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Game of Thrones actor passes away at just 39

<p>In a heartbreaking turn of events, Darren Kent, the actor known for his role in Game of Thrones, has passed away following a valiant struggle against osteoporosis, arthritis and an exceptionally rare skin disorder.</p> <p>News of his departure was confirmed by his talent agency, Carey Dodd Associates, through a statement shared on Facebook page this Tuesday.</p> <p>"It is with deep sadness we have to tell you that our dear friend and client Darren Kent passed away peacefully on Friday, his parents and best friend by his side. Our thoughts and love are with his family in this difficult time."</p> <p>They continued: "Darren was not only a talented actor, director and writer, he was truly one of the kindest people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting.</p> <p>"It has been a privilege and pleasure to have been a part of his journey. RIP my friend."</p> <p>Darren Kent's on-screen legacy is highlighted by his memorable portrayal as a goatherder in a pivotal 2014 episode of <em>Game of Thrones</em>. His artistic journey began a decade earlier with his first screen credit in the original series <em>Shameless</em>, setting the stage for his ventures into film.</p> <p>Notable among his filmography are roles in the 2008 horror film <em>Mirrors</em>, starring Kiefer Sutherland, as well as 2012's <em>Snow White and the Huntsman</em>. Television audiences were also treated to his talent, as he graced the screens of shows like <em>Community</em> and the BBC's <em>EastEnders</em>.</p> <p>He stole the show with his recent portrayal as the 'Yes' Corpse <span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">in 2023's</span><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> </span><em style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, </em><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">one of his final performances. A glance at his IMDb page hints at a future that he won't be able to witness, listing six upcoming titles, comprising short films and the feature titled </span><em style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">What I Know</em><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">.</span></p> <p><em>Images: Facebook / Instagram</em></p>

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Gogglebox star’s heart-breaking loss

<p dir="ltr">Angie Kent is in mourning after her close friend Tommy passed away at the age of 42.</p> <p dir="ltr">The former <em>Gogglebox </em>star, 33, posted a series of photos of her late friend, explaining that she had taken a step back from social media after hearing about his death.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Goodbye for now, not forever my prince. I forgot to add Tommy with the main loves of his life,” she wrote, alongside a photo of Tommy with her dogs.</p> <p dir="ltr">“All our rescue dogs over the years. I could not have met a person who loved dogs more than this man.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“I've been quiet on here since I found out the news of the passing of one of my best friends.”</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" 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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CskHloZPsdp/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </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/reel/CskHloZPsdp/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Angie Kent (@angiekent_)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Angie continued, “Shock, mourning, grieving and feeling all the feels! I think it's important to take time and stay present.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Tommy and Angie lived together in Sydney for three years, with fellow <em>Gogglebox </em>star Yvie Jones.</p> <p dir="ltr">Tom had Down Syndrome and diabetes that required full-time care, which is where Angie previously stepped in.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I'm there to help him with his diabetes to get him up in the morning and to help him have a healthy routine,” Angie told <em>The Project</em> in 2019.</p> <p dir="ltr">The TV star said it was always a pleasure living with Tommy, as he always made her laugh and was the perfect housemate.</p> <p dir="ltr">Tommy’s mother Rachel praised Angie, who also appeared on <em>The Bachelorette</em> in 2019, who helped to make her son’s life easier and enabled him to live outside a dedicated group care home.</p> <p dir="ltr">“She's not just<em> The Bachelorette</em>, she's a very caring responsible young woman, she's very skilled at being a supportive person and a good friend,” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none !important;"> </p>

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“I didn’t expect that”: Celebrity Apprentice 2022 winner crowned

