FameCrawler : Crocodile Hunter

High School Musical 3 Sydney Premiere: The Irwins

Whit Honea — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:32:00 GMT

Teri, Bindi and Bob Irwin attended the premiere of Disney's High School Musical 3 in Sydney.

Looks like they had a g'day. Yes, I went there.

Bindi and Terri Irwin at Kids' Choice Awards

Karl Erikson — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:31:00 GMT

Here's the daughter of the Crocodile Hunter, Bindi Irwin with mom Terri at the Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards the other night in Melbourne. Gorgeous 10-year-old Bindi has her own show, Bindi the Jungle Girl, and even has her own fitness DVD.

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Tiny Crocodile Hunter Bob Irwin Wants His Own Show

Karl Erikson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Little Bob Irwin is a chip off the old crocodile hunting block. Mom Terri Irwin says, "He's a little Steve clone." The 4-year-old son of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is already wrestling crocodiles and filming TV segments. He wants his own TV show, in fact, and has already filmed a segment for 60 Minutes. He doesn't want to be part of sister Bindi's show...he wants his OWN. At 4.

Terri insists that her kids have a "normal childhood," though. Yeah, because normal kids are screwing with crocodiles and doing TV shows. Hell, by the time I was 10, I had a half dozen shows under my belt. *cough*

Sunday Cute Shot: Bob Irwin is a Mini-Crocodile Hunter

Whit Honea — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:01:00 GMT

Steve Irwin's son Bob is, according to his mom Terri, "a little Steve clone."

I can see it.

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Jungle Girl Honors Her Daddy

trix — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:18:00 GMT

Bindi Irwin, the Jungle girl, and her family recently paid tribute to her late father Steve Irwin.

On a visit to Southern Australia, Bindi, her mother Terri and brother Bob, visited the Adelaide Botanical gardens and named a special Gum tree after the late environmentalist Steve Irwin.

The family visited several Southern Australia local tourist attractions, including Adelaide Zoo, while on a four day trip to the area. Terri is in South Australia to speak at the Environment and Heritage Department's Stirring the Possum environment forum tomorrow night and extended their stay to enjoy the sights.

She truly was (is) her daddy's little girl.

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Bindi Power

Whit Honea — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:11:00 GMT

Little Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter, won a Logie in Melbourne for Best New Female Talent.

I'm guessing by this picture that her mother Terri Irwin wasn't eligible. Crikey!

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Why Are Toy Makers Trying To Terrify The Children? First The Heath Doll, Now This...

HerBadMother — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Please, parents. I beg you. DO NOT buy this doll for your children. It will come alive in the night and reprogram all of your electronics while shrieking CRIKEY! CRIKEY! before pillaging the kitchen drawers for a butcher knife and killing the family dog.

Just don't do it. Stick to Barbie. She'll just rifle through your shoe closet, and maybe try on your lipstick. Nothing to be afraid of, unless malproportioned plastic tits freak you out.

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Steve Irwin: Happy 4th Birthday To His Son, Robert Clarence "Bob"

Sassy Smith — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:06:00 GMT

Happy 4th Birthday (Dec 1) to Robert Clarence "Bob", son of the late Steve Irwin and his wife, Terry Irwin and brother to Bindi Sue. What a little cutie pie he is! So sad that his daddy, everyone's favorite Crocodile Hunter, can't be there to help him celebrate.

Photo source: Celebs and Bubs

Bindi Irwin: Hip-Hop Star?

HerBadMother — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:08:00 GMT

I just don't know what to think of Bindi Irwin. She's, like, totally adorable, of course, and the loss of her father was heartbreaking, but am I the only one who thinks that she might be teetering just a leetle too closely to the edge of overexposure? If all the appearances and performances and clothing line and videos and talk of movie offers weren't enough to qualify her for the Lindsay/Britney Pre-Trainwreck Training School For Girls, the fact that she's released a hip-hop single and now has her own troupe of gay back-up dancers would probably suffice.

And her recent performance on The Today Show doing the white-girl rap with said dancers would likely get her early admission, no questions asked. (See video here.)

Sample lyric: "I'm afraid of grizzly bears/ But don't you see/ Grizzly bears should be afraid of me." No, sweetie. Afraid for you.

More Crocmen (oh, gods, stop me from messing with that name. Just one less consonant...), if you don't scare easily:

Keri Russell Dishes on Family Life

Karen — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:09:00 GMT

It seems Keri Russell is one happy mama. In a lengthy interview with USA Today, Keri talks about her appreciation for the little things.

Russell finds cleaning her house to be "therapuetic," buys her own clothes and totes a white cotton bag with "Certified Organic Mom" emblazened on it, instead of a designer purse.

Unlike a lot of celebs, Russell does not emply a nanny: "I want to raise my kid. I was totally being a martyr at first, thinking I could totally do it on my own. And I did, for a while," until a few weeks ago when she hired her first sitter and I rolled my eyes when I had to report that as news.

She concluded her interview with a quickie statement: "As much as I don't regret my life," (as an actress growing up in front of cameras) she says, "I value so much being at home for dinner with my family."

Keri Russell Visits Yappy Birds

Karen — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:04:00 GMT

Last week, I guess Keri Russell visited those nattering hags that make up The View. I was on a beach in a country that doesn't care about American celebrities but Whit told me so I have to believe him.

Russell spoke of her labour with baby River, garnering huge sympathy from the clucking hens when it was revealed that said labour was 38 hours. I have no idea what was mostly said and neither does anyone else because they all never. stop. talking. over. each. other. If I was the boss of the hot mess that is The View, I would change the cast to all men and talk sports. And by all men, I do not mean Rosie O'Donnell, for once.

