1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: From the Newsroom, a news still come. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 2: Today, a celebrity split that no one saw coming, a 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 2: music mogul's downfall, and an Ossie TV scandal. In today's 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 2: special episode from the Newsroom, we're taking a look at 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 2: the showbiz moments from twenty twenty four that shocked us. 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 2: Joining me now is news dot com Dot. I use 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: Entertainment editor Nick Bond. You are gonna kick it off 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 2: for us, Nick, What do you got. 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 3: Hey, Bucky? 10 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 4: Well, the first thing we're going to talk about is 11 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 4: Jennifer Lopez's year from hell. She really had a shocker 12 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty four now. After years of hype, she 13 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 4: finally released her ninth studio album in February called This 14 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 4: is Me Dot Dot Dot Now, which contained a lot 15 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 4: of songs about her relationship with her hobby Ben Affleck. 16 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 3: It is a blood crime when the summers Baby. 17 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: Lately deues me Now, Okay, lovely little piece of music 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: there by j Lo. 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 3: Well, it was, but it was also so a complete flop. 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 4: It debuted at number thirty eight on the Billboard Charts 21 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 4: in the US and then dropped out of the charts 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 4: all together not long afterwards. 23 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 3: Kind of embarrassingly. 24 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 4: It turned up at number seven on My End of 25 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 4: Year list on Spotify, Like I don't remember listening to 26 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 4: it that much. The album was accompanied by a star 27 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 4: studded short film called This Is Me Now, a Love Story, 28 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 4: which Jaylo reportedly sank about twenty million dollars of her 29 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 4: own money into making, and a week after that, she 30 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 4: also released a documentary called The Greatest Love Story Never Told, 31 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 4: which gave people an insight into her relationship with Ben. 32 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: I've been married four times now. I used to be 33 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: terrified to be along. 34 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 5: I don't know what to say to by myself, I 35 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 5: have decided to tell my story that I've never shared 36 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 5: with anybody in the world. 37 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 4: So, after releasing an album, a movie, and a docco 38 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 4: all about her fairy tale romance with Ben Affleck, what happened? 39 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 4: Of course, they broke up Just a few weeks later. 40 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 4: The pair ended up getting divorced after a long and 41 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 4: tumultuous relationship. Now, to make maters even worse, Jlo was 42 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 4: forced to cancel a plan tour around the US due 43 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 4: to poor ticket sales. Let's hope twenty twenty five is 44 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 4: a better year for Jenny from the Block. 45 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 3: I'll be listening for Jlo. 46 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: All right, let's talk about a local Aussie story now 47 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 2: that none of us saw coming. It happened on Kiss 48 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: FM in October when Jackie I broke down in tears 49 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: and confess that she's secretly gone to rehab in twenty 50 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 2: twenty two to treat an addiction to pills. 51 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 6: When she checks out, I'll be checking in to the 52 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 6: Betty Ford Center in Reno, Miarage. I'll be spending twenty 53 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 6: eight days there. I've voluntarily enrolled in a twelve step 54 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 6: program there to treat the substance dependence and drug addiction. 55 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: I've been able to. 56 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 6: Keep secret for three long and paid four years. 57 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:53,959 Speaker 1: What were you on? 58 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 5: Like? 59 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 6: I was badly addicted to lots of different things, painkillers, 60 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 6: sleeping pills, alcohol. 61 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 5: I was averaging about twenty four patterning for paying killers 62 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 5: a day and day jeez, and then I way averaging 63 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 5: about ten to twelve still knogs a day. 64 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 2: Jackie's been sober ever since she got out of rehab, 65 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: which is great news. But I'm gotta tell you that 66 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: confession really shocked me, like blew me away. 67 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 1: Yeah. 68 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 4: Absolutely, And look, Bucky, another big story we didn't really 69 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 4: see coming this year. 70 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 3: It was the Blake Lively drama. Oh this was massive, 71 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 3: Just to recap. 72 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 4: Earlier this year, she started a movie called It Ends 73 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 4: with Us, a film which contained a lot of themes 74 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 4: of domestic violence and trauma, but she was heavily criticized 75 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 4: for the way that she spoke about those themes in 76 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 4: press interviews. Just have a listen to this cringe worthy exchange. 77 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 7: Most of us, if we're lucky enough to run into 78 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 7: a celebrity in public, we only have a few moments 79 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 7: to maybe speak with you, guys. But for people who 80 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 7: see this movie, who relate to the topics of this 81 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 7: movie on a deeply personal level, they're really going to 82 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 7: want to talk to you. This movie is going to 83 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 7: affect people, and they're going to want to tell you 84 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 7: about their life. So, if someone understands the themes of 85 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 7: this movie comes across you in public and they want 86 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 7: to really talk to you, what's the best way for 87 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 7: them to be able to talk to you about this? 88 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 7: How would you recommend they go about it? 89 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: Like asking for my. 90 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 8: Address or my phone number, or like my location share, 91 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 8: Like I just location. 92 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 1: Share you and then we could. 