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Labor Senator dies following health battle

<p>Labor Senator Linda White has passed away following a health battle. </p> <p>Just last month, the ALP Senator for Victoria announced that she would be taking leave from the senate to "deal with some health issues".</p> <p>"For the next while I will be focusing on getting well again so I can return to my full duties representing the people of Victoria," the statement read. </p> <p>However, today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed her death and led a wave of tributes for the senator. </p> <p>"All of our hearts in the Labor family are broken at the passing of Senator Linda White last evening," Albanese said.</p> <p>"Linda was formidable. A beloved friend, a valued colleague, a dedicated parliamentarian and, through all her efforts in the wider labour movement, a devout supporter of working Australians."</p> <p>"Linda believed in a better, fairer and more compassionate Australia," Albanese added</p> <p>"A belief that was always backed by her energy and action."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="pt">Vale Senator Linda White. <a href="https://t.co/b70CTMWMJU">pic.twitter.com/b70CTMWMJU</a></p> <p>— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlboMP/status/1763340992403681721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p>Labor MP Tony Burke also paid tribute to White and praised her achievements. </p> <p>"Linda campaigned for years in the union movement for paid family and domestic violence leave. As a senator she helped make it law so no one would have to choose between safety and pay. RIP," he wrote. </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Linda White leaves an extraordinary legacy for working people in Australia. Linda campaigned for years in the union movement for paid family and domestic violence leave. As a Senator she helped make it law so no one would have to choose between safety and pay.<br />RIP</p> <p>— Tony Burke (@Tony_Burke) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tony_Burke/status/1763331902856155521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p>Fellow senator and Foreign Minister Penny Wong praised White for modelling "integrity, persistence, and skill".</p> <p>"Linda fought the illness that has now claimed her life privately, but with all the tenacity and determination that has marked not just her short time in the Senate, but her decades of commitment to the Labor movement and Australian workers," she said.</p> <p>The leader of the opposition in the Senate, Liberal Simon Birmingham also offered his condolences and praised her work. </p> <p>"The Senate has lost a determined and passionate sitting senator far too soon," Birmingham said in a statement.</p> <p>"A senator who clearly had much more to contribute, but who will be remembered with respect by those who had the privilege to serve with her."</p> <p>White was elected the ALP Senator for Victoria in 2022. </p> <p>Prior to this she had a long career in law as a trade union official.</p> <p>She served as vice president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions for 10 years, and was assistant national secretary of the Australian Services Union (ASU) from 1995 to 2020.</p> <p>The ASU also shared their condolences after the loss of "one of our great warriors".</p> <p>"We wish Linda could have taken up this fight for longer. However, we are so fortunate to have had Linda in our lives for as long as we did, and that she dedicated so much of her life to building up the next generation of activists and change makers," the statement read.</p> <p>"Her strength, smarts, and determination for equality will live on through them."</p> <p><em>Image: X</em></p>

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“Dig a hole in my chest”: Supermodel reveals double cancer fight

<p>Supermodel icon Linda Evangelista has shared the devastating details of her cancer battle, after being diagnosed twice in five years. </p> <p>In a candid interview with <a href="https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/linda-evangelista-steven-meisel-32909b7b?mod=style_lead_story" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>WSJ magazine</em></a>, the 58-year-old revealed why she chose to "keep it quiet" and only tell a handful of people close to her about her health battle. </p> <p>Evangelista was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 after a routine mammogram, and decided to undergo a bilateral mastectomy: a surgical procedure to remove both breasts. </p> <p>"The margins were not good. [I chose this treatment] due to other health factors, without hesitation, because I wanted to put everything behind me and not to have to deal with this.</p> <p>"Thinking I was good and set for life. Breast cancer was not going to kill me."</p> <p>Four years later in 2022, Evangelista felt a lump on her chest and an MRI revealed cancer was present in her pectoral muscle.</p> <p>"I just went into this mode that I know how to do – just do what you've got to do and get through it," she said. "And that's what I did."</p> <p>"Dig a hole in my chest," she recalled telling her doctors.</p> <p>"I don't want it to look pretty. I want you to excavate. I want to see a hole in my chest when you're done. Do you understand me? I'm not dying from this."</p> <p>After another round of surgery, she was told the outlook was good for the future, but there is always a possibility the cancer could return. </p> <p>"Well, once it's come back, there's a chance," she recalled the oncologist's words.</p> <p>"I know I have one foot in the grave, but I'm totally in celebration mode."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram / Getty Images</em></p>

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“How do you pay someone for 20 years?”: Folbigg’s big compensation question

