He’s been a fixture on our screens for the past three decades, but it’s still hard to believe that eternally-youthful actor Peter Phelps is preparing to celebrate a major personal milestone – his fiftieth birthday on September 20. Currently filming series three of Nine’s high-octane drama Rescue: Special Ops, Peter confesses he initially approached the […]

There’s a global financial crisis going on, and lots of us are staying home instead of heading out to pricey restaurants. But staying home doesn’t have to mean no socialising or sensational entertaining! We’ve got a couple of simple, easy, delicious and best of all – cheap! – recipes that will feed your friends for […]

Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock talks about how she chose to play the character in the inspirational movie The Blind Side, available to buy now on DVD and Blu-ray. What is it like to play characters that are based on real people who are not necessarily famous? Do you try to capture their spirit? And what […]

Turning 90 gave Johnny Lockwood the perfect excuse to reconnect with his old friends at what was once Australia’s favourite address. Nothing got tongues wagging in the 70s like Number 96 – the racy TV ratings smash of its day that went where no show had gone before. Leading the cast was battling deli owner […]

After her success on hit show MasterChef, artist and cook Poh Ling Yeow tells Larry Writer it’s not fame and fortune but fulfilment that drives her. When something wonderful happens in Poh Ling Yeow’s life, she will take her Scottish terrier, Zed, and whisk him in a jig of joy around her flat in Adelaide’s […]

MasterChef catapulted Julie Goodwin from a working mum to national celebrity. She tells Larry Writer about her new-found fame – and the family legacy that inspires her passion for good food. MasterChef winner Julie Goodwin knew her life had changed forever when she visited the local supermarket to buy mementoes for the funeral book of […]

The world has virtually ground to a halt with the death of two of the greatest icons of our time. Music legend Michael Jackson has died from a reported heart attack at the age of 50 and screen icon and sex symbol Farrah Fawcett, famed for her role in Charlie’s Angels, has also passed away […]

Finding movie entertainment for littlies is pretty easy. There are loads of good or at least passable films for the five to ten age group and as children are happy to watch the same film over and over, one DVD tends to go a long way. But worthwhile films for young teens and pre-teens are […]

One of my best memories of childhood is settling down on a winter afternoon, with my mum, in front of the TV for the Sunday Afternoon Classic. Together we sobbed our way through Waterloo Bridge, failed to follow the thread of The Big Sleep, learnt American history from Scarlett O’Hara, hummed along with West Side […]

The Oscar-winning British beauty is a woman who men love to love and women want to be — and she does it all with a refreshing lack of pretension and an intimidating talent. In 2007, at the tender age of 31, Kate became the youngest actress ever to earn five Oscar nominations. This year’s Academy […]