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"Idiots": Shaun Micallef is Mad As Hell after ABC airs wrong episode

<p>Shaun Micallef has joined in viewers’ confusion after ABC aired an old episode of<span> </span>Mad As Hell<span> </span>by mistake on Wednesday night.</p> <p>Fans tuned in to the program on 8.30 pm to catch the latest episode, only to be met with a re-run of last week’s show.</p> <p>Viewers quickly noted the mistake and pointed it out on social media. The hashtag #madashell became Australia’s top trending topic of the evening on Twitter, beating out other shows’ tag such as #MasterChefAU and #TheDrum.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">What's with the repeat? I have no life and been looking forward to this for a week!!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/madashell?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#madashell</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABCTV</a></p> — Chris Watson (@theaveragemuso) <a href="https://twitter.com/theaveragemuso/status/1151440295474499584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">Was <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MadAsHell?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MadAsHell</a> meant to be a repeat? <a href="https://t.co/HQ0DXjldi0">pic.twitter.com/HQ0DXjldi0</a></p> — Neil McMahon (@NeilMcMahon) <a href="https://twitter.com/NeilMcMahon/status/1151441190044127232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">It’s officially a stuff-up. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MadAsHell?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MadAsHell</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/auspol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#auspol</a> <a href="https://t.co/zsfAjpAyVV">pic.twitter.com/zsfAjpAyVV</a></p> — Sandra K Eckersley🔹 (@SandraEckersley) <a href="https://twitter.com/SandraEckersley/status/1151446237498888192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">On a positive note, <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABCTV</a> airing the wrong episode of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Madashell?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Madashell</a> means it has overtaken Masterchef in Twitter trends probably for the first time in ever. And it was an intense Masterchef too with the final 5 cooking in George Calombaris' restaurant. It's quite an achievement! <a href="https://t.co/Lk66tgimaU">pic.twitter.com/Lk66tgimaU</a></p> — Ryan Smedley (@Smedsta) <a href="https://twitter.com/Smedsta/status/1151443485762838528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>Host of the show Micallef confirmed that the public broadcaster aired the wrong episode. “My wife is ringing the ABC switchboard. I rang ITV. Hopefully we’ll at least get the right one up on iView,” Micallef tweeted.</p> <p>“It’s a good episode, too. Nice and topical. Maybe they’ll play it next week.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">My wife is ringing the ABC switchboard. I rang ITV. Hopefully we'll at least get the right one up on iView. It's a good episode too. Nice and topical. Maybe they'll play it next week. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/madashelltv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#madashelltv</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/idiots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#idiots</a> <a href="https://t.co/FzYRHuuISv">https://t.co/FzYRHuuISv</a></p> — Shaun Micallef (@shaunmicallef) <a href="https://twitter.com/shaunmicallef/status/1151441244196704258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/madashelltv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#madashelltv</a> I've just heard from the ABC and they've just confirmed that they're playing the wrong episode. Thank God. I thought I was going crazy...</p> — Shaun Micallef (@shaunmicallef) <a href="https://twitter.com/shaunmicallef/status/1151446296307228673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>Towards the end of the show, an apology was added to the bottom of the screen saying that the old episode was played “due to a technical error”.</p> <p>A follow-up statement by ABC TV apologised for “any disappointment caused by the technical issue”.</p> <p>According to<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2019/7/18/exclusive-just-why-did-the-abc-broadcast-the-wrong-episode-of-mad-as-hell-last-night-madashelltv" target="_blank"><em>TV Blackbox</em></a>, the error occurred after an ABC staffer mislabelled the episode. The mistake was not found out until the broadcast commenced and complaints started coming in from viewers.</p> <p>Despite the mishap, the show’s <a href="https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/07/just-how-many-people-watched-a-micallef-replay.html">ratings</a> did not suffer for the night. <em>Mad As Hell </em>won its slot with 495,000 metro viewers, ahead of Channel 10’s new comedy-drama series <em>My Life is Murder </em>on 482,000.</p> <p>The correct episode is now up on ABC’s streaming service iview. TV viewers will also be able to catch the fourth episode of the show’s tenth series on Thursday at 9pm.</p>

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Just like mum! Megan Gale shares rare photo of 3-year-old son River

