Adele's 25 album missed cutoff, but she'll sing at Grammy Awards

Organisers of the music industry's biggest night announced Wednesday that Adele would perform a track off her album 25 at the February 15 award ceremony in Los Angeles. As is customary, the Grammys will also feature performances by leading nominees. This year's appearances will include rapper Kendrick Lamar, who received a near-record 11 Grammy nominations amid acclaim for his latest album To Pimp a Butterfly, and Canadian R&B singer...

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Soweto derby ends in deadlock

It was another Soweto derby draw, but one in which Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs could genuinely claim that the honours had ended evenly. Willard Katsande scored a rare goal to give Chiefs a 28th-minute lead. Thamsanqa Gabuza headed Pirates back into the game in the 69th minute. People complain endlessly that Soweto derbies can be dull. Perhaps it's better when the two teams come into the game in below-best not-so-efficient...

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Blitzboks fall at final hurdle in epic New Zealand encounter

The Blitzboks started brightly forcing New Zealand into errors with some tenacious defending and then scoring a converted try through captain Phillip Snyman after excellent work by Cheslin Kolbe and Juan de Jongh.  Rosco Speckman extended the lead with brilliant stepping in close when South Africa were awarded a 5 metre scrum after yet more excellent defence had forced New Zealand into an error.  New Zealand were finally...

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Tokyo Sexwale may lose Africa's support in FIFA bid: report

Two local Sunday papers made the speculation ahead of the Friday meeting of the leadership of the 53-member Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Kigali due to decide which candidate to support. Sexwale and his office were not immediately available for comment. But an unnamed executive committee member of the South African Football Association (SAFA) told the local Sunday Times weekly that "we have been told that he is not taking...

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Menopausal women should increase exercise to reduce hot flashes, says new research

A team of researchers analysed data from 6,079 women, aged between 40 to 59 and of Hispanic descent, who had all taken part in the Collaborative Group for Research of the Climacteric in Latin America.  As part of the research program they had all attended one of 20 urban health centers in 11 Latin American countries, completing surveys and providing health records, which were then used in the current study. The surveys...

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New study advises seniors to stay behind the wheel for good health

A team of researchers from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health looked at 16 previous studies which had reviewed the health of drivers aged 55 and over, and compared it to data from current drivers. The findings showed that after seniors stopped driving the risk of developing depressive symptoms nearly doubled, and those who had given up driving were nearly five times as likely as to be admitted to a form of care home,...

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David Bowie tops charts

The late David Bowie has scooped his first US number one album. The Lazarus singer's 27th studio LP, Blackstar, sold 181,000 copies in its first week of release, knocking Adele's 25 off the top of the Billboard 200 chart. The chart takes into account traditional sales, streaming equivalent albums and track equivalent albums (TEA) and the record - which was released two days before Bowie died of cancer aged 69 on January 10 - sold 174,000...

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Shatta Wale and Samini Finally Make Peace

The unexpected has happened. Shatta Wale surprisingly spoke with Samini in the studio’s of Accra-based Pluzz FM and it looks like they finally decided to smoke the peace pipe. These artistes have been on each others neck for a while now. They insult each other in their songs and so nobody thought both artistes could have a peaceful phone call conversation. It was as if nothing happen between them. There has been this raging feud between...

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Jo Beth Taylor 44 90s TV Star Charity: World Vision

Jo Beth Taylor made her big splash on Australian television during the 1990s when, at 22, she became the youngest woman to host a show in prime time, the top-rating Australia’s Funniest Home Videos. Jo Beth co-hosted popular variety show Hey Hey It’s Saturday with Daryl Somers before travelling to Ethiopia and Uganda to film a World Vision documentary and meet her sponsor child. She says “My son doesn’t think I’m going to do very well at...

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Akmal Saleh 51 Comedian Charity: Amnesty International

He says “Stand-up comedy is the only time in life where I feel completely comfortable and in complete control. I have lived a charmed life and never allowed myself of being hungry or deprived myself of anything and I don’t think that is a good way to live your life. This is a challenge but it is a positive thing for me. I see this as a spiritual journey with commercial breaks so I am going to take out of it what I want to take out of...

