A perplexing answer from a contestant on ‘Family Feud’ has left viewers all around the world scratching their heads (and laughing under their breath!).
Melbournian contestant Georgina Cimino was left red faced after host Grant Denyer asked her to “name a sport in which animals compete”.
Her answer? “Duck shooting”.
Her response got quite a few laughs from the crowd, and from Grant himself, who commented, “It’s a very one-sided competition, that one!”
“Imagine the ducks going ‘Yeah, wait until we get our guns, then you’re in trouble!'”
As for the final tally, unsurprisingly ‘Duck shooting’ was not on the list. Watch the video here.
A Mississippi woman is facing a life sentence over the death of Ernest Smith, who is the third husband she has been suspected of killing.
Nicknamed the ‘Black Widow’, 52-year-old Emma Raine is currently standing trial for the shooting death of Smith, who prosecutors suggest was murdered in a plot to claim a life insurance fund. Smith is the third husband that Raine has been suspected of killing.
Raine’s first husband, Leroy Evan, died under ‘mysterious circumstances’ in 1994. After being hit by a car in ’93, police confirmed that Evans had choked to death after his feeding tube was removed. Raine was never charged with anything.
Ernest Smith, Raine’s second husband, whose death Raine is currently charged with, was shot to death by a shooter, Alfred Everette, who was convicted of his murder in 2014. However during Everette’s trial, he confessed he had been promised a $10,000 reward for shooting Smith, at the order of Emma and James Raine.
The third husband, James Raine, died in 2011. His death was called suspicious by police, who linked Emma Raine between the two.
Raine has plead guilty to the charges and District Judge Tracey Flemings-Devallier has already begun court proceedings.
With its 4km gently curving arc of sand, lined with white highrises and a shopping and partying strip that goes day and night, Rio’s Copacabana is like Bondi Beach on steroids!
Locals – known as Cariocans – play volleyball, soccer and a host of other games on the sand. You can even drink on the beach, and bars and kiosks sell a range of local beers and – of course – Brazil’s most famous cocktail, the Caipirinha.
There are lots of other beaches too. Stylish Ipanema is more upmarket, with trendy boutiques to explore, while Barra da Tijuca – known just as Barra – boasts Rio’s longest stretch of sand at 18km.
It’s in Barra that much of the action for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will take place, as the area plays host to almost half the competitions as well as the athletes’ village.
It all kicked off last Friday, with the Opening Ceremony lighting up the newly revamped Maracana Stadium in the city centre.
The Maracana Stadium lights up during the Opening Ceremony.
A bird’s-eye view
The giant statue of Christ the Redeemer is an iconic Rio sight and a must-do excursion.
I take a 20-minute train ride through jungle-covered hills to the top of Corcovado mountain, where heavy fog means the 38m statue is almost totally obscured. But the mountain mists can pass within seconds so, along with hundreds of others hopeful of a glimpse, I hold my camera at the ready and cross my fingers.
Then, just as suddenly as it descended, the fog lifts and we gaze in awe at the spectacular statue and sweeping views.
While it’s clear I also take a cable car up to Sugarloaf Mountain – Rio’s other prime vantage point for panoramic city views.
The giant statue of Christ the Redeemer is a must-do excursion.
Gritty pretty
One thing that surprises me about Rio is the beautiful street art all over the city. Colourful paintings brighten up the grey walls of many of the crumbling neoclassical buildings.
The notorious favelas – Rio’s makeshift shantytowns – are brightly coloured too. A favela tour gives a fascinating insight into the lives of the locals.
“The law in Brazil is that if you build something and stay for five years, you then own it,” my guide explains. “The favelas were built by people from the north-east of Brazil who moved to the city to find work.”
Rio’s favelas provide another aspect to the bustling city.
Fire up the barbie
Visiting a churrascaria – Brazilian barbecue – is a must when in Rio.
At Fogo de Chao in Barra, a procession of waiters dressed as gauchos pass by my table, bearing long skewers of different meats.
I’m told that placing my order card face up (green) means yes, I want more, while face down (red) means I’m done. I sample sausage, prime rib, fillet, lamb, pork and more, with a variety of side sauces. It’s a lot of fun and everything tastes delicious.
No trip to Rio is complete without chowing down at a a churrascaria!
Rio by night
The Lapa nightlife district is a bustling area full of cafes and bars spilling onto the street.
