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11:36AM Jess McGuire | As someone who recently had to explain the whole Scott & Charlene phenomenon to a foreigner*, I’ve been thinking about Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan’s relationship lately. Is she feeling the slightest bit sore about not being invited to her former boyfriend’s wedding? Does he ever think about her when he’s belting out disco numbers on stage in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert? Do either of them ever daydream about that night in the Travel Lodge? More »
Kylie & Jason Are Alright, Still!
11:36AM Jess McGuire | As someone who recently had to explain the whole Scott & Charlene phenomenon to a foreigner*, I’ve been thinking about Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan’s relationship lately. Is she feeling the slightest bit sore about not being invited to her former boyfriend’s wedding? Does he ever think about her when he’s belting out disco numbers on stage in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert? Do either of them ever daydream about that night in the Travel Lodge? More » 
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3:02PM Jess McGuire | The stage musical Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert was a huge hit here in Australia. I didn’t get to see it so I can’t tell you whether or not it was made of 100% entertainment awesomeness or just 100% cheap gags about dudes in dresses. When I was in New Zealand last year, I got chatting to Mal (owner of Wellington’s only gay bar S&M’s on Cuba Street) and he assured me that as a “theatre queen”, he could thoroughly recommend the New Zealand version of the production. So that’s something, right?
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It Seems The British Aren’t Too Keen On Drag Queen Musicals
3:02PM Jess McGuire | The stage musical Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert was a huge hit here in Australia. I didn’t get to see it so I can’t tell you whether or not it was made of 100% entertainment awesomeness or just 100% cheap gags about dudes in dresses. When I was in New Zealand last year, I got chatting to Mal (owner of Wellington’s only gay bar S&M’s on Cuba Street) and he assured me that as a “theatre queen”, he could thoroughly recommend the New Zealand version of the production. So that’s something, right?
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Jason Donovan Is Not Inviting Kylie To His Second Wedding
2:46PM Jess McGuire | Journalists have been surprised to learn that Jason Donovan will not be inviting his ex to his second wedding (he originally got hitched to the mother of his children, Angela Malloch, mid year during a holiday in Bali, but personally I find it completely understandable. Like his new wife would want to be upstaged by Our Kylie! It’s bad enough her husband talks about her at the drop of a hat!
Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue was snubbed by actor/singer Jason Donovan when she was not invited to his wedding scheduled to take place in the new year.
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3:50PM Jess McGuire | In what must be a pleasing turn of events for his current missus and the mother of his children, Jason Donovan continues to talk about his time with Kylie Minogue to anyone within earshot. This time, he’s sat down with infamous UK showbiz dude Piers Morgan and spilled the beans on how Kylie made the moves which led to the wholesome looking pair making the beast with two backs…. at a Travel Lodge.
Donovan, 40, spoke at length about his secret relationship with Minogue, confiding that she seduced him and that they spent their first passionate night together in the Travel Lodge in Sydney.
Asked if he thought he was in love, Donovan replied: “Yeah, I would say that’s pretty accurate.
Yes, it sounds pretty accurate. Considering you won’t stop going on about it two decades later! More » Even Chicken Pox Couldn’t Keep A Good Man Down: The Jason Donovan Story
12:04PM Jess McGuire | We’re always looking for advice on how to be healthier from glowing Australian celebrities, so we were most chuffed to read an interview with Jason Donovan where the former Neighbours heartthrob reveals the benefits of a good soak in Dead Sea salts for psoriasis, and that a bout of chicken pox as an adult didn’t manage to affect his virility one little bit.
Worst pain/illness you have ever experienced?
Chicken pox, about four years ago, which I got from the children. It was horrible. I had spots everywhere, like an all-over cold sore.
It can be very dangerous when you’re older and affect your virility, although it hasn’t done mine any harm. It takes a lot to keep me bedridden, but this did; it went on for a month.
Check out all of Jason’s health tips here. More » 
Jason Donovan: “My Drug Hell”; Finally, A Chance To Use Our Favourite Headline!
10:57AM Clem Bastow | Clearly feeling he’d been out of the press for too long, Our Jase has admitted – mid-autobiography – to hoovering up the white stuff at Kate Moss’ 21st birthday party – so much, in fact, that he had to be carted away to hospital.
Yes, nothing can divide us, it seems, except a prodigious drug habit and the intervention of those pesky emergency servicepeople!
Donovan said he collapsed on the dance floor as the now deceased INXS frontman Michael Hutchence sang Van Morrison’s hit Gloria accompanied by [Johnny] Depp on guitar.
“I am not sure what happened next but I do know that someone had pulled the plug on the music and was calling for an ambulance,” Donovan said.
“A crowd had circled round me and Michael was standing over me trying to empty my trouser pockets.
“‘Have you got anything on you?’ he kept asking me.
Hutchence’s excuse was apparently that it wouldn’t be “cool” if the ambos found drugs on Our Jase’s person.
But what a scintillating picture he paints of the heady days of all-star substance abuse! The Viper Room! Depp! Hutchence! Moss! Donovan! Expect the rights to be optioned to the Hallmark Channel within the next few months. More » 
Jason Donovan Watch Continues
9:38AM Jess McGuire | As part of our ongoing inexplicable coverage of all things Jason Donovan, we’d like to draw your attention to the following story.
