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Judi Dench's tough health update

<p>Judi Dench has admitted that due to her degenerative eye disease she can barely see on a film set and can no longer read her scripts. </p> <p>The Oscar-winning actress known for her role as M16 head M in seven different <em>James Bond</em> films, told UK publication <em>The Mirror</em> that her age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has gotten so bad that she can now barely see. </p> <p>“I can’t see on a film set any more,”  she told the publication. </p> <p>“And I can’t see to read. So I can’t see much. It’s difficult for me if I have any length of a part. I haven’t yet found a way.</p> <p>“But you just deal with it. I have so many friends who will teach me the script,” she added. </p> <p>The eight-time Academy Award nominee had previously said that she is unable to drive due to her AMD. </p> <p>“It’s the most terrible shock to the system. Ghastly. It’s terrible to be so dependent on people,” she had previously said. </p> <p>However, the actress is determined to maintain her independence and has no plans to stop working.</p> <p>“I have an irrational fear of boredom. That’s why I now have this tattoo that says carpe diem (“seize the day”). That’s what we should live by," she said. </p> <p>The actress has won various awards throughout extensive career including six BAFTAs, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in <em>Shakespeare in Love</em>.</p> <p>Dench currently lives with her partner David Mills, and has shared how grateful she is to have someone so caring by her side. </p> <p>“I’ve had many, many good friends, but it’s been very unexpected to have somebody new who is as caring as my partner, David.</p> <p>“I feel very lucky indeed. And to laugh with somebody is terribly important! Laughing is the most important thing. We laugh about everything,” she said. </p> <p><em>Image: Getty</em></p>

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Dame Judi Dench slams "crude" and "cruel" new season of The Crown

<p>Dame Judi Dench has defended the royal family against the latest season of <em>The Crown</em>, calling it "crude" and "cruel" in the wake of Queen Elizabeth's death.</p> <p>The actress penned an open letter to Netflix in <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-crown-is-crude-and-cruel-says-dame-judi-dench-l6wzqpns9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Times UK</a>, complaining that the “closer the drama comes to our present times, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism”.</p> <p>Dench called on Netflix to issue a disclaimer at the beginning of each episode of the highly anticipated new season of the show, reminding audiences that <em>The Crown</em> is a fictionalised drama. </p> <p>Dench, who was made a dame by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 1988, said she was concerned that viewers would take <em>The Crown</em>’s account as historically accurate.</p> <p>She continued in her letter, “Given some of the wounding suggestions apparently contained in the new series – that King Charles plotted for his mother to abdicate, for example, or once suggested his mother’s parenting was so deficient that she might have deserved a jail sentence – this is both cruelly unjust to the individuals and damaging to the institution they represent."</p> <p>“No one is a greater believer in artistic freedom than I, but this cannot go unchallenged. Despite this week stating publicly that <em>The Crown</em> has always been a ‘fictionalised drama’ the program makers have resisted all calls for them to carry a disclaimer at the start of each episode."</p> <p>“The time has come for Netflix to reconsider – for the sake of a family and a nation so recently bereaved, as a mark of respect to a sovereign who served her people so dutifully for 70 years, and to preserve their own reputation in the eyes of their British subscribers.”</p> <p>Dench said she was not asked by any members of the royal family to pen the letter and did so of her own volition. </p> <p>The upcoming fifth season of <em>The Crown</em> has has stirred consternation in royal, aristocratic and political circles, as the season is expected to focus on the acrimonious breakdown of Charles and Diana’s marriage, which was played out publicly at the time under intense media scrutiny.</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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Dame Judi Dench's racy regret

