Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher — Lost youth, lapsed sobriety and ghosts from the past

Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher — Lost youth, lapsed sobriety and ghosts from the past

She was a movie star packing box office clout, an action star ex-husband and three kids. He was a successful 20-something sitcom actor with eyes for Hollywood’s leading lady. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s unexpected marriage seemed like a fairytale... at first. They flipped the script on the usual Hollywood relationship age gap. They were the It Couple of mid-2000s and Demi’s ex Bruce Willis even came to their wedding. But as the allegations of Ashton’s infidelity came swirling and Demi’s decades of sobriety came to an end, the cracks began to appear. In this episode of Hooked, Hitched and Hung Up, Britt Hockley and Laura Byrne are asking... did the relationship hasten Demi’s relapse? And in reclaiming her own lost youth, did Demi end up stealing Ashton’s? +++ Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up is a podcast from iHeartPodcasts Australia, Deadset Studios and the KIIS network. Hosted by Laura Byrne and Britt Hockley. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land on which this show was made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Freddie Mercury & Jim Hutton – A match made in a nightclub called Heaven

As the era-defining singer, songwriter and front man of rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury’s life story is bursting with great romances. And none were greater than his last - those picturesque and peaceful final years, spent with Irishman Jim Hutton at the idyllic Garden Lodge. But Freddie’s romantic life was complex and nuanced, and dominated by two great and enduring loves. The man who nursed him on his death bed and the woman who inherited his fortune. For the seven years leading up to his death, hunky Irish hairdresser Jim Hutton was by his side. Jim was Freddie's life partner and the man who cared for him in his final days. But there was also Mary Austin, Freddie’s best friend, one-time fiancée and eventually the beneficiary of much of his estate, and the only person who knows where the star’s remains were laid to rest. Why did Mary kick Jim out of Freddie’s house? And how did Jim turn down Freddie Mercury, the most beloved rockstar on the planet, when they first met in a nightclub in the 80s? +++ Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up is an iHeartPodcasts Australia, Deadset Studios and the KIIS network. Hosted by Laura Byrne and Britt Hockley. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land on which this show was made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Elon Musk & Grimes – A secret baby, a hostage situation and whole lot of Twitter nonsense

Featuring everything from secret babies to an alleged hostage situation with a famous rapper, the love story between billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk and futuristic musician Grimes (aka ‘c’) is not your cookie cutter romance. Our jaws first dropped when we saw the pair on the Met Gala red carpet, and those jaws remained firmly on the floor as they went on to have babies with unpronounceable names and to disagree with each other in very public forums. But when your meet-cute is the result of a shared affinity for jokes about artificial intelligence and 18th century art movements, it’s to be expected that your relationship might be a little... unusual. How did the world’s richest man fall for one of pop music’s more eccentric artists? Why are they always fighting each other on Twitter? And how on earth do you pronounce their son’s name? +++ Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up is an iHeartPodcasts Australia, Deadset Studios and the KIIS network. Hosted by Laura Byrne and Britt Hockley. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land on which this show was made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez – Pop's perfect tween power couple or straight up publicity stunt?

He was every teenage girl’s dream crush, and she was the perfect Disney princess, but all that pressure sure didn’t lead to any diamonds for Jelena. The meteoric rise of Canadian popstar Justin Bieber became the blueprint for a new kind of fame: plucked from obscurity thanks to home videos posted on YouTube, Justin became a best-selling sensation overnight. It’s the dream, right? Maybe... if your dream is to be completely unrelatable, to grow up under the scrutiny of millions, and for nearly every adult in your life to rely on you to make their living. At least Justin’s first serious girlfriend, Disney star Selena Gomez, had a cohort of famous friends who’d grown up in the same circumstances and knew what a toll that spotlight could take. Selena was probably the first person who truly understood what Justin was experiencing. So, it tracks that his notorious string of public mishaps – including leaving his pet monkey at a German airport and drag racing while under the influence – began not long after the pair’s first breakup. Did Justin need Selena more than she needed him? Or did his astronomical fame help shed Selena’s wholesome teen actor reputation? In this episode of Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up, Britt and Laura turn the spotlight on America’s pop power couple, who started out sweet as pie and ended up brawling in Instagram comments and thinly veiled song lyrics. +++ Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up is an iHeartPodcasts Australia, Deadset Studios and the KIIS network. Hosted by Laura Byrne and Britt Hockley. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land on which this show was made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

BENNIFER 2.0 - A green diamond reboots Hollywood's greatest love story

Wait, what?!Another engagement ring, another butt-kiss on a yacht. It’s a fresh start for Bennifer 2.0! Pop icon Jennifer ‘J.Lo’ Lopez and Hollywood heartthrob Ben Affleck met and fell in love filming a rom-com in the wee years of the twenty-first century, and quickly became the most famous couple in the world. There was the infamous Jenny From the Block video, featuring the even more infamous butt kiss on a yacht and then... It ended as swiftly as it began. The whirlwind romance whooshed off into distant memories, and the two stars rode respective rollercoasters in their new marriages and their careers. But in 2021, nearly two decades after they first met, rumours of a reunion started rumbling... Can Ben Affleck one-up the serious moves he pulled off the first time he wooed J.Lo? Has nostalgia finally taken over the planet? And... is the second time the charm? +++ Hooked, Hitched & Hung Up is an iHeartRadio podcast, produced by Deadset Studios. Hosted by Laura Byrne and Britt Hockley. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land on which this show was made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.