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60 Minutes’ Gerald Stone slams Tara Brown and team for botched Lebanon story

Veteran journalist and founding producer of 60 Minutes Gerald Stone has slammed Tara Brown for her handling of the botched child kidnap story in Lebanon. During... read more

Channel Nine’s Darren Wick says 60 Minutes will still ‘pay for stories’

The scandal surrounding the 60 Minutes botched ‘child abduction’ fiasco will reportedly not stop Channel Nine from paying for news stories.  The ne... read more

Hugh Riminton slams Channel Nine for sacking Stephen Rice over botched 60 Minutes child abduction

Former Channel Nine newsreader Hugh Riminton has slammed the dumping of 60 Minutes senior producer Stephen Rice and labelled him the ‘scapegoat’ for... read more

60 Minutes founder calls Lebanon child abduction debacle ‘a great misadventure’

Long-time producer Stephen Rice has been sacked following an internal review by the Nine Network over the botched 60 Minutes abduction of Sally Faulkner’... read more

South Korean CCTV of Australian woman led away by two men to be ‘drugged, abducted and raped’

A woman who was drugged and raped by three men in Korea said she has felt trapped in a ‘never ending nightmare’ since having to start an online cam... read more

Morley Safer dies aged 84 just one week after he retired from 60 Minutes

CBS News veteran Morley Safer has passed away at the age of 84.  Safer, who had been a correspondent on 60 Minutes for all but two of the show’s 48 seaso... read more

Beirut prisoners of 60 minutes abduction including Adam Whittington refused bail

The four remaining prisoners jailed in Beirut over the botched 60 Minutes child abduction case have been refused bail. Former solider Adam Whittington, who is a... read more

Adam Whittington denied bail after 60 Minutes recovery in Beirut

Australian-British man Adam Whittington has failed to get bail for his involvement in the botched 60 Minutes child abduction attempt. Whittington has been in a... read more

Sally Faulkner promises to bring her children to Australia after botched 60 Minutes abduction

The mother at the centre of the 60 Minutes botched child abduction has said she will get the children back to her despite being blocked from having contact with... read more

Logies 2016 host Dave Hughes ‘crosses the line’ with his Tara Brown gags

Gold Logie for Best Personality on Australian TV Carrie Bickmore – The Project, Network Ten Essie Davis – Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, ABC ... read more

Tara Brown ‘will NOT be attending Logies 2016 after child abduction in Lebanon’

Gold Logie for Best Personality on Australian TV  Carrie Bickmore – The Project, Network Ten  Essie Davis – Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, ... read more

60 Minutes’ father Ali Elamine demands $500k to release Adam Whittington and others

The father at the centre of the 60 Minutes child abduction bungle has demanded US$500,000 (AU$670,000) for the release of a former Australian soldier and three ... read more

60 Minutes mum Sally Faulkner blocked from contacting her children in Lebanon

The mother at the centre of the 60 Minutes child-snatch drama has been blocked from having any contact with her children who remain in Lebanon. Sally Faulkner w... read more

60 Minutes demanded Tara Brown be involved in ‘critical moments’ of Lebanon kidnapping

Channel Nine demanded that 60 Minutes presenter Tara Brown should be involved at ‘critical moments’ in the planned kidnapping of two young children... read more

60 Minutes Lebanon kidnap fiasco slammed by wife of recovery agent still in jail

The wife of a former Australian soldier turned professional ‘child recovery’ agent has slammed Channel Nine for cutting a deal with Lebanese authori... read more

60 Minutes’ Tara Brown slams herself over Lebanon child abduction in video

60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown has been out of a Lebanese jail for just over a week following the widely publicised botched child recovery operation. But other ... read more

60 Minutes’ Ali Elamine posts family photo in Beirut as Sally Faulkner returns to Australia

The father at the centre of the botched 60 Minutes abduction has uploaded a picture to social media of himself and two young children smiling as they enjoy lunc... read more

60 Minutes filmed child recovery mission with Liz Hayes

60 Minutes filmed another mother’s desperate attempt to ‘recover’ her child The story ‘was filmed in late 2014’ and involved a mis... read more

Tara Brown defends 60 Minutes involvement in botched child abduction in Lebanon

Tara Brown has defended 60 Minutes’ involvement in the botched kidnapping of Sally Faulkner’s two young children in Lebanon this month. In an interv... read more

60 Minutes child snatcher is a former ‘hard drug user with mental problems’ 

One of the accused kidnappers hired by 60 minutes for the botched abduction of two children in Lebanon is a self-confessed former hard-drug user with mental pro... read more

Jennifer Lopez jets out of LAX after dazzling American Idol finale crowds

She commanded the stage with her show-stopping performance on American Idol on Thursday evening. And Jennifer Lopez’s number one fan – boyfriend Cas... read more

American Idol’s Jennifer Lopez turns up the heat with She Ain’t Your Mama performance

Jennifer Lopez brought her A game to the finale of American Idol treating the audience to a dazzling performance of her new single Ain’t Your Mama. The 46... read more

American Idol finale sees Jennifer Lopez steal the show in sparkling gown

She is literally the star of the show. So it seems only appropriate Jennifer Lopez shone the brightest as the big names turned out in force for the American Ido... read more

60 Minutes crew detained in Beirut paid a child recovery agency that ‘faked’ success stories

Channel 9 paid $120,000 to a child recovery agency whose operators were detained along with reporter Tara Brown and crew who were filming an operation in an int... read more