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Look over there it’s Humphrey Bear!

Shane Yeend toasts his new deal with showbiz veteran Humphrey. Picture: Tait Schmaal Source: Sunday Mail (SA) Tycoon purchases the rights to Humphrey B Bear Says he is planning a Humphrey comback “Who would not want to own one of their childhood icons?” HE has been confined to the showbiz wilderness but Australian children’s icon Humphrey B Bear is back and ready to take on the world.

Oh Karl! Stefanovic’s push-up ‘strip show’

Can TV host Karl Stefanovic do more push-ups than US First Lady Michelle Obama? Watch and find out. Footage courtesy: Ninemsn Karl Stefanovic “shows off” on the Today Show. Picture: Channel Nine Source: news.com.au Karl gets down and drops 25 push-ups on Today ShowStefanovic accused of “showing-off” by co-hostsGets carried away and turns athletic display into ‘strip show’ KARL Stefanovic dropped and gave Today Show viewers 25 this morning, before writhing around the set and turning what could have been ...

First Lady of muscle

Michelle Obama’s appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show airs Thursday. Picture: AP/Chris Pizzello Source: AP MICHELLE Obama told Ellen DeGeneres “Let’s Move,” dropping to the floor on the speak show for a push-up contest with the comedian. The first lady stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote her campaign against childhood obesity and was describing her daily workout routine when DeGeneres proposed the challenge.

Set design the current affair for Nine and Seven

Matt White’s new look, getting his Grimshaw-esque sit on. Source: news.com.au IT began with a war of words over the morning TV sets. And now the back-and-forth between channels 9 and 7 has spilled over to evening television, with Nine suggesting Seven has pilfered its look from A Current Affair and replicated it on the Today Tonight set.

Viewers vote with their stomachs in TV ratings war

The Biggest Loser went up against Excess Baggage in the 7pm timeslot for the first time last night. Picture: Channel Ten, Channel Nine Source: Supplied Britney Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline has been released from a Sydney hospital after collapsing. David Hopgood and Scott Bradbury, two of the contestants on the new series of My Kitchen Rules.

Yo, Wiggles – Dora shows how a switch is done

Dora The Explorer gets a new voice. Picture: supplied. Source: news.com.au Caitlin Sanchez (left) has stepped aside for newcomer Fatima Ptacek. Picture: file. Source: The Daily Telegraph There have been three voices for Dora over the years The outgoing Caitlin Sanchez won the gig in 2008 Fatima Ptacek, 11, is fluent in English and Spanish DORA the Explorer is now a born-and-bred New Yorker from Queens.

Well, well – look who’s in front of the Mike

Veteran of news Mike Willesee is returning to TV on Channel Seven’s Sunday Night show. Picture: The Daily Telegraph Source: The Daily Telegraph Mike Willesee making an unexpected return to tv Says he will position himself to do the “big interviews” Former ACA host was last on tv in 1994 VETERAN newsman Mike Willesee is making an unexpected return to tv current affairs as the new recruit on Seven’s Sunday Night.

After Home and Away: ‘I need to grow up’

Jessica Tovey as the face of the 2011 Spring Racing Carnival and ambassador for Westfield Bondi Junction. Picture: Rohan Kelly Source: The Daily Telegraph Actor Jessica Tovey played Belle in Home and Away. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied JESSICA Tovey has a lot of growing up to do.

You cannot afford a house? Just a myth

Charlie Albone, Andrew Winter and Shaynna Blaze, hosts of Selling Houses Australia on the LifeStyle channel. Picture: Channel Lifestyle Source: Supplied SELLING Houses Australia host Andrew Winter thinks the belief that housing affordability is out of reach of the average person is a bit of a myth.

Jim Carrey’s daughter ‘fast-tracked on Idol’

See Jane Carrey’s audition for American Idol, sending judge Jennifer Lopez on a trip down memory lane / NewsCore Jane Carrey, daughter of Jim Carrey, has been accused of receiving special treatment during auditions for American Idol. Picture: AP Source: AP JIM Carrey’s daughter, Jane Carrey, is quickly realising that there are certain moments in life when it pays to be the offspring of an A-list celebrity.

Soldier chef duo rule My Kitchen

David Hopgood and Scott Bradbury in My Kitchen Rules. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied SERVING your country has never meant so much for Diggers Scott Bradshaw and David Hopgood. Having fought and trained alongside each other as soldiers in Somalia, East Timor, Rwanda and the Asian tsunami, the pair were “brothers” – discovering a common bond in their hate of those infamous ration packs.

Critics give all their lovin’ to Young Talent Time

Music legend Tina Arena’s career goes full circle, as she returns from France to rejoin Young Talent Time, the Channel 10 tv program where her singing career began way back in 1970s. Tina is delighted to meet up with four talented members of the latest cast. Camera: Toby Zerna.

Boozer Loser is booted in shock elimination

Biggest Loser contestants… L to R Shane Edwards, Simon Hurley, Alex Zorzi and Graham Pilson. Source: Supplied Biggest Loser contestants.. L to R Lydia Hante, Lisa Ritherdon, Brenda Hunt and Margie Cummings. Source: Supplied Biggest Loser trainer Michelle Bridges, Picture: Supplied by Channel Ten Source: Supplied A contestant to be booted for getting drunk in house Celebration turns into “unacceptable” drunken binge New series to premiere tonight on Channel 10 ONE of the eight male contestants on the new series ...

World’s Biggest Loser ‘won’t go back’

Brisbane man Ryan Preuss (seated) at a challenging moment during The Biggest Loser. Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld) Ryan Preuss as a child. Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld) MEET the biggest Biggest Loser contestant in the world – and he is from Brisbane.

Channels bring in the heavyweights in ratings battle

Channel Nine’s Excess Baggage is to go gut-to-gut with Ten’s The Biggest Loser in a 7pm TV weight loss war. Source: Herald Sun Trainers from Ten’s The Biggest Loser. Picture: Channel Ten Source: Supplied EXCESS Baggage contestants are more likely to achieve long-term weight loss than those on The Biggest Loser.