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March 6, 2014

Magda reportedly Szubanski signs Jenny Craig deal

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Jenny Craig’s most successful ambassador is coming back after regaining the 35-plus kilos she lost on the program.

Industry insiders say Magda Szubanski is set to sign a lucrative deal to re-join the company that helped her shed 35kg between 2009 and 2011.

After stepping out with a cane and looking worse for wear, sources say Magda has reportedly accepted a hefty pay cheque to once again be the face of the weight-loss company.

The Kath & Kim star dropped from 121kg to 86kg, five short of her goal weight, but after her weight plateaued Jenny Craig executives replaced her as their ambassador with actress Rebel Wilson.

“As part of my ongoing health journey, Jenny Craig has provided some fabulous and practical tools and great support,” Magda said in a statement in 2011.

“It was never intended to be forever and I wish Rebel Wilson health and happiness. Go girl.”

Jenny Craig announced in 2008 that their membership enquiries went up by 50 per cent soon after recruiting Magda and the company was rumoured to have approached her again with a seven-figure contract in 2012.

Since then the company has seen the likes of ex-Spice Girl Mel B and entertainer Barry Humphries lead its marketing campaigns.

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Cate Blanchett in awkward 90s Tim Tam ad

Long before she was winning Academy Awards, Cate Blanchett was starring in a very different type of film – Tim Tam commercials!

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Long before she was winning Academy Awards, Cate Blanchett was starring in a very different type of film – Tim Tam commercials!

Cate, who took home the best actress Oscar this week, was the original Tim Tam Girl in a series of 1990s advertisements.

In the clip, Cate is seen rubbing a magic lamp and asking the genie that emerges for “a packet of Tim Tams that never runs out”.

Click through to watch Cate’s commercial.

Long before she was winning Academy Awards, Cate Blanchett was starring in a very different type of film – Tim Tam commercials!

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March 6, 2014

Meet the 12,000kJ cheeseburger crust pizza

Don't know whether you want a hamburger or pizza? Now you can have both, thanks to Pizza Hut's terrifying new concoction, the cheeseburger crust pizza.

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Don’t know whether you want a hamburger or pizza? Now you can have both, thanks to Pizza Hut’s terrifying new concoction, the cheeseburger crust pizza.

Clocking in at a horrifying 12,000 kilojoules, the monster creation launched in Australian stores this week, with the exception of WA which will have to wait until March 18.

According to the Pizza Hut website, the new product – “made with eight Australian beef patties with tasty cheddar cheese on top, nestled into the golden crust of Pizza Hut’s mouth-watering large pizzas” – is “like a cheeseburger in every slice” and costs just $3 to add to any pizza.

Sadly, it’s not the most disgusting thing on offer in fast food restaurants – here are some of the craziest fast food items from around the world.

Pizza Hut’s new diet-busting cheeseburger crust pizza, which has more than 12,000 kilojoules.

Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich from Dunkin’ Donuts.

Bacon Sundae from Burger King.

Beefy Nacho Burrito from Taco Bell.

Pancake Sausage Bites from Dunkin’ Donuts.

Doritos Locos Tacos from Taco Bell.

The double meat Double Down from KFC.

Taco Bell’s taco waffle.

Pizzabon from Cinnabon.

Pasta and pizza all in one with the Pasta Bread Bowl from Domino’s.

Fudge-dipped Cheesecake on a Stick from White Castle.

Bacon Shake from Jack-in-the-Box.

KFC’s Zinger pie.

Wendy’s Foie Gras Burger.

Ice cream “brrrger” anyone?

Adriano Zumbo’s latest creation the ‘chouxmaca’, a cross between a macaron and a choux pastry bun.

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March 6, 2014

Can Cate Blanchett break the Oscars love curse?

Winning an Academy Award might be a blessing for an actress’s career but for many it has spelled the end of their relationship.

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An Oscar is a professional goal for many actresses but all too often it seems to come at the cost of personal happiness.

In the past, a surprising number of successful stars have split from their husbands in the months after their big win, which has got superstitious fans worried about the future of recent winner Cate Blanchett’s 16-year marriage to Andrew Upton.

