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Adam Scott will cap off a busy month back home with an appearance at this year's Australian Open in Sydney from November 28 to December 1.

Drake has revealed that he only realised he didn’t understand the true meaning of love after having a talk with the actor, Will Smith. The rapper was talking to GQ, where he stated, “I had lunch the other day with someone I extremely look up to. OK – I had lunch with Will Smith, and listening to him talk, it made me think I don’t know what love is. He said something profound. He said love is when you become one and you need that person. It’s not about wanting anymore, you need that person. Hearing that, I don’t know if I’ve ever felt that way.” Drake went on to talk abut the emotions of his new album, entitled Nothing Was The Same, proclaiming that he has always held women in “very high regard” and that sometimes he struggles to let go of his relationship with them. He also discussed his previous work, saying that his past albums have revolved around his pursuit of love and this is the only record where he is enjoying his current situation. Drake stated,”I’m enjoying it right now. Maybe this is my time to grind it out, make a run for it and add some memories with my boys.” However Drake also admitted that he isn’t having sex at the moment, stating, “You know the way fighters don’t f–k before the fight? Sometimes I feel like I’m so focused on training my body and getting my mind right to create this album that sex isn’t one of my main priorities,” But he did admit he’s not avoiding it for the rest of his life, noting, “If someone is around that I know and trust, I’m down. But I’m not going to end up with some stranger at this party.” What do you think of Will Smith’s words to Drake? [Image via The Image Worx/Shutterstock] Will Smith Taught Drake About Love is a post from: The Inquisitr

Daniel Radcliffe can act, everyone saw that in the Harry Potter saga. Now the actor is creating buzz with his on stage performance in The Cripple of Inishmaan in which he plays a disabled orphan very convincingly. Daniel has returned to the stage in London to perform the part in Michael Grandage’s revival of Martin McDonagh’s play. The play is running at the Noel Coward Theatre until August 31. The story is set in 1934 and disabled teenager Billy Claven (Radcliffe) lives with his “aunties” on the isle of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland. He is bullied because of his disabilities and gets away from it all by immersing himself in books and staring at cows. Things change when a Hollywood filmmaker arrives in a near by island. “Radcliffe also has the precious gift, vital in a play full of narrative surprises, of seeming artful and vulnerable at the same time.” says Michael Billington from The Guardian, who gives Radcliffe five stars for his performance. This is Daniel Radcliffe’s third stage performance in the past six years. In 2007, he stripped naked in London and New York productions of the play Equus and appeared on Broadway in 2011 in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in which he shows he can sing and dance as well. His cripple performance has also been described as ” honest, sensitive, and not showy.” “(He) proves, as he did in Equus, that he is a fine stage actor with a gift for playing social outsiders.” Billington adds. Critics are impressed with the star’s grounded personality. Not only that, he has a loyal fan base considering the number of people waiting for him at the stage door. But Daniel hasn’t just been busy with plays, he has appeared in the 2012 horror film The Woman in Black and also in the indie file Kill Your Darlings in which he plays poet Allen Ginsberg in the 2013. “With theatre I always feel I learn a lot, about stamina and energy and those kind of things, but with film, film is very much my home,” Daniel Radcliffe recently told Reuters and he made it clear he wants varied roles. [Image via Featureflash / Shutterstock.com] Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ Receives Praise is a post from: The Inquisitr

Premier Barry O'Farrell has rejected claims a report into the state's hunting body is being kept from the environment minister.

The Australian dollar is lower after being hit by weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospect of the US winding back it economic stimulus program.

The radio station behind the royal prank phone call has made legal moves to block an investigation into the incident, according to Australia's communications watchdog.

The latest Nielsen Online Ratings shows News.com.au has retained the number one position as Australia’s highest traffic news website for a second month in a row. The Guardian’s new Australian website has also entered the top ten Australian news sites with an estimated audience of 1.09m in May. “Overall traffic to the top ten sites is down compared with April. We obviously had the Boston bombings in April which generated a lot of interest,” said Matt Bruce, Nielsen’s managing director for media audience measurement. Bruce also noted the arrival of The Guardian’s Australian operation in the top 10 Australian news websites. “The Guardian launched their Australian site at the end of May so it is interesting to see that enter the top 10,” he said. “It will be interesting to see what happens given they have hired a number of high profile journalists and there is a lot of talk about them in the market. It will be interesting to see how they do once they’ve had a full month, how their audience looks compared to May.” Nic Christensen  The post News.com.au retains top news website, Guardian Australia enters the top 10 appeared first on mUmBRELLA.

Seven and Nine were neck-and-neck last night with Seven winning 21.7 per cent of the free to air audience share and Nine 21.6 per cent, preliminary metro ratings show. In the battle between competing home renovation shows, Nine’s The Block was just ahead of Seven’s House Rules, with Nine winning 1.349m viewers and House Rules 1.228m. Nine News was the most watched program of the night with 1.349m viewers. Channel Ten’s Masterchef  had 736,000 viewers, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTAM. However the show did a little better in Ten’s target demographic of 25-54’s. Ten’s Offspring also was the fourth most popular show among 25-54’s, and had 770,000 viewers overall, preliminary metro figures from OzTAM show. In the Morning battle, Seven’s Sunrise had 354,000 viewers over Channel Nine’s Today program which had 326,000. The Morning Show on Channel Seven had 140,000 viewers, while Mornings on Channel Nine won an audience of 120,000. Top 15 shows: Nine News Nine 1.349m The Block Sky High Nine 1.233m Seven News Seven 1.228m House Rules Seven 1.13m A Current Affair Nine 1.071m Today Tonight Seven 1.011m Home and Away Seven 925,000 Arrow Nine 852,000 ABC News ABC1 845,000 The Big Bang Theory Nine 829,000 Hot Seat Nine 775,000 Criminal Minds Seven 774,000 Offspring Ten 770,000 7.30 ABC1 752,000 QI ABC1 747,000 Wednesday’s share: Seven: 21.7% Nine: 21.6% Ten: 13.2% ABC1: 13.1% 7TWO: 4.4% SBS1: 4.2% 7mate: 3.6% Eleven: 3.5% GO!: 3.4% Gem: 3.2% ABC2: 2.9% One: 2.3% ABC News 24: 1.2% ABC3: 0.7% SBS2: 0.7% NITV: 0.1% Copyright of the Data is owned by OzTAM. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) without the prior written consent of OzTAM. The post Seven and Nine neck and neck in Wednesday’s ratings battle appeared first on mUmBRELLA.

Former Central Coast defender Pedj Bojic says his new club Sydney FC, who finished seventh last season, have what it takes to win the championship.

An Australian Young Lions duo from communications agency 303Lowe has been awarded a silver award for Cyber in Cannes. Copywriter Alex Bolderoff and art director Liam Riddler were among 35 international teams who created an online campaign relating to anti-doping in sport to fit a brief provided by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Cyber Lions jury led by Bob Greenberg, founder chairman and CEO of R/GA, awarded the gold medal to Russia and the bronze to Hungary. It is the second silver Young Lions award for Australia, following the media win by Kristine Ballensky and Paul Denn from media agency UM. The post Australia’s Young Lions win Cyber silver appeared first on mUmBRELLA.