 25th anniversary edition was revealed and it features a new track by Jawsh 685 featuring Rory Noble & song writing duo clicknpress aka Kaleb Rollins & Marc Soto.  The star-studded lineup of artists also includes Bring Me The Horizon, Major Lazer, Rosalía, Nothing but Thieves, Fanatix, Kim Dracula, London Grammar, Lous and the Yakuza, and Disciples. 

Check out the other features here.

Jawsh announced the collaboration on his instagram on Friday.

Listen to the full track here

WARNING: This trailer contains “strong language” - Viewer discretion advised.

It's the final few weeks of school for the year 12 students of Mt Druitt high School & they just want to get through it off the radar.

With big dreams for the big world they are ready to switch classrooms with the hustle of young adulthood - well, that’s the goal anyway.

But something is not right in the corridors of Mt Druitt High & Jacob, a Sāmoan kid with the world against him can feel it.

Literally. Something is coming & whatever it is, its coming for the Pasifika kids of Mt Druitt High School.

DEITY is a nod to being young, brown & Pasifika in Australia & about celebrating the stories of West Sydney's Pasifika Community.

DEITY’s pilot episode premieres on January 4th @ 6pm AEST via the @pelesasapics Facebook page & youtube channel.

Follow, Like, Subscribe. 

ONEFOUR is a breaking hip hop group from Mount Druitt, in Sydney, Australia.

Meet the producers Rick, i.amsolo, willstah and Khaled, who helped shape the sound and stories behind ONEFOUR's explosive debut EP 'Against All Odds'.

Listen to the EP in A1, Spotify Australia's flagship hip hop playlist, here: https://spoti.fi/A1HipHop