‘Tenacious and tough’ veteran TV journalist Mike Willesee dies
Journalist Mike Willesee has died after a long battle with throat cancer. Willesee, who was 76, started his 50-year television career with the ABC before high-profile periods with the Nine and Seven...
View ArticleWhat a party! Sydney’s fabulous, fearless Mardi Gras
More than 300,000 people turned out in a fabulous sea of rainbow colour for the 41st Sydney Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night. Under the theme “fearless”, the 2019 parade featured 12,500 people on...
View ArticleRoyal family acts on abusive trolling of Kate, Meghan
Britain’s royal family has taken the unprecedented step of issuing protocols for users of its social media channels, asking for kindness and warning of possible police action following a rise in...
View ArticleAlan Jones and SCG board threatened with the sack
In a fiery on-air exchange, NSW Opposition Leader Michael Daley has told radio broadcaster Alan Jones he will sack him and the rest of the SCG Trust board if Labor wins the March 23 state election. “If...
View ArticleDonald Trump skyrockets 51 spots in Forbes’ billionaire list
Donald Trump has managed to jump 51 spots in Forbes’ annual ranking of billionaires, even though the US President didn’t get any richer. With an estimated net worth of $US3.1 billion ($43.8 billion),...
View ArticleAnd the world’s youngest billionaire is … Kylie Jenner?!!
Making up for losing the title of most popular picture on Instagram to an egg in January, Kylie Jenner has been named the youngest self-made billionaire of all time by Forbes magazine. It’s good news...
View ArticleR Kelly arrested again, hours after emotional TV interview
Singer R Kelly has been arrested for a second time in recent weeks – this time for failure to pay child support – hours after lashing out in a television interview against charges that he had sexually...
View ArticleBarbie is the new ‘shero’ with modernday role models, but is it feminism for...
Barbie turns 60 on Saturday, and in a perfect marketing homage to International Women’s Day, toy manufacturer Mattel has released modern-day role models to inspire young girls. Veteran Australian...
View ArticleRemembering the bizarre backstory behind Leaving Neverland
The controversial two-part, four-hour documentary Leaving Neverland (March 8 and 9, Network Ten) details Michael Jackson’s Peter Pan lifestyle at Neverland Ranch, the boys he befriended and brought...
View ArticleYou’re supposed to shower the baby with gifts, not the guests
Let me just begin by saying I am not particularly interested in the British Royal Family, although I do rather like the Queen and her enduring style. I’m not on the Meghan Markle appreciation train and...
View ArticleMystery donor puts up child-support cash to get R Kelly out of jail
R&B singer R Kelly has walked out of a Chicago jail for a second time, shortly after someone paid $US161,000 ($A228,000) that he owed in back child support. Kelly was ordered taken into custody on...
View ArticleOlivia Newton-John gives thanks for ‘extra time’ in her ongoing battles with...
Olivia Newton-John says she is grateful to have the “gift of extra time” as she lives with cancer. The Australian actress and singer has also said she kept a cancer diagnosis in 2013 a secret because...
View ArticleStephen Hawking’s former nurse faces misconduct allegations
Stephen Hawking’s former nurse has been suspended and is facing allegations of misconduct over the late physicist’s care. Britain’s Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) handed 61-year-old Patricia...
View ArticleHarry, Meghan split from royal household ahead of baby’s birth
Britain’s Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan are to set up their own household, officially splitting the joint operation they have shared with Harry’s older brother William and his wife Kate....
View Article‘That just doesn’t taste good’: The simple beauty of Jessica Alba’s fad-free...
Jessica Alba may be the picture-perfect darling of Hollywood, seemingly ageless and graceful – but when it comes to her health, the 37-year-old actress does not hold back. The mother-of-three and...
View ArticleRapper Jaden Smith is hot for student climate rallies
American rapper and actor Jaden Smith has thrown his support behind Friday’s student climate strikes, joining Australian youth activists calling for action to combat global warming. The 20-year-old...
View ArticleDisney forgets rape-joke scandal and rehires Guardians of the Galaxy director
James Gunn has been quietly reinstated by Disney as writer and director of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3, media reports have confirmed. The decision, which was made a few months ago, is an about-face...
View ArticleSuperstar Ben Simmons shows on-court support for ‘Egg Boy’
Australian NBA star Ben Simmons has shown his support for the Melbourne teenager who egged Senator Fraser Anning, taking to the basketball court in blazing yellow shoes with “Egg Boy” scrawled across...
View ArticleAll charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett dropped
In a shocking reversal, prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett who faced up to 48 years behind bars for allegedly staging a racist and homophobic attack....
View ArticleTV’s long-reigning musical maestro Geoff Harvey dead at 83
Showbiz legend Geoff Harvey, who worked on some of Nine Network’s most popular TV shows, has died at the age of 83. Mr Harvey, a fixture on Australian television, spent 38 years at the Nine Network...
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