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A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw described chef Gordon Ramsay as a bully as she defended herself against his rude, sexist attack on her. Tracy, who Ramsay wrongly claimed was a lesbian and described as looking like a pig during an on-stage cooking show in Melbourne last week, said she had been deeply hurt. “I’m […]

Lincoln Lewis, famous for his wholesome character on Home and Away, has admitted to filming a sex tape with a teen TV starlet last year. “You do stupid things when you are young,” Lewis said. Lewis, son of rugby great Wally “the King” Lewis, has been disciplined by Channel 7 and will undergo counseling after […]

In a bizarre story reported today, Home and Away actress Jodi Gordon was found by police in the bedroom of a suspected bikie, hiding from armed intruders. Police were called to a Sydney home on Wednesday by a man claiming he’d seen armed men scaling his balcony. When police arrived there was no evidence of […]

We may not experience it every day of the week, but sometimes our motivation and energy levels can dwindle significantly in the hours after lunch. Why? It has a lot to do with the natural rhythms of our body – we have a biological tendency to hit an energy lull in the afternoon. But it’s […]

Question: Will avoiding carbs after 5pm will help me lose weight? Answer: There is nothing magical about not eating carbs after 5pm – this is an arbitrary cut-off point. A search of the National Library of Medicine Medline database of more than 4800 scientific journals failed to find a single study that lends support to […]

The only thing I ever hated about my job was having to be away from home a couple of nights a week but there are times now when I welcome it, though I would never say so to my wife, Sarah. Hearing my daughters chirp “goodnight” down the phone makes me feel bad, but then […]

My Year Without Sex My Year Without Sex is the misleadingly titled new film for writer/director Sarah Watts, her follow-up to Look Both Ways. This is no American Pie prequel, but a wry look at life’s myriad of question for a happy middle-class Aussie family. Natalie (Sacha Horler) and Ross (Matt Day) have the typically […]

**By Lucy Chesterton Music took Suze DeMarchi from her suburban backyard in Perth to Los Angles, and now the passion has brought her home again.** Kicking around the back streets of her suburban Perth neighbourhood in the sixties, the teenage Suze DeMarchi was already thinking big. “When I was a kid I couldn’t stop thinking […]

Question: What is beta glucan and why is it good for me? Answer: Beta glucan is a type of soluble fibre. Although it is found in all cereal grains, barley and oats are known to be particularly rich sources. Beta glucan and its benefits for heart health have been studied extensively. It is believed that […]

Financial times are tough. We may even be in a recession, however that doesn’t stop 80 per cent of Aussies from hiding purchases from their loved ones during times of economic crisis. You could be forgiven for believing that the purse strings should be held a little tighter in the current financial climate, however most […]