Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 14, 2025 i Woman's Day Magazine NZ

Pucker up! It’s a Wedding Singer reunion! Longtime friends and co-stars Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler cosied up at the Night Of Too Many Stars charity comedy event in New York. Dua drops in! After taking her mum, dad and brother wine-tasting at Bay of Islands vineyard The Landing, Dua Lipa thrilled Kiwi fans at her first sold-out Auckland concert with a cover of Lorde’s Royals. Star struck Eva Longoria took the opportunity to pay a visit to her Hollywood star while attending the LA premiere of her new film Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip. Hotter than hell! Twinning! Actress Adria Arjona supported boyfriend Jason Momoa with a colour-coordinated outfit at the world premiere of his new flick A Minecraft Movie in London. Feeling…

1959 – 2025 Maverick tragically lost his Iceman last week and we’re told Tom Cruise, 62, has been deeply affected by the passing of his Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer, who died of pneumonia at age 65 after a long battle with throat cancer. Known for his starring roles in movies such as Batman Forever, Heat, True Romance and Willow, it was the 1986 film Top Gun that propelled his career into the stratosphere and sparked a decades-long friendship with Tom. “Tom’s not taking Val’s death well,” an insider tells us. “Their on-screen competitiveness was real in that first movie as Tom was worried Val would steal his heartthrob mantle. They might have puffed about on that set, but Tom makes it a rule to leave a movie set on…

DAVE & JAMIE They had a dream run until a sudden change of heart by Dave Hand undid all of their hard work. But despite this – and Jamie Marinos agreeing to go on a “back-up match” date with influencer Tyson Fievez, who didn’t even show up – it appears the couple still head to final vows unified and hopeful. “Jamie and Dave were extremely loved-up during their final vows,” an spy tells us. “Fans will on-set be thrilled to see them walk off into the sunset with one another.” Jamie, 28, admits, “If you’d asked me during Feedback Week, I would have said, ‘No chance!’ But I wanted to at least give us the opportunity to give it a real go in the outside world.” However, with rumours that…

With his tape recorder in hand, 13-yearold Liam McEwan bounced up to Auckland’s Spark Arena hoping to catch a quick interview with Lady Gaga. The soon-to-be superstar was in Aotearoa opening for the Pussycat Dolls, while Liam was a teen radio host with little experience – and no idea it would be 16 more years before he landed the chat. “I’d just started volunteering in community radio and I stood by the gate she would have driven into,” recalls the 29-year-old entertainment journalist, talking to Woman’s Day from Los Angeles. “It didn’t happen, but ever since, I went, ‘I have to get Gaga.’ “I told her that story when I did the recent interview for Rolling Stone. I said, ‘I’ve been waiting for this’, and she goes, ‘We did it!’…

It happened in the chocolate room. Not the place you’d expect to hit rock bottom, but for Wellington pastry chef Maxine Scheckter, then just 22 and already working at a world-famous restaurant, it was where she finally fell apart. The past few years had been madness – training at the Ferrandi culinary school in Paris, and jobs at world-class restaurants in France and England. She was a superstar in the making, but inside she was suffering. Since her early teens, Maxine had experienced chronic migraines and “a constant feeling of dread, a knot in my stomach”. She would pick at her skin, bite her nails and pull them off. At the time, neither she nor her parents recognised it was anxiety. “I spent so long trying to deny it,” says…

JAFFA HOT CROSS BUN PUDDING SERVES 6 PREP 25 MINS + STANDING COOK 45 MINS • melted butter, for greasing • 6 chocolate hot cross buns • 25g butter, softened • 1 /3 cup orange marmalade • 100g milk chocolate, chopped • 5 eggs • 300ml carton pure cream • ½ cup milk • ½ cup orange juice • ¼ cup caster sugar • 1 tsp vanilla extract • icing sugar mixture and vanilla ice cream, to serve 1 Preheat oven to 160°C. Brush melted butter over base and side of a shallow, round oven-proof dish (10-cup capacity). 2 Using a serrated knife, cut buns in half horizontally. Spread butter and marmalade over each cut side. Arrange sandwiched buns in prepared dish. Scatter chocolate over top. 3 Place eggs, cream,…

Tigger’s in full flight AMANDA SAYS Tigger says he has only just passed over, and it was sudden and unexpected. He didn’t suffer and I can feel his chest area as he tells me this. Tigger shows me a budgie on the other side, Mango, who apologises to Samantha for biting her before she passed – she was very sick towards the end. Tigger brings through two other budgies who are still living and well. They’re free to fly around the house during the day but are caged at night. These two also show me that they never go to bed until about 2am and then get up at 7am. Tigger tells me that he was bought by Samantha at a pet shop when he was still a baby. He’s…