<p>She recently made headlines as the oldest woman to grace the cover of<span> </span><em>Vogue</em>.</p> <p>Now at 85, Dame Judi Dench is expressing her disappointment that she didn’t do more sex scenes throughout her acting career.</p> <p>Speaking to the<span> </span><em>Mirror</em>, the veteran actress looked back on her extensive portfolio and reflected on not taking advantage of the more risqué aspects of her impressive onscreen performances.</p> <p>"I have done a few bed scenes. Not many in the theatre. What a disappointment," she told the publication.</p> <p>Despite her body of work, which includes an Oscar-win for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal as Queen Elizabeth in 1999’s<span> </span><em>Shakespeare in Love</em>, Dench was once told she would never appear on film.</p> <p>"They told me I would never make a film. To which there is no reply. I put my chair against the wall. I am not quite sure why. I walked out.</p> <p>She continued, "I did not want to do films anyway. I never thought I'd have a future in films as the stage is my passion. It's never ever the same in a theatre, never. You always got a different reaction to things."</p> <p>But when asked about her acting credits, the<span> </span><em>Bond</em><span> </span>star remains modest and puts it down to “luck”.</p> <p>"It's really called luck. The whole business of theatre is ­suddenly being in the right place at the right time and by chance somebody will say, 'That person might do.'"</p> <p>She continued, "It is not really to do with ­talent I don't think. It just ­happens that you fall into the slot at that time."</p> <p>Sharing some advice to aspiring actors, Dench said to the <em>Mirror</em>: "My advice is go see as much theatre as you possibly can. I think it is very, very difficult. We are just lucky we are employed."</p> <p>Dench’s career has spanned over 60 years and included starring in iconic films including M in the James Bond series, I<em>ris, Shakespeare in Love, Notes on a Scandal, Philomena</em><span> </span>and many more.</p>

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5 minutes with author Judy Nunn

<p><span>In <em>5 minutes with author</em>, <em>Over60</em> asks book writers about their literary habits and preferences. Next in this series is Judy Nunn, a novelist, scriptwriter and actor. After achieving success as a writer for the TV series <em>Neighbours</em> and as an actor for iconic soap <em>Home and Away</em>, Nunn expanded into prose in 1991 with her debut novel <em>The Glitter Game</em>. Since then, Nunn has sold more than one million copies of her books worldwide. In 2015, she was named a Member of the Order of Australia for her “significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author”. Her latest book, <em>Khaki Town </em>is out now.</span></p> <p><em><span>Over60</span></em><span> talked with Nunn about the books more people should read, a trick she swears by to ward off writers’ block and the difference between writing for TV and novel.</span></p> <p><strong><em><span>Over60</span></em><span>: What is your best writing tip?</span></strong><span> <strong>Alternatively, what is the worst writing advice you’ve ever received?</strong></span></p> <p>Judy Nunn: Best writing tip: Never let the book out of your head for too long or you’ll lose not only the plot but also your confidence.</p> <p>Worst writing advice (actually came from a UK publisher): “All scenes must be written from one character’s perspective”, which means if you have a scene between two major characters, you’re not supposed to see, within their minds, their specific thoughts or points of view. Ghastly!</p> <p><strong><span>What book do you think more people should read?</span></strong></p> <p><span>J.M. Barrie’s <em>Peter Pan</em>, Lewis Carroll’s <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> – anything that fires up the imagination of the young and reminds adults that they too were once young.</span></p> <p><strong><span>What was the last book that made you laugh?</span></strong></p> <p><em><span>Beware of God</span></em><span> by Shalom Auslander. I read it years ago – it was first published in 2005 – and recently re-read it. I laughed out loud all over again.</span></p> <p><strong><span>What does your writing routine look like?</span></strong></p> <p><span>I head off to my ‘office’ – across the balcony to the room at the front of the house – and start work around 9.30. Break for a sandwich around 12.30, back to work until a rewarding glass of wine at 5, on for another hour or so, and that’s it.</span></p> <p><strong>In your view, what is the biggest difference between scriptwriting and prose writing?</strong></p> <p>Utterly different mediums. Scripts are written for interpretation on the stage or screen, prose is written to be interpreted by the reader’s imagination.</p> <p><strong>Do you deal with writer’s block? If so, how do you handle it?</strong></p> <p>I’ve fortunately never suffered writer’s block, but I have a trick to ward it off. At the end of my writing day I go into ‘upper case’, give no thought to form or ‘correct prose’, just freefall, giving vent to where my characters might go, what they might say and where the plot is leading me. Then, even if I have to leave off writing for several days, I can go back to work, read my big print and I’m right back on track.</p> <p><strong>Which author, deceased or living, would you most like to have dinner with?</strong></p> <p>Authors are often less interesting than the characters they create. I might prefer to have dinner with Doctor Zhivago rather than Boris Pasternak or to have cocktails with Silas Marner rather than George Eliot. But if pushed, what about a beer with Spike Milligan?</p> <p><strong>What trope grinds your gears? Alternatively, is there a cliché that you can’t help but love?</strong></p> <p>I can’t stand ‘The bottom line is…’ and ‘At the end of the day…’. They’re so constantly repeated that to me they lose impact. I love the cliché ‘Fact is stranger than fiction’.</p>

