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‘This Round Is On Anna Coren!’

5:00PM Jess McGuire | God bless you, Anna Coren. You seem like a woman who needs to be loved by the public, and although in most cases that would sound a bit sad, you’ve decided to buy that love through the magic of alcohol, and bar flies around the country admire that in a person. While enjoying VIP service in a special roped-off section of the chic city watering hole, Coren reportedly shouted a group of patrons who were set to be ejected after mistakenly wandering into the “exclusive” TV bash. That’s the spirit(s)! Whether this generous move improves her reputation amongst blog readers, we’ll have to wait and see. According to the Daily Telegraph article, anything would help. More »

Today Tonight’s Newest Host Matthew White Awaits Your Bollocking

2:45PM Jess McGuire | That handsome sporty devil Matthew White is switched on enough to realise that since every single Today Tonight host in history has been the target of piss taking and disrespect, his time in the hosting hot seat – which begins today/tonight, people! – will probably result in his name becoming synonymous with shoddy reporting. And with journalistic instincts like that, our Matthew is going to go far! Matthew White is bracing himself for a possible pasting when he takes the chair as the new host of Channel Seven’s Today Tonight tomorrow. More »

Anna Coren Is Leaving Today Tonight On Friday!

2:40PM Jess McGuire | Anna Coren has informed Ray Hadley that this Friday – yes, just two days away! – will be her last as the host of cutting edge current affairs program Today Tonight, which means Matthew White will begin his time breaking the big news stories on Monday. Exciting! Today Tonight host Anna Coren has announced she will leave the long running Current Affairs program this Friday – citing itchy feet and a need to expand as her reasons to accept an offer at CNN Hong Kong. And also too, the great Ronald Reagan. She continues: More »

White Out (Or Is That In?) At ‘Today Tonight’

2:45PM Clem Bastow | For some time now, the question of who would be taking over hosting duties from Anna “Is She Or Isn’t She Leaving?” Coren on Today Tonight has become as seemingly unlikely to be answered as we once thought “Who shot JR?” or “Who is Keyser Soze?” were. Well, wonder no longer, as Seven have finally decided upon a replacement for the outgoing serious journalist – step up to the plate, Matthew White! White started his career at The Manly Daily before presenting breakfast news on Newcastle radio and moving into television, starting at Seven four years ago. More »

Should Anna Coren Stay Or Should She Go?

11:20AM Clem Bastow | That title may seem like a rhetorical question (the answer being, one would expect, “Duh, go”), but it’s par for the course over at Seven headquarters at present. One minute Coren was all set to vamoose the Today Tonight chair and Concerned Face™ to jump ship to CNN, and now it looks like she’s not so certain the US is where it’s at anymore. Where does this leave proposed replacement, Samantha Armytage? That’s an issue that doesn’t seem to be rating very highly on Seven’s Care-Factor-O-Meter, as they’re too busy to-ing and fro-ing about Coren, if Seven’s current affairs honcho Peter Meakin’s stance is anything to go by: “I am scheduled to catch up with Anna tomorrow and everything will be laid on the table – we are going to start with a clean sheet,” Meakin told Confidential last night. More »

Who Will Be The Nomi Malone To Anna Coren’s Cristal Connors?

9:25AM Clem Bastow | In the fast-paced world of television current affairs broadcasting, there’s always someone younger and hungrier coming down the stairs behind you – just ask Naomi Robson, who was usurped by the younger, blonder Anna Coren. Well, now it’s Coren’s turn to be shown the door (on her request) from the Today Tonight desk. Who is readying their serious face and mistrust of migrants/plumbers/loan sharks/fat kids in anticipation of taking over Coren’s spot? Welcome to the dollhouse, Samantha Armytage! Pay no attention to those “crickets and tumbleweeds” sound FX! Armytage has been a seamless fill-in and is regarded inside Seven as a good reporter and a warm, natural television host – unlike the cooler Coren. More »

No, Sherioushly, Anna Coren Lovesh You…

9:32AM Clem Bastow | Somehow we missed this amazing little item yesterday: Anna Coren and the rest of the Today Tonight crew took a break from telling us about the fat immigrant landlords who are ripping off our sick kids’ bank managers (or words to that effect; rinse, repeat) to get blotto and have a little “turn” on the dancefloor. And wouldn’t you love to have been this particular little Confidential “spy”: Coren, dressed in a “very, very short” minidress, was flirtatious and fiery after knocking back several rounds of shots bought for the group, according to one barfly who witnessed the event. “At one stage Anna came back from the bar with more than 15 shots and as soon as they were polished off another 15 were ordered,” the spy told Confidential. “Anna even gave me a wink and said hi when I saw her at the bar. They were totally cutting loose. “They were still partying when I left in the early hours of Saturday morning.” Ooh, a wink and a “hi”? And did she then ask for 40c so she could call her parents and tell them she’d met “the one”? Or ask the bar staff if they had a Band-Aid so she could stick it over her heart that was breaking because she’d just seen the most beautiful man in the world? Or say “Get your coat, you’ve pulled”?? More »

“Delta’s Mermaid Fantasy”

12:30PM Clem Bastow | We read the headline above this morning and hoped that our Christmases had come early (i.e. that Delta Goodrem gave an interview in Playboy detailing her hitherto well-kept secret sexual fetish: aquaphilia). Sadly it’s not quite that lascivious and instead is just talking about Delta’s new video clip for Believe Again, which is apparently chockers with expensive special-effects shots – and, yes, a mermaid fantasy. Sorry, that should read “postmodern mermaid fantasy”…! Goodrem indulges a postmodern mermaid fantasy in the stunning, state-of-the-art clip for her new single, Believe Again, which will hit stores on Saturday. The 23-year-old’s close friend, video director Michael Spiccia, has spent six weeks creating the visual feast with teams in Australia, Los Angeles and Spain. It features more than 100 special effects shots – more than your average feature film – to recreate the four worlds representing Goodrem’s imagination. Sadly this whole “postmodern mermaid fantasy” thing doesn’t mean Delta is recreating memorable scenes from Splash Too! with the help of a holographic recreation of Jean Beaudrillard playing the part of Tom Hanks, but rather – if this sneak preview is to be believed – just writhing around in the contents of Spotlight’s glitter and rhinestones aisle. To say we’re disappointed would be a gross understatement. The vid will be shown in full on Today Tonight this evening, for those of you who like a little postmodern mermaid fantasy with your stories about the fat migrant plumbers who are ripping off our disabled kids. More »