Neil Frankland

Melbourne

Editor at The New Daily

Editor at TND @thenewdaily.com.au Journalist, dad, husband and son, not necessarily in that order.

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Articles

Tom Cruise praises ex wife Nicole Kidman in rare public comments

4 days ago | thenewdaily.com.au | Neil Frankland

Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise has made a rare comment about his former wife Nicole Kidman in an interview published over the weekend. Australian actor Kidman was married to Cruise from 1990 to 2001, and while she has discussed her former husband on multiple occasions, Cruise has so far been reluctant to talk about her.
The grassroots initiative telling the stories of those who returned

3 weeks ago | thenewdaily.com.au | Neil Frankland

Beginning as a commemorative project for the centenary of World War I in 2014, the Virtual War Memorial aimed to fill a vital gap in remembering all Australians who have served. Where the Australian War Memorial commemorates those who lost their lives in war and armed conflict, the virtual platform heralds those who made it home. As the platform reaches its 11thyear, Virtual War Memorial CEO Sharyn Roberts says “one thing we’ve learnt… is that everyone who went, came back quite changed”.
Cate Blanchett in line for worst actress Razzie for

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.
Are seed oils really as harmful as Robert F Kennedy jr claims?

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.
Princess Anne steps in for recovering King at WWII ceremonies

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.
Chinese Olympic freestyle champ accuses Chalmers of disrespect

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.
Olympic champ Stubblety-Cook may stage protest over doping

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.
Shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI images are the lates spam

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

If you’ve spent time on Facebook over the past six months, you may have noticed photorealistic images that are too good to be true: children holding paintings that look like the work of professional artists, or majestic log cabin interiors that are the stuff of Airbnb dreams. Others, such as renderings of Jesus made out of crustaceans, are just bizarre.
Major police operation underway at University of Sydney campus

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

Students have reportedly been evacuated as a major police operation was underway at The University of Sydney on Friday afternoon. USyd student newspaper Honi Soit reported the incident on social media, writing: “Honi Soit has received allegations of a threat on Camperdown Campus. Police have arrived. Fisher Library, Abercrombie and the New Law Building were evacuated in the last hour.”There were also reports that student accommodation is on lockdown and police are in attendance.