Revisiting GoT’s Daenerys Targaryen
As the world waits to find out what happens to Game of Thrones’ key characters in Season 8 we look at how they first appeared in the book that started it all. First up, Daenerys Targaryen.
Books & Magazines
Priests burn Harry Potter books, condemn magic
Polish Catholic priests condemning magic burned dozens of books they considered to be sacrilegious, including works from the Harry Potter series.
Turia Pitt’s teen guide to a kick-ass life
In the eight years since she was caught in a fire that burned 65 per cent of her body, Turia Pitt has become a poster girl for resilience. Now the athlete and mother wants to share her message with teenagers in her new book.
Rom-com gets an Aussie twist
Young adult fiction has boomed in recent years, but many of those stories being told lack a distinctly Australian voice. But one local author is trying to change that with her debut novel.
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Face transplant man lands GQ cover
TWO years after becoming the recipient of the most extensive face transplant ever performed, Richard Lee Norris has become the ‘face’ of GQ. See the amazing tranformation.
Zoe Saldana poses nude for Women’s Health
THE actor opens up about her body issues in Women’s Health, saying, “you’ll never be completely happy, so at the end of the day it’s like, ‘ Just be happy, regardless.’”
Dark side of Comic-Con exposed
IT’S billed as a harmless gathering of geeks but women’s groups say pop culture festival Comic-Con is rife with sexual harassment.
‘YOLO, totes amazeballs’ now words
TOTES amazeballs! The latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary has included 1000 new words set to annoy word lovers around the world.
Kanye’s seven most outrageous GQ quotes
HE CALLED his wife Kim Kardashian a “dinosaur”, he spoke about being a groomzilla and he commented on Beyonce snubbing his wedding. Good stuff Kanye West.
Next Thor will be a woman
MARVEL may have written Chris Hemsworth out of a job, revealing the Thor character is changing genders. Here’s what she’ll look like.
Legend’s model wife ‘too fat’
SUPERMODEL Chrissy Teigen has a pretty good reason to “hate” clothing retailer Forever 21. But look who’s got the last laugh now.
Archie killed in comic gay shocker
THE famous freckle-faced comic book icon Archie is to be killed off, taking a bullet for his openly gay best friend, it has been revealed.
Nobel winner Nadine Gordimer dies
SOUTH African Nobel prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer has died at the age of 90.
Guy Pearce admits year-long pot bender
GUY Pearce says for almost a year he stayed at home, played his 95 guitars, switched off his phone, warned off his agent and relapsed as a stoner.
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