Taylor Swift: Mayer is presumptuous

John Mayer and Taylor Swift perform together at the 2009 Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden in New York. Picture: AP Source: AP

TAYLOR Swift says John Mayer is "presumptuous" for thinking one of her songs is about him.

The pair dated for a short period in 2009 and her 2010 album Speak Now features a song entitled Dear John.

However, the 22-year-old country singer denies the song is about her ex.

"How presumptuous!" she exclaimed to Glamour magazine.

"I never disclose who my songs are about."

John spoke out to Rolling Stone magazine in June, claiming the song was ?cheap? and ?humiliating?.

Despite being outraged by the accusation, Taylor would rather not know the details of John?s interview.

"I know it wasn't good, so I don't want to know. I put a high priority on staying happy, and I know what I can't handle,? she explained.

"It's not that I'm this egomaniac and I don't want to hear anything negative, because I do keep myself in check. But I've never developed that thick a skin. So I just kind of live a life, and I let all the gossip live somewhere else. If you go too far down the rabbit hole of what people think about you, it can change everything about who you are."

The We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together singer is now dating Conor Kennedy, the son of Robert Kennedy Jr. and the late Mary Kennedy.

Taylor prefers to keep her relationship with the 18-year-old private.

"I don't talk about my personal life in great detail," she said.

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Loki is sexier than Johnny Depp?

A psychopath, a killer and a liar but oh so very sexy. Tom Hiddleston as the evil god Loki in The Avengers. Picture: Marvel / Disney Source: Supplied

ROBERT Pattinson has been named the world's sexiest man. No surprises there, but what will raise eyebrows is how much everyone likes the bad guy in The Avengers.

According to Glamour magazine, he's sexier than Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr and Alexander Skarsg�rd.

The magazine praises actor Tom Hiddleston for being "a genuine gentleman" and "incredibly clever", although most people will know him as the psychopathic God who hates superheroes.

Despite getting to number two, this is Hiddleston's first appearance on Glamour's annual list of 50 Sexiest Men, although Glamour did name him Man of the Year earlier this year.

Another odd face turning Glamour on is Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch. He's ranked number five on the list, above more traditional hunks including Ryan Gosling and Ian Somerhalder.

It must be the size of his brain.

Of the poll's winner, Glamour teases: "Should he need a shoulder to cry on, there are 10,360 individuals among you who will gladly step up."

This is the third time in a row Pattinson has claimed the title. His tumultuous private life, following revelations that his girlfriend Kristen Stewart had an affair, has kept him in the headlines.

Every member of One Direction has also made the list, with Harry Styles leading the way in 22nd place.

Other famous faces to feature in the top ten are David Beckham, Justin Bieber, Zac Efron, Gerard Butler and Ryan Reynolds.

Oscar-winner Colin Firth, 52, is the oldest entry in the list.

More than 40,000 people voted in the poll. It's not known how many of them have a Twilight poster on their wall or RPatz scrapbook beside their bed.

Glamour's Top 20

1. Robert Pattinson

2. Tom Hiddleston

3. Johnny Depp

4. Michael Fassbender

5. Benedict Cumberbatch

6. Robert Downey Jr.

7. Taylor Lautner

8. Paul Wesley

9. James McAvoy

10. Henry Cavill

11. Cory Monteith

12. Ian Somerhalder

13. Ed Westwick

14. Alexander Skarsg�rd

15. Joe Manganiello

16. Danny O'Donoghue

17. Ryan Gosling

18. Christian Bale

19. Chris Hemsworth

20. Tom Hardy

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Carr welcomes lawyer's release

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has confirmed Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor is set to be released by 9pm Monday AEST.

Detained Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor has finally been allowed to make contact with her family.

Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor is expected to be released from a Libyan jail today. Source: AFP

UPDATE: THE federal government has welcomed news Libyan authorities are expected to release Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor later today.

A spokesman for Foreign Minister Bob Carr said "all going well" the International Criminal Court lawyer will be released into the custody of Australian officials tonight and will board a plane bound for Europe by midnight.

