Oprah Winfrey

Secret surgery

How did Angelina keep it a secret?

Andrew Hornery That the woman dubbed 'St Angelina' in the showbiz press managed to keep her surgery a secret, in the era of the 24-hour, all-consuming news cycle, is verging on the miraculous.

Both love animals but there's one key difference

Suzanne Carbone There could be an awkward quickstep on the red carpet tonight at a VIP cocktail party for American talk-show star Ellen DeGeneres after Premier Denis Napthine said on radio that he doesn't support...

Debate continues

The Ellen and Denis show: a marriage made in Melbourne

Suzanne Carbone 'We'll get married as many times as possible,' said US TV host Ellen DeGeneres, referring to her partner, Australian Portia de Rossi, whom she has already married.

Private Sydney

Good line for bodice ripper

Andrew Hornery It's a dramatic love story which reads like a chapter from one of her late grandmother-in-law Dame Barbara Cartland's racy pot boilers, but former Sydney socialite turned British aristocrat, Lady...

Relationship status

Rihanna and Chris Brown back together

The rocky relationship of Chris Brown and Rihanna rebounds at a basketball match as the couple share Christmas Day together.

'I love Chris'

Rihanna's dad gives Brown reunion his blessing

Rihanna's dad has given her ex Chris Brown his blessing to romance his daughter again.

Dark place

Rihanna: embarrassed and humiliated

Rihanna has opened up to Oprah Winfrey about the assault that ended her romance with Chris Brown.

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Date with Kate

Disaster date

Kate Waterhouse Celebrity chef, Curtis Stone on becoming a dad and why his first date with partner, Lindsay Price was a 'total disaster.'

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Holmes hires lawyers and tells Cruise it's OVER I want a divorce

HARRIET RYAN and JOHN HORN Katie Holmes has retained two prominent law firms that specialise in break-ups among the wealthy as she files for divorce from Tom Cruise.

Katie and Tom: Marriage Impossible?

Did a long-running conflict between Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes over which religious upbringing was best for their daughter lead to the breakdown of Hollywood’s most curious relationship,...

Damaged goods

From Cruise control to loose cannon?

Damian Thompson His superstar status gave Scientology invaluable influence in Hollywood, but with a nasty-looking divorce looming, is Tom Cruise now a liability to the controversial Church?

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Cruise out of control?

Damian Thompson When his third wife filed for divorce, a spokesman for Tom Cruise asked the media to respect the privacy of the actor's family.

Popular girl

Pippa US chat show dream: tabloid

US television chat show Queens Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters are locked in a fierce bidding war to secure royal sister Pippa Middleton as a guest, says a British tabloid.

Whitney Houston's daughter has 'complete breakdown' as prescription drug rumours swirl

US singer Whitney Houston may have drowned after falling asleep in a bathtub at a Beverly Hills hotel, possibly after taking a drug used to treat anxiety and depression, US reports say.

Whitney Houston dead

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died.

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Vindication

'They're not sorry': phone hacking victim Charlotte Church settles for $950,000

Gregory Katz Charlotte Church's nearly $1 million settlement Monday with Rupert Murdoch's company provides vindication for a former child singing sensation caught in a web of tabloid intrigue as she grew into her...