On the eve of their Australian tour, Jackie Jackson tells Shari Nementzik Michael is always by their side. Why did The Jacksons decide to tour? We had requests from fans around the world who had asked for us to tour after my brothers passing. We had a tour planned with Michael and the brothers after […]

Melbourne researchers have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s. The team from Austin Hospital can now diagnose the condition 15 years before symptoms develop, offering hope dementia might one day be avoided. Researchers tracked the build-up of a protein called amyloid, which is created when brain membranes are replaced. In healthy people, […]

Only a few weeks into the full CrossFit swing of things and I find out about something ominously called Testing Week. I soon learned that this is a really important part of what they do at CrossFit Athletic. It’s used to give them vital feedback on how we’re all progressing. Since I had never completed […]

Insiders spill the beans on what really goes on behind the scenes. It’s more than just clever editing that creates all the on-screen drama. From styling to proposals, everything we see is fake! Past and present contestants exclusively tell all. ‘You don’t cook at home’ No wonder some teams struggle finding their way around the […]

Big Brother beauty Layla Subritzky dumped her boyfriend Sam Wallace by phone, claiming he was too interested in skinny girls and there was no spark left in the relationship they started in the house. Layla, 25, broke down in tears on the set of Celebrity Apprentice after breaking up with Sam two weeks ago. She’d […]

This week my dad emailed me a photo from the archives of me with the weight of the world on my shoulders. I’m guessing this was me about age 6, just coming to terms with my destiny as a future superhero. I took a few decades off from my training but now I’m truly back […]

The Aussie singer is amazed at how little it took for the kilos to simply fall away. Mahalia Barnes can’t help but smile over her latest weight loss victory. Just four months ago the thought of buying a new swimming costume would have inspired the sort of fear many women experience when they walk into […]

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult, Allen & Unwin, $29.99. This astonishing return to form from US best-selling author Jodi Picoult, whose last two books were comparatively lacklustre, is surely her most outstanding work to date. Sage Singer, 25, is a brilliant baker at Our Daily Bread in small town Westerbrook, run by former nun, Mary […]

Nineteen years after her diagnosis, ovarian cancer survivor Margaret Rose told an Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day leaders forum today the reason the disease isn’t talked about as much as other women’s health issues is because “not many of us survive”. An average of 1200 Australian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year, and of […]

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Text Publishing, $29.99. After winning the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for best unpublished manuscript last June, interest in Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project has catapulted from low hum to very loud buzz in the literary world, with 30 countries snapping up the rights, earning the Melbourne-based debut author more […]