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Country music star Adam Brand talks to Ray Chesterton about the tragedy that helped propel him to the grand final of DWTS. Four months ago, Adam Brand really couldn’t dance to save his life and knew he was probably going to embarrass himself, but he didn’t hesitate to step up to the challenge of Dancing […]

Ellen DeGeneres invites Judith Newman into her Beverly Hills home — where she opens up about her love for Portia de Rossi. With a top-rating TV talk show, a year-old marriage and a new career as a model, it seems Ellen DeGeneres has finally hit her stride after a bumpy ride that included a cancelled […]

Just days after kissing Miley Cyrus goodbye at Nashville Airport and breaking up with his girlfriend Laura Griffin, Liam Hemsworth seemed oblivious to the heartbreak he has caused, heading out surfing with mates off Phillip Island. The 19-year-old actor ended his five-year relationship with Victorian student Laura when he returned home last week, and his […]

If she’s lucky Jaycee might eventually recover from her unspeakable ordeal at the hands of kidnapper Phillip Garrido, but the 18 years he stole from her life can never be regained. Ray Chesterton writes how a monster robbed an innocent young girl of her childhood. Theft is not one of the 29 charges sex-obsessed religious […]

Picture this… You’re at a bar with your partner. You have some great chats with another man. As you leave, your partner makes cutting comments about your “flirting”. You feel attacked and make nasty comments back. When you get home, doors are slammed and there’s tension in the air for the next 24 hours. There’s […]

A few hundred years ago, you needed a fortune to fill your larder with spices. They were brought by sailing ship from the “spice islands”, and tasted of adventure and luxury. These days cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, etc, can be bought for a few dollars at the supermarket: tired, elderly spices months or, more likely, years […]

Just as too much booze and junk food can make your body sluggish, emotional baggage — in the form of negative thoughts, mental blocks and limiting self-beliefs — can clog up your mind. These three steps can help you to change: Do the opposite If something feels comfortable, it’s natural to keep doing it. But […]

Staying put in life is a bit like sitting in a boat that’s tied up: you might be afloat, but you’re not going anywhere — and you’re probably not having much fun, either. A routine is one step away from a rut. If you sense it’s time for a change, but you’re unsure, here’s how […]

For your health (and the planet’s), you might want to rethink what you drink out of. Pamela Allardice explains why. Chemical question-mark. Along with tin-can linings, hoses, paints, dentistry composites and plastic containers, some plastic bottles are made from polycarbonate (PC) plastic (No. 7 recycling code), which contains the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA). BPA is a […]

The look of fear on Bec Hewitt’s face when she leaves the high-security Bahamas mansion she and Lleyton call home is warranted, Annette Witheridge discovers. When her tennis ace husband Lleyton Hewitt announced they were moving to the Bahamas, Bec probably expected to find a sizzling new social life among the rich and famous. If […]