Viewers will have to wait until Sunday night to see what colour Channel Nine's feisty newsreader/weather girl Amber Sherlock will grace the screen in.
Sunday night will be Sherlock's first shift since that embarrassing but highly entertaining video, dubbed Whitegate, leaked on Thursday showing Sherlock going into meltdown after she and her co-panellists, sports reporter Julie Snook and psychologist Sandy Rea, all appeared on screen during the commercial break wearing white.
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Private Sydney: Amber Sherlock's meltdown
The Channel Nine presenter goes into meltdown over her colleague's on-air fashion choice in a scandal that has been dubbed "Whitegate".
"I need Julie to put a jacket on because we're all in white. I asked her before we came on – Julie, you need to put a jacket on," a clearly irritated Sherlock demanded as they prepared to go on air for a chat segment.
Snook's downcast face said it all, shooting back to Sherlock that she was simply too busy to get a jacket, before Sherlock snapped back, cutting her off: "Come on, I told you two hours ago."
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No nonsense Sherlock then pulled her iPhone out, telling Snook she was calling the wardrobe department directly to "get something", Snook offered to get off the screen all together, to which Sherlock responded drolly: "Fine, jump on out, if that's what you'd like to do."
When the segment finally went to air Snook had been miraculously shrouded in a black jacket, the three women all smiles for the cameras.
On Friday insiders at Nine denied rumours "heads were rolling" over the leak, saying it was a relatively simple matter to copy the live feed. It is suspected the video emerged as a bit of harmless in-joking which had now turned into a cringe-worthy embarrassment for Sherlock, who appears to have a wide choice of colourful outfits in her on-air wardrobe, which she regularly shares on Twitter.
As for how or who leaked the video, PS was assured there was no internal investigation nor was a saboteur on the loose, with management more focused on "making sure the girls are all right. It has taken on a nastier tone since it leaked, especially on social media ... they are actually all pretty good mates."
No doubt Channel Seven rival David Koch was laughing heartily at Sherlock and co's expense on Friday's edition of Sunrise, which gleefully played the video to only compound matters.
A long shadow cast over endless smiling
Any cracks that might have plagued the relationship of Anthony Bell and his model wife Kelly Landry had been smoothed over long ago when it came to their seemingly perfect marriage.
Although there was one particular fracture PS has been unable to forget, a memory that has long cast a shadow over the couple's endless smiling photos in the social pages.
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Kelly Landry and Anthony Bell with their children Charlize and Thea together in happier times. Photo: Lisa Maree Williams
Indeed as a power couple in this city, they were always gracious, polite and friendly whenever we crossed paths, from marquees at the Melbourne Cup to charity fundraisers.
But it was back in 2011 when a heavily pregnant Landry had flown to Hamilton Island to be by her yachtie husband's side as he and his crew competed in the annual Hamilton Island Race Week.
The annual event sees a who's who of business, political and media types descending on the picturesque Whitsundays for a week of sailing high jinks as millionaires and billionaires compare keels, beautiful wives and show off their latest multimillion-dollar racing craft.
But it was while I stood waiting in a seemingly interminable queue at the airport after bad weather had caused flight delays and cancellations that I got a rare, unfiltered glimpse into their private world.
Understandably emotions were high as we anxiously hoped our flights would be rescheduled. But behind me I could overhear a couple arguing, their volley of barbs becoming more heated the longer we stood in the queue.
Indeed the argument had become so distracting and unpleasant for those of us still in the queue that I eventually turned around to see who it was.
And to my surprise I could see a tired-looking Landry on the brink of tears. By her side was Bell, who had what could only be described as a "filthy" look on his face, which by now had turned a deep shade of crimson.
Interestingly, as they realised it was me, the gossip columnist, who was turning around to see what was going on, their ashen faces suddenly morphed into bright smiles, albeit rather unconvincing ones.
But that was years ago and the couple went on to have two beautiful daughters until their world came crashing down on Monday as it emerged Bell was the subject of an AVO his wife had taken out to keep him away. By Thursday he had commenced divorce proceedings.
It was such a world away from their courtship in 2010. Indeed Landry perfectly fitted the mould of women in his life who had gone before her: beautiful, blonde and photogenic.
Before settling down with Landry, Bell dated television personalities Sami Lukis, Laura Csortan and the late Charlotte Dawson.
It was Dawson who once confided to PS that she was devastated after being dumped by Bell.
Dame Maggie's four-month-long birthday bash
After four months of celebrating, Maggie Tabberer admits she finally feels like she has marked her 80th birthday.
"Darling I'm probably a little bit daffy but I certainly feel pretty wonderful ... some mornings I do wake up and everything from my toenails to the last remaining hair follicles on my head are aching ... but you know what, I just get up and get on with it and thank god that I still can," the supremely chic doyenne of Australian fashion, who started the celebrations last October when The Australian Women's Weekly put her on the cover to mark the milestone three months before her actual birthday, told PS.
