For all the kids out there who think Bindi is like a bush version of Miley Cyrus, comes the talking Bindi doll. Standing 10 inches tall in her hiking boots, the doll comes with the appropriate khaki clothes, with binoculars, a camera and outback gear, as well as a cockatoo, a wombat and python.

The doll’s vocabulary includes “Crikey! Let’s go help wildlife,” and “You can make the world a better place.”

Vomit.

The doll is expected to sell for between $15 and $20 and will go on sale in September.

Terri Irwin, the widow of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, has reportedly offered troubled singer Britney Spears the chance to escape her high-profile Hollywood life for the Australian Outback.

Many online sources have quoted Mrs. Irwin as saying she and her family have been keeping tabs on Spears and her recent troubles, and think that the Toxic singer should drop her glitzy life for a relaxing break hunting crocs in the bush.

“Bindi’s the one who said: ‘People who are having trouble should go in the bush with us when we do our crocodile research work’,” Mrs Irwin allegedly told one media firm earlier today.

“If Britney and her family want to go in the bush with us, we’d love to have them.”

However, John Stainton – Steve’s former business manager and friend – has denied the claims, saying that he was “not aware” that Terri had ever made such an offer.

“I think she must have been misquoted,” Mr. Stainton said.

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In an interview to be aired on the Nine network tonight, Terri Irwin has revealed that her late husband - the Croc Hunter, Steve Irwin – wanted her to remarry if something happened to him.

Terri told A Current Affair journalist, Tracy Grimshaw, that Steve was always adamant he would die young, and encouraged his wife to move on an remarry when he left her and the children alone. ÂÂ

“Steve himself would say to me, if anything ever happened to me I would hope that you would remarry …but I don’t know when or if I ever would,” Mrs Irwin said.  ÂÂ

Also in the interview, Terri had a bit to say to those critics who think her daughter, Bindi, is spending too much time in the spotlight since her father’s tragic death last September. She explained that while she was “concerned at claims her daughter was not being allowed to grieve properly,” she’s sure that everything’s ok in the world of Bindi, and that she’s coping as well as can be expected with the loss.

“If a child is not coping that’s when intervention needs to take place and that’s what I have watched for,” she said.

“I have watched for Bindi’s grades changing, I have watched for her behaviour changing — maybe insomnia, fearfulness — anything that may be different or abnormal and the fact that she is doing OK. It’s OK that she can stand up and speak eloquently and seem happy, it’s ok that she is happy.”ÂÂ

The interview will be aired at 6.30 pm EST tonight in Australia.

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The late “Crocodile Hunter,” Steve Irwin, was inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame last night, an award which was presented to his surviving wife, Terri, and young daughter Bindi.

Terri said that the award was “such and honour,” and that Steve would have been “so proud.”

“I think Steve would have been first to be impressed by this recognition and so proud that Bindi could get up and present an award,” Terri told the audience as she collected the award.

She was also in awe of daughter Bindi’s maturity since her father’s tragic death last September.

“She’s so fun to watch, she’s a little eight-year-old kid until she gets on stage and all of a sudden she’s on the money.”

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While Bindi Irwin presented Justin Timberlake with his award for best male singer at the Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards, he had a few kind words to say to her…

“It’s an honor to be standing next to Bindi Irwin. This young lady will change the world.”

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A former Australia Zoo employee has caused outrage among Steve Irwin fans, after purchasing the web address of bindiirwin.com.

Wayne Smith of Brisbane has been attacked and accused of trying to make money off the young girl’s name, and also “for hosting links to several anti-Israel and other politically charged websites.” One such site which made a prominent appearance on bindiirwin.com was another Smith-owned web address called fuckisrael.org, which Smith said he created because he “disagreed” with the policies of foreign countries.

Smith has released a statement on the site in defense, and says: “The main reason I purchased [the domain name] was to keep it out of the hands of advertising agencies.”

“Another reason I purchased it was because I knew that it would draw a lot of visitors and I enjoy running message boards.”

“I’m also a wildlife enthusiast who once worked at Australia Zoo as a volunteer with the Crocodile Team.”

The Irwin clan says they are “disgusted” at the way their old employee has exploited young Bindi’s name, and adds that it’s “inappropriate” to associate her with such outlandish political sites.

Smith has now handed over ownership of the site to the Irwin family.

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Bindi Irwin has been criticized a bit about her constant ‘happy’ appearance, since the passing of her dad, Steve Irwin. Some say that it’s not right for a young child to be so happy, only months after losing her father, however, Bindi says that she’s only happy and smiling, because it’s what her dad would have wanted.

“He hated it when I cried…If my pet goldfish died, he cried with me, so I’m trying really hard not to make him really sad that I’m sad. He would be so happy that I’m happy.”

“When I look back at all the memories, really that’s what Daddy wanted the most for me. Some people might think, ‘Oh my word she’s happy, how can that be’, but everyone has a choice of being happy or sad.”

Even though she appears happy when out in the public eye, Bindi says that she’s still struggling to cope with her loss, and is finding it even harder coming up to Christmas.

“Sometimes it’s frustrating because I can really feel that he’s here, but I can’t see him. They say time makes things easier but no one tells you how you can miss someone even more every single day.”

“Sometimes it’s really sad and I have to cry a little bit but I really think, I really believe, he’s just in another world. Sometimes I cry and cry but then I just think ‘It’s happened and you can’t do anything about it, he’s not hurt, he’s in a great place’.”

Bindi says that even though she’s going to find it extremely hard to cope for the first Christmas without her father, she will draw on the happy memories of her last Christmas with him in order to help her stay happy.

“[Last Christmas] Santa left all the presents on top of our roof because our chimney was much too small for him to climb down it. So my Dad and I had to get a ladder and climb up the roof. It was just me and him – Mummy was thinking about it but then didn’t want to, and (baby brother) Bob wanted to but he was a safety hazard.”

“It was so nice up there. He gave me a big bicycle. It was really nice – it was the best Christmas.”

“On Christmas Day I will be raising my orange juice to him I will be saying ‘thank you very much and please have a happy Christmas too’.” [Source]

Merry Christmas to Bindi and the Irwin family, from all at Staralicious!!!

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Bindi Irwin’s 26 episode TV series ‘Bindi the Jungle Girl’ is being put on hold for at least a year.

Steve Irwin’s friend and manager John Stainton says he is taking a year’s holiday and filming for the 26-episode “animal encounter” series would not begin again until his return.

He deinied Mr Stainton denied his impending break was due to all the recent adverse publicity surrounding Bindi’s expanding media role.

“I can’t understand what all the fuss is about,” Mr Stainton said.

Referring to Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan, Stainton said “As far as I know, only one person has said this. That’s not public opinion, it’s something the media has created.”

The US-based Discovery Channel yesterday said it had been prepared to shelve the project after Bindi’s father Steve died in September.

Publicist Annie Howell said Bindi and her mother Terri were still keen to make the series and that there had been no pressure from the network.

As I said yesterday, If they wanted to manage it better they should pull back a little bit before they get too much of a backlash.

Looks like they must read Staralicious and took the advice.

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