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Perth Now
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Schapelle Corby spotted hugging mystery man at airport
Schapelle Corby has been spotted dropping off a mystery man at an Australian airport, hugging him goodbye. The convicted drug smuggler turned clockmaker was photographed at the Gold Coast Airport wishing an unknown man safe travels as he prepared for a flight. The 47-year-old dressed casually in a loose, faded black hooded shirt and a pair of leggings. She added an olive-toned bucket hat and a pair of sneakers and appeared to go make-up free. Corby hugged her male friend before he set off with a large black duffel bag. It comes after Corby left social media followers pondering over engagement rumours while celebrating her birthday in Paris in 2024. In a photo posted to Instagram, Corby posed in a beret in front of the Eiffel Tower, with a sparkling ring on what seemed to be her ring finger. Schapelle Corby and a mystery man embrace. Credit: NARI / BACKGRID Her fans soon spotted the piece of jewellery and questioned if she was getting married. However, it was made apparent that the image Corby shared had been flipped in an editing app and the ring was actually on her right hand. Proof that the photo had been flipped pointed to the Olympic rings in the background as the order they are in was around the wrong way. Corby has been single for sometime after she split from her Indonesian boyfriend Ben Panangian in 2020 after 16 years together. The couple met in a Bali prison in 2006 when they were both serving time for drug-related offences but had not seen each other in person since 2019. Corby was imprisoned for nine years after she was caught attempting to smuggle 4.2kg cannabis into Indonesia in October 2004. Following her release, she has made a new life for herself making a living as a clockmaker and also appeared on a season of SAS Australia.
West Australian
17-05-2025
- Automotive
- West Australian
Molly Taylor driving home gender equality
Extreme E's mixed-gender racing is breaking boundaries in motorsport, and Australian trailblazer driver Molly Taylor is at the forefront. Extreme E is a five-race series in four continents, racing electric SUV's off-road vehicles in extreme locations and conditions. It has taken a real lead in gender equality. In 2016, Molly became the youngest ever winner of the Australian Rally Championship. She is also the first and still the only female champion. With co-driver Bill Hayes, she won WA's Forest Rally in 2017. Then, in 2021, she joined Extreme E and won the inaugural Extreme E World Championship with Johan Kristoffersson. Over its first four seasons, Extreme E has built a number of female drivers. But Molly, driving for team Next Veloce Racing, stands out. She won the inaugural championship title and has achieved eight major victories. She has the most victories of any female driver and the second most overall — just one fewer than double champion Johan Kristoffersson (despite competing in three fewer events). And data shows that, in those four seasons, the gap in performance times between male and female drivers has narrowed by almost 70 per cent. An Extreme E spokesperson says that value is due to 'equitable competition environments'. Molly, who has raced with the series from the beginning, said: 'Extreme E has without a doubt changed the course of my career and I'm confident all the female drivers in the series would say the same thing. 'We all know how challenging motorsport is, but what Extreme E has proven is that with the right opportunity, exposure, development and investment we can see women reach the top. 'It can be a difficult cycle to break; you need the seat time to prove your potential, but you need results to attract the support needed to access that very seat time. 'Extreme E put themselves out there and tried something new to force change and it makes me so proud to be one of the drivers to prove the success of this concept. 'We have built some strong momentum and, whilst this doesn't alleviate the continuing challenges of motorsport, we are making change. It's pretty special and something I hope motorsport can learn from more broadly.' Molly took part in SAS Australia season one, and is an ambassador for Girls on Track, a female motorsport initiative. +
Herald Sun
09-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Herald Sun
Angela Mollard: Eight things I haven't done since becoming a mother
Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Have you tried buying cottage cheese lately? Like eggs, it's all sold out. Because where once cottage cheese was roundly ignored unless heaped on a Cruskit and declared a 'diet snack', now it's a superfood (11g of protein per 100g) and is being repurposed in pancakes, bread and baked into taco shells (surprisingly good). I was moaning about the great cottage cheese shortage of 2025 to my daughter, pointing out that there are limited protein sources beyond fish, meat, eggs and yoghurt, particularly when one goes AWOL. 