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You've Won The Lottery

​Congrats, kid! Let's say you're one lucky bitch and you happened to have bought a golden ticket that nabbed you 15 million smackers after taxes.

The Vinatta Project's Michael "Kiwi" Camplin on His Ideal Dinner Party: Interview Part 2

Photo courtesy Michael CamplinMichael Camplin needs some sleep​Yesterday we spoke with Michael "Kiwi" Camplin, chef at the new Meatpacking District restaurant the Vinatta Project, about his upbringing in New Zealand and the intricacies of creating a small plates menu. Today we get a bit more p ... More >>

The Vinatta Project's Michael "Kiwi" Camplin on Moving to New York and Cooking in the Old Florent Space

Photo courtesy Michael CamplinJust call Michael Camplin "Kiwi"​The Mulberry Project has gained a boozy following largely because of its bespoke cocktail program which lets imbibers pick several favorite flavors and the bartender does the rest. Complementing the cocktails is a menu of small pla ... More >>

Ask the Critics: New Zealand Cuisine -- Does It Exist in New York?

Fancy some hokey pokey ice cream?​Sarah M. asks: I just got back from a trip to New Zealand and loved it. What are New York's top spots for Kiwi cuisine? Dear Sarah: Unfortunately, New York doesn't boast many New Zealand restaurants. In fact, I only know of three. But they're definitely wort ... More >>

Spotted At CMJ: Clubfeet Go From Down Under To A New York City Rooftop

Puja Patel​With more than a thousand bands in the city for CMJ, there's a strong chance you'll happen to run into one on the streets, hanging out after a show, or taking advantage of an open bar at a blog party. Here we'll check in with musicians we spot during the festival to see how they're ... More >>

Hugh Jackman Beach Workout Pix. You're Welcome.

Lord knows whenever I work out, I run around in my swimsuit all along Bondi beach in Australia as a photographer captures the action. And I'm pleased to know I'm not alone in this rigorous routine. Apparently the ageless and sinewy Hugh Jackman does the very same thing!

Leo Konitz & Tomasz Stanko Quintet

Lord knows whenever I work out, I run around in my swimsuit all along Bondi beach in Australia as a photographer captures the action. And I'm pleased to know I'm not alone in this rigorous routine. Apparently the ageless and sinewy Hugh Jackman does the very same thing!

Kiwiana's Mark Simmons Will Show You What New Zealand Is Made of

chefmarksimmons.com​Mention New Zealand cuisine to an American, and you're likely to be met with a blank stare. Beyond the odd kiwi fruit and jars of Marmite, even many of our self-proclaimed dining sophisticates can't conceptualize what such food might entail. But if Mark Simmons has anything ... More >>

Ailing Penguin Stuck in New Zealand Offered Ride Home Or Spot At SeaWorld

​Happy Feet, a young emperor penguin, is stranded in New Zealand. It (scientists haven't determined if the bird is male or female) arrived there last Monday, its appearance being the first time in 44 years that an emperor penguin has been spotted in New Zealand. All is not well. Happy Feet fel ... More >>

Today's 100-Minute Lunar Eclipse Will Be Presented by the Internet

​Alert: There will be a massive lunar eclipse, today, the first in 2011! It will start at 2:20 Eastern time. However, you won't be able to actually see it in real life, unless you happen to live in the eastern portion of Africa, the Middle East, central Asia, or western Australia. North Americ ... More >>

Will Smith: Not Dead

He can hear you spreading those rumors, you know. ​Meanwhile, on the other side of the fake stories about celebrity mortality spectrum, Will Smith has been killed by the Internet--specifically by a story from FakeAWish.com that claimed the former Fresh Prince had fallen to his death from a cli ... More >>

With Kiwiana, New York Will Have More Than Two New Zealand Restaurants

​Aside from Nelson Blue and D.U.B. Pies, New York doesn't exactly have a surfeit of restaurants serving New Zealand cuisine. But the underrepresented country is about to get another shout-out, in Park Slope of all places. Here's Park Slope reports that Mark Simmons, a New Zealand ex-pat and T ... More >>

Man 'Nearly Pops' After Air Hose Gets Stuck in His Butt

Violet Beauregarde suffered from a similar problem.​Oh man. Here is a terrible, awful, shocking, horrifying tale that, unless you are stronger and better than us (probably) might sort of make you chuckle in a Beavis/Butthead sort of way, but only in the midst of being horrified, and wondering ... More >>

Australian Man Dies From "Planking" Accident

​There is this thing called "planking," which is apparently huge in Australia, and basically it's people lying very stiffly on their stomachs on top of different things? I don't get it either. But it's got 85,000 fans on Facebook so it must really be all the rage. Sadly, planking just killed a man ... More >>

Meth-Shoe Traffickers Busted Because They Were "Walking Funny"

Not actual meth shoes.​We'd guess shoes would be the first place any airport security agent worth his salt would go to look, but we're not Malaysian drug traffickers posing as tourists with two pounds of meth in our shoes. Are we? (That was rhetorical.) Anyway, the group was busted by official ... More >>

Scientists Successfully Teleport Data in Light Form

​A team of scientists from Japan and Australia have transported data in light form, Engadget reports. Before you get excited and start packing for any future, instantaneous Hawaiian vacations, keep in mind that it was a complex set of quantum data that was teleported, not a person. Researchers ... More >>

