‘I don’t deal in nonsense’: Tulisa on ‘revenge porn’, tabloid stings, celibacy, success and survival

Why does anyone go on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!? Sometimes there’s an obvious reputation-washing agenda, which annoyingly seems to work – people who are really hated come out more popular (Matt Hancock, for example). Other times it looks as if they need the money. For Tulisa, born Tula Paulinea Contostavlos 36 years ago in north London, her recent stint sounds more like aversion therapy. “I had a lot of fear surrounding exposure,” she says, “and I got to the point where I thought: ‘Am I holding on to this fear because of what people have done to me in the past? Am I letting other people change my perception of what my career is and could be?’ I didn’t want to feel that way any more.”It wasn’t really about winning (she got voted off in week three) and, as for the rest, the result was inconclusive

Raygun musical creator announces ‘completely legal’ new show after legal threat from breaker

The comedian who cancelled her Raygun-inspired musical after the breakdancer’s lawyers issued her a notice saying she was “damaging her brand” will now go ahead with another “completely legal parody musical” about breakdancing.It comes after Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, via her lawyers, requested $10,000 from the promoter of the initial show to cover legal fees.Creator Steph Broadbridge cancelled Raygun: The Musical – which featured on its promotional material a silhouette image of Gunn doing her infamous kangaroo move – before the show’s Sydney premiere after Broadbridge received a notice from Gunn’s lawyers two weeks ago.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailGunn, who is known under her breakdancer name Raygun, went viral in August for her unconventional moves at the Paris Olympics, where she failed to receive a point from the judges and was knocked out at the round-robin stage.On Thursday, Broadbridge posted to social media a flyer for another show called Breaking The Musical

Stephen Colbert on Justin Trudeau’s political crisis: ‘Welcome to the club’

Late-show hosts cover various democracies in peril and a surprising new survey on Americans’ Christmas preferences.With just a week remaining until Christmas, Stephen Colbert addressed serious reports that many Americans would prefer burgers to turkey as their Christmas Day meal. “I’ve got to ask: if we eat burgers on Christmas, what are we going to eat on the Fourth of July?” The Late Show host asked on Tuesday evening. “This throws off the whole festive food calendar. I can’t eat burritos on Arbor Day!”It’s not just burgers – 44% of survey respondents said they would prefer pizza, 38% picked tacos and 34% would choose Chinese takeout

Lazy Susan: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

I am Lazy Susan from Drag Race Down Under, and I have a confession: this article is the pinnacle of my career – everything I have ever aspired to. After this moment, nothing else will compare. For years, I’ve been a devoted fan of the Guardian’s 10 funniest things column: sometimes finding joy, sometimes critiquing the mediocre taste of people more successful than me, but always captivated by its unique insight into the human mind. During many long nights as I toiled away in lipstick-sodden obscurity, I would gaze at the sky and dream of the day I’d finally have the chance to write my own list of 10 things.Now, riding the wave of newfound celebrity – ascending to a status reserved only for the likes of TikTok comedians, Fboys, and Muster Dogs – I can finally say it: I am Lazy Susan, and THESE are the funniest things from the internet

Why Australian politicians are angry at the ‘woke brigade’ over gender neutral gingerbread

What’s this about a gingerbread man scandal rocking Parliament House?I think you mean gingerbread PEOPLE – which is the recipe for this particular pastry palaver.Parliament House’s various cafes are stocking holiday-themed goods, from Christmas cookies to green-and-red iced doughnuts and fruit mince pies, but one specific treat caught the eye of anti-woke warriors this week: the Queen’s Terrace cafe, the public cafeteria inside APH, is selling vegan “gingerbread people” in its window. Apparently it’s another instalment in the war on Christmas.So the presence of gingerbread people indicates an attack on Christmas has been launched?“Leave Christmas alone,” railed Nationals senator Matt Canavan. Colleague Barnaby Joyce told news

Tintin and the terrific tomb: Essex heritage listing is thrill for Hergé fans

Blistering barnacles! Thundering typhoons! Blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon! Who knew there was a 300-year-old tomb in Essex that can be linked to Tintin’s boozy best friend Captain Haddock?The little-known tomb of Mary Haddock, in a churchyard in Leigh-on-Sea, has been named as one of the quirkier places given listed status in 2024 by Historic England.It has a fascinating Tintin link and is one of 17 “remarkable and unusual historic buildings and places” given protection and which, Historic England argues, collectively shine light on the diversity of England’s heritage.Also on the 2024 list is a brutalist 1960s church above a Tesco Express, a pioneering former maternity ward and an electricity junction box.The annual list is meant to be fun, but also a provocation. The heritage minister, Chris Bryant, said: “Like all ‘best of’ year lists worth reading, I implore you to pore over these 17 wonderful places and go and experience some of them for yourself in the new year