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2 weeks ago | news.com.au | Annette Sharp

EXCLUSIVEToday show star Karl Stefanovic will be forced to rein-in his extravagant celebrity lifestyle if Nine’s bean counters take the knife to his $3 million salary in forthcoming contract negotiations. The breakfast show host – whose mammoth pay packet so incensed his former Today co-host Lisa Wilkinson she lost her job at the network in a well-documented pay parity dispute – was already living a life of excess when he last sat down to negotiate his contract with Nine bosses in 2022.

2 weeks ago | news.com.au | Kathy McCabe |Annette Sharp

EXCLUSIVEGuy Sebastian has split with his manager Jennifer Fontaine as the Choir star reboots his music career this week. Both Sebastian and Fontaine have told industry insiders and friends their parting is more of a conscious uncoupling than an acrimonious bust-up after eight years working together. The chart-topping singer, television personality and now actor has long wanted to build his own in-house team, similar to how Jimmy Barnes steers his business affairs.

2 weeks ago | dailytelegraph.com.au | Annette Sharp

Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Senior executives have closed ranks in an attempt to shut down chatter about the presenter’s unplanned pre-Easter absence which insiders confirm coincides with the Nine star embarking on sensitive contract negotiations.

2 weeks ago | news.com.au | Annette Sharp

ExclusiveKarl Stefanovic’s unscheduled absence from Today has triggered crisis talks at Nine. Senior executives have closed ranks in an attempt to shut down chatter about the presenter’s unplanned pre-Easter absence which insiders confirm coincides with the Nine star embarking on sensitive contract negotiations.

3 weeks ago | news.com.au | Annette Sharp

Shane Warne was taking Viagra a decade before his death and used it during his high-profile relationship with British actor Liz Hurley. Sources close to the legendary cricketer have told news.com.au Warne was not embarrassed about using the erectile dysfunction medication during his passionate love affair with Hurley, to whom he was briefly engaged, and openly discussed it. Warne and Hurley were a couple from 2010 to 2013. Warne was 41 when the relationship began and Hurley four years his senior.