REVEALED: The real reason siblings Blake and Amanda Proud were eliminated from My Kitchen Rules

Channel Nine's Married At First Sight drew more than double the five-city metro audience of Seven's My Kitchen Rules on Sunday night. 

There was no shortage of drama on Monday's episode of My Kitchen Rules, with three contestants walking out and a bombshell revelation about Piper and Victor.  

My Kitchen Rules' Piper O'Neill is blindsided as lover Victor Aeberli EXPOSES her for 'colluding' with him to gain an unfair advantage

They narrowly missed out on winning My Kitchen Rules and the show's staggering $250,000 grand prize on Sunday night.

'Thank you for all of the amazing bday wishes!! Yesterday ended up being a phenomenal day and thanks to those who made it possible!!' the Olympic athlete gushed in the caption.

They're a famous pair in the same profession

In her memoir Inside Out, Moore details her marriage to Ashton Kutcher who was 15 years her junior and how she became pregnant with his baby but miscarried at six months.

Demi Moore has criticised ex-husband Ashton Kutcher for 'shaming' her by sharing a picture of her in her underwear during their marriage in the latest bombshell revelation from her tell-all memoir.

The 36-year-old Golden Globe nominee's sighting came amid the controversy over Demi Moore's new tell-all about her husband Ashton Kutcher

Adam Sandler's kids Sadie, 13, and Sunny, 10 showed they might just have what it takes to succeed on Sunday, when they joined their Billy Madison star dad onstage.

Kutcher told longtime friend Dax Shepard: 'My kids are living a really privileged life, and they don't even know it. And they'll never know it, because this is the only one that they'll know.

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher and their two children look like the quintessential family as they enjoy a day out in Los Angeles. Ashton's show The Ranch finally gets series finale release date.

They are known to twin on family outings. And Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis were back at it again on Monday. The couple took their daughter Wyatt, aged five, and son Dimitri, aged three, out to dance class.

Olympic gold-medallist Sally Pearson had to settle for the runner-up place in an Australian Sportswoman of the Year contest - after she was pipped at the post by a horse.

Sally Pearson's renowned tunnel vision has delivered a scintillating run at the Commonwealth Games, as she took gold a day after an explosive attack on her that led to Australia’s athletics coach being sent home.

Gigi Hadid stepped out for a busy Saturday, sporting a sharp look in a blue ombré suit. She later stepped out rocking another look, this time a brown flannel jacket over matching tie-dye.

The 24-year-old showed off her cleavage in a low-cut purple bra that she wore under a long-sleeved, see-through chiffon top of a similar hue plus high waist pants on Saturday.

She recently had words for some Twitter followers who criticized her street style look: 'U guys need to calm tf down sometimes. It's called stepping out to do one errand - not dressing for your approval.

Gigi Hadid was spotted filming an edgy new advert for the French fashion house on Wednesday, staged on the roof of the Opera Garnier in Paris.

Gigi Hadid, 24, proved to be every inch the chameleon as stripped topless for a high fashion shoot for Chanel, on the roof of the  Opera Garnier in Paris, on Wednesday.

A source told E! News: 'Gigi and Zayn got back together right before the holidays in December. Zayn has been reaching out to Gigi for the last month and she is giving him another chance.'

She is a New York girl to the hilt. And Gigi Hadid bundled up in a long black overcoat over a matching top as she stepped out in the city on Wednesday.

The model, 24, exuded elegance in a chic patterned blazer and a matching skirt as she made a stylish arrival at a Prada party amid Paris Fashion Week Men's on Sunday.

The model, 24, rocked the stylish garment with a basic white T-shirt tucked into a pair of form-fitting black leather trousers, which showcased her svelte pins.

The model, 24, oozed style in a muted relaxed two-piece ensemble, which consisted of a slouchy shirt worn over a nude turtleneck top.

The model, 24, stepped out wearing a white coat with a camel collar and button detailing down the front of the garment, teamed with white trousers.

Social media was buzzing amid reports that Gigi Hadid was pregnant with on-again boyfriend Zayn Malik's child.

Tyler Cameron said his ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid 'is going to be an incredible mother.' Gigi has confirmed reports this week that she is pregnant by her on-again boyfriend Zayn Malik.

While the Gossip Girl star, 32, pointed out the comparison, fellow superstar Gigi Hadid joked that she had colluded Anna Wintour to ensure her ensembles matched up to perfection.

