All posts containing the tag: "australia"
Posted Nov 7th 2009 10:15AM by TMZ Staff
After being slammed by Aussie fans, media, and politicians for her first concert, Britney Spears left her hotel in Perth this morning to get ready for her second show there.

All Britney needs is a little support and she'll be fine.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Britney Spears
Tags: australia, britney spears, BritneySpears, concert, perth, photo
Posted Sep 20th 2009 9:00AM by TMZ Staff
There's something kinda sexy about talking with Aussie babe Sophie Monk about eating kangaroos and keeping koala bears as pets.

Just don't make the mistake of saying she's from New Zealand -- she hates that.
Filed under: Hot Bodies
Tags: australia, kangaroo, koala bear, KoalaBear, sophie monk, SophieMonk, video
Posted Sep 6th 2009 11:00AM by TMZ Staff
In yet another example of how protection pays, the glove Michael Jackson wore the day he married Debbie Rowe has just gone to the highest bidder -- for a fortune.

Bonhams and Goodman auctioneers hit the gavel after someone bid $49,000 to become the proud owner of Jackson's white bejeweled glove. The newly-minted gloved one is Warwick Stone, who bought it on behalf of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Jackson went on to have two kids with Debbie Rowe -- we don't think the glove was ever removed.


Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: auction, australia, debbie rowe, DebbieRowe, glove, married, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, wedding
Posted Aug 11th 2009 11:00AM by TMZ Staff
That's not a stuffed animal, it's Koda -- Australia's smallest horse.

The American miniature dwarf horse stands less than two feet tall, weighs around 77 pounds, and despite many health problems recently made it to his first birthday.
Verne Troyer can finally go horseback riding.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Critters
Tags: australia, koda, tiny horse, TinyHorse
Posted Feb 11th 2009 11:10AM by TMZ Staff
We officially apologize for poking fun at Sam, the koala rescued from the fires in the Australian wilderness. Sam was photographed drinking bottled water and we made a joke....and it was out of line.
Turns out lil' Sam suffered burned paws and was taken to the Mountain Ash Wildlife Shelter -- nothing funny about that. But since she's been at the shelter, Sam has drawn the attention of a male koala named Bob. The two are now said to be inseparable.
We made a joke about Sam drinking bottled water and then going to pilates and eating sushi. Bad joke, bad us.

Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Critters
Tags: apology, Australia, Bob, joke, joking, koala, koala bear, KoalaBear, Mountain Ash Wildlife Shelter, MountainAshWildlifeShelter, Sam, sorry, wildfire
Posted Feb 10th 2009 1:01PM by TMZ Staff
After battling some of the worst wildfires ever to hit Australia, a firefighter shared his bottled water with a pampered koala on Monday.

Afterwards the new friends went to Pilates and dined on sushi.
Filed under: Critters
Tags: Australia, Australian wildfires, AustralianWildfires, fire fighter, FireFighter, Koala, wildfire
Posted Oct 11th 2007 1:06PM by Celly
Nicole Richie is getting her required exercise! The plumping minx was seen perambulating in Australia yesterday -- in this 1930s South Philadelphia sofa cover.

Miss Richie is in Australia while her baby daddy performs down there ... um, with his band.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Baby Watch, Nicole Richie
Tags: australia, joel, nicole richie, NicoleRichie, sofa
Posted Aug 6th 2007 10:41AM by TMZ Staff
On their way to sainthood, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are going to be recognized by the Australian government ... with their very own postage stamp. Lick that!
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that supermom of the world, along with hunky partner Brad Pitt and daughter Shiloh, will be reproduced from the cover of New Idea magazine -- which is sponsored by Australia Post -- and slapped onto a .50 cent stamp. A New Idea spokesman says, "These stamps will become instantly collectible and sought after by philatelists around the country."
For some time now, both Ange and Brad have been sought by philatelists who would like to stick them.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Brad & Angelina
Tags: australia, brad and angelina, BradAndAngelina, shiloh, stamp
Posted Aug 2nd 2007 11:36AM by TMZ Staff
Whoopi's long overdue employment announcement wasn't the only news on "The View" yesterday. Elisabeth Hasselbeck revealed the thigh slapping news that she has chopped off a chicken's head -- and PETA thinks that's just foul!

