Matches, Hatches, Dispatches

Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley gave birth to a boy named Jack Oscar Statham last weekend. She got engaged with fellow actor Jason Statham in January last year.

Food writer Valli Little has died after a battle with cancer. She was best known for her column in delicious magazine for 16 years and a string of best-selling cookbooks.

Lisa Dovile (who won House Rules in 2014 with Adam - now a presenter on Better Homes and Gardens) has given birth to a girl named Ruby. It’s their second child.

True Blood star Nelsan Ellis has died at the age of 39 from heart failure.

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Oliver Curtis has proposed to wife Roxy Jacenko.

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Why are you giving these attention-seeking media whores publicity?

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Beyonce has posted the first image of herself and her one month old twins on Instagram, confirming their names as Rumi (girl) and Sir (boy).

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George Romero, who created a series of horror movies including Night of the Living Dead, has died at 77 after a battle with lung cancer.

Martin Landau was 89.

Author and entrepreneur Zoe Foster Blake has given birth to her second child, a girl named Rudy Hazel.

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Megan Gale has announced she is going to tie the knot with boyfriend Shaun Hampson (Richmond AFL player). They have a son and another child is on the way.

Linkin Park lead singer found dead.

US newsreader Jim Vance has died at the age of 75.

I’m sure like many of you, I’m not that familiar with Vance but do remember that he went viral years ago for this: https://youtu.be/_0eINGyJHz8

Best know for Home Alone.

Author Kathy Lette (Puberty Blues) has separated from her husband of 27 years, barrister, academic and broadcaster Geoffrey Robertson QC.

Rupert Murdoch’s second eldest daughter, Sydney-born television executive Elisabeth Murdoch, married for the third time in a lavish wedding in Oxfordshire, England, on Saturday.

ARIA Award-winning Indigenous artist Dr G Yunupingu has died at 46 after a long illness. He had been suffering from kidney trouble for many years. A film on his life was scheduled to be screened at next month’s Melbourne International Film Festival.

US actress June Foray, best known for her voice of Rocky and Natasha Fatale in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, has died aged 99. Foray was also the voice behind Looney Tunes’ Witch Hazel, Nell from Dudley Do-Right, Granny in the Tweety and Sylvester cartoons and Cindy Lou Who in Chuck Jones’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Foray was one of the original members of animation organization ASIFA-Hollywood and founder of the annual Annie Awards, and was also instrumental in the creation of the Oscars’ animated feature category.

Legendary photo editor John G Morris has died in Paris aged 100. He worked as photo editor for LIFE magazine, The New York Times, National Geographic, and Magnum. During his career he was responsible for editing Robert Capa’s iconic photos of the D-Day invasion for LIFE and displaying powerful photos from Vietnam War on the front pages of The New York Times, including Eddie Adams’ Saigon execution photo in 1968 and Nick Ut’s Napalm Girl photo in 1972, both of which won the Pultizer Prize.

Football broadcaster Les Murray has passed away at 71