Murdochs by marriage get down to business
MARRYING into the most powerful media family on the planet, the Murdochs, certainly comes with a few fringe benefits.But some in-laws fair better than others, as Rupert Murdoch's son-in-law Alasdair MacLeod discovered when a management restructure resulted in him leaving the family's Sydney newspaper business after more than 20 years.
Not so Murdoch's third wife, Wendi, who appears to be making the most of her powerful connections.
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Having made waves within her husband's empire for years, but mostly in an unassuming manner, she is increasingly stepping out of her husband's shadow.
In New York she has teamed up with Google's Eric Schmidt, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's girlfriend, Dasha Zuhkova, and one of the art world's ''super-dealers'', Larry Gagosian, to form a new online art trading website called Art.sy, sort of an eBay for Picassos and the like.
Not bad for a 41-year-old woman born into poverty in rural China, who has also emerged as a powerful filmmaker in Asia, and is producing a movie called The Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.
The film was shot in February in Zhejiang province and Murdoch reportedly convinced her great chum Hugh Jackman - who became godfather to Chloe and Grace, her daughters with Rupert, at their baptism in Jordan in March - to make a cameo in the film.
The film has been bought by (surprise, surprise) Fox Searchlight, one of the Murdoch family's many movie companies.
Back in Sydney this week it was another Mrs Murdoch who was flexing her muscle.
Sarah Murdoch, wife of Rupert's oldest son Lachlan, revealed in the Herald on Wednesday that she had sacked the television production company Granada Australia in the wake of the infamous Australia's Next Top Model finale gaffe, telling PS's sister column The Diary: ''After what happened this year I thought very hard about it and decided it was probably time for a change.''
Murdoch became host of the show two years ago after striking a deal with the broadcaster Foxtel (part-owned by the Murdochs) which made her the show's co-executive producer as well as its host.
Murdoch's personal ties with Foxtel were highlighted recently when the Foxtel boss, Brian Walsh became godfather to her baby daughter, Aerin.
After the monumental screw-up on the show when Murdoch announced the wrong model as the winner on live TV and created an international scandal, many figured the former model's ''co EP'' title was more tokenistic than realistic if she had so little control over the production.
Well, that was until Wednesday, when she confirmed that she had canned Granada, owned by the giant British ITV network. That news quickly travelled all the way back to Britain and has left a distinctly sour taste in many mouths, resulting in several frantic meetings taking place at Granada's North Ryde offices this week.
Christmases to come at once for Bishop
SHE'S making a list and checking it twice, but Oprah Winfrey is set to make at least one Australian reporter's Christmas a happy one this year.
PS hears Winfrey will give one television interview with a local reporter during her visit to Australia in a couple of weeks time, and word on the street is that reporter will be Channel Ten's red carpet correspondent and font of all things showbiz Angela Bishop.
It was Bishop who did the satellite chat with Winfrey when the US chat show queen announced her plans to come to Australia with her entourage of squealing American housewives.
If it comes off, Bishop will be the envy of just about every player in the local media landscape. Richard Wilkins will be green with envy.
Six thousand tickets to Oprah's show at the Sydney Opera House have been issued after more than 350,000 punters entered the draw. But exactly how many media representatives have applied for accreditation during the Oprah extravaganza remains top secret.
Local organisers told PS they had been ''overwhelmed'' by the demand. Brace yourselves for the Oprah deluge.
Even a Rolls has the Double Bay dumps
AS WITH most things in Double Bay, they deal with abandoned cars a little differently than elsewhere in Sydney.
For the past five months an impressive-looking Rolls-Royce has sat gathering dust in the car park off Cross Street.
The car, which has been unregistered since July, has become something of a talking point among locals - a change from the local business downturn - and a source of frustration for the car park operator, who by law is unable to move it until it's owner has been found.
Rose Bay police have been notified of the offending Roller, but nothing further appears to have happened.
PS managed to do a little sleuthing this week and discovered one of the Roller's previous owners was none other than flamboyant Sydney private dick Frank Monte.
''I have a lot of history in that car, indeed I lived and loved a lot in it for nearly 20 years. I sold it to a guy who lived in Double Bay about eight years ago,'' Monte, who is making a run for the NSW upper house, told PS.
He's not sure who now owns it, but he would be interested in buying it back.
''It was a great car to drive, like moving around in your lounge room,'' Monte said.
He said the Rolls-Royce Corniche, bodywork by coachbuilder Mulliner Park Ward, is just one of three in Australia - the others having been owned by Lady (Susan) Renouf and Carla Zampatti.