'Oh Mum,' she sighed, 'there's plenty of protein-rich foods in the supermarket. You just have to take time to do a leisure shop.' A leisure shop? I haven't 'leisure shopped' since late 1999 when I fell pregnant with her. Whereas once I would amble the aisles, sniffing rockmelon, sampling a new lemon yoghurt and examining the ingredients in curry paste, I now shop as if I'm on SAS Australia. I charge through the aisles, repeat buying the same food as the week before, oblivious to the fact cream cheese now comes in a salted caramel flavour and tuna is garlic-infused, doused in sweet chilli or blended with caramelised onion which, frankly, sounds more ominous than Bennifer 2.0. This, of course, is completely her fault. And her sister's. After their arrival in 2000 and 2003 respectively, I was constantly one wet wipe away from a breakdown. So to celebrate Mother's Day, along with the 'leisure shop', here are seven other things I haven't enjoyed this century. The beach/pool relax In my 20s I would read, sleep or daydream, usually in a bikini with straps so complicated it took a degree in engineering to get it on. Now I only have to glimpse an oversized puddle and I'm on high alert even though my kids are fully grown. My beach time in recent decades has been 95 per cent lifeguard and 5 per cent shouting. All those years of dispensing SPF, carrying multiple towels and someone else's dripping Paddle Pop means I have factory wiped my pre-child existence. What do you mean a summer holiday is for relaxing? Flossing I used to floss. Religiously and with a smug dedication that was rewarded when people asked if I'd had my teeth whitened (I hadn't). Quarter of a century later I am still on the same roll of floss I bought in 2001. My dentist gently chides me every time I go for a clean but, fortunately, I can't reply because she has her hands in my mouth. After the last visit I popped my floss next to the TV remote to 'habit stack'. Then I moved it because it looked messy. Dangly earrings In the years BC (Before Children) I wore jewellery that swished and signalled that at any moment I might be off to a Spanish fiesta or a Tantric yoga course. But since my youngest tried to abseil on a particularly lovely pair, scattering thousands of glittery beads in the process, I haven't worn anything more interesting than a gold or pearl stud. Accessories require thought. My KPIs this century have been: 1. Dressed. 2. Clean. Bathroom insouciance When I was working in London I'd fly to Europe for work on a moment's notice with one pair of knickers and contact lenses in my handbag. Since 2000 I haven't left the house without suncream, snacks, hats and a Google search of all toilets within 5km of my destination. My bathroom research is hypervigilant, which is lucky because while my offspring can now hunt out their own loos, I now need to micromanage a weak pelvic floor and a large coffee. Had feelings about skivvies In another life I interviewed Cindy Crawford about her style choices. Now, thanks to The Wiggles and Lego, I'm so triggered by primary colours, I pass a red car and spontaneously break into 'Wake Up Jeff' and set to chopping fruit. When I chance upon a bloke in a skivvy (popular at ski resorts) I get an agitated feeling, like I've misplaced a sippy cup. Long showers When TikTok invented the 'everything' shower, I realised I hadn't showered longer than three minutes since the Millennium. Forget 'everything' (where you shave, exfoliate and polish your limbs and deep cleanse your hair), I struggled to do 'anything' other than a quick soap. My goal for this year is to use a conditioning mask I was gifted in 2006. Not worried My eldest now owns an air fryer and makes her own dental appointments but I still wait anxiously to hear she's arrived safely after a long drive. I may also scold her if she hasn't eaten broccoli for three days. I can probably stand down now – it's been 25 years since those two pink lines appeared on a stick. But as my own mum says, worry is the price you pay for loving someone so much. ANGE'S A-LIST Walking Tall Having loved Raynor Winn's wonderful story The Salt Path, about her and her husband Moth's hike after becoming homeless, I feared filmmakers would ruin the story. Thankfully, Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs have done her proud with a quiet and scenically immersive movie that reminds you what truly matters in life. Barefaced Cheek Three people have told me lately I look well and it's got to be down to my Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Island Lip Glow Lip & Cheek ($60). The 'sun-blushed glow' shade looks intense in the little pot but a tiny smudge and you look happy and well-rested. Great with blue eyes. Originally published as Angela Mollard: Why I haven't done these things since having children
Sky News AU
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Aussie actress and model Isabelle Cornish impales herself on fence in freak accident
