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Local late-night TV chat show scene to remain in white boy's territory
Channel 9 is banking on Rove McManus to revive late night TV.
Channel 9 is banking on Rove McManus to revive late night TV.
It was to have been the dream home for Karl Stefanovic and Cassandra Thorburn. Now it's a matrimonial millstone.
Word is that the rich Chinese whales James Packer needs to build his gambling empire have sunk without a trace.
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Money can buy you the perfect wedding, but even Kerry Stokes' billions were unable to provide a cool respite for his 40-year-old son Ryan as he married his bride, Queensland shoe heiress Claire Campbell.
The winners from this year's MyFaceMyBody Awards, which celebrates the best "aesthetic" beauty procedures in the country from boob jobs to nose jobs, were reportedly ecstatic with their gongs. Not that you could tell from their frozen expressions.
The reality TV franchise is still months away from going to air but the drama behind the scenes has already been giving the bosses at Foxtel heart palpitations.
There was no fear of celebrity accountant Anthony Bell's new $25million Ghost II superyacht sinking on Saturday night, given the amount of inflatable devices cunningly disguised as skimpy cocktail frocks that made it on board.
Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns causes stir with daylight debauchery in Double Bay.
"He needs a woman who is going to be able to mother him in many ways ... he needs to marry his mother."
There was little doubt broadcaster Lisa Wilkinson thought she was doing the right thing by her Today Show colleague, friend and fellow journalist Karl Stefanovic when she leapt to his defence during an interview a few days ago.
So, there we were: the gossip columnist from the media outlet Cunneen has long accused of waging a war against her, sitting within forking distance across the table.
PS hears that "Kochie" is a "personal favourite" of Brisbane man Daniel McConnell.
It was a victory speech three months in the making, and one many seriously doubted she would ever get a chance to deliver.
We have sadly become all too familiar with public celebrity meltdowns in our modern age of instantaneous global "news" events unfolding in blow-by-blow descriptions on showbiz Twitter feeds.
The annual magazine awards season is in full swing, and admittedly many of the gongs being bestowed are pretty meaningless. Occasionally, though, a recipient is recognised who really deserves it as various publications name their 'best', 'sexiest', 'most beautiful', 'most intriguing' and 'most fabulous' men and women of the year.
Sumi Jo has been living up to the expectations of a diva, with no less than seven huge shipping trunks stuffed with elaborate gowns for her to wear on tour.
On the eve of the second anniversary of the Lindt Cafe siege tragedy, a much happier footnote can now be added to that dark day in December 2014
Preview screenings of Mariah Carey's ever-so-humbly titled new reality television series, Mariah's World, are happening in Sydney next week.
When James Packer's jilted fiancee of 20 years ago decides to write an open letter to the jilted fiancee of 20 days ago in the pages of New Idea, it becomes pretty clear that when it comes to matters of the heart, lady luck has shown no favours to the casino billionaire.
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