Anne Lu

Oprah Winfrey just can’t help herself being generous. The retired talk show host stopped by the late night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to promote her new film, but had been suddenly attacked by her rare illness, in which she just had to give away a new car. And give a new car she did!

“Big Brother Australia” housemate Mikkayla is the luckiest housemate in the history of the show. After being saved from the first eviction nomination, the school teacher has once again escaped from the Halfway house, courtesy of great luck in playing Pass the Parcel.

“The Voice” Australia is looking for kids. The Nine Network has announced the creation of the hit singing show’s spin-off that will focus on Aussie kids aged between 8 and 14.

The New Zealand Post is issuing a stamp to celebrate the birth of Prince George of Cambridge. This is the first time in the state-owned service's 170-year history that it has featured commemorative issue to mark a Royal birth.

Fantasy series “The Almighty Johnsons” is getting U.S. air time. The first two seasons of the top-rating TV3 series from New Zealand has been bought by the U.S. cable company Syfy.

Journalist Anton Krasovsky came out as gay on air in Russia and was fired. The television presenter was promptly sacked with a text message right after his defiant announcement in the country where promulgating gay relations is considered a crime.

“Big Brother Australia” has had another birthday party; this time, it’s Xavier’s 28th year on earth. The birthday boy had a polarising day, going from teary sad to running naked-happy. Also, Jasmin kissed Ed, which made Jade cry!

The International Olympic Committee will stop athletes who will show support for LGBT causes. Gay athletes and tourists at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia may be punished by both the country’s government and the Games committee if they are found to promulgate homosexual agenda.

An American teenager is feeling the heat on the Internet after he posed a video online that shows him kicking a kitten off his porch. Walter Easley from South Carolina has been named the Vine Kitten Kicker, and has unwittingly sparked an online revenge campaign against him.

Auckland company E-Advance Limited is accused of exploiting migrant workers. The alleged victims claim that the employer, which helps migrants to find jobs in New Zealand, has been causing them “emotional and psychological stress.”

The hottest singer in New Zealand right now will be performing for free! Lorde is giving her fellow Aucklanders a free show with dubstep act Mt Eden as support in September.

It’s nominations night once more, and most of the original Halfway housemates are back in the poorer side of the house! Proving that no one is safe from the eviction nomination, even lovable Ben, who had zero points in the first week, didn’t escape the notice of his housemates on this fateful Monday night.

Convicted killer Phillip Layton Edwards has defended himself on his Facebook page over the allegation that he has kidnapped a two-year-old boy. He has made a startling claim about the toddler’s mother, saying he only took the boy because his mother has cut her own wrist.

“Finding Dory” still has no script, but it already has an ending. Pixar Animation Studios reportedly rewrote the story to the “Finding Nemo” sequel to have a less controversial ending than a marine park.

Julia Roberts was a mean bully to her own sister. Nancy Motes, the A-lister’s younger half-sister, claims that Julia discouraged her from going into acting and teased her for years about her weight, prompting her to undergo gastric bypass surgery.

“Big Brother Australia” has evicted its first housemate. Mum of three and ex-cop Sharon has been voted out in the Gold Coast house after garnering the lowest votes.

Lorde has taken over the U.S. charts. At just 16, the Kiwi teen singer has become the first female solo artist in 17 years to nab the top of Billboard’s alternative songs charts with her smash hit “Royals.”

The Big Day Out in New Zealand is proving to be a big hit as early as August. The 2014 travelling music festival, which will kick off in Auckland on January 17, has sold out tickets for the early birds in just 45 minutes.

Oprah Winfrey is not only a famous and powerful billionaire; she’s also the first black woman billionaire in the world. So it’s just unthinkable that someone would look down on her and question her buying power. But that’s apparently what happened to the American media mogul when she was in Zurich, Switzerland. A luxury handbag salesclerk allegedly told Oprah that a $42,000 bag was “too expensive” for her.

Australian actor Troye Sivan who is best known for playing the young titular character in the recent X-Men Origins: Wolverine has come out. The avid YouTube vlogger told his half a million subscribers that he is gay.

Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke has serious competition on sexy warm-up routine. The 20-year-old Olympics silver medallist isn’t the only sexy athlete with a jaw-dropping warm-up. American surfer Ashley Anastasia has recently caused media attention when video of her sexy pre-game dance made its way online.

Same-sex couple Lynley Bendall and Ally Wanikau are set to marry 9,000 metres above ground. The mothers of three were declared winners of the Air New Zealand competition to get married onboard a special flight from Queenstown to Auckland on Aug 19, when the country’s Marriage Amendment Act comes into effect.

Kiwi surfing great Allan Byrne passed away on Thursday in Bali, Indonesia. He had slipped into coma in a hospital after a motorcycle accident, but failed to recover from his injuries. He was 62.

A man in Miami, Florida has killed his wife and posted her dead body on Facebook. Derek Medina shot his wife Jennifer Alfonso at their South Miami townhouse on Thursday morning and confessed his crime on the social networking Web site.

It’s “Big Brother Australia” housemate Jade’s birthday! And the faceless voice himself greeted the model from Ballina a happy birthday in Italian. But first, eviction nominee swap! Tahan made an impromptu decision to save one nominee and throw a Safe housemate to the firing line.

Australian actress Rebel Wilson is pretty recognisable these days after starring in several Hollywood films and hosting the MTV Movie Awards 2013. But the bubbly 27-year-old admitted that she’s still far from being famous.

High-ranking Tongan princesses are set to disregard royal protocols and marry commoners. Sisters Hon Salote Lupepau’u Tuita and Hon Frederica Tuita are bypassing the strict nuptial rules of the kingdom by marrying down and without the approval of their uncle, Kung Tupou VI.

Big Brother Australia housemate Tim isn’t just Tim the university student who is taking ten years and counting to finish his science degree. People have seen him on TV before, probably more than enough of him. As fans of the show have noted, Tim famously streaked on Rihanna’s tour plane in 2012.

Sylvester Stallone didn’t hold back his true feeling for Bruce Willis. The Rocky star announced on Twitter that the Die Hard actor will not be joining him on the third Expendables film anymore, and he’s extremely happy about it.