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Gwyneth Paltrow, Oprah Winfrey and Kristin Cabot.

The Coldplay kiss cam woman has done an Oprah tell-all. Turns out everyone else is to blame

Kristin Cabot could’ve done a great many things. Because while more than a billion views would suggest the affair footage isn’t going anywhere, most people have the memories of goldfish.

  • Michelle Cazzulino

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Oprah Winfrey, pictured here in Sydney on Thursday, has returned to Australia for the first time in a decade for a speaking tour in partnership with pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly.

Oprah Winfrey praises Hugh Jackman and social media ban – but avoids key weight-loss detail

The 71-year-old talk-show host is touring for the first time in a decade in partnership with the pharmaceutical company behind a weight-loss drug.

  • Bronte Gossling
Reese and Rebecca

Reese Witherspoon has just supercharged this Aussie debut novel

The Hollywood star has chosen a Tasmanian author’s royal romp for her December pick.

  • Melanie Kembrey
James Frey

James Frey wrote his new book in 57 days. He doesn’t want Oprah to read it

Twenty years after saying sorry to Oprah for fabricating parts of his bestselling book, the writer of A Million Little Pieces makes an unapologetic return.

  • Thomas Mitchell
US President Donald Trump has raged at mega-star singers Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift for endorsing Kamala Harris.

Sorry, Donald, but the celebrities you covet will never be your friends

For days, the president has been raging about Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris last year. Has he forgotten that he won?

  • Michael Koziol

According to Oprah, it’s life-altering. So what is the ‘let them’ theory?

Friends making plans without you? Let them. Dating someone who’s sending you mixed signals? Let them.

  • Emily McGrorey
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My family was facing financial ruin. Then I discovered romance writing

We all know sex sells, and my books certainly are spicy, but at their core they are traditional love stories with the happy endings everyone dreams of.

  • T L Swan
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with Oprah Winfrey at Oprah’s Unite for America Live Streaming event.

Harris meets Oprah to ‘Unite for America’ as Trump vows another Muslim ban

The presidential candidates’ campaigns couldn’t be more different.

  • Farrah Tomazin

Trump out-Foxed: The most telling thing about Kamala’s pyjama party

Donald Trump phoned in to Fox to offer his critique of Harris’ acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. They duly put him to air, initially ...

  • Peter Hartcher
Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks to Democrats in Chicago on Tuesday night (US time).

I jumped up and down when I heard Michelle Obama utter one amazing word

I am not getting dewy-eyed here, but I see signs that Americans – across the political divide – are reviving a graciousness that had lain dormant.

  • Julia Baird