Prada has cast a black model in an advertising campaign for the first time in nearly two decades. Malaika Firth — a 19-year-old Kenyan-born, British-raised model — appears in the luxury brand’s autumn/winter 2013 campaign. Related: Fashion magazine under fire for racist slave shoot It is the first time Prada has cast a black model […]

Elle Macpherson has posed naked for a magazine cover as she approaches her 50th birthday. The supermodel recreated her famous 1994 Playboy cover for the Australian edition of Harper’s Bazaar magazine. Elle looks stunning in the cover shot, but she’s far from the first big star to strip off for the cover of a magazine. […]

Women can be astronauts and prime ministers but watch a music video and you could be convinced ladies are only capable of two things: gyrating and licking phallic objects, writes Zoe Arnold. I’m one of those people who hears a song on the radio, knows half the words, but has no idea of the artist. […]

He’s been dubbed the “party prince” and Harry lived to his name on the weekend, dancing until 4am at the Glastonbury music festival. Harry stealthily avoided the paparazzi, getting smuggled into the backstage area of the main stage in time for headline act the Rolling Stones’ two-hour gig. He was joined by his girlfriend Cressida […]

Hugh Jackman has once again spoken out about the "frustrating" rumours he is gay.

More than 100 children with hand, foot and mouth disease were taken to NSW hospitals by worried parents in the latest fortnightly surveillance report. However, NSW Health says the worst of the deadly enterovirus 71 (EV71) outbreak is likely to be over. While the number of children being admitted to hospitals with severe neurological complications […]

Two teenage girls have been shot dead in Pakistan, apparently because of a video of them dancing in the rain. The girls, aged 15 and 16, were filmed laughing and dancing in the rain in full traditional dress, including headscarves, outside their stone hut in the country’s north six months ago. Last Sunday, they were […]

Queen Elizabeth is to receive a 5 per cent pay rise next year, boosting her annual income to more than $62.5 million. The announcement comes as the British government announced yet more cost-cutting measures, which is expected to cause some backlash. But while Buckingham Palace admits the timing is “not ideal” it insists the 87-year-old […]

She’s been in the online dating game for less than two months, but Martha Stewart, 71, has revealed she’s already had more than a few risqué sexual encounters. In a television interview that aired in the US on Wednesday night, Martha admitted to having a one night stand and even “sexting”, which involves sending naked […]

If 50 is the new 30, why can’t women find work past their 50th birthday? Zoe Arnold asks why we aren’t taking advantage of our highly-skilled mature workforce. Jean is university educated. Actually she has three degrees — two undergraduates and a Masters — and she’s been working in her field for more than 30 […]