When asked by Sherri Shepard how she lost all the baby weight so quickly, Russell responded, “I would love to say I worked out every day. But it’s truly genetics. You have what you have, and then you work hard or you don’t. And I…It was genetics.” Oh boy, here we go again. Go Leafs Go!

Here is Russell toting homemade pastries at a wine tasting in California. Yum.

Keri Russell's Huge Panic, World Stops on It's Axis

Karen — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:32:00 GMT

Keri Russell recently told press that she *gasp* left her 4 month old with a *gasp* babysitter! Further to that, she says *gasp* "It's crazy — you kind of panic."

Crazy indeed. It's right up there with *gasp* feeding wild aligators, *gasp* curing diabeties,or *gasp* letting strange men snort cocaine off your chest. Next thing we know, Keri will *gasp* starting feeding her baby *gasp* solid foods or letting *gasp* Dog the Bounty Hunter watch her kid! *GASP*

Now, where is my freaking inhaler? I can't take this excitement.

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's Legacy Lives On In Widow's Book

Karen — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:54:00 GMT

Terri Irwin has painstakingly written a book about her late husband, the beloved Crocodile Hunter.

"I felt kind of compelled to do something so that people could sit down and understand Steve better and where he came from and what we stood for and what we tried to achieve," she told the Associated Press.

"I'd been so kind of self-absorbed with my own sadness that I hadn't really thought about everybody else ... so I thought maybe a book would help people to come to know the human side of Steve."

Steve Irwin died at age 44 Sept. 4, 2006, when a stingray's barbed tail punctured his chest and heart on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Terri began writing "Steve and Me: Life With the Crocodile Hunter," entitled "My Steve" last year while embarking on other wildlife projects with her kids.

"I spent months on end crying and crying and crying; remembering the hard times was hard and remembering the good times was hard," she said. "For me personally, it's that one day at a time feeling and I've chosen to continue as if Steve was still here," Irwin said. "I really believe if anyone thought of Steve as a hero, everything he lived for and believed in must continue."

Regarding the kid's grief, "They ebb and flow, just like I do," she said. Daughter Bindi is 9, and Robert turns 4 in December. The conversation about the kids triggered tears. She then began to cry. "Don't even pause, I do this all the time," she said through her tears."

"Bindi gets emotional regularly but not frequently and I'm really proud that they're coping. I think that's a point of pride that Steve was so good about - exposing them to the cycle of life in the zoo."

Regarding allegations of exploitation of Bindi:

"But I find that with Bindi's lack of fear of wildlife and lack of fear of public speaking, I have made an empowered woman who whatever choice she decides to make in life after she's 18, ... she's got the tools to do it."

Bindi won the Australian Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award for Favorite Aussie last month. She certainly is taking over as the family wildlife advocate.

I've never lost anyone that close to me, so I can't imagine how difficult it would be to grieve, much less in the public eye and under such scrunity. I hope this book gave Terri some strength to get through this difficult time in her lives.

Lance Armstrong Is A Lazy SOB

Karen — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:02:00 GMT

Lance Armstrong is training for the NYC Marathon which is set for November 4th, and he says it's harder than doing the Tour De France. Isn't the Tour de France like an 8 day bike ride or something? Maybe he's gone soft. "I’m running more this year than I did last year. Last week I ran 18 miles.” he told US Magazine. 18 miles? Pah. I run 18 miles every hour. That is such crap. See? I told you: lazy.

Him and his 3 kids loaf around the t.v. during down time: " We watch Animal Planet, Shark Week, and Planet Earth," he says. "My son was in mourning for like a week when the Crocodile Hunter died.”

Okay, that is really cute. Go Lance, I'm just teasing ya.

Crikey! Ohm! Croc Hunter's Daughter Meets The Dalai Lama.

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:35:00 GMT

The guy's a strict vegetarian so I won't make any 'Shrimp on the barbie' jokes here. Plus, well, he's the Dalai Lama.

The spiritual leader of the world's Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhists visited Australia Zoo and thanked the family of the late "Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin, for their dedication to wildlife. He addressed a sold-out crowd and spoke about topics ranging from the benefits of vegetarianism to the indifference of companies and organizations in regards to animal testing.

Bindi Irwin, the 8-year-old daughter of the late Steve Irwin, met the Dalai Lama on stage on Wednesday. She was hugging a koala.

In unrelated news, Paris Hilton, the 26-year-old daughter of Kathy and Rick HIlton, met her lawyer in a jail cell on Wednesday. There were no koalas present.

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Croc Hunter's 8-Year Old Daughter Apparently Only Young Celebrity Not In Rehab

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:01:00 GMT

Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, is not headed to jail, entering Promises or being treated for an eating disorder. Instead, she's carrying on her father's legacy in her own TV show, 'Bindi: The Jungle Girl' that will soon debut on the Discovery Kids Channel. Crikey! Where did her parents go wrong?

I admit to not being a close follower of Steve Irwin's career. In fact, when he was killed last fall by a stingray I wasn't sure who he was and recall telling my husband, "Crocodile Dundee died today!" But I remember Bindi's brave appearance at her father's memorial service and was touched by clips of her and Irwin appearing together in episodes of one of his popular documentaries. I remember also cringing when I realized that if they were to make a film at that moment of the legacy I had passed on to my children, it would consist entirely of scenes of us knocking back Frappuccinos at Starbucks and racing through the aisles of Target.

Adding to my desire to become president of the Bindi Fan Club is this quote: "I'm proud to be showing kids that conservation and helping wildlife is a stack of fun. It's just the most amazing thing that we could ever do,"

Go Bindi! And whatever you do, stay the hell away from Lindsay.