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Some vegetables are pretty low in fibre. So which veggies are high-fibre heroes?

<div class="theconversation-article-body"><em><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/lauren-ball-14718">Lauren Ball</a>, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/the-university-of-queensland-805">The University of Queensland</a> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/emily-burch-438717">Emily Burch</a>, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/southern-cross-university-1160">Southern Cross University</a></em></p> <p>Many people looking to improve their health try to boost fibre intake by eating more vegetables.</p> <p>But while all veggies offer health benefits, not all are particularly high in fibre. You can eat loads of salads and vegetables and still fall short of your recommended daily fibre intake.</p> <p>So, which vegetables pack the biggest fibre punch? Here’s what you need to know.</p> <h2>What is fibre and how much am I supposed to be getting?</h2> <p>Fibre, or dietary fibre, refers to the parts of plant foods that our bodies cannot digest or absorb.</p> <p>It passes mostly unchanged through our stomach and intestines, then gets removed from the body through our <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0268005X09002501">stool</a>.</p> <p>There are two types of fibre which have different functions and health benefits: soluble and insoluble.</p> <p>Soluble fibre dissolves in water and can help lower blood cholesterol levels. Food sources include fruit, vegetables and legumes.</p> <p>Insoluble fibre adds bulk to the stool which helps move food through the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924224418300499">bowels</a>. Food sources include nuts, seeds and wholegrains.</p> <p>Both types are beneficial.</p> <p>Australia’s healthy eating guidelines <a href="https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/nutrient-reference-values/nutrients/dietary-fibre">recommend</a> women consume 25 grams of fibre a day and men consume 30 grams a day.</p> <p>However, <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5986479/">research</a> shows most people do not eat enough fibre. Most adults get about <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5986479/">21 grams</a> a day.</p> <h2>4 big reasons to increase fibre</h2> <p>Boosting fibre intake is a manageable and effective way to improve your overall health.</p> <p>Making small changes to eat more fibrous vegetables can lead to:</p> <p><strong>1. Better digestion</strong></p> <p>Fibre helps maintain regular bowel movements and can alleviate <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/apt.13167?casa_token=HTtHw4dBjtQAAAAA:HI22rAfowUBLRsg7UxeAPumvq32hnKLjxJRZZbu-26S2rxVWhmteYZ01F4_3JFJDjOTTMVRcntrecg">constipation</a>.</p> <p><strong>2. Better heart health</strong></p> <p>Increasing soluble fibre (by eating foods such as fruit and vegetables) can help lower cholesterol levels, which can <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6879.short">reduce your risk of heart disease</a>.</p> <p><strong>3. Weight management</strong></p> <p>High-fibre foods are filling, which can help people feel fuller for longer and <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/9/2/149">prevent overeating</a>.</p> <p><strong>4. Reducing diabetes risk and boosting wellbeing</strong></p> <p>Fibre-rich diets are linked to a reduced risk of chronic conditions such as <a href="https://idp.springer.com/authorize/casa?redirect_uri=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-015-0831-3&amp;casa_token=skn6pDaWHcYAAAAA:w8PDhyb-G1gDAiflBK6-l5fgFEy_1955V7nTDIKTg6GOzmEzpRaJO3ErLzryemjf2C4Yo_ybQSaj2Yc">type 2 diabetes</a> and <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959804901002544">colorectal cancer</a>.</p> <p>Recent <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31809-9/fulltext">research</a> published in prestigious medical journal The Lancet provided some eye-opening stats on why fibre matters.</p> <p>The researchers, who combined evidence from clinical trials, found people who ate 25–29 grams of fibre per day had a 15–30% lower risk of life-threatening conditions like heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes compared to those who consumed fewer than 15 grams of fibre per day.</p> <h2>So which vegetables are highest in fibre?</h2> <p>Vegetables are excellent sources of both soluble and insoluble fibre, along with essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.</p> <p>The following veggies are some of the <a href="https://afcd.foodstandards.gov.au/foodsbynutrientsearch.aspx?nutrientID=AOACDFTOTW">highest</a> in fibre:</p> <ul> <li>green peas</li> <li>avocado</li> <li>artichokes</li> <li>parsnips</li> <li>brussels sprouts</li> <li>kale</li> <li>sweet potatoes</li> <li>beetroot</li> <li>carrots</li> <li>broccoli</li> <li>pumpkin</li> </ul> <h2>Which vegetables are low in fibre?</h2> <p>Comparatively lower fibre veggies include:</p> <ul> <li>asparagus</li> <li>spinach (raw)</li> <li>cauliflower</li> <li>mushrooms</li> <li>capsicum</li> <li>tomato</li> <li>lettuce</li> <li>cucumber</li> </ul> <p>These vegetables have lots of health benefits. But if meeting a fibre goal is your aim then don’t forget to complement these veggies with other higher-fibre ones, too.</p> <h2>Does it matter how I prepare or cook the vegetables?</h2> <p>Yes.</p> <p>The way we <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3614039/#:%7E:text=Influence%20of%20different%20processing%20treatments,gravimetric%20and%20enzymic%E2%80%94chemical%20methods.">prepare vegetables</a> can impact their fibre content, as cooking can cause structural changes in the dietary fibre components.</p> <p>Some <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814602002595">research</a> has shown pressure cooking reduces fibre levels more greatly than roasting or microwave cooking.</p> <p>For optimal health, it’s important to include a mix of both cooked and raw vegetables in your diet.</p> <p>It’s worth noting that juicing removes most of the fibre from vegetables, leaving mostly sugars and water.</p> <p>For improved fibre intake, it’s better to eat whole vegetables rather than relying on juices.</p> <h2>What about other, non-vegetable sources of fibre?</h2> <p>To meet your fibre recommendations each day, you can chose from a variety of fibre-rich foods (not only vegetables) including:</p> <ul> <li>legumes and pulses (such as kidney beans and chickpeas)</li> <li>wholegrain flour and bread</li> <li>fruits</li> <li>wholegrains (such oats, brown rice, quinoa, barley)</li> <li>nuts and seeds (such as flaxseeds and chia seeds)</li> </ul> <p>A fibre-rich day that meets a recommended 30 grams would include:</p> <ul> <li>breakfast: 1⁄2 cup of rolled oats with milk and 1⁄2 cup of berries = about 6 grams of fibre</li> <li>snack: one banana = about 2 grams</li> <li>lunch: two cups of salad vegetables, 1⁄2 cup of four-bean mix, and canned tuna = about 9 grams</li> <li>snack: 30 grams of almonds = about 3 grams</li> <li>dinner: 1.5 cups of stir-fried vegetables with tofu or chicken, one cup of cooked brown rice = about 10 grams</li> <li>supper: 1⁄2 a punnet of strawberries with some yoghurt = about 3 grams.</li> </ul> <h2>Bringing it all together</h2> <p>Vegetables are a key part of a healthy, balanced diet, packed with fibre that supports digestion, blood glucose control, weight management, and reduces risk of chronic disease.</p> <p>However, the nutritional value of them can vary depending on the type and the cooking method used.</p> <p>By understanding the fibre content in different veggies and how preparation methods affect it, we can make informed dietary choices to improve our overall health.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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"An enormous privilege": Karl Stefanovic celebrates 20 years on Today

