60 Minutes producer Stephen Rice has been sacked over the botched Beirut child abduction story.
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“Stephen Rice, the producer of the Sally Faulkner story, will be leaving the company effective immediately,” a statement from Nine said.
“Other staff involved in the planning and execution of this story have received formal warnings.”
A review was held by the show’s founding boss Gerald Stone, former corporate consultant David Hurley, and general counsel Rachel Launders, News.com.au reports.
“The crew continue to receive counselling related to the events in Lebanon and the other team members will return to work soon.”
The 60 Minutes team travelled to Beirut where a team from Child Abduction Recovery international were paid to grab the two children of Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner.
On April 7, Faulkner and the 60 Minutes crew – which consisted of Rice, reporter Tara Brown, sound recordist David Ballment and camera man Ben Williamson – were detailed by Lebanese police.
A rumoured $1 million payment to the children’s father Ali Elamine enabled them to be released.
However, Faulkner was also forced to relinquish full custody of her two children.
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Married at First Sight’s Clare Verrall has opened up about her struggles with weight gain caused by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The 32-year-old uploaded a picture of herself on Instagram and a fan commented on it saying she appeared to have lost weight.
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However, the reality star revealed the picture is in fact old and that she’s currently “the heaviest I’ve ever been.”
“Post filming me [sic] PTSD came back full force, my thyroid tanked out & I had to be put on some yucky meds so I’m the heaviest I have ever been,” she continued.
“Good news is once my wrist is better & I can start training again then I’ll be back on track. Weight is just a number though. People may treat you differently, but you are the same human inside,” she concluded.
In the comments section, she went on to explain her health issues.
“I have hypothyroidism, so if I’m not training 6 days a week & 100% on point with my diet & can literally gain 8kgs in a weekend. It’s basically a crap superpower,” she explained.
It is due to an attack in Melbourne – where her nose was broken and her life was threatened – that left Clare suffering from PTSD.
In a statement to People magazine, Johnny’s representatives explained the “brevity” of his 15-month marriage to Amber, while also adressing the recent death of his mother.
“Given the brevity of this marriage and the most recent and tragic loss of his mother, Johnny will not respond to any of the salacious false stories, gossip, misinformation and lies about his personal life,” the statement read.
“Hopefully the dissolution of this short marriage will be resolved quickly.”
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TMZ revealed the shocking news that after just 15 months of marriage the actress filed for divorce from the 52-year-old.
Amber filed the paper work just three days after Johnny’s mother’s death.
The news outlet claim the star cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split and is requesting spousal support. The website also alleges the stars did not sign a prenup, meaning Amber could be entitled to a stake of Johnny’s reported $USD400 million fortune.
The couple were once the picture of a loving husband and wife.
Now reports suggest that the 30-year-old blonde superstar may have had reservations from the beginning!
It’s been revealed that there may have been numerous hurdles to the couples’ romance, with one of the biggest allegations is that Johnny’s family were not Amber’s biggest fans… at all.
The relationship between his siblings, children, his mother and Amber was reportedly extremely bitter, and the group were in the middle of an explosive feud in the months before the shock split, according to TMZ.
The Alice Through The Looking Glass actor and his wife moved into his mother’s compound earlier this year, and that’s apparently when the fireworks started.
One of their last outings together at the Art Of Elysium’s 9th Annual Heaven Gala in LA.
No doubt things may get very messy.
New claims suggest that this will already be an acrimonious divorce, with the Pirates of the Caribbean star seeking to deny Amber any spousal support.
It’s reported that Johnny told the judge the pair did not have a prenup in place.
This photo looks innocent enough with two people hugging, right?
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But you’re guaranteed to do a double-take when you look at their legs – because something just doesn’t add up!
The mind-boggling photo from Imgur has been confusing people all over the internet as they try to figure out who is in front and who is behind.
It’s so confusing it’s hurting our brain but one eagle-eyed Imgur user had the solution: “His shorts are two colors. White in the middle, black on the outside.”
Even with this outline of the shorts, we have to say we’re still wigged out about it – it just looks so odd!
Earlier this month, another optical illusion had us thinking there was another ‘is the dress white and gold or blue and black scenario’ with this cigar sticking out of a brick wall.
When will these constant brain-teasers end?! We don’t think our minds can be blown any more than they already have.
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When Leonardo DiCaprio first appeared on our screens in 1990, no one had any idea they were watching the birth of the world’s biggest movie stars.
Aged just 15, Leonardo was cast in the much-maligned TV spin-off of cult film Parenthood. The series was short-lived, but Leonardo’s fame was anything but.
After a series of minor roles he shot to mega-stardom in 1996 when he was cast as the lead in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet.
Since then, Leo has starred in hit after hit, including Titanic, Catch Me If You Can, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, Blood Diamond, Inception and The Great Gatsby.