But it seems they needn’t worry because the talented thespian has got a simple secret to a happy personal life: share an email address.

“We work together and it’s a way of synchronising our lives. I can see what he’s up to – it’s not that I don’t trust him,” Blanchett said in an interview earlier this year.

“I don’t think it’s more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think in the end a really important component of any relationship is honesty, and it also comes down to luck.”

And while some may want put the Oscars love curse down to bad luck there seems to be some statistical weight to it. A study conducted by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management concluded that Best Actress winners have a whopping 63 percent chance of their marriages ending sooner than marriages of non-winners. Interestingly, Best Actor winners aren’t at any higher risk of divorce after taking the little gold man home.

While Cate might have figured out how to beat the odds, see the stars whose private lives have fallen apart while their careers were on top.

Cate Blanchett with her husband of 16 years, Andrew Upton.

In possibly the most scandalous spilt in Oscar curse history, Sandra Bullock, who won for The Blind Side in 2010, was shockingly double-crossed by her motorcycle mechanic husband, Jesse James who admitted to cheating on her with a tattoo model.

British actress Kate Winslet took out the top nod for role in The Reader in 2009. Not long after Winslet split from director hubby, Sam Mendes.

When Reese Witherspoon accepted the Best Actress award in 2006 for playing Johnny Cash’s wife, June Carter, in Walk the Line she was married to fellow actor, Ryan Philippe. By the end of that year her marriage had fallen apart despite the couple having two children together.

In 2000 Hilary Swank won for controversial role Boys Don’t Cry. It was her first of two Oscars in five years but all that success couldn’t help her relationship. A year after walking away with the best actress prize for 2005’s Million Dollar Baby she split from husband Chad Lowe, whom she had called “my everything” during her acceptance speech.

Charlize Theron, who won in 2004 for Monster and in her acceptance speech she said of Stuart Townsend: “You are one hell of a partner to have. Thank you for standing by me.” While they lasted longer than most, the pair split after nine years together.

In 2002, Halle Berry got her hands on a gold statue for her gritty role in Monster’s Ball. While accepting the award she called husband Eric Benet “just a joy of my life” but the beautiful-looking couple split the next year after reports of Benet cheating surfaced.

Julia Roberts won in 2001 for Erin Brockovich but broke up with boyfriend Benjamin Bratt just three months later. They had been together for four years.

Gwyneth Paltrow won in 1999 for role Shakespeare in Love. At the time, she was dating a very hunky Ben Affleck but just two months after she took home the Oscar the couple broke up.

In 1998 Helen Hunt thanked her then-boyfriend, Hank Azaria as she got the Oscar for As Good As It Gets. Hunt gushed and called him “the very best man I know” and the pair married later that year. In just six months, they were divorced.

Jane Fonda won in 1972 for her role in Klute but divorced her hubby of almost eight years, Roger Vadim, a year later.

Liza Minnelli has been married a spectacular four times but at the time of her Oscar win in 1973, for her role in Cabaret, she was married to her first husband, Peter Allen. The pair divorced one year later.

Jane Wyman took home an Oscar for her role in Johnny Belinda in 1948. Wyman split from her husband, Ronald Reagan, that same year and remains the only ex-wife of an American President.

Vivien Leigh, pictured here with actor Spencer Tracy, won in 1940 for her role as Southern belle, Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With The Wind. The young actress was married to Herbert Leigh Holman, who was more than 10 years her senior, divorced her husband shortly after her win.

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have set a wedding date

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Kim posted an Instagram pic of her 15-carat engagement ring after the proposal.

Let the countdown to Kim K’s Wedding Spectacular 2.0 begin! The 33-year-old reality star will wed Kanye West, 36, in Paris, France, on May 24, US Weekly has revealed.

Let the countdown to Kim K’s Wedding Spectacular 2.0 begin!

The 33-year-old reality star will wed Kanye West, 36, in Paris, France, on May 24, US Weekly has revealed.

The pair kept fans waiting since Kanye’s super-proposal aired on Kim’s reality show in October.