Aussie actress and model Isabelle Cornish has revealed she was rushed to hospital after a freak accident involving a stake fence left her with serious injuries. The 30-year-old Puberty Blues star took to social media to update fans as she recovers from the terrifying incident, which left her with a stab wound to the abdomen and a badly cut hand. "I tried to get over a fence like this, slipped and got a stake to the right upper abdomen, pulled myself off the stake with my hand and sliced my hand open," Cornish wrote on Instagram Stories. "Few days in the hospital, tests, stitches, some internal bleeding that stopped, my lungs back to normal size and liver ok all good," she added, sharing a photo of herself in hospital, her wounds clearly visible. Cornish also posted an image of her heavily bandaged hand, noting that surgery has been delayed until the weekend. "Moral of the story do not mess around with those stake fences… They are no joke," she told followers. Raised in the Hunter Valley, Cornish first rose to fame in 2012 with a breakout role on Home and Away, before going on to star in films such as Sea of Fire and Australia Day. She also appeared in the Marvel series Inhumans and features in season two of Nine Perfect Strangers, which premieres May 21. Isabelle's older sister, Abbie Cornish, is also an acclaimed actress, best known for her performances in Somersault, Bright Star and Sucker Punch. Outside of acting, Abbie also raps under the name Dusk. In 2021, Isabelle competed on the second season of SAS Australia, though she was forced to withdraw early due to injury. "I'd actually broken my right hip, the femoral neck of my right hip," she told Yahoo Lifestyle at the time. "I hurt myself on day three (of the course) and then I just kept going and going, I absolutely love doing challenges like that." That same year, Cornish was working on her wellness book The Why: Healthy Habits For An Epic Life, which was published in 2022. "The Why is a no bulls**t health and wellness guidebook," she explained. "A lot of the health industry is overcomplicated and OTT (over the top), and my beliefs aren't about, you know, eating kale and going for a run. "It's all about positivity and how a compassionate relationship with the self can help the reader through all of life's ups and downs." SAS instructor Mark 'Billy' Billingham wrote a glowing testimonial for the book's cover: "Isabelle Cornish is living proof that you can always bounce back and find the strength to go further." In addition to acting and writing, Cornish is a certified yoga teacher, personal trainer and health coach. She currently lives in the Byron Bay hinterland on a macadamia farm.
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jailbird ex-footy WAG Arabella Del Busso risks an X-rated wardrobe malfunction in boxing publicity stunt
Arabella Del Busso left her fans on Instagram stunned this week as she stripped down for a photo shoot on a balcony of a high-rise apartment in Melbourne. The former NRL WAG shared a video of herself posing using nothing more than three boxing championship belts to cover herself up in what almost amounted to indecent exposure. She also wore a pair of black stilettos for the publicity stunt as she pouted and moved from side to side, flaunting the belts. Del Busso, 35, captioned the clip: 'I know I'm your favourite'. It is not the first time the reality TV star turned boxer has stripped down in the highly visible spot, after previously posing in a lacy black bra and skirt on the balcony in Melbourne. The SAS Australia star was discharged from Australia's largest female prison last year after she served five months behind bars for stealing $52,000 from her employer when she working as a receptionist for a Sydney medical business. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bella (@littlebellsy) Arabella Del Busso left her fans on Instagram stunned this week as she stripped down for a photo shoot on the balcony of a high-rise apartment in Melbourne She has been embroiled in scandal since her relationship with former Bulldogs star Josh Reynolds came to an end when she faked three miscarriages with him. Del Busso starred on TV's SAS Australia show in 2020, revealing why she pretended to be pregnant. 'I told my partner [Reynolds] that I had a pregnancy scare, and I showed it to him and said it was ours, when in fact, it wasn't our scan at all,' she confessed. Asked what prompted her to lie about the pregnancy, Del Busso admitted the relationship was 'coming to an end'. 'I didn't know how to deal with losing someone,' she continued. After being asked if her plan was to 'cheat the person into staying with you', Arabella said she just wanted 'to try and draw him back in'. In July 2024, she left Dillwynia Women's Correctional Centre in Sydney and is understood to have begun a new life with her boyfriend in Melbourne. It is understood that a judge had seen it impractical to give her a community service order when she was moving to Victoria. In a court affidavit, her boyfriend James, a builder also in his 30s, said she was 'kind, supportive, loving'. 'I feel people don't know the real Arabella Del Busso,' he stated. 'The Bella that I have grown to love is the most caring, genuine, down-to-earth, selfless person I have met from a relationship perspective.' The pair had already started dating when she was facing charges for stealing over $50,000 from a Sydney medical practice back in 2019. Three years ago, Del Busso launched a shock new career as a boxer and began plotting her rise up the rankings before making her ring debut in Melbourne in 2022. In 2023, she stunned fans as she appeared on the undercard of a Misfits Boxing event in London. Del Busso was carried out to the ring for the match against boxer 'Lil Kymchii' on a golden chair before going on to beat her opponent via a unanimous decision at the Wembley Arena. The high-profile event was headlined by British YouTube star KSI, but Del Busso's bout was slammed by Aussie former world champion Ebanie Bridges, who claimed the bout wasn't real boxing, but more like the WWE.