<p>With a supermodel for a mum and a handsome professional footballer as a dad, it’s no surprise that Megan Gale and Shaun Hampson’s son River is absolutely gorgeous, but a new, rare snap of the three-year-old has many predicting he’s got his own modelling career in his future.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BeAY3oAHM4y/" target="_blank">A post shared by MEGAN GALE (@megankgale)</a> on Jan 16, 2018 at 1:55am PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“If you follow me on insta you’d know I rarely post photos of my son but I was going through our holiday photos and this one just stops me in my tracks every time,” Megan captioned the stunning photo. “He melts my heart!”</p> <p>Her fans were quick to point out that River certainly shares her good looks. “He has your eyes,” one commenter wrote. “He’s so you! Gorgeous young man.”</p> <p>Given he’s definitely inherited mum’s looks, time will only tell if he’s inherited dad’s talent on the footy field!</p> <p><em>Image credit: Megan Gale/Instagram.</em></p>

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David Cassidy completely cuts daughter Katie out of will

<p>The late Partridge Family star David Cassidy has completely cut his estranged daughter, actress Katie Cassidy, from his will, according to documents reported by <a href="https://theblast.com/david-cassidy-will/" target="_blank">The Blast</a>.</p> <p>Instead the late actor and musician left most of his estate to his son Beau, whom he shared with now ex-wife Susan.</p> <p>According to the publication, David’s will and testament stated that "while he has two children — Beau and Katie — any references to his 'child or children' are only to Beau and not to Katie."</p> <p>He wrote: “It is my specific intent not to provide any benefits hereunder to Katherine Evelyn Cassidy.”</p> <p>David, who passed away on November 21, 2017 aged 67, left approximately $200,000 in various assets to Beau.</p> <p>Items considered "music memorabilia" will go to David’s three half-siblings.</p> <p>The will was filed in 2004 and named Susan as the personal representative, but David's cousin assumed the role after David and Susan divorced in 2016.</p> <p>Katie, who currently stars on the TV superhero drama Arrow, has had a chequered history with her father.</p> <p>Following his death, she shared her father’s last words, writing on Twitter: "Words can't express the solace our family’s received from all the love &amp; support during this trying time. My father’s last words were 'So much wasted time.' This will be a daily reminder for me to share my gratitude with those I love as to never waste another minute....thank you."</p> <p>But Cassidy and his daughter, whose mother is model Sherry Williams, revealed in an interview with People earlier this year that he was merely her father by biology.</p> <p>“I never had a relationship with her. I wasn’t her father,” David told <a href="http://people.com/celebrity/david-cassidy-talks-relationship-son-daughter/">People </a>in February. “I was her biological father but I didn’t raise her. She has a completely different life.”</p> <p>Katie was mostly raised by her stepfather, Williams’ husband, Dr Richard Benedon.</p>

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David Cassidy’s daughter Katie reveals dad’s touching last words

<p>Katie Cassidy has spoken for the first time about her father David Cassidy, who died of organ failure last Tuesday at the age of 67.</p> <p>Taking to Twitter, the 30-year-old actress wrote: “Words can’t express the solace our family’s received from all the love &amp; support during this trying time. My father’s last words were ‘So much wasted time.’ This will be a daily reminder for me to share my gratitude with those I love as to never waste another minute… Thank you.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">Words cant express the solace our family’s received from all the love &amp; support during this trying time. My father’s last words were “So much wasted time”. This will be a daily reminder for me to share my gratitude with those I love as to never waste another minute....thank you.</p> — Katie Cassidy (@MzKatieCassidy) <a href="https://twitter.com/MzKatieCassidy/status/934148630319128577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <p>Katie had a complicated relationship with her father. She was raised by her mother, former model Sherry Williams, and her stepfather, Richard Benedon, but David still played a role in her life.</p> <p>“Because I didn’t raise her, I didn’t have to parent her,” David <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://people.com/archive/david-katie-cassidy-vol-72-no-10/">told PEOPLE in 2009</a></strong></span>. “I’m always here and totally nonjudgmental.”</p> <p>“To be able to go to someone I’m genetically linked to, tell them anything and know that they’re not going to judge me — it’s unbelievable,” Katie said at the time. “It’s nice when your dad can be your friend.”</p> <p>But over time, the pair drifted apart. In February, David confessed that the two were not longer in contact.</p> <p>“I wasn’t her father. I was her biological father but I didn’t raise her. She has a completely different life,” he explained. “[But] I’m proud of her. She’s very talented. It’s hard for me to even accept how old she is now.”</p> <p>In addition to Katie, David is survived by son Beau Cassidy, brothers Shaun, Patrick and Ryan, and stepmother Shirley Jones.</p>

