brooke hanson

Difficulties Of The Technical, Not Alcoholic, Variety To Blame For Brooke’s Radio Silence

8:50AM Clem Bastow | The biz was abuzz this week after Brooke Hanson was booted from Dancing With The Stars and, apparently, got blotto and neglected her promotional duties the morning after her exit; Seven seemed to be one step away from calling a search party to find the erstwhile athlete-turned-hoofer. Well, turns out our Brooke wasn’t stuck down a drain somewhere after calling Bert on the big white telephone – in fact, her telephone was kaput! Yes, that old excuse: Telling her “funny” story to NOVA jocks Merrick, Rosso and Kate Ritchie, Hanson said she forgot to hit the power switch on her charger and slept in, then had to fly to Mildura to speak at an environmental youth conference with a dead phone. More »

Brooke Hanson: Dances, Swims Like Fish, Also Drinks Like One

10:00AM Clem Bastow | In the ten thousand or so seasons of Australia’s Dancing With The Stars, one thing you’ll notice is that the celebrity contestants are always at pains to convey just how much the contest means to them, and that they don’t just see it as a publicity stunt or profile-raising exercise, and that they really, truly care about getting their bogo pogo just so. Well, it seems no one cares more than recently ousted Brooke Hanson, who was apparently so distraught following being booted from the Popular Light Entertainment Program that she and her dancing partner John Paul Collins hit the tiles – and the bar – and drank away their sorrows to the extent that Hanson missed her next day’s publicity rounds. “We promised each other that when we got kicked off we’d have a big night, but she knew she had to do media when I dropped her off in the cab,” Collins said. More »