The Spill

The Spill is your daily entertainment news fix where we break down the biggest celebrity headlines. Join Laura Brodnik and her cast of expert pals like Em Vernem, Tina Burke and Tina Provis for brutally honest takes on pop culture, plus their recommendations that are actually worth watching. New episodes every weekday at 3pm.

Plus we have the latest pop culture headlines every weekday with the latest Morning Tea from Ash London, and on Friday we’ll give you the best new TV shows and movies to binge this weekend in our Weekend Watch.

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MORNING TEA: Travis Kelce's Post-Wedding Press Conference & Guy Sebastian's 9 Year Legal Battle Is Over Aug 12, 2026

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This morning, Travis Kelce returned to training camp and called Taylor Swift "my wife" in public for the very first time. Plus, there are two significant updates in Australian music industry legal stories, and Joshua Jackson is dating someone 20 years younger than him.

☕ Travis Kelce says "my wife" for the first time at his post-wedding training camp press conference
☕ Paris Jackson reveals her first meeting with mum Debbie Rowe at 15
☕ Joshua Jackson confirms his romance with model Olivia Burgess
☕ Tina Arena's (appropriately) scathing words about her ex husband Ralph Carr
☕ Guy Sebastian and former manager Titus Day reach a settlement after nine years

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Host & Producer: Ash London

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The Anne Hathaway Conspiracy Theory We Can’t Believe She Addressed & Brad Pitt's Rawest Interview Yet Aug 12, 2026

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Brad Pitt sat down for a tell-all Esquire cover story and dropped bombshell after bombshell: from confessing he's fallen off the sobriety wagon to admitting to a devastating moment from his past he's never spoken about. We're unpacking the wildest lines from the profile everyone's talking about.
Meanwhile, Anne Hathaway's red carpet baby bump has spiralled into a full-blown conspiracy theory, with corners of the internet convinced it's fake. She's since clapped back on Instagram, and we're getting into why this always seems to happen to pregnant women in the spotlight.
Plus, new Oscar winner Michael B Jordan and singer Raye were spotted looking very coupley at Six Flags, and honestly? We're rooting for it.
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MORNING TEA: Julie Andrews Won't Be In Princess Diaries 3 & The Office Star's Devastating News Aug 11, 2026

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This morning, Taylor Swift is now the youngest inductee in Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame history. Plus, the Camp Rock reunion happened and I feel 15 again, and Lucy Davis from The Office UK has shared an incredibly brave and devastating announcement.

☕ Taylor Swift becomes the youngest-ever inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
☕ Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers reunite at the Camp Rock 3 premiere
☕ Julie Andrews confirms whether or not she'll be in 'Princess Diaries 3"
☕ Jean Smart could be about to set a HUGE acting record
☕ The first reviews of Harry and Meghan's Cookie Queens are out
☕ Lucy Davis from The Office UK reveals she was diagnosed with incurable Stage 4 breast cancer

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A Taylor Swift Secret Has Been Uncovered & The TV Show That’s Replaced Off Campus Aug 11, 2026

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Something's brewing in Taylor Swift's world, and the bots have receipts. We're unpacking the vinyl restocks, the leaked track list and the very suspicious website updates that have fans convinced a huge anniversary announcement is imminent.
Plus, there's a buzzy new teen drama quietly blowing up on Prime Video from the creator behind our favourite noughties classics, with a twist you'll clock in the trailer and a nepo baby who's actually earning the hype.
And Tina scored a 1am interview with the stars of the year's most talked-about rom com, the one everyone's nicknamed "The Sex Purge" — including a very awkward frozen-screen moment she'll never live down.
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MORNING TEA: More Raye x Michael B Jordan Goss & Jon Hamm Is Having A Baby At 55 Aug 10, 2026

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This morning, Jon Hamm is going to be a first-time father at 55. Plus, Anne Hathaway has shut down fake pregnancy speculation with the two most elegant words in the English language, and Tallulah Willis's Idaho wedding is the most beautiful story of the week.

