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7NEWS
25 minutes ago
- 7NEWS
Controversial US comedian Matt Rife buys the Annabelle doll
US comedian Matt Rife and YouTuber Elton Castee announced over the weekend that they've purchased the home the infamous Annabelle doll resides in. The doll was made famous by The Conjuring movie series that was based on the work of famed paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. The Warren claimed the foll was possessed by an evil spirit. Annabelle resides in the Warren's former home in Connecticut on the east coast of the US. Rife will be the legal guardian of the Annabelle doll, and the entire haunted collection, for at least the next five years. He and Castee plan to open the Warren home — in Monroe, Connecticut — for overnight stays and museum tours. They're doing it so that people can experience and learn all about the building's haunted history, Rife said. 'If you know me, you know I'm obsessed with the paranormal and all things haunted,' Rife said. Rife said The Conjuring films have always been his favourite scary movies. 'I'm incredibly honoured to have taken over one of the most prominent properties in paranormal history,' he said. Tony Spera, the Warrens' son-in-law and co-director of the late couple's organisation, New England Society for Psychic Research, clarified to that he and his wife still own the Warrens' collection, including the Annabelle doll, and are only leasing them to Rife and Castee. 'We have no plans to ever 'sell' the artifacts,' he said in a statement. Ed and Lorraine Warren's paranormal investigations were turned into the horror movies The Conjuring, Annabelle and The Nun. Actors Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga play Ed and Lorraine in the franchise. The Conjuring: Last Rites is the latest film in the series and will be released in September. In the three standalone films about Annabelle, the doll is given as a gift to a nursing student who noticed strange occurrences with the doll. The nurse and her roommate call the Warrens, who pronounce the doll 'demonically possessed,' remove it from the home and encase it 'in a glass box to contain the evil spirited entity', according to New England Society for Psychic Research. Ed Warren died in 2006 at 79, and Lorraine Warren died in 2019 at 92. The New England Society for Psychic Research did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Rife's announcement comes less than a month after paranormal investigator and Annabelle doll handler Dan Rivera died on the Devils on the Run Tour, which features the Annabelle doll. Rivera, 54, was found dead in a Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, hotel room on July 13. According to E! News, a July 16 police report labelled his death as 'natural', but a final cause of death won't be determined until an autopsy is completed.
News.com.au
26 minutes ago
- News.com.au
Abbie Chatfield admits to staging paparazzi photos for cash
Abbie Chatfield is never afraid to tell it like it is. Today on her LiSTNR podcast It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield, the media personality unashamedly revealed she once stuck a deal with a tabloid journalist to stage paparazzi photos in exchange for cash. 'Basically, when I was fresh out of The Bachelor, I was dating Todd from Ali's season of The Bachelor. Nice bloke, you know, lovely guy,' Chatfield, who was on the dating show in 2019, said on the podcast episode. 'We set up with some paparazzi to take photos of us at the beach. We were going anyway, and we thought, 'A thousand bucks? Yeah, that'll pay for your flights over from Perth.'' When a producer asked her how a 'cash for pap pics' scenario would even play, Chatfield explained that you linked up with a photographer and arranged a time and date to be conveniently photographed while out and about. 'I've done it once but it was for money when I had a nine-to-five still, OK? A thousand dollars is a lot of money, all right?' she said. 'So we're gonna go to the beach anyway, all you got to do is go to the beach. Sorry? As though you wouldn't do it,' she asked those in the studio with her. 'OK, so if you're doing it for money, go off queen, you know what I mean? They're gonna get photos of you anyway for free. If they're gonna get paid for it, go off. But if you're calling paparazzo on yourself, you're a f***ing loser.' While Chatfield has happily owned up to staging paparazzi photos for cash, other stars remain more coy on the practice. Last year, former The Hills and The City star Whitney Port claimed she saw Jennifer Lopez orchestrating her own paparazzi shots in the Hamptons amid her split from Ben Affleck. Port and her husband, producer Tim Rosenman, claim they witnessed the singer 'set up' paps in the Hamptons, sharing what they saw with their With Whit podcast listeners. 'Candy Kitchen [an ice cream shop] in Brideghampton is so special that I'm pretty sure JLo the other day was riding her bike to get a scoop of ice cream for a paparazzi shot,' Port said on the podcast. Rosenman chimed in to clarify that 56-year-old Lopez 'did not even go in' and was 'just there for the exterior shot.' When he called Lopez's behaviour 'weird' and said she was 'addicted to attention', Port said she 'agreed'. 'That's her vibe,' Port said. 'She's popped everywhere. Her continually looking hot in cute settings is what keeps the machine going.' Rosenman added: 'She's already as famous as you can be, why does she need to stoke the fans of her own flame? Seems unnecessary.' The pair agreed that 'if [they] had JLo's money, [they] would just be done.' Model Emily Ratajkowski was also mocked and called out online for a seemingly 'staged' paparazzi video of herself walking her dog in New York back in August 2024. In the video, the 34-year-old could be seen strolling through a quiet street in the city wearing low-rise pants, a white tank top, a cap and sunglasses. At one point, the Gone Girl actress was seen adjusting her pants so they sat lower on her hips, before continuing to walk in a poised fashion. She was also seen pouting and posing as she waited for her dog to sniff the surrounds. The video racked up hundreds and thousands of views, with many flocking to the comments section to accuse the model of calling the paparazzi on herself and playing up to the cameras. 'I don't think anyone calls the paps more than her,' one user wrote, as another added, 'She's always calling the paps.' A third said, 'Never seen someone so constantly aware of being looked at.' A fourth added, 'The posing … LMAO,' while another offered, 'The pouting is just bizarre.'