<p dir="ltr">In a nail-biting grand finale, the winner of Celebrity Apprentice 2022 has been crowned.</p> <p dir="ltr">Tuesday night’s episode saw Benji Marshall and Darren McMullen go head-to-head to fundraise for their chosen charities, with Benji Marshall claiming victory.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-eb6e0752-7fff-5455-911e-93c4b43ade76"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">The two stars were given 24 hours to plan and host an epic charity event. Marshall took a risk to host a free concert - which he was advised against doing - while McMullen opted to throw a high-class charity night.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">And the winner of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CelebrityApprentice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CelebrityApprentice</a> 2022 is... <a href="https://t.co/wDB73zBBPv">pic.twitter.com/wDB73zBBPv</a></p> <p>— #CelebrityApprentice Australia (@CelebApprentice) <a href="https://twitter.com/CelebApprentice/status/1539206379470131200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">As risky as Marshall’s decision was, it ultimately paid off, with the former footy star raising a whopping $387,105 for Souths Cares, which supports disadvantaged and marginalised youth and their families through education, training, health and employment.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Listen, Benji, you came in here as an ex-football player one year on and you’re already back in a final. So the theme of your event was ‘dream big’,” Lord Alan Sugar said to him before the winner was announced.</p> <p dir="ltr">Marshall replied: “The reason why I love being involved with this charity is the kids remind me of me when I was a kid. I feel very connected to them.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The biggest thing I wanted to get out of this event was to inspire kids to dream as big as you want. Believe in yourself, work hard and you’ll be surprised at what can happen.”</p> <p dir="ltr">When it was pointed out how he could have raised money through selling tickets, merchandise, and sponsorship deals - instead opting to give it all away for free - Marshall agreed that it may have been a “bad business decision” but that he couldn’t help it.</p> <p dir="ltr">“To be fair, I probably took a lot of bad business decisions in terms of I could have raised more money, but I just could have missed this opportunity to give her kids stuff for free,” Marshall said.</p> <p dir="ltr">Meanwhile, McMullen’s total earnings of $172,617 for Feel the Magic, which provides early intervention grief programs for kids aged seven to 17, saw him admit that he couldn’t secure the VIP guests he wanted to.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I couldn’t do what I was great at, which is getting black book contacts and raising money,” McMullen said. “Yeah. So ultimately I certainly tried my best, but, there were a lot of phone calls not answered.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Lord Sugar ultimately declared Marshall the winner.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Benji, I am delighted to say that you are the winner of <em>Celebrity Apprentice</em>. With the additional $100,000, you have raised $487,105 - that’s a lotta-lotta money,” he told Marshall.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Well done, that’s going to do a lot of good.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4c677c92-7fff-804e-e9cd-d218170565b8"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">"I didn't expect that. I honestly didn't think I'd last that long because I don't really have a lot of experience in business," Benji told <em><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/celebrity-apprentice-australia/2022-winner-exclusive-benji-marshall-grand-final-charity-event-money-raised-souths-cares/a6fefeb6-7fd9-4493-a046-5155a3e1ade2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">9Entertainment</a></em>.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" 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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CfELbuoJvkC/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </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/CfELbuoJvkC/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Benji Marshall (@benji6marshall)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Taking to social media overnight, Marshall thanked those who helped him pull the event together and reflected on raising the funds during the Omicron wave of COVID-19.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Wow. I am soo proud to have been able to represent @souths_cares and raise plenty of money and awareness for an amazing charity,” Marshall wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">“To put together an event in the middle of when omicron first hit was tough. And all in one day. It would not have been possible without all the people that helped out along the way. Big thank you to my crew (Will McMahon, Woody Whitelaw, Bronte Campbell, and Vince Colosimo) for coming back and helping the bro out. You guys were the real mvps!!!”</p> <p dir="ltr">Marshall thanked the sponsors, friends and family who donated, and the musicians who performed for free, including Guy Sebastian, The Wiggles, Isaiah Firebrace, and Noora H.</p> <p dir="ltr">He also praised McMullen’s efforts in the finale.</p> <p dir="ltr">“You are a weapon Dazza and a worthy recipient of the title celebrity apprentice winner as well,” Marshall wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Love ya.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9c09f668-7fff-9cb0-2b8f-2066d7ca48cc"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: benji6marshall (Instagram)</em></p>

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Savage Garden refuses to sell out their famous song

