1Idol Worship NZ Idol host Dominic Bowden gives us a rare backstage insight into American A list celebrity and the life of American Idol host Ryan Seacrest. As Dominic discovered, his American counterpart is a driven and savvy businessman who begins his day at 4am. There is not only American Idol to host, he has a morning radio show, fronts E! News and runs a production company. But the payoff is not bad - Seacrest makes more than $40 million a year. Ryan Seacreast rarely gives interviews but invited Dominic to follow in his multi-million dollar footsteps for a day.

2McFilthy An American teenage McDonalds worker was strip searched and humiliated by her supervisor in a sexual hoax that went on for hours under the orders of a bogus cop on the end of a telephone.

3"Caf� Brats": Why some caf� owners have had enough of poorly behaved children in their cafes and what they have chosen to do about it.

4Update on last week's story about Bogans plus this week's Funny Off the Net.