The Age columnist, Catherine Deveny, was sacked yesterday following s series of crude and offensive tweets during the awards night.

Deveny tweeted, “I hope Bindi gets laid” and “Rove and Tasma look so cute.. I hope she doesn’t’ die too..”

The backlash by the media was so bad that the newspaper terminated her role as a senior writer.

But, Deveny has hit back today, saying that the publication has in fact succumbed to commercial tabloid pressures by making the decision.

Deveney today said that her posts were taken out of context.

“It was just passing notes in class, but suddenly these notes are being projected into the sky and taken out of context,” she said.

“This [the Bindi Irwin comment] was a ludicrous remark that was as ridiculous as me saying I hope the dog that Molly Meldrum brought with him got drunk.”

“I meant every single word. I love Rove. I worked for Rove for five years. I’ve publicly said and printed I would take a bullet for him. He endorsed my first book on the front cover.”

The Age editor in Chief Paul Ramadge made the call to ask her to move on, and stands by his decision.

“We are appreciative of the columns Catherine has written for The Age over several years but the views she has expressed recently on Twitter are not in keeping with the standards we set at The Age,” Ramadge wrote in The Age.

The Richmond recruit first entered Epworth Hospital last Thursday for a check up on his medical conditions and symptoms of chronic stomach pains.

He was again re-admitted in the hospital this week for a re-occurrence of the symptoms.

Upon his discharge the media have speculated the 31 year-old has been binge drinking for the past 12 months.

The Tigers football club has already warned Cousins against his drinking problem last year when it appeared he was drinking more than the usual amount, and if the speculation is true, it cold be the end for Cousins, who as a history of substance abuse.

However the club released a statement outlining they have not spoken to the 2005 Brownlow medallist about such a matter.

But, AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou says he is concerned about the Cousins’ saga, as he would for any player hospitalized.

“Anytime a player suffers an injury and ends up in hospital of course we worry about them,” he said.

“But hopefully Ben’s getting the best treatment and medication, so hopefully he’ll be on the mend very quickly and back playing football.”

Cousins’ is still in doubt for Richmond’s season opener against Carlton at the MCG next Thursday night.

2010 will be his second year with the club after joining them via the pre season draft after he was banned from playing for12-months for bringing the game into disrepute as a result of his drug addictions.

The bad news is that her arrival was soured after a she threw a celebrity hissy fit while waiting for her luxury car at the parking terminal.

The decorated singer/actor is down under for a series of performances including concerts at the Acer Arena, Homebush, on Wednesday and the Hunter Valley on Saturday.

It is reported that Houston was furious when her pick up was not there to greet her and was quoted as saying, “This is b******” to those around her.

In total, she only had to wait a little over a minute for her silver Mercedes Benz to whisk her away from the public scrutiny at Brisbane International Airport, but it was enough for her to lose her cool.

One person who felt the wrath of the Houston hissy fit was bus driver Tony Fulan, who said he had a brief run-in with the star after suggesting she take off her hat and sunglasses to soak in the beautiful Queensland morning.

Mr Fulan claimed she told him to mind his own business and “get f*****”.

“The other drivers fell over laughing, but I was stunned,” Fulan said.

Houston traveled with Singapore Airlines in their business class section and arrived at the airport wearing knee-high leather boots, tight jeans and a crisp white button-up shirt, dark sunglasses and hat.

Houston looked every bit the super-star as she strutted through the airport, smiling, waving and giving a friendly “hello” multiple times to curious onlookers.

As a headlining act for the nationwide Big Day Out music festivals, Dizzee Rascal has already caused his fair share of headaches.

Firstly we saw him lose it in Brisbane when a crowd member threw a deodorant stick at his head, which triggered the rapper to throw his mic down, storm off the stage and try to man handle the offender.

Luckily, security guars were able to settle Rascal down before anything too bad could happen.

However, just when we thought he had found his manners again, another incident has splashed back into the media headlines.

This time, the rapper spat the dummy at a news reporter during an interview.

Alison Stephenson was reporting for a news website, doing a review for the muic section when Dizzee lost his cool.

Here is a transcript of what was said:

Stephenson: “What happened then?”

Dizzee: “Well I stacked it, innit.”

Some light-hearted banter followed, but things went sour when Stephenson joked, “So, you didn’t eat the floor or anything like that?”

