Jenna Clarke

Jenna Clarke

Jenna Clarke is the entertainment and lifestyle reporter at WAtoday.com.au

The biggest loser is Kevin, because it's not about him at all

Jenna Clarke When it comes to promoting positive and realistic ideas about weight loss, The Biggest Loser does more harm than good, according to clinical psychologist and body image expert Vivienne Lewis.

Pay them not to tweet

Josh Dugan.

Jenna Clarke Sports stars should be a paid a bonus for not having a social media profile, according to National Institute of Sport Studies director Keith Lyons, who suggests young athletes should receive cash...

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Dugan splits with pregnant partner

Dugan + gf.

Jenna Clarke Just over a week after being dropped by the Canberra Raiders, Josh Dugan has now split with his partner who is six months pregnant with his son.

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Sticky beaks and noisy squawks at open day

Government House Open Day, Canberra.

Jenna Clarke The Governor-General may be the head of the household but at Government House it's the cockatoos who rule the roost.

Probe into toddler's death

An ACT Policing Forensic Officer leaves the Canberra International Sports and Aquatic Centre following the drowning of a girl on Saturday morning.

Jenna Clarke Autopsy to be carried out on two-year-old girl who died after pool visit.

Campese soaks up limelight

Canberra Raiders fans help give Canberra Raiders captain Terry Campese a bath of Raiders Lime during the members day at Canberra Stadium.

Jenna Clarke If a milk bath was good enough for Cleopatra, it's good enough for Terry Campese.

Canberrans settle for a lazy Sundae

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Jenna Clarke Guests at Canberra's birthday party all screamed for more ice cream, so Ben & Jerry's have now delivered.

Australia 2050: sky may be purple, but generation gap still wide

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Jenna Clarke Australia could be an eco-friendly safe haven bursting with community spirit and human capital or a feudal dystopian nightmare in 2050, according to studies and forums being conducted by the CSIRO.

Two guys and a lot of swearwords: Canberra's latest viral sensation Canberra (I Miss You)

Sam Burns-Warr and Jordan Prosser

Jenna Clarke They were aiming for a “heartfelt, Shannon Noll-type ballad” dedicated to their hometown but what Sam Burns-Warr and Jordan Prosser ended up producing is a viral R’n’B love letter to Canberra.

Novel idea to get book lovers drooling

Jenna Clarke Forget Darryl Kerrigan's pool room in the film The Castle this weekend because Canberra will have something better in the form of a ''drool room'', according to organisers of the Lifeline Autumn...

Zara makes a fashionable entrance

Zara fashion house boss Amancio Ortega of Spain.

Jenna Clarke Zara will feel right at home when it opens its doors on Thursday.

Sophisticated party proves grand dame is all grown up

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Jenna Clarke Australia may have 99 problems but the centenary of Canberra ain't one.

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Bit itchy, but this T-shirt shames latest effort

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Aaron Chandler, wearing his vintage Canberra t-shirt and Chuck Taylors with his restored 1970s Valiant
The Canberra Times
07 March 2013
Photo Jay Cronan

Jenna Clarke The official centenary T-shirt does nothing to quash unfounded beliefs that Canberra is boring and bland.

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The countdown for Zara has begun

Canberra Times, contributed photo- Zara store, coming to the Canberra centre.

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Jenna Clarke Credit cards at the ready Canberra.

Viviane's style is a winner

News. Black Opal Stakes.  Fashions on the Field Classic Ladies Racewear winners, from left, second place Kody-Leigh Hirst from Stirling, first place Vivina Parish from Bywong and third place Angela Menz from Chiefly during the Black Opal Stakes at Thoroughbred Park in Canberra.   10th of March 2013. Canberra Times Photograph by Jeffrey Chan

Jenna Clarke The programme may have said Autumn racing but the weather and hemlines had other ideas.

In a galaxy not so Fafa away - a show to blow dry your mind

NEWS:  FaFa Franco from Sienta la Cabeza a spanish hairdressing performance art group who style people's hair live on stage as part of their act.  6th March 2013.  Photo by MELISSA ADAMS of The Canberra Times.

Jenna Clarke Cancel your wash'n'blow dry this weekend Canberra, Fafa; Franco and her team have arrived in town to help you "get your head together" with coloured hairspray, glitter and plastic flowers.

Winner impressed right out of the gate

Winner Kate Goodwin

Jenna Clarke In a borrowed hat and Target dress, 19-year-old Kate Goodwin beat 25 young hopefuls to become the 2013 Face of Canberra Racing.

Clothes maketh the men find manners

Deanne Barnes, centre, won the best dressed prize on Sunday. With her are Tracey Clifford, left, and Tracy Rowe, right.

Jenna Clarke Deanne Barnes is a serious follower of vintage fashion.

Brothels safer place to work, former prostitute tells students

Sex worker, Randy prepares for a client in a Sydney brothel.

Jenna Clarke Students who do sex work should be working in brothels, a former Canberra sex worker says.

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Old pub, much loved, needs new owner

Owner of the historic Bushranger Hotel Dianne Betts who's husband only recently had a quadruple bypass has listed the hotel for sale.

Jenna Clarke THE village of Collector just north of Canberra and its homely pub have many things in common with the television series Cheers - Norm and Dianne are behind the bar and everybody knows everybody...