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A life in pictures: Judy Garland and her tragic downfall

<p>In 1954, singer and actress Judy Garland appeared in what was going to be her last iconic role as Esther Blodgett (aka Vicki Lester) in<span> </span><em>A Star is Born.</em></p> <p>At only 32 years old, Garland had already spent most of her life on stage and on screen, with a career that greatly impacted her mental health.</p> <p>"I’m the queen of the comeback,” <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.biography.com/news/judy-garland-personal-life-struggles-husbands%EF%BB%BF%EF%BB%BF" target="_blank">Garland said</a> during an interview in 1968. “I’m getting tired of coming back. I really am. I can’t even go to… the powder room without making a comeback.”</p> <p>It would only be a year later that Garland would pass away under tragic circumstances.</p> <p>In 1969, Garland’s new husband Mickey Dean would break down the door to the locked bathroom and find Garland dead at the age of 47 years old.</p> <p>The coroner, Gavin Thurston, <a rel="noopener" href="https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&amp;d=DS19690626.2.98&amp;e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1" target="_blank">announced to the press</a> following the autopsy, “This is quite clearly an accidental circumstance to a person who was accustomed to taking barbiturates over a very long time. She took more barbiturates than she could tolerate.”</p> <p>Barbiturates were a then-common sleep aid, but Garland had a history of depression and alcoholism. She had attempted suicide several times, with her third husband<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/06/23/89002088.pdf" target="_blank">Sid Luft</a><span> </span>alleging that she tried to take her own life on at least 20 different occasions.</p> <p>However, addiction was in Garland’s history, with her mother giving her pills to keep her energy up and bring her down and sleep at the young age of ten. This is according to the biography<em> <a rel="noopener" href="https://aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com/x/c/Qp3DrXv8BwRGrf9nTihmGmMAAAFthZVmLQEAAAFKAW2eFyI/https:/assoc-redirect.amazon.com/g/r/https:/www.amazon.com/Get-Happy-Life-Judy-Garland/dp/0385335156?creativeASIN=0385335156&amp;linkCode=w61&amp;imprToken=PjiEgE51E5pnhGrC4RlEXA&amp;slotNum=0&amp;tag=townandcountry_auto-append-20&amp;ascsubtag=%5bartid%7C10067.a.29254579%5bsrc%7C%5bch%7C%5blt%7C" target="_blank">Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland</a>.</em></p> <p>The problem only worsened when Garland was signed onto MGM, as she was expected to work at a breakneck pace.</p> <p>"They had us working days and nights on end. They’d give us pills to keep us on our feet long after we were exhausted. Then they’d take us to the studio hospital and knock us out with sleeping pills­–[co-star Mickey Rooney] sprawled out on one bed and me on another," Garland said, according to <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.amazon.com/Judy-Garland-Paul-Donnelley/dp/1904950817?tag=townandcountry_auto-append-20&amp;ascsubtag=%5bartid%7C10067.a.29254579%5bsrc%7C%5bch%7C%5blt%7C" target="_blank">Paul Donnelley's biography</a> of the actress. "Then after four hours they’d wake us up and give us the pep pills again so we could work 72 hours in a row. Half of the time we were hanging from the ceiling, but it was a way of life for us."</p> <p>Garland didn’t have much success in her personal life, as she went onto marry five different people. She was 19 when she married bandleader David Rose and following their divorce in 1944 went onto marry Vicente Minnelli.</p> <p>Garland married Sid Luft in 1952, Mark Herro in 1965 and finally Mickey Deans in 1969, which was just three months before her death.</p> <p>Towards the end of her life, debt was slowly taking over and Garland played solo concerts to pay off thousands in taxes she owed to the IRS.</p> <p>"It took drugs ... to get her back to a level place where you could have a conversation with her, where you could get her to sign checks, sign contracts, talk about business," Garland's manager Stevie Phillips <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.insideedition.com/judy-garlands-manager-remembers-stars-spiraling-drug-addiction-56276" target="_blank">told <em>Inside Edition</em></a> of the star's later years.</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery to see Garland throughout the years.</p>