<p>Since her <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/kathleen-folbigg-pardoned-after-20-years-behind-bars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">release from prison</a>, Kathleen Folbigg has been the centre of a media frenzy, with networks battling it out to secure an exclusive tell-all interview.</p> <p>Following a fierce bidding war, Seven Network has won the rights over Nine for the interview believed to have cost more than $400,000.</p> <p>A source from Seven said the exclusive interview will be aired on the Sunday evening current affairs show, <em>7News Spotlight</em>.</p> <p>Others have proposed the deal has cost the network close to $1 million.</p> <p>The deal could see her on the list of select few Australians awarded seven-figure sums in light of their wrongful convictions, including Linda Chamberlain.</p> <p>Chamberlain’s lawyer Stuart Tipple said Folbigg needs to be declared innocent and be given compensation for her years in prison, noting she had a solid case.</p> <p>“The sad thing is all she can get is money, how do you pay someone for 20 years?” he said.</p> <p>“And also, I think we need to reflect on an injustice just doesn’t affect Kathleen.</p> <p>“I feel tonight very much for her husband and the father of those children and the injustice that just affects so many people, so many lives.</p> <p>“I feel very, very badly for him tonight and I just think of the whole process of just how harmful it is to them and to our society and our confidence in the whole judicial system.”</p> <p>Robyn Blewer, director of the Griffith University Innocence Project, noted two recent cases to illustrate how Folbigg could be compensated for her 7,300 days in jail.</p> <p>West Australian man Scott Austic received $1.3 million in May 2023 on top of an earlier payment of $250,000 after serving nearly 13 years for murdering his pregnant secret lover.</p> <p>He had sought $8.5 million after being acquitted on appeal in 2020.</p> <p>Both payments were ex gratis, unlike David Eastman’s award of $7 million in damages by the ACT Supreme Court in 2019.</p> <p>Eastman served almost 19 years over the 1989 shooting murder of federal police assistance commissioner Colin Winchester, where he was acquitted at a second trial.</p> <p>"The difference is it was in ACT which has a human rights act and under that, there is an entitlement for compensation under human rights," Dr Blewer told AAP.</p> <p>"Mr Eastman was then able to sue because there was a right to compensation.</p> <p>"The court assessed his damages in the same way they would a tort ... the court went through every time he was injured.”</p> <p>Like Austic, Chamberlain was awarded an ex grata or grace payment. She was awarded $1.3 million in 1992 which now equates to about $3 million.</p> <p>Folbigg will need specific legal advice about whether a civil claim is possible due to NSW lacking a human rights act like that of the ACT.</p> <p>Dr Blewer said she could become reliant on what the government was willing to pay.</p> <p>"Twenty years is a substantial amount of time lost," she said.</p> <p>"It might depend on the good grace of the NSW government."</p> <p>No further steps can be taken until Folbigg’s lawyers obtain the final report of former Chief Justice Tom Bathurst.</p> <p>An application to the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal to quash her convictions will likely follow.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Facebook / Instagram</em></p>

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"Becoming. Wolverine. Again": Hugh Jackman reveals insane new diet

<p> Hugh Jackman has shared his intense meal plan to prepare for his comeback as action hero Wolverine<em>.</em></p> <p>The Aussie star, 54, is preparing to reprise the infamous role in <em>Deadpool 3</em>, a surprising revival after he was thought to have retired the character in the 2017 film Logan.</p> <p>With filming on the Marvel sequel, starring US actor Ryan Reynolds, which is due to kick off in the coming months, Jackman has revealed how he’s bulking up muscle with an 8,600-calorie daily diet.</p> <p>Jackman took to Instagram to show his followers his pre-prepped meals, with included a 2,000-calorie black bass dish, a 2,100-calorie salmon dish and a 1,800-calorie chicken burger.</p> <p>“Bulking. A day in the life. Thank you Chef Mario for helping me stay healthy and properly fed whilst … Becoming. Wolverine. Again,” Jackman captioned his post.</p> <p>Jackman has been keeping fans in the loop with his progress ahead of production, and last month he sent his fans into a frenzy when he posted a shredded photo from one of his many gym sessions.</p> <p>The beloved actor showed off his insanely jacked arms, also using the snap as an opportunity to have a dig at his long-time fake nemesis, Ryan Reynolds. “He’s only 46. I’m older. But it’s not a competition,” he said.</p> <p> </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/CofcbJUuBle/?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/CofcbJUuBle/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Hugh Jackman (@thehughjackman)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>It comes after Jackman told CNN that his entire focus for the next six months, beginning in January 2023, would be getting into shape to play Wolverine again after finishing his stint in <em>The Music Man on Broadway</em>.</p> <p>“I’m not doing any other work. I’m going to be with my family and train. That’s going to be my job for six months,” Jackman said.</p> <p>“And I’m really fit right now. There’s one thing that about eight shows a week being on Broadway singing and dancing, is I’m fit. So, I’m healthy. I have a good place to start.”</p> <p>Jackman and Reynolds sent their fans wild when they revealed Jackman would be making a comeback for the character that he first took on 22 years ago.</p> <p>Reynolds spoke about brainstorming ideas for the highly anticipated third instalment of the <em>Deadpool </em>franchise on his Twitter in September 2022.</p> <p>“I’ve had to really search my soul for this one. We need to stay true to the character. Find new depth and motivation and meaning. Every Deadpool needs to stand out and stand apart,” Reynolds began.</p> <p>“It’s been an incredible challenge that’s forced me to reach down and reach inside and I have nothing. Yeah, just completely empty up here, and terrifying. But we did have one idea.”</p> <p>At that point in the video, Reynolds paused while Jackman can be seen casually walking in the background.</p> <p>Reynolds asked, “Hey, Hugh, do you want to play Wolverine one more time?”</p> <p><em>Deadpool 3</em> is due for release in November 2024.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Instagram</em></p>

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"Kick cancer's ass": Ryan Reynolds shares potentially life saving surgery

<p>Ryan Reynolds shared the news he had a “subtle polyp” on his colon during his first colonoscopy.</p> <p>He broadcasted the entire experience in order to destigmatise the procedure and raise awareness, especially among men.</p> <p>The famed actor, aged 45, and his Wrexham soccer club co-chairman, Rob McElhenney, decided to partner up with <a href="https://leadfrombehind.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lead From Behind</a>, a colon cancer awareness organisation, aiming to draw attention to the procedure.</p> <p>In a Youtube video posted to Reynold’s page this week, the two explained they wanted to prove how the “simple step” can “save lives.”</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5sXkIUZEWIo" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p>“I would never normally have any medical procedure put on camera and then shared,” Reynolds said.</p> <p>“But it’s not every day that you can raise awareness about something that will most definitely save lives. That’s enough motivation for me to let you in on a camera being shoved up my ass.”</p> <p>During the procedure, Reynolds found out that he found an “extremely subtle polyp” on the right side of his colon, which he had removed.</p> <p>“This was potentially lifesaving for you — I’m not kidding, I’m not being overly dramatic,” the doctor told the actor as he showed off images of the tissue. “This is exactly why you do this. You had no symptoms.”</p> <p>As for McElhenney, his doctor revealed they found three polyps that “were not a big deal, but certainly a good thing that we found them early and removed them.”</p> <p>“Colon cancer is preventable,” a message read across a black screen at the end of the video. “If you’re 45 years or older, ask your doctor about getting a colonoscopy. And help Rob and Ryan kick cancer’s ass.”</p> <p><em>Image: Youtube</em></p>