These pictures chart Leonardo’s journey from child star to film icon.
Leonardo in 1990 and today.
Leo (left) with his stepbrother in the 1970s.
Leo in 1989 before his big break.
Leonardo on the cusp of making it big in 1990.
Leonardo got his big break in Parenthood in 1990.
Leonardo as a young star in 1990.
At the premiere of This Boys Life in 1993.
At the premiere of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape in 1993.
Out in New York City in 1993.
At the Golden Globes in 1994.
With Claire Danes at the premiere of Romeo and Juliet in 1996.
At still from Titanic in 1997.
At the London premiere of Titanic in 1997.
With Titanic co-star Kate Winslet in 1998.
At the Golden Globes in 1998.
A still from 2000 film The Beach.
Promoting Gangs of New York in 2002.
Leo in 2002.
Leo in 2004.
At a press conference in 2006.
Leo in 2006.
Leo at a fashion show in 2006.
At the Critics’ Choice Awards in 2007.
At the Oscars in 2007.
In Beverly Hills in 2008.
With Kate Winslet at the premiere of Revolutionary Road in 2008.
At the SAG awards in 2013.
A still from The Great Gatsby.
With his The Wolf of Wall Street co-star Margot Robbie.
Leo took his mum as his date to the Golden Globes.
Leonardo with his Golden Globe for The Wolf of Wall Street.
On Thursday May 26th, the Single Ladies songstress took to Instagram with a series of sweet family photos that included her little sister Solange, mum Tina Knowles-Larson and more curiously her father Mathew, who she famously has a complicated relationship with.
“My beautiful Father, Sis, and Mother. I love you guys so deep,” captioned the music icon alongside a happy snap of the three.
The singer’s nearest and dearest stepped out to support their loved one.
Another post shared by the 34-year-old shows her father playing candidly with Bey’s daughter Blue Ivy.
While the images show the picture of a happy family, we can’t help but notice the timing of their debut.
It’s true that the world is still reeling from the release of Queen Bey’s latest and perhaps most scandalous album Lemonade.
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The telling tunes touch on some very personal aspects of the stars life, from her rumoured marital infidelity with Jay-Z, to her complicated relationship with her father.
In the tune “Daddy Lessons”, she sings: “When trouble comes to town / And men like me come around / Oh, my daddy said shoot.”
Also heard in the HBO special are the words spoken by the mother-of-one, “You remind me of my father, a magician / Able to exist in two places at once / In the tradition of men in my blood, you come home at 3 a.m. and lie to me.”
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It’s news to no one that Beyoncé’s father Mathew had more than one public foray into infidelity, which eventuated in his divorce from wife Tina back in 2011.
In the very same year, the 20-time Grammy award severed business ties with her dad, who until that point had managed her career all the way back from the Destiny’s Child days.
“I am grateful for everything he has taught me,” the Formation hitmaker said in a statement at the time.
Despite their complications, it would seem that the family have made amends.
“He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly,” her statement continued. “I am grateful for everything he has taught me.”
And Mathew seconded the pleasantries with his own statement. “Business is business and family is family.”
“I love my daughter and am very proud of who she is and all that she has achieved. I look forward to her continued great success.”
A healthy mother-of-two with one on the way is begging for a hysterectomy because she believes she is so fertile that she’ll never stop being pregnant.
Charlotte Peers, 20, from Greater Manchester, England, has two boys – Seb, two, and Jaxx, six months – and is 11-weeks pregnant.
She first fell pregnant when she was 15 years old, but suffered a miscarriage, and in the next five years, she fell pregnant three times – one of which she was using a contraceptive implant.
The stay-at-home mum wants a hysterectomy as she believes another C-section could leave her with serious health issues. She suffers from a condition called placenta accrete, where the placenta attaches and grows onto the scar from her previous caesareans.
Her birth of her second child ended with her bladder becoming stuck to her womb.
She says: “I’ve tried every form of contraception and nothing works for me.”
“I’ve begged my GP but I’ve been told that because I’m young and healthy I won’t be considered for a hysterectomy or a sterilisation.”
Charlotte has been told she has an 85 per cent chance placenta accrete will happen again. However, she has learnt that pregnancies always vary and that it could be treated without a hysterectomy operation.
“I guess they think I might change my mind about more kids in the future, but believe me, three is more than enough for me.”
“I’m so desperate not to have another baby after this one that I want a hysterectomy to make sure there is no chance of falling pregnant ever again.”
Her current doctor has suggested that doubling-up on contraception will help the couple but Charlotte isn’t prepared to do that. “I don’t react well to the pill, it makes me angry and tearful – I’ve fallen pregnant on both the injection and the implant and I don’t trust condoms.”