<p><em>The Today Show</em> team has surprised Karl Stefanovic with a trip down memory lane as he celebrates 20 years hosting the popular morning show. </p> <p>After first joining the show in 2005 alongside the then host Tracy Grimshaw, Stefanovic has covered events such as the Beaconsfield Mine disaster in 2006, Royal deaths, US presidential elections, multiple Olympic Games and the biggest natural disasters from across the globe.</p> <p>To celebrate his time at the helm, the team surprised him with a look back at some of his biggest highlights from this time.</p> <p>"That's two whole decades of passion, dedication, fun, and of course, the cheeky Karlos we all know and love," current co-host, Sarah Abo said.</p> <p>"We are lucky to work alongside this man each and every day, so to celebrate all things Karl, we thought we'd take a little walk down memory lane."</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); 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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; 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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/DEvfvkWTacY/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by thetodayshow (@thetodayshow)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>"I can't believe it's 20 years, I'm very grateful to have been here this long and to have worked with the best people in the business," Karl said.</p> <p>"And to be able to come into people's homes every morning is an enormous privilege, so I'll just keep on keeping on as long as I can."</p> <p>Sarah Abo added, "We are so lucky to sit next to you and all the viewers at home are so lucky to have you in their lounge rooms and their kitchens every single morning on their devices, listening to you and your shenanigans."</p> <p>The team also surprised Karl this morning with a special message from his former co-host and current <em>A Current Affair</em> host, Ally Langdon.</p> <p>"Karl, I love you, I don't miss those 3am wake up calls, but I do miss sitting next to you in that chair because you are the very best, we talk about how good you are in the big news stories, but I reckon when there's no news around is actually when you shine," she said.</p> <p>"That's when you just, you know, you've got that magic touch, you create something special that gets us through."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Today </em></p>

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"Get over yourself": Sports fans call out Aussie Olympian's "privileged" rant

<p>Aussie sports fans have seemingly turned on swimming champion Ariarne Titmus after she called out the standard of living in the Olympic village. </p> <p>Titmus, who took home the gold medal in the 400m freestyle, labelled the conditions for athletes in Paris "ridiculous".</p> <p>"Living in the Olympic village makes it hard to perform," the 23-year-old said in an interview on Sunday.</p> <p>"It's definitely not made for high performance, so it's about who can really keep it together in the mind."</p> <p>Some sports fans haven't received her comments well, with many taking to social media to accuse the athlete of whinging. </p> <p>"Give me a break, why is it always the Aussies that make excuses?" one person fumed.</p> <p> </p> <p>Another posted, "Get over yourself, remember how privileged you are to be there ... to complain is really petty."</p> <p>Others argued that all the athletes in Paris are "in the same boat" so there is no point in complaining.</p> <p>"Our athletes are becoming a bunch of spoiled whining Australian representatives. If you don't like your situation just leave go home and find a job!" one person said.</p> <p>Another wrote, "I'm not very impressed if the competitors think that blaming their accommodation for their performance ... get over yourselves, and remember how privileged you are to have the chance to be there."</p> <p>Australian Swimming head coach Rohan Taylor has also spoken about the conditions of the Olympic village, but said being adaptable is crucial for competitors in France to succeed.</p> <p>"The Olympics has always been a challenge," he said. "Every Olympics I've been a part of, every Olympic Games that you see, is a test of athletes' ability to come here, compete and perform when it matters."</p> <p>"It's about how you manage yourself and whatever environments are presented, whatever the beds are, whatever the food is, everybody deals with it."</p> <p>"The Olympics has always been this way and that's the way it is. And that's the beauty of it."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Panoramic/SIPA/Shutterstock Editorial </em></p>

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"Pretty brutal": Peter Garrett slams Taylor Swift for price gouging tickets