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“I am grateful”: Linda Evangelista returns to modelling

<p dir="ltr">After sharing the story of the “nightmare” beauty procedure that left her “brutally disfigured” earlier this year, Linda Evangelista has made her return to modelling for a special occasion in the world of fashion.</p> <p dir="ltr">On Sunday, Evangelista took to Instagram to share a photo of her upcoming collaboration with Italian luxury fashion house Fendi with her fans.</p> <p dir="ltr">In the photo, the Canadian supermodel is holding two silver Fendi Baguette bags, wearing a grey top, pink-rimmed sunglasses and multiple pink caps.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-eaab2c67-7fff-6c51-3c61-e36ca2970887"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“On September 9 2022 Fendi will host a special fashion show in New York City to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fendi baguette … and two years since Kim Jones joined the Maison as artistic director of couture and womenswear,” Evangelista captioned the photo, adding that she was “so grateful” to those involved in the photoshoot.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; 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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/CgE3cyTLoFN/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Linda Evangelista (@lindaevangelista)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">The collaboration marks the first time Evangelista has modelled after a fat-freezing procedure she had several years ago went horribly wrong, and comes several months after she went public with her story.</p> <p dir="ltr">After a CoolSculpting procedure, Evangelista experienced Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia (PAH), a rare side-effect that she said left her with hard, fatty lumps all over her body.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9b071cc8-7fff-92f5-037e-cc70fda09dd1"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“To my followers who have wondered why I have not been working while my peers’ careers have been thriving, the reason is that I was brutally disfigured by Zeltiq’s CoolSculpting procedure which did the opposite of what it promised,” she shared on Instagram in September 2021.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; 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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/CaDMK_RJx3-/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Linda Evangelista (@lindaevangelista)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">In <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/beauty-style/linda-evangelistas-first-photoshoot-in-five-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an interview with <em>People</em></a><em> </em>earlier this year, the 57-year-old said she was “done hiding in shame”, having lived reclusively in New York for several years.</p> <p dir="ltr">"I can't live like this anymore, in hiding and shame. I just couldn't live in this pain any longer. I'm willing to finally speak," she told the publication.</p> <p dir="ltr">Evangelista has filed a lawsuit against Zeltiq Aesthetics, the parent company of CoolSculpting, for $50 million in damages, claiming she has been unable to work since undergoing the treatment between 2015 and 2016.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e7029d66-7fff-af38-d230-87482b4cc4a0"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: @lindaevangelista (Instagram)</em></p>

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Jimmy Barnes reveals family tragedy

<p>Jimmy Barnes has announced that his beloved sister, Linda, has passed away. </p> <p>The legendary singer confirmed the news online, while also thanking fans for their love and support during the difficult family time. </p> <p>"Thank you for all your messages of condolence for my beautiful sister Linda's passing," he said.</p> <p>"This week has been tough and overwhelming. Your support is appreciated."</p> <p>While Linda's cause of death has not been publicly revealed, Jimmy's older rockstar brother John Swan – better known as Swanee – announced her passing on Facebook last week and said she had Multiple Sclerosis.</p> <p>"It is with great sadness I have to tell you," John's post, which featured a photo of Linda smiling, began. "My little sister Linda passed away this morning, she fought so hard. God I love her to Kim, James, Katie, and Ali you guys rest in the knowledge she is at peace ❤️🙏".</p> <p>John shared a black-and-white photo of Linda on stage with a microphone in her hand, saying he wanted to "refresh memories" of his late sister. </p> <p>"This is Linda when she did backing vocals with Stevie Wright and Jimmy's first solo band. First song I ever sung was with her as a duet theres a hole in the bucket dear Liza."</p> <p>"She was such a champion she knew long ago and only told us recently she was sick. Saying that she had MS and was in wheelchair but that never slowed her down. Warrior."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images / Facebook</em></p>

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Linda Evangelista's first photoshoot in five years

<p>Linda Evangelista has debuted her first photo shoot since saying her face had been "permanently deformed" and her “life destroyed” after a botched surgery.</p><p>The 56-year-old supermodel has been living in seclusion for nearly five years after once being one of the most photographed women in the world.</p><p>Now, in a new interview with People where she also graces the cover, Evangelista said she is "done hiding in shame".</p><p>"I loved being up on the catwalk. Now I dread running into someone I know," the model tearfully told the publication.</p><p>"I can't live like this anymore, in hiding and shame. I just couldn't live in this pain any longer. I'm willing to finally speak."</p><p>Late last year, Evangelista said she had been left "brutally disfigured" after undergoing a CoolSculpting fat-freezing procedure. She later filed a lawsuit against the company that owns the procedure for negligence and misleading advertising. It is alleged that the company failed to warn customers of the possible side effects.</p><p>Evangelista said that three months after the procedure, she noticed bulges in her chin, bra area and thighs.</p><p>"I tried to fix it myself, thinking I was doing something wrong," the supermodel said. "I got to where I wasn't eating at all. I thought I was losing my mind."</p><p>Evangelista said she went to a doctor about the issue in 2016, and recalled "dropping her robe" for him and "bawling".</p><p>"I said, 'I haven't eaten, I'm starving. What am I doing wrong?'" she recalled.</p><p>She had been diagnosed with Paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH), which is a side effect for less than 1% of CoolSculpting patients where the fat-freezing process causes fatty tissue to expand and thicken.</p><p>Evangelista was told that no amount of exercise or dieting would fix it. She is seeking US$50 million (approx. $69.4 million) in damages as she alleges she has been unable to work due to the rare side effect.</p><p>She claims that Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc, CoolSculpting's parent company — did offer to pay for liposuction to "make it right", but only if she signed a confidentiality agreement. Evangelista refused, and paid for two full-body liposuction surgeries herself.</p><p>Evangelista had to wear compression garments, girdles and a chin strap for eight weeks after the surgery in 2016 to prevent the PAH from returning, but she says it came back again anyway, and in July 2017, she underwent a second liposuction.</p><p>"I don't look in the mirror," she said. "It doesn't look like me."</p><p>The supermodel said that in making her lawsuit public and sharing her story, she is recovering her sense of self.</p><p>"I always knew I would age. And I know that there are things a body goes through. But I just didn't think I would look like this," she confided to People, saying she feels like the supermodel Linda Evangelista is gone.</p><p>She said she hopes she can shed the shame she feels and help others who may find themselves in the same situation as she did.</p><p><em>Images: Getty &amp; People Magazine </em></p>