On the other hand, Charlotte’s partner would like a big family but doesn’t want to risk her health.
Charlotte had a miscarriage at 15 when she was four months pregnant. She hadn’t received any proper sex education so she hadn’t known she was pregnant.
She then had a contraceptive injection but three months prior to this, she came off the pill to ‘prepare her body’. She was under the impression she’d still be covered so she was shocked to learn she was pregnant again.
During her second pregnancy – in which she conceived while using the contraceptive implant – she suffered many complications and was told to expect a miscarry.
But Jaxx was born healthily and four months later, she fell pregnant with her third child.
“I’d been so busy with the boys, we hadn’t had time for sex so when the moment presented itself we went for it,’ she says. ‘I hadn’t had a proper period since Jaxx’s birth so I didn’t think I’d fall pregnant again – but I did.”
Both Charlotte and her partner rely on benefits, so she said that getting a hysterectomy will help the British taxpayers.
“At the moment taxpayers pay for my children and I don’t want to cost the country more by having more kids. Surely this will save the government more than the cost of a one-off hysterectomy.”
“I’m determined to get off benefits and get a job my kids will be proud of. But at the moment with two under two-years-old and another on the way I’m stuck at the moment.”
Actor Corey Feldman has opened up about the reported culture of paedophilia in Hollywood.
Feldman, the star of 80’s hit films including The Goonies and The Lost Boys, spoke to Hollywood Reporter about his late best friend Corey Haim’s rape by a producer at age 11.
“With me, there were some molestations and it did come from several hands, so to speak, but with Corey [Haim], his was direct rape, whereas mine was not actual rape,” the 44-year-old said.
“I believe that Haim’s rapist was probably connected to something bigger and that is probably how he has remained protected for all these years,” he told the magazine.
“This person uses intimidation and threats as a way to keep people quiet. And all these men were all friends.”
Corey Feldman today
“Ask anybody in our group of kids at that time: They were passing us back and forth to each other.”
“[Alison Arngrim] from Little House on the Prairie said [in an interview], ‘Everybody knew that the two Coreys were just being passed around,’” he continued.
Feldman went on to say that while he doesn’t want to identify his abusers, one of them was an employee of his father’s and “he’s still prominently in the business today.”
“If I were to go and mention anybody’s name, I would be the one that would be in legal problems and I’m the one that would be sued,” he said.
“If somebody came forward with a suit against one of these people [who molested me], I would certainly be more than happy to back them up. But that hasn’t happened.”
An Australian backpacker is missing in Brazil after telling a friend he was going to get a coffee at Rio de Janeiro’s international airport.
25-year-old Rye Hunt was last seen about 3.30pm on May 21.
Hunt was planning on travelling to Bolivia with his travelling buddy Mitchell Sheppard when they split up briefly to get a coffee, and arranged to meet up again half an hour later, reported The Examiner.
Hunt’s girlfriend, Bonnie Cuthbert, who lives in Perth, has shared a desperate plea on Facebook with an image and description of Hunt, in the hope of locating his whereabouts.
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He has not accessed his bank accounts, social media, or been in touch with his girlfriend since.
Hunt’s sister, Romany Brodribb says that when Hunt didn’t turn up, his friend went looking around the airport, talked to security for hours and returned to the hostel they were staying at to continue the search.
“Nobody has heard from him, including his girlfriend which is very unusual,” she said.
“We are really concerned for his safety and we are feeling really helpless being back here. We just want to know he is safe somewhere.”
Hunt’s family has filed a missing person report with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Embassy.
A DFAT spokesman told the Examiner that the Australian Embassy in Brasilia was working closely with local authorities to locate a man reported missing in Brazil.
Hunt is described as 175cm tall with a tanned complexion and dark brown hair. He was last seen carrying a large blue and black backpack.
A tarot card reader has revealed how she caught a murderer after she dealt him the card of death.
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Jayne Braiden, 56, has been giving a reading to Star Randel-Hanson at her shop in Brighton, England when she dealt the cards.
Out of a deck of 51, he picked the death, justice and devil card.
She explained to Mr Randel-Hanson what they meant when he broke down in tears, confessing to stabbing his housemate Derick Marney.
Jayne Braiden
“He said: ‘It’s terrible, I killed him’. He told me that he killed him but he did not mean to and it was awful,” she told Daily Mail.
Miss Braiden told him she had to call the police however, once she made the call, she was told it was not an emergency by an operator who thought the call was a hoax.
It took 55 minutes for the police to arrive and during that time, Miss Braiden sat with Randel-Hanson, taking notes as he discussed the murder.
Star Randel-Hanson
She said she did not feel threatened by the murderer and felt it was her ‘duty’ to keep him there until police arrived.
Randel-Hanson since been jailed for life with a minimum of 15 years after being convicted of murder after a two-week trial.
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