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Sky News AU
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Shocking Dancing With the Stars salaries leaked as Gold Logie winner Rebecca Gibney tops pay bracket
Salaries for the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars Australia have reportedly been leaked with Gold Logie winner Rebecca Gibney securing the biggest payday. The long-running dance juggernaut sees a group of Aussie celebrities battle it out on the dancefloor for the iconic Mirror Ball Trophy. Dancing With The Stars is set to return to Channel 7 next week with 12 popular Australian celebrities set to tackle the foxtrot. This year's cast features a variety of well-known TV presenters, actors, newscasters and sports stars 'competing for a charity of their choice'. Stars also receive a participation fee for their appearance on the show, which was entirely pre-recorded in Sydney earlier this year. According to a production insider who spoke to Woman's Day, the 2025 cast has been split into three different pay brackets to reflect their star power. Industry veterans Rebecca Gibney, ex-Bachelor host Osher Günsberg, and comedian Shaun Micallef are reportedly each earning $100,000 to take to the dance floor. Gibney, who won the prestigious Gold Logie in 2009 at the height of her Packed to the Rafters fame, is arguably the biggest name from this year's contestants. Beneath the top three earners, Olympic swimming legend Susie O'Neill, AFL star Trent Cotchin and 7NEWS presenter Michael Usher are reportedly receiving a clean $47,000. O'Neill, who won gold in both Atlanta and Sydney, was recently elected to the prestigious Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) board. At the bottom end of the scale are Olympic boxer Harry Garside, comedian Felicity Ward, Home and Away star Kyle Shilling and 7NEWS presenter Karina Carvalho. All four have reportedly signed on for the bargain price of just $27,000 in exchange for weeks of intensive dance training, minus management fees and tax. The surprisingly paltry salaries come as free-to-air broadcasters slash talent budgets in order to get more bang for their buck amid declining audience numbers. This year's season of Ten's I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Outta Here was reportedly the cheapest in the show's history. 'There's just nowhere near as much money in free-to-air television as there used to be,' an I'm A Celeb source told Yahoo! Lifestyle in January. has reached out to Channel 7 for comment.
West Australian
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Nicole Jamieson shares story of son Toby's diagnosis at Leeuwin lunch, prompts record $5.95m for Telethon
Nicole Jamieson remembers vividly the moment she knew she would lose her son Toby. 'I went to my son's bedroom, surrounded by all these teddy bears and lay on his bed,' she said. 'The sound that comes out of a mother, when you know that your son is going to die is a sound that I never want to hear come out of my body again. 'But I know I will one day.' Toby's diagnosis of Cockayne syndrome — a rare form of childhood dementia and the first case in WA — effectively means instead of growing up, Toby, now 10, is growing 'down', Ms Jamieson said. He has a life expectancy of just 12. There wasn't a dry eye in the room as the mother of three sat before WA business leaders and philanthropists at the Leeuwin Lunch for Telethon on Sunday and opened up about her son's diagnosis. Her powerful words pushed those watching and listening into action. Across the day, the group collectively raised a record $5.95 million for Telethon — including an anonymous $3m from a donor moved by Ms Jamieson's story. 'It had me in tears,' she said of the mystery benefactor. 'It just blows my mind, and as a parent, I don't think words could ever articulate how grateful I feel. 'I feel like I can't save my child's life, but I can try to make things better for him and for kids like him. 'If sharing my story has encouraged somebody to want to give that amount of money then I'm finding purpose in pain.' Against the backdrop of a cold, rainy day, Leeuwin Estate was filled with the warmth of Telethon's most generous supporters opening their hearts and wallets with a shared purpose — to help WA's sick kids. Starting early at Network Aviation's terminal, they were flown to Busselton courtesy of Qantas, and travelled with South West Coach Lines to Leeuwin Estate, with karaoke starring Human Nature's Phil Burton. Burton was joined by Gold Logie winner Larry Emdur, who made a heartfelt appeal to the potential donors on his first trip to the State's South West. 'Every dollar counts. But when you start to talk about the dollars that are in here today and the donations that will be made today . . . It's world changing. It's certainly life changing for so many people,' Emdur said. The annual lunch, which features fine wine and food provided by Leeuwin Estate's Horgan Family, who also donated $50,000 through their foundation, is one of the philanthropic highlights of the year in the lead-up to Telethon. The feverish auction bidding of Matador Capitals founder Grant Davey led the pack on many items. 