After using hand motions to describe how to accurately decapitate a chicken, grossing out the audience more than she usually does, polite talk then resumed. Now Lizzy's in the soup with PETA, and they had this nugget for the right wing chicken winger:
"PETA has two words for Hasselbeck, 'Cluck you!' Next to Barbara and Joy, who expressed compassion, Elisabeth sat there chirping about the joys of killing defenseless birds. Conservatives love animals too, and she ruffled a lot of feathers today. Now that Whoopi has joined the show, maybe it's time for Hasslebeck's head to go on the chopping block."
Reps for "The View" had no comment.
Filed under: The View
Tags: animals, australia, chicken, cruelty, decapitating, elisabeth hasselbeck, ElisabethHasselbeck, feathers, head chopping, HeadChopping, PETA, the view, TheView
Posted Apr 16th 2007 11:32AM by TMZ Staff
A bearded cowboy-looking Hugh Jackman was caught on the beach with his wife and kids on Sunday in his native Sydney.

Smokin' hot Hughie, seen here with his daughter on Bronte beach, is a prime example of a DILF. Doesn't this make you want to go down under?
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies, Hugh Jackman
Tags: australia, beach, chest, cowboy hat, CowboyHat, dad, dilf, hot, hugh jackman, HughJackman, hunk, hunky, sand, skin, sun, swimming trunks, SwimmingTrunks, wolfman
Posted Jan 16th 2007 12:53PM by TMZ Staff
Matthew McConaughey definitely isn't taking his time in Australia lightly. The sweaty playboy has been seen getting hot and heavy with numerous girls since heading to Queensland to film his latest movie, "Fool's Gold."

Matty added one more lady to his harem yesterday, when he was photographed going buckwild with a local "sheila" at an Irish bar. The two sucked face while "dancing" to a live local band.
Observers said that the actor was surrounded by females all through the night, but was selective about who he would allow himself to be photographed with, until finally, after hours of partying, McConaughey and an unknown brunette called it an evening and headed out around 3 AM ... to get a "kebab."
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Paparazzi Photo, Wacky & Weird, Matthew McConaughey
Tags: australia, blue hat, BlueHat, club, dancing, fool's gold, Fool'sGold, girl, makeout, matthew mcconaughey, MatthewMcconaughey, playboy
Posted Jan 11th 2007 1:13PM by TMZ Staff
Actress Tara Reid is currently in Australia making paid appearances, and found time to stop by Sea World for a dip with local fish.

Sea World normally does not permit dolphins and whales to frolic in the same tank, but it appears that this park has made an exception.
It is unknown whether any animals were harmed in the making of this picture.
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Paparazzi Photo, Wacky & Weird
Tags: australia, dolphin, sea world, SeaWorld, tank, Tara Reid, TaraReid
Posted Oct 6th 2006 11:00AM by TMZ Staff
Before Larry Birkhead and Howard K. Stern went to war over Anna Nicole Smith's newborn kid, the two men actually spent a lot of time together having fun. In these pictures taken last year, the dueling daddy candidates were spotted down under, frolicking with Anna around Sydney's Luna Amusement Park right before the 2005 MTV Awards in Australia. Ah the good ol' days. Birkhead appeared in front of a judge Wednesday morning asking that Anna Nicole be ordered to return from the Bahamas and submit to a paternity test. Unfortunately Birkhead will have to wait for the results, as the hearing was pushed until October 26.
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Paparazzi Photo, Celebrity Feuds, Anna Nicole Smith
Tags: anna nicole smith, AnnaNicoleSmith, australia, bahamas, father, girl, howard k. stern, HowardK.Stern, larry birkhead, LarryBirkhead, luna park, LunaPark, newborn, sydney
Posted Sep 8th 2006 11:54AM by TMZ Staff
The outpour of emotion in Australia over the death of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin continues as Australians were urged by media and political figures to participate in "Khaki Friday." Irwin, who was killed when a stingray's barb stabbed him through the heart as he was filming a wildlife documentary off the coast of Australia, had a huge international following as a conservationist.

What began as a chain email has erupted into a national obsession as fans were urged to wear the trademark khakis Irwin always wore in public. An icon in his native Australia, Steve Irwin's family is planning a private funeral and a large public memorial service so fans can pay their last respects.
Crocs rule!
Filed under: TV, Wacky & Weird
Tags: australia, crocodile hunter, CrocodileHunter, death, khaki friday, KhakiFriday, steve irwin, SteveIrwin
Posted Aug 9th 2006 4:31PM by TMZ Staff
After a 14-hour flight, Nick Lachey arrived half way around the world at Australia's Sydney Airport.

Lachey arrived sans Vanessa but not without body guards, and the hunk looked happy to be off the long flight as he slapped on his sunglasses and made his way (smiling the entire time) through waiting paparazzi and excited fans.
But have no fear, Nick won't be on the other side of the world for too long. Nick has to get back to rehearse for his upcoming US tour, scheduled to start next month in Albany, New York.
Filed under: Nick Lachey
Tags: australia, Nick Lachey, NickLachey