EVERYONE loves
Molly Meldrum.
A year ago the most bumbling but lovable TV interviewer fell from a ladder while trying to hitch some Christmas fairly lights to a tree near the backyard pool in his Melbourne house. Molly banged his head on one of the repro
Sphinx heads that adorn his Egyptian themed house and for a few months we all feared we may lose him.
In hospital doctors worried he may have suffered serious brain damage.
At times nurses had to lead Molly back to his bed when he was convinced the hospital hallways were a red carpet premier of a new film or rock event. Once they nabbed him a nearby coffee shop where he had fled convinced he was being held prisoner and had begged the shop owner to call him a taxi. At times he looked perplexed when handed his trademark cowboy hat.
But Molly is back in form and the man who famously
ummed and
ahhed his way through an interview with a bemused
Prince Charles in 1979 (see below) has returned with a triumphant interview with his old pal
Elton John who has slammed
Madonna as as
"like a fucking fairground stripper, a nightmare " and that "
Her tour's been a disaster. And it couldn't happen to a bigger cunt"
Several media outlets have proclaimed that Elton's outburst was meant to be off-camera and not part of the interview.
Oh yeah?. Our spy in the Molly camp says Elton said after his Madonna attack "
and make sure you print that Molly."
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| Hughes with Danton |
Art Critic
Robert Hughes who passed away today at the age of 74 never fully recovered physically from a 1999 car accident in the Northern Territory
But it was the death of his son
Danton Hughes in 2002 that really rocked Robert and
and knocked the wind out of his sails.
Hughes confided to friends that he felt a total failure as a father after Danton, who had been living with designer
Jenny Kee, committed suicide in Kee's garage while she was visiting friends in Byron Bay
.
Although Hughes and Kee never spoke to each other while Danton was living with Jenny, they had one meeting after Danton's death and settled their differences.
Hughes would also say that if he had never met
and married American artist
Doris Downes that he believes he may well have joined Danton in suicide.
Says Milson : ‘"I’ve known Charlie indirectly and directly since birth. I was born in Albury around the corner from the Waterstreet
Hotel, owned and managed by his parents. On Friday afternoons, my father
used to sell them freshly caught Murray cod to earn extra money for
materials he needed to complete a boat he was building at home, which
later sank to the bottom of the Murray River during its maiden voyage
one freezing afternoon."
Pop critic for the UK Telegraph Neil McCormick got stuck into the British music bible NME's 2010 Cool List and exhorted readers to 'just say no to knitwear' , a reference to his horror that a 1980's jumper revival may be ready for a comeback. Feature writer Hannah Betts of The Guardian agreed calling these colourful creations from our own beloved fashion ikon Jenny Kee : nasty knitwear-more chunky than funky !. Betts was referring to Kee's famous Koala jumper as worn by the late Princess Diana in the 80s. Have they no shame? 
At times nurses had to lead Molly back to his bed when he was convinced the hospital hallways were a red carpet premier of a new film or rock event. Once they nabbed him a nearby coffee shop where he had fled convinced he was being held prisoner and had begged the shop owner to call him a taxi. At times he looked perplexed when handed his trademark cowboy hat.
If one didn't know the London publicist Lyn Franks, one could be forgiven for thinking that perhaps Australian/Chinese/Italian designer Jenny Kee was an inspiration for Edina Monsoon of Ab Fab fame. Perhaps Kee was also a fashion influence for Dame Edna Everage.
The last time we encountered Jenny was at the launch of her book Jenny Kee-A Big Life at the Powerhouse Museum some years ago. The guests had to 'ommmm' for 2 minutes before speeches to raise the vibrations in the room.