I order a drink and tapas and mingle with the locals, before taking the short walk to Rio Scenarium, a famous restaurant with three floors of drinking, dining, dancing and live music.
As I samba the night away, I realise Brazilians aren’t so different to us Aussies. After all, they like to eat, drink and barbecue – what’s not to love?
Soak up the sun on Copacabana beach.
Need to know
LATAM flies to Santiago seven days a week, with onward connections to Rio, Belo Horizonte, Cuiaba (the Pantanal) and other cities in Brazil from $1905. 1800 126 038 or latam.com
Eclipse Travel has a 12-day Explorers Route itinerary that takes in Buenos Aires, Rio, Iguazu Falls, the Pantanal and Ouro Preto from AUD$5,736 per person, including accommodation, internal flights and guides. 1300 575 752 or eclipsetravel.com.au
A mother-son couple from New Mexico, US, have said that they will fight for the right to continue their relationship, despite the looming threat of jail time. Monica Mares, 36, and her son, Caleb Peterson, 19, have revealed in an interview that the two have “fallen in love” and are striving to educate the world about ‘Genetic Sexual Attraction’.
According to their interview with The Daily Mail, Mares gave birth to Caleb when she was 16 and gave him up for adoption as a baby. The two later reconnected on Facebook when Caleb was 19, after which the relationship turned sexual.
“At first I told him, ‘I’m sorry I don’t know how you are going to react to this. I’m your mom and you’re my son, but I’m falling in love with you’,” Mares told The Daily Mail, “And he said: ‘You know what I am too. I was scared to let you know’. He was falling in love with his mom and I was falling in love with my son.”
“We talked about it and we took off to the park. I said, ‘Would you ever date your mom?’ And he said: ‘Would you ever date your son?’ And I said, ‘Honest truth, yes I would’.”
The couple’s sexual relationship continued for another few months before police were involved and Mares and Peterson were charged with fourth degree felony of incest. Since their court hearing, the two have been released on bail and ordered not to talk or see each other.
But despite the court order, Mares and Peterson insist they’ll continue their relationship, even at the cost of their freedom and family. Mares, who is mother to nine children (including Peterson), admitted to The Daily Mail that she would sacrifice her custody of them to be with Caleb.
“If I had to choose between my son and all my other kids, I’d chose him,” she said in the interview.
Both Mares and Peterson have admitted they intend to continue their relationship after their sentences, if they are convicted.
“He is the love of my life and I don’t want to lose him. My kids love him, my whole family does. Nothing can come between us not courts, or jail, nothing,” said Mares.
“I have to be with him. When I get out of prison I will move out of Clovis to a state that allows us to be together.”
“In two years time I can see us living together happily living our lives,” Peterson said. “True love can do anything. This whole case is about whether I have the right to love somebody and I sure as hell have the right to love Monica.”
“You can’t tell me who to love, who not to love.”
Mares and Peterson’s case will return to the courts later this year.
According to the old adage, wisdom comes with age. But now, we have scientific proof that it is true.
Psychologists from Swarthmore College in the US, found that older adults are better at interpreting the correct slope of a hill than young adults. Lead researcher, Professor Frank Durgin, says that this is due to greater life experience.
In the study, researchers asked 50 college students and 50 adults from the surrounding community (aged between 18 to 72) to gauge the slope of a local hill.
They discovered that among participants with no knowledge of slope, older participants gave significantly more accurate estimates of the hill than younger adults.
While assessing the slope of a hill might not sound like conventional wisdom, it is proof that as we age we see some things more clearly than we did in our youth.
I definitely feel wiser now than I did 20 years ago. I now know that counting calories is a waste of time and that it’s not worth spending time with people who don’t value my friendship.
I asked other women my age what wisdom they wish they could pass back to their younger selves.
Rashida says: “I really should have enjoyed my teenage years to the max and chilled out instead of always studying and have full confidence. I would have been a success anyway.
“I often wish I could go back in time and spend more quality time with a few special people who’d been in my life then. I also shouldn’t have worried so much about what people thought of me.”
Jo says: “It’s going to be ok.”
Joanne says: “Now that I am a parent I would tell my younger self to be nicer to my mum.”
Helen says: “I’d tell a younger me ‘listen to yourself’.”
Andrea says: “I wish I’d known that the bullies would get their karma. That it doesn’t really matter what grades you get in school, it’s what you do with your education that matters.
