richard wilkins

Richard Wilkins Announces Engagement To New Missus On ‘Today’ Show

11:56AM Jess McGuire | Australia’s number one imported – remember, he’s from New Zealand originally – showbiz lothario, Sir Richard Wilkins Esq, used his time on the nation’s television screens yesterday to not only inform them of various goings on in the world of entertainment, but also – he’s getting hitched! Fourth time lucky! As you can imagine, former partner Collette Dinnigan was one of many viewers who showed signs of vague interest in this development in Richard’s romantic life. The shock engagement of Channel 9’s resident Romeo Richard Wilkins stunned more than his Today show audience yesterday, with friends close to the TV star sensationally claiming he had proposed to his former flame Collette Dinnigan just three months ago. You propose to Collette just three months ago? And now you’re marrying someone else? Tricky Dicky indeed! More »

Drunkard With Low Self-Esteem Tries To Pass Himself Off As Richard Wilkins In Order To Escape The Fuzz

2:29PM Jess McGuire | This story tickled us in all the right places yesterday. A deceptive diner who downed vodka shots at trendy Melbourne restaurants then refused to pay told police he was entertainment guru Richard Wilkins, a court has been told. James Evans, 39, of Hampton Park, and his friend downed four double shots of vodka and a bottle of wine at Silvio’s restaurant in Richmond about midnight on January 27. They left without paying the $85 cost and were so drunk they could barely stand, the Melbourne Magistrates Court was told today. At lunchtime the same day the pair downed 10 shots of vodka, a bottle of wine and salad at the Blue Chillies restaurant in Fitzroy, Senior Constable Scott Casey said. Bar staff followed Evans out onto the street after he refused to pay the $130 cost. On both occasions, Evans had no wallet or cash on him, the court was told. When arrested by police, he gave a false name of Richard Wilkins, later admitting “he was just trying to be funny”. Which is more than the real Richard Wilkins ever managed to pull off on the red carpet. 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 »

Gruesome Sex Pair Thought For The Day

4:28PM Jess McGuire | We just heard from a very good source that, back in the day (ie. the nineties), E Street star and conduit for the most amazing lyric in pop history (“If you want to wait til later, hands off my detonator!”) Melissa Tkautz used to let Richard Wilkins place himself inside her. Allegedly. Inside her. Wilkins. Tkautz. Sex. That is all. Allegedly. More »

Insider Footage From The TV Week Logie Awards

2:21PM Jess McGuire | Turns out Defamer Australia had an operative working at the TV Week Logie Awards, gathering secret footage via the magic of a mobile phone video recorder, AND WE DIDN’T EVEN REALISE. Well, to be fair, we never asked Red Symons to collect such blurry nuggets of behind-the-scenes gold for us, but thank god he did. Well done, sir. Featuring cameo appearances from Larry Emdur, Grant Denyer, Jennifer Hawkins, and Kate Ceberano’s cans, we couldn’t be more pleased with the clip, as it shows us – in a total Being John Malkovich sort of way – just what it’s like to experience the wonder of the TV Week Logie Awards from the perspective of a guest. More »