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Linda Evangelista suing over "disfiguring" surgery

<p><em>Image: Getty</em></p> <p>Linda Evangelista has made a startling claim about a cosmetic procedure which she said left her “brutally disfigured”.</p> <p>The Canadian supermodel, who rose to prominence in the 1990s, took to Instagram on Thursday to explain the reason she hasn’t been working in the industry is allegedly due to the shocking effects of a fat freezing service.</p> <p>She also revealed she is planning legal action against the company involve.</p> <p>“To my followers who have wondered why I have not been working while my peers’ careers have been thriving, the reason is that when I was brutally disfigured by Zeltiq’s CoolSculpting procedure which did the opposite of what it promised,” Evangelista claimed in her post.</p> <p>“It increased, not decreased, my fat cells and left me permanently deformed even after undergoing two painful, unsuccessful, corrective surgeries.”</p> <p>The 56-year-old said as a result she has developed paradoxical adipose hyperplasia or PAH, a risk she claims she wasn’t made aware of before she had the procedure.</p> <p>“PAH has not only destroyed my livelihood, but it has also sent me into a cycle of deep depression, profound sadness, and the lowest depths of self-loathing,” she said.</p> <p>“In the process, I have become a recluse.”</p> <p>Evangelista, who has been featured on more than 700 magazine covers over her career and is one of the most accomplished models of all time, she said she kept the health battle a secret for more than five years.</p> <p>“Today I took a big step towards righting a wrong that I have suffered and have kept to myself for over five years”. It is unclear if the lawsuit has already been filled.</p> <p>“I’m so tired of living this way. I would like to walk out my door with my head held high, despite not looking like myself any longer,” she wrote.</p> <p>PAH has been reported as a rare complication after cryolipolysis (fat freezing).</p> <p>It’s when the treated area becomes larger rather than smaller in the weeks after the procedure, leaving a “painless, visibly enlarged, firm, well-demarcated mass” under the skin.</p> <p>“Based on the data from the manufacturer of the crylipolysis equipment, PAH has been estimated to occur in one out of every 4000 treatment cycles, for an incidence of 0.025 per cent,” a report in Science Daily stated.</p> <p>PAH can be treated with liposuction, but patients must wait a few months before treatment, the report explains.</p> <p>“Surgeons must be extremely sensitive when dealing with patients who have PAH, both when explaining the problem and when offering them a potential surgical solution.”</p> <p>At this stage, Evangelista hasn’t shed any more details about the procedure, except that it left her “looking unrecognisable.”</p> <p>The former model, who captioned the post with hashtags ‘the truth’ and ‘mystery’, left her almost one million Instagram followers in shock after revealing what had allegedly happened.</p> <p>“Dearest wonderful Linda I am so sorry to hear this! I love you and respect you beyond words!” one fan wrote.</p> <p>“You are the greatest icon, forever beautiful from the inside out. We are all here to support you and love you,” said model Carolyn Murphy.</p>

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Blake Lively shares cheeky snap promoting Ryan Reynolds’ new film

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blake Lively has shared a cheeky bikini photo to help promote her husband Ryan Reynolds’ new film.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gossip Girl</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> actress shared a rare photo of herself on Instagram where she donned the swimsuit and is standing on her tiptoes with her back to the camera.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Go see @freeguymovie this weekend or you’ll be bummed,” she captioned the photo.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 281.6500711237553px; height: 500px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843288/https___prodstatic9net-10.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/cef11b776ba242d98e4e98d0d6bb2bca" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: 9honey</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To add in some humour, the star included a GIF of Reynolds with a shocked expression.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After sharing the snap, Reynolds posted his own sweet message of gratitude towards his wife on social media, along with a photo of the pair smiling together.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Free guy wouldn’t be the movie it is without @blakelively,” Reynolds captioned the picture.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“She was essential in every part of the making of this film, creatively and emotionally, and the cameo everyone is talking about was entirely her idea. #WorkWife.”</span></p> <p><img style="width: 289.56422018348627px; height: 500px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843289/placeholder_681f82a242f00893_1.png" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/fc124c89c9984dd1959ff2fcf99038fd" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Blake Lively / Instagram</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earlier this month, Reynolds and Lively appeared at the premiere of <em>Free Guy</em> in New York.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pictured walking the red carpet together, Reynolds joked that it was the first time their relationship had been announced on Instagram.</span></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/CSJdQCmLeXV/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <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/CSJdQCmLeXV/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Ryan Reynolds (@vancityreynolds)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“What a huge night for #FreeGuy. And what a huge night for @blakelively because this means we’re Instagram official,” he captioned several photos from the event.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I know how important that was to her.”</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Blake Lively / Instagram</span></em></p>

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Linda Reynolds faces defamation lawsuit for “lying cow” comment

