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Australia's 'First Dog' Toto gains following on her own Twitter account

<p>She was a star on the campaign trail and now Anthony Albanese's dog Toto is set to be a social media sensation.</p> <p>The pet pooch made her debut on Twitter after a fan created an account for "Australia's 1st dog", racking up more than 19,000 followers in less than 24 hours.</p> <p>"Hello Australia! Dad thought it'd be a furry good idea to get me a Twitter account so here I am! Woof!" the account's first tweet stated.</p> <p>Despite the reference to Toto's dad, the Labor leader didn't start the social media account for his beloved Cavoodle, in fact nor did anyone from the PM's office. Reportedly, a 20-year-old law student from Brisbane is behind the account.</p> <p>"I just like the dog," the student said.</p> <p>Albanese announced Toto's arrival back in 2015 on his Instagram account.</p> <p>"Introducing my new family member, Toto," he wrote.</p> <p>Toto went on to feature across Albanese's social media pages but fans appear eager for more puppy moments.</p> <p>"I'm looking forward to hearing all of Toto's woofs about life as the top dog," one Twitter user wrote.</p> <p>In an interview last December, Albanese revealed how Toto helps him handle the demands of being a politician.</p> <p>“I definitely feel better for all the time I spend with Toto, " he said while promoting a fundraising calendar the pair starred in together.</p> <p>"She's loving, she's loyal, she's great company, and she's always so happy to see me."</p> <p>Toto proved to be "great company" again when the Labor leader was struck down with COVID-19 during the election campaign.</p> <p><em>Images: Twitter</em></p>

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Nicole Kidman posts rare photo of adorable cavoodle puppy

<p>Reading the daily news can be overwhelming, especially as the world currently faces a pandemic. So, what better way to give yourself a mental break than looking at adorable photos of celebrities holding puppies, specifically, Nicole Kidman.</p> <p>Taking to Instagram to share a snap of her fluffy friend Julian, Kidman wrote: “He might be the youngest member of the family but he’s a wise old soul.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kTd-6pc29/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kTd-6pc29/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">He might be the youngest member of the family but he’s a wise old soul. 💕🐾</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/nicolekidman/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Nicole Kidman</a> (@nicolekidman) on Apr 4, 2020 at 10:25am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Fans couldn’t help but gush over the toy poodle, with one person commenting “You and Julian! It doesn’t get much cuter than this.”</p> <p>The<span> </span><em>Big Little Lies</em><span> </span>star is not one to overshare on social media, as she barely posts photos of her daughters Sunday Rose and Faith, whom she shares with her country-rocker husband Keith Urban. Even photos of her puppy are infrequent, in fact, this is just the fourth photo of the toy poodle puppy her followers have seen since the family welcomed the pup.</p> <p>Here is one she posted back in February:</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rw9YDJTKq/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rw9YDJTKq/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">Small dog, big heart ❤️🐾</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/nicolekidman/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Nicole Kidman</a> (@nicolekidman) on Feb 17, 2020 at 1:55pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>And this adorable side-mirror view, which Kidman appropriately captioned “My #MondayMotivation”.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B2w95pvJwY2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B2w95pvJwY2/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">My #MondayMotivation 💕</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/nicolekidman/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Nicole Kidman</a> (@nicolekidman) on Sep 23, 2019 at 12:15pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>And let’s not forget Julian’s social media debut, where Kidman became a self-proclaimed dog mama.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwHA--JKmH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwHA--JKmH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">My first puppy... actually my first dog. Been waiting my whole life for this! 🐶</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/nicolekidman/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Nicole Kidman</a> (@nicolekidman) on Jul 10, 2019 at 2:42pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>And while we would love to see more photos of Kidman’s girls and her dog, some celebrities choose to keep their private lives away from the spotlight, and that’s okay.</p>

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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban welcome new addition to the family

<p>Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have welcomed a brand new addition to the family and have shared him with the world in the sweetest social media post.</p> <p>The couple shared an adorable picture of their new furry friend – a Cavoodle dog who’s name is yet to be revealed.</p> <p>“My first puppy... actually my first dog. Been waiting my whole life for this!” Nicole wrote on Instagram.</p> <div> <div class="replay"> <div class="reply_body body linkify"> <div class="reply_body"> <div class="body_text "> <p>In the adorable happy snap taken of Nicole and her newest family member, the mother-of-four was caught in a private moment with her forehead in line with the little pup who is wagging its tongue to lick its proud owner.  </p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwHA--JKmH/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwHA--JKmH/" target="_blank">My first puppy... actually my first dog. Been waiting my whole life for this! 🐶</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/nicolekidman/" target="_blank"> Nicole Kidman</a> (@nicolekidman) on Jul 10, 2019 at 2:42pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The couple were quick to receive congratulations from their celebrity friends with Isla Fisher noting the new furry friend was “so cute.”</p> <p>“Best, best thing you’ll ever do! It’s a love like no other,” added Aussie star Deborah Hutton.</p> <p>The new pet who is yet to be named is sure to live a happy life surrounded by Nicole, Keith and their two children Sunday Rose, 11 and Faith, eight.</p> <p>Kidman’s other two children Bella and Connor Cruise might not get as much play time in as their two younger siblings as they are both famously devoted to Scientology alongside their father Tom Cruise.</p> <p>Earlier this week, the 52-year-old made headlines after reports emerged revealing the lengths the<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/music/placido-domingos-daughter-in-law-reveals-scientology-secretsthe-celebrities-exposed" target="_blank">church had gone to in the past to influence Nicole’s relationship with her two older children.</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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Meet Cooper the cavoodle who’s famous for being cute

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