Features, explainers and long-form stories from across Australia.
Ask anyone to name a breakout performer in the adult industry and Blake Blossom’s name comes up fast — even though the biographical record around her is surprisingly thin. What does check out is a birth date of February 14, 2000, listed on her IMDb (film-industry database) profile, which also credits her as an actress … Read more
Few television actors get to watch search engines turn their private life into a public FAQ, but Oliver Stark has lived that reality since 9-1-1 premiered in January 2018 (People (celebrity news)). His own story — a professional name change, a childhood scar above his right eye, and a carefully guarded private life — now … Read more
At 25, Lee Chae-min just had the kind of year most actors wait a decade for. He went from supporting roles in fantasy dramas to the crown of tvN’s “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” — and along the way, the “190cm Doorframe Male Lead” confirmed a relationship with actress Ryu Da-in, then publicly acknowledged it in … Read more
Shannen Doherty, the ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ star who became a tabloid fixture, died on July 13, 2024, at age 53 after a years-long battle with breast cancer. Her publicist confirmed the cause of death was cancer. Early Life Born April 12, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee. Began acting in the 1980s. Career Highlights Beverly Hills, 90210 … Read more
Ask any Glasgow kid who grew up with a Celtic scarf tied to their schoolbag, and they’ll tell you football loyalty runs deep. For Andy Robertson, that childhood allegiance to the Hoops became the foundation of a career that saw him captain Scotland, lift the Champions League trophy as Liverpool’s left-back, and become one of … Read more
The Golden Girls brought together four very different women, but Estelle Getty’s Sophia Petrillo was the scene-stealing queen of the one-liner. Anyone who binge-watched the series knows that Getty vanished into the role of a feisty 80-something Sicilian mother while being only slightly older than her on-screen daughter, and this article separates the confirmed facts … Read more
Few rugby careers have sparked as much conversation as Israel Folau’s — and in October 2025, he added another twist by showing up at Wallabies training camp for the first time in seven years. Whether you remember his NRL days, his short AFL stint, or the controversy that ended his Rugby Australia contract, his story … Read more
Anyone who came of age in the late 1990s remembers Freddie Prinze Jr. as the charismatic lead of teen classics like She’s All That and I Know What You Did Last Summer. But after marrying Sarah Michelle Gellar in 2002 and starting a family, he quietly stepped away from the Hollywood spotlight—choosing voice acting, wrestling … Read more
For many Australian rugby fans, James O’Connor is two different players: the electric teenager who broke records at the Western Force, and the star whose career was derailed by off-field trouble. Fifteen years after his last appearance in Force blue, he’s back — and this time he’s bringing a clipboard. Born: 5 July 1990 · … Read more
There aren’t many former rugby league hardmen who can point to both a State of Origin origin story and a supporting role in a superhero film, yet Ian Roberts has managed exactly that. His 1995 decision to come out publicly made him the first Australian rugby league player to do so openly, and he has … Read more