<p><span>Lawyers for Brittany Higgins have revealed they’ve served letters threatening to sue Linda Reynolds for defamation after she called Higgins a “lying cow.”</span><br /><br /><span>The Defence Minister reportedly made the slur against Higgins on February 15 after she alleged that she was sexually assaulted in the minister’s office in March 2019.</span><br /><br /><span>Higgins’ lawyers reportedly intend to sue Reynolds for “hurt and distress” caused by “malicious remarks”, unless the minister goes forward with a full public apology.</span><br /><br /><span>Lawyers for Higgins accuse the Senator of making a “demeaning and belittling” statement that was “highly defamatory”.</span><br /><br /><span>“The cavalier manner in which those words were spoken make it plain that they were not spoken privately or in confidence,” the letter has stated.</span><br /><br /><span>“You are also aware that this distasteful character assassination of our client has been republished widely, causing her immense hurt and distress.</span><br /><br /><span>“Our client is appalled that an apology has not been extended to her.”</span><br /><br /><span>Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday that Reynolds “deeply regretted” making the remarks.</span></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/CLnVhHNpon2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <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/CLnVhHNpon2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by mUMPIRE (@mumpire_au)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /><span>He said she had let the comment pass I her private office to staff members after “a stressful week”.</span><br /><br /><span>“That doesn’t excuse it, not for a second,” he said.</span><br /><br /><span>“And she made the appropriate apologies to her staff and rectified that.”</span><br /><br /><span>Morrison said the comment came after articles stated that Higgins didn’t feel supported by the government following her alleged rape.</span><br /><br /><span>“She was not making those comments, as she said to me this morning, in relation to the allegation of sexual assault,” he said.</span><br /><br /><span>“Her comments, she said to me, related to the further commentary about levels of support provided and her frustrations about how she felt that they were doing everything they believed in their power to provide support.</span></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/CImyxy_De3Y/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <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/CImyxy_De3Y/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Senator Linda Reynolds (@lindakreynolds1)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /><span>“Clearly, over a period of time, there was a very different view about that.”</span><br /><br /><span>Senator Jacqui Lambie said on Thursday that Reynolds’ career was “done.”</span><br /><br /><span>“She will have to come out and she’ll either have to defend herself or say whether or not she made those comments,” Lambie said to Sky News.</span><br /><br /><span>“If she did, she’ll have to resign at the same time.</span><br /><br /><span>“I think Reynolds is gone.</span><br /><br /><span>“If she’s not coming out and denying that and now she’s trying to smooth it over … her career is done.”</span><br /><br /><strong><em>If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault, family or domestic violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit 1800RESPECT.org.au.</em></strong></p>

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Queen Elizabeth’s latest business venture has ruffled feathers

<p>If there is one thing Her Majesty enjoys after a long day, it’s a daily tipple of gin.</p> <p>So, it is of no surprise to many eagle-eyed royal fans when Sandringham Estate launched its very own range.</p> <p>Her A-list competitor, Ryan Reynolds, who has his own line of the beverage, has had a hilarious reaction to the news.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7839033/queen-elizabeth-gin-ryan-reynolds-3.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/b3625a94bddb48a9be32e4253617ff73" /></p> <p>News of the <a rel="noopener" href="https://sandringham-estate.sumup.link/sandringham-gin#&amp;gid=null&amp;pid=1" target="_blank" title="">Sandringham Gin</a> was tweeted about by magazine Marie Claire over the weekend, who wrote: "The Queen just pulled a Ryan Reynolds and launched her own gin"</p> <p>The actor responded: "If she imposes a Gin Tax, I promise a revolution.</p> <p>Reynolds' company Aviation Gin also threw in their own joke by saying the royal announcement was not what the Canadian had envisaged for 2020.</p> <p>"Surprisingly this was on @VancityReynolds 2020 Bingo Card," they wrote.</p> <p>While it may seem like the royal is stiff competition, it turns out Reynolds has little to worry about as the 700ml and the 500ml bottles of Gin that Sandringham is offering, cannot be shipped internationally.</p>

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Hugh Jackman receives hilarious 50th birthday message from actor Ryan Reynolds

<p>Ryan Reynolds has delivered a very special message to Australian actor Hugh Jackman </p> <p>The<span> </span>Deadpool<span> </span>star and the<span> </span>Wolverine<span> </span>actor have been at a playful head for years now, but for Jackman’s birthday Reynolds has pulled out all guns so the former Marvel movie star can return to his character and appear next to Reynolds for a film. </p> <p>Reynolds kept the trolling going with a 50th birthday message for Jackman during his<span> </span><em>The Man. The Music. The Show. </em>concert at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.</p> <p>In a surprise video posted to social media, Jackman shared a hilarious Reynolds wearing a birthday party hat starting off a sweet message to his friend. </p> <p>“Hello Hugh. I was just going to wish you a happy birthday,” the Deadpool star said. </p> <p>“Then I saw what you said. In a word, ‘hurtful.’ Enjoy the show, Hugh Jackman.”</p> <p>Reynolds then belted out the “Happy Birthday” song for the Aussie star — but ended it with his own expletive-filled message.</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/B3kABhRlKUS/?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/B3kABhRlKUS/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by The Man The Music The Show 🎩 (@themanthemusictheshow)</a> on Oct 13, 2019 at 7:56am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“And I’m not even f—ing professionally trained Jackman you piece of s—,” Reynolds yelled at the camera as he gave the middle finger, which was censored, at the very end of the video.</p> <p>In his tweet featuring the birthday message video, Jackman wrote, “At first I thought – Ugh, now I actually have to apologize. But then … @VancityReynolds.”</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see the duo’s hilarious years together. </p>

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Sally Field opens up about her controlling relationship with Burt Reynolds