“I’d tell my younger self to wear sunscreen more often and to embrace whatever age or stage you’re at as you’ll never be exactly there again.
It’s the topic of many interviews between new Hollywood-mamas.
Questions are thrown at A-listers like Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen, asking how on earth they managed to bounce back so quickly after giving birth!?
But as Blake Lively responds to those same questions on the promo trail for her latest film The Shallows, instead of giving away her workout secrets and diet tips, the blonde beauty seems to have a different answer.
“It’s so unfair though, because it’s so celebrated,” the 28-year-old said in response to a comment on her incredible body in the film, which was bikini clad eight months after welcoming her first daughter.
Blake pictured on set of the shark thriller, The Shallows, less than a year after welcoming her first daughter James.
“It’s like, this is what someone can look like after a baby. I think a woman’s body after having a baby is pretty amazing.”
The Gossip Girl actress went on, “You don’t need to be Victoria’s Secret-ready right away because you just did the most incredible miracle that life has to offer.”
“I mean, you gave birth to a human being! So I would really like to see that celebrated.”
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This week, Anne Hathaway also penned a touching message to new mummies out there, reiterating that despite Hollywood standards, it’s okay to gain weight during and after having a baby.
Beside an Instagram snap of her DIY jean shorts, the brunette beauty wrote, “There is no shame in gaining weight during pregnancy (or ever). There is no shame if it takes longer than you think it will to lose the weight (if you want to lose it at all).”
The Les Miserables star went on: “There is no shame in finally breaking down and making your own jean shorts because last summer’s are just too dang short for this summer’s thighs.”
“Bodies change. Bodies grow. Bodies shrink. It’s all love (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.)”
“#noshame #lovewhatyouhavebeengiven”
This message of encouragement isn’t the first time Anne has opened up about the changes to her physique after welcoming her son, Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman, back in March.
Not long after, the 33-year-old told Ellen DeGeneres that despite her setbacks in the gym, she was happy in herself, and so others should be too.
“I normally walk in [my West Hollywood gym] and feel so intimidated,” she said.
“But [now] I walk in, I’m like, ‘Yeah I work out with five-pound weights, but I pushed a baby out of my body. I feel good right now.’”
Anne says since becoming a mum, she celebrates the changes in her body.
In light of Blake and Anne’s positive mission to celebrate women in all their glory after welcoming children, we’ve rounded up the three important ways new mums can take care of themselves after birth.
1. Give yourself some credit
You just welcomed an actual human being into the world. As far as we’re concerned, you are a real life superhero! You just gave the gift of life. Now it’s time to give yourself some love.
2. Accept and own your changes
Take a page out of Reese Witherspoon’s book, and own those little changes to your body after childbirth.
“I am covered in stretch marks and cellulite but it doesn’t bother me at all. My body will never be the same again but I really don’t care,” the mother-of-three once mused.
3. Hit the gym when you’re ready
Of course, there is no pressure to begin working on your fitness after having a baby, but if getting back into shape is indeed your aim, post-partum fitness options are available.
Doctors recommend easing back into a fitness routine after 6-8 weeks, citing methods such as yoga and Pilates as a great way to rebuild core strength.
“Stretchies say hi!” Earlier this year, Chrissy Teigen proudly showed off her stretch marks on Instagram, weeks after welcoming her first daughter Luna.
Their marriage is no longer in sight, but that didn’t stop the Married At First Sight favourites from having a blast at last night’s Fashion Aid event in Melbourne.
And one thing was certain – Mark and Christie are still firm friends!
The duo were joined by fellow MAFS cast mates, Erin Bateman and Clare Verrall… making for one very big night.
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Mark was clearly happy to be reunited with Christie and planted a kiss on her cheek as they both posed for photos.
The farmer and his one-time love seemed comfortable in each other’s company as they cosied up together and packed on the PDA.
Going for His & Hers kisses.
Seriously guys, the chemistry between these two is still palpable!
Mark looked completely smitten.
Fans were ecstatic to see the former flames back together with many hoping it may signal a second chance.
Quick to sing their praise, one social media user mused, “You and Mark are so great together!”
“So good to see you are still friends,” another person quipped.
While one person simply said, “Aww look at you and Mark. So sad it didn’t work between you two :(“
Erin and Bryce are the only MAFS season two contestants to still be together! Meanwhile fans couldn’t help but notice how cosy Clare looked next to Farmer Wants A Wife’s Adam.
