Florence Henderson-One Saucy Lady

Florence Henderson has done it all- Broadway musicals, hosted TV chat and game shows, written cook books and fronted a TV cookery show. She's even a trained hypnotherapist.

Most people would remember her as the enduring Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch which was filmed from 1969 to 1974 but is probably being shown right now on a TV station in every country in the world.


At the moment Florence is in Australia to promote Ardmona's new range of tomato pastes..(motto :"paste the difference"..gedditt) so Ardmona threw a small bash for about 50 guests and Flo at the hip new restaurant Concrete Blonde in Kings Cross.

The Shuttle has met Florence before, around 20 years ago in London. She doesn't seem to have aged one bit despite being a grand 76 years old but looking a good 20 younger. And up close and personal she hasn't had any nips and tucks, Flo is just one of those lucky people with great bones which the camera simply loves.

Florence told us about her early life as the daughter of share crop farmers in Indiana where her dad grew tomatoes so she reckons she's a bit of an authority on this wonder food which she eats every day of life. Perhaps that's her secret.
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Clive James is still very much alive and not planning to leave this mortal coil any day soon and he'd like the world to know after the Shuttle (and the world's media) wrote him off last week.

We don't usually fall for tabloid beat-ups but we plead guilty to believing the UK Daily Mirror. Clive found out of his imminent demise when tributes started to flow in.
 Sorry Clive!

Clive James : "I'm approaching the end..."

Broadcaster Clive James has announced that he is losing his battle with cancer and will "never see Sydney again".
He said :""I’ve still got an Australian passport, that’s ­patriotism, loyalty, and that’s also because I’m a masochist and I like being on the end of the longest queue for anything in Europe which is the security queue at Heathrow.”

James was brought up in the southern Sydney suburb of Kogarah and recounted his early days in the first volume of his autobiography "Unreliable Memoirs".

Clive spoke to the UK'S Daily Mirror and told of the father he never knew and how he was named after a character in a Tyrone Power film.

The interview can be read here.

Scooping the British Tabloids: Clive James' Lover

A remarkable revelation on the tabloid TV show A Current Affair. Leanne Edlesten, former wife of famed medico Dr Geoffrey Edelsten had an eight year affair with writer Clive James.

She called him Mr Wolf because of the first time he 'ravished' her when they had sex and he called her Ms Hood, short for Little Red Riding Hood. Apparently they met in a Circular Quay restaurant and Leanne then joined Clive in his hotel room. She returned the following day and told him she was getting divorced. Clive jumped on her immediately.


Each time Clive returned to Sydney they would continue the affair.. Before and after sex they ate Cherry Ripes because James loves them so much. Clive James is 73 and lives in a basement flat in Cambridge after his wife threw him out when she discovered raunchy photos of Leanne on his computer.
 Edelesten says she has spoken up as she is sure the tale is about to be published in the British tabloids.

Geoffrey & new wife Brynne Edelsten

The Twitterati has gone crazy over the tale. One twit said "why is that lady bothering a senior citizen ?" referring to vision on ACA of Leanne confronting Clive at a Cambridge bus stop.

 Watch A Current Affair here.

Clive James on Queen's Honours List

Sydney born Clive James, author, poet and broadcaster has received a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) medal for services to Literature and the Media in the Queen's New Years Honours List.

Other show biz recipients include comedian Ronnie Corbet and actress Helena Bonham Carter.

Read the full list here.