News.com.au
26 minutes ago
- News.com.au
Lunch Wrap: ASX comes out swinging, rare earth stocks catch fire on price floor plan
ASX fires up as Wall Street sniffs rate cuts
 Rare earth stocks climb after Canberra hints floor price plan Telix tanks as ballooning costs spook investors The ASX 200 came out swinging on Tuesday, with the benchmark index jumping 1% by lunchtime in the east. Behind the rally was Wall Street, where jittery traders turned into bargain hunters as all three major indexes jumped over 1%. Back home, the good vibes got an extra kick from rising consumer confidence this morning. The ANZ-Roy Morgan index jumped to 90.6, its highest reading since the RBA started its rate-hiking crusade back in May 2022. That mood music flowed nicely into the market itself. All 11 sectors on the ASX were in the green by mid-morning, with tech, miners and consumer discretionary stocks leading the pack. Meanwhile, rare earth stocks such as Iluka Resources (ASX:ILU) and Lynas (ASX:LYC) rallied after reports the Aussie government might pull a Trump-style move and set a floor price for rare earths. The Trump administration has already announced it was pushing a price floor to boost US rare earths production and cut reliance on China. The idea of a government stepping in to backstop the price of critical minerals is enough to get investors clicking 'buy'. Among large cap news, debt collector Credit Corp Group (ASX:CCP) absolutely stole the spotlight, flying 16% after posting a 16% jump in full-year profit to $94.1 million. Shipbuilder Austal (ASX:ASB) lifted 6% as it locked in a sovereign defence shipbuilding role with the federal government, and upgraded earnings guidance to not less than $100 million. The move came hot on the heels of news that Japan has scored a $10 billion deal to build three stealth frigates for the Royal Australian Navy. Meanwhile, Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX:TLX) took a savage 20% beating after revealing that operating expenses had ballooned in the first half of FY25. The company, which recently switched to reporting in US dollars, flagged that OPEX (excluding R&D) will hit about 36% of revenue … which spooked the market. ASX SMALL CAP WINNERS Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for August 5 : Security Description Last % Volume MktCap TKL Traka Resources 0.002 100% 63,225,692 $2,125,790 SRJ SRJ Technologies 0.006 50% 4,202,913 $2,778,987 HMD Heramed Limited 0.017 42% 16,673,347 $10,507,233 THB Thunderbird Resource 0.014 40% 7,657,666 $3,897,414 AUK Aumake Limited 0.004 33% 145,012 $9,070,076 EOS Electro Optic Sys. 3.930 33% 7,207,276 $569,208,692 M4M Macro Metals Limited 0.008 25% 17,774,500 $23,864,505 TRP Tissue Repair 0.350 25% 137,781 $16,930,156 SIS Simble Solutions 0.005 25% 1,000,000 $4,329,321 FAL Falconmetalsltd 0.598 22% 2,367,091 $87,003,080 MEG Megado Minerals Ltd 0.039 22% 243,144 $20,661,864 ALR Altairminerals 0.006 20% 41,540,415 $21,483,721 CUL Cullen Resources 0.006 20% 250,328 $3,467,009 FRX Flexiroam Limited 0.006 20% 81,250 $7,586,993 CCP Credit Corp Group 18.290 20% 786,540 $1,038,700,223 ZNC Zenith Minerals Ltd 0.037 19% 670,906 $16,413,120 WTM Waratah Minerals Ltd 0.470 19% 2,587,983 $92,237,345 TEM Tempest Minerals 0.007 17% 49,206 $6,610,770 TZL TZ Limited 0.055 15% 59,326 $13,469,477 RKN Reckon Limited 0.595 14% 531,134 $58,913,313 AZL Arizona Lithium Ltd 0.008 14% 2,118,093 $37,662,201 CTO Citigold Corp Ltd 0.004 14% 100,000 $10,500,000 RGL Riversgold 0.004 14% 150,440 $5,892,994 Software firm SRJ Technologies Group (ASX:SRJ) has locked in $1.38 million from institutional investors at $0.004 a pop, with strong backing from existing shareholders. The retail component set to raise a further $1.15 million when it opens on 8 August. Funds will help SRJ kick off a 50:50 joint venture in the Middle East worth over US$6 million. Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) has landed a EUR 71.4 million (around $125 million) export order from a European NATO member for its new 100kW high-power laser weapon system, designed to take down drone swarms. It's the world's first export order for a laser of this class, with delivery set for 2025-2028. Macro Metals (ASX:M4M) has locked in $2 million from new and existing professional investors at 0.7 cents a share. Non-exec chair Tolga Kumova is chipping in $311k of that, pending shareholder approval in November. The funds will go towards exploration at the Turner iron ore project, technical services at the Extension iron project, and ramping up its mining services arm. Falcon Metals (ASX:FAL) has hit visible gold in multiple stacked veins at its Blue Moon prospect, just north of the 22Moz Bendigo Goldfield. The third wedge hole is drilling right down the fold hinge, and has struck quartz veining, sulphides, and what looks like a 7.6m saddle reef. Assays are pending. And, Boss Energy (ASX:BOE) is still licking its wounds after last week's brutal 44% crash, triggered by a cost and production downgrade at its Honeymoon uranium project. In a formal reply to the ASX today, Boss defended its disclosure timing, saying it only finalised the new guidance on July 27, one day before releasing it. Shares rose 5%. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT positive case report has highlighted the therapeutic potential of Argent BioPharma's (ASX:RGT) cannabinoid therapy CannEpil in treatment-resistant epilepsy. As Australia's digital economy rapidly expands, new research reveals critical digital skill gaps that could unlock $25 billion in productivity gains by 2035.
