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David Meddows
David MeddowsFeatures Writer

David Meddows is an entertainment writer for The Sunday Telegraph, specialising in television, streaming and movie features.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - Alex Blackwell, Australia's most capped cricket player pictured in the SCG after becoming the first female elected to the board of Cricket NSW. Pic, Sam Ruttyn

Alex’s new innings as a cricket pioneer

AUSTRALIA’S most capped female cricketer has smashed another boundary after ­becoming the first woman in 159 years to be elected to the board of this important NSW institution.

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ONE-TIME USE ONLYEXCLUSIVE FOR SUNDAY PAPERS - JUNE 10, 2018COMEDIAN DAVID SPADE - STAR OF HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: A MONSTER VACATIONPICTURE CREDIT:  Brian Bowen SmithMUST CREDIT

David Spade: Why I worry about my daughter

EXCLUSIVE: Just days before comedian David Spade was left reeling in the wake of his sister-in-law Kate Spade’s tragic death, he spoke with Insider about his upcoming movie, the Roseanne Barr controversy and why he’s worried for his daughter.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. PLEASE CONTACT CECILY RYAN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Drew Barrymore glam images:  MUST credit: Mark Seliger / Netflix

‘I wanted to eat his face off’

Playing a zombie real estate agent with an insatiable appetite for human flesh, as Drew Barrymore does in Santa Clarita Diet, comes with a few occupational hazards — like having to control the occasional urge to rip the face off someone who screws you over.

Opinion
Mel McLaughlin presenting for channel 7 in pyeongchang. Supplied by Channel 7

Seven’s frosty reception for star Mel

HER signature on a Seven Network contract in 2016 was trumpeted as a TV coup that would bolster Seven’s Rio Olympic coverage — but two years on sports reporter Mel McLaughlin couldn’t get a start on Seven’s prime time broadcast of the Winter Olympics, Annette Sharp writes.

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Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce in Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

How a penis can be a liability too

YOU never hear it said: “Oh, poor Julie. She might have been running that company/party had it not been for her rampant vagina.” Not so with men. A man’s penis is his greatest asset, Annette Sharp writes.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 23/11/17DO NOT USE BEFORE CLEARING WITH JEFF DARMANIN ON PIC DESK - Laura and Bruno Bouchet with new daughter Juliette pictured with radio stars Jonesy and Amanda (left) and Kyle and Jackie O (right). Bruno is the executive producer on the Kyle and Jackie O morning show and Laura is executive producer on The Jonesy and Amanda morning show. Pic, Sam Ruttyn

Couples married to the job

PRODUCING the No.1 FM breakfast radio show is stressful enough, but imagine your wife worked just metres away, steering the ship of your fiercest competitor.

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Truth behind crime TV’s hits and myths

Truth behind crime TV’s hits and myths

TV viewers can’t get enough of the clever crime-solving methods employed by fictional forensic experts, but what’s the reality for those chasing the clues in real life?

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