<p>Peter Garrett has taken aim at Taylor Swift, calling out her extrationate ticket prices for a place at the Eras Tour. </p> <p>The Midnight Oil frontman  joined <em>107.1 SAFM’s Bec & Soda</em> radio show on Friday when he was informed that he was co-host Mark “Soda” Soderstrom’s favourite artist, or in other words, “his Taylor Swift.”</p> <p>Garrett didn't take too kindly to the comparison, and launched into a rant about the price of Swift's concert tickets. </p> <p>“I’m not price gouging like Taylor, to be blunt,” he began.</p> <p>The radio hosts reminisced about attending a Midnight Oil concert in 1985 when tickets were just $15.90, compared to Swifts forking out hundreds of dollars for the highly anticipated Eras Tour. </p> <p>Tickets for Swift’s Australian tour ranged from $79.90 for G-reserve tickets to $379.90 for A-reserve ticket, while also offering fans multiple VIP packages, reaching an eye-watering $1249.90 for a single ticket. </p> <p>Some diehard fans were quick to complain about the lack of added value in the packages, which included premium seats with add-ons such as a tote bags, collectable pins, stickers and postcards.</p> <p>Garrett continued, “I wouldn’t begrudge anyone’s success, that’s the first thing to say."</p> <p>"She’s obviously touching a chord with masses of people, particularly people of a certain age group who have experienced growing up at a certain time, and what she’s singing and talking about is really ringing true with them.” </p> <p>However, he also said that “the dollar end of it having looked at it from a distance, having been in this business forever, is pretty brutal.”</p> <p>Garrett continued to share his disapproval of Swift's Australian domination, complaining about how five of her albums dominated the ARIA charts, booting Aussie artists off the ladder. </p> <p>“She is so pervasive, she has become such a phenomenon, that she is displacing artists left right and centre. In our ARIA top 100 chart – that’s the Australian record industry chart – I think at one point in the last week or two, we only had three Australian artists in that top 100,” Garrett said. </p> <p>“Not good enough! And that’s not me crying about it, I’ve had an incredible run. But I think about the younger artists coming through and it’s extremely hard for them now.”</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images </em></p>

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“Privileged inbreds”: The Project host slams Charles and Camilla

<p dir="ltr">King Charles and Queen Camilla have been slammed by a co-host of <em>The Project</em>, who labelled them as “privileged inbreds” in the wake of their Christmas card. </p> <p dir="ltr">Nick Cody and the panel reacted to the royal family’s Christmas card, which shows Charles and Camilla posing in their royal regalia. </p> <p dir="ltr">The King and Queen stood in a stoic pose wearing their robes and towering crowns, with the message inside reading, “Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year”.</p> <p dir="ltr">The monarch’s choice of attire didn’t go down well with Cody, who made his disdain for the couple clear on Monday night’s show. </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/C0upAphhvLF/?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/C0upAphhvLF/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by The Project (@theprojecttv)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“I just need a moment here because, guys – I have some huge news from the weekend,” Cody began sarcastically. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Yes, the rumours are true. King Charles and Queen Camilla released their official Christmas card. I just want to say what everyone in Australia is thinking right now, thank you.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“Thanks very much, guys. It’s a wonderful festive treat that absolutely nobody asked for, and yet you delivered,” he continued, eliciting laughs from the panel and audience members. </p> <p dir="ltr">“You two look like a randy couple approaching me at a bar at 3am to say that you’ve been watching me and really ‘dig my vibe’.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Cody then went on to highlight the ongoing cost of living crisis in both Australia and the UK, and how out of touch the card seemed to many people who are struggling. </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/p/C0pagR3M5fD/?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/C0pagR3M5fD/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by The Royal Family (@theroyalfamily)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“I love the brazenness of the card statement too,” he continued. “Sure, people in Australia and the UK are struggling to pay bills and put food on the table this Christmas. They’re doing it tough. But despite all that external noise and the fact you gave yourself a massive 45% pay rise this year, you still found the courage to pose for this picture while wearing a $9.5 million hat. Your family jewels must be epically large, mate. Respect.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>The Project</em> presenter then went on to double down on his criticism, and revealed that he’d made his very own Christmas card just for the royal couple.</p> <p dir="ltr">“So, as a small gesture, I have made this Christmas card for you,” said the star, before showing a picture of himself sitting on the toilet giving the King and Queen the middle finger. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I hope you enjoy it. Like you, I also shot it in May while sitting in my personal throne room. To Charles and Camilla, from me, Nick, the colony’s other privileged inbred, Merry Christmas!”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: The Project</em></p>

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"It's been a great privilege": Eddie McGuire delivers sad Millionaire Hot Seat news

<p>Veteran host Eddie McGuire has announced that <em>Millionaire Hot Seat</em> will be taking a break at the end of January 2024.</p> <p>During a broadcast on 3AW, McGuire expressed both pride and sadness as he conveyed his gratitude to fans for their unwavering support over the years. McGuire revealed that a new show would be introduced in place of Millionaire Hot Seat at 5 o'clock on the Nine network after the 25th-anniversary milestone is reached in 2024.</p> <p>"It's with great pride and joy and also sadness that I announce this morning that Millionaire Hot Seat will go into hiatus at the end of January next year," McGuire announced. "We will finish off this year and there'll be a replacement show at five 'clock on the Nine network after we hit our 25th anniversary when we go into 2024.</p> <p>"I've had the privilege of being in everybody's lounge room for a long time every night at 5 o'clock and I love the fact that so many people come and say, 'I sit there with my grandparents and we did these things together'. It's been a great privilege."</p> <p>Reflecting on the show's impact, McGuire highlighted its multicultural appeal and the moments of personal significance shared by contestants. He recounted the touching story of a contestant who won $250,000 during the global financial crisis, and how the prize money was life-saving for him, preventing him from having to sell his house.</p> <p>Since its debut on April 20, 2009, <em>Millionaire Hot Seat</em> has become Australia's longest-running quiz show and the sole program in the country where contestants have the chance to win $1 million. Throughout its impressive 11-year run, the show has given away over $40 million and aired a remarkable 2500 episodes.</p> <p>Eddie McGuire's association with the show dates back to 1999 when he began hosting <em>Who Wants To Be A Millionaire</em>, which later evolved into the daily version known as <em>Millionaire Hot Seat</em> in 2009.</p> <p>The show has been a life-changing experience for many, with individuals like Edwin Daly and Antony McManus winning the top prize of $1 million. McManus, a retail worker from Melbourne, expressed how winning the show transformed his life, allowing him to purchase a beautiful apartment outright and secure a brighter future for himself and his husband.</p> <p>As the era of <em>Millionaire Hot Seat</em> comes to a temporary close, fans can look back on the show's incredible legacy and the profound impact it has had on countless lives.</p> <p>Eddie McGuire thanked everyone for their support, marking the end of an era while also anticipating the exciting new show that will take its place.</p> <p><em>Image: Nine Network</em></p>