Next Month, People in New Zealand Will Drink Horse Semen

​Lately, it's become fashionable in some circles to brag of one's fearless consumption of bugs, grubs, and pretty much anything else that can be scraped off of a forest floor. And if your circle happens to be in New Zealand, you will soon have the option of chasing it all down with a shot of h ... More >>

Sanctum Crams the Modestly Budgeted Survival Fiascos

​Lately, it's become fashionable in some circles to brag of one's fearless consumption of bugs, grubs, and pretty much anything else that can be scraped off of a forest floor. And if your circle happens to be in New Zealand, you will soon have the option of chasing it all down with a shot of h ... More >>

Drunk Men Think They're Hot, and Other Facts (Study)

Looking good, feeling good. ​An explosive new study out of Australia is showing that drunk men think they're more good-looking than they actually are. We've seen this phenomenon in action at every single social gathering we've attended, ever. The ones that involve alcohol, that is. Which is mo ... More >>

Gay Takeaways From Election Night

The first openly gay winner of yesterday's election won long before the polls even opened on the East Coast...in Guam! A former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam, openly gay Benjamin Cruz won re-election to the Guam Senate. Not nearly as far away but perhaps even more surprising, Jim Gray ... More >>

Kittichai's Ty Bellingham, Part II: First Thanksgiving, Ratatouille & Cooking in a Batman Costume

Ty Bellingham​Yesterday, we talked to Ty Bellingham, the new chef at Kittichai, who made the move from Sydney, Australia with his family to bring his Thai food expertise to New York City. Today, he reveals what's in his fridge, a few of his hopes and dreams, and his biggest culture shocks so f ... More >>

Barack Obama Toasted by New Zealand Artist Toastman

​New Zealand artist Toastman (aka Maurice Bennett) has created portraits out of toast, including Elvis Presley, Mona Lisa, Eminem, and New Zealand prime minister John Key, but his greatest work so far may be his portrait of Barack Obama.

Vegetarian Delights of NYC: Bouchon Bakery's Butternut Squash Sandwich

​ In light of the news that Bouchon Bakery will be opening a second location, now seems a good time to celebrate the attributes of its butternut squash sandwich.

DARING TO BE DIFFERENT

The undergroundzero festival returns

ONE QUESTION

How many songs will Jeff Mangum do?

Here, At Last, Is The Inevitable Justin Bieber/Black Flag T-Shirt

​Why? Because, explains the t-shirt's creator, "Both groups have caused riots, both embrace DIY." Just ask Australia about the former. Also, not to brag, but let the record show we called for a Bad Brains/Bieber mash-up all the way back in November of 2009. We're prescient like that. [Etsy]

File Under: Oops! Penguin Publishes Accidentally Racist Recipe

Add this ingredient to your racially harmonious pasta.​Oops, indeed. The Australian arm of Penguin publishing was forced to swallow the cost of re-printing its Pasta Bible last week when a particularly unfortunate typo was spotted. Instead of pepper, a recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardin ... More >>

Kerretta

Add this ingredient to your racially harmonious pasta.​Oops, indeed. The Australian arm of Penguin publishing was forced to swallow the cost of re-printing its Pasta Bible last week when a particularly unfortunate typo was spotted. Instead of pepper, a recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardin ... More >>

The Black Lips

Add this ingredient to your racially harmonious pasta.​Oops, indeed. The Australian arm of Penguin publishing was forced to swallow the cost of re-printing its Pasta Bible last week when a particularly unfortunate typo was spotted. Instead of pepper, a recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardin ... More >>

Here Is The Set List For Pavement's First Reunion Show

​They began, as all high-profile indie-rock reunions must, in New Zealand, rocking out to "In the Mouth a Desert," which I'm sure was cathartic.. This dude has most of the set list; this dude breaks it down by album. "Fight This Generation" tends to be particularly violent live, so that's good ... More >>

GARDEN SLATE

Rockers across both rivers converge

The Necks

Rockers across both rivers converge

DOWN UNDER COMES UP

Baz Luhrmann couldn’t script this stuff

IT’S BUSINESS TIME

The sexiest Kiwis alive

Free Will Astrology

The sexiest Kiwis alive

'Boys Briefs 4'

The sexiest Kiwis alive

The Last Supper

Sweet 'n' Tart Café says bye-bye forever

Dancers From New Zealand, Dallas, and Brooklyn Share the Spirit

Sweet 'n' Tart Café says bye-bye forever

Film

Sweet 'n' Tart Café says bye-bye forever

Dirging Down Under

If All Your Mammals Had Pouches You'd Be Depressed Too

Home Womb

If All Your Mammals Had Pouches You'd Be Depressed Too

Nation

If All Your Mammals Had Pouches You'd Be Depressed Too

Keep Your Glass Topped Up

Australian Rockers and Poppers Don’t Get Up Themselves

Unheavenly Creatures

Australian Rockers and Poppers Don’t Get Up Themselves

Gold Medals, Iron Fist

Olympic Protesters Face a World-Class Crackdown

When Love Comes

Olympic Protesters Face a World-Class Crackdown

Listening In

The U.S.-led ECHELON spy network is eavesdropping on the whole world