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How much does Judge Judy make in a year?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to Forbes, Judy Sheindlin or better known as Judge Judy has pocketed AUD$203 million in 2018 alone – making her the highest-grossing TV host. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following in second place is Ellen DeGeneres who earned an estimate of $121 million in 2018 for her daytime talk show. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After 5200 episodes, there is no doubt Sheindlin has proven her worth to the US Network CBS. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 74-year-old is a go-getter and has extended her contract with CBS to 2021, which will mark 25 years of the primetime TV show. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The show typically attracts an average of 10 million viewers through Monday to Friday on the afternoon time slot and has been the top daytime program for the last nine years. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Each season fits in an impressive 260 episodes every season which is packed into just 53 filming days per year, spread over three days a week. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Executive Producer Randy Douthit, who along with other 30 staff members produces, directs and edits the show says the simplicity of the show is what makes the show successful and profitable. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Production costs for each week is relatively low at AU$550,000 in comparison to others which can rack up at a hefty AU$1.37 million per week. </span></p>

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Renee Zellweger shines as Judy Garland in first “Judy” trailer

<p>Fans of Hollywood icon Judy Garland are in for a treat, with Oscar winner Renee Zellweger playing the <em>Wizard of Oz </em>star in an upcoming movie.</p> <p>The biopic, titled <em>Judy </em>shows Zellweger singing a much more mellow version of Garland’s most recognisable song <em>Somewhere Over the Rainbow</em>. The movie, which is set in London in 1968-69 will be released in September.</p> <p><em>Judy </em>will shed light on Garland’s tumultuous life and her struggle with countless health problems during her London tour. The actress passed away at the age of 47 due to accidental drug overdose in June 1969.</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/BggE-WhD98a/" 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/BggE-WhD98a/" target="_blank">#JUDY starts principal photography in London today, starring Academy Award winner, Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland! #judygarland #reneezellweger #london #thetalkofthetown #jessiebuckley #finnwittrock #michaelgambon #rupertgoold #pathe #calamityfilms #bbcfilms #ingenious</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/judygarlandfilm/" target="_blank"> JUDY</a> (@judygarlandfilm) on Mar 19, 2018 at 3:20am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Zellweger has quite an extensive resume herself, with her most notable role being <em>Bridget Jones</em>. The 50-year-old told <a href="https://people.com/"><em>People</em></a> magazine that she took voice lessons and spent two hours a day in the hair and makeup chair to prepare for the Judy Garland role.</p> <p>Zellweger went on to win an academy award for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for her part in the movie Cold Mountain.</p> <p>Garland’s daughter, Liza Minnelli has refused to associate herself with the film, saying she never met or spoke with Zellweger.</p> <p>“I do not approve nor sanction the upcoming film about Judy Garland in any way,” wrote Minnelli on Facebook in 2018.</p> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"></div> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9" style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g4ynUq8TjYA"></iframe></div>

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New hair alert: Judge Judy ditches signature bob for stunning new look

