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Kyle Sandilands has apologised for a segment where he and Jackie O hooked a 14-year-old to a lie detector to ask about her sex life. "I'm really sorry that we didn't realise what she'd been through," Sandilands said. "If we had, we would have broadcast her rape counselling session instead. It would have made much better radio."

Read more: Kyle's apology for lie detector stunt fails lie detector

Police today closed down a TV station after finding that exploitative images of children in vulnerable situations. But a spokesperson for the ABC has claimed that the images of a young 8-year-old, Bindi Irwin, were “used for artistic purposes, or at the very least to fill 30 minutes of airtime on ABC Kids”.

Read more: Exploitative images of young girl found: Terri Irwin blamed

Wolfmother’s bassist and drummer have left the threepiece outfit, saying the band’s artistic vision had strayed from the original vision for the band that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant formulated in 1968. Stockdale says the pair have broken an agreement that members could only leave the band in the manner pioneered by former Zeppelin drummer John Bonham – choking to death on your own vomit.

Read more: Wolfmother breaks up, citing artistic differences from Led Zep

An unprecedented era of book-enjoyment has come to a halt this month, as children around the world finish the final chapter of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. "I didn't know whether Harry or Voldemort was going to die in Book Seven," one fan said. "But I've always known that when the series ended, I'd be saying ‘avada kedavra' to my interest in books."

Read more: Harry Potter ends: children stop reading

After building casinos in Macau and Hong Kong, James Packer has increased his exposure to the gambling industry after deciding to chance his fortune on another wife.Most experts rate the mogul's business decisions as considerably more sound than those he makes about his personal life. "The Asian gambling market will be around for the long haul," one analyst said. "Whereas historical performance figures show that James' model acquisitions leave him significantly in the red after a few years."

Read more: Packer invests more in gambling: marries again

A judge has ruled Paris Hilton will be "in" custody this season, sentencing her to 45 days in county jail. "Paris is known for her variety of looks," he said. "This season it'll be stripes." The judge said he had considered a community service order instead of jail, but had decided that Hilton could best serve the community by being removed from it.

Read more: Judge rules Paris is "in" this season

The producers of Big Brother have honoured a contestant's father's wish that his daughter Emma not be told of his death. "I've been watching the series, and I know how depressing the goings-on in that house are," he told family members. "I'm worried that the news could tip her over the edge." Instead, all housemates will be allowed to share in the moment at a special, prime-time ‘Friday Night Funeral' episode.

Read more: BB's Emma suspicious about new 'burying father' task

Although the pair have no immediate intentions to quit churning out episode after episode of catchphrase-based comedy, Little Britain creators Matt Lucas and David Walliams have annouced that even they have grown weary of the show's repetitious, endlessly quoted toilet humour. "It's a dilemma, because we're sick to death of it, but it's just so lucrative," Lucas said. "The BBC keeps asking us to do more, and we say yeah, but no, but yeah, but no. But then they wave even more money at us, and we say yeah."

Read more: Even stars now sick of 'Little Britain'

Geriatric rockstar Keith Richards has hit out at the media this month, claiming he was joking when he told British music mag NME he had snorted his dad Bert's remains in 2002. The Rolling Stones guitarist says the media are "making a mountain out of a relatively small pile of cadaver-infused cocaine."

Read more: Keith Richards denies snorting father's ashes, admits injecting them

After an Oscars acceptance speech filled with hot air, Al Gore was quick to plant a tree to ensure that he did not contribute to global warming. It is the 56,923nd tree Gore has been forced to plant since he started travelling the world to deliver his lengthy lecture on his personal story and the reasons he should have won in 2000, as well as giving a few quick pointers on climate change.

Read more: Al Gore plants a tree to offset speech at Oscars