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June 6, 2016

Rocker’s daughter woos Prince Harry

“Princess Olivia has a pretty nice ring to it, right?”

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Bruce Springsteen’s bassist’s daughter has sparked rumours after posting a photo of her backstage with Prince Harrying saying “new boyfriend” over the weekend.

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Olivia Tallent, 19, whose father Garry is in Bruce’s E Street Band, recently shared a photo showing the cheeky royal with his arm around the 19-year-old on her social media pages.

“Princess Olivia has a pretty nice ring to it, right?” she captioned the photo on her Instagram account.

And on Twitter she captioned the snap “new boyfriend.”

Olivia also shared this video from backstage

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However, after realising the image had spread on social media, Olivia had to quickly backtrack.

“I’m not actually dating Prince Harry, guys. Let’s not be ridiculous here,” she tweeted.

Harry, 31, watched the concert from the side of the stage on Sunday at Wembley, England before going backstage to meet Springsteen and the band.

It was the final UK leg of their The River world tour before heading off to Holland and Germany.

“I’m not actually dating Prince Harry, guys. Let’s not be ridiculous here,” she tweeted.

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An Australian named one of the world’s most powerful women

But surprisingly, she was the only one of us on the list.

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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is one of Australia’s richest figures – and this year she’s landed on Forbes list of most powerful women.

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She’s actually the ONLY Australian to make it on the magazine’s list.

The list ranks people around the world every year on their wealth and influence on public policy – and Rinehart was came in at number 51.

The daughter of Lang Hancock has also been thrown in the spotlight for well publicised battle with her children – John, Ginia, Hope and Bianca – over the family’s fortune.

The 62-year-old is valued at US $9.9 billion ($13.4 billion), to which Forbes said she “took her late father’s bankrupted estate and rebuilt it into something much larger”.

Last year Rinehart ranked at number 37 last year and 66 in 2014.

Forbes says the bulk of her fortune comes from a joint venture mine with Rio Tinto, called Hope Downs, and Roy Hill, an iron-ore mine in WA.

BRW made an estimate that due to falling iron ore prices, her fortune halved to $6.06 billion this year.

“She also owns a stake in Ten television network and is now the largest owner of prime wagyu cattle in Australia,” the magazine writes.

Coming at the top spot for the sixth year in a row is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at number 2.

German chancellor Angela Merkel tops the list

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is second on the list

Queen Elizabeth is the highest-ranked British figure at number 29.

Number 29 is the Queen

This year, Forbes wanted to focus on women breaking into political roles and therefore cut famous celebs like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Angelina Jolie.

VIDEO: Gina wins court battle over coal mine

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June 6, 2016

Killer whale attempts suicide in live show

Heartbreaking footage has emerged of a young orca beaching itself during a live show.

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Sea World in once again embroiled in controversy after video of a young killer whale attempting to kill itself during a live show emerged.

The footage, shot at Canary Islands’ attraction Loro Parque, shows Sea World-owned Orca Morgan launching itself onto a concrete slab, where it lay, “despondent and still” for more than 10 minutes.

Spectators don’t seem concerned by Morgan’s behaviour but the video made waves when it was posted online by Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project, with various experts speaking out about the orca’s “unnatural” behaviour and claiming the animal was clearly trying to kill itself.

“Morgan was captured from the sea six years ago and has been fighting hard against the trials of her captivity ever since,” PETA’s Foundation Director of Animal Law, Jared Goodman said in a statement.

“Her behaviour shows that she is frantic to get back to the ocean home that she remembers and misses. At Loro Parque, where she is ‘on loan’ from Sea World, she is treated as a possession and used for profit.

“She has been attacked by incompatible orcas dozens of times a day, has smashed her head into a gate over and over again, and has now beached herself in absolute desperation. Sea World needs to release this suffering orca and the others it holds captive to a seaside sanctuary now.”

Earlier this year, the same whale was filmed repeatedly banging her head against the wall of the small pool in which she was being kept.

That footage led to the foundation of the Free Morgan Foundation, which is campaigning for Sea World to find a better home for Morgan, preferably in an ocean sanctuary or similar wild environment.

Morgan was originally captured in the Netherlands where she was injured. She was treated and rehabilitated but then sent to Loro Parque as part of a breeding program instead of being released.