<p>We have watched her on our TV screens for years, and this time she has come back with a new hairdo – and it is drastically different to her signature short, neat bob many are used to. </p> <p>Judge Judy Sheindlin showed up to the Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday with a modern look as she swept away the red carpet.</p> <p>Her long running courtroom television show, <em>Judge Judy</em>, has never seen her waver from her signature short hairstyle for more than 30 years.</p> <p>However, that hairdo was switched out for a combed-back low ponytail for the event, where she took out the Lifetime Achievement Award.</p> <p>The 76-year-old TV star told <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.etonline.com/media/videos/judge-judy-shares-what-inspired-her-to-try-a-new-hairdo-exclusive-124659" target="_blank"><em>Entertainment Tonight</em></a> the change of style was inspired by wanting to lead a “simpler” life.</p> <p>“It used to take me an hour to get ready for work … or even to go out for dinner,” she said. “Hair, curling, blowing.”</p> <p>However, the new 'do hasn’t just been warmly accepted by fans, but herself as well.</p> <p>“I like it,” she said. “It’s comfortable and easy.”</p> <p>Her on-screen buddy and bailiff, Petri Hawkins Byrd, took to social media to share which look he liked best though.</p> <p>“I tried to stay out of this, y'all won't let me!” the co-star wrote in a caption.</p> <p>“I prefer my boss with the old 'do' (left) More sophisticated and 'Judy'cial.”</p> <p>While accepting her coveted honour at the 46th annual award show, Sheindlin said: “I have a profession that’s always been my passion. And tonight, I have this lovely honor which says I’ve done my job well.</p> <p>“Life has a beginning, a middle and an end. As most of us, I don’t remember the very beginning, I’m having an absolute blast in the middle, and if my luck holds, I won’t be around for the end.”</p> <p>Judge Judy first premiered on September 16, 1996 and is currently in its 23rd season.</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see Judge Judy’s new stunning, sleek hairstyle here.</p>

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Kyle Sandiland's new TV show: "It’s just like Judge Judy but it’s me instead of Judy"

<p>Kyle Sandilands news TV show <em>Trial By Kyle</em> is one of eight new shows that will air as part of Channel 10’s Pilot Week, which kicks off this Sunday night.</p> <p>As Sandilands puts it, the show is “just like <em>Judge Judy</em> but it’s me instead of Judy”.</p> <p>He is joined by <em>The Bachelor </em>winner Anna Heinrich, a criminal lawyer, who will assist Sandilands in analysing evidence in each case.</p> <p>“The thing that’s great about it, apart from me and Anna, is the Australian problems are very different from the American problems,” Sandilands said.</p> <p>“On <em>Judge Judy</em> they’re always arguing about someone owing someone some money for some meth … but ours are real problems, like boobs jobs, paparazzi fights, friends falling out over loan money. We have different problems but they’re really quite interesting.”</p> <p>Just like <em>Judge Judy,</em> if Sandilands decides that someone owes money to another person the show will cover the costs.</p> <p>“Screentime Australia (which produces the show) covers the costs,” Sandilands confirmed.</p> <p>“But I was a real stinge. We had quite a big budget but I would only give what felt right. I don’t want to give you money if I think you’re a f***ing idiot. Just because I’ve got a budget doesn’t mean I’m going to use it.”</p> <p>Only one episode of the show will go to air before Channel 10 chooses which show gets picked up and aired in full next year.</p> <p>But Sandilands has already declared he doesn’t care if his TV pilot gets picked up or not.</p> <p>“I think everyone hopes it will go (ahead) but I also don’t give a f**k if it doesn’t,” the KIIS FM host told news.com.au.</p> <p>“I’m not going to cry and be on Xanax or anything. I don’t care.”</p> <p>Sandilands says there’s already interests from other networks for his show.</p> <p>“I got the international rights and people are already interested in buying it,” he said. “So that’s my only interest. I’m only motivated by money and fame,” Sandilands said, before laughing.</p> <p>Asked where he’ll be watching his new show, he quipped: “At home, in bed, in my undies.”</p> <p><strong><em>Trial By Kyle</em> is set to air next Thursday, August 23, at 8.30pm </strong></p>

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Inside Judge Judy’s new $12 million mansion

<p style="margin-top: 0cm; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">Judge Judy has bought a new home with her husband Jerry for $AU12.15 million in Newport, Rhode Island.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; background: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">The 9,719-square-foot property has six bedrooms, six full bathrooms, two partial bathrooms, a pool and an elevator.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; background: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">Most of the rooms in the impressive mansion have panoramic ocean views and there are many other modern amenities, such as a geothermal heating and cooling system and heated floors.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; background: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">The home was previously owned by Campbell Soup heiress Dorrance Hamilton, who nicknamed the property ‘The Bird House’ because of her love for birds.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; background: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">According to a news release, Judy Sheindlin told Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty that she and her husband are “looking forward to falling in love with Newport”.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; background: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">The home is located at one of the highest points in Newport, so Judge Judy will be secluded away from prying eyes.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; background: white; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: black;">Take a look inside the $12 million mansion by scrolling through the gallery above.</span></p>

