Paul Weller: I am aware of the words ‘national treasure’ being attached to me

Paul Weller is having his photo taken. Which he doesn’t mind, as he is self-confessedly vain, but which he does mind, because he’s vain.

Being both fat and fit may not be a furphy

A FEW months ago, many decided it was time to get off our ever-spreading backsides and do some exercise. This New Year’s resolution wasn’t only about vanity, oh no. Governments tells us obesity has a ‘’severe impact” on our health and puts a ‘’significant burden on the health service”. So slimming, it seems, is practically a patriotic duty.

Vogue blasted for censorship

Vogue Australia is defending claims it has become “fashion’s Big Brother” after its editor Kirstie Clements revealed negative comments about advertisers are deleted from its website.

Lady GaGa celebrates her birthday at Number One

Plus Laura Marling scores high in the UK album chart

Lurching in protest at gaming classifications

MORE than 500 people dressed as zombies lurched and marched down Sydney streets on Saturday in protest at the gaming classifications in Australia and calling for an adults-only game classification.

Dishy Bunny’s very French affair

In the gift shop outside the new Rupert Bunny exhibition, visitors will not be surprised to find frilly French parasols for sale. There are also impressionist-inspired greeting cards, flower brooches (rose and poppy), scented soaps and soothing hand-creams, but it is the parasols that sing so well of late-19th century Paris; the ones in pink, red, lilac or beige even cast that dreamy, painterly glow on to the faces of those beneath them. Ah, Renoir. Oh, Degas.

Beyonce and Jay-Z expecting their first child: report

Beyonce Knowles is reportedly pregnant.

The Sweet Dreams singer and her rapper husband Jay-Z – who married in a secret ceremony on April 4 2008 – are believed to be expecting their first child together, according to internet reports.

Minogue’s X Factor role under review: report

Pregnant Australian star Dannii Minogue could face being axed as a judge on X Factor because her baby is due in the middle of auditions for the British TV talent show.

Half full or half empty – Capital’s empty tower may herald a bubble

By Huang Daohen
“Empty. Completely empty.”
These are the only words property brokers can find to describe the local office-leasing market.
Jack Rodman, a veteran in soured property, was more specific with the tally: half the city’s commercial space is vacant.
Could dismal commercial property sales mean a real estate bubble? Will the bubble burst, and if it does, [...]

The exclusive search for privacy – Bro. Sharp’s new look disappoints netizens

The drama involving Xilige, or Brother Sharp, should have reached a happy ending when the mentally unstable homeless man was reunited with his family and taken back home.