Also at the event was Dave Hughes and Bachelorettes including [L-R] Sasha, Georgia, Tolyna, Laura and Aimee.
“I was 100 per cent falling in love with him,” she admitted.
But the distance was too much – with Christie based in Sydney and Mark on a property in rural Victoria.
“We were starting to fall in love but our heads got in front of our hearts,” the reality star revealed, adding it was a tough decision to end their seven-month relationship.
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Fans were devastated when Mark and Christie ended their relationship.
Clare split with her pseudo husband Jono early on in the show and has been enjoying her single status.
On Tuesday night she hug out with her fellow castmates and Farmer Wants a Wife’s Adam Nelson.
Fans voiced their support, with one person saying, “Future husband standing next to you @clare_verrall. You guys look like you’d make a lovely couple!”
But Clare revealed she’s found love elsewhere.
“Turns out I did find love on #MarriedAtFirstSight, these two awesome chicks,” she penned alongside a clip of her fellow MAFS gals.
Check out the video Clare shared of Christie from the morning after the event
Princess Eugenie of York has decided to give the world a very revealing glimpse into the lifestyle of a modern royal.
Not one to be locked away in a castle, this contemporary member of the British monarchy details her day-to-day routine as she poses up for US fashion mag, Harper’s Bazaar.
In a lengthy interview the Queen’s 26-year-old granddaughter told of her humdrum lifestyle – which wouldn’t normally include the $12,800 Alberta Ferretti gown and Harry Winston jewels she wore for the shoot.
Princess Eugenie candidly talks make-up, moving back from New York and how she manages to juggle a career with her royal family obligations…
Since spending two years in New York working at auction house, Paddle8 Eugenie is now an associate director for contemporary-art gallery Hauser & Wirth – a firm she says are “very accommodating and understanding” with her after-hours royal duties.
Princess Eugenie tells Bazaar: “I’ll work until 5 P.M., then leave to do the engagement. My sister, Bea, and I have charities we’re patrons of. We also try to support Granny and Grandpa in any way we can because that is what family is for.”
She doesn’t mind getting photographed in the same thing twice
“I love trying new looks,” says Eugenie. “I don’t want to be pigeonholed. You wear the same thing twice? Great. If you don’t, great! And if that means wearing a green Sandro dress, great. I wore that to Granny’s birthday parade, with a Vivien Sheriff hat. I also wore this amazing red Eponine dress for Granny’s 90th-birthday service at St. Paul’s.”
Princess Eugenie with her sister, Princess Beatrice of York.
Princess Eugenie with her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.
She likes to work out first thing – sometimes at a very fancy gym
Eugenie says she bounces out of bed after less than seven hours sleep to start working out at about 7am.
“I go to the park from 7 to 8. I do circuits, which I love because they’re quick: burpees, squat jumps, lunges, the whole lot,” she says. “It’s much better, as I can’t run for a long time. Or I go with my best friend to this amazing, women-only gym called Grace Belgravia.”
By-the-by, Grace Belgravia costs a pretty penny – about £ 5500, or $9000 AUD.
Princess Eugenie with her mother, Sarah, the Duchess of York.
She loves her “mumsy”, Sarah, the Duchess of York, but doesn’t always listen to her
Eugenie says that often times her mother, Sarah, the Duchess of York is the first person she speaks to in the mornings – after she looks at her personal emails of course. Eugenie jokes her mother warns that doing this “can ruin the first few hours of your morning” – but she does it anyway.
Eugenie says she treasures her mum: “My mum always says that we’re the only ones who know exactly what’s going on in each other’s lives.”
The princess is a fashion fan – and is happy to wear luxury brands, as well as high street labels.
She does her make up on the run too
“I do my makeup in the car,” says the down-to-earth royal of her morning routine. “I’m really good at doing it on the move! I use Charlotte Tilbury and Bobbi Brown—Charlotte’s mascara and Bobbi Brown bronzer. They are geniuses.”
She’s not a fan of wearing heels to work
“I wear a dress and boots to work,” Eugenie explains. “I’ve started wearing high heels, which is so grown-up. But they’re painful by the end of the day. I look at people wearing heels in movies and I’m like, ‘How do they do that?'”
Princess Eugenie’s interview appears in the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar US, which features Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the cover.
