Security fears cut short Meghan Markle’s Fiji market visit
The pregnant Duchess of Sussex’s visit to a market in Fiji’s capital Suva has been cut short due to a “security risk”, with Kensington Palace blaming excessive crowds. Meghan Markle was to spend 15...
View ArticleThe One Where Ross Became a Thief: David Schwimmer’s doppelganger
Is Ross Geller a beer thief? Apparently not, and nor is Friends actor David Schwimmer. The alarm was raised on Tuesday when Blackpool Police put a call out looking for a man – who just so happened to...
View ArticleHow Meghan has taken down Melania in the literal dressing stakes
Take it as gospel, in a giant walk-in wardrobe somewhere in the White House, US First Lady Melania Trump is shaking in her signature Christian Louboutins. Since she became FLOTUS, Melania’s thing has...
View ArticleHarry and Meghan head back to Australia after a tropical good time
If their flight from Tonga goes smoothly, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are due back on Australian soil about 3.30pm on Friday. The almost-four hour flight from the Pacific island nation would have...
View Article‘Polk Salad Annie’ swamp rocker Tony Joe White dead at 75
Tony Joe White, the country bluesman and hit songwriter behind such successes as “Polk Salad Annie” and “Rainy Night in Georgia,” has died. He was 75. A statement released on Thursday from the record...
View ArticleHarry and Meghan’s touch-and-go landing in Sydney after the return flight...
A Qantas plane carrying Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex had to abort a landing attempt in Sydney on Friday afternoon after an aircraft on the runway below failed to get out of the way. A...
View ArticleGeoffrey Rush’s defamation trial provides tears, drama and even a song as...
Before Justice Michael Wigney entered the Federal Court in Sydney on Monday, an official told a packed public gallery not to talk, or take photos. “Also, please turn your phones off,” they added. While...
View ArticleJimmy Barnes calls on Australia to end ‘disgrace’ of Nauru detainment
Australian rock icon Jimmy Barnes has added his famous voice to calls for asylum seekers on Nauru to be resettled in Australia, saying offshore detention was saddling Australia with an international...
View Article‘I never felt good enough’: Demi Moore bares the self-doubt that plagued her...
Demi Moore has come a long way since she first became a star with her career making turn in 1985’s St Elmo’s Fire. It was early in her career, she says, that she found recovery. “I was spiralling down...
View ArticleHarry and Meghan touch down in NZ after a momentous Australian tour
They love a sunburnt country and can’t wait to return for more of that unique Australian warmth and welcome that made Harry and Meghan’s Downunder jaunt such a huge success. It started with the...
View ArticleWhen Harry and Meghan met Jacinda
When she gave birth to daughter Neve in June, Jacinda Ardern said it was “mind blowing” to receive warm wishes from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. On Sunday, the (baby) boot was on the other foot when...
View Article‘Are you OK?’ co-star asked Rush accuser
A tearful Eryn Jean Norvill told her co-star during a Sydney Theatre Company production that being back at the venue reminded her of the trouble she’d had during King Lear some months earlier, a court...
View Article‘Power was intimidating’: Rush accuser
Eryn Jean Norvill has told a court it “couldn’t have been an accident” when Geoffrey Rush allegedly touched the side of her breast during a scene where her character was dead on the stage. The young...
View ArticlePrince’s estate wants to trademark the colour purple
One of Prince’s many nicknames was The Purple One. It was reportedly his favourite colour, and after the success of Purple Rain, its use defined his image and his legacy. Now, it is set to do so in...
View ArticleRush accuser says veteran actor ‘enabled’ harassment
Eryn Jean Norvill says a veteran Australian actor was among those who enabled Geoffrey Rush’s alleged sexual harassment of her during a Sydney Theatre Company production. Norvill was questioned in...
View ArticleA giant rocket, luxe paddle pool and glitter cannons: Welcome to the Birdcage
A well dressed posse is living their best lives, dancing to a live mash-up of the Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling and DeBarge’s lost classic Rhythm of the Night. A glitter cannon fires. It’s 10.03am....
View ArticleMichael Jackson named the most paid deceased celebrity of 2018
Michael Jackson has topped the list of dead celebrity money earners, raking in a jaw-dropping US$400 million nine years after his death from an overdose. The American pop legend tops the newly-released...
View ArticleLear cast member tells trial he watched Geoffrey Rush ‘cup’ co-star’s breast
One of Geoffrey Rush’s co-stars has told a Sydney court he saw the actor cup the bottom of actress Eryn Jean Norvill’s breast during a rehearsal of King Lear. Actor Mark Winter, who played Edgar during...
View ArticleJill Meagher’s widower joins chorus to ban Charlie Sheen from Australia
The widower of murdered Melbourne woman Jill Meagher has thrown his support behind a campaign to have US actor Charlie Sheen’s visa revoked due to his domestic violence convictions. Sheen – who...
View Article‘Witness X’ emerges for the defence to rock Geoffrey Rush defamation trial
A potential new defence witness has emerged in the Geoffrey Rush defamation trial after settlement talks between the parties failed, a court has heard. The Oscar-winning actor is suing Nationwide News...
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