Jack Vidgen has a surprising doppelgänger. Taking to Instagram on Sunday, the 22-year-old shared a photo where he'd been made-over to look like reality matriarch Kris Jenner.

James Fox, from west London, revealed that his addiction to online roulette was so overwhelming he'd hide his phone behind an amp while playing The Beatles singer so he could check bets on stage.

The songs that were entered into this year's Eurovision Song Contest will not be eligible in 2021, the event's producers confirmed on Friday.

It is a decade since a spectacular fall from grace exploded into life with a sensational sequence of events, starting with a car crash in a quiet, gated community in Florida during Thanksgiving.

In the second of our series looking at the greatest moments of a memorable sporting year, we go back to that magical April day at Augusta, and one of the most incredible major victories in history.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: Remember all those US Opens where they set the course up so hard it became a lottery, and they ended up with a funky winner?

It would be hard to conceive of a more perfect warm-up tournament for the Masters for Tiger Woods than the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida this week.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Perhaps no American golfer in the past 35 years has had the ability to rub Europeans up the wrong way quite like Paul Azinger.

The spike in radiation in Russia yesterday may have been caused when one of Vladimir Putin's top secret Zircon hypersonic missiles exploded during tests, according to news reports in the country.

The Sukhoi-made Okhotsk - meaning Hunter - only made its maiden flight this month and Russia boasts it is 'almost undetectable' to Western enemies.

The CIA pulled a spy with deep access inside the Kremlin out of Russia in 2017 because of leaks, and not because President Donald Trump had compromised the secret agent.

Sekinat Ibragimova was publicly shamed on TV for casting spells on Chechnya locals. Pro-Putin local ruler Ramzan Kadyrov had her detained and had her paraphernalia seized.

Saudi Arabia saw half of its oil production blown up Saturday when a suspected drone attack damaged its largest oil refinery and an oil field, despite its state-of-the-art air defence systems.

A KGB profile belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin has been released to the public at an exhibition of declassified documents at the central state archive in St. Petersburg.

The new site costing £20.7million will be a web version of the Great Russian Encyclopaedia and show 'reliable information in a good, modern way'.

Imran Aliev's body was found in a hotel in Lille, France, last week. The 44-year-old had vocally opposed to both Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin faced what appeared to be a rare unscripted grilling from a Russian woman who asked him how much he earns on Wednesday.

Vladimir Putin was asked to confirm or deny years of rumours that he uses body doubles to avoid being assassinated, claiming that he was advised to do it back in 2000 but turned down the idea.

Alexander Nekrassov, a British citizen and former Kremlin advisor, has died in London from a 'stroke'. The 63-year-old's death came as a 'bolt out of the blue', according to a British friend.

Business Wire India

Monsoon Blockchain Corporation, Asia’s premier blockchain company pioneering the adoption of highly secure decentralized asset management, has partnered with Asia’s largest digital asset platform OSL of BC Group, DraperDragon Fund, CarbonBlue of BSN, and Academy Award Winning Studio Cross Creek Media. This deal signifies a major move for the blockchain, digital assets, and the expansion of global media and Hollywood. These partners create a global powerhouse in the Asia-Pacific region, which plan to harness industry-leading blockchain solutions for their business needs.

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The Monsoon-OSL deal will explore opportunities to accelerate the drive towards the digitalization of assets, money, currencies, and decentralized blockchain ledgers (where all transactions, storage of payments and data will be inviolably recorded). Combining intellectual property, deal flow, large scale investors, and blockchain capabilities, Monsoon Blockchain is looking to create a digital asset powerhouse in the US and Asia.

OSL is the Hong Kong region’s most comprehensive digital asset platform, providing Software-as-a-Service, brokerage, exchange, and custody services for institutions and professional investors. OSL manages over $1.5B in transactions per month in digital asset trading. After reaching $171 billion this year, the value of business-to-business and cross-border payments carried out on blockchain systems is estimated to exceed an astounding $4.4 trillion by 2024.

Recently, Fidelity International, a spin-off from the U.S. financial services brand Fidelity Investments, invested in BC Group (stock code: 863 HK), the Hong Kong-based operator of crypto exchange OSL. Including custodial accounts, the firm reported $8.3 trillion in assets under administration - a spike from the reported $6.7 trillion in 2018.