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Jackie O and Carrie Bickmore pretty in pink for girls' getaway

<p>Jackie O and Carrie Bickmore spent their weekend enjoying a mini girls' getaway as they celebrated their friend’s birthday in the NSW coastal town of Byron Bay.</p> <p>The pair were both dolled up in pink as they marked the 40th birthday of a mutual friend Gemma O’Neill, a former 2Day FM executive producer on <em>The Kyle &amp; Jackie O Show</em>.</p> <p>“Weekend in Byron spent celebrating my besties @gemmyjean 40th,” Henderon, 48, captioned her carousel of Instagram photos from the event held at Halcyon House in town.</p> <p>The radio giant stunned in a figure-hugging Rebecca Vallance hot-pink dress paired with white Christian Louboutin heels, an outfit that was certainly celeb-approved.</p> <p>“Gorgeous,” commented singer Delta Goodrem, while TV personality Jessice Rowe wrote, “Divine.”</p> <p>Bickmore was colourful in a floral minidress and wedges as she posed for a series of snaps with the birthday girl.</p> <p>“Happy 40th Gem. You have packed more in the first 40 years than most. Can’t wait to see what you do with the next 40,” the 42-year-old former wrote on Instagram alongside the images.</p> <p>Henderson <a href="http://debuted%20her%20slimmed%20down%20figure/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently debuted</a> her slimmed down figure following a dramatic 18kg weight loss in early 2023, with the help of WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers).</p> <p>Her transformation sparked rumours that she had used the diabetes drug Ozempic to lose weight – an injectable that helps to increase insulin production and suppress appetite.</p> <p>The mum-of-one addressed the rumours on <em>The Kyle &amp; Jackie O Show</em>.</p> <p>“That diabetic medication people talk about taking, I don’t take that,” she told co-host Kyle Sandilands.</p> <p>“Honestly, you can do it, guys. But I will say, I reckon [cutting out] alcohol and [frequent] exercise was a big thing. I’ve never done [that] before so that was kind of the kicker for me.”</p> <p>Bickmore has also been under the spotlight with rumours she is dating Tommy &amp; Carrie co-host, Tommy Little, amid her split from long-time partner Chris Walker.</p> <p>However, Little put a stop to the rumours on 2DAY FM’S<em> Hughesy, Ed &amp; Erin</em> show after he revealed he is single and just signed up to celebrity dating app Raya.</p> <p>“I just can’t keep telling the apps that it’s me, because it’s so desperate saying, ‘Hey, Tinder, that’s actually me!’” Little said, admitting people kept reporting his profile as fake.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Instagram</em></p>

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"It was a pretty nasty bang": Freddie Flintoff airlifted to hospital

<p>Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff is recovering from a "nasty" accident while filming for <em>Top Gear</em>, according to his friend Piers Morgan. </p> <p>The former English cricketer, 45, was airlifted to hospital on Tuesday after receiving medical care at the scene, following a crash at an aerodrome in Surrey. </p> <p>Piers said he had spoken to Freddie's family, and said the TV host is remaining in good spirits. </p> <p>“I’m told it was a pretty serious crash and that Freddie’s going to be OK, but it might be a little bit more serious than first appreciated,” he told <em>talkSPORT</em>.</p> <p>“I’m told he’s going to be OK, which is great news, but I’m also told it was a pretty nasty bang and that he’s had surgery and is recovering now and we’ll have to wait and see."</p> <p>“I’ve been in contact with them privately but I just want to wish him and his family – Rachael, his wife – all the very best and I think we’re all just keeping our fingers crossed that the big man comes through all right.”</p> <p>It is understood that the crash did not happen at high speed, with all health and safety precautions said to have been in place.</p> <p>The health and safety watchdog said it was “aware and making inquiries” after the BBC reported the incident, as was standard procedure.</p> <p>A BBC spokesperson said at the time, “Freddie was injured in an accident at the <em>Top Gear</em> test track this morning, with crew medics attending the scene immediately. He has been taken to hospital for further treatment and we will confirm more details in due course.”</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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We can pretty accurately tell when a human or dog is happy, but not so much with aggression

<p>Humans are terrible at understanding aggressive characteristics in dogs — and unfortunately, in other humans.</p> <p>Being able to correctly interpret social interactions is an important skill that allows humans to react appropriately in different situations.</p> <p>But, research from the Dog Studies Research group at the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology in Germany shows while we’re generally clued in to distinguishing the nature of social interactions between children, dogs, and monkeys, we suck at identifying negative behaviour in dogs and humans.</p> <p>Researchers presented 96 adults with short video clips of aggressive, neutral, and playful interactions between two individuals in three different species: human children, dogs, and macaques.</p> <p>The clips included clues, such as body postures and facial expressions, but ended before the interaction took place.</p> <p>Half the study participants were asked to categorise the interaction as aggressive, neutral, or playful, while the other half were asked to predict the outcome from three sentences prepared by the experimenters describing the three possible outcomes.</p> <p>The researchers found that people performed better than chance for both tasks, even without prior experiences with the non-human species.</p> <p>They selected the correct choice of the three outcomes in 50–80% of interactions and were most accurate in categorising playful interactions, which they correctly identified 70% of the time.</p> <p>This wasn’t the case for predicting aggressive outcomes in humans and in pooches in particular. Participants rated aggressive contexts among dogs at chance level, and predicted outcomes below chance level.</p> <p>“It is possible that we are biased to assume good intentions from other humans and from ‘man’s best friend’,” says first author Dr Theresa Epperlein the DogStudies Research group in the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Germany.</p> <p>“Perhaps this bias prevents us from recognising aggressive situations in these species.”  </p> <p>“Our results underscore the fact that social interactions can often be ambiguous and suggest that accurately predicting outcomes may be more advantageous than categorising emotional contexts,” adds senior author Dr Juliane Bräuer, DogStudies Research Group Leader.</p> <p>The research has been <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277783" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">published</a> in the journal <em>PLOS ONE</em>.</p> <p><!-- Start of tracking content syndication. Please do not remove this section as it allows us to keep track of republished articles --></p> <p><img id="cosmos-post-tracker" style="opacity: 0; height: 1px!important; width: 1px!important; border: 0!important; position: absolute!important; z-index: -1!important;" src="https://syndication.cosmosmagazine.com/?id=227826&amp;title=We+can+pretty+accurately+tell+when+a+human+or+dog+is+happy%2C+but+not+so+much+with+aggression" width="1" height="1" data-spai-target="src" data-spai-orig="" data-spai-exclude="nocdn" /></p> <p><!-- End of tracking content syndication --></p> <div id="contributors"> <p><em><a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/human-dogs-aggressive/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This article</a> was originally published on Cosmos Magazine and was written by Imma Perfetto.</em></p> <p><em>Image: Getty Images</em></p> </div>

