It’s panda-monium in Adelaide as the two fluffy creatures arrive from China, reports Katherine Chatfield. As first dates go, it’s a pretty big deal, but Adelaide Zoo’s new giant pandas, Funi and Wang Wang, are “bearing” up under the pressure of their budding romance. This won’t be any whirlwind relationship though; pandas prefer the old-fashioned […]

Representatives for Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have been quick to deny a People report that the couple had broken up. At 2.45pm on Sunday the magazine’s website cited an unnamed source “close to” Witherspoon, claiming the pair was no longer an item. By 5pm the same day, People reported that Witherspoon and Gyllenhaal’s representatives […]

Michael Bublé’s latest Australian tour may have been short, but it didn’t stop him managing to excite some very happy fans as he promoted his new album Crazy Love. While in NSW, the sexy singer put on a special performance for Nine Network’s Today show, and said he was happy to be back in Australia. […]

What do famous faces get up to beyond the velvet ropes of those swish A-list soirees? Some less than stellar behaviour. Ouch! No, you’re not in physical agony, although the hangover is probably a doozy. Instead, this sting is a memory that you would give anything to forget. You’ve woken up and recalled dancing on […]

Missing out on the top spot in the Liberal party to Tony Abbott this week, Joe Hockey had been touted as a future Liberal leader and even PM. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has a demanding job, but, as he tells us, nothing compares to being a father. Ignatius Theodore Babbage-Hockey. When Joe Hockey and wife […]

Navy diver Paul de Gelder survived a savage shark attack, but despite his horrific injuries, as he tells us, he’s not going to let that stand in his way. It was a beautiful February morning, with the early sun dancing on the still waters of Sydney Harbour. From his position, swimming on his back between […]

Coming out of a tough area of LA, Serena Williams isn’t your ordinary tennis champion. Sheer grit has seen her overcome huge obstacles to reclaim the world’s number one ranking. We find out what makes the superstar tick. Two years ago, Serena Williams let out a mighty yelp. She was playing in the Australian Open, […]

She sizzles on screen, a pint-sized goddess with a penchant for her co-stars, but as Penélope Cruz tells us in this exclusive interview, film success is simply not enough. It was supposed to be one of the most fiery and passionate love scenes of Penélope Cruz’s career and the actress admits that she was terrified. […]

Julia Gillard, 48, Deputy Prime Minister “When I finished high school at 17, my family went back [to the UK] for Christmas in South Wales, from where we’d migrated when I was four. We went back to my dad’s small mining village of Cwmgrach. He was one of seven brothers and sisters, and his mother […]