NOT SO BE-UTE
Society shrink Robert Hampshire pleaded guilty to charges of negligent driving, driving while suspended and driving with a low-range blood alcohol level at the Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday. The court heard he had consumedvodka until 4am and taken 15 anti-hypertensive tablets for a chronic heart condition. Witnesses told the court they observed Hampshire in a ute crashing into a stop sign and trees at 9.20am on February 24. Arguing he was suffering from ‘‘automatism’’, Hampshire was placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond. The incident took place just weeks after PS reported he crashed his ute into a parked Lexus in Macleay Street, Potts Point. Hampshire made a name for himself on the social circuit and once gave actor Matthew Newton the all-clear after treating him foryears for a depressive condition. He also gaveevidence during Gordon Wood’s trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Caroline Byrne.
GONG GOSSIP
Golden Globe nominations are due in a fortnight and word around Hollywood is that Nicole Kidman is a hot contender for the best actress gong for her role in the film Rabbit Hole, which she produced. Kidman is expected to go up against Annette Bening, Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams.
’TIS THE SEASON
Silly season is in full swing. Yesterday the embattled property developer Gary Baker dined at Woolloomooloo’sswanky finger wharf. Nearby Rodney Adler was holding court. On Thursday the millionaires factory Macquarie Bank held its lavish annual knees-up at Establishment, with guests sworn to secrecy.
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As Kylie Minogue’s disco granny, Donna Summer,once sang, ‘‘She works hard for the money’’, and no doubt ‘‘our Kylie’’ was feeling it yesterday. In the early hoursyesterday (Sydney time), Australia’s most successful female pop star was facing the ignominy of sitting atop a giant toy duck being hauled through the freezing cold heart of New York looking like she had been swallowed by the abominable snowwoman in a huge fur coat and forced to lip-synch her song Get out of My Way. As PS revealed weeks ago, Minogue was invited to join theMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a huge honour and great promotional opportunity for her. However, she still has some way to go before conquering the US of A. Photos of her performance had her name misspelt ‘‘Monogue’’, while the NBC Today show host Meredith Vieira could not pronounce Kylie’s name correctly. Minogue soldierson in her campaign to woo Manhattan, with her next stop being to light the Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Centre on Tuesday. 到了最强大的媒体在这个星球上的家庭结婚，在默多克家族，当然带有一些福利。
