Once upon a time, the concept of “celebrity” was but a twinkle in a newspaper editor’s eye. We didn’t really care what stars were doing, and that was that. That was also, it needn’t be said, nearly a century ago, and today celebrities and scandals go together like cheese and Vegemite.
Not only that, but it seems 2013 was a banner year for the sorts of scandals that make magazine designers crack out the 48-point bright pink exclamation marks. We’ll be doing no such eye-straining thing, but here are 10 of the year’s most notable headline grabbers.