I know what you're thinking, folks - stop being such a mopey sad panda about this year's Big Brother! Quit yer whining, and find something good to offer up to your loyal readers!

Fine, fine. I am but your humble servant, and since my friend Lee began filling my inbox (not a metaphor) with clips from the latest UK series of Big Brother, I actually have some great stuff to show you.

Meet Kathreya, the most amazing housemate evs. She likes cookies.

I love her so. Why can't OUR version of Big Brother feature people like Kathreya?

Oh hey, did you guys know Big Brother is still running? Well, it is. And it makes the Baby Jesus want to watch 60 Minutes. Nevertheless, it's been a while since we poked our metaphorical head into the Dreamworld house here at Defamer Australia. We didn't even have time to get attached to "old fart" Terrence before losing him during last night's eviction!

No, wait. We had time. He was just a bit irritating.

In fact, Terrence's nightly presence on my television screen made me think of that Tina Fey quote from Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update sketch - "Barbara Walters announced the top finalists to replace Lisa Ling as co-host for "The View." They are Rachel Campos from "The Real World," Elisabeth Hasselbeck from "Survivor 2," and a machine that gives people splitting headaches."

This year it feels like the Big Brother house is filled with machines that give people splitting headaches.

Man, that James Blunt does not let up when it comes to delivering interesting sound bites! In a spectacular move sure to shock anyone who has encountered a human male before, James has opened up and bravely announced he enjoys sex and the odd alcoholic beverage!

"Sex is as important to me as it is to the next man, and, you know, it's pretty important to him."

James also revealed he enjoys drinking alcohol and cites after-show parties as one of the best perks of his job

He added: "After shows, we like to drink. At four in the morning I'll have anything that's going. After every show we have a party. 85 concerts every year means 85 after parties in 85 different countries!"

Not one mention of keeping up the cats though. Disappointing.

Happy news for Lleyton "C'MOOOONN!! *duck hand signal*" Hewitt and Rebecca "Bec Cartwright" Hewitt - they have a bun in the oven!

Finally, now they can teach baby Mia to use a computer so she can pen her own "My [insert] Hell" stories for the women's magazines and keep the Hewitt cash cow in production.

Bec and Lleyton Hewitt have both revealed they're expecting their second child sharing their exciting news with OK! during an exclusive interview at their home in Wimbledon. "We're both very excited! We're expecting our second baby next January," says Bec, adding big sister Mia "understands something's happening and she's really excited about it."

Defamer Australia sends its heartiest congratulations and a basket carrying a swan made out of nappies to the happy Hewitts.

Things just keep getting better and better over at old man Channel Nine's house - after boning, axing and canning their way through the first half of the year, the trend looks like it's going nowhere - Million Dollar Wheel Of Fortune (that's it's full name, a bit like Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski, or Reginald Kenneth Dwight) has been cancelled.

You'll probably recall that, like most of the things Nine has boned so far in 2008, it was supposed to be a ratings winner. Not so, apparently!

"We are disappointed that Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune has not done as well as we had hoped," a Nine spokeswoman said.

"We are delighted, however, that the show has brought two great talents to the network, Tim Campbell and Kelly Landry, who are both staying at Nine."

That's a relief - to be honest, Kelly Landry is a bit of an unknown quantity, so good on her for keeping a Nine gig, but most of all I'm just glad to see that the effervescent Tim Campbell lives to see another day of light entertainment television.

All is good with the world.

After the last few weeks it's almost a surprise to remember that Amy Winehouse is in fact a recording artist who occasionally does live performances, and over the weekend she's done two of them, bless her.

First she appeared at the London concert celebrating Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, and then at Glastonbury Festival.

And while the press and blogosphere has her punching fans and causing a ruckus (and good on old Michael "Glastonbury" Eavis for defending her, saying, "The man deserved it. He grabbed Amy's breasts as she went past him"), the performances were... well, considering only a few days earlier she was flat on her back in hospital, they were actually pretty good. Hop over the jump to watch Winegums in action at Hyde Park and Glastonbury respectively and see for yourself.

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