Members of the Free Morgan Foundation say Morgan’s treatment in captivity has been brutal and she is clearly depressed and miserable.

“Since her transfer she has been brutally and continually attacked and is subjected to excessive sexual pressure from a male orca who she is often locked into the same tank with,” a statement reads.

“Morgan, was attacked, on average, more than once an hour. The other study recorded an aggressive episode only once every 234 hours … This does not include the damage she has self-inflicted from abnormal and repetitive behaviours such as banging her head on the concrete tanks. Additionally, Morgan is wearing her teeth down from chewing on the concrete. Teeth wear in captive orca often leads to infections.”

Loro Parque is currently home to five Sea World-owned orcas.

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I’ve killed and eaten at least eight elephants

The controversial NSW MP has also killed and eaten lions, leopards and buffalo.

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NSW senator Robert Borsack has admitted killing and eating at least eight elephants as well as lions, leopards and buffalo.

The Shooters and Fishers party MP was not ashamed to confirm he had shot more than dozen wild African animals over the years and plans to kill more.

“Over the years, probably about eight elephants,” Mr Borsack told The Sydney Morning Herald.

“I’ve had a bit (to eat) off most of them. They all taste pretty much the same.”

Borsack first admitted to killing and eating one elephant in parliament last week, leading to widespread outrage and calls for his resignation.

Now, he has confirmed he has killed a host of other creatures while on frequent hunting trips to Zimbabwe, paying around $3500 a pop.

Borsack has vigorously defended his actions, insisting it is his right to hunt and shoot wild animals.

“What disappoints me most is that many people have simply attacked me … because they don’t like hunting or shooting,” he wrote in an open letter to Fairfax Media.

“That is their right just as much as it is for me to be a shooter or a hunter.”

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Taylor Swift crashed a fans wedding

The 10-time Grammy Award winner made a fan's wedding day even more special after she shocked them with a surprise performance.

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Despite her recent split from Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, it would seem that Taylor Swift still believes in true love.

The Shake It Off songstress, who is known for her incredible generosity and knack for surprising fans, took it upon herself to appear unannounced at the wedding of a longtime listener.

Whilst celebrating their nuptials on Saturday, Max Singer and Kenya Smith were completely taken by surprise when Taylor appeared, performing a stripped-down version of her hit tune, Blank Space in front of the happy couple’s family and friends.

“So Taylor swift showed up to my cousins wedding… #Surprised,” guest Gage Simmons captioned a video of the blonde beauty.

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Back in April, the groom’s sister Ali reached out to the hitmaker with a touching letter.

In her note, Ali wrote of their mother’s recent death and how the couple had gotten married by their mum’s bedside in the hospital, just so she could be part of the special day.

Max and his late mother even danced to Taylor’s Blank Space for their mother and son dance, making Taylor’s role as wedding singer even more touching.

Kenya’s sister Ashley couldn’t contain her excitement.

The gift was handmade by Taylor.

“Taylor Swift was awesome,” guest Ashley Berg, the bride’s sister, told Us Weekly.

“She congratulated them and gave them a wedding gift — a painting saying, ‘So it’s gonna be forever’ with the date.”

While this wasn’t the first time Taylor has assumed the role of wedding crasher, it certainly was the first this year since her split from Calvin Harris last week.

Taking to Instagram, the 26-year-old uploaded two happy snaps from the day with the newlyweds, and apparently Taylor and Calvin’s ‘remaining friends’ thing is going well, as he publically liked the photo.

“Congratulations Max and Kenya!!” she penned to her 80 million followers.

Taylor shared this sweet duck-faced pout pic!

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June 6, 2016

‘My husband died while I was pregnant’

A single mum-of-three has opened up about her struggles after tragically losing her husband in an accident.

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After a tragic accident killed her husband, Jason, while she was pregnant with her third child, Jessica Haslem, 27, has opened up about the struggles she’s faced as a full-time mum with three kids.

Her two boys, Toby, six, and George, three, got to know their dad before he was tragically electrocuted in an accident, but her one-year-old boy Barnaby will never know him.

In August 2014, the two went to their 12-week pregnancy scan of Barnaby and were beyond excited.

Two days later, he called to say he’d be home late as he had stay back at work – he was a commercial catering engineer at a school.

