Sally Obermeder: Surrogacy Pregnancy - Baby Two! 'Sunday Night' story: VIDEO

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The full story right HERE.

And some beautiful screen grabs from tonight's story on 'Sunday Night':

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The most wonderful news from Sally Obermeder tonight!

She has just posted THIS on social media:

Yes, it's true. Thrilled to bits to share that @marcusobermeder and I are adding to our family thanks to the most incredible surrogate. We have shared our story of ups and downs with the amazing team from Sunday Night. It airs this Sunday at 7pm. 
❤️❤️

Their adorable little daughter Annabelle Grace holds the sign that brings even more joy to the little family:

Here is the 'Sunday Night' sneak peek - tears already!

SUNDAY: How @SallyObermeder's dream of another child was made possible by a woman halfway across the globe #SN7 pic.twitter.com/uGAli4bQ1a

— sunday night (@sundaynighton7) July 28, 2016

As the reports says, Sally has been forced to leave Australia to grow her family - surrogacy is illegal in Australia.

She says in the clip: "I still feel strange that I'm not carrying this child..."

We see moment Sal meets the woman carrying her child. WOW!

Here is more on Sally's baby journey, cancer battle, and life story...

Shedding light on her surrogacy journey - read more HERE.

The 'Today Tonight' report on her cancer battle - read more HERE.

Bruna Papandrea: 'Sunday Night' VIDEO

I LOVE this story - a report which screened tonight on Channel 7's flagship program 'Sunday Night.'

Bruna Papandrea has been on my radar for a LONG time. Josie's Juice ran a story on the movie and book 'Wild' - more on the Bruna connection later - as well as the movie 'Gone Girl'.

Bruna is Aussie, Italo-Australian in fact, and has been making a HUGE impact on Hollywood for several years now. A powerhouse and hugely talented in her own right, and now connecting with Hollywood actress Reece Witherspoon, establishing their production company together in 2012.

Both voracious readers, they bonded over books. In fact, their shared love of reading brought them together.

She said she gave the book 'Wild' to Bruna, and said: "What do you think about coming to produce with me?"

Says Reece - who calls herself an 'honorary Aussie': "She read it called me and said, 'This is amazing, and I really want to make this movie. She's like, I'm not sure if I want to be in a production company with you. But... I want to make this movie."

Asks Jackie: "You actually played hard to get, she would tell you that I was very hard to get..."

Adds Reece: "We kinda did like a dating thing where she wasn't sure for a little while, and then finally she called me and said, 'Okay, I'll try. I'll try and have a production company with you."

And what with 'Wild' and 'Gone Girl'?

Collectively, the movies they produced and brought to screen life (after BOTH books topped the New York Times bestseller list at the SAME time - by then, Bruna and Reece had already secured the rights to produce them), made half a billion dollars at the box office. Yes. Half a billion. Right on the money, ladies. Narrates Jackie in the 'Sunday Night' report:

"They were two strong women making hit movies about two strong women." Indeed.

Watch the whole story HERE.

She says about Aussies: "...That courage, that sense of bravery is really attractive."

The next big project for these two talented, insightful, on the money women? A mini series based on the best selling Aussie novel 'Big Little Lies.'

Bruna's story is a feature article in this month's edition of marie claire Australia magazine.

My fave part of this story? That two people can connect SO much and bond SO well they simply have to work together. What's not to love about that, in any walk of life!

What happens when you mix a nursing home with childcare: VIDEO, 'Sunday Night' - part two

Did you see the 'Sunday Night' story 

Part one of the story is here.

Part two of the story is here below:

Cass and Jason’s cancer fight, 'Sunday Night': VIDEO

The story - presented by the beautiful Sally Obermeder - everyone is talking about.

Cass Nascimento and Jason Carrasco were a young couple, brought together by a terrible illness, but they would only have a few years together.

Cass and Jason, as they each went through their cancer battles, and supported each other

What they did in that time was truly inspiring.

Sally: the only person who tell this emotional story, having battled cancer herself, with vigour and passion and, thankfully, living to tell the story.

Jason did too. Very sadly, Cass did not…

Watch the entire story here:

Gloria was awarded Barnados Australian Mother of the Year for 2014.

Gloria was nominated by another Jason, was given the honour at a ceremony on Friday, May 9. She was up against incredible women representing each state and territory.

Jason's intention: he wanted Gloria to be recognised for all of the care and support she offered other young cancer patients when Cass was going through treatment.

"At first I was overwhelmed [with the acknowledgement] but then I knew Cassie would be watching," Gloria said at the time.

"She was such a go-getter; she would have said 'Go for it, Mum!'"

Gloria and Jason are both continuing their work with Sony Foundation and their You Can campaign, of which Cass was such a loyal supporter.

