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‘People’ Unveils Massive Cover Archive Online, All We See Are Fabio’s Pecs And John Travolta’s Quads

4:20AM Molly Friedman | It took them long enough, but People has finally seized the magical capabilities of the world wide web and uploaded each and every cover in its almost 45-year history online. And while we hand-picked a few of our favourites, from a very Dirk Diggler-looking John Travolta in 1983 to the sad black and white sight of Jennifer Aniston’s misty eyes looking up as Brad Pitt placed the wedding ring on her finger in 2000, we also featured a few after the jump that are slightly more disturbing. “Judge Judy Disrobed,” and Brooke Shields doing her whole kiddie porn thing back in the 70s, for example. Plus, a very special throwback to a time when the world wondered whether Britney was looking “too sexy too soon” … way back in 2000! More »

We Can Only Hope Someone Is Filming This…

10:10AM Jess McGuire | Over a month since the press release regarding Olivia Newton-John’s fundraising venture the Great Walk to Beijing was sent out, we’ve finally looked closely enough at the fine print (well, the print in general) and realised that – goddamn it! – the entire thing appears to be the most brilliant concept ever for a reality television show! Olivia Newton-John says she is “excited and proud” to announce the team joining her epic, cancer, fundraising journey, the Great Walk to Beijing. The team joining Olivia includes international stars, Joan Rivers, Sir Cliff Richard, Dannii Minogue and Jane Seymour. They will be supported by Australian music industry legends, Jimmy Barnes, James Reyne and Kirk Pengilly. Television celebrities from across the globe have committed too with our own Alison Cratchley, and Rachel Gordon from Home and Away, Sunrise presenter Monique Wright, and Biggest Loser host, Ajay Rochester being joined from the US by, Carrie Ann Inaba of Dance War and Leeza Gibbons of Entertainment Tonight, fame and from the UK by actors, Gemma Atkinson from Hollyoaks and Martina Laird from Casualty. and more. Olympic and sporting heroes have also agreed to tackle the challenging journey for wellness, including, Kieren Perkins, Sam Riley, “oarsome foursome” men, Nick Green and Mike McKay and 7-time world surfing champion Layne Beachley. So just to sum up that AMAZING collection of folk who will be trekking through the Gobi Desert together like, erm, some sort of crazy fucked up family of people who enjoy nothing more than trekking through the Gobi Desert… &middot ON-MOTHERFUCKING-J! &middot JOAN RIVERS! &middot CLIFF RICHARD! &middot DANNII MINOGUE! &middot KIRK PENGILLY! &middot JANE SEYMOUR! &middot KIEREN PERKINS! Can you imagine it? The team will face a tough physical and mental challenge, trekking 228 kilometres over 21 days along the Great Wall of China. The journey will begin with Olivia’s team on a mountain trek with 40-degree gradients, winding through dust storms into the Gobi Desert as they head to Beijing over 21 days from 7th April 2008. We have visions of Dannii and Joan Rivers arguing over something trivial, but then Sir Cliff steps in and the two women turn on him – and leave him a quivering mess curled up in the sand, softly singing the refrain of ‘Some People’ under his breath while rocking back and forth in shock. Dr Quinn and Olivia attempt to play the roles of Respected Elders of the posse, but their holier-than-thou front is shattered when Kieren Perkins stumbles across the highly intoxicated pair (the duo having earlier ‘confiscated’ a hip flask of highly potent rocket fuel from the backpack of one Ms Joan Rivers) giggling loudly near camp in the middle of the night and exchanging bawdy one-liners about the size of certain celebrity members. Kirk Pengilly stays happily under Laybe Beachley’s thumb for most of the journey, but in the rare moments she’s busy talking fitness with Sam Riley, he shares extremely libelous tales of his time with the Hines family. James Reyne keeps morale up during the long walk by singing ‘One More River’ incessantly, and Jimmy Barnes recreates the glory years of the Tin Lids by belting out ‘When Your Love Is Gone’ (with the Oarsome Foursome stepping in to play the roles of the Barnes children), bewildering and frightening the Americans and British who have no idea what Jimmy is actually screaming at them, or why the men in matching zoot suits are absurdly dancing behind him and eating tinned fruit during this blood curdling performance. Okay, obviously we’re letting our imagination run away with us, but can you blame us? Dear god, may someone be filming this fantastic and epic journey so we can all enjoy it repeatedly on DVD at some point. It’ll be like an intoxicating mix of The Biggest Loser and The Surreal Life, and we’re already craving a hit. Each participant will support Olivia by appealing to their friends and fans to sponsor their steps via the Great Walk to Beijing website, www.greatwalktobeijing.com , where progress reports on the trek and the ability for everyone to donate to support their favourite celebrity will be available. Regular progress reports? Hell yeah. We’ll be checking in regularly once it all kicks off in April. More »

