Actor Alec Baldwin allegedly punched man over parking spot dispute
High profile US actor Alec Baldwin has found himself in hot water again after allegedly punching a man in the face during a dispute over a parking spot outside his New York City home. The New York...
View ArticleNick Cave tells of love that can never die for tragic son Arthur
A message from Nick Cave to a fan posted on his website The Red Hand Files discusses “communication” with his dead son, Arthur. The 15-year-old fell to his death from Ovingdean Gap near Brighton,...
View ArticleRebel Wilson claps back over her ‘first plus size’ leading lady gaffe
The controversy over Rebel Wilson’s mistaken claim she is the first plus-sized leading lady in a rom-com is getting bigger. The Australian comedian, 38, has now blocked critics on Twitter – resulting...
View ArticleIdris Elba wears ‘sexiest man alive’ tag
English actor Idris Elba, who James Bond fans are campaigning to be the next person to play 007, has been named the sexiest man alive by People magazine. The London-born actor, 46, said he didn’t...
View ArticleLara, Sam Smith and a famous multi-tasker: How the other half did Melbourne Cup
Celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge was having none of the whingeing about the biblical deluge at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day 2018. “I’m Irish. How can I complain about weather?” the My Kitchen Rules...
View ArticleNorvill evidence on Rush inconsistent says lawyer
Eryn Jean Norvill’s testimony of sexual harassment by Geoffrey Rush was “rife with contradictions, inconsistencies and recent invention”, a court has heard. It has to be considered against “a sea of...
View ArticleGeoffrey Rush’s barrister hits out at media, says actor may never work again
A Sydney court has been told actor Geoffrey Rush may never work again after stories published about him in the Daily Telegraph. Justice Michael Wigney in the Federal Court has heard the final summing...
View ArticleNot-so-fab four: Harry, Meghan, Kate and William could be breaking up
Since Prince William and Kate Middleton wed in 2011 and became the glamorous Cambridges, they’ve been inseparable from Prince Harry. All young, rich and famous, their business and private lives are...
View ArticleHow real is reality TV? Original stars give their verdict
A lot happened in Australia in 1992. Sydney flooded. PM Paul Keating was dubbed the ‘Lizard of Oz’ for touching the Queen during a visit. The Mabo ruling recognised native title. Violent Femmes and...
View ArticleMarvel’s superhero: Stan Lee dies aged 95
Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionised the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood with Marvel superheroes Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk, has died aged 95....
View ArticleAlan Jones hospitalised, off air indefinitely
Radio broadcaster Alan Jones will be off air indefinitely as he seeks treatment for severe back pain in hospital. The Sydney shock jock missed his regular 2GB and 4BC breakfast show on Monday and again...
View ArticleActor who loaned his voice to Hal, 2001‘s malevolent computer, dead at 90
The Stratford Festival, which Rain, who was a dedicated Shakespearean actor, co-founded in 1952, said that Rain had died of natural causes in Stratford, Ontario, in Canada. The festival said Rain had...
View ArticleWild about Harry! The prince is the most popular royal and Meghan has a...
Prince Harry has had a big year – his wedding to Meghan Markle, being named Duke of Sussex, the news he’ll become a father in the coming months – and now he has a new honour. The duke trumped all other...
View ArticleProphetic Albert Einstein letter sold at auction
A 1922 letter in which Albert Einstein confided his fears of the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany, more than a decade before the Nazis took power, has sold at an Israeli auction for $US32,000...
View ArticleDavid Schwimmer’s doppelganger charged over beer theft
British authorities say they have arrested the David Schwimmer lookalike whose photo went viral after it was posted on a police Facebook page last month. Blackpool Police said a 36-year-old man was...
View ArticlePrince Charles: What it’s like to be 70 and still be waiting for your life’s job
Sitting in the garden of Clarence House with his photogenic, healthy, colour-coded wife, sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren, Prince Charles looks like he’s living his best life. The beaming heir...
View ArticleRebel Wilson’s defamation battle ends as High Court rejects bid for appeal
Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson has failed in her bid for her appeal case to be heard in the High Court of Australia, ending her legal battle. Wilson sat in the front row of the public gallery during...
View ArticleElton John stars in possibly the best Christmas ad ever
Elton John’s new Christmas ad for British department store giant John Lewis has gone viral hours after its launch on Wednesday night (British time.) Celebrity supporters, including James Corden (“Holy...
View ArticleAlan Jones returns to the airwaves on air Monday after back pain scare
Broadcaster Alan Jones has avoided surgery and been cleared by doctors to return to work on Monday, a Macquarie Media spokesman told The New Daily on Friday. Jones was admitted to Sydney’s St Vincent’s...
View ArticleUS Oscar-winning screenwriter behind Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dies...
US Oscar-winning veteran screenwriter William Goldman, famous for penning such classics as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Watergate thriller All the President’s Men, has died aged 87. Tributes...
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