Later in the night, Jessica knew something was wrong when he hadn’t called. She said he always rings to say goodnight to his sons if he missed their bedtime.

Then she got a call at 9pm, but not from her husband. It was the police.

Jason died almost instantly after he was electrocuted by a cooker he was fixing.

Jessica was in shock and felt the overwhelming feeling of grief and loss when she viewed her husband’s body at the mortuary.

She then had to tell her two boys which was extraordinarily difficult, but they were too young to take it in.

His funeral was full of 350 friends and loved ones, and was a celebration of his life with everyone wearing bright colours.

Jessica said that after his death, her dad and sister stayed with her and the kids to help them get through.

Grief-counselling helped her but the thought of being a single mum-of-three was an overwhelming.

She told The Sun: “I was on autopilot, looking after the boys and seeing the midwife. But at night, I

sobbed in despair.”

“The thought of being a single mum of three was overwhelming.”

When she found out the sex of her unborn child, she “wept with happiness that it was another boy, as Jason would have been so chuffed to have three sons.”

Jessica said that when she gave birth to Barnaby, she felt Jason was watching over her.

“As he lay on my chest, I whispered how much Daddy loved him,” she said.

Jessica is part of a charity group called Widowed & Young to connect with others in similar circumstances, and said that the support has been invaluable.

She said: “I can’t even think about whether I’d like to meet someone else one day – for now the three boys are my focus.

I’ll make sure they never forget the daddy who loved them so much.”

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June 6, 2016

Ellen DeGeneres to be sued

One of Ellen’s popular segments on her daytime talk show has landed her on hot water after a woman took offence to the way she pronounced her name.

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Funnywoman Ellen DeGeneres is constantly making jokes – that’s why she’s successful, after all. But this time, she’s been sued for one of her jokes.

During her daytime talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she mispronounced a woman’s name to make a breast joke – and let’s just say, this lady is not laughing.

Titi Pierce, 35, whose first name is pronounced “Tee Tee”, is taking Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (the parent company of the show) to court after the comedian called the real estate agent “Titty Pierce”.

Ellen read out the woman’s adverts during a segment called What’s wrong with these ads… and these signs?

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The lawsuit read: “In all of her 35 years of life, no one has ever referred to Ms Pierce as ‘titty’ until the Defendant did so on February 22, 2016 on national television.”

It then led to “immediate ridicule” from the audience. She is also claiming that they intentionally inflicted emotional distress.

The Emmy award winning show’s producers have also been hit with the lawsuit as they didn’t blur out the Georgian woman’s mobile number on the show, to which she claims that she then received “ridiculing and harassing” phone calls while she was attending a family funeral.

Her name, Titi is of Nigerian origin which translates to ‘flower’.

The lawsuit is seeking monetary damages and demanding they never show the segment again – on TV or social media.

This story originally appeared on Australian Women’s Weekly

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June 6, 2016

Bobby Brown’s first TV interview since daughter’s death

The grief that comes with losing a child is unimaginable. And now Bobby Brown is candidly sharing his tragic story for the first time in a sit-down televised interview.

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The father of Bobbi Kristina Brown spoke to interviewer Robin Roberts for US news show 20/20.

In short preview for the show, Bobby spoke about the similarity between his ex-wife and little girl’s deaths, saying: “The same thing that happened to my daughter, it happened to Whitney.”

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Bobbi Kristina was just 22 when she passed away.

The only daughter of the RnB songstress was eerily found unconscious in a bathtub, which lead to her spending six months in a medically induced coma before she tragically died.

Her mother, who had long battled addiction, died three years earlier after she too was found unresponsive in a bathtub.

“The hardest thing I had to do in my life was tell my daughter to let go. My baby’s gone. I thank God I’m still here,” the bereaved father said in the interview, which will be released later this week.

Following the loss of his daughter, Bobby Brown released a statement, which read, “Krissy was and is an angel. I am completely numb at this time. My family must find a way to live with her in spirit and honour her memory. Our loss is unimaginable.”

Bobbi Kristina pictured with her parents Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. The couple married in 1992 but eventuality divorced in 2007.

Bobby with his little girl in happier times.

Whitney’s family confirmed the tragic loss through a Facebook post.

“Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away Sunday, July 26 2015 surrounded by her family. She is finally in the arms of God,” the Houston family penned at the time.