Bad News For Delta Means Good News For American Public Who Don’t Fancy Their Weekly Magazines Being Infiltrated By Goodrem/McFadden Photospreads

9:32AM Jess McGuire | Delta Goodrem’s plan to conquer the notoriously difficult American music scene hit a hurdle over the weekend with news emerging the singer has been dumped by her US record label. As our Associate Editor quipped, “looks like no one was interested in Delta’s mermaid fantasy“. The pop star, who is still signed to SonyBMG in Australia, was dropped by the US arm of the mega music company. Goodrem’s Australian record label and publicist yesterday confirmed the 23-year-old star had lost her US deal with SonyBMG. However, the spokeswoman said the singer was in talks with other American labels. Sources say Goodrem is likely to sign with the Universal Music Group. Her spokeswoman said: “There are plans for a release of the Delta album in the US …” Yes, well – there are plans for the Defamer Australia team to retire in a couple of years time to a tropical island where we shall be waited on hand and foot by John Mayer (and assorted other wrong crushes), never again forced to follow the career of Kyle Sandilands or listen to another Idol single, choosing only to exercise when Jillian Michaels* turns up for our annual boot camp session, and we’d say our plans and Delta’s management’s plans have pretty much the same chance of being realised. We’re just shocked that the American record company big wigs weren’t shitting themselves with glee and counting their chickens after learning of Delta Goodrem and Olivia Newton John’s impending duet. *We may just have something cooking when it comes to getting our paws on Jillian. NO, REALLY! More »

Chloe Lattanzi Records Skinny Song, Is Mistaken For Hat-stand In Hotel Foyer

9:43AM Clem Bastow | The spawn of Our Olivia Newton John, Chloe Lattanzi, has been publicly struggling with her weight for some time now, however this past weekend she was seen at the Emmys looking half her usual size – and when your usual size is roughly size ‘000′, then that’s a cause for concern. However, what’s really got Them worrying is Chloe’s latest choon (posted on her MySpaz); she is currently in LA and trying to make it as a singer/songwriter. The shocking lyrics of Delicious seemingly document the eating disorder which she claimed to have beaten earlier this year. Disturbingly, one verse reads: “Can’t stop moving, I’m running away/ And I’m losing my reason to feel/ All this wasting away is for you/ ‘Cuz I need you to see that I’m real.” Well, it’s no “Ana wrecks your life/Like an anorexic life”, but beggars can’t be choosers. Anyway, so long as Chloe doesn’t call her first album “My Thinspiration”, we can probably assume she’s dealing with all this in her own way. More »

Olivia Newton-John Arouses Suspicion By Dating Men Who Apparently Look The Same

11:15AM Busty St Clair | Australia’s most uninteresting celebrity export, Olivia Newton John, has a new boyfriend. The much-loved Aussie songbird, whose long-time boyfriend Patrick McDermott mysteriously disappeared two years ago, stepped out with natural health guru John Easterling on Tuesday night. The whereabouts of McDermott, who bares a strong resemblance to Easterling, is still unknown despite several reported sightings of him in Mexico since he disappeared on an overnight fishing trip off the coast of Los Angeles. A strong resemblance? As in, what? They’re both men?? Tell us what you think about this astute observation from the Sydney Confidential team. Here’s John - And here’s Patrick - More »