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Shaun Cassidy shares beautiful tribute to his brother David

<p><span>Shaun Cassidy shared an emotional tribute to his older half-brother, David Cassidy, following his death on Tuesday.</span></p> <p><span>Shaun wrote a message on Twitter talking about the duo’s sibling rivalry and their close relationship in David’s final days.</span></p> <p><span>"When I was a little boy and my big brother would come to visit, the first call of business would be a punishing pillow fight. During the battle, he would regale me with hysterical stories of our father, often culminating in his taking a giant leap off my top bunk," Shaun wrote.</span></p> <p><span>"I tried to catch him of course. I always tried to catch him. But I never could. Now, I will carry him, along with all of the funny/sad/extraordinary days we shared, none more filled with love than these last few at his side."</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">...I tried to catch him of course. I always tried to catch him. But I never could. Now, I will carry him, along with all of the funny/sad/extraordinary days we shared, none more filled with love than these last few at his side. <a href="https://t.co/nc4w9HdTLC">pic.twitter.com/nc4w9HdTLC</a></p> — Shaun Cassidy (@shaunpcassidy) <a href="https://twitter.com/shaunpcassidy/status/933365622188204032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <p><span>Shaun and David shared a father, Jack Cassidy. Shaun’s mother Shirley Jones – who was married to Jack – was David’s stepmother and played his mum Shirley Partridge in the 1970s series that shot him to fame.</span></p> <p><span>Shirley also shared a special tribute to her stepson.</span></p> <p><span>"Long before he played my son on </span><em><span>The Partridge Family</span></em><span>, David Cassidy was my stepson in real life," she said in a statement to</span><em><span> </span></em><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.etonline.com/shirley-jones-pays-tribute-sweet-stepson-david-cassidy-91588" target="_blank"><em>Entertainment Tonight</em></a></strong></span>.</span></p> <p><span>"As a little boy, his sweet sensitivity and wicked sense of humor were already on display, and I will treasure the years we spent working and growing together.”</span></p> <p><span>"I will also find solace knowing that David is now with his dad," she said in her statement.</span></p> <p><span>"My heart is with David’s daughter, Katie, his son, Beau, and with Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan, whom I know are deeply missing their brother today," she continued.</span></p> <p><span>"Thank you for the enormous outpouring of affection you have offered our family at this difficult time."</span></p> <p><span>Just like his brother, Shaun was also a singer and actor before going on to produce TV series and movies including </span><em><span>American Gothic</span></em><span>.</span></p> <p><span>In the 1990s, the brothers starred together in the Broadway play </span><em><span>Blood Brothers</span></em><span>.  </span></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/2017/11/david-cassidy-has-died-aged-67/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>David died</strong></span></a> at the age of 67 <a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/retirement-life/2017/02/david-cassidy-reveals-he%E2%80%99s-fighting-dementia/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>after being diagnosed with dementia</strong></span></a>.</span></p> <p><span>"David died surrounded by those he loved, with joy in his heart and free from the pain that had gripped him for so long," read a family statement<a href="http://www.countryliving.com/life/news/a45814/david-cassidy-died/" target="_blank"></a> released by publicist JoAnn Geffen.</span></p> <p><span>"Thank you for the abundance and support you have shown him these many years."</span></p>

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“Partridge Family” star David Cassidy has died aged 67