'It's not about nice champagne or wine, you can get that anywhere in the world. This is all about the children and what they go through,' Mr Davey said. 'These kids go through hell, their parents go through hell, and it's all about how we can make their lives better. 'That's what Leeuwin Lunch is all about, and that's what Telethon's all about.' Steve and Susanne Gulvin, Rod and Carol Jones, Elizabeth Perron, Tony and Miliva Poli, Frank and Sasha Agostino, and the Rambal family all dug deep, driven by the emotion of the day. 'The warmth that we get from the people around us, and particularly the Telethon family, has promoted us to support them even more,' Mrs Gulvin said. 'What I love about Telethon is I know that every single dollar is being spent the way it should be spent.' Bronte and Colleen Howson, of Audi Centre Perth, donated a vehicle for auction, which originally sold for $105,000 to Mr Davey before he donated it for reauction. BHP iron ore president Tim Day led the organisation's contribution of more than $400,000 for wish-list items, including 13 'giraffe warmers' — a capsule for premature babies — for Perth hospitals. 'For a business like ours, it represents all the hard work of all our team members put together,' Mr Day said. 'We put the money together overall as a company, and then we obviously give it to charity, and it's just such a good result for the kids in WA.' At the conclusion of the day, the crowd was surprised with a message from Bronwyn Doak, who had spoken to the lunch in 2021. The story of her sons Eamon and Kealan — who have Usher syndrome, a genetic condition characterised by hearing an vision loss — prompted Rhonda Wylie to purchase a piece of equipment that last week had identified 10 potential treatments, with two showing great promise. 'Our journey is now part of a real global scientific progress, but more than all of this gave us time, gave us possibility, and it gave me back something I didn't think I'd feel again — hope,' Mrs Doak said. 'What you made possible ... it's changing the future of medicine. 'From my family and from every parent who lies awake, hoping for a miracle, know that what you are about to do today changes lives.'
Daily Mail
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Larry Emdur reveals wild encounter with elderly woman in public park who asked him to 'drop his pants for $10' - but not all is what it seems
Gold Logie winner Larry Emdur took to his social media on Wednesday with a cheeky post in which claimed an elderly woman had offered to pay him $10 to drop his pants. The alleged incident took place in a public park while the 59-year-old Channel Seven star was taking a morning walk. Larry said that the stranger had offered to pay him the money so she could see his 'a***' which is tattooed with the initials of last year's Gold Logie nominees. The fan favourite, who is notorious for sending up his fame on social media, had his bottom inked live on The Morning Show the day after taking home the coveted TV prize. In the clip Larry can be seen telling his followers that he scared off the woman - only to reveal that he is holding a $10 note in his hand. 'Good morning. The creepiest thing just happened to me [while] I was having my morning walk,' he said in the Instagram post. He continued: 'A lady was walking towards me and she about 75-80 years old and she saw me - this is the weird life of someone on TV. 'And she turned around and said to me, ''I'll give you $10 to show me the tattoo of the Gold Logie on your a***." And I said what? Larry then explained that the woman repeated her request. 'And I said, ''You're crazy'' - you want me to drop my pants in a public park for $10? 'Anyway, I must have scared her off because she ran off in that direction,' Larry said waving a $10 note. Larry's followers quickly showed their enthusiastic approval for his joke post. 'Thank goodness you took the money!!' one fan messaged. 'This is GOLD,' added another, while a third follower simply gushed, 'Totally hilarious as always.' Larry made headlines last August after securing his first ever Logie Awards on when he took home a Silver and secured the Gold at the 2024 ceremony at the Star in Sydney. And the next day he was forced to make good on a bizarre promise he made the week before, stripping off his pants on live breakfast TV and getting a tattoo on his backside. The Morning Show host found himself in a compromising position on Monday as he got the initials of other Gold Logie nominees etched permanently into his skin. Larry lay face down on a portable tattoo table in the middle of the breakfast studio as co-host Kylie Gillies watched on. The big reveal of Larry's tattoo saw a line drawing of the Logie Award holding the TV, and within the TV were the letters 'JM RI AK SK TA AL'. The letters were the initials of the other Gold Logie nominees that Larry beat on Sunday night - Julia Morris, Robert Irwin, Asher Keddie, Sonia Kruger, Tony Armstrong, and Andy Lee. The TV star has been a recognisable face on Aussie screens since the age of 19, but has never before secured a win at the prestigious awards ceremony. In a milestone victory, Larry was crowned as the most popular presenter as he took home the Bert Newton Award in his first ever Logies win.