但是，一些较优于其他法律的公平，因为鲁珀特默多克的女婿阿拉斯代尔麦克劳德管理重组时发现在他离开后超过20年的家庭的悉尼报纸的商业结果。
事实并非如此，默多克的第三任妻子邓文迪，谁似乎是让她的最强大的连接。
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经向在她丈夫的帝国波多年，但主要是在一个不起眼的方式，她正日益加强对丈夫的阴影。
在纽约，她已经同谷歌的埃里克施密特，俄罗斯亿万富翁阿布拉莫维奇的女友，大沙河Zuhkova和艺术世界的''超''经销商之一，拉里高古轩，到形成一个新的艺术在线交易网站称为Art.sy ，一个为毕加索之类的物品排序。
不坏陷入贫困出生在农村的中国，谁也成为亚洲的一个强大的电影制作人，是一个电影制作呼吁雪花和秘密的扇子一名41岁女子。
这部电影被枪杀二月在浙江省和默多克报说服了她很大的密友休杰克曼 - 谁成为他们在约旦的洗礼三月教父克洛伊和优雅，她的女儿与鲁珀特 - 使在片中客串演出。
这部影片已被购买（惊喜，惊喜）福克斯探照灯，在默多克家族的许多电影公司之一。
早在悉尼这个星期又是一个谁是默多克太太炫耀她的肌肉。
莎拉默多克，鲁珀特的长子拉克兰的妻子透露周三，她解雇了臭名昭著的澳大利亚超模决赛失态唤醒电视制作公司格拉纳达澳大利亚，告诉PS的妹妹栏日记中的先驱：''既然是发生在今年我认为它很辛苦，决定它可能是改变的时候了。''
默多克两年前后成为引人注目的广播Foxtel电视（部分由默多克家族所拥有），它使她成为展会的联合执行制片人以及东道国的协议的节目主持人。
与Foxtel电视默多克的个人关系时，强调了最近的Foxtel的老板，布莱恩沃尔什成了她的宝贝女儿的教父，Aerin。
之后，巨大的螺丝时就显示默多克宣布为获胜者在电视直播中错模式，建立一个国际丑闻，很多想通前代车型的'' ''合作EP标题比实际更多的表面文章，如果她有这么小的控制在生产。
好了，到星期三，当她确认她已罐头格拉纳达，由英国ITV巨人网络拥有。这消息很快远赴回英国，并留下许多口一个明显的酸味，在采取格拉纳达的北莱德本周几个办公室举行会议所产生的疯狂。
圣诞节马上来了主教
SHE的列了清单，还检查两次，但是奥普拉温弗里已经确定将至少有一个澳大利亚记者的圣诞快乐之一，今年。
聚苯乙烯听到温弗里会给人与当地电视台记者采访期间，她访问了几个星期的时间到澳洲，并在街头话，就是记者将十个频道的红地毯记者和所有的东西演艺圈的安吉拉主教字体。
这是谁做了主教卫星奥普拉聊天时，美国脱口秀女王宣布自己的计划来与她的美国家庭主妇尖叫一行到澳大利亚。
如果脱落，主教将是羡慕差不多每一个在当地媒体播放器的景观。理查德威尔金斯将与嫉妒。
六千票奥普拉的悉尼歌剧院在表演后已发行超过35万投注者进入抽奖。但究竟如何为代表的许多媒体在申请认证奥普拉盛会仍然最高机密。
当地组织者告诉另外，他们已经'' ''的需求所淹没。为您准备了欧普拉洪水。
即使是罗尔斯具有双湾转储
如同在双湾大部分事情，他们处理报废汽车比其他地方有所不同在悉尼。
在过去五个月的冠冕堂皇罗尔斯罗伊斯公司在场外聚集坐在十字街停车场的灰尘。
一下车，已自七月未经注册，已成为一个会说话的一点东西在当地人 - 从本地企业不景气的改变 - 一种挫折感为停车场经营者，源谁的法律是无法移动它，直到它的主人已经找到。
玫瑰湾警方已通知违法辊，但没有进一步似乎已经发生了。
聚苯乙烯成功地做到了这一点侦探本周发现了滚子的前老板之一莫过于华丽的悉尼弗兰克蒙特卡罗其他私人鸡巴。
''我上车的很多历史，其实我和爱人住在这近20年来很多。我把它卖给一个人谁住在双湾大约八年前，''华庭，谁正在为新州上议院运行，对聚苯乙烯。
他现在不能确定谁拥有它，但他会在后面有兴趣购买它。
''这是一个伟大的赛车驾驶喜欢活动围绕在你的客厅，''蒙说。
他说，劳斯莱斯滨海路，公园区由coachbuilder Mulliner车身，仅仅是在澳大利亚三一 - 其他有被夫人（苏珊）雷诺夫和卡拉Zampatti拥有。
不要就这样，优特
学会收缩罗伯特新罕布什尔州承认犯有疏忽驾驶指控，开车时吊顶，采用低范围的血液在唐宁中心地方法庭上周四驾驶的酒精含量。案情透露，直到凌晨4点，他曾饮用伏特加和采取的一种慢性心脏病15抗高血压药片。证人在法庭上说，他们观察到成一个停车标志，并在2月24日上午九时二十分树木轰然尤特新罕布什尔州。他主张从'' ''全自动痛苦，新罕布什尔州是放置在一个12个月的良好行为保证。事件发生后仅几个星期，他撞上聚苯乙烯报道，在马克利街，波茨雷克萨斯他尤特停泊点。新罕布什尔州提出了自己的社交圈的名字，一次给所有清晰处理后用于抑郁状态他多年的演员马修牛顿。他还介绍了在戈登伍德为他的女友卡洛琳伯恩谋杀案的证据。
龚传闻
金球奖提名，并在一两周左右的话，由于是好莱坞妮可基德曼是一个最好的她在电影兔子洞，这是她的角色产生热贡女演员的竞争者。基德曼预计违背安妮特贝宁，娜塔丽波特曼和米歇尔威廉姆斯了。
'提斯的季节
愚蠢赛季正在全面展开。昨天，陷入困境的房地产开发商在伍尔卢莫卢加里贝克尔吃饭的时髦手指码头。附近的阿德勒是罗德尼开庭。周四麦格理银行的百万富翁工厂举行了盛大的年度膝盖行动在建立以客人宣誓保密。
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由于凯莉米洛的迪斯科奶奶，唐娜夏季，一次唱，''，辛苦地工作为了钱''，毫无疑问，我们的凯莉'' ''感觉它昨天。凌晨时分昨日（悉尼时间），澳大利亚最成功的女歌星正面临着顶上巨型玩具鸭子正坐在耻辱论处通过冻结纽约冰冷的心，看上去就像她被可恶snowwoman淹没在一个巨大的裘皮大衣，被迫唇同步她的歌走出自己的路。作为PS周前透露，米洛被邀请加入梅西的感恩节大游行，一个巨大的荣耀和伟大的促销机会她。然而，她仍然有一些路要走征服答：美国的照片，她的表现她的名字拼写错误'' '' Monogue，而NBC的节目主持人梅勒迪斯维埃拉今天不能发音凯莉的名称是否正确。米洛在她的竞选她求爱士兵被曝光的下一站在周二的洛克菲勒中心的圣诞树曼哈顿。
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