Keisha Castle-Hughes World

Monday, April 25, 2016

Kiwi stars Joe Naufahu and Keisha Castle-Hughes celebrate Game Of Thrones

Kiwi stars Keisha Castle-Hughes and Joe Naufahu reunited on the red carpet in Hollywood.

Kiwi actors Joe Naufahu and Keisha Castle-Hughes can both count the hit Game of Thrones series among their international acting achievements. The Whale Rider star took to Instagram on Monday night to celebrate the red carpet reunion with her Kiwi co-star, sharing a photo of the pair alongside the caption: "NZ rep. Episode 1." Naufahu, who has been cast in the sixth season of the HBO show, walked the red carpet on Monday night at Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre. Naufahu is best known for his role as Liscus on Spartacus and for the starring role in The Last Saint, the Kiwi film which marked his brother Rene Naufahu's directorial debut.

Keisha Castle-Hughes will be returning to the series as Obara Sand, marking her second season on Game of Thrones, while Naufahu will mark his debut as a member of the Dothraki, Khal Moro. Game of Thrones cast members from past and present, gathered in Hollywood on Monday to screen the first episode and teaser for the upcoming season six, before relocating to the Roosevelt Hotel for an exclusive King's Landing-themed after party. Naufahu reportedly walked the red carpet donning a local Working Style suit, with his mother on his arm for the evening. Season six of Game of Thrones premieres in New Zealand on April 25 on Sky TV's SoHo channel.

Friday, April 22, 2016

RIP PRINCE from Keisha Castle-Hughes World

Images from the music video Cinnamon Girl.

It’s a chilling social statement from a musician better known for talking sexy: Prince’s video for the song “Cinnamon Girl” from 2004 depicts an Arab-American girl detonating herself in a crowded airport terminal on what looks like U.S. soil. Featuring Keisha Castle-Hughes!

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Keisha Castle-Hughes recording her debut single

Kiwi Game of Thrones star Keisha Castle-Hughes has teamed up with home-grown entertainer Mika to record her debut single. The pair recorded a track in Los Angeles this week for a big-budget Hollywood movie. The song was written specially for Castle-Hughes by Mika, who has been impressed with the actress' voice. "She is a good singer," Mika told the Herald on Sunday from LA. "She hit the spot straight away. It wasn't a case of working with her for 14 hours until she hit the right notes." Mika said the song was inspired by a track called Paris Paris, recorded in the 1990s by legendary French film star Catherine Deneuve and British punk rock guru Malcolm McLaren. The tune will be on the soundtrack for an as yet unnamed US block-buster set for release sometime this year. "I wrote it with Keisha in mind and I knew it would suit her voice," Mika said. "She has been a big supporter of women's work with my charitable foundation in New Zealand and it has been great to finally get in the studio with her. It's an impressive debut." He revealed a deal for the recording was signed this week but said at this stage he was not allowed to disclose the title of the song or the movie it will be part of.

Mika is in the middle of a busy six-week trip to the United States and Canada. He recently attended a star-studded event at the Edison Ballroom in New York for the Michelle Obama-backed Hip Hop Public Health organisation. His Mika Haka Foundation is a New Zealand partner. "I met everyone from Ice T to Ashanti and Chuck D. Even the Surgeon General was there. I was speaking alongside all these heavyweights and it felt like some validation for the work my foundation has been doing down the years." On Friday, Mika was a guest of honour at the Native American Music and Film Festival in California. And next week, a web series he created called the Aroha Project will launch at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival in Toronto. The series highlights examples of young people overcoming bullying and alienation. The New Zealand-made string of six-minute episodes will also be available online and as part of Maori Television's healthy lifestyle programme, Matika. Mika hoped people would "download and share them, get the message out there. "This is an important issue that needs wider discussion and a higher level of awareness," he said.