Herald Sun
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Herald Sun
Terri Irwin responds to Robert Irwin Bonds underwear campaign
Even after decades in the spotlight as the matriarch of one of Australia's most prominent and recognisable families, Terri Irwin remains something of an enigma. Always happy talking about her great loves – her late husband Steve Irwin, daughter Bindi, son Robert and her family's tireless work in the conservation sector – Irwin rarely makes the conversation about herself. Until now. Having celebrated her 60th birthday last July with a small surprise party thrown by Bindi at Australia Zoo on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, where the family makes their home base, Irwin tells Stellar she now realises that sharing her experiences might inspire others 'to step up and take a little bit of risk in their life'. 'I thought it would be really great, as a woman now in my 60s, to do this. You know, I'm embracing this new decade. I have to tell you, it just keeps getting better.' Irwin keeps an understandably busy schedule, and in the coming weeks, she's planning an overseas trip to the US, which will include a stopover in New York City. 'The full Sex And The City experience, minus the sex,' she jokes of the visit, which will include a shopping excursion for the look she will wear to the annual Steve Irwin Gala – a celebration of her late husband and a fundraiser for their charity, Wildlife Warriors – taking place on May 10 in Las Vegas. 'When I was younger, I used to splash out more often [on clothes],' Irwin admits. 'Now my fashion is probably like what Steve said about our marriage. He said, 'I didn't know I was shooting for comfortable. But this is great, and I'm loving it.'' Like many sons, Robert likes to tease his mum about her sensible ensembles with lighthearted jibes like, 'That broken-down look that you wear with your mum jeans is so in now.' Irwin's take? 'I call it 'accidental fashion'.' After all, she keenly points out that comfort trumps couture when you may suddenly need to get down in the dirt and rescue a snake. As she reasons, 'That's not easy to do in stilettos.' Much easier for her has been taking a step back and letting the spotlight shine on her children. Bindi, 26, is now chief executive at Australia Zoo, working alongside her husband of five years, Chandler Powell, 28. When he's not at the zoo, Robert, 21, is cultivating his burgeoning career in entertainment: he earnt a Gold Logie nod in 2024 for his co-hosting role on I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! and was recently announced as the first celebrity competitor on the next US season of Dancing With The Stars. Irwin admits that she has mixed feelings about Robert's growing status as a sex symbol, which was kickstarted when Stellar broke the internet with his fashion shoot in 2022 and again at the end of 2024, and was only further amplified by his smouldering Bonds underwear campaign that launched earlier this month. 'Steve used to say to me, 'It wasn't until I started filming and became the Crocodile Hunter that girls looked at me twice,' Irwin recalls with a laugh. 'He was 30, by the way, when we got married. So he goes, 'Where were they?' So on one hand, cool for Robert to have flattering attention, and on the other hand, it's a lot. 'And Steve used to say to me, 'I'm glad we met before I was the Crocodile Hunter, because I know 100 per cent for sure that you just love me.'' In September of next year, Irwin will mark 20 years since Steve's death following an accident with a stingray. Content with her life now, she isn't looking to find love again. 'I'm sure there are a lot of lovely people out there in the world, but I did find my happily-ever-after, and I think I still have a lot of love in my life,' she says with a shrug. 'So I'm lonely for Steve, but I'm not lonely. I never mourn being on my own and not being in a relationship. I think we need to say that. 'I think women are still amazing, fulfilled, incredible people – even if you never marry, if you have four kids, or two kids, or no kids. There are no rules.' Championing women has become more important to Irwin as she's grown older and watched her own daughter become a mother. (Bindi gave birth to her daughter Grace in March 2021.) She reels off statistics about income inequality, early retirement and the lack of female scientists, then urges women to keep challenging themselves as they age. 'You can still embark on a new venture,' she insists. 'You don't have to slow down.' She offers herself as proof. On a tear of her own to hit the milestones on her 50-year plan for Australia Zoo, Irwin has seen Steve's vision for luxury accommodation and meals adjacent to the zoo come to fruition with The Crocodile Hunter Lodge. A side benefit of that effort is that she can duck out for dinner on nights when she doesn't fancy cooking. 