<p>Hayes said he’s been approached recently by an advertising company wanting to use the band’s 1997 major hit – <em>Truly Madly Deeply</em> – which Hayes wrote.</p> <p>The singer made his fans laugh on Twitter by sharing the lyrics the advertising company wanted to use and Hayes posted: “If you knew how much money I turn down and how hard I fight to protect your high school memories.”</p> <p>The lyrics the company had pitched to him were:</p> <p><strong>VERSE 1</strong></p> <p><em>I’ll bring you Greek, I’ll bring you French, I’ll bring you Japanese. </em></p> <p><em>I’ll bring you Thai, Steak from the Pub, bring all the food that you need. </em></p> <p><em>Close to your door with every step, I’m outside holding your food. </em></p> <p><em>It will be warm, It will be tasty ‘cause I’m counting on a real good rating.</em></p> <p><em>That’s the reason I’m bringing, you Deep Fried Chicken </em></p> <p><strong>CHORUS 1</strong></p> <p><em>I want to stand with you on food mountain </em></p> <p><em>I want to float with you in some cheese. </em></p> <p><em>[insert brand name] Like this forever </em></p> <p><em>Until more fries rain down on me. </em></p> <p>Twitter users thanked the singer for not selling out and they described the advertising company’s lyrics as “truly madly cringy”, “awful” and “a travesty.”</p> <p>“These lyrics make me want to throw myself off food mountain,” tweeted <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/savage-garden-star-darren-hayes-rejects-companys-awful-pitch/news-story/@daggerandpe" target="_blank">@daggerandpen</a>.</p> <p>“‘I want to float with you in some cheese’ is my new pick-up line,” wrote <a rel="noopener" href="https://twitter.com/clairenelson/status/1422342652658425858?s=20" target="_blank">@clairenelson</a>.</p> <p>And <a rel="noopener" href="https://twitter.com/timbyrneses/status/1422343095534854154?s=20" target="_blank">@timbyrneses</a> tweeted: “Could you still record it? The people need to hear this cringe.”</p> <p><em>Truly Madly Deeply</em> was a huge hit for Hayes and his Savage Garden bandmate, Daniel Jones, when it was released in 1997.</p> <p>The song went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US and it became the first song in the chart’s history to spend a full 52 weeks inside the top 30.</p> <p>In Australia it won the ARIA award for Single of the Year and was nominated for Song of the Year but lost out to another Savage Garden song, <em>To the Moon and Back</em>.</p> <p>Savage Garden won 10 ARIAs that year from 13 nominations.</p> <p><em>Image: Wikimedia Commons</em></p>

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Olivia Newton John’s daughter to star in Dancing With The Stars: See the full cast here

