Chris Butcher started taking high school maths and science classes when he was just eight-years-old, began his first degree in maths and computer science when he was 10, and completed it when he was 15.
In the latest antics of The Simpsons, Bart chases a giant ape through a video game factory, Lisa destroys a logging camp and Marge storms city hall with an angry mob. But don't look for those episodes on TV.
The October 28 launch of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock struck the first chord in a highly anticipated battle of the bands between music-based videogames that will only get louder when rival Rock Band arrives November 20.
It has been a swift and dangerous ride into Hollywood for 28-year-old Zoe Bell. Now starring in Death Proof, the Kiwi stuntwoman credits her good friend Quentin Tarantino for giving her a big leg-up in the film industry.
An Oscar-winning artist who also worked in Lord of the Rings has resigned from his teaching job at a Christchurch design school after being caught with drugs.