'I say it's 'quality control',' she offers with a giggle. 'As someone who was pushing 60, I didn't want to leave something utterly challenging for my kids. And with [the] Warrior restaurant, I was determined to make it a place you could come to separately [without visiting the zoo], because this area really needed more fine dining. And I'm eyeing off a [Chef] Hat!' It's in keeping with Irwin's lifelong tendency to never do anything by half. She could have just run a lemonade stand as a five-year-old growing up in Eugene, Oregon in the US, but she took things one further, creating her own blackberry cordial and recruiting other children from the neighbourhood to run a franchise operation. By the time she was 18, she had purchased her own home. 'And what was funny [was] I went to the bank and they asked if my dad or my husband was coming to help me do this,' she recalls, laughing. 'That was interesting. And I don't think it's changed a lot.' When she met Steve, she was 27, still working for her father's trucking company and a self-described crazy cat lady. 'Steve was not a cat guy, but he had to pretend to be a cat guy because he liked me,' she says. 'And of course, cats always love the one person in the room who doesn't like cats.' As they bonded over their shared passion for wildlife rescue, she fell hard and fast, moving across the Pacific Ocean to join Steve in Australia. 'Between meeting him and getting married, we probably spent the sum total of maybe six weeks together all up,' she says. 'I didn't know anybody when I came over here. Luckily, I had very supportive parents, because it was difficult leaving family, friends, my job and just everything that I had created.' Back then, Australia Zoo wasn't the tourist mecca the Irwins would ultimately transform it into. In fact, Irwin was often one of only 12 people at Steve's croc shows. 'Oh, my word, the world is a different place for Robert trying to find his way,' she says, noting how much her son has become the spitting image of his father. 'I remember when Robert was born, I said to Steve, 'I have sisters and I have Bindi, and I don't know anything about boys. What do I do?' And he said to me, 'Just keep him alive 'til he's 25, and don't sweat the little stuff!'' Yet people can be quick to judge. 'Parenthood is more controversial than religion,' she says wryly. Listen to the latest episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About, below: 'And Steve and I had our kids around wildlife, so I realised it's pretty cool for other people to say, 'I would never let my kid around that wild animal. So, therefore I'm a better parent.'' Of that perceived moral victory, she stays rational: 'I thought, let them have that.' She gets an assist from Robert and Bindi, anyway, each of them having shown her how to handle relentless internet trolling. 'Once, people had to write a letter to say, 'I think you're doing this wrong',' she recalls. 'Now it's streaming in front of you.' But it's not just social media (and wardrobe choices) on which she regularly seeks her children's counsel. 'We just run everything by each other, naturally,' she adds of the family's collaborative spirit. Bindi also gives guidance on caring for granddaughter Grace. 'I'm a blast, but I follow the rules!' Irwin exclaims of life as a grandmother. 'Bindi is a way better mother than I ever was. I say that with sincere admiration. 'I'm not berating myself. We all do our very level best, but she is so smart and so across everything – and Grace is the most healthy, well adjusted, beautiful little girl.' Grace spends one night a week with Irwin, whom the preschooler refers to as 'Bunny'. The clan has kept Steve's spirit alive for Grace – as Irwin did for her own children – by snuggling up on the couch with her to watch episodes of his TV series The Crocodile Hunter. In turn, Irwin is delighted that Grace has given Steve her own nickname. 'Walking through the zoo, she says, 'There's Grandpa Crocodile,'' Irwin says. 'And she'll look at our wedding pictures, and she'll be like, 'You married Grandpa Crocodile?' With Robert, because he resembles Steve enough that Grace mixes them up, she'll often say 'There's Grandpa Crocodile' to a picture of Robert. That's kind of sweet, too.' In the years since Steve's death, Irwin has come to view his sudden and very public loss as a form of kindness. 'The fact that I never have to tell anyone what happened to Steve because they already know is kind of a blessing, especially at first when it's really difficult,' she reasons. 'I've seen it with my friends when they've lost someone. It's just a natural part of conversation to say, 'Oh my God, what happened?' and they have to relive it over and over and over again. I don't, because people know what happened.' Listen to the latest episode of the Stellar podcast, Something To Talk About, below: Even so, Steve's shirts still hang in her closet and his belongings remain scattered around her home. 