FameCrawler : Austrailian

Mark and Sarah Ricciuto Welcome Son

Whit Honea — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:06:00 GMT

Austrailian footballer Mark Ricciuto and his wife Sarah welcomed their second child on Friday. Nick joins big sister (by 20 months) Sophia at home.

Congratulations, Ricciutos.

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Zac Efron and Bindi Irwin: Awards Down Under

Whit Honea — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:44:00 GMT

High School Musical star Zac Efron stepped into Bindi's world when he attended the Australian version of Nickelodeon's award show.

Bindi is a pretty big star in her own right, but nothing holds a paw to Disney's HSM leading man. Well, I suppose Vanessa Hudgens has held a paw or two against him, but that's a different article.

Enter Jackman: Hugh is Freakin' Buff

Whit Honea — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:25:00 GMT

Wow. Hugh Jackman makes me want to go to the gym. Individual reactions may vary.

Seriously, he's huge. I knew he had some guns. I've seen the X-Men movies, but damn. He looks so good it makes my straight tingle.

Hugh is seen here with his son Oscar. The boys had quite the game of tag on the beach. I wonder if that's part of the workout. I'm literally tightening my core as I write this. I should be relatively buff by the time Heroes starts.

Photo: Jezebel

Sports Talk: Marcos Ambrose Chose Wisely

Whit Honea — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:27:00 GMT

Marcos Ambrose had the opportunity to race on Sunday, but he passed just in case his wife Sonja went into labor. She did, right in the middle of the NASCAR race.

New baby Adelaide joined big sister Tabitha in the Ambrose pit crew.

Photo: USA Today

Russell Crowe to Give Parenting Advice

Whit Honea — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:31:00 GMT

Fresh off the success of his, How To Drink Heavily and Destroy Inanimate Objects series, Russell Crowe is now adding his sage wisdom to a DVD on parenting that will be given to all new parents in Australia. What's up with that? In the United States we don't even get formula anymore, let alone the insight of an Oscar winner. All we get is a baby.

According to the Herald Sun:

Australian Family Association Victorian president Angela Conway said Crowe was an authentic role model for new parents despite his bad boy past.

"He is a doting dad," Ms Conway said. "What parents need is practical advice that is authentic and realistic.

"They need to know it's workable, realistic and practical, and if this helps to do this, it's great."

The interactive, five-hour DVD is a guide to parenting children for the first five years. It covers basics about child health, development and care, as well as information about family management and available resources.

5 hours? They can watch all of the Look Who's Talking movies in that time, and what better source on the needs of babies, than the babies themselves?

Still, free is free.

Photo: Pacific Coast News for use on FameCrawler

Gwen Stefani and Kingston: Where the Wild Things Are

Whit Honea — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:38:00 GMT

Gwen Stefani took a break during her Australian tour to take Kingston to Sydney's Featherdale Wildlife Park. Apparently they weren't taking donations and she wound up taking him back to the hotel.

I kid. I kid. Doesn't he just look little boy wild?

Photo: Celebs and Bubs

Kidman and Urban Ready to Make Some Magic

Whit Honea — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:02:00 GMT

This picture of Nicole Kidman holding her baby niece may actually be a bit of foreshadowing. The actress and her husband, Keith Urban, have not kept it secret that they are up for turning out a new bub. With the two of them both working in the homeland (Australia) they may have some extra time to make it happen.

Remember this photo. When someone tries to pass it off in a year or two as Nicole and her newborn, you can call shenanigans. Unless, of course, I'm the one trying to pass it off, then you can just laugh and know you were in on the ~~lazy~~ joke.