Singer Jason Donovan stepped down from his stage role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, because he feared he would end up like ageing British crooner Sir Cliff Richard. The former Neighbours actor and ’80s pop hunk enjoyed his time as the lead role in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s London theatre production of the biblical tale during the early 1990s, but felt he had to quit before he became typecast. He says, “The adulation and the money were incredible. But I didn’t want to be a new Cliff Richard in a satin suit any more. I didn’t want to stay complacent on one level and not be individual. “I want to do different things in my life, and I don’t want to be perceived as the one character. God bless Cliff Richard but that was where I was going.”
It’s rather sweet that Jason thought he’d be typecast as Joseph of all people, especially when the majority of the theatre audience watching him strut his stuff on the boards at the time simply thought that Scott Robinson had developed a sudden taste for haute couture and musical theatre, and split their attention between watching Jim’s youngest son belt out the tunes and keeping a vigilant eye on the side of the stage in the vain hope Charlene, Mike, or at the very bloody least Plain Jane Superbrain might be waiting in the wings ready to make a special cameo appearance. More » 
Jason Donovan Desperate For Attention
10:00AM Busty St Clair | Ahhahahahahahaha. Poor Jason Donovan. He must still be so cut up that Little Miss Minogue is, like, way more famous than he is, even though once upon a time in Ramsay Street folklore they were both on equal footing. Apparently he’s desperate for a role on British sci-fi show Doctor Who. The former Neighbours actor and eighties pop hunk is hoping the show’s producers give him a call when the current doctor David Tennant leaves. He says, “I would love to play the doctor. It’s a great show. “Can you imagine an Aussie doctor?” Oh Jason, you poor pathetic soul. When Kylie does it, it’s cool. When you do it, it’s not. End of story. You lost the battle in 1993. ED: He will have his time to shine (again)! We are a fickle bunch here at Defamer Australia headquarters. Eleven days ago, we worshipped the Donovan. Now we mock him. Next week we will probably touch him inappropriately and then punch him in the nose before listening to Ten Good Reasons on repeat. More »What Woman Wouldn’t Want To be On The Front Cover Of FHM?
4:59PM Jess McGuire | One of our favourite songwriters – and MySpazz chum – Stephen Cummings recently posted a blog entry on the site in which he recalled his experience working with Melissa Tkautz. It is, to put it bluntly, quite brilliant.
“what woman wouldn’t want to be on the front cover of FHM?”“Cumming’s written songs for and toured with a ballet company, and written jingles while dabbling in record production. His last job as a producer was working with soap pop singer Melissa Tkautz, whom he describes as the ideal talent because she spent most of the day shopping and only came into the studio to quickly cut vocal tracks.”
Rolling Stone magazine.
That’s true. Regrettably, the recordings were never made available. I do have a copy; perhaps I’ll stick it on this site. In essence, Melissa sounds like Kylie. You must recall “Read My Lips” and “Sexy Is The Word”. It was a surreal experience. What was Melissa like? She was stunning; she had incredibly translucent skin. She was really other worldly.
Or perhaps that’s because Richard Wilkins accompanied her. Yes him. He was her manager or adviser or Svengali. Melissa’s most memorable quote was, “what woman wouldn’t want to be on the front cover of FHM?” Exactly, or damned straight as you young folk say.
Anyway, it was Melissa and the guys from ‘Filthy Lucca’ of “Treaty” fame – Gavin, Paul & Goodgie and myself. We wrote one song and re-arranged some other track. Gavin, who ran many gay clubs round Melbourne took her shopping. Melissa loved his jeans.
Anyway, in due course she had to sing and I went in to the studio with only the engineer and tried to coax her through the songs. It was a hard slog. She was very nervous and her voice wasn’t great. That of course was unimportant. Nevertheless, she had to bring some feeling to the track.
Richard Wilkins dug his elbow into my ribs, “Do you mind,” he whispered and snapped his finger on the talkback button. He immediately berated and cajoled and sweet-talked and threatened Melissa. I was fascinated and repelled. Would I have to punch this cad?
No, as it turned out. The engineer rolled the tape and she sang it with as much emotion as she was capable off and rushed in to get a big hug from her mainman. He did what PC me could never do, and what was more annoying it worked. They racked off to the Como for drinks and we got Kyle’s backing singers in to double everything. She was nice, just very young and very confused and what was she doing with him?
Oh yeah, every chemist seems seems to have that Is it fat or is it fluid? slogan plastered across there windows. In my case its fluid. No really.
S.
Stephen also once described seeing Kylie and Jason with the following wonderfully expressive words.
Long ago I was on a plane heading for Sydney, sitting in front of me were, Kyle and Jason. They were both dressed in white and had matching panama hats. When they stood up they looked like melting icecream cones. That’s true. She was very tiny. I realise this recollection is hardly earth shattering. But doesn’t it make you feel good to know I care?
Yes it does, Stephen. Yes it does. More » Jason Donovan Appreciation Day
8:33AM Jess McGuire | Our mind often chooses to travel to a blissful imaginary world where Jason Donovan is still the biggest star on earth, content to spend the rest of his days wandering around on mountaintops strumming an unplugged electric guitar while his gentle blonde locks move with the soft summer breeze. This mental journey usually occurs at moments of intense pressure or stress. Like the time we decided to go on a boogie boarding holiday with our mate Schapelle, or when Paris Hilton offered us a lift home after a big night out and we thought our young life was going to be tragically cut short.
Anyway, we’re always on the look out for more Jason-related news, and this week’s Popbitch newsletter handed us a doozy.
J writes:
“A friend shared the changing rooms at a gym in Primrose hill with Jason Donovan. He is, apparently, ‘Rather large. Like a soggy Spring Roll’.”
Our imaginary world just got a whoooole lot sexier.
Now, please enjoy the following “classique” J-Don clips after the jump, thank you. More » 