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Maggie Tabberer at her 80th birthday lunch. Photo: @brookietab on Instagram
Last weekend, Tabberer was joined in the Southern Highlands by about 50 close friends and family for what was the final celebration to mark her 80th birthday, with daughters Brooke and Amanda and grandson Marco showering the family matriarch in kisses and affection, while the likes of fashion designer-turned-architect Stuart Membrey, Foxtel boss Brian Walsh and a smattering of social pages royalty joined in the fun.
"It was the most marvellous day. Everything, from the location, to the decor, to the food, the wine ... absolutely everything was perfect," she enthused to PS, admitting she had not taken off the strand of lustrous pearls she had been given from Walsh.
"I mean if you get a gift like that, what else are you supposed to do but wear the bloody things! They are divine."
Born Margaret May Trigar on December 11, 1936 in Adelaide, Tabberer has left an indelible mark on the Australian social, fashion and media landscapes.
Her first modelling job was a one-off assignment at the age of 14, after a photographer spotted her at her sister's wedding. She attended a modelling school in her early 20s, and at the age of 23 was discovered by photographer Helmut Newton, who mentored her and launched a highly successful modelling career.
She won Model of the Year in 1960 and moved to the bright lights of Sydney. A true pioneer of her time and gender, she chose to end her modelling career at the age of 25 only to launch her own public relations company, Maggie Tabberer & Associates, which took on many fashion-related clients and assignments. Throughout the '70s, '80s and '90s she became a household name thanks to her work on the Weekly and television appearances on shows such as Beauty and the Beast. In 1981, she launched her plus-size clothing label Maggie T.
In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed as a member of the Order of Australia, but if ever there were a true modern-day Aussie Dame, it would have to be Maggie.
Tennis stars come out to play
The cream of international tennis superstardom is set to descend on Crown Casino in Melbourne on Sunday night for the IMG Tennis Party to kick off the Australian Open.
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Andy Murray at the opening of Under Armour at Chadstone Shopping Centre on Thursday. Photo: Joe Armao
The party will be the rare bit of downtime some of the top players will have in Australia, with Andy Murray and Serena Williams already working hard for their multi-million-dollar sponsors across Melbourne this week. Murray appeared at Chadstone to "screaming fans" for Under Armour and Serena Williams launched a new campaign video for bra brand Berlei with the help of the Sydney Dance Company.
But on Sunday night it is party time. Now in its 19th year, this year's line-up of talent expected to walk the red carpet on the Crown rooftop includes Gael Monfils, Kei Nishikori, Garbine Muguruza, Agnieszka Radwanksa, Stan Wawrinka, Rafa Nadal, the Bryan brothers, Nicolas Almagro, Nick Kyrgios, Heather Watson, Monica Puig, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, Marcos Baghdatis and Michael Chang.
Inside news on Hugh and Delta
According to Woman's Day, Channel Nine hunk and highly-private bachelor Hugh Sheridan is finally off the market. The mag claims Sheridan and his House Husbands co-star Delta Goodrem are "TV's hottest new romance". Indeed the photos of the pair on holidays over summer would indicate they get along very well, though in a NBFF kind of way rather than a hot and steamy affair.
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Pop princess Delta Goodrem is dating Sheridan, according to a women's magazine. Photo: Supplied
But the crew at Woman's Day must have some incredible inside sources because the magazine claims "The cosy co-stars just can't hide their love!" and that Sheridan "flew back from Los Angeles to spend a summer holiday with pop princess Delta Goodrem after the couple tried for weeks to deny their feelings for each other." Really?
Tu's Keyboard Stuck
Sydney's Chinese billionaire cultural attache and purveyor of fine multi-million dollar harbourside homes, Monika Tu, is pulling out all stops for her annual Chinese New Year party next month. Last year Tu filled the Art Gallery of NSW with a collection of Chinese moneybags; this year she is planning to take over Redfern's Carriageworks for her Black Diamondz extravaganza.
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Monika Tu is throwing a lavish Chinese New Year party. Photo: Daniel Munoz
But not all appears to be going quite to plan, with PS hearing the Lalique Crystal Steinway grand piano she is shipping to Sydney for the night is stuck abroad and not looking likely to arrive in Sydney in time.
Tu was hoping the piano would be in Sydney so her friend Lang Lang, the Chinese concert pianist named by Time magazine as one of the 50 most influential in the world, could play it. Instead Tu's guests will have to do with customised BMW i8's which have been specially built for her VIP clients.
Australia Day at Aspen
Forget Sydney Harbour or Bondi Beach, apparently THE place to be for Australia Day is on the slopes at Aspen.
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Aspen ski resort is apparently the place to be on Australia Day. Photo: Scott Markewitz
Yep, the luxury ski resort in Colorado is hosting a huge Australia Day celebration which kicked off this week with celebrity chef Matt Moran judging a cooking contest in which top chefs from the resort whipped up traditional Aussie fare, which naturally included "shrimp on the barbie". And its not just the likes of billionaires James Packer and Kerry Stokes who head for the snow, as Australia now ranks among the top markets internationally for Aspen.