They will host a walk in November in Wollongong to honour Cass' memory. To find out more about that, click here.

You can also donate to the foundation here.

To find out more about You Can on their Facebook page, click here.

Cassi and her mum, Gloria

Rest in peace, beautiful soul.

Cassi and Jason

'Forbidden love': Aussie woman in Lebanon: Sunday Night - VIDEO

On Channel 7's 'Sunday Night' program, they follow the Australian couple who made headlines a few months ago when a young mother fled the country for Lebanon, and later asked the Australian government for assistance in returning.

Here is more to the story, below. But first, from the show's Facebook page:

'The shocking story of an Australian mother controlled by Islamic law - hunted by her estranged husband, charged with adultery and disowned by her family for being with a man who loved her.'

As per the 'Sunday Night' Facebook page:

'We follow the unthinkable struggle of an Australian woman fighting to leave a controlling marriage to be with the man she loves. But Mahassan has been shunned by her family and her culture and labelled a criminal.'

Here is a trailer for the interview, which screens this Sunday:



'Sunday Night' will screen on Sunday (and each Sunday) at 8pm, on Channel 7.

More photos of the couple released to media at the time of the headlines:

Amanda Goff, High-Class Escort: 'Sunday Night'

UPDATED:

The entire interview from 'Sunday Night' is here:



This morning, the identity of the woman featured in a teaser ad run by  the Channel 7 show 'Sunday Night' was revealed. Amanda Goff, former beauty editor for Prevention magazine and an acting magazine editor for New Idea, as well as beauty writer for InStyle magazine, was revealed as the woman behind these ads, featuring a Sydney media identity who is now leading a double life as an escort, getting paid $800 per one hour session. She works for herself and goes under the name of 'Samantha X'.

I worked alongside Amanda when she was beauty editor at Prevention magazine and I was a sub-editor and editor on a special mini-mag produced for the mag. I recall we had a mutual friend and chatted about that, and exchanged general friendly chit-chat.

Amanda has friends who are friends with me, and who have posted on social media today saying that this news does not ring true with the person they know and love.

And that's the thing: escorts don't often 'look like' what they're 'meant to'.

I discovered this when I researched and wrote a story for Marie Claire Australia on high class hookers at Sydney's Stilettos.

The women I interviewed were breathtakingly beautiful. Stunning, intelligent women who were former business owners or current university students, the latter very adamant they were doing it just to pay uni fees. Many of these women had long standing clients, and most of these clients were married men. Some were young men venturing into sex for the first time with weekly appointments with them, others were uni professors and businessmen who wanted 'a bit on the side' while remaining married to their long-term partners. Their wives knew not a single thing about their double lives. None of the women 'looked' like prostitutes. And I recall asking if any of the women had boyfriends or long term relationships. No… the majority of these women were single, and had tried being in relationships but found that their men were ultimately jealous and the sex workers had to break off these relationships. See some of that magazine story here.

Here is Amanda Goff as call-girl and Amanda Goff as magazine girl:

Amanda is releasing a book called 'Hooked - Secrets of a High-Class Escort'.

The 40 year old is now a mother of two by day and a sex worker by night.

Read more on Amanda's story here and tune in tonight on Channel 7 at 8.30pm, on 'Sunday Night.'

Oh, I also had to include this post, clearly translated by someone with English clearly not their first language. Eek.

UPDATED:

'Sunday Night' ran a live Q & A on Facebook with Amanda, AKA Samantha X. They posted this message at around 10.20pm on the night the story screened:

We are ending our live Q&A with Amanda, AKA Samantha X, and thank you all for your questions. She has responded with this message:

Dear all,
Thank you for watching. I just want to say a few things that were edited out on TV...Firstly, only a small percentage of my clients are married. I see men whose wives have died, disabled people, men who havent had sex in 20 years, etc etc..
Also, my job actually involves very little sex sometimes! It's mostly companionship. I hear a lot, I see a lot, and I have compassion for a human being who is lonely, sad, depressed whatever. It is not up to me to judge him if he is married.
Regarding my children. They are very little (under 7). I have been seeing a child psychologist for a year now and speaking to her about what to tell the kids and when, and I can assure you all that they are fine and will be OK.
I appreciate all your comments.
Thank you.

Here is a pic from Samantha's site:

And here is the interview with Samantha X and Kyle & Jackie O on KIIS radio:

'Sunday Night': Mel Greig speaks to Melissa Doyle

Explosive viewing, on tonight - the world exclusive with Mel Greig by Melissa Doyle, one of the radio DJs at the centre of the 'royal prank' scandal.

Preview here:



Updated: part one and two of the 'Sunday Night' report - click here to watch.