<p>Sally Field is revealing more about her one-time relationship with the late Burt Reynolds in her new memoir, <em>In Pieces</em>.</p> <p>Released on Tuesday, the book exposed the pair's tumultuous relationship as Field described the actor – who she dated for several years since the beginning of 1977 – as controlling and distant.</p> <p>“By the time we met, the weight of his stardom had become a way for Burt to control everyone around him, and from the moment I walked through the door, it was a way to control me. We were a perfect match of flaws,” she wrote. “Blindly I fell into a rut that had long ago formed in my road, a pre-programmed behaviour as if in some past I had pledged a soul binding commitment to this man.”</p> <p>Reynolds, who first met Field on the set of <em>Smokey and the Bandit</em>, told <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/11/burt-reynolds-on-career-bankruptcy-regrets" target="_blank">Vanity Fair</a> </em>in 2015 that Field was the “love of my life".</p> <p>“I was always flattered when he said that,” Field told Diane Sawyer on <em>Good Morning America</em>. “But he was a complicated man.”</p> <p>Field has previously spoken to <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/books/sally-field-burt-reynolds-in-pieces-memoir.html" target="_blank"><em>The New York Times</em></a>, saying she was “glad” Reynolds wasn’t around to read her book. Reynolds died on September 6 at the age of 82.</p> <p>“This would hurt him,” she said in the interview last week. “I felt glad that he wasn’t going to read it, he wasn’t going to be asked about it, and he wasn’t going to have to defend himself or lash out, which he probably would have.”</p> <p>Field opened up about her dark past in her book as she revealed that she had been molested by her stepfather during her childhood, something that later on affected the relationship she shared with Reynolds.</p> <p>She told <em>The New York Times</em> that her time with Reynolds was “confusing and complicated, and not without loving and caring, but really complicated and hurtful to me.” </p>

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Here’s why Burt Reynolds has left his only son out of his will

<p>One would think that Burt Reynolds would have left all his assets and prized possessions in the hands of his only son, Quinton Reynolds, but that isn’t the case.</p> <p>The late Hollywood actor has left his son's name out of his will, and named his niece, Nancy Lee Brown Hess, as the trustee of his estate.</p> <p>At the peak of his career, Reynolds used to demand an upwards of US$10 million per movie but at the time of his death on September 6, he was only worth a reported US$5 million.</p> <p>According to court documents released by<span> </span><em>The Blast</em>, Reynolds officially signed off on the will in 2011, putting all his life earnings into a trust which will be managed by Hess.</p> <p>But it wasn’t all doom and gloom for the actor's 30-year-old son, as his only child with ex-wife and actress, Loni Anderson, Quinton will still benefit from his father’s decision. The document states that the actor created the trust so that money will continuously be put aside for him. This is done to avoid estate taxes.</p> <p>“I intentionally omit him from this, my Last Will and Testament, as I have provided for him during my lifetime in my Declaration of Trust,” Reynolds stated in the legal document.</p> <p>The Hollywood actor tragically died after a heart attack in a Florida hospital earlier this month. The 82-year-old was surrounded by loved ones at the time of his death.</p> <p>“It is with a broken heart that I said goodbye to my uncle today,” Hess told Page Six in a statement at the time. “My uncle was not just a movie icon; he was a generous, passionate and sensitive man, who was dedicated to his family, friends, fans and acting students.”</p>

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Celebrities share sorrow at passing of Burt Reynolds

<p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__intro sics-component__story__paragraph">Friends and colleagues in Hollywood are mourning the passing of actor Burt Reynolds, who has died aged 82.</p> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph">Reynolds was one of the hottest stars in the 1970s and '80s, putting in memorable performances in <em>Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit</em> and <em>Best Little Whorehouse in Texas</em>. </p> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph">He earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor in <em>Boogie Nights</em> in 1997 and produced the popular sitcom <em>Evening Shade</em>. Those who knew him have taken to social media to remember his humour and warmth.</p> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph">Arnold Schwarznegger said Reynolds was one of his heroes.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">Burt Reynolds was one of my heroes. He was a trailblazer. He showed the way to transition from being an athlete to being the highest paid actor, and he always inspired me. He also had a great sense of humor - check out his Tonight Show clips. My thoughts are with his family.</p> — Arnold (@Schwarzenegger)<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1037780242151010304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph">Dolly Parton, who acted and sang with him in <em>Best Little Whorehouse in Texas</em>, has said she will always love him.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/n5nL4D040v">pic.twitter.com/n5nL4D040v</a></p> — Dolly Parton (@DollyParton)<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1037797941069668352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph">Comedian Ricky Gervais has commented on Reynolds' sense of humour. "Seems his whole career was tongue in cheek. Always warm and funny."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">RIP Burt Reynolds. Seems his whole career was tongue in cheek. Always warm and funny.</p> — Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais)<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/1037782841805991938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph">Singer and actress Reba McEntire, who starred with Reynolds in the TV film <em>The Man From Left Field</em> wrote, "I'll never forget the wonderful times we spent together."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">My good friend has started a new journey. Rest in my peace my friend. I’ll never forget the wonderful times we spent together.<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BurtReynolds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BurtReynolds</a><span> </span><a href="https://t.co/DXzIchYDjl">pic.twitter.com/DXzIchYDjl</a></p> — Reba (@reba)<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/reba/status/1037780888963174404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph"><em>Karate Kid</em> actor Ralph Macchio has recalled meeting him a few years ago.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">As a kid I must have seen Smokey and the Bandit 10 times in the theatre. Met Burt Reynolds a few years back... so glad I did. Deliverance, Boogie Nights... some great ones. RIP</p> — Ralph Macchio (@ralphmacchio)<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ralphmacchio/status/1037780748827348993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph">Patton Oswald has shared a story about Reynolds deciding to get acting lessons after he was fired from both <em>Gunsmoke</em> and <em>Rawhide</em>.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">Burt Reynolds &amp; Clint Eastwood were fired from GUNSMOKE &amp; RAWHIDE at the same time. Burt was told he couldn't act and Clint his neck was too skinny. In the parking lot, Burt said to Clint, "I dunno what you're gonna do, but I'm gonna take acting lessons."<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPBurtReynolds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RIPBurtReynolds</a></p> — Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt)<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/1037780253756731392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph">Rapper Vanilla Ice, who was quarantined on the Emirates plane in New York on which 100 people were sick, has tweeted about his "traumatic week" and shared a sweet photo of himself with the actor.</p> <p class="sics-component__html-injector sics-component__story__paragraph"> </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">What a traumatic week. Now today. My good friend Bert Reynolds has passed away. Feeling super emotional right now. Long live The<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Legend?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Legend</a><span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bandit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bandit</a><span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BurtReynolds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BurtReynolds</a><span> </span>you will be missed.<span> </span><a href="https://t.co/JcJZ5VmU1J">pic.twitter.com/JcJZ5VmU1J</a></p> — Vanilla Ice (@vanillaice)<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/vanillaice/status/1037780556904321026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a></blockquote> <p><em>Republished by permission of<span> </span><a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/106896362/celebrities-share-their-sorrow-at-passing-of-actor-burt-reynolds-82">Stuff.co.nz</a>.</em></p> <p> </p>