<p>Channel 10 has kicked off the new year by finally revealing which well known faces we will be seeing shake it up on<span> </span><em>Dancing With The Stars.</em></p> <p>From TV personalities to sporting heroes and reality show sensations, 2020’s<span> </span><em>DWTS</em><span> </span>line-up is not one to be beat.</p> <p>Actress Claudia Karvan, comedians Ed Kavalee and Celia Pacquola, reality stars Angie Kent and Dean Wells, singer Dami Im,<span> </span><em>Amazing Race</em><span> </span>host Beau Ryan, AFL star Travis Cloke and Christian Wilkins, the socialite son of Channel 9 entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins are the celebrities who will be battling for the crown come Sunday February 9 at 7.30pm.</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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7S0XqLA0Uo/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7S0XqLA0Uo/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">How’s this for a lineup? Meet your stars, Australia 🌟 #DWTSau premieres 7.30 Sunday Feb 9 on 10.</a></p> <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 post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/channel10au/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Channel 10</a> (@channel10au) on Jan 14, 2020 at 12:52am PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Among the star-studded members who will compete for the ultimate prize is one star many might find surprising. Olivia Newton John’s actress daughter Chloe Lattanzi, fresh from the US, is a face all in Australia might be familiar with.</p> <p>Lattanzi has made headlines over the years for her heart wrenching ongoing battle with anorexia – a disease she is recovering with – not only under the watchful gaze of her family, but the media and devoted fans as well.</p> <p><em><strong>Scroll through the gallery to see the full Dancing With The Stars cast.</strong></em></p> <p>The 33-year-old has been on reality TV, having pursued a music career for several years, notably via US reality show <em>Rock the Cradle</em> in 2009.</p> <p>During an interview aired on the show, Lattanzi opened up about her early life.</p> <p>"My mum travelled a lot so I think I missed out a lot when I was younger," Lattanzi said.</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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7UJu8KJ60Q/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7UJu8KJ60Q/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">I can’t wait to hit the dance floor with you🥰 I promise that I will do my best to look after you and make you look like a princess 👸 . I adore you already💋 #love #dwtsau #cantwait #dancing</a></p> <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 post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/gustavoviglio/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Gustavo Viglio</a> (@gustavoviglio) on Jan 14, 2020 at 1:18pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>"I've spent a lot of time alone in big houses.</p> <p>"That was hard.</p> <p>"I suffered from anorexia and that has been the darkest time in my life and I used music to express it and get through it."</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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B5UCAuSA8dq/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</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;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B5UCAuSA8dq/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Chloe Lattanzi (@chloelattanziofficial)</a> on Nov 25, 2019 at 7:08pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Grease star, Newton-John, split with Chloe’s father Matt Lattanzi in 1995 and has also opened up about her daughter’s struggle with anorexia.</p> <p>"She has had to battle this problem in front of the world, being judged and photographed by paparazzi, and it was hard," said Newton-John on the show as she choked back tears.</p> <p>In 2017, Chloe’s famous 71-year-old mum announced her breast cancer had returned once again – an experience Chloe said was “profoundly painful”.</p> <p>Chloe was thrust into the spotlight as a teenager when she sought treatment for her eating disorder.</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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4WEjAbnaCf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</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;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4WEjAbnaCf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Chloe Lattanzi (@chloelattanziofficial)</a> on Nov 1, 2019 at 6:37pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>In 2016, Olivia spoke of her daughter's mental health battle during an appearance on 60 Minutes.</p> <p>"I think it's hard to be the child of a person in the limelight, I really understand that," she said. "There's privilege but there's also other things that come along with that."</p> <p><em>Dancing With The Stars premieres Sunday, February 9 at 7.30 pm on Ten.</em></p> <p><strong>Scroll through the gallery to see the full Dancing With The Stars cast.</strong></p>

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“Extremely restrictive”: Why fan favourite Yvie Jones left Gogglebox

<p>Yvie Jones and Angie Kent shocked fans when they announced that they would no longer be continuing their placement in the hit TV show <em>Gogglebox.</em></p> <p>After six series of the show, the duo were ready to call it quits due to the restrictive rules around the program, which airs on Foxtel and Channel 10.</p> <p>Jones explained to <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/why-fan-favourite-yvie-jones-left-gogglebox/news-story/aeb166bb560677ccfee9d9d059dbb285" target="_blank">The Herald Sun</a></em> about her decision to leave.  </p> <p>“We couldn’t endorse anything, we couldn’t tag anyone (on social media), there were no affiliations,” Jones says.</p> <p>“I respect that but cover us financially.</p> <p>Jones also shed some light as to how the other cast members get paid.</p> <p>“There’s no appearance fee for being on the show, they don’t pay you — you get a location fee. Your house gets the fee. We were losing money.</p> <p>“We were getting offers we weren’t able to take. It was extremely restrictive. It would have been fine had we been remunerated.”</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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmzdy_7FmAi/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmzdy_7FmAi/" target="_blank">Last one wouldn’t work and I can’t fix it! Here’s another. Still back in a week ❤️</a></p> <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 post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/yvie_jones/" target="_blank"> Yvie Jones</a> (@yvie_jones) on Aug 22, 2018 at 7:11pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Once Jones and Kent decided to quit, they hired separate talent managers.</p> <p>“We thought there’d be separate futures for the both of us,” Jones explains.</p> <p>“So we left the show with nothing planned. Had we known how much was out there and how wanted we were, we probably would have left a lot earlier.</p> <p>“Saying that, we still miss <em>Gogglebox</em>. We still wish we could be a part of it. It’s such a shame we couldn’t come to some kind of agreement.”</p> <p>Since her departure in December, Jones hasn’t had a single week without media work, as she bounced from <em>I’m A Celebrity </em>to <em>Studio 10 </em>and then finally, filling in for Fifi Box on the hit breakfast show <em>Fifi, Fev and Byron</em> as Box is on maternity leave.</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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BwGd9B0j9re/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BwGd9B0j9re/" target="_blank">Great show today!!! My flatmate Tom came in and there were some great segments today that personally meant a lot to me. Working with @whatsarahsnapped @angelabishop10 @joe_hildebrand @torigreen @akwahome @tamarasimoneau and all the crew has been great. I look forward to so many more wonderful mornings as well as other endeavours with Ten. #networkten #studio10</a></p> <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 post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/yvie_jones/" target="_blank"> Yvie Jones</a> (@yvie_jones) on Apr 10, 2019 at 9:00pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Jones feels like she’s finally found her medium.</p> <p>“Radio is a really good fit for me. TV is great as well, but radio is a little more forgiving. It doesn’t make you have body dysmorphia. Seeing yourself done up for TV, you start thinking, ‘Oh, this is how I look all the time’, and it’s not.”</p> <p>Jones still can’t believe she’s on breakfast radio.</p> <p>“I still pinch myself every day — am I that interesting? Do people really want to know that? Because if you want to know, I’ll tell you.</p> <p>“I’ve had a million jobs. By the time I started working behind the scenes in TV, people told me constantly I was on the wrong side of the camera. And I’d be like, ‘Yeah, well, it’s too late now. I’m old.’</p> <p>“For 20 years I was an out-of-work actor and singer who never made it. If I’d known I just had to be myself to make it and be so validated, I would’ve done it 20 years ago. But everything happens when it’s supposed to,” Jones explained.</p> <p>“I used to be playing other characters, but instead (during <em>Gogglebox</em>) I’ve been honing myself, getting a lot of therapy, dealing with a lot of personal issues that have helped me become this vulnerable person that happens to be extremely loved.”</p>

