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3:30PM Jess McGuire | Are we ever going to stop hearing from Chris Badenoch’s ex girlfriends? It seems unlikely. Even though it’s been, like, three years since MasterChef was on the telly (well, it feels like an age), it seems the notorious pantsman is still decent gossip fodder. More »
MasterChef Contestant Denies Cheating (Both On Girlfriend And During Televised Cooking Competition)
3:30PM Jess McGuire | Are we ever going to stop hearing from Chris Badenoch’s ex girlfriends? It seems unlikely. Even though it’s been, like, three years since MasterChef was on the telly (well, it feels like an age), it seems the notorious pantsman is still decent gossip fodder. More » 
Mike Munro Is Hoping Everyone Forgets He Ever Hosted ‘A Current Affair’
3:19PM Jess McGuire | More Seven Versus Nine news, with Mike Munro confirmed as the host of the marvellously titled new current affairs show which’ll be screened on Sunday nights called Sunday Night.
Mike Munro hopes to return to top quality investigative current affairs on television after joining Channel 7 during the week.
Wait a second, Herald Sun – are you insinuating that the years Mike spent hosting A Current Affair were not spent working in the world of top quality investigative current affairs? But… but… this makes no sense! The show was called A Current Affair, for god’s sake! What else could it have been about? Dole bludgers, supermarket secrets, and dangerous bras of the world? I refuse to believe it. I mean, I also refuse to tune in to ever find out for myself, but I’m gonna give Mike Munro the benefit of the doubt.
Let’s learn more about Sunday Night. More » Tracy Grimshaw Well Aware Of What Kind Of Show She’s Presenting, Thank You Very Much
11:33AM Jess McGuire | The following little piece on Tracy Grimshaw in The Advertiser delighted me for a couple of reasons. First of all, it’s nice to know Tracy has no delusions as to what she’s offering up to the gods of television journalism.
Tracy Grimshaw has admitted she hates the boob and bum stories peddled by her show, A Current Affair. The ACA host has revealed introducing lingerie stories are the worst part of her job. “Bra stories. I’ll be really happy if I never do another bra story,” Tracy has told Foxtel’s Maggie Tabberer.
So why do them? The folks at A Current Affair are no fools! They rate better than actual stories (”they rate through the roof”, to quote Grimshaw directly).
The second reason I like the article? Tracy informs us she’s a flesh and blood woman with needs and desires, and she’s been loved before, people. She’s been loved before! More » Carl Williams Won’t Be Going To His Mother’s Funeral
8:45AM Jess McGuire | There’s been quite a bit of discussion this week in the papers about convicted murderer Carl Williams – his mother died of an apparent drug overdose, his former wife Roberta Williams got paid the big bucks to talk about it on A Current Affair, Carl was mocked for paraphrasing Celine Dion lyrics (more on that here), and folks appeared to be outraged at the idea Carl might be allowed to leave jail to attend his mother’s funeral.
They needn’t have feared – although his father, also currently in prison, has been given permission to go to the funeral, Carl’s application was denied.
Gangland murderer Carl Williams has been refused an application for leave from jail to attend the funeral of his mother Barbara, who died last week. His father, however, who is also in jail, will be allowed to attend.
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“Mrs Porteous, You Can Hear Me And You Are Pretending You Cannot…”
4:18PM Jess McGuire | Further to our reference earlier to Rose Porteous and her laughably daft appearance on A Current Affair where, after deciding she didn’t like what host Mike Munro was accusing her of, she feigned “technical issues” which stopped her from hearing his “probing” questions, here is a clip of it.
I think they played this on Thank God You’re Here the other week, but it’s nice to watch it in your own time and soak up the brilliance of her “temporary hearing difficulties” ploy.
MORE: A Musical Based On The Life Of Rose Porteous? Brilliant! More » Belinda Neal Shoots Straight To The Top Of Our ‘Do Not Mess With’ List
1:28PM Jess McGuire | Man, next time I go out for a bender, I’m taking the delightfully feisty Federal MP Belinda Neal with me. Now there’s a woman who knows how to get what she wants, and isn’t afraid to (allegedly) spit in someone’s face to get it.
It seems Belinda Neal just had a wee scuffle with the folks from A Current Affair, and the police were called. Ben Fordham, the “reporter” whose important job requires him to have deft skills when it comes to stairwell mustering, has given some ace quotes to the media about what happened.
“I threw some questions at her when she got out of the car. The same sort of questions I suppose that the police want answered at the moment (< -- ED: WORK IT, BEN!), and it developed into quite an angry confrontation.”
“So the police have turned up. It’s quite ironic – these are the police who would really like to be sitting down and quizzing her.” (< -- ED: IT'S A GOOD JOKE BEN, WORTH USING TWICE. EXCELLENT ALANIS MORISSETTE-ESQUE GAG! EIGHTY THUMBS UP!)
Anyway, if it all goes wrong for Belinda Neal and she ends up booted from the Labor Party, may I suggest she investigate the world of bouncing? Even a quick glance at her picture makes me want to straighten up and behave properly lest I cop an earful of spirited abuse (amongst other things)… Ben Fordham’s lucky he escaped with his life! More » 