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They had “pretty ankle contests” in the 1900s

<p>The earliest recording of a “pretty ankle contest” was in the early 1900s but it was from the 30s to 50s that ankle competitions hit their stride. Contestants would be concealed behind a curtain with only their ankle proffered for evaluation.</p> <p>The concealment was to encourage all women to enter, as one newspaper advised in 1927: “Older ladies need not feel timid about entering the contest. They have as much chance as their daughters.”</p> <p>These shows often served as a way to promote hosiery companies with winners receiving free stocking, not to mention the crown of “prettiest ankle”.</p> <p>Looking back at the photos, it seems like the contests were serious business. As one commentator wrote in the Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express in December 1926: “There is something captivating about pretty ankles, and it was only natural that some bright mind must think up a competition for them.” </p> <p><em>Images: Getty Images</em></p>

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Lisa Wilkinson called out for her "privilege"

<p dir="ltr">A young woman has called out Lisa Wilkinson's privileged treatment from Channel Ten that has seen her quietly leave Australia and continue working in the US in the wake of her controversial Logies speech.</p> <p dir="ltr">Wilkinson came under fire after mentioning the details of a court case during her speech, resulting in the trial being rescheduled.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-a0cbbb59-7fff-84c1-535f-ba4441b3ca0f">The Project co-host secretly flew to Los Angeles, posting a photo outside the Hotel California several days ago, revealing she would be conducting a series of interviews while there.</span></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/CgJaLGgOJn7/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; 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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/CgJaLGgOJn7/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Lisa Wilkinson (@lisa_wilkinson)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">She has since been called out by an outspoken young woman who goes by 'GoWokeGoBroke' online, who claimed the TV host has been treated with "privilege" by Channel Ten.</p> <p dir="ltr">"I see a lot of privilege in this Lisa Wilkinson story,' she said.</p> <p dir="ltr">"She's been given leave, I assume paid, and now it has been revealed that she has been given extended leave, and has been relocated to the United States where she is going to file some fluffy entertainment stories.</p> <p dir="ltr">"If this was anyone else, they would not be given all these privileges - they would be fired from their job, and that would be it."</p> <p dir="ltr">Wilkinson is reportedly spending time in Hollywood and New York, where she will be interviewing "musicians and A-list film stars" for upcoming episodes of <em>The Project</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">The <em>Australian</em>'s<em> </em>Media Diary column reported that the 62-year-old would also be using annual leave on the trip and will be away from the Channel 10 studio for a month more than expected.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6f2fb39d-7fff-bc28-a689-efc56e8846f6"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Daily Mail Australia</em></p>

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Pretty in Pink: Vera Wang marks 73rd birthday with “unreal” looks

<p dir="ltr">Fashion icon Vera Wang has celebrated her 73rd birthday in style, stunning fans with her age-defying looks during her pink, floral-themed celebration.</p> <p dir="ltr">Wang’s Enchanted Garden-themed party was replete with flowers, trees filled with twinkling fairy lights, a gravity-defying cake covered in pink roses, and karaoke.</p> <p dir="ltr">Unsurprisingly, the fashion designer stunned in two outfits: a pink satin princess dress split down the middle to show matching floral shorts, and a pink sequined mini skirt and matching boob tube, with both looks completed with silver stilettos, necklaces with pink jewels, and a pink-and-silver crown.</p> <p dir="ltr">The party appeared to be inspired by Wang’s new Rosé Prosecco, which she posed with throughout the night.</p> <p dir="ltr">Her pomeranian, Lola “the party princess”, also made an appearance among the slew of photos Wang shared with fans on social media.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Celebrating my Bday with CAKES and KARAOKE….. and my new ROSÉ PROSECCO!!!!!!,” she captioned the series of posts.</p> <p dir="ltr">Wang’s friends and a host of fans flooded the posts with well-wishes for the bridal designer, with many sharing their disbelief over her age.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Happy birthday love!! 💗” fashion designer Lisa Perry wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Happy Birthday Fellow Cancer Queen ♋✨💗,” model Theodora ‘Teddy’ Quinlaven commented.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Happy birthday beautiful, you are truly inspirational to us older women,” a fan said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The way you look is unreal! Fabulous!” another added.</p> <p dir="ltr">“You look so beautiful and wearing my favourite colour! Have a great one!” a third wrote.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-d54eb279-7fff-c1e5-80d1-5184703a747e"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: @verawang (Instagram)</em></p>

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Glaring errors in fan favourite movies