<p>David Cassidy, the pop culture idol of the 1970s has died aged 67, his publicist has confirmed. </p> <p>The acting and singing Partridge Family star was <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/health/caring/2017/11/partridge-family-star-david-cassidy-in-critical-condition/">hospitalised</a></strong></span><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/health/caring/2017/11/partridge-family-star-david-cassidy-in-critical-condition/"> </a></strong>over the weekend with multiple organ failure. His publicist, JoAnn Geffen said on Monday that his family had joined him in hospital. He died in the intensive care unit of a Florida hospital, she said.</p> <p>The 67-year-old former teen idol said earlier this year that he was struggling with memory loss and that he was ending his 50-year career. Cassidy has had numerous personal problems in the decades following his initial success, ranging from substance abuse to bankruptcy.</p> <p>Cassidy announced in February he was to retire. His final show, in California, US, showed dementia was taking hold. Videos taken by fans of the singer struggling to remember words to some of his old hits.</p> <p>The Partridge Family aired from 1970-74 and was intended at first as a vehicle for Shirley Jones, the Oscar winning actress and Cassidy's stepmother. Jones played Shirley Partridge, a widow with five children with whom she forms a popular act that travels on a psychedelic bus. The cast featured a shaggy-haired Cassidy as eldest son and family heartthrob Keith Partridge.</p> <p>At the height of his popularity, Cassidy commanded a fan base that drew comparisons to those of Elvis Presley and the Beatles, with the New York Times reporting that after a 21-year-old Cassidy's gallbladder was removed in 1971, fans called for the singer's gallstones to be covered in bronze and sold alongside clippings of his hair.</p> <p>Cassidy's entrails remained off the market, but for several years his likeness was emblazoned on posters, push-out cards, colouring books and lunch boxes, as the band he led on TV - the Partridge Family, a true family outfit that featured his stepmother Shirley Jones - became one of the decade's defining pop music acts, beloved by a mostly female audience and derided by critics who heard only bubble-gum blandness.</p> <p>e group was a spiritual successor to the Monkees, the "prefab four," who became a hit act in the 1960s after starring in a television show of the same name.</p> <p>Cassidy was the family band's lead singer and guitarist. The quintet scored its first chart-topper with I Think I Love You in 1970, a breezy pop song written for the program's eighth episode.</p> <p>Cassidy, a skinny 20-year-old who still looked like a teenager, he said he had little in common with the staid, occasionally stupid youngster he played on television. The son of divorced show business parents - his father was Tony-winning actor Jack Cassidy - he nurtured a love of rock music and artistic pretensions, hoping to parlay his television work into more serious acting.</p> <p><em>Republished with permission of <strong><a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/99142310/davd-cassidy-has-died">Stuff.co.nz.</a></strong></em></p> <p><em> </em></p>

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Megan Gale shamed for having a night out two weeks after giving birth

<p>As most parents will attest to, raising a newborn is one of the most difficult and stressful times in a person’s life. So, when you’ve got a chance to get away for a few hours, you’ve got to take it, right?</p> <p>Well, Megan Gale, who <a href="/lifestyle/family-pets/2017/10/megan-gale-reveals-daughters-name/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">gave birth to her baby daughter Rosie</span></strong></a> two weeks ago, did just that with fiance Shaun Hampson over the weekend, only to find herself becoming the unwitting target of cruel online bullies.</p> <p>The parents-of-two shared a selfie as they went out for a “quick dinner date” recently, confirming both Rosie and River (their three-year-old son) were under the watchful eyes of their grandparents. “Missing our babies, but SO important for parents to have some couple time when/if they can grab it,” Gale wrote.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ5fC7zHhVa/" target="_blank">A post shared by MEGAN GALE (@megankgale)</a> on Oct 6, 2017 at 12:29am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Little did she know, she was about to face an onslaught of comments criticising her for simply trying to relax. Gale’s response to the “mummy shaming”, however, has drawn praise from parents around the country.</p> <p>“For sure we have to devote the majority of our time to our kids. However, IF it can be managed well, stealing an hour or two here and there as a couple or an individual is a ‘win’ for parents,” she added to the caption.</p> <p>“In this instance we had left Rosie with my very experienced and capable Mum after I had bathed, dressed, fed her and put her down plus I'd expressed enough milk for two feeds just in case.”</p> <p>“At the moment she sleeps for 4-5 hours and then feeds again so we knew we had more than enough time for a 1-hour dinner, which was 3 mins from our house. And last night was no exception, she slept 6pm-10.30pm.”</p> <p>“With River I barely left the house for the first 6 weeks, out of fear, out of guilt and I lost a little part of myself and also developed what I now feel was a mild case of post-natal depression."</p> <p>“If you’ve ensured your child is well looked after in your absence, then there is nothing wrong with some alone time as a couple or as an individual. You’ll be happier people for it and more importantly, better parents.”</p> <p>“Oh and to the ignorant, judgemental people projecting negativity on my page, it delights me to inform you that I block and delete instantly. No room for that crap here – this is a place of love and peace. Your comments don't upset me, they just make me smile and make you look nasty.”</p> <p>Good on you, Megan!</p> <p><em>Image credit: Megan Gale/Instagram.</em></p>