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First look at Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland in upcoming biopic

<p>Renee Zellweger looked virtually unrecognisable as she transformed into Judy Garland for the biopic <em>Judy,</em> based on the Hollywood icon's incredible life.</p> <p>The American actress, 48, was snapped in a well-coiffed brown wig with a large bouffant characteristic of Garland's image as she filmed scenes in London on Thursday.</p> <p><img width="381" height="631" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/22/17/4A7231AF00000578-0-image-a-1_1521738822902.jpg" alt="Late icon: Renee Zellweger, 48, transformed into Judy Garland, as she filmed scenes with her co-star Finn Wittrock - who plays her fifth husband in the biopic Judy - in London on Thursday" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="i-c6b2fc18839ed356"/></p> <p><img width="379" height="568" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/22/18/4A57E67100000578-5532953-Wow_A_first_look_image_of_Renee_Zellweger_portraying_Judy_Garlan-a-77_1521742853385.jpg" alt="Wow! A first-look image of Renee Zellweger portraying Judy Garland was released on Monday, showing impeccable attention to detail for the coveted role" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="i-8787f290c080546a"/></p> <p>The film will centre around Garland’s final concerts in London, nearly 30 years after she became a household name as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.</p> <p>It will particularly focus on her romance with musician Mickey Deans (played by actor Finn Wittrock), who Garland married several months before her death in June 1969 aged 47.</p> <p> <img width="399" height="593" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/03/22/18/4A72B6F900000578-5532953-image-a-78_1521743409442.jpg" alt="Plot: In particular the biopic will focus on her romance with musician Mickey Deans (Finn), who Garland married several months before her death in June 1969 aged 47 " class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="i-85dff1e0a0332a92"/></p> <p> </p>

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10 best Judge Judy moments of all time

<p>Judge Judy is unquestionably the <a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/finance/legal/2017/10/this-is-the-most-ridiculous-case-in-judge-judy-history/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">queen of courtroom-based daytime television programs</span></strong></a>. For over 20 years she’s sat behind the gavel, ruling her <a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/finance/legal/2017/10/this-might-be-judge-judys-snappiest-comeback/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">televised courtroom with an iron fist</span></strong></a> and coming across plenty of interesting cases along the way.</p> <p>Part of what makes Judge Judy work as a program is Judge Judy Sheindlin’s snappy, witty skill as a judge and television presenter (which makes her well worth her whopping salary) and the other part is the oddballs you see on trial.</p> <p>So, which cases stand out from the pack?</p> <p>Well, the team at Ms Mojo have put together a highlight reel of the top 10 best Judge Judy moments from over the years. From the funny to the confusing to those that were memorable for the wrong reasons, there’s quite a selection.</p> <p>Check it out below:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CS7W64rXPiw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>What’s your favourite Judge Judy moment?</p> <p><em>Image credit: YouTube / Ms Mojo</em></p>

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This is what happens when you lie to Judge Judy

<p>From <a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/finance/legal/2017/08/judge-judy-lets-dog-loose-in-courtroom-to-determine-true-owner/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">letting a dog in her court room</span></strong></a> to determine its true owner, to dealing with <a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/finance/legal/2017/10/this-might-be-judge-judys-snappiest-comeback/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">witnesses who can barely string a sentence together</span></strong></a>, Judge Judy Sheindlin has seen it all behind the gavel in her long-running court based reality TV show.</p> <p>There’s a reason <a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/tv/2017/08/judge-judy-on-how-she-locked-down-a-59m-a-year-salary/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Judge Judy earns the big bucks</span></strong></a>, and if you’re trying to get one past television’s most famous legal personality, odds are you’re going to get caught out.</p> <p>The people in today’s case found this out the hard way, when they tried to deceive the 75-year-old television icon and found themselves caught out, almost immediately.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KjGCjbdDrtk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>Judge Judy is currently in its 22nd season, which commenced Monday, September 11, 2017.</p> <p>Do you watch Judge Judy?</p> <p><em>Hero image credit: YouTube / Community</em></p>

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