<p dir="ltr">You have to be a real cinema buff or at least excelled in high school English class to notice some glaring errors in popular movies.  </p> <p dir="ltr">TikTok user <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@donfarellii/video/7065051870250732806?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2F&amp;referer_video_id=7065051870250732806&amp;refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Don Farelli</a> has done all the work and pointed out the mistakes left in fan favourites such as <em>Pretty Woman, Gladiator</em>, the 1985 flick <em>Teen Wolf</em>, and the 1995 movie <em>Braveheart</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Up first is the 1990s blockbuster <em>Pretty Woman</em> starring Julia Roberts and Richard Geere. </p> <p dir="ltr">In the scene, Julia’s character Vivian Ward is seen nibbling on a croissant as she tells Richard’s Edward Lewis that she didn’t go past 11th grade. </p> <p dir="ltr">Suddenly, the croissant disappears and in its place is a pancake. </p> <p dir="ltr">The swap in foods has been spotted a few times before and there are even unconfirmed reports from the director for the change. </p> <p dir="ltr">"Director Garry Marshall said he liked the performance she gave in the latter part of the scene better, so the croissant magically becomes a pancake, which she began to eat as they did more takes,’ it reads on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100405/goofs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMDB</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">"While this may be the case, there is still a continuity issue. In the first scene with the pancake, she takes a second bite. In the next scene with the pancake in her hand, there is only one bite missing.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Not only that, but the pancake with one bite missing has a different bite pattern and is clearly a different pancake."</p> <p dir="ltr">Next up is Mel Gibson’s <em>Braveheart</em>, who is seen speaking to a fellow actor in a scene. </p> <p dir="ltr">Upon closer inspection, a man in the background is seen wearing a baseball cap - which very obviously has no place in the film. </p> <p dir="ltr">Similar to <em>Gladiator</em> starring Russel Crowe, which features two modern items which are very clearly not meant to be there.</p> <p dir="ltr">In one scene, a man is seen wearing jeans which is not the wardrobe for the movie and another scene shows another extra moving a water bottle out of the way.</p> <p dir="ltr">The final movie is <em>Teen Wolf</em> starring Michael J. Fox, which hilariously shows a man realising his zipper is undone and tries to cover it during a basketball game. </p> <p dir="ltr">Don’s TikTok video received a whopping 1.7million likes and has been viewed more than 15million times. </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: TikTok</em></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p>

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Woman documents her daily struggles as the “most attractive person”

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a world inundated with media perceptions of beauty, plastic surgery and many people on the constant search for superficial validation, a lot of people are striving for beauty. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, as Ariana will tell you, being beautiful is a constant struggle. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 21-year-old American college student posted a video to her TikTok account, saying she often feels that other girls exclude her because they are so jealous of her looks. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In posting the video, a hesitant Ariana said she was worried about posting the confession in case she got “attacked”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While applying her makeup, she spoke candidly to the camera saying, “So there‘s a topic I really want to talk about, and I wanna talk about it often but I have a hard time doing it because I know I’m going to get attacked.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It goes along with pretty privilege. Obviously, pretty privilege is a thing, we know this, we know there‘s a lot of pros to that.”</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/CTXrmwzpNfb/?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> <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/CTXrmwzpNfb/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by ari;) (@arianasavannahh)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She goes on to say that there are a lot of “downsides” to being good looking, and she wanted to share her “experience as a woman”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As I said, this topic is very difficult to talk about, because if you know you know, and if you don‘t know, you’re probably going to attack me, my personality, which I am expecting,” she said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This is why I don‘t talk about it often.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ariana explains that she was often excluded by women, and always wondered why. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“College was really the hardest point for me. Girls will always be like oh my gosh, I love you so much, you‘re so gorgeous, we’re gonna hang out,” she said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The time comes around and I always am left out, and talked about poorly behind my back, and it never makes sense because I am always being so kind and genuine.”</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/CTDHfpbJ9NP/?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> <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/CTDHfpbJ9NP/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by ari;) (@arianasavannahh)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ariana assures her viewers that it was not her personality turning people away from her, but rather her blindingly good looks. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I was super outgoing, especially around girls, and loved empowering women and just being a b**ch, you know we love being b**ches, in a good way,” she said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“So I would come home from college on the weekends because I had nothing to do and I would cry to my mum.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her mum backed her up as a teenager, saying all the girls were just jealous and that was why she found it hard to socialise with other women. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ending the video that has been viewed over 350,000 times she said, “If you know me, you know I don‘t carry myself that way, I was so confused and thought this probably is not true, my whole life that this is the reason I can’t make girlfriends.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The post has racked up thousands of comments from fellow beautiful people, saying they empathise with Ariana and her difficult situation, as they have all banded together online to create a pretty privileged group of people. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credits: Instagram @arianasavannahh</span></em></p>

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Peak white privilege: Dramatic end to Erin Molan defamation case