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Megan Gale finally reveals newborn daughter’s name

<p>Considering you’re stuck with it your whole life, it makes sense that Megan Gale wanted to get her newborn daughter’s name just right. Now, two weeks after her birth, the 42-year-old model has finally revealed the name she and fiancé Shaun Hampson have picked – Rosie May Dee Hampson.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ3DrCAnA_d/" target="_blank">A post shared by MEGAN GALE (@megankgale)</a> on Oct 5, 2017 at 1:51am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Megan took to Instagram to share the struggle the couple had finding the right name for their new bundle of joy, writing, “We were lucky we had so many great names for this little girl. We just wanted to be really sure that it was the one for her.”</p> <p>“This was a name I had really liked initially when I was pregnant, Shaun wasn't a fan so I’d crossed it off the list and we focused only on one other name that we both liked. Then when she was born Shaun said she really suited Rosie but we still weren’t 100 per cent [sure] and also still keen on some of the other names too. Talk about indecisiveness!”</p> <p>“Anyway, yesterday we stared long and hard at her while she was snoozing and it just all came together. No other name seemed to suit her more than Rosie. And the name has a beautiful significance too, much like River’s [the couple’s 3-year-old son]. Rosie is a nod to my Nana (Dad’s Mum, Rosella), May is my Mum’s name, Dee is Shaun’s Mum’s name and obviously Hampson, the family name from Tom, Shaun’s Dad.”</p> <p>Only time will tell if little Rosie follows in the footsteps of her model mum, but with genes like that, we wouldn’t be surprised!</p> <p><em>Image credit: Megan Gale/Instagram.</em></p>

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Megan Gale bravely opens up about miscarriage

<p>One month after she <a href="/news/news/2017/04/megan-gale-funny-pregnancy-announcement/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">announced her pregnancy in the most adorable way</span></strong></a>, Aussie model Megan Gale has bravely spoken about her miscarriage for the first time since revealing the news, plus sharing how she’s dealing with preparations for baby number two with boyfriend Shaun Hampson.</p> <p>“The pregnancy is going well,” she tells <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/megan-gale-second-pregnancy/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mamamia</span></strong></a>. “In some ways it is different to my first [pregnancy] because of the experience of going through a miscarriage. I was very conscious to not put a lot of pressure on myself or Shaun or us or as a couple [to fall pregnant again] and let it happen organically. We very were lucky that it happened so quickly.”</p> <p>However, the <em>Australia’s Next Top Model</em> host admits she still holds fears for the worst. “With my first pregnancy, I knew there were complications but I didn't worry about it as much. With this pregnancy, I have been waiting for every scan and waiting on the edge of my seat for each one to pass.</p> <p>“I try not to let nerves and stress play a role in it all, but you can't help but wonder - what if it happens again? Shaun spoke about it as a couple and we agreed, whatever will be will be.”</p> <p>Despite all these fears, Gale admits she “wasn’t nervous” sharing her special news with the world. “On the one hand you're very happy to be at the point where you're safe and secure enough to be able to announce it. When you're in the public eye, you want to let people know what's going on rather than have people speculate. To go under that scrutiny before you're ready is a little bit unfair.”</p> <p>In a February interview with <em><a href="https://www.instylemag.com.au/article/celebrity/megan-gale-opens-up-about-carrying-her-first-child-after-miscarriage" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">InStyle</span></strong></a></em>, the model mum recalled the tragic moment she found out she’d lost the baby. “I hopped up on the table and [my obstetrician] put the ultrasound on my tummy. He just kept moving it and not saying anything and I started to feel sick. He was quiet, and then he just said, ‘I’m so sorry, it’s gone.’”</p> <p>We wish all the best for Megan and Shaun with baby number two.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Getty.</em></p>

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David Cassidy reveals he’s fighting dementia