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Katherine Kelly Lang and Richard Reid reveal what Ellen is really like: "She's not that nice"

<p>Two teammates on the Australian reality TV series <em>I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here</em> shared a surprising revelation in the jungle on Wednesday night.</p> <p>The episode featured some revealing comments from the <em>Bold And The Beautiful</em> star, Katherine Kelly Lang and notorious entertainment reporter Richard Reid while they discussed who they thought the worst celebrity to work with was.</p> <p>The conversation started with <em>Gogglebox Australia</em>'s Angie Kent asking Reid who else was a “moll” in Hollywood.</p> <p>“Ellen, not nice,” the reporter replied.</p> <p>“Ellen who?” <em>Bold And The Beautiful </em>star Lang asked to which Reid responded: “DeGeneres.”</p> <p>Lang was not surprised by this claim, admitting she had “heard that before” about the US talk show host.</p> <p>“She’s great to watch and on her show and everything, but I think her personality is completely different when you get her behind the scenes,” Lang said.</p> <p>“I heard it’s hard to work on her show,” Reid claimed.</p> <p>“Oh, because she’s bossy or something?” the American actress asked, which Reid nodded in agreement.</p> <p>Kent failed to hide her shock, saying it was “really disappointing” to find out cult favourite DeGeneres had a bad reputation.</p> <p>This is not the first time rumours have swirled around working with DeGeneres. Over the years the TV personality has had to clarify allegations of being a questionable character to work with off-camera.</p> <p>“That bugs me if someone is saying that because it’s an outright lie,” DeGeneres said, disarming all the rumours in an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/arts/television/ellen-degeneres.html">interview with the <em>New York Times</em>.</a></p> <p>“The first day I said: ‘The one thing I want is everyone here to be happy and proud of where they work, and if not, don’t work here.’"</p> <p>The talk-show star added about her workplace conditions, “No one is going to raise their voice or not be grateful. That’s the rule to this day.”</p>

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Novak Djokovic fires up tennis war over Australian Open prize money

