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Meg Ryan's Tony Awards appearance trends higher than Orlando shooting

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Meg Ryan on stage at the 2016 Tony Awards. Photo: Theo Wargo
Criticism of Meg Ryan's appearance at the Tony Awards outranked news about the Orlando shooting on social media.
Yes, the worst massacre in modern US history where 49 people were killed in a gay club, was nothing compared to the apparent mess that was the new face of Hollywood's former "girl next door".
Ryan made a rare public appearance at Broadway's night of nights where she introduced the cast of She Loves Me, the musical that inspired her film with Tom Hanks, You've Got Mail.
News outlets and Twitter users (both male and female) criticised the legendary actor, saying, among many other cruel things, she looked drastically different than before. On Facebook, Ryan's appearance at the Tonys was trending higher than Orlando.
The 54-year-old is no stranger to the glare of the public eye, nor the firestorm her altered appearance causes as it did in 2013 following speculation she'd undergone excessive plastic surgery.
It's the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" mentality that affects middle-age women which inspired Janet Muggivan to launch Beauty Dossier, an online beauty course dedicated to women aged 45 and over.
"You can't get away from beauty in Hollywood and while the celebrity world and real world are completely different, the beauty world is geared toward younger women, those who party away their money, which is odd as half of the $4 billion worth of products sold in Australia are purchased by women over 45," she said.
"Many women I know in their 50s are renewing their careers, starting digital businesses, this is what they are concerned about and they want to know how to look fresh in the morning and how to deal with greying eyebrows – not contouring."
While Muggivan feels female stars will never escape "the cruel fishbowl" of Hollywood, perhaps a Hillary Clinton victory in the US presidential election could be a win for the oft-ignored women in their 50s and 60s.
Should the 68-year-old Democrat nominee make it to the Oval Office, she'll be a beacon for real women (aka non-celebrities).
As commentator Caitlin Moran wrote, "She just invented a whole new act in the lives of women. Clinton has made the sexual power of being a young woman – so often our gender's greatest currency – look as nothing compared to what you can get in your seventh decade: the world."
McGrath Foundation boss gets candid
Tracy Bevan (left) and Jules Sebastian.
Tracy Bevan, director of the McGrath Foundation and former wife of cricketer Michael, has opened up about her separation for the first time.
The couple split, amicably, two years ago. "There were no lawyers involved," she told Jules Sebastian in an interview for her online talk show, Tea With Jules.
"Mike had stopped playing cricket and I was busy with the McGrath foundation. We were both on two different paths and it was an honest conversation. I just said 'I'm not the right person you need for the next part of your life because this is the road I want to go down and I love you enough to let you go'. Now, we actually get along even better. We are really good friends and the girls are really happy."
Tracy, who was best friends with the late Jane McGrath, was married to Michael for 21 years.
Both McGrath and Tracy were on the Ashes tour in the United Kingdom with their husbands when McGrath discovered a lump in her breast at the age of 31. The mother of two lost her battle with cancer in 2008.
She also spoke candidly about feeling suicidal after suffering severe post-natal depression with her second child and how she sought help after penning a suicide note.
"I remember sitting in a park in the UK and thinking 'If I kill myself tonight, my Mum will be there. Mother would take care of the kids, Michael would eventually be fine," she said.
"I had it all on paper, but I thought to myself 'I love you' but this can't be it for me. I ran home and rang Michael, and explained to him, 'Michael I sat here and thinking of the simplest ways to kill myself and these are the reasons why I feel guilty because I look at my children and think is this it for me'."
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Francesca Packer's dating check list
Francesca Packer Barham. Photo: Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Having split with Melbourne property developer Kelli Holland, James Packer's niece is now one of Australia's most eligible woman. However the newly single 21-year-old doesn't have a relationship checklist like most people her age.
"I'm actually looking for a partner. Which is different from a boyfriend. No I actually want a partner. I don't really care what they do, I don't really have a type with what they look like, I care about it being a partnership. I care about someone who is going to be there to hold me up when I need them too and someone who is not afraid to ask me to hold them up when they need me to," she said. "And someone that will be there in the good and the really, really bad, and the really ugly at 3am when things aren't looking too pretty."
Party of the week: Star Winter launch
Zoe Ventoura and Daniel MacPherson. Photo: Belinda Rolland
The Star plans to do its best to tempt you out of hibernation this winter with a schedule of events and glossy ambassadors. Daniel MacPherson fronted the #nevergrey campaign launch, wife Zoe Ventoura in tow, at Sokyo Lounge as guests including Myer ambassador Kris Smith and Miss Universe Australia Monika Radulovic noshed on Adriano Zumbo's famous macarons. July has been designated Truffle Month. The delicacy will be showcased on degustation menus at various eateries.