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Hollywood actor Burt Reynolds has died aged 82

<p>Burt Reynolds, the actor who defined '70s machismo on the big screen, has died. He was 82.</p> <p>According to reports, the star of<span> </span><em>Smokey and the Bandit</em>,<span> </span><em>Deliverance</em><span> </span>and<span> </span><em>Boogie Nights</em><span> </span>was recovering from a short illness in hospital when he suffered a heart attack. </p> <p>Reynolds died at the Jupiter Medical Center in Florida, his manager told <em>The Hollywood Reporter.</em></p> <p>He was the top-grossing star in Hollywood every year from 1978, when he had four movies playing in cinemas at once, through to 1982. </p> <p>Reynolds was nominated for an Oscar for his role as a porn director in the 1997 movie,<span> </span><em>Boogie Nights</em>.</p> <p>However, according to Hollywood legend, when he watched  himself in the film for the first time, he fired his agent, as he was so unhappy.</p> <div class="html-asset"> <div id="58d1e0f7f78ced6518eee162" class="vdb_player " data-placeholder="//img.vidible.tv/prod/2018-09/06/5b917cfa0ca7c807f1aa83b1/5b917d5db594fb7226c93e0d_o_U_v1.jpg?w=1440&amp;h=900&amp;q=60"> <div id="vdb_769d9303-9064-4768-a210-81e090856c40"> <div class="display-ad story_body_advert"> <div id="storybody__container"> <div id="storybody" class="storybody mbl" data-google-query-id="CO_hs6mpp90CFccTvQod_wEMAw"> <div class="SandboxRoot env-bp-350" data-twitter-event-id="0"> <div id="twitter-widget-0" class="EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent" data-click-to-open-target="https://twitter.com/vanillaice/status/1037780556904321026" data-iframe-title="Twitter Tweet" data-scribe="page:tweet" data-tweet-id="1037780556904321026" data-twitter-event-id="1"> <div class="MediaCard-media"> <div id="page"> <div id="container"> <div id="content"> <div id="left_col"> <div id="64438100" class="landscapephoto"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="photoborder" src="https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/d/4/r/8/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349.1rn5kq.png/1536265544821.jpg" alt="Burt Reynolds, left, and Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights." title="" /> <div class="photocredit" style="text-align: center;"><em>Burt Reynolds, left, and Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights.</em></div> <div class="hdivider"></div> <div class="hdivider">The macho star also appeared in 1972's <em>Deliverance,</em> which was nominated for three Academy Awards.</div> </div> <div class="videowrapper"> <div class="hdivider"> <div class="html-asset"> <div id="58d1e0f7f78ced6518eee162" class="vdb_player " data-placeholder="//img.vidible.tv/prod/2018-09/06/5b917cfa0ca7c807f1aa83b1/5b917d5db594fb7226c93e0d_o_U_v1.jpg?w=1440&amp;h=900&amp;q=60"> <div id="vdb_769d9303-9064-4768-a210-81e090856c40"> <p>More recently, in 2005 Reynolds starred in the Adam Sandler film <em>The Longest Yard </em>and played Boss Hogg in <em>The Dukes of Hazzard</em> remake.</p> <p>In 2015 he was honoured by the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures with the organisation's Richard "Diamond" Farnsworth Award. Reynolds often did his own stunts on film and television.</p> <div class="display-ad story_body_advert"> <div id="storybody__container"> <div id="storybody" class="storybody mbl" data-google-query-id="CO_hs6mpp90CFccTvQod_wEMAw"> <p>Stars have taken to social media to pay tribute to Reynolds.</p> <div> <div class="SandboxRoot env-bp-350" data-twitter-event-id="0"> <div id="twitter-widget-0" class="EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent" data-click-to-open-target="https://twitter.com/vanillaice/status/1037780556904321026" data-iframe-title="Twitter Tweet" data-scribe="page:tweet" data-tweet-id="1037780556904321026" data-twitter-event-id="1"> <div class="MediaCard-media"> <div id="page"> <div id="container"> <div id="content"> <div id="left_col"> <p>Reynolds had been set to appear in Quentin Tarantino's next film, <em>Once Upon a Hollywood.</em></p> <div class="videowrapper"> <div class="hdivider">He was married twice. First to to British actress Judy Carne in 1963, who he divorced two years later. In 1988, he married actress Loni Anderson, but that also ended bitterly in 1993.</div> </div> <p>Reynolds is survived by his son, Quinton.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="videowrapper"> <div class="videocredit"><span class="videocredittext"></span></div> <div class="hdivider"><em>Republished by permission of <a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/106896122/smokey-the-bandit-star-burt-reynolds-has-died">Stuff.co.nz</a>.</em></div> <div class="hdivider"></div> </div> <div class="videowrapper"> <div id="video-1rn64f" class="video-js bc-video-in-article vjs-mouse vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled vjs-workinghover vjs-v5 bc-player-rJgiPtbXHb_default vjs-plugins-ready vjs-contextmenu vjs-contextmenu-ui vjs-player-info vjs-errors vjs-ffxnz-overlay vjs-quality-menu vjs-user-inactive vjs-ima3-not-playing-yet vjs-ad-controls vjs-ima3-html5 ima3-loading-spinner" data-article-playlist-id="4618317335001" data-suppress="false" data-external-guid="" data-video-id="5831742373001" data-embed="default" data-player="rJgiPtbXHb" data-account="3921507366001" aria-label="video player"> <div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer-bottom"> <div id="footer-bottom-left"> <div class="footer-bottom-left-row"></div> </div> <div id="footer-bottom-right"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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Tony Jones blunt slapdown on Q&A

