Bindi Sue, the 8-year-old daughter of the late Steve Irwin, will travel to Los Angeles and New York on Thursday as part of Tourism Australia’s G’Day USA Week to lure more American tourists to Australia.
Bindi is set to perform her stage show “Bindi and The Crocmen” and feature on TV talk-shows including “The Ellen Degeneres Show” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
American born Chinese star Edison Chen and bungee jump legend AJ Hackett broke the Guinness record for world’s tallest commercial bungy jump.
Edison and Hackett were the first batch to take the leap off the top of the 233-metre Macau Tower. The bungee jump operation is set up in conjunction with the 5th anniversary of the Macau Tower.
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According to Hollywood Reporter, Nicole Kidman is currently the highest paid actress in Hollywood.
Nicole is paid nearly $17million for her upcoming movie “The Invasion,” which is scheduled to premiere in August 2007.
Nicole Kidman profile
Name: Nicole Mary Kidman
Birth date: June 20, 1967
Birth place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Family members: Parents, younger sister and husband
Husband: Keith Urban, famous country singer
Profession: Actress
Grammy award winning country singer, Keith Urban has checked himself into a rehabilitation treatment center for alcohol abuse, less than four months after his marriage to actress Nicole Kidman. [Forbes]
Keith’s new CD “Love, Pain, & The Whole Crazy Thing” will be released on November 7th as scheduled. All appearance and promotion events will be postphoned though.
Good that Nicole is by his side during this situation, wish that Keith can recover from his alcohol problem asap.
Steve Irwin, the famous Aussie “Crocodile Hunter” was killed by a stingray barb during filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland.
The initial news is that Steve was killed by a stingray barb which pierced his chest, a freaky marine accident indeed.
Steve is only the 3rd person that passed away being stung by a stingray in Australia.
Warner Bros. confirmed that “Brokeback Mountain” star Heath Ledger will be playing The Joker in “The Dark Knight”, the latest Batman sequel.
The 27-year-old Australia borned actor was nominated for Oscar last year with Brokeback Mountain, playing as the gayish cowboy alongside Jake Gyllenhaal.
It would be interesting to see how Ledger would fair against the ‘original’ Joker played by Jack Nicholson in the 1989 Batman movie.
Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson was arrested on early Friday for suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) in California.
The 50-year-old Oscar winner was pulled over around 2am on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu for driving in excessively fast speed.
Oscar winning actor Russell Crowe and wife Danielle Spencer welcome their 2nd baby, Tennyson Spencer Crowe in the family.
Spencer gave birth to Tennyson early Friday morning in Sydney, Australia. The celebrity couple have another 2-year-old son, Charlie.
The couple had chosen the name Tennyson after the famous 19th century English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, but will call their baby Tenny in short.
Woohoo! Nicole Kidman finally married Keith Urban, I’m so happy for the lovely couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Urban tied their knots on Sunday (June 25) in a private ceremony in Australia, attended by relatives and close friends.
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