<p>A war is brewing behind the scenes of the Australian Open as men’s players struggle for more pay and independence.</p> <p>Over the weekend, Melbourne saw players, coaches and members of the men’s tennis tournament governing body the ATP struggle over issues surrounding leadership and prize money.</p> <p>At the annual players meeting on Saturday, player council chairman Novak Djokovic reportedly voted against extending the tenure of ATP’s chief executive and president Chris Kermode. However, Djokovic refused to confirm his vote, citing the meeting’s confidentiality.</p> <p>“The decision hasn’t been made on the president,” Djokovic said. “Whether there’s a renewal or not, it’s going to be decided in the next period.”</p> <p>The ATP board is due to vote on Kermode’s contract renewal before the end of the month.</p> <p>Tennis legend Roger Federer confirmed that “a lot is happening” behind the scenes. “It’s definitely interesting times, I’d like to call it, not bad times in our sport,” Federer said on Sunday.</p> <p>“It’s maybe also a bit of a transition time. So it will be interesting to see what’s going to happen.”</p> <p>A few players have publicly supported the motion to remove Kermode from his position. </p> <p>“Grand slams which report hundreds of millions of dollars in profit … yet we get less in prize money than 10 per cent of their revenue,” player council member Vasek Pospisil said in an email sent to players ranked between 50 and 100.</p> <p>“The governance structure of the ATP favours the interests of the tournaments and its owners,” said Pospisil. “We need a CEO that first and foremost represents OUR interests.”</p> <p>This is in line with Djokovic’s suggestion last year that the men’s players should form a new union that is separate from the ATP.</p> <p>However, other players have also expressed support for Kermode’s continued leadership. Swiss player Stan Wawrinka and Australia's Nick Kyrgios said Kermode’s performance in the past few years has brought men’s tennis in the right direction.</p> <p>“If you look what’s happened the last few years with our president, I think he only helped the tennis to be in a better place,” Wawrinka told<span> </span><em>The Telegraph</em>.</p> <p>“I also think that some people have some personal interest for sure … there should be a reason to move someone at that spot after a few years going quite positive for the tennis. That’s maybe where it’s a bit strange.”</p> <p>Australian coach Darren Cahill endorsed Kermode in a Twitter post, saying the 54-year-old had brought “big increases in prize money, pension plan, new events, doubles initiative supporter, new progressive rules for injured players … facility upgrades” among others.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Big increases in prize money, pension plan, new events, doubles initiative supporter, new progressive rules for injured players &amp; LL’s, challenger increases, facility upgrades ++. I’d be stunned if Chris Kermode is removed. ATP needs stability right now<a href="https://t.co/vYiHQR7OBK">https://t.co/vYiHQR7OBK</a></p> — Darren Cahill (@darren_cahill) <a href="https://twitter.com/darren_cahill/status/1084188951630336000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">12 January 2019</a></blockquote> <p>“I’d be stunned if Chris Kermode is removed. ATP needs stability right now.”</p> <p>Do you think tennis players should receive more prize money? Tell us in the comments below. </p>

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The best cheese to make the perfect cheese toastie