<p><span><em>Q&amp;A</em> host Tony Jones and Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds didn’t hold back in a fiery on-air spat about the future funding of the ABC.</span></p> <p><span>Their exchange began when a member of the audience asked how an initiative, supported by some in the Liberal party to privatise the public broadcaster at a conference on the weekend, could be beneficial to the Australian public.</span></p> <p><span>“Why do you think this is a beneficial decision when the ABC is the most trusted news source and broadcasting corporation in Australia?” the audience member asked. “If it was privatised, how would you guarantee its independence?”</span></p> <p><span>Senator Reynolds responded to the question by saying that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had “made it very clear” the ABC won’t be privatised.</span></p> <p><span>“I was there at the conference over the weekend and I heard the debate on the motion and, from my perspective, I think it’s not so much about privatising the ABC which is not going to happen, but $1.2 billion of your taxpayers’ money goes into the ABC every year.</span></p> <p><span>“I think it’s valid for us in Parliament and for all of you to actually question whether that money is being best spent.</span></p> <p><span>“So, for example, I’m from the state of Western Australia and I hear frequently from people in rural and regional areas in Western Australia that they don’t feel that they get enough service from the ABC.”</span></p> <p><span>She then turned to Mr Jones and challenged <em>Q&amp;A</em> to visit Western Australia, which she claimed they hadn’t done in “about six or seven years”.</span></p> <p><span>“You might have to increase our funding just a little bit, Linda,” Mr Jones replied. “That’s one of the problems, I’m afraid.”</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span><img width="500" height="280" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7819213/2_500x280.jpg" alt="2 (89)"/></span></p> <p><span>The audience erupted into laughter and cheers at his quick response as the senator continued to probe the host.</span></p> <p><span>“I think in $1.2 billion you can find a few dollars,” she said.</span></p> <p><span>However, Mr Jones replied saying that there were many services the organisation had to cover.</span></p> <p><span>“We’d love to do that, so write to the managing director and see if they can find the money in the diminishing budget,” he said.</span></p> <p><span>“Come to Port Hedland and the Pilbara and where 40 per cent of our nation’s wealth has been generated and probably 40 per cent of your salary comes from Western Australia,” Senator Reynolds said in one last jab at Mr Jones.</span></p> <p><span>On Saturday, the Liberal federal council passed a motion with a two-to-one majority to call on the coalition to sell off the ABC, except in regional areas.</span></p> <p><span>However, the following day, Malcolm Turnbull said the ABC will always be in public hands, after members of the Liberal Party voted to sell it off.</span></p> <p><span>“The ABC will always be in public hands. It will never be sold. That is my commitment. It is a public broadcaster. It always has been and it always will be,” Mr Turnbull told reporters in Canberra.</span></p> <p><span>On <em>Q&amp;A</em>, the other panellists were largely supportive of the ABC remaining publicly funded.</span></p> <p><span>“The motion we saw at the Liberal Party Federal Council on the weekend, it’s not an isolated incident,” said Tim Watts, a Labor member for the western Melbourne seat of Gellibrand.</span></p> <p><span>“Five Liberal Party senators have spoken in favour of privatising the ABC before.</span></p> <p><span>“It sounds insane. It sounds like a crazy idea, but this is the mainstream of the modern Liberal Party.</span></p> <p><span>“There was a time when conservatives cared about institutions. They cared about the things that we needed to sustain a democracy. Now it’s just off-the-shelf ideology from America.”</span></p> <p><span>Senator Reynolds responded by saying the claim that the Coalition’s ideology comes from America “doesn’t make sense”, adding that the ABC plays a “really important role”.</span></p> <p><span>“But that said, it is still publicly funded,” she added. “What we want to do is, like we do with any other organisation that’s publicly funded, is keep challenging it to make sure it is still serving the purposes for which we fund it and for which we require.”</span></p> <p><span>What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments below. </span></p>

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Carrie Fisher’s brother reveals her one big regret

<p>Shortly before her death in December 2016, Carrie Fisher revealed for the first time in her memoir that she had a <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/2016/11/carrie-fisher-reveals-affair-with-harrison-ford-on-star-wars/">brief on-set affair with Star Wars co-star Harrison Ford</a></span>.</strong></p> <p>Carrie’s brother, Todd, has now revealed in his new book, <em>My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie</em>, that Carrie rued the day she told the public about her three-month fling, which she detailed in her own autobiography, <em>The Princess Diarist.</em></p> <p>In the book, Todd writes that his and Carrie’s mother, Debbie Reynolds, didn’t know about Carrie’s affair with Ford when she was a single 19-year-old and he was a married 33-year-old father of two.</p> <p>Todd says that Reynolds disapproved of both the affair and of Carrie’s decision to make it public.</p> <p>Carrie eventually told Reynolds: “You’re right. I shouldn’t have told that story.”</p> <p>At the time of her memoir’s release, Carrie describe their first intimate experience as clumsy.</p> <p> "I was so inexperienced, but I trusted something about him. He was kind," she said.</p> <p>"It was so intense," <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-reveals-affair-with-harrison-ford-star-wars/?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag">Fisher told People</a></strong></span> during an interview to promote the book.</p> <p>"It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend."</p> <p>Carrie died in December 2016 of cardiac arrest, with Debbie passing away just a day later.</p> <p>In his book, Todd explains how he saw what happened: “The common theory about Mum’s passing was that, after losing Carrie, Debbie Reynolds died of a broken heart. Take it from the son who was there, who knew her better than anyone else on earth — that’s simply not true. Debbie Reynolds willed herself right off this planet to personally see to it that Carrie would never be alone.”</p>

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