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ReQuest @ Super Rugby Opening Game #SuperBangBang
Check out the girls from ReQuest at the first Super Rugby Game between the Blues and the Highlanders at Eden Park!
Showing their Poly-Swag and their #SuperBangBang moves, the girls got the crowd up on their feet to help kick off the Super Rugby competition!
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Three Wise Cousins - Review
Fans of the Sione's Wedding films will lap up this colourful and charming Kiwi-Samoan comedy.
It's the story of Adam (Neil Amituanai), a bit of a feckless slob, who, when he isn't on his Playstation, is asking his long-suffering Mum, "what's for dinner?"
However, his life is turned upside down when he admires a "beautiful" law student, who shares the same bus stop as him. Unable to muster up the courage to speak with her, he hits upon a plan when he overhears that she'd like a real "Island guy". Hopping on the first plane to Apia, he enlists the support of his two cousins – the muscle-bound Mose (Vito Vito) and the more "sensitive" Tavita (Vesui Villiamu). But as well as teaching him how to climb trees, crack open coconuts and weave baskets, they also offer up some more pertinent life-skills and advice.
Vito Vito plays Mose, Neil Amituanai is Adam and Vesui Villiamu essays Tavita in the new Kiwi-Samoan production Three Wise Cousins.…more
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - The Worlds #1 Box Office Star for 2015
Coco-Congrats go to the one and only Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson taking back the #1 title of International Box Office Star of 2015.
He's the only Pacific Islander to ever make the Box Office Star list, first receiving the number one spot in 2013. The persistence of the 'Furious' franchise and the strong success of his leading role in sci-fi disaster flick 'San Andreas' have put him back at the top again.
Johnson posted this to his FB to express how he was feeling:
Sol3 Mio star weds sweetheart
Pene Jnr Pati - one quarter of the accalaimed Opera-trio Sol3 Mio, tied the knot in front of friends and family at the Villa Maria Estate in Auckland on Friday afternoon.
Photos by PoppyMoss Photography
Pene married fellow Opera singer Amina Edris in the same setting where he had proposed to her just over a year ago.
With close family and friends in attendance, the ceremony and celebration was a family affair with all four of the Pati siblings involved in the ceremony.
Amina looked picture perfect in her one-of-a-kind wedding dress, with her bridesmaids in gorgeous pale blush-pink dresses.
The groomsmen, including fellow Sol3 Mio boys Moses McKay and brother Amitai Pati (the best man) looked elegant in their matching grey suits.…more
FIJI: Just another Island boy living in America
He's one of the pioneers of the island reggae sound and continues to represent the Polynesian culture and music scene to this day. Fiji's voice is soulful and moving. Coupled with the fluid sound from the islands of the Pacific and the strong cultural roots and history, his music refuses to be categorized and boxed up. It's reggae, R&B, hip hop...it's island music.
You can close your eyes, listen to Fiji, and be taken anywhere you choose. It's spiritual. It's grimy. It's about love. It's about community. It's about culture. It's about truth.
All of it comes from "just another island boy living in America."
All Images Copyright Brad Puet
On who Fiji is:
I've had a pretty humble beginning. I was born in Fiji. Where I was born was regarded as a ghetto in a garrison. Even though we were in a very poor area, it was full of athletes, musicians, and artists. As I was growing up, I had a lot of musicians to look up to. A lot of them were my uncles.…more
Three Wise Cousins Premiere
Check out some of the highlights from the world premiere of Three Wise Cousins!
The much anticipated release of self-funded samoan movie Three Wise Cousins premiered last night in Auckland at the Civic Centre to rave reviews, and more than a few belly laughs.
Producer and Director S.Q.S says that he is most proud that they stayed true to who they were, and both laughed and cried - in the dark.
"So many people cracked up laughing, so obviously the humor worked," says composer Andrew Faleatua.
While the general release date hasn't been set yet, S.Q.S assures that it'll reach cinemas across New Zealand and hopefully overseas.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson welcomes baby girl!
Christmas has come early for action man Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with his girlfriend giving birth to a baby girl.
The newborn is the Fast & Furious star's first child with his longtime partner, Lauren Hashian. Johnson has a 14-year-old daughter with ex-wife Dany Garcia.
Johnson, 43, was emotional as he witnessed the birth, according to E! News, and both mother and baby are said to be doing well.
Just days prior to the birth, Hashian opened up about impending motherhood in a sweet post on Instagram.
"So grateful and in awe of this time," she wrote.
"To experience creating a little life is just incredible. This beautiful cycle of life and womanhood beginning again. And like Big Daddy says - Couldn't be prouder of all the kickass women she's going to have around her! And Men of course...
"Let's just hope big daddy doesn't equal 20 pound baby!" she playfully added.
According to Radaronline, the happy parents have named their little girl Jasmine.
Source: NZ Herald, The Daily Mail
Three Wise Cousins - World Premiere
One of the most eagerly awaited films of this year this side of the Pacific has finally arrived!
The World Premiere of the independent Samoan film Three Wise Cousins is set for December 21st at the Civic Theatre in Auckland! Click here to purchase your tickets and hang out with Vito and Fesui on the night!
Once the premiere is done, keep posted on their Facebook page to get more updates on when you can expect it at a cinema near you!
New hit show starring Beulah Koale and KJ Apa
Sci-fi drama The Cul De Sac centres on 16 year old Rose who must keep her siblings safe after all the adults mysteriously disappear and dark forces begin to tear the world apart. Produced by Greenstone TV, the six episode series will screen in a prime time slot on TV2. Starring Samoan/Kiwi actors KJ Apa and Beulah Koale.
KJ Apa hosts Fresh with Pua Magasiva, check it out here
Rose wakes to a world where there are no adults … technology has mysteriously ceased to function … and the rules by which she used to live no longer apply.
Without authority figures like parents and teachers, teenagers are left to run things. While most, like Rose, just want to survive, there are some young people who see this as an opportunity to create a new order in which they make the rules.…more
Beulah Koale lands lead role in U.S Drama
Kiwi-born Samoan Beulah Koale will join Miles Teller and Haley Bennett in Jason Hall’s directorial debut
Beulah Koale has landed the third lead in DreamWorks’ PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drama “Thank You for Your Service” alongside Miles Teller and Haley Bennett.
Jason Hall, the Oscar-nominated writer of “American Sniper,” will make his directorial debut with the project, adapted from the non-fiction book by David Finkel.
“Thank You for Your Service” follows a group of U.S. soldiers who return from Iraq and struggle to integrate back into their civilian lives with their families, as they’re still haunted by the horrific memories of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they’ve left the battlefield.
Koale will play Solo, an American Samoan soldier raised on the streets who feels indebted to the military for making his life better. The character is based on real-life soldier Tausolo Aieti, who saved two comrades but remained haunted by a third whom he was unable to rescue.…more