<p dir="ltr">NRL journalist and commentator Erin Molan <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-nsw/erin-molan-defamation-lawsuit-against-daily-mail-concludes/news-story/7c79bd53676379d66e04680cb28b34e9" target="_blank">is suing</a><span> </span><em>The Daily Mail</em><span> </span>for defamation over an article and two tweets she says portray her as a racist.</p> <p dir="ltr">The publication has responded arguing that Ms Molan has demonstrated a “pattern” of racist comments during her time at 2GB’s Continuous Call Team program.</p> <p dir="ltr">The<span> </span><em>Daily Mail</em><span> </span>article was based on Ms Molan saying “hooka looka mooka hooka fooka” on the show in May last year.</p> <p dir="ltr">Ms Molan told the court it was a jab at commentator Ray Warren who had been overheard sounding out players’ names with his son.</p> <p dir="ltr">Barristers representing Ms Molan and<span> </span><em>The Mail</em><span> </span>made their closing remarks to Justice Anthony Bromwich in Thursday’s Federal Court hearing.</p> <p dir="ltr">Ms Molan’s barrister, Keiran Smark SC, said the publication used social media outrage to criticise her “peak white privilege”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“If you’re going to publish an article such as this and carry comments such as these … the care needed to step around to not make an allegation of racism is extreme. And you fall far short of that by using a term such as ‘complicit in racism’,” Mr Smark said.</p> <p dir="ltr">He went on to argue that the article was “sensational” and that the<span> </span><em>Daily Mail</em>’s accusations and attempt to spark outrage online risked damaging Ms Molan’s career.</p> <p dir="ltr">Bruce McClintock SC, the barrister for<span> </span><em>The Mail</em>, made a distinction between “one racist remark” and Ms Molan’s behaviour.</p> <p dir="ltr">He argued that one remark does not make a racist, but Ms Molan had repeatedly engaged in offensive behaviour towards different races.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr McClintock reminded the court of an incident during one broadcast, where Ms Molan said “Me love you longtime” in a Chinese accent, and argued that her comments should be judged by current standards of what is acceptable behaviour.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The fact it’s a joke makes no difference,” Mr McClintock said in reference to the “hooka looka” comments.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Making a racially based joke about people’s names is really quite disgraceful.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Ms Molan denied that the comments mocked Polynesians and insisted it was a lighthearted joke about Mr Warren pronouncing Manly Sea Eagles player Haumole Olakau’atu’s name.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr McClintock noted that Mr Warren had no trouble pronouncing Mr Olakau’atu’s name during the team’s semi-final game, and that Ms Molan’s comments had knock-on effects.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Olakau’atu was born in Guildford and is as Australian as me or Ms Molan,” he said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Hiding behind all this is the assumption people like Mr Olakau’atu who have ‘funny names’ are not really part of our society.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Ms Molan is seeking aggravated damages from the publication, telling the court that the accusations had resulted in people she respected turning away from her.</p> <p dir="ltr">She also refuted any suggestion that she thought less of people based on their race.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: @erin_molan / Instagram</em></p> <p> </p>

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"COVID kicked my ass pretty good": Jeff Bridges' major health update

<p>Legendary actor Jeff Bridges has discussed his long battle with cancer, and with contracting COVID-19.</p> <p>The 71-year-old shared the first sneak peek from <em>The Old Man</em>, for which he is the star and executive producer, while also sharing a health update on his website.</p> <p><span>"My cancer is in remission — the 9" to 12" mass has shrunk down to the size of a marble. My COVID is in the rear view mirror," he said.</span></p> <p><span>"COVID kicked my ass pretty good, but I'm double vaccinated and feeling much better now," he continued, following up on a post from March where he </span>discussed how he contracted coronavirus at the same place he was undergoing chemotherapy for his lymphoma. </p> <p><span>"I heard that the vaccine can help folks with long haulers. Maybe that's the cause of my quick improvement."</span></p> <p><span>Jeff said he needed oxygen assistance after contracting the virus, but he overcome obstacles in his way to achieve a major milestone. </span></p> <p><span>"I had a goal — walking my daughter Hayley down the aisle," he wrote. </span></p> <p><span>"She was getting married to a wonderful guy, Justin Shane. Thanks to Zach [Wermers, physical therapist] and my terrific medical team, I was able to, not only walk Hay down the aisle, but do the father/bride dance with her without oxygen."</span></p> <p><span>Jeff shared the emotional moment of him dancing with Hayley at her wedding to the Ray Charles song Ain't That Love on his personal website.</span></p> <p><em>Image credit: Getty Images</em></p>

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"Pretty stupid": Woman slammed for Woolies toilet paper stunt

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A woman in Sydney has gone viral on TikTok after filming herself performing a toilet paper stunt at a Sydney Woolworths during the current COVID-19 outbreak and resurgence of panic buying.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The video depicts a young woman standing in the back aisle of a Woolies with empty shelves, with a stacked pallet of toilet paper packets sitting in the middle of the aisle.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the footage, the woman is seen running up and jumping onto the pallet, sending packs of toilet paper to the floor and squashing others.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She then raises her hands, cheering and celebrating with two other female friends before the video ends.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since the video was uploaded on Monday, June 28, it has amassed more than 167,800 views, 3400 likes, and 124 shares.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many of the comments criticised the woman for her actions, especially with current shortages of the valuable product.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You just jumped on Sydney’s most wanted product at the moment,” one user wrote.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You should be ashamed of yourself,” another said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Enjoy your 10 minutes of fame,” a third wrote, while another described it as an act of “stupidity”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The woman has responded to the backlash with sarcastic comments and laughing emojis on both her TikTok video and her Instagram account.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The stupidity in this video is truly strong,” one person commented.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s pretty stupid aye hahah thx,” she replied.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Woolworths spokesperson has also made a statement regarding the video.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We’ve been made aware of a video on social media which appears to be in one of our stores,” the spokesperson told </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">7News</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We’re currently looking into the circumstances surrounding it.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a result of the panic buying, both Woolworths and Coles have had to reintroduce shopping limits on toilet paper.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Yahoo!News</span></em></p>

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Kyle Sandilands jumps vaccination queue then says “privilege still exists”

