Sky High

Blockhead move sees contestant hospitalised

Aja Styles Sydney tough-cookie Madison Coppock, 24, was taken to hospital because of a self-admitted blockhead move; she pushed herself too hard in the first week of The Block Sky High's competition.

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Tackled

Justin Bieber attacked onstage in Dubai: report

Aja Styles A Justin Bieber fan tackled the singer onstage during a concert in Dubai over the weekend, according to a United Arab Emirates report and a mobile phone video posted on YouTube.

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Overcharging

'Highway robbery': Musicians scalp own tickets, says Kid Rock

Aja Styles Popular rap-rocker, Kid Rock, has revealed many artists are guilty of "scalping" seats to their own shows to work out the market value, and now ticket prices have "gotten out of hand".

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MKR recap

No child's play: tempers flare in a pumped-up vegie challenge

Aja Styles It's time to visit kindergarten again and see how well the My Kitchen Rules children are playing. There is certainly plenty of shouting, but since Jenna gets to sit out tonight's challenge, not so...

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Jake and Elle

Only Sam is smiling as social media ban frustrates MKR contestants

Aja Styles MKR contestants Jake and Elle are crying out for a social media ban to end so that they can begin selling their wares and cashing in on the following they have generated from the show.

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Yoko Ono

Nothing's going to change the world like Lennon's blood-stained glasses

Aja Styles Yoko Ono has tweeted a graphic reminder about gun violence in the United States.

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Shocked

Folk singer goes on 'God hates f-gs' rant

Aja Styles Living up to her name, American singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked has reportedly stunned a San Francisco crowd with an anti-gay rant during her national tour.

MasterChef winner's uncertain recipe for the future

Aja Styles With $200,000 in his pocket, MasterChef: The Professionals winner Rhys Badcock no longer needs to shop at thrift stores for his clothes.

Troll toll

Facebeef dupes Today Tonight into fake trolling story

Aja Styles Internet troll group, Facebeef, has made a public mockery of Today Tonight after convincing the show to run a bogus cyber bullying story as its lead expose.

Twitter spat

Stone the Roses, rapper's 'road hags' rage

Aja Styles Rapper Azealia Banks says she almost got into a fist fight with The Stone Roses' frontman Ian Brown at Melbourne's Future Music Festival and later made claims that the British rock band was trying to...

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Oztracised

Franco slams Australia's 'embarrassing' gay film ban

Aja Styles He may have the title of 'Oz the Great and Powerful', but it will be interesting to see what sway actor James Franco has in Australia after he criticised the nation's Classification Board for banning...

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YouTube sensation shakes music chart

Aja Styles DJ Harry Rodrigues can's claim the same fame as the Beatles but almost 17 million YouTube views later, he certainly has Australia's attention.

Royalties

Off the 'shop window', Mantel's book sales soar

Aja Styles Author Hilary Mantel is used to being acknowledged, having won two Man Booker prizes, but it took the words "plastic" and "mannequin" for her to make worldwide headlines, and to drive a spike in...

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Time is up

BBC spends no more time on The Hour

Aja Styles Conclusion of The Hour is nigh. The BBC has announced it will not be comissioning a third season of the critically acclaimed 1950s drama despite it previously receiving nominations for four BAFTAs,...

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MKR recap

Bingo bango, the boys scoot into town

Aja Styles After the elimination of Jessie and Biswa, is there any point carrying on? New My Kitchen Rules contenders, cousins Sam and Chris, are trying to convince us so.

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MKR's Sam and Chris insights about that lamb

Aja Styles Meet cousins 'smiley' Sam and 'nerdy' Chris, the latest sacrificial lambs on My Kitchen Rules, who are potentially facing the chopping block after Thursday's show.

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Back to the future for My Kitchen Rules

Aja Styles Seven's attempt to recapture audiences by trying to spice up a formulaic recipe was as dated as the first contestants' instant restaurant.

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Northcote goes Gaga for US Independence Day

Aja Styles Lady Gaga celebrated America's Independence Day with a party at the Northcote Social Club in Melbourne last night after concluding the Victorian leg of her Born This Way Ball tour.

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Ernie Dingo charged with assault

Aja Styles Television and film star Ernie Dingo has been charged with slapping a child in the face at a school presentation in Carnarvon.