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Bonnie Lythgoe 66 Theatrical lady Charity: Olivia Newton-John Cancer And Wellness Centre

She says “I hate looking awful. I can’t bungee jump. I’m not going to ruin my back or anything else for them. I’ve been a dancer for a long, long time and never injured myself so I’m not prepared to do it now. I have a phobia of everything. I don’t want to see rats, mice, snakes, frogs, anything. I don’t want to be in the dark, I want to be in the light. The worst thing is the bathroom, the toilets I hate that. I can’t even imagine how...

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Havana Brown 30 International DJ Charity: Lighthouse Foundation

She says “I am a massive diva; I’m also pretty strong and resilient. I like my fine things in life but if I’ve got to struggle it out a bit, I’ll be fine. I don’t like confrontation but I guess if someone confronts me, I will stand my ground. I am very opinionated. I would rather jump out of a plane than eat something bad. I could open my mouth too much and offend everyone in the country. I am just really sarcastic and that can come...

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Dean Geyer 29 Hollywood Heartthrob Charity: Campaign Against Canned Hunting

Charity: CACH (Campaign Against Canned Hunting) He says “You can lock me in a glass case with snakes and roaches and rats and I’d be fine but drinking stinky stuff, no  that’s not for me. The thing I might struggle with is the eating because I eat too much. I’m hoping this experience is going to help me get a little ripped, I haven’t seen these abs in a good three years. For the most part I don’t think the conflict is going to have...

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Paul ‘The Chief’ Harragon 47 Rugby League Great Charity: Mark Hughes Foundation

He says “I am pretty straight up and down, a little bit vanilla I reckon so I don’t think there’s going to be too many shocks. I’m doing it because I do love a challenge and a bit of adventure and I do miss it a little bit from playing football. For me this is going to be a stretch and that is the main reason I’m doing it, to be out of my element.” Lives: NSW Charity: Mark Hughes FoundationBorn and bred in the Hunter region of NSW, Paul...

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Brendan Fevola 35 AFL player Charity: The Shane Warne Foundation

He says “Everyone pretty much knows everything about me. Hopefully people will realise that I’m not a bad dude. I’m not going to sit here and say I’m perfect because everyone knows that I’m not. I am just a happy dude that loves life and might take the wrong turn occasionally but I don’t mean anyone any harm, I never have. I am a very giving and loving person and hopefully that is what people see. It’s a Survivor/Big Brother/Biggest Loser ...

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Anthony Callea 33 Singer Charity: Lifeline Australia

He says “This show can either work for me or against me. I might walk out and everyone hates me so I would have made the worst decision ever. I’ll be shitting into a long drop and eating beans and rice, who knows how far I am going to get. I hope that I can go at least to the last week, that would be great but I’ll be very hairy and I’ll have a monobrow. In this scenario, I have to be me, you can’t not. Some people will like me, some ...

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Val Lehman 72 Actor Charity: Positive Women

Charity: Positive WomenVal Lehman is best known to audiences as inmate Bea Smith from the long-running Australian television series Prisoner. The series was a smash hit in 20 countries leading Val to become a familiar face the world over. During her four years on the show, Val won three TV Week Logie awards including a Silver Logie for most popular actress in 1982. She says “I’ll be the oldest by miles I should imagine. That doesn’t bother...

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Laurina Fleure 31 Former Bachelor Contestant Charity: Living Positive Victoria

Laurina had the whole country talking when she appeared as a feisty and beautiful Bachelorette on season two of The Bachelor Australia. While she didn’t win the hand of Bachelor Blake Garvey, Laurina became one of the biggest pop culture icons in Australia when a bad date with the Bachelor led to the hashtag #dirtystreetpie becoming an online sensation. She says “I can be a bit high maintenance when I am dollied up but when I’m in my trackies;...

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Courtney Hancock 27 Ironwoman Athlete Charity: MND and Me Foundation

Courtney Hancock is a young woman who has a natural ability, charismatic personality and zest for life that makes her very special. Born in Perth, but raised alongside her 3 sisters in Sawtell on the North Coast of NSW, Courtney was drawn to the waves right from her early days as a “Nipper”. However, this affinity and love of the water quickly developed into an ambition to one day become an elite Ironwoman, and when she finished High School...

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who is who in the jungle?

Eclectic bunch of celebrities from all walks of life ventured into the South African jungle tonight. And yes, cricketing megastar Shane Warne was among them, arriving via light plane at the 11th hour as an ‘intruder’. We just got a glimpse of Warnie, but in the coming nights we’ll be sure to see more of him as he mixes with the other contestants. “We have all walks of celebrity life this year and all the ingredients you need for a...

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