<p>Is there anything better than a good old-fashioned cheese toastie? Or a deliciously cheesy pizza? If anyone knows the secret to the perfect melted cheese, it’s chef and author of <a href="http://t.dgm-au.com/c/93981/71095/1880?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Fchefs-eat-toasties-too-darren-purchese%2Fprod9781743793053.html" target="_blank"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chefs Eat Toasties Too</span></strong></em></a>, Darren Purchese. In the book, he reveals which cheeses are the best for melting – depending on what you’re making, of course! Here are his favourites.</p> <ol> <li><strong>Montgomery cheddar</strong> – Hailing from Somerset, England, this rich, beefy-flavoured cheese has “the perfect melting texture”, according to Purchese.</li> <li><strong>Bay of Fires cloth-bound cheddar</strong> – This traditionally-made cheddar is created by 13th-century cheesemaker, Ian Fowlers. The cheese is made and matured in repurposed shipping containers in St Helens, on Tasmania’s east coast.</li> <li><strong>Asiago </strong>– There are two types of this Italian cheese, depending on the flavour and texture you want. Young pressato is slightly sweeter and great for melting, as it becomes very stringy. Matured asiago, on the other hand, is deeper, denser and aged like parmesan.</li> <li><strong>Gouda </strong>– This classic aged Dutch cheese is rich, slightly caramelly and a little crunchy. Be careful, though – gouda separates during melting, leaving a clear liquid behind.</li> <li><strong>Emmental </strong>– As one of the main ingredients in fondue, this is one of the best melting cheeses; it becomes gooey and stringy but still manages to hold its shape.</li> <li><strong>Bulgarian feta</strong> – Unlike its crumbly Greek counterpart, Bulgarian feta is softer, creamier and sweeter, with a hint of citrus.</li> <li><strong>Gorgonzola piccante</strong> – Made in Lombardy, Italy, this aged blue cheese is slightly crumbly with a very unique taste. Make sure you don’t overcook it, though – it has a very low melting point.</li> <li><strong>Parmigiano Reggiano</strong> – Purchese suggests Reggiano aged for no more than 18 months to get the perfect sweet, rich flavour. It melts in a similar way to gouda, separating slightly with the fats becoming liquid.</li> <li><strong>Gruyere </strong>– A Swiss favourite, this is a perfect melting cheese, giving that amazing stringiness when pulled. It’s rich, nutty and ideal for toasties.</li> <li><strong>Raclette </strong>– The Swiss love this cheese so much, it’s a dish in and of itself. Smelly and savoury, make sure you use the delicious rind of this hard cheese. Scrape it over potatoes or onto a toastie for a taste explosion.</li> <li><strong>Fontina Val d’Aosta</strong> – Think of this as an Italian take on raclette. Cooked the same way, it’s ultra-savoury, slightly sharp and has a great melting texture.</li> <li><strong>Comte </strong>– Comte is the most popular cheese in France, thanks to its gorgeous, floral aroma and sweet, nutty flavour. Part of the gruyere family, it’s the ultimate melting cheese.</li> <li><strong>Taleggio </strong>– An Italian cheese with a sweet, milky, slightly yeasty flavour. Unlike raclette, you should avoid the rind of taleggio as it can leave an unpleasant bitterness when melted.</li> <li><strong>Fresh mozzarella</strong> – Silky and sweet, it’s no surprise that this cheese is a favourite around the world. Stringy and viscous, it’s great on toasties, in salads and on pizzas.</li> <li><strong>Burrata </strong>– Purchese describes burrata as “a pimped-out mozzarella”. It’s a stretched-curd cheese, richer and creamier than mozzarella. It melts quickly, so it’s best used in sandwiches that require light toasting.</li> </ol>

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Celebrity chef Darren Simpson dies after battle with illness

<p>Celebrity chef Darren Simpson has died after a long battle with an alcohol addiction-related illness.</p> <p>It is believed that the father of two suffered a heart attack on Thursday night after a recent effort to get help at a rehabilitation clinic.</p> <p>Darren built a national following by appearing on show’s such as Sunrise, Ready, Steady, Cook and The Best where he competed against chef Ben O’Donoghue and cook Anne Gare.</p> <p>At the age of 21, Darren was named UK’s Young Chef of the year making him hold the record as the youngest winner of the prestigious prize.</p> <p>The Irish-born-chef trained in world renowned restaurants including Le Gavrouche and Sir Terence Conran’s Sartoria. </p> <p>Darren was headhunted in 1999 to become the Head Chef of Aqua Luna Bar and Restaurant in Sydney and received great reviews for his “dynamic” menus.</p> <p>In 2005, he opened an award-winning modern Italian restaurant La Sala (The Room).</p> <p>Various restaurant and food industry friends of Darren have paid tribute to the star on social media.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjason.roberts.395891%2Fposts%2F10155414246188544&amp;width=500" width="500" height="658" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></p> <p>His peer Jason Roberts said, “Devastated ...... RIP Darren Simpson !!! The world has lost another brilliant mind!!!! Sorry for those of you who maybe seeing or hearing this now ...”</p> <p>Friend and journalist Shonagh Walker wrote, “I hope I wake up tomorrow and this is a dream” and “I know the last few weeks have been hell for you. You will never be forgotten. #love you xxxx”</p> <p>Chef Adam Moore said, “R.I.P Darren Simpson you will be missed chef loved working with you.”</p> <p><em>Image credit:  Ryan Osland</em></p>