If you’re looking for a relaxing, wholesome summer holiday, Magaluf probably shouldn’t be top of your list – although the rest of Mallorca is an absolute dream.
Known as the destination for post-A Level celebrations, hen’s parties, buck’s dos and it’s general ethos of debauched behaviour, it’s pretty clear that if you’re going on holiday to Magaluf you’re not looking for a ‘quiet one’, although authorities are starting to clamp down on drinking.
More recently Spanish police have been ‘raiding’ party boats to keep them in check but one man didn’t need the police to be keeping an eye on him – he was going to be under the watchful surveillance of his girlfriend.
Kieran Lumsden recently headed to the island for a trip away without his lady but before leaving he tweeted what his girlfriend, Whitney, had given him as a going away present: a set of 10 rules to abide by, saying that had ‘took psychoness to a new level’.
Make sure your phone is charged at ALL times! Phone me at least once a day (2 mins)
No girls whatsoever. Don’t look. Don’t talk. Do not touch!!!!!! (Cheat and I will destroy everything Celtic, I will also make your life a living hell. Kim will be told too.)
Do not follow girls on social media.
TATTOO = NAW, you’ll be checked when you get home
DON’T mix drink! “DRUGS ARE FOR MUGS”
If on boat party, no drinking games with the opposite sex.
Stay in your own bed!
Dinny buy girls drink. That money can be spent on me.
Text Kim every day! She’ll be worrying.
You tell every girl about me ok – if someone flirts, WALK AWAY
NO PHOTOS WITH RANDOM GIRLS OR SC [Snapchat] STORIES
This all sounds very healthy.
In case you’re wondering how Kieran’s holiday went, we’re judging by the following that he had a pretty great time.
Jamie Oliver and wife Jools told followers that their eldest daughters were present at the birth and that the girls, 14-year-old Poppy Honey and 12-year-old Daisy Boo, cut the cord.
Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools have welcomed their fifth baby (yet to be named). Posting on Instagram the celebrity chef told his followers that Jools was “really really amazing” and “unbelievably” composed.
Later, Jools posted that Jamie was her “hero” and that the two of them were feeling “very happy” and “blessed.”
But along with the birth announcement the couple also told followers that their eldest daughters were present at the birth and that the girls, 14-year-old Poppy Honey and 12-year-old Daisy Boo, cut the cord.
Although having older children at the birth of younger siblings isn’t right for everyone, it’s not unusual.
Liz Wilkes, practicing midwife and spokesperson for Midwifes Australia says that there are several reasons that mothers want to bring their older child or children into the birthing suite with them
“Regardless of whether the birth takes place in a hospital, birth centre or at home, having an older child present can eliminate any separation anxiety for the mother and the child”.
“For others, bringing an older child to the birth of their younger sibling is a necessity – if their families are far away and they don’t have friends in the area. Or if the labour progresses very quickly.”
36-year-old Kylie Hill wanted to have her daughter, who was two at the time, present when she gave birth to her second child.
“I wanted Willow to feel close to her baby brother, and I thought that having her at home with me during the birth would be a great start to their relationship,” she says.
Hill says that she spent a lot of time preparing Willow for the birth and the pair spent time with Hill’s midwife. However, at two, Willow didn’t really understand.
When Hill went into labour Willow was more interested in the inflatable birthing pool than what was happening to her mum.
“At one point Willow came back into the room and stood next to me, she said, ‘what are you doing?’ – which was really sweet.
“Then she put her arm around me and mimicked me as I laboured. Then she wandered off to look at the birth pool again – it didn’t phase her at all”.
Hill’s labour progressed really quickly and baby Max was born a few moments later.
“When Willow first saw Max she was concerned that he was bleeding, but we were able to explain that he was fine.
“She wanted to strip off her clothes as Max and I were both nude. Then the three of us lay on the couch together, it was really beautiful,” Hill recalls
For Natasha Collins, the scenario was quite different. Her older daughter was a teenager, and was at the birth to provide support.
“Eva was 14 at the time, and very mature for her age. She was a huge support to me throughout my pregnancy, helping with the younger kids and coming to some appointments with me.
“When it came to the birth, it just made sense for her to be there too,” Collins explains.
Although the labour was quite long and intense, Eva stayed with her mum throughout.
“I couldn’t have done it without her really,” says Collins.
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