'It's incredibly important that you travel your own road, and the only rules are that it can't hurt you and it can't hurt anyone else,' she says about the imperfect nature of handling grief. 'You're not going to find solace in the bottom of a bottle of tequila. 'That's just going to hurt you. When someone passes, everyone in your circle responds with the best behaviour and the worst behaviour you could have ever imagined. And that's shocking.' Comfort comes in having her children live within the compound at Australia Zoo and working together to continue Steve's conservation efforts. 'I'm very blessed,' she says. 'Because in the real world, parents go to work. Sometimes they're flight attendants and they see their kids every two weeks. Sometimes they're military, and they see their kids every three months. That's hard.' Now, even as she indulges in designer duds with Stellar and reminisces about her past, Irwin can see that she's never lost that early, enterprising spark, nor the value she has placed in family and hard work. 'Life and dynamics change, and you can forget about that five-year-old little girl that was doing these things,' she says. 'My passion has been trying to hold on to that.' See the full cover shoot and read the interview with Terri Irwin in Stellar today, inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), Sunday Herald Sun (VIC), The Sunday Mail (QLD) and Sunday Mail (SA). For more from Stellar and the podcast, Something To Talk About, click here. Originally published as 'It's a lot': Terri Irwin responds to Robert Irwin's sex symbol status
7NEWS
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Terri Irwin: Australia Zoo owner ‘lonely' after Steve Irwin's death, discusses Robert and Bindi's new life
Terri Irwin has shared a vulnerable glimpse into her life nearly 20 years after the death of her husband, Steve Irwin. While she's surrounded by family and deeply fulfilled by her conservation work, Terri Irwin has opened up in a new interview about the complex emotions she still carries. Terri emphasised how aware the public was about Steve's passing helped her manage the immediate aftermath. 'The fact that I never have to tell anyone what happened to Steve because they already know is kind of a blessing, especially at first when it's really difficult,' she told Stellar. 'I have seen it with my friends when they've lost someone. It's just a natural part of conversation to say, 'Oh my god, what happened?' and they have to relive it over and over and over again. I don't, because people know what happened.' On September 4, 2006, Steve Irwin died after a stingray's barb pierced his chest and heart while filming an underwater documentary at the Great Barrier Reef, leading to massive trauma and his death at 44-years-old. Navigating life after Steve's death at 44 meant creating her own path and leaning on a close inner circle. 'It's incredibly important that you travel your own road, and the only rules are that it can't hurt you and it can't hurt anyone else,' Terri explained. 'You're not going to find solace in the bottom of a bottle of tequila. That's just going to hurt you.' Despite her fulfilling family life and the joy she takes in watching Bindi and Robert thrive, Terri revealed: 'I'm sure there's a lot of lovely people out there in the world, but I did find my happily ever after, and I think I still have a lot of love in my life,' she admitted. 'So I'm lonely for Steve, but I'm not lonely. I never mourn being on my own and not being in a relationship. I think we need to say that.' Terri is incredibly proud of her children. ''Bindi is a way better mother than I ever was. I say that with sincere admiration,'' she said. Bindi Irwin, 26, is the chief executive of Australia Zoo and works alongside her husband, Chandler Powell, who is 28. The couple married in 2020 and share a four-year-old daughter, Grace Warrior Irwin Powell. Meanwhile, Robert, 21, is building his entertainment career-earning a Gold Logie nomination in 2024 for co-hosting I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! and was recently announced as the first celebrity contestant on the upcoming US season of Dancing With The Stars. Terri admits she has mixed feelings about Robert's rising status as a sex symbol - a journey that began with his viral fashion shoot in 2022, gained momentum at the end of 2024, and was further boosted by his recent Bonds underwear campaign. 'Steve used to say to me, 'It wasn't until I started filming and became the Crocodile Hunter that girls looked at me twice,'' Terri recalled with a laugh. 'He was 30, by the way, when we got married. So he goes, 'Where were they?' So on one hand, cool for Robert to have flattering attention, and on the other hand, it's a lot. 'And Steve used to say to me, 'I'm glad we met before I was the Crocodile Hunter, because I know 100 per cent for sure that you just love me.''