"We welcome the news that she is likely to be released today," the spokesman told AAP from New York.

"We thank the Libyan authorities for their cooperation."

Australia also thanks the wider international community for their help and support, the spokesman said.

Ms Taylor is likely to be taken to Rome before her onward journey to her home in The Hague.

Ms Taylor, along with three of her ICC colleagues, was detained in the Libyan city of Zintan on June 7 while representing Seif al-Islam, the son of the former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Libyan officials said she was found carrying documents for Seif that were judged a threat to national security.

Senator Carr has lobbied hard for her release, even visiting the Libyan capital Tripoli last month to press her case.

Ms Taylor was not able to speak to her husband and young daughter until last week.

Senator Carr said Ms Taylor was permitted to call her home in The Hague shortly after a visit by Australia's ambassador David Ritchie.

Mr Carr subsequently spoke to Ms Taylor's Brisbane-based parents John and Janelle, who were relieved to hear she was finally allowed a phone call.

Her parents had pleaded with Libya to release their daughter in time for her toddler's third birthday in July.

The three other detained ICC staffers are from Lebanon, Russia and Spain.

Mr Carr said a week ago that talks in The Hague between the ICC and the Libyan authorities had resulted in "the ICC expressing regret, effectively an apology for any misunderstandings".

The ICC has stopped short of admitting to any wrongdoing but has said it will fully investigate its team's behaviour upon their return.

"When the ICC has completed its investigation, the Court will ensure that anyone found responsible for any misconduct will be subject to appropriate sanctions," it added in a statement issued last month.

The ICC wants to try Seif al-Islam, 39, for crimes against humanity during his father's rule, which came to an abrupt end last year.

Tripoli insists he should be tried locally and filed on May 1 a motion challenging the ICC's jurisdiction to put him on trial in The Hague.

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Backlash hits Alan Jones hard

Facing the media Alan Jones has apologised for remarks regarding the Prime Minister's late father.

An apology, of sorts ... shock jock Alan Jones at Sunday's press conference / Pic: Nikki Short Source: The Daily Telegraph

THE fallout for Alan Jones over his controversial comment that Julia Gillard's father "died of shame" intensified yesterday, with more sponsors pulling ads, his top-rating radio show being axed by several regional radio stations and the talkback host dumped from speaking at an anti-coal seam gas rally.

PM Julia Gillard will not be taking Alan Jones's call so he can personally apologise for his comments.

Coles, Mercedes-Benz, Freedom Furniture, Dilmah Tea, ING Direct, Challenger financial services and the Australian International Motor Show yesterday joined a growing list of major companies to cancel advertising on Jones' top rating 2GB breakfast show.

By last night more than 39,000 people had signed an online petition calling on advertisers to pull support from the program following the publication of Jones' comments at a Sydney University Liberal Club dinner late last month.

Source: Supplied

Senior Labor MPs used the controversy to attack Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, claiming he had failed to sufficiently condemn the remarks.

Several cabinet ministers, including Transport Minister Anthony Albanese, also threatened to boycott the program, although the move was branded as hollow given few appear on the program.

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman defended the broadcaster, saying it took "guts" to publicly apologise and said he would have no problem appearing on Jones' radio show.

Woolworths also distanced itself from the furore after it emerged that the grocery giant's head of government affairs, Simon Berger, was the MC at the dinner and had donated a chaff bag jacket signed by Jones to be auctioned on the night.

Source: News Limited

Source: Supplied

The jacket was a reference to previous comments made by Jones that Ms Gillard should be put in a chaff bag with Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore and thrown in the sea. Jones bought the jacket at the auction.

"We've acknowledged that a staff member, in a private capacity, attended the Young Liberals function where Mr Jones made some offensive comments about the Prime Minister," a Woolworths' statement said. "Woolworths in no way supports the comments made at that function."

A spokesman said the company was not currently advertising on Jones' program but had suspended any future advertising "indefinitely".