“We want to again thank everyone for their tremendous amount of love and support during these last few months.”

The singer is promoting his autobiography, Every Little Step: My Story

Bobby, who was married to Whitney for 15 years, is expected to talk about everything from his personal losses to his marriage with Whitney and how her addiction affected their relationship.

“I came into the marriage with money, and I left the marriage with nothing,” Bobby remarks in the show’s promo.

The candid chat, which will air in full this Tuesday, comes in light of the release of the 47-year-old’s memoir Every Little Step: My Story, which is set to hit stands later this year.

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June 6, 2016

Why eating fat helps you lose weight

They have a bad reputation, but incorporating fats into your diet can actually help you trim down.

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This might come as a surprise, but consuming fats in your diet are actually part of a crucial formula to keep your body healthy.

Despite what we have been told in the past, fats are not the enemy and there isn’t any need to eliminate it from your diet.

Not only are they essential for growth and development, fats also provide energy, maintain healthy cell membranes, protect your organs and provide energy.

But before you go and order yourself a pizza with extra cheese, you should know that not all fats are good fats.

Ellen DeGeneres knows pizza is a treat food, not an everyday food.

MUFAs, or monounsaturated fats, and PUFAs or polyunsaturated fats, are two types of ‘good fats’ which are considered essential for your body’s optimal health.

Foods that contain MUFAs include whole milk products, nuts, olives and avocados.

Not only are all of these delicious, they actually help to lower cholesterol and reduce heart disease – unlike their cousin trans fats.

Can you guess which celebrity loves avocado enough to ink it on her skin? It’s Miley Cyrus, of course!

PUFAs on the other hand include fish such as salmon, mackerel and trout as well as sunflower oil and sesame seeds.

These foods, much like MUFAs help to reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease, but also provide essential fats that your body needs and can’t produce itself – such as omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids which aid in joint pain, memory retainment and health baby development.

Looking for a healthy salmon recipe? Try this Jerk salmon with yoghurt potatoes from our friends over at Food To Love!

So, where does weight loss fit into all of this?

According to Keri Glassman, nutritionist and owner of Nutritious Life meal system, good fats help the body to burn fats by acting like a calorie-burning fuel.

“When you don’t have any fat in your diet it’s like you don’t have fuel to burn calories,” she said to Livestrong.

What’s more, good fats also help the body feel fuller for longer – eliminating those post mealtime grumbles and midnight snack urges, meaning you’re less likely to consume excess sugars from unnecessary snacking.

The always-flawless Chrissy Teigen starts her day with avocado.

But perhaps the most important benefit of good fats lies within its ability to work hand in hand with the vitamins and minerals required for a healthy weight.

Nutrients such as vitamins A, D, E and K are fat soluble, which means that without fat, the body is unable to absorb them.

Without the ability to actually take in the goodness from your vitamin-rich meals, your body can become vitamin deficient leading to brittle bones, muscular pain, dermatitis and even blood clotting.

So next time you make yourself a nutrient rich meal, make sure to add some avocado or olive oil!

Avocados can make a delicious addition to almost any meals. They can even be used as a fat substitute in baking or in the place of butter. Try this poached egg and avocado bruschetta for your next brunch!

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June 6, 2016

Adoptive mum abandons baby with birth defect

The adoptive mum-to-be took one look at little Abigail, and left the hospital.

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When Christina Fischer found out she was pregnant, she decided to put her baby up for adoption so the little girl would have a chance at a better life.

By the time her due date rolled around, the adoptive parents had been chosen and were sitting excitedly in the hospital waiting room preparing to meet their new daughter.

But when Abigail Lynn was born and the parents discovered she had a rare birth defect, they left the hospital in tears, never to be heard from again.

“I let her (adoptive mom) take the other wristband into the NICU, she came out crying, and left the hospital. We never heard from them again.” Christina told the Northwest Florida Daily News.

Abigail was born with Treacher Collins, a disorder that affects the development of the bones and tissues of the face. The condition is almost entirely cosmetic and will not affect Abigail’s chances of living a normal life, although she may have to have reconstructive facial surgery in the future.

Christina decided to keep her daughter and now says she can’t imagine life without her.

“I took it as a sign that she was supposed to be mine. And now, she is my heart,”

Image: OKSANA PEERY PHOTOGRAPHY

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