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Zoe SmithSenior Producer

Zoe Smith is a Network News senior producer and night editor. She has over 20 years of experience in journalism and has worked at digital and print mastheads across Australia and the UK.

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Screengrabs from With Love, Meghan. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in episode 105 of With Love, Meghan. Source - Netflix

Celeb chef reveals ‘death threats’ over Meghan remarks

A Michelin-starred celebrity chef has copped a vile backlash after he described Meghan Markle’s Netflix series as “forced and fake”.

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UNITED STATES - CIRCA 2000: Actor Gene Hackman with wife Betsy Arakawa at the United Celebral Palsy of New York City's 15th annual Champagne Stakes at Etoile restaurant on E. 56th St. (Photo by Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Hackman’s wife ‘protective’ of star before tragic deaths

Oscar winner Gene Hackman once made a revealing comment to a long-time friend about his wife, as investigators continue to look into “loopholes” surrounding the pair’s deaths.

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US actor and president of the Fiction jury John Goodman poses during a photocall as part of the 62nd Monte-Carlo Television Festival in the principality of Monaco on June 19, 2023. Over several days, major studios, broadcast networks, digital platforms and renowned talent gather together to promote their programs to the press and public and compete for the prestigious Golden Nymph Awards. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)

Roseanne star injured while filming Tom Cruise movie

Production has been halted on the London set of Tom Cruise’s latest movie after beloved actor John Goodman was hurt in a shock incident.

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Meghan shares rare pic of daughter amid series backlash

Meghan Markle has posted a string of unseen family pictures, as the drama surrounding her controversial TV series grows. See the photos.

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‘Smug, elitist and desperate’: New fallout for Meghan Sussex

The response to Meghan’s new show has been so dire that experts are questioning if this could be the Sussexes’ last show for Netflix — or worse, the final nail in the coffin for the Brand Sussex.

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stars in “With Love, Meghan,” which will be streaming on Netflix. Credit: Netflix

‘Thank you’: Meghan celebrates cringey series despite backlash

Meghan Markle has thanked fans in the US for putting her show in Netflix’s Top 10, despite the avalanche of criticism the “embarrassing” show has received since its launch.

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Former Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer has thanked well-wishers and doctors after he emerged from

Former Australian of the Year has ‘months to live’

Renowned Australian melanoma expert Professor Richard Scolyer has bravely shared his latest prognosis with the world after undergoing experimental brain surgery.

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‘It’s so funny’: Meghan’s cheeky stab at friend

The Duchess of Sussex has bit back at US Office star Mindy Kaling, correcting her on a crucial detail about her identity.

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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference about the US tariffs against Canada on March 4, 2025 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Trudeau said that President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada to destroy the country's economy to make it easier for the United States to annex its northern neighbor. The extraordinary warning about Trump's threat to Canadian sovereignty came as the US president delivered on his vow to impose 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian goods. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP)

Canadian leader would cut off US electricity ‘with a smile’

Canada’s premier has threatened to cut off US electricity exports ‘with a smile on my face’, saying ‘they need to feel the pain’ as Donald Trump’s trade war rages.

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Web art: Michelle Trachtenberg and Gene Hackman.

Oscars’ shocking omission of dead star; Hackman also honoured

The Oscars have been slammed after Michelle Trachtenberg was mysteriously missing from the In Memoriam segment, as Morgan Freeman paid tribute to Gene Hackman.

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