93 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, she's really kind of making light of it, there 94 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 4: isn't She yeah, and so a bit of a Blake 95 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 4: lively Pylon follows. A veteran showbiz reporter came out and 96 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 4: said that she wanted to quit her job after interviewing 97 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 4: Blake in twenty sixteen. She referred to the sit down 98 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 4: as the most uncomfortable situation she's ever experienced, and she 99 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 4: listened to j Loo's album just for background. The interview 100 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 4: happened shortly after Blake had announced that she was pregnant 101 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 4: with her second child. 102 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 5: First of all, congrats on your little bump. 103 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 7: Congrats on your little bump. 104 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, a bit of a sassy comment from Blake there, 105 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 4: given that the showbiz reporter was not actually pregnant at all. 106 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 4: Blake's reputation really took battering this year, so it'll be 107 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 4: interesting to see how she bounces back in twenty twenty five. 108 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: Definitely, all right, we're going to move on to a 109 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: more serious one. Now, this was a story from October 110 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: that shocked the world. 111 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 8: We do have some breaking news that we did want 112 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 8: to bring you right now. A former One Direction band 113 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 8: member Liam Payne. He has now been found dead at 114 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 8: age thirty one years old. He died outside a hotel 115 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 8: in the Argentina, capital of Buenos Aires. That is according 116 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 8: to local media saying that the thirty one year old 117 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 8: British musician was found dead after falling from the hotel's 118 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 8: third floor. 119 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 2: So three people have been charged in connection to Payne's death, 120 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 2: including a hotel employee in one of the singer's travel companions. 121 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 2: They were charged with abandonment leading to death and the 122 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 2: supply and facilitation of narcotics. 123 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 3: Easily the biggest. 124 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: Celebrity death of twenty twenty four. 125 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 2: All right, we'll be back in a moment with more 126 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 2: showbiz moments that shocked us from the year gone by. Well, 127 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 2: there's another pretty wad story glory from September. 128 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: This is what happened breaking news tonight. Sean did He 129 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: Colms has been arrested in a Manhattan hotel this evening 130 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: after a grand jury indicated the music mogul. 131 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: Yeah He was charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. Federal 132 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 2: prosecutors alleged that he sexually abused women and coerced them 133 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 2: into drug fueled sex parties using threats and violence. 134 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: Did He is pleaded not guilty. 135 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 2: To all charges and will remain behind bars until his 136 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 2: trial starts in May next year. 137 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: All right, let's end on another local one, Nick Bonder, 138 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: what do you got for me? 139 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 4: Well, the Block Auction Day just seems to get wilder 140 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 4: and wilder each year. 141 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 3: This loved the Block. 142 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 4: I love the Block. My favorite time of years my Christmas. 143 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 4: So if you missed it, this year, sisters Maddie and 144 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 4: Charlotte won the show with their property fetching the most 145 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 4: money at auction. 146 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 3: They walked away with a huge profit of. 147 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 4: One point six five million dollars, including the one hundred 148 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 4: thousand dollars in prize money. 149 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 3: Not bad, but here's the shocking bit. 150 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 4: It turns out that all five properties were purchased by 151 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 4: billionaire Adrian Portelli, who has a real habit of buying 152 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 4: up properties on the Block, and he made sure that 153 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 4: Maddie and Charlotte won the show because they're his girlfriend's 154 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 4: favorite couple on the show. What So, here's what he 155 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 4: told Nova's Jason Lauren a few days after the finale. 156 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: You know, I spoke to the producer and then we just, 157 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: you know, handflected the auction order, made sure the girls 158 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: went last. 159 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 5: Well you did do that. 160 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: I thought that was your idea, because why did you 161 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: want them to win? You because you paid the most 162 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: money for theirs. 163 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 3: That's said. 164 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 2: The girls, they came in late. 165 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 8: They were the underdogs. 166 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 3: You thought they were hard done. Of course they were. 167 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 2: And my partner loved the show and they were a 168 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 2: favorite as also. 169 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 3: I had to happy life, Happy life. So just to clarify, 170 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,679 Speaker 3: were all the block contestants in on the plane? 171 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 6: No? 172 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 3: No, we're the girls. 173 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 2: The girls. 174 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 7: Hey, listens that How good is that? 175 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 5: The girls that are the most sweetest and innocent. 176 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 6: We're playing the game the bed, so hang. 177 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 3: On a secon. Let me get this straight. 178 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 2: Adrian Portelli made sure that Maddie and Charlotte's auction was 179 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 2: held last so that he could guarantee that they would 180 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 2: get the biggest and therefore win the show. 181 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I know what you're thinking. It all seems a 182 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 4: bit rigged, doesn't It really does. And I think Adrian 183 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 4: Portelli's response to that will be, well, yeah it is, 184 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 4: and I'm a billionaire, so get start, you know what. 185 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: Fair enough, he can probably buy this podcast, and if 186 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: you know, we're always looking for sponsors. Adrian and I 187 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: love you. All right. That's it for this special end 188 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: of year episode from the newsroom. 189 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 5: Thank you very much for listening, follow us, subscribe to 190 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 5: from the newsroom, wherever you get your podcasts.