1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: From the Newsroom. A news to come to the tributes 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: flow for One Direction star Liam Payne. Will Anderson details 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: his awkward running with Heath Ledger, and we'll tell you 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: which big international star is said to attend the Melbourne Cup. 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,600 Speaker 1: That's all coming up in this episode from the Newsroom. 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: It is Thursday, the seventeenth of October. We'll start with 7 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: the big news of the day. Former One Direction member 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: Liam Payne has died at the age of thirty one 9 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: after falling from his hotel balcony in Argentina. The singer 10 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: had reportedly been acting erradically in the hotel lobby in 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: the hours before the fall, and had to be escorted 12 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: back to his room after smashing his laptop in the foyer. 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: Paris Hilton and Charlie Pouth are among the many stars 14 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: who've paid tribute to Paine, who leaves behind a seven 15 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: year old son to the US. Now, new evidence has 16 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: come to light that could see brothers Lyle and Eric 17 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: Menendez released from prison. The pair murdered their parents in 18 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty nine and said they did so because they 19 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: had long been sex abused by their father, but prosecutors 20 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: successfully argued in the nineties that they carried out the 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: murders to get their hands on their parents' fortune. Now, 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: a new letter has been released which seemingly confirms their 23 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: claims of abuse, with the district attorneys set to review 24 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: their sentence, the pairs relatives gathered in La today pushing 25 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: for their release. 26 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 2: As details of leon Eric's abuse kem delay, it became 27 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 2: clear that their actions, while tragic, were the desperate response 28 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 2: of two boys trying to survive the unspeakable cruel of 29 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: their father back home. 30 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: Now, an Adelaide radio host has lashed out at young 31 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: Ossie's after it was revealed Australia's birth rate has hit 32 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: a record lows. What five Double A's Stephen Rowe had 33 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: to say, that. 34 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 3: Just tells me how selfish our society is. Back in 35 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 3: my day, you fell in love with a beautiful woman. Yeah, 36 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 3: kept a full time job, they had some fun at night, 37 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 3: You had a baby. You either region or border house. 38 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 3: You worked hard, actually turned up to work and worked hard, 39 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 3: built a life and the family together, and then everything 40 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 3: else was insignificant. But I know nowadays, I've got to 41 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 3: have the holiday, the Instagram account, I've got to have 42 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 3: the clothes. We've got to go to the at Lake 43 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 3: this cap No I see my kids? 44 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 4: No, I see it? 45 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: And how many of your kids can afford a house 46 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four on one income? On one income 47 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: to Showbiz Now, comedians Will Anderson and Adam Spencer have 48 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: revealed they had an awkward run in with Heath Ledger 49 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: back when they used to host the Triple Jay breakfast show. 50 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,399 Speaker 1: He's what they told novs fits in Whipper with Kate Richie. 51 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 4: He had done the Nig Kelly movie. Remember he did 52 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 4: the net Kelly movie. And he came into our studio 53 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 4: and it was like he had been taken hostage and 54 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 4: brought him like, I've never been lessen eiastic about being 55 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 4: in a radio interview sometimes get one word answers. 56 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: He was on the verge of doing a one word. 57 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 4: You know that point where you can actually literally you're like, 58 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 4: you're like, what's that clicking in the background, Oh, it's 59 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 4: people switching their radio was giving us nothing, and so 60 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 4: I thought, well, I'll just I'll try to make a 61 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 4: little joke. And because he's doing this like quite serious 62 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 4: actory speech about I just wanted to understand why Nick 63 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 4: Kelly was so tortured and why he was like so 64 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 4: serious and the soul of the man, And I said, 65 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 4: do you reckon? It might be just because you always 66 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 4: had really bad hat hairs. He just says to me, 67 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 4: that's not very funny, isn't it. And so I say, 68 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 4: I didn't see ten things I hate about you twice 69 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 4: Mate to Sport. 70 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: Now it's been announced to the international guest will be 71 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: at next month's Melbourne Cup. Shane WARN's ex Elizabeth Hurley 72 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: is said to attend the event with her son Damien. 73 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: The race will be held on Tuesday, the fifth of November. 74 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: All Right, you are now up to date with the 75 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: latest from the newsroom. Follow us, subscribe to from the 76 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: Newsroom wherever you get your podcasts.