☕ Jon Hamm and wife Anna Osceola are expecting their first baby
☕ Anne Hathaway responds to fake pregnancy speculation with two words
☕ An update on the Michael B. Jordan and Raye pics
☕ F1 superstar George Russell is engaged
☕ Brad Pitt reveals in Esquire he is no longer sober after seven years
☕ Tallulah Willis best married in Balenciaga

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Martha Stewart ‘Accidentally’ Started Meghan Markle Drama & The Heated Rivalry Casting That Has Divided Fans Aug 10, 2026

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Martha Stewart has found herself at the centre of unexpected Meghan Markle drama after one seemingly innocent comment sparked a royal frenzy. We break down what was actually said and why everyone is talking about it.

Plus, the deeply upsetting Perez Hilton situation has reignited a conversation about celebrity culture, accountability and empathy. We unpack the debate over whether the man who helped define the internet's most brutal gossip era deserves the privacy he rarely afforded others.

And finally, we have Heated Rivalry news... Season two has announced its newest cast members, but one controversial casting decision has already divided fans.

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MORNING TEA: The Very Surprising Celebrity Headed To MAFS & Has Raye Found Her Husband? Aug 09, 2026

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This morning, Michael B Jordan and Raye rode rollercoasters at Six Flags and the internet has already planned the wedding. Plus, Tate McRae and Jack Hughes have split, with both sides claiming they were the one who ended it, and Dane Swan is going on Married at First Sight.

☕ Michael B. Jordan and Raye spend the day together at Six Flags Magic Mountain
☕ Tate McRae and Jack Hughes split
☕ AFL Brownlow Medallist Dane Swan confirmed for the next season of Married at First Sight
☕ Lewis Hamilton posts intimate photos with Kim Kardashian
☕ North West debuts thigh piercings on TikTok at 13
☕ Perez Hilton remains hospitalised in serious but stable condition

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Hear Us Out: The Characters We Shouldn't Be Lusting After (But That Won't Stop Us!) Aug 07, 2026

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After that unhinged Wicker trailer sent the whole internet into a spin, we're deep diving the fictional characters we were never supposed to find attractive… and yet.

We're talking a gruff saber-tooth tiger with a heart of gold, the Marvel villain whose fan fiction was so unhinged it earned him a spinoff, and the wettest of wet-blanket sitcom romantics who somehow ages into a green flag.

Plus the Twilight nobody we should've been rooting for the whole time, a brooding Finding Nemo fish the internet has turned into a full-blown daddy, and the Bear character with the most beautiful arc on TV. No notes. Just vibes we can't explain.

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Weekend Watch: The Feel-Good Sports Comedy We've Waited Three Years For & The Show Proving Reality TV Is Back Aug 06, 2026

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A beloved feel-good comedy no one expected to see again is back after three years, this time swapping the men's pitch for a women's team. Same warmth, same UK humour, same wholesome heart that made it a lockdown obsession, and stars you fell for returning.
Then, reality TV's most chaotic new fixation has one very charming (very red-flag) leading man, 20 women, a 30-day countdown to a proposal, and a Call Her Daddy mogul pulling the strings behind the scenes. Need I say more?
Plus if you refer something with a pulse of dread? There's a stylish, deeply creepy 80s-set teen thriller with a supermodel lead, a Hollywood serial killer, and all the sex, drugs and cigarettes the decade promised.

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The "Useless Boyfriend" Trope Is Taking Over Hollywood & Did Phoebe Bridgers Write A Gracie Abrams Diss Track? Aug 06, 2026

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Miranda Kerr broke down her "day on a plate" on Kristen Cavallari's podcast, and it is unhinged... venison, bison, caviar (no parasites, apparently), but absolutely no eggs, kale or sourdough. We can't stop thinking about it.
Phoebe Bridgers' new album has a lyric that sounds suspiciously like a dig at Gracie Abrams, and once you add Paul Mescal and some very specific glow-in-the-dark bed sheets into the mix, this "feud" gets a lot messier. Feud or genius songwriting? We're deciding.
Also: have you noticed every movie this year has a completely useless boyfriend? From Devil Wears Prada 2 to Hugh Grant across three separate films, we're asking if Hollywood's newest trope is actually good for women.

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