Neil Frankland

Jan 22, 2025 | thenewdaily.com.au | Neil Frankland

Cait Blanchett has won two Oscars and four Golden Globes in an storied career spanning more than 30 years, now she’s in line for the one award no actor wants. The annual Razzie Awards, which ‘celebrate’ the very worst of Hollywood for the year, released its nominations on Wednesday with Blanchett in line for a worst actress Razzie for her performance in Borderlands.

Nov 27, 2024 | thenewdaily.com.au | Neil Frankland

Robert F Kennedy jr, Donald Trump’s pick to head the US Health and Human Services Department, wrote on X that Americans are being “unknowingly poisoned” by seed oils. He joins the growing list of people claiming that these oils are toxic. But are they? Seed oils include sunflower, rapeseed, corn and grapeseed oils. High heat, chemical solvents and extreme pressure are used to extract the oil from plant seeds. They are then further refined to stabilise it.

Sep 22, 2024 | thenewdaily.com.au | Neil Frankland

Princess Anne has stepped in for the King at ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem as the monarch continues his cancer treatment. Anne attended anniversary commemorations on Monday (AEST) in The Netherlands in her role as president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Jul 31, 2024 | thenewdaily.com.au | Neil Frankland

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Tuesday threatened to cut US funding for WADA, accusing it of failing to properly investigate alleged doping by Chinese Olympic swimmers. The US, the largest single country funder of WADA, has accused the global anti-doping body of not disclosing that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for performance-enhancing trimetazidine (TMZ) in China months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Jul 25, 2024 | thenewdaily.com.au | Neil Frankland

Australian Olympic swimming champion Zac Stubblety-Cook has refused to rule out staging a stadium protest over perceived failures in anti-doping testing. Stubblety-Cook beat Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands to win gold for Australia in the 200-metre breaststroke at the Tokyo Games. In Paris, he will defend his title against China’s Qin Haiyang.