EDGE #315: Sheryl Sandberg Deems Ardern Political Prodigy, Leave No Trace Cannes Hit, Anthony McCarten Freddy Mercury Biopic + Blair Archibald Nails Fashion Week ++

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 23 May 2018 | #315 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Berlin), Carla Hofler, Henrike Forschler (Auckland). See all stories and a 14,000 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2018 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison. Politics and Economics | TIME 22 May 2018 Sheryl Sandberg Deems Ardern a Political Prodigy Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg gives her opinion on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has been named in Time magazine’s list of 100 ‘Most Influential People’, alongside other leaders including London mayor Sadiq Khan, Canada’s Justin Trudeau and royal couple Prince Harry and Meghan Markle… Visual Arts | Guardian (The) 21 May 2018 Autoportrait Wins Deutsche Börse Photography Prize The 2018 Deutsche Börse photography prize has been awarded to the New Zealander Luke Willis Thompson, 30, for Autoportrait, a film installation about the partner of Philando Castile, who was… Golf | Golf Australia 21 May 2018 Michael Long Wins PGA with Dream Course Round New Zealander Michael Long, 49, has recorded a dream victory at the recent TX Civil & Logistics Western Australia PGA Championship after equalling the course record at Kalgoorlie Golf Course… Community/General | Guardian (The) 17 May 2018 Scientist Richard Dawkins Considers Move to NZ The British scientist Richard Dawkins has told current affairs programme The Project he would like to move to New Zealand as a refuge from the “madness” of a post-Trump, post-Brexit… Film & TV | Guardian (The) 22 May 2018 Leave No Trace with Thomasin McKenzie Cannes Hit “Debra Granik is the exceptional film-maker who directed Winter’s Bone in 2010, launching the career of Jennifer Lawrence, and now she returns with this deeply intelligent, complex, finely tuned and observed… Film & TV | Stuff 20 May 2018 Kim Chambers Swims Like No Other Kim Chambers, a former ballerina who grew up on a sheep farm in the King Country has done what no other woman has yet achieved: swum the world’s most difficult ocean swim, from the shark-ridden Farallon Islands 48km off… Film & TV | Joe.ie 19 May 2018 New ABs Documentary “Looks Absolutely Breathtaking” “All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks is a new six-episode series and it promises to be a belter,” writes Paul Moore in an article for Joe.ie.Narrated by the “incredibly gifted”; Taika Waititi “the documentary sees a film… Business | Irish Times 18 May 2018 Irish Distillers Acquires Eight Degrees Brewing Pernod Ricard-subsidiary Irish Distillers has acquired Cork-based craft beer producer Eight Degrees Brewing for an undisclosed sum. Eight Degrees, whose brands include Sunburnt… Business | Business Insider 21 May 2018 Eco-Friendly Startup Aims to Reduce Plastic Dumped Into Ocean “80 billion plastic bottles from shampoo and conditioner alone enter our oceans every year,” writes Mara Leighton in an article for Business Insider. Ethique – a New Zealand beauty… Agriculture | Augusta Chronicle (The) 18 May 2018 Dairy Farmer Richard Watson Gets Help From Ida Cow No. 14433 doesn’t stand out from the herd at Seven Oaks Dairy in Wisconsin. But New Zealand-born dairy owner Richard Watson knows everything about the… Music | Happy 18 May 2018 Get Inspired by Brogan Kerrison as Glencoe After being surrounded by music from a young age, New Zealand-born Brogan Kerrison started writing his own at age 14. Years later, in the tail end of 2016, he finally realised his dream of releasing music to the world… Music | O Estadão de S. Paulo 19 May 2018 Brazil Readies for Connan Mockasin New Zealand singer-songwriter Connan Mockasin will head to Brazil in November after the release of two new albums in October.“There were some invitations to go, some almost came to fruition, but now it is… Music | Daily Telegraph 07 May 2018 Singer Stan Walker Overhauls His Lifestyle In the powerful documentary Stan Walker: The Fight of His Life, the New Zealand soul singer reveals his lengthy battle to get his strength back after a stomach cancer operation, and how at one point he believed he would… Film & TV | Esquire 22 May 2018 Anthony McCarten Freddy Mercury Biopic Trailer Out “The first footage of Bohemian Rhapsody will rock you,” according to Esquire magazine. Penned by New Zealand-born Anthony McCarten, the upcoming Queen biopic, starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury… Film & TV | CNET 17 May 2018 Unique Sneak Preview for Effects Man Matt Aitken New Zealand-born VFX supervisor Matt Aitken talks about Marvel’s “unusual” move that helped make the biggest superhero blockbuster ever, Avengers: Infinity War.Aitken’s credits included an Academy… Film & TV | Gympie Times (The) 16 May 2018 Julian Dennison is Firefist in Deadpool 2 Julian Dennison is living the dream. The 15-year-old actor from Lower Hutt was hand picked by Ryan Reynolds to star in Deadpool 2, which hits cinemas on 16 May.As Reynolds told the New Zealand Herald, he saw Dennison in Taika Waititi’s… Visual Arts | Digital Arts 16 May 2018 Illustrator Andrew Archer’s Sci-Fi Vision Self-taught illustrator and art director New Zealander Andrew Archer was commissioned by London-based publisher The Folio Society to create the cover illustration and a series of internal artworks exploring… Visual Arts | Independent (The) 20 May 2018 Photographer Launches Project to Prevent Bullying Against Redheads New Zealand photographer Bianca Duimel “is hoping to change the conversation around red hair with a powerful art project… Adrenalin | IRONMAN 19 May 2018 Athlete’s Guide to New Zealand Adventurer and now New Zealand-based athlete Luke Yates, “newly enamoured with the country”, explains why the Land of the Long White Cloud is perfectly suited for endurance adventures in an article for… Fashion | LA Times 22 May 2018 New Rebecca Taylor Store Opens in California With $600 in her wallet, New Zealand native Rebecca Taylor moved to New York with dreams of starting a fashion line. She cut and sewed at a Brooklyn kitchen table that she built herself. The Los Angeles Times … Fashion | Grazia 23 May 2018 Designer Blair Archibald Nails Fashion Week In a “brilliant debut show” at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, New Zealand-born designer Blair Archibald “announces himself as a serious talent,” Nicholas Carolan writes for Grazia.“Anticipation around… New Zealand | Star Tribune 20 May 2018 Moeraki Boulders Make for Ever-Changing Photo Op An image of Otago’s Moeraki Boulders has featured in the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s online version. “Folklore is storied with mystical explanations, but it is believed the coast has been eroded to expose these…