Both Monsoon and OSL will participate in launching multiple digital assets and tokens including media and telecommunications tokens, Monsoon Token, and other branded assets within the Monsoon ecosystem. Monsoon has been making worldwide news in blockchain after partnering with China’s largest phone retailer, Dixintong (D.Phone), which generated a reported $2.5 billion in revenue in 2019.

Monsoon will be joining the Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), which was recently launched on the Chinese Mainland on April 25th, 2020 and will officially be available for global commercial use by June 25^th. China Mobile, China UnionPay, and Red Date Technology are the founding consortia partners that created the BSN protocol and infrastructure, which has been deployed in over 100 cities in China. The BSN is a global interoperability protocol that allows companies to connect to different blockchain ecosystems, as well as create and run new blockchain-as-a-service applications. The BSN will accelerate the development of digital economies and smart cities deployment by providing global interconnectivity and integrated blockchain cloud computing services for participants on the network.

Additionally, Monsoon has formed a new partnership with CarbonBlue Innovations to integrate cloud computing capabilities on top of the BSN protocol, allowing the creation of new low-cost blockchain cloud computing offerings suitable for developing regions of the world. CarbonBlue Innovations is a leading venture building and investment company that is focused on rapidly commercializing and scaling blockchain, fintech, and digital finance innovation around the world. Not only does CarbonBlue Innovations focus on both fintech infrastructure solutions, but also digital assets and investment banking services to allow the institutional adoption of regulated digital assets.

Michael Sung, Chairman of CarbonBlue Innovations asserted: “Monsoon’s unique cloud computing optimization technologies complement the existing multi-cloud offerings of the BSN and can further enhance our ability to customize blockchain cloud services for the developing world. With this partnership, we will be able to offer compelling low-cost solutions to enable SMEs (small and medium enterprises) globally to join the digital economy, which will massively drive self-sufficiency and financial inclusion in these developing regions.”

Monsoon will also be able to leverage the partnership with CarbonBlue Innovations to create innovative digital asset securitization and digital finance solutions for the market. Leveraging CarbonBlue Innovation’s strong academic and institutional finance affiliations, the new partnership will allow the creation of a vertically-integrated digital asset investment banking platform to address the massive opportunity in the future digitization of the world’s economy. CarbonBlue Innovations is able to provide full-stack solutions, vertically-integrating fintech technology infrastructure, legal/regulatory best practices, and institutional financial engineering expertise for digital finance.

Michael Sung added, “CarbonBlue Innovations has created a strong strategic partnership network consisting of the top digital asset companies leading the industry. Combined with Monsoon’s access to various industry ecosystems and pipeline of tokenization projects, our partnership will enable us to immediately scale to take a leadership position in the market and allow our clients to leapfrog into the future of finance.”

Partnering with Monsoon Blockchain, Cross Creek Media ($1.5B in the worldwide Box office) will expand its digital assets in film, television, and IP into the blockchain universe. The aim of the partnership is to achieve streamlined digital content management systems, and to gain broader access to worldwide audiences. Cross Creek has been a co-financier/producer of such films as Oscar winner Black Swan and has been behind hits American Made,Everest, Black Mass, Bloodshot, Hacksaw Ridge and the upcoming The Trial of the Chicago 7. Cross Creek is well positioned to be the next generation of production houses. Additionally, Cross Creek will announce a token style offering alongside Monsoon Blockchain Corporation. Timmy Thompson, CEO of Cross Creek Media stated: “We are very excited to work with Monsoon and continue developing award-winning properties. Furthermore, we believe Cross Creek's portfolio of new media technology investments perfectly positions us to take advantage of the new distribution paradigms.”

“We are very honored to work with such insightful leaders and innovators, the breadth of participants in this deal demonstrates the significant impact blockchain will have across a wide variety of industries,” Dr. Donald Basile added, “tokenization of asset classes has a tremendous upside on both the investment level and security level. Gartner’s prediction of over $3 trillion of business value added by blockchain seems increasingly likely.”

Monsoon Blockchain Corporation is focused on innovative cloud solutions in the blockchain ecosystem. Dr. Donald Basile, its CEO and founder, is the former CEO of Fusion IO, a company known for playing a major role in implementing the cloud systems at Apple and Facebook as well as partnerships with HP, IBM, and Dell. Recently, Monsoon Blockchain added advisory board members Ken Goldman, President of Hillspire (Eric Schmidt’s family office), and former CFO of Yahoo and Fortinet and Xiaoma Lu, former Dalian Wanda Investments CEO and former board member of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to their team.

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