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ABC News
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Wanna win a double pass to a secret Lorde listening party before Virgin drops?
Do you want to hear Lorde's new album Virgin before anyone else? At a club? Surrounded by heaps of other major fans? With a drag queen? Well you better enter our Lorde Listening Party competition then! We have 100 double passes to give away to Lorde stans to be the first in Australia to hear her fourth album in full on June 25 at the Imperial Hotel in Eora/Sydney. You've already heard a couple of tracks from this transformative album from the New Zealand icon, so now we're bringing a bunch of you to rage at the club to the rest of the record before anyone else. We'll be hitting play on Virgin at 7:30pm sharp, but that's not all that's going down that night. You'll be able to party on with DJ sets from Abby & Tyrone and Lucy Smith, as well as killer performances from Drag Race Down Under queen, Etcetera Etcetera! So are you over 18, can get yourself and a mate to Sydney on June 25, want to win that priceless prize and have the ultimate group chat brag? All you have to do to enter is: Follow @triplej on TikTok Follow @triplej on TikTok Correctly answer our five (5) Lorde quiz questions Correctly answer our five (5) Lorde quiz questions Tell us in 25 words or less why you gotta hear Virgin before anyone else Tell us in 25 words or less why you gotta hear before anyone else Cross your fingers and toes that you're a winner, baby! Do all of this before the competition closes at 9am AEST on Thursday 19 June and you could be one of the 100 Lorde fans joining us for this unreal night. Good luck! Love a bit of rules and regulations action? Check out all the T&Cs here .
Sky News AU
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson compared to Australian non-binary left-wing comedian Rhys Nicholson after they shared wild birthday selfie on social media
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been compared to Rhys Nicholson after the left-wing comedian shared a birthday selfie. Nicholson, 35, who uses they/them pronouns, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the selfie with a filter over their face, making them appear remarkably older. The Drag Race Down Under judge's usual smooth skin was replaced with wrinkles and faux signs of sun damage. The comedian would be completely unrecognisable without their signature flaming red hair untouched by the filter. "She's 35 today and feeling fresh," Nicholson joked in the caption. Fans flooded the comments section to say the comedian resembled Hanson in the photo which showed their similar style and signature shade of red hair. "You don't look a day over Pauline Hanson," one person said. "I'm not going to lie, thought this was Pauline seeing the voting polls. Happy birthday!" another person said. "Jesus, bloody Christ, I thought Pauline had infiltrated my feed! Happy birthday," a third added. Another said Nicholson's selfie was "a lovely photo of Pauline Hanson". One more person wrote: "PLEASE EXPLAIN!", referencing Hanson's now widely parodied catchphrase in response to 60 Minutes journalist Tracey Curro's asking whether she was xenophobic in 1996. The comparison is especially ironic given Nicholson and Hanson stand at evidently opposite ends of the political spectrum. Notably, the pair shared very different views on gay marriage before it was legalised in Australia in 2017. Nicholson publicly married lesbian and fellow comedian Zoe Coombs at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2016. Their move was to highlight the importance of marriage equality in Australia at a time when same-sex marriage was being debated in parliament, and the Senate rejected a bill providing for a plebiscite on it. Hanson has voted against same-sex marriage in the Senate. In 2017, Nicholson effectively accused then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of governmental foot-dragging on same-sex marriage rights. "The main thing is you don't want anyone to be treated differently for something they can't change about themselves, so just deal with it – like, for example, marriage rights or something," they sniped at the Liberal politician on The Project.
Daily Mail
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Rhys Nicholson doesn't look like this anymore! Aussie comedian shocks friends and followers as he shares jaw-dropping birthday selfie
Rhys Nicholson stunned his friends and followers on Tuesday when he uploaded a candid birthday selfie which showed him looking very different. The Australian comedian marked his 35th birthday this week with a jaw-dropping photo of himself looking decades older than his years. Poking fun at himself, Rhys put an ageing filter over his face in the picture, giving himself weathered skin and several wrinkles. 'She's 35 today and feeling fresh,' he joked, looking anything but. His famous friends left comments beneath the hilarious post. 'Looking more and more like one of my mum's Aunties from Adelaide every day. Well done Rhys. Happy Birthday!' radio presenter Merrick Watts said. Meanwhile, celebrity drag queen Courtney Act pointed out Rhys looked identical to Australian politician Pauline Hanson in the photo. 'You don't look a day over Pauline Hanson,' Courtney wrote. Rhys' followers quickly jumped in on the joke. 'Ngl thought this was Pauline seeing the voting polls. Happy birthday!' one person commented. Other wrote, 'Please explain,' in reference to the iconic but unintentional catchphrase the One Nation senator is attributed with. 'Lovely photo of Pauline Hanson,' wrote another, while someone else said: 'Jesus bloody Christ I thought Pauline had infiltrated my feed! HBD.' It comes after the Drag Race Down Under judge and his husband Kyran sold their Coburg townhouse for $842,500 at auction last May. Rhys and Kyran snapped up the modern two-storey property in 2017 and were not shy about transforming it with their weird and wacky renovations. The actor said he had no intention of appealing to future buyers when he designed his home, adding that he wanted to inject his own personality into it. His biggest change came in the kitchen when Rhys had the space expanded into a 'sprawling' area with green cabinetry, pink walls and three ovens. 'I cook and we like having people over for dinner and having small get-togethers, so it just wasn't conducive to that,' Rhys said. 'We had a couple of dinner parties there and it was just like, "We need to do something about this kitchen."' Rhys and Kyran also transformed their upstairs bedroom into a spacious living area dubbed 'the soft room' for the luxurious, thick carpet. Elevating their home with 'absurd, stupid decorative things', Rhys went on to say his ideal interior style is very 'maximalist' with a 'healthy mixture of functional pieces'.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Robert Irwin is stripping down & rocking tiny briefs in new underwear campaign
His snake will poke your eye out! Robert Irwin is the handsome 21-year-old TV personality and son of Australian zookeeper and conservationist Steve Irwin. Now, the star is all grown up and ready to show off more skin than ever in a new underwear campaign for Australian underwear brand Bonds. In typical Irwin fashion, the model posed with snakes and venomous spiders while posing for some sensual photos. See on Instagram When he was approached for the campaign, Irwin tells People that "it was a pretty immediate yes." He also added that's he's "trying to do as many different and random exciting things" at this point of his career. His sister Brandi Irwin, who's served a guest judge on Drag Race Down Under, was in attendance for the racy shoot and had no problem supporting her sexy brother. "My family are so supportive, I just love them so much. They're the solid foundation to everything I do, and what we're doing together," Irwin says. To see all of the racy photos, check out the exclusive full interview and spread on People's website here.