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More than two decades after Dawson’s Creek came to an end, fans may finally be getting the reunion they’ve longed for! While the cast has dismissed reboot rumours for years, Busy Philipps (left), 45, has revealed that she, Katie Holmes, 46, and Michelle Williams, 44, are planning something together in aid of co-star James Van Der Beek, 48, who announced he’s suffering from colorectal cancer in November. “It’s no secret there were enemies made back then, but James’ situation makes all that seem unimportant and everyone’s more than willing to set aside their differences to make this happen,” an insider tells Woman’s Day. “It’s almost unbelievable that the nicest guy on set would have this happen to him and everyone’s pulling together to make this reunion happen. A special episode…

It’s no secret there’s bad blood between the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex. But with tensions at an all-time high between the once-close brothers, palace insiders now say William can’t wait to ascend the throne, so he can strip Harry and his wife Meghan of their royal titles! Since the couple stepped away from official royal duties in 2020, moving to Canada and then California, relations with the rest of the royal family have been strained. Now talk of a Netflix documentary about Princess Diana is said to have William fuming. With no apparent way forward, the heir to the throne, 42, is focusing on the future – and stripping the pair of the titles they continue to flaunt. “William normally does well ignoring these Sussex distractions,…

What can you tell us about your new self-help book, Shine Your Light? I’ve been conjuring it up my whole life – I’ve always wanted to write a book! I’m a very passionate journaller and I’ve been pretty insatiable around self-development for the past 20 years. It’s a combination of autobiography, all of my failings and flailings, and a whole lot of tips and tricks. It’s basically a guide to deepen your emotional intelligence. There are plenty of chapters and ideas around communication, triggers and projection, and I go deep into forgiveness, accountability and empathy. I actually could make a second and third volume! What did you learn about yourself writing this book? That I need this journal as much as anyone! I’m such a believer in writing things down,…

Despite an illustrious career that spans decades and has resulted in numerous accolades, including an Oscar for her role in The Queen, Dame Helen Mirren is still experiencing firsts. The Yellowstone spin-off 1923 is her first-ever foray into the western genre. With steely grit and captivating rebellion, the actress delivers a masterclass performance in a world that many would assume she’s confident in. In fact, Helen – who overcame a fear of horses to learn how to ride a horse-drawn buggy – says she simply dived into the complexities of her character, rancher’s wife Cara Dutton. “How did I prepare?” the actress, 79, muses. “I don’t really prepare, quite honestly. I just jump into things with all guns blazing, so to speak. “But I am the daughter of an immigrant.…

Nearly two decades have passed since Amanda Knox, a young US exchange student studying abroad in Perugia, Italy, returned to her villa to find her housemate Meredith Kercher brutally murdered. And while the world has mostly moved on – namely, the internet sleuths who have all found new true-crime cases to sink their teeth into – the murder’s reluctant poster girl is still trying to make sense of it. “When I came home from prison, I had this idea in my mind that I would get to have my life back, but I didn’t,” shares Amanda, who was jailed for four years after being convicted of the killing, alongside her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. They were acquitted in 2015. “My life was utterly changed. I was in a really bad place…

Aries 21 MARCH –20 APRIL As Mercury picks up speed, a stressful situation might be resolved finally. OK, so things may not be moving at the pace you want, but by month’s end, it should be full steam ahead. While you’re waiting, start planning your next adventure. Try to get your blood pumping! STAR TIP Sunday’s full moon could mark an important turning point for couples. PATRICIA ARQUETTE The actress turns 57 on 8 April. Taurus APR 21 – MAY 21 Coincidences this week will be anything but. Doors may be opening, so pay close attention to someone’s advice. A health problem – for you or a loved one – may have prompted action, but the process isn’t over yet. Squeeze in some extra walks or give Pilates a go.…

Q+A How was it living in Sydney and filming in the US? I’ve just got very good at travelling! I started filming Yellowjackets at the end of 2022, and I would bounce back and forth for my kids every six weeks. It was really hard, but you make it work. I know my kids are safe and are secure in great schools here. My husband’s a writer, so he’s at home with them and with everything going on in the US, it feels good they’re here in Sydney. Fans have been in an uproar over your character Lottie being killed off in the show. How has that been? The Yellowjackets fans are on another level and really passionate! I loved playing Lottie – she’s just such a unique character. I…

If I hadn’t landed my dream job in mags, there’s a good chance I could’ve ended up in radio. As a kid, I always listened to the breakfast banter as I ploughed through my Weet-Bix, then as a teen, I’d spend long nights ringing up to request Spice Girls, Stellar*, Garbage or Catatonia hits, then slavishly record the results of the chart show in the hope of winning a CD. I was obsessed. When I studied radio at AUT, Marcus Lush was briefly my tutor. I remember him asking me who I listened to on air when I was younger. When I replied that I used to love him on 91ZM, he snapped, “Don’t be stupid!” It was the truth, but my actual radio idol was Polly Gillespie, who seemed…