So far there has been no news of another multi-million dollar media deal but the wedding will air on their reality show later in the year.

“We’re having a super, super small, intimate wedding,” Kardashian told producer Ryan Seacrest.

“As we go along, we’re realizing we want it to be smaller and more intimate than people are imagining and thinking.”

Kanye, 36, rented out San Francisco’s AT&T Park for his proposal, where Kim’s nearest and dearest watched as the stadium’s screen flashed “PLEEEASE MARRY MEEE!!!” while an orchestra played Lana Del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful.”

But popping the question isn’t the only plan Kanye has up his sleeve – the groom is planning “huge” wedding surprises and even possibly designing the gown, according to the magazine.

Nearly-one-year-old North is going to be part of the ceremony but no word on which members of the Kardashian/Jenner/Odom/Disick camps will attend.

“Small and intimate” will be a far cry from Kim’s first wedding to basketballer Kris Humphries, which included 500 guests and netted the couple a reported $18m from magazine deals, TV coverage and endorsements.

Hopefully this one will last longer than 72 days.

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Cate Blanchett and Amy Adams get Oscars tattoos

Did Cate Blanchett and Amy Adams celebrate the end of awards season with a new tattoo?

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Cate Blanchett has apparently celebrated her Oscars win with a new tattoo.

The 44-year-old actress was spotted yesterday leaving the Shamrock Social Club tattoo parlour with fellow thespian Amy Adams and some other friends.

Cate was seen embracing and chatting with Amy before walking out of the famed tattoo hotspot with a dark bandage covering her wrist.

Amy and Cate at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles this past January.

While employees of the West Hollywood parlour remained hush-hush on whether their high profile clientele had gotten inked many speculate that a tattoo wouldn’t be out of character for Cate, whose fun-loving award season attitude has captivated the hearts of many.

To this year’s Oscars Amy wore a navy Gucci gown while Cate wore a nude Armani Prive sleeveless dress.

Blanchett, who gushed over Adams in her acceptance speech, admitted she nearly missed accepting her award because she was too busy at the bar with fellow nominee, Julia Roberts.

Cate also cheekily swore during a press conference which was broadcast live on television. When an Aussie journalist highlighted that she was the first Australian actor to win two Oscars the actress quipped, “And don’t you f—–g forget it.”

Cate poses with her 2014 Oscar and BAFTA awards.

At 44, Cate joins an exclusive alumnus of actors, including the likes of Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Bette Davis, Robert De Niro and Elizabeth Taylor who have all won two Academy Awards.

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March 6, 2014

‘Average Barbie’ on shelves by Christmas

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Lammily, the "average" Barbie doll.

With minimal makeup, an average woman’s body proportions and a casual wardrobe, this new doll is everything Barbie isn’t – and if her creator has his way, she’ll be in stockings everywhere by Christmas.

Meet Lammily, the curvy doll – whose motto is “Average is beautiful” – dreamed up by graphic designer Nickolay Lamm.

Lamm created concept images of the so-called “Normal Barbie” in July 2013 and they quickly went viral. Thousands of people emailed Lamm to ask where they could buy his creation but he was forced to turn them away.

“No one could buy it because it didn’t exist,” he told TIME.com.

Now Lamm has decided to bring his creation to life. He is trying to raise $95,000 to produce the doll so little girls everywhere can grow up with a more realistic standard of beauty.

“The message about body image targets parents of daughters,” Lamm told reporters. “Many young girls do not care about body image, they just want a fun doll to play with. This initial campaign is aimed more towards parents, but the future depends on young girls wanting to play with Lammily.”

Lamm’s original designs for his ‘normal Barbie’ went viral last year.

Lamm’s original designs for his ‘normal Barbie’ went viral last year.

Lamm’s original designs for his ‘normal Barbie’ went viral last year.

The doll’s figure is based on the measurements of a typical 19-year-old US female and she is dressed in the uniform of teens worldwide: denim shorts, sneakers and athletic gear.

“Most fashion dolls on the market are dressed like princesses or wearing funky outfits,” says Lamm. “I wanted Lammily to wear clothes that Gap or J. Crew might design. There’s no reason why simple everyday clothes design can’t be transferred to doll clothes.”