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kyle Sandilands has drawn criticism for skipping the 120-person queue to get his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Westmead Hospital on Tuesday night.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The radio host defended the move, saying he was simply using his “celebrity privilege” to jump the queue.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Wednesday morning, the shock jock discovered live on-air that he had been called out in a now-viral Reddit penned by a member of the public also waiting in line for the jab.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Kyle Sandilands cut in front of me in the vaccine line… Not the least bit surprised,” the post read.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When confronted with the accusation, Kyle said: “That’s right, that’s celebrity privilege right there.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson then asked how many people Kyle had cut in front of at the hospital.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Probably about 70 people,” Kyle replied. “And then in the waiting room there was probably another 50 people, I walked straight through past them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“But that is what happens when you are white, old, fat, male and a celebrity. Privilege still exists.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, it appears that Kyle is simply stirring the pot, with his management team making a statement to the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daily Mail</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> confirming he didn’t physically push in.</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/CP2LNLXsYAK/?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/CP2LNLXsYAK/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Kyle and Jackie O (@kyleandjackieo)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Reddit user backed up the claim in later comments and wrote that they were more amused by the fanfare surrounding the star’s arrival than upset by his queue jumping.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The optics of the huge line and him pulling up in his Bentley were just too funny not to share. I think if this encourages his listeners to get the jab, I’m all for it,” the user wrote.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He didn’t physically push in. He was escorted by the media. [I’m] not genuinely upset. Just found it entertaining during my boring wait.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a clip shared on the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Kyle &amp; Jackie O Show</em>’s </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram account, Kyle is seen encouraging others to get the vaccine and admitting he couldn’t understand the apprehension, saying: “It’s one needle to save us all.”</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Kyle &amp; Jackie O Show / Instagram</span></em></p>

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Australian artists behind Prince Philip’s last official portrait speaks out: “It was a real privilege”

<p><span>The Australian artist who created Prince Philip's final official portrait has revealed what his interactions were like with the late royal ahead of his funeral on Saturday.</span><br /><br /><span>Ralph Heimans was tasked with painting the Duke of Edinburgh after he retired from royal duties in 2017.</span><br /><br /><span>He opened up to the <em>Sky News Daily</em> podcast on what it was like to spend time with the royal.</span><br /><br /><span>"As you can imagine, he's full of humour but underlying that there's a sense of seriousness about the portrait," Heimans said.</span><br /><br /><span>"And I think he was very engaged throughout the process; he enjoyed it very much and was very chatty afterwards and so it was a really enjoyable experience as well as a very extraordinary privilege."</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/CNdC9Nin3wT/?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/CNdC9Nin3wT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Ralph Heimans (@ralph.heimans)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><br /><span>The artwork portrays the royal standing in the grand corridor at Windsor Castle, which is located in the private quarters he shared with Queen Elizabeth.</span><br /><br /><span>Prince Philip is standing side-on, with his arms behind his back, and adorned in a smart evening attire.</span><br /><br /><span>The royal sadly passed at Windsor Castle on April 9 after weeks of treatment in hospital, at the age of 99.</span><br /><br /><span>Reports say Prince Philip took a turn for the worse just a day before his death.</span><br /><br /><span>The Queen reportedly resisted suggestions that the royal be taken back to hospital in order to grant her husband's wish of dying at home.</span><br /><br /><span>Following Prince Philip's death, Heimans shared two photos of his portrait on to Instagram.</span><br /><br /><span>"It was a real privilege to paint this portrait of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in 2017 when he retired from public duty after carrying out 22,219 engagements," he wrote.</span><br /><br /><span>"My thoughts are with his family."</span><br /><br /><span>Prince Philip will be laid to rest at 3 pm (12 am AEST) on Saturday April 17.</span></p>

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"It's been pretty crap": Jessica Rowe opens up about life after Studio 10

<p>It's been three years since Jessica Rowe left Studio 10 - a role she says was the "best job I've ever had".</p> <p>And since then, she's gotten used to wearing many work hats.</p> <p>She's appeared on The Real Dirty Dancing, released a book Diary of a Crap Housewife as well as working as an events MC and mental health advocate.</p> <p>But since the COVID-19 pandemic, Rowe is struggling to find work.</p> <p>“Well, I gotta be honest in my professional life it’s been pretty crap,” she told<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/podcasts" target="_blank">news.com.au podcast<span> </span></a><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/podcasts/how-to-be-happy" target="_blank"><em>How to be Happy</em></a>.</p> <p>“A lot of my work has gone, it’s disappeared because a lot of my work has been talking to people, hosting events, advocating for mental health but doing that with people, with an audience.”</p> <p>Rowe said the loss of work had been tough, especially because she thrives on “connecting with people”.</p> <p>“It’s been hard and like so many other people you do have to reinvent yourself and I think for me I’ve tried very much through my whole life, it’s been a series of reinventions,” she said.</p> <p>“But I’ve really struggled this year because what I thrive on is people, is connecting with people, having conversations.”</p> <p>Speaking to former<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="http://news.com.au/" target="_blank">news.com.au</a><span> </span>editor, Kate de Brito, Rowe revealed that despite the many trajectories her career has taken, she never gets tired of the constant striving.</p> <p>“I like to think of it not as not being a hustle,” she said. “I think sometimes in life things happen that are beyond our control but what we can control is how we decide to deal with it.</p> <p>“That was a really good life lesson that my mum taught me.”</p> <p>During her decades-long media career, Rowe said she had learn “what brings you that sense of joy and happiness is different” at different points in her life.</p> <p>“There have been various times in both my professional and personal life where I’ve thought OK, enough wallowing, time to think what can I do, how can I find a sense of joy, what can I do that will bring me a sense of happiness and contentment,” she said.</p> <p>“And I think what I’ve learnt over time is that changes.”</p> <p>This ethos was what drove Rowe to depart<em><span> </span>Studio 10</em><span> </span>in 2018, despite her popularity as host on the show.</p> <p>“When I decided to leave<span> </span><em>Studio 10<span> </span></em>I’d been there five years, it was the best job I’ve ever had in media because I think I was happy within myself,” she said.</p> <p>“I loved that job, but it came to a point where I thought you know what I’m not happy anymore doing this.”</p> <p>Rowe said she knew it was the right time to go “because I listened to my heart”.</p> <p>“Too often we don’t tap into our heart and it could be different things for different people – it might be intuition, it might be a feeling in your gut (or) a sense of things not being right and too often we ignore that we try and be logical, rational,” she said.</p> <p>“My heart was saying to me you are tired, you are juggling too much and you aren’t happy.”</p>

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