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It’s easy to take what we have for granted. The ALP got Oz through the World Financial Crisis better than any other industrialised country. The ALP said Sorry. And it’s making important changes to everything from superannuation to the environment. Sure there is work to do but Abbott is too much of a risk… remember WorkChoices? Well that was his policy. He’s an extremist. I’ve met him a twice. And both times afterwards i got these weird nasty emails. I wrote a piece for Crickey on it here… take a read. Abbott is a strange dude… take a look back at his student political career here. Or listen to one of his earliest interviews. Julia deserves a decent shot to put her stamp on the nation. I reckon we should give her that chance. And that’s why I’m going up to the marginal seat of Page around Lismore and Ballina to help out. If you see me come say hi…

Had a yak to Joel Edgerton about why he threw a radio at Cate Blanchett’s head and how working in LA is actually like Entourage. We also had a rave about his new film The Waiting City, which is admittedly why the publicists served him up to me in the first place… watch here… (just scroll down a bit the video is there!)

To celebrate the release of The Runaways, the story of Joan Jett, I’ve put together a gallery of the top rock chicks of all time. They’re all there, from Courtney Love to Pink, from Peaches (pictured) to Meg White. Check it out here.

You didn’t think they’d be back did you? You thought they’d fade off in to the ether. Well how wrong you were. They’re back with an election special. As well as that they name the funniest politicians on the planet and reveal their new iPad app… and there’s even a video interview… so read, watch and hear what a fool you were to think otherwise here.

With Marion’s shock exit from the nation’s top cooking show it’s worth asking the question – what happens to MasterChef contestants? Well you saw them arrive blinking and bewildered into the showbiz world only a few short months ago… you watched them eat… you watched them grow… you watched them cry… actually you watched them cry a lot. And then you watched them.. want to keep reading? Click here.

I’m celebrating the release of Predators with a homage to the scariest beasts to ever menace the silver screen. Since its first outing in 1987’s Predator this killer has been reincarnated no less than five times on screen. The latest outing sees a band of Predators go head-to-head against Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne in a blood fest so big they had to create a new planet just to catch all the falling body parts. Course, he’s not the only terrifying sliver screen beast – who can forget the Rancor from Star Wars. Anyway, check them all out here.

Ok so Eclipse has landed. And vampire-philes across the globe are salivating. So I’ve put together a gallery of your favourite vampire characters of all time. Everyone’s there from Buffy’s mates to the True Blood crew to bloodsuckers from Van Helsing, Blade, Underworld and of course Lesbian Vampire Killers. Count Duckula is obviously there too… see them here.

At the launch of her new vampire film Daybreakers Claudia Karvan opened up about that Logies wardrobe malfunction… Watch the 60 second vid here.

So we won Best Program on community TV! I’m blushing, so many people to thank, Max Markson, Jonathan Holmes, John ‘turkey slap’ Bric – we had them all on. We had prostitutes, swingers, Christians, and even, in one particularly out-there episode, a bureaucrat. A big win like this isn’t bad for a little show filmed in the basement of Paddo Town Hall. Congrats to EP Linda Mirabillio and Tilly Boleyn especially, as well as all the Metro staff and students who worked like miners to get a great program to air each week. Now Metro, UWS – commission a new season! Take a look at episodes 6, 10 or 14 here.

You’ve got to feel for the poor final seven contestants in MasterChef. I can tell you, as a former reality TV contestant, they must be furious. For months they’ve been busy cooking their hearts out, excitedly doing interviews to camera, pretending to be all sorry when their mates get chopped and keeping a straight face at George’s ridiculous gesticulations. For week after week they’ve been away from their families and friends being poked and prodded by producers hell bent on squeezing out every tear, every lip tremble, every tanty. Read more.