Mattel’s vice president of Barbie design, Kim Culmone, recently defended the doll’s unrealistic body shape, insisting her figure was not designed to make a statement about body image, but was fashioned for functional play.

“Barbie’s body was never designed to be realistic … She was designed for girls to easily dress and undress.”

But critics of the legendary toy say that its unattainable silhouette does affect the way the young girls identify with health and beauty. In a psychological study, girls from age five to eightere shown images of either a Barbie doll, or a more realistic “size 16” doll. Those who saw the Barbie dolls had less self-esteem and worse body image, and had a stronger desire to be thin.

Lamm intends to have they toy available for sale by Christmas this year. To donate to Lamm’s project, visit the Lammily website.

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Dave Warner and Candice Falzon are expecting

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The colourful couple and Candice relaxing in South Africa. Images: Getty

Aussie cricketer Dave Warner has been celebrated on the cricket pitch recently, scoring two centuries in the latest Test in South Africa, but he and glamorous ironwoman Candice Falzon have been doing some celebrating at home too.

The cricketer has not only popped the question, but is also expecting his first child, according to the Daily Telegraph.

After a whirlwind six-month romance with Warner, 27, the newspaper reports Falzon, 28, is believed to 12 weeks pregnant.

Supporting this theory, rumours circulated in late January that the Australian Test opener had told friends he was having a baby.

Falzon, who has been in South Africa with the Australian team, has apparently told friends and family at home of the news but a possible magazine deal has delayed the announcement.

Also a pro athlete, Falzon was the youngest professional athlete to compete in the Ironman series at just 14.

This year she has graced the cover of Maxim with a sexy photoshoot and has been credited with being a good influence on Warner as Australia celebrates an extremely successful season.

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Stars that go commando!

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These stars aren’t afraid to go commando!

From Paris Hilton to Gwyneth Paltrow, check out the stars who are happy to go without underwear all in the name of fashion!

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Jaimie Alexander was definitely feeling daring in this custom gown.

Eva Longoria had a little wardrobe mishap in this gown. The star lifted her dress to avoid tripping, but instead showed the crowd she was in fact going commando!

Miley Cyrus is know for her bold fashion statements, but a sheer pant leg? This Jean Paul Gaultier jumpsuit showed a little too much leg…

Paris Hilton’s exposed hipbone shows she is definitely going commando in this sheer gown.

Jennifer Lawrence changed into this sexy Tom Ford mini for the Vanity Fair Oscars after party.

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David Warner and Candice Falzon engaged and expecting

Insiders speculate that the Aussie batsman has proposed to his pregnant iron woman girlfriend.

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Australian cricketer David Warner has reportedly proposed to his ironwoman girlfriend Candice Falzon, who is expecting their first child.

According to reports, Warner is believed to have proposed last week in South Africa, where he is currently on tour with the Aussie squad.

While the batsman’s management remain coy about the engagement, sources close to The Weekly have confirmed Candice is pregnant.

Candice, who has dated a string of high profile athletes including Sydney Roosters footballer Sonny Bill Williams and former NRL player Braith Anasta, has only added fuel to the rumours by posting pictures online of herself and her beau enjoying some romantic downtime together.

The couple visited the Eagles Nest Winery in the wine region just outside Cape Town last week.

Falzon and Warner pose with the urn during day three of the Fifth Ashes Test match in Sydney.

In previous interviews, the Warner has described his relationship with Falzon as “very serious”.

“I never knew how much fun and laughter two people can have with each other,” he told reporters after the couple got together in this past August.

“We are constantly smiling and it’s fantastic. People can judge us and think what they want but our family and close friends know how happy we are together.”

Falzon watching her beau at the 2nd Test of Australia vs South Africa in Port Elizabeth.

While she cut a slim figure on the cover of Maxim Australia’s January issue Candice, who has been watching the tour in Cape Town with the other WAGs, has been spotted wearing loose-fitting tops and flowy dresses in an effort hide her growing baby bump.

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