THE radio star was talking at a Liberal Party event and was unaware that his highly insensitive comments were being recorded

It wasn't just advertisers walking away, with two regional radio stations, Albury's 2AY and 2QN in Deniliquin, yesterday cutting ties, citing overwhelming negative listener feedback.

In a personal blow to Jones, the organisers of the Rock the Gate Northern Rivers anti-CSG rally in Murwillumbah withdrew an invitation for him to speak at the event.

Rally organiser Michael McNamara said he was left with no choice after Jones' "incomprehensible" remarks about the late John Gillard.

"That anybody would suggest a parent died of shame because of their child is so beyond the pale. It beggars belief that anybody, let alone someone with any sort of public profile, would think it, let alone (say) it," Mr McNamara said.

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'Red Shirt' to run for Thai government

A THAI protest leader accused of terrorism was released from prison briefly to apply to run in a by-election seen as a key test of the opposition's prospects of success in nationwide polls.

Kokaew Pikulthong, a senior "Red Shirt" involved in the mass rally in Bangkok that ended last month, will stand against incumbent Panich Vikitsreth of the ruling Democrat Party in the July 25 vote in the capital.

A Thai court last week granted permission for Kokaew, the candidate of the main opposition Puea Thai Party, to be released temporarily from Bangkok Remand Prison to register to challenge Panich, a vice foreign minister.

Mr Kokaew, who has not been convicted of any crimes relating to his role in the two-month-long street protest, was later returned to detention, but is expected to seek permission to be released again to campaign for votes.

The Red Shirts' rally, which at its peak attracted up to about 100,000 people demanding immediate elections, sparked outbreaks of violence that left 90 people dead, mostly civilians, and nearly 1900 injured.

Enraged protesters set fire to dozens of major buildings after the army crushed the demonstration by the mostly poor and working class Reds with an assault on their vast fortified encampment in central Bangkok on May 19.

The Red Shirts were campaigning for elections they hoped would oust the government, which they view as undemocratic because it came to power with the backing of the army after a court ruling threw out the previous administration.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva proposed November polls in a bid to end the crippling protests, but shelved the plan because the Reds -- many of whom seek the return of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra -- refused to disperse.

Mr Abhisit, whose government was elected by parliamentary vote in 2008 and enjoys support among the Bangkok-based elite, must call nationwide elections by the end of next year at the latest.

Many of the Red Shirt leaders are in jail facing terrorism charges for their roles in the unrest. The government has rejected the opposition's call for a state of emergency to be lifted in the capital for the by-election.
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Rapper Eazy-E -- Bank Forecloses On Infamous Party Mansion

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Straight outta Calabasas ... the mansion rapper Eazy-E used to call his "Playhouse" was foreclosed on earlier this year� -- and TMZ has learned it was all because his widow allegedly stopped making payments on the home.

The late rapper's crib was famous back in the early 90's for crazy, all-night parties -- as well as an open door policy for entourage members and hoards of women.

The 6,700 square-foot pad reportedly even had a black room with fluorescent pillows and a neon sign that read "Eazy's Playhouse."

When the N.W.A rapper died in 1995, the digs passed to his wife Tomica Wright. But according to official records, which just became available, she fell behind on the mortgage payments in 2011... to the tune of $168,278.78.

Unable to come up with the cash ... the 5-bedroom, 6-bath house was sold at a foreclosure auction in May for $2.2 million.

... now pour out some liquor.

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Indonesia visit will happen, says Obama

UNITED States President Barack Obama says his twice delayed trip to Indonesia is going to happen.

His trip to the most populous Muslim nation is tied with a trip to Australia but he made no specific mention of Australia.

Domestic emergencies including the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill have kept Mr Obama from visiting previously.

Mr Obama held a bilateral meeting with Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the sidelines of Toronto's G20 meeting.

"Because of the crisis that we've had in the Gulf, I've had to delay the trip," Mr Obama told reporters at G20.

"But graciously, for a second time now, the president has re-extended the invitation, and I am confident that we are going to get there."

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