<p>The <em>Partridge Family</em> star has expressed that he knew this battle was coming as his family has a history of dementia.</p> <p>“I was in denial, but a part of me always knew this was coming,” he told People magazine. </p> <p>On the weekend at a gig, David struggled to remember the words of his songs, took long breaks, told random stories and even fell over when he was playing in an instrumental section. He has a scheduled concert on Sunday but the star told his audience at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills that he will no longer be touring.</p> <p>The 66-year-old actor posted a message on Twitter expressing his gratitude to fans and family who have supported him during this time.</p> <p>“Thank you to everyone who has reached out offering their love and support,” he wrote.</p> <p>Evelyn Ward, David’s mother, battled with dementia until her death at the age of 89.</p> <p>During his time in the spotlight David has experienced various personal issues from substance abuse to bankruptcy. </p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/health/caring/2017/02/results-on-dementia-research-smartphone-game/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Results on dementia research smartphone game </strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/health/caring/2017/01/helpful-advice-for-caring-for-someone-with-dementia/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Helpful advice for caring for someone with dementia</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/retirement-life/2017/01/great-grandmother-whose-alzheimers-struggle-touched-hearts-loses-fight/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Great-grandmother whose Alzheimer's struggle touched hearts loses fight</strong></em></span></a></p>

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Where are they now: The Partridge Family

<p><span>They were the singing family that took the world by storm in the 1970s, and although it was cancelled after four seasons in 1974, <em>The Partridge Family</em>’s musical legacy lives on. Let’s take a look back at the show’s stars and find out what they did next. Take a look at how much they’ve changed in the gallery above, the photos correspond to the list below.</span></p> <p><strong>Shirley Jones (Shirley Partridge)</strong></p> <p><span>Eighty-two-year-old Jones was already an established film star before she took on the role of the Partridge family matriarch but mostly stuck to television after the show ended. She had her own short-lived comedy-drama called Shirley and appeared in episodes of <em>The Love Boat</em>, <em>Murder, She Wrote,</em> <em>Melrose Place</em> and more. She has ten grandchildren.</span></p> <p><strong>David Cassidy (Keith Douglas Partridge)</strong></p> <p><span>Cassidy became a teenage heartthrob thanks to his portrayal of the eldest child in the Partridge family. After the show was cancelled, the now-66-year-old mostly focussed on music, returning to TV several times throughout the years on shows such as <em>CSI</em> and <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>. He has since committed several drunk driving offences and filed for bankruptcy last year.</span></p> <p><strong>Susan Dey (Laurie Partridge)</strong></p> <p><span>Dey, now 63, played the eldest daughter in the Partridge family. After the show, she appeared in several TV movies before finding fame once more on the drama series <em>L.A. Law</em>, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She had one daughter with late husband Leonard Hirshan before remarrying TV producer Bernard Sofronski in 1988.</span></p> <p><strong>Danny Bonaduce (Danny Partridge)</strong></p> <p><span>After several movie and TV appearances post-<em>The Partridge Family</em>, 56-year-old Bonaduce turned to radio, becoming a hit presenter on several stations around the US and also dabbling in wrestling and boxing. He was arrested back in 1990 after trying to buy cocaine at an anti-drug even he was hosting. Today he splits his time between Los Angeles and Seattle with wife Amy Railsback.</span></p> <p><strong>Brian Forster (Chris Partridge)</strong></p> <p><span>Fifty-six-year-old Forster took over the role of Chris after the original actor, Jeremy Gelbwaks, moved away from Los Angeles after the first season. Forster, who is the great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, became a racecar driver after <em>The Partridge Family</em>. He reprised the role of Chris in 2008 in the online sitcom Break a Leg.</span></p> <p><strong>Suzanne Crough Condray (Tracy Partridge)</strong></p> <p><span>Condray, who played the youngest member of the Partridge family, made a few more television appearances before retiring from the entertainment industry in 1980. She went to college and ran her own book store until 1993. She married William Condray and the couple had two daughters before sadly passing away last year at the age of 52 from a rare heart condition.</span></p> <p><strong>Dave Madden (Reuben Kincaid)</strong></p> <p><span>After <em>The Partridge Family</em>, Madden, who played the family’s band manager, appeared on shows such as <em>Bewitched</em>, <em>Happy Days</em> and <em>The Love Boat</em>. After divorcing from first wife Nena Arnold (with whom he had a son and adopted a daughter) in 1985, Madden married his old college sweetheart in 1998. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 82.</span></p> <p><span>What was your favourite show from the ‘70s? Tell us about it in the comment section below.</span></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/tv/2016/06/the-waltons-where-are-they-now/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>The Waltons: where are they today?</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/tv/2016/05/happy-days-cast-where-are-they-now/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Where are they now: cast of Happy Days</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/tv/2016/04/where-are-the-cast-of-mash-now/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>MASH: Where are they now?</strong></em></span></a></p>

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