Dizzee lost his cool. “What the f–k do you want from me, man, I’ve already said I done it. Yeah I stacked it, bitch. Fuck!”

The interview finished right there but the controversy continued when Stephensen was ushered backstage where a BDO official asked her to sign a contract demanding she delete the interview.

Stephenson declined, much to the dislike of officials, and the Dizzee Rascal camp.

Rascal is one of the headlining acts in this years Bid Day Out music festival, which tours all the major cities in Australia and New Zealand.

It was reported that a fan threw a deodorant stick at the famous rapper which ended up hitting him on the head.

Rascal was immediately fuelled with rage, halted the set immediately, and rushed towards the crowd to confront the culprit.

According to close sources, all the rapper knew was that the offender had blonde hair and was near the front row.

In a desperate attempt to seek revenge Rascal tried jumping into the mosh pit with the crowd helping out their beloved performer by pushing the deodorant-thrower closer towards the barrier.

Luckily, security guards and tour promoters were quick to restrain Dizzee Rascal and prevent him from doing anything silly.

Despite his best attempts, the rapper was held back, before eventually settling down and returning to the stage.

The video footage of the aftermath shows the crowd getting excited by the proceedings and chanting, “Dizzee, Dizzee, Dizzee, Dizzee”.

The Big Day Out festival continues this week with shows in Sydney, and then heads to Melbourne and Adelaide next week.

Tickets for the event sold out within the first few days.

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25-year-old Chidi Uzomah had been charged by the LA County District Attorney’s Office with felony stalking.

It was alleged the Seacrest fan allegedly violated his restraining order by showing up to the Idol star’s workplace with a knife in his pocket last year.

The stalking acts were committed between September 15 and October 30, which was the day he was arrested at the E! Building, where Seacrest does his daily radio and TV show.

In a restraining order handed out by the judge, it states that Uzomah must stay at least 100 yards away from Seacrest for the duration of three years.

Uzomah was also charged with two misdemeanor counts of disobeying a prior court order, after assaulting a guard at Children’s Hospital in Orange County.

He was ordered to stay clear of Ryan Seacrest, but failed to do so and as a consequence faces a hefty penalty.

If convicted, Uzomah faces a maximum of four years in state prison.

The court case for the matter is expected to continue on February 2.

In the meantime, Seacret continues to go on with his work unphased, knowing that Uzomah is under a close watch by LA police officials.

Enter Andy Murray.

The British tennis player has officially been dumped by his girlfriend for, get this, spending too much time playing video games!

Now, video game additions have been known in their past for causing break ups and leaving individuals socially inept at times, but not many people would have thought the rules would apply to world class tennis players.

The world number four men’s player now has the unwanted tag of being the first tennis star to be publicly dumped for an addiction to gaming.

His former girlfriend, pin up girl Kim Sears, is believed to have made the split with the British star after he spend on average a reported seven hours a day playing video games.

Sources close to Sears said one cause of the split was Murray’s love of shooting games.

“Long hours playing video tennis and PlayStation 3 games like the Call of Duty sequel,” a close source revealed.

“He would spend all his time glued to them. In the end she just got fed up with it. Kim wanted more out of the relationship.”

The interesting part of this whole saga is how the hell Murray managed to fit in the many training hours needed to excel in tennis while being able to maintain his gaming obsession?

Well, let’s just see how he goes when he comes to Melbourne next month!

The animals were to be used in a scene for the new action-comedy, Knight & Day, which will feature the popular Cruise, and the blonde babe, Cameron Diaz.

Everything was going fine, with the bulls kept in a small confined are in one of the towns narrow alleys, before the drama began.

One of the bulls became agitated and head butted the safety gate open, making way for the animals to escape.

In total, seven bulls escaped from the set and injured two women, prompting the production to shut down until all safety concerns are addressed.

The injuries were minor, and were the least of what could have happened had the bulls ended up in a more populated area.

After causing a trail of destruction through the town, the run ended at a nearby beach, much to the delight of local citizens who feared they might have fled to a children’s playground, or school area.

For those who don’t know, Knight & Day reunites the two stars of Vanilla Sky, Cruise and Diaz, and is directed by James Mangold.

There is no word on when the filming will resume.

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