Late Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher gave a cow's tongue in a Tiffany's box to a sleazy Hollywood producer two weeks after hearing that he forced himself onto a friend, a screenwriter claims.

Loved and loathed in equal measure the Leyland P76 set out to be "Anything but Average" and according to collectors it certainly is.

The poem Mango, found in the book Comfort Food, appears to have frustrated many students and Ellen van Neerven has worn that frustration in the form of vulgar online abuse — even death threats.

The broadcaster had an opportunity to take the lead on equal pay, but its tone-deaf decision on Lisa Wilkinson's future is from the dinosaur era, writes Alana Schetzer.

A play based on one of Tasmania's most divisive criminal cases is set to open just a week before a long-awaited "last chance" appeal begins in court.