Alice Coster

A palpable sense of anticipation in the Parisian restaurant is building. So too the crowd, dressed in every shade of black. Layer upon layer of pleated tunics, asymmetric patchwork blazers, frayed hems.

Not so Marvellous Melbourne is again under the spotlight, after a US country music star shared footage of a frightening incident at a McDonald’s in which a female staffer was allegedly abused and spat at.

He knows where the bodies are buried, now Nine’s chief spinner Terry Stuart is the latest hit by the network’s sweeping cost cutting measures.

Not so Marvellous Melbourne is again under the spotlight, after a US country music star shared footage of a frightening incident at a McDonald’s in which a female staffer was allegedly abused and spat at.

Melbourne prides itself on its hospitality and dining scene and it was oh so very close to joining one of the most exclusive clubs in global gastronomy.

Now that’s what you call a Labor of love.

Bit rich of AFL stars raking in the coin to turn on the media

Parents at elite Anglican private school Caulfield Grammar have pulled their kids from attending a year 8 incursion day on Friday for pushing them to “identify as male” or “female”.

Jesinta Franklin says she was in for a big surprise when she found out baby number three was on the way.

Talk of Snoop Dogg crip walking on to the hallowed turf of the MCG is all but confirmed with contracts getting very close to being signed on the dotted line.

We’ve all seen the video by now.

Behind the high fenced walls of our expensive ‘burbs, from Toorak to Briggghton come the whispers of just who has been nipped, tucked, sucked and pricked. And no we aren’t talking about housewives husbands. Dah-ling one’s betrothed is the last things on the minds of our pilates toned Lululemon wearing social set. It’s all about who’s got what and where to go for the best plastic surgery.

It’s been described as the “lick ick”, and just thinking about it again makes me wanna go ewwww.

Sarah Snook’s Wilde adventure continues on Broadway, picking up a Best Actress Tony award nomination for her role in “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.

It’s been labelled the most unhinged ‘don’t do drugs, or cheat on your wife’ Christmas party pep talk ever witnessed.

The estranged wife of AFL premiership player Ricky ­Olarenshaw – arrested over the Bali sex spa scandal – claims she has been exploited by the former Bombers star and his business partners.

Former AFL star’s wife arrested in Bali sex raids

French champagne house G.H. Mumm has withdrawn its lucrative partnership with restaurant Reine & La Rue after owner Al Yazbek was charged for carrying an anti-Israel placard featuring a swastika at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney.

Prepare to see Nadia Bartel stripped back like we’ve never seen her before.

When a big international music act comes to town, what’s the first thing everyone wants to know?