Women in Australia have decided to stop comparing their bodies to inanimate fruit. Instead, they're naming their shapes after artists who celebrate the female figure — like Leonardo da Vinci and Peter Paul Rubens. One lingerie model putting the change on display explained: "I was a pear, but now I'm a Matisse. Matisse always painted such beautiful women." Da Vinci represents a straight up and Read more

I have plenty of friends who've commented on how "neat" I am when visiting my apartment — my mother was particularly impressed, score! But behind closed doors, polish is nowhere to be found. I like to refer to my shoe collection as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and for the life of me, I can't seem to keep my shirts and sweaters folded. The most shameful place, though, is my jewelry collection. I Read more

It's a woman's choice, isn't it? That may not be the case in some parts of Australia, where a mother breaks the law if she has a child via paid surrogate. According to Jezebel: "Altruistic surrogacy," in which no money changes hands, is allowed in Australia but seldom happens. The new overseas surrogacy ban in New South Wales (Australia's most populous state, containing Sydney, where Kidman Read more

A man dressed as a zombie hangs out on a park bench during the Sydney Zombie Walk on Sunday. Participants traveled a route through the business district beginning and ending at Sydney's Hyde Park. View 5 Photos ›Photo 1Photo 2Photo 3Photo 4Photo 5 Read more

Down Under, there's quite the ruckus going on right now about Hot Cuts, a salon that offers cuts, hair massages, and beard trims from comely topless stylists. In the extremely funny (and not altogether SFW) news report below, the staff and clientele all seem pretty nonplussed, if a little kooky. No word on when they're going to get topless hunks in to do highlights, but check out the clip below Read more

Members of Oliver's Swiss High Diving Water Show Extravaganza perform at the Royal Melbourne Show. The show, attended by half a million people, has taken place in Melbourne since 1848 and is Victoria's largest and longest running public entertainment event. View 4 Photos ›Photo 1Photo 2Photo 3Photo 4 Read more

What wouldn't I give to have been an audience member of Oprah's opening show of her last season that premiered yesterday. The lucky 300 attendees are not only going on an eight-day, all-expense-paid trip to Australia in December, but the pilot who will fly them there is none other than John Travolta. The two episodes filmed in the Land Down Under will cost the Australian government a whopping $3 Read more

Somewhere under that cake is Funi's adorable panda face! This lucky girl — literally, as her name means lucky girl — got a bunch of treats for her fourth birthday today! As one of only two Giant Pandas residing in the Southern Hemisphere (her roommate, Wang Wang is the other), she is actually celebrating her first birthday in the Adelaide Zoo. She sets her nose to work and explores the Read more