There were many years during her stellar radio career when broadcasting legend Polly Gillespie simply couldn’t have imagined doing anything else. Radio was her home. It was where she felt most at ease, and where her ability to entertain and connect with listeners cemented her as one of the industry’s finest talents. Yet after a rollercoaster few years, Polly has stepped away from the mic, relaunching herself into a new career and finding true fulfilment in the process. “I’m a happy little soldier,” she tells us at our photoshoot in her hometown of Wellington, where she introduces us to her beloved grandkids, Roseanna, seven, and Malone, two. It’s been a big few years for the inimitable star, who proudly shares that she’s traded in the airwaves to become a qualified…

Multimillion -dollar Property portfolio MANHATTAN $23M BONDI $6.5M HAMPTONS $3.8M They once claimed they were navigating the breakdown of their 27-year marriage with “gratitude, love and kindness”. But 18 months on from their September 2023 split, former couple Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness are now embroiled in a bitter dispute over their $275 million family fortune – and a swift divorce looks out of the question! “When Deb and Hugh negotiated the terms of the divorce, she didn’t know he had someone else [Hugh’s girlfriend Sutton Foster] waiting on the sidelines,” a Jackman family insider spills to Woman’s Day. “She knows – and he knows – she would’ve been much more upset and not quite so generous in that divorce deal. “At the time, she still thought she was a…

Tragic deaths, scandalous love affairs and bitter divorces – the Monaco royal family has faced them all many times over, apparently the result of a curse that dates back to 1297, when a witch proclaimed, “Never will a Grimaldi find happiness in marriage.” But one royal has decided that it’s now time to fight back. Aware that over the years it’s been the royal women who have borne the brunt of the damaging curse, Woman’s Day has learned Princess Charlene, 47, has taken it upon herself to do all she can to “end it once and for all” for the sake of her precious 10-year-old daughter Princess Gabriella. “For years, Charlene would rubbish this idea of a curse, like most of the members of the Grimaldi family, but now her…

It was the surprisingly heartfelt romantic comedy about a wealthy businessman who hires a prostitute to accompany him to social events – then falls head over heels for her. While Vivian (played by Julia Roberts) is a fish out of water in Edward’s (Richard Gere) world of designer labels and swanky restaurants, she finds an ally in hotel manager Barney (Hector Elizondo), who takes it upon himself to help transform her into the woman she was perhaps always destined to be. Far from a surface-level chick flick, director Garry Marshall’s lesson in ambition, self-worth, setting boundaries and having standards has stood the test of time. As Pretty Woman celebrates its 35th anniversary, we look at some of the surprising facts behind this perennial favourite. GOING OFF-SCRIPT It’s one of the…

Facing a freezing Tasmanian winter outdoors without any human contact would be a tough challenge for anyone. But Ceilidh Marigold thinks she had an advantage over the other competitors in the third season of Alone Australia – she’s deaf. That meant when she took off her cochlear implant at night, she couldn’t hear the ferocious winds or the animal noises coming from outside her shelter. “I was able to sleep through the night, even though there was a lot of wind,” says Ceilidh, 34, whose Celtic name is pronounced “Kaylee”. The disability services officer from Queensland has been through plenty of life experiences that have prepared her for the brutal survival competition. As a former BMX champion, she’s had to be tough. “I fractured my two wrists when I was…

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HONEY-ROASTED SAFFRON PEARS SERVES 4 PREP 10 MINS COOK 35 MINS • 4 large pears, peeled, halved, cored • ½ lemon, juice • ½ cup honey, warmed • pinch saffron • 1 cup roughly crushed amaretti biscuits • creme fraiche, to serve 1 Preheat oven to 200ºC. Toss pears in lemon juice to prevent browning. 2 Arrange in a baking dish, cut-side down. Pour combined honey and saffron over. Cover with foil and bake 25-30 mins until just tender. 3 Remove foil and turn pears over in dish. Place under grill in oven, until lightly blistered and caramelised. 4 Sprinkle amaretti crumbs over pears. Serve warm with creme fraiche. TIP If you don’t have an oven grill, pan-fry pears in half the honey syrup, cut-side down, until caramelised. PEAR &…

Q I’m 70, my husband is 71 and he’s still working. We don’t have enough money to retire. If we sell our unit, will we make enough to purchase a smaller one and boost our retirement funds? My husband is tired and I’m worried. Taurus MITCHELL SAYS I’m picking up that this is something you have both been wanting to do for some time. I do feel you would have enough from the sale to purchase a smaller unit that is more modern. My only concern is having enough funds left over to retire on. I keep getting the feeling you need to do more research on this, so you can really consider the risks involved and weigh up your options. Once you have both decided on the right time…