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How you can make money from cruise liners

<p><em><strong>Kent Kwan is co-founder of AtlasTrend. With 15 years of professional experience in investing and international financial markets, Kent has successfully managed more than $1 billion in funds invested in international-listed shares.</strong></em></p> <p>Do you know someone who has been on a cruise ship lately? Yes? Not surprisingly, the cruise industry is now a multi-billion dollar industry with great growth opportunities.</p> <p><strong>How do cruise ship companies make money from passengers?</strong></p> <p>Cruise ship companies can be highly profitable. At AtlasTrend, our Splurging Baby Boomers Fund is currently invested in Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited. The following infographic shows how Royal Caribbean made US$1.1 billion of adjusted net profit in 2015 from 5.4 million passengers.</p> <p><img width="533" height="753" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/19105/royal-caribbean-cruises_533x753.jpg" alt="Royal Caribbean Cruises" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p><strong>How can I make money from cruise ship companies?</strong></p> <p>A simple way to share in some of the potential profits that cruise ship companies make is by becoming a shareholder. The large cruise ship companies such as Royal Caribbean and Carnival are listed companies. By buying some shares in these companies, you’ll become a part owner. Of course, all share investments come with risks of making or losing money so you should consider all investments carefully.</p> <p><img width="515" height="666" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/19107/cruise-industry-stats_515x666.jpg" alt="Cruise Industry Stats" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p><strong>Why should I invest in cruise ship companies?</strong></p> <p>Here are our top five reasons why investment in cruise ship companies may result in a positive investment return.</p> <ol> <li><strong>Cruising is growing in popularity particularly in Asia</strong>: In 2015, only 1 million cruise passengers were from China (a similar number to Australia which has a far smaller population). However, by 2020, the Chinese government expects 4.5 million cruise passengers from China per year while cruise ship operator Carnival is even more optimistic suggesting the market for China cruise passengers may exceed 5 million by 2020. Together with the continuing (though lower) growth in cruising from North American and European passengers, the cruise industry is set for potentially strong demand in the coming years.</li> <li><strong>Committed growth in new passenger capacity</strong>: To meet the upcoming demand, over the next 5 years 139,000 berths (from 44 new ships) have been committed by cruising companies to be built. This is a 29 per cent increase in passenger carrying capacity globally.</li> <li><strong>Baby boomers’ spending power</strong>: Cruising has demographic and spending power on its side. Baby boomers are a key customer group for cruise ship companies. With more baby boomers heading into retirement over the next decade, there will be greater demand for cruises. Baby boomers being the wealthiest proportion of the global population are also able to spend more on their cruising holiday which will help boost cruise liner profits.</li> <li><strong>Dominated by two rational companies</strong>: Royal Caribbean Cruises and Carnival together have approximately 70 per cent market share of the global cruise passenger market. It is essentially a duopoly where both companies are rational competitors who don’t tend to engage in prolonged price wars. As a result, shareholders should be the long term winners.</li> <li><strong>Relatively cheap valuation with good earnings growth</strong>: Our preferred investment in the industry is Royal Caribbean. The share market currently values the company at less than 11 times price to earnings ratio (for the forecast 2017 financial year) with over 15 per cent projected earnings growth for that year. This is a relatively attractive valuation for buying Royal Caribbean shares given the positive industry dynamics over the next 5 to 10 years.</li> </ol> <p>In addition to the five reasons above, shareholders of some cruising companies also gain a shareholder discount. Although we would never recommend buying shares just because you might get shareholder benefits, if the investment stacks up then any shareholder benefits are a bonus. For example, Royal Caribbean shareholders (with 100 shares or more) receive up to US$250 of onboard credit every time they cruise on a Royal Caribbean ship. 100 shares in Royal Caribbean Cruises currently costs approximately A$10,000.</p> <p>If you’re a fan of cruising or believe the industry is set for a positive decade, then it could well be worthwhile to start considering investing in cruise ship companies. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="https://www.atlastrend.com/register/?group=oversixty" target="_blank">Join the AtlasTrend community of investors at for more information.</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><em>Any advice contained in this communication is general advice only. 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