Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 35, 2024 i Woman's Day

I don’t know about you, the but something about September hitting and spring starting gets me very excited, not just for warmer weather and longer days, but also... Christmas! Yes, I’m one of those people who can’t wait for the festive cheer to commence and the decorations to be out and on display. This year, I’ve got my heart set on buying some new decorations, and this snow globe from The Bradford Exchange has already caught my eye. Speaking of spring, if the new season has you thinking about fresh starts, we’ve got you covered with plenty of ideas to revamp your every day without breaking the budget. Turn to page 56 for fashion updates, healthy meals, spring gardening tips and more. Erin Holohan Editorial Director See privacy notice on…

No parents allowed! Mia Hewitt played one of her first gigs with her “bohemian, folk rock” band Father’s Favourite recently, but her famous parents Bec and Lleyton were nowhere to be seen! Playing to a crowd at a Sydney brewery, the 18-year-old sure looked the part as she sang beside band member Cherise Combrink. But a source says of the three Hewitt kids, Mia is the one most eager to make it on her own, hence why she may have banned her parents from gigs! “Mia has always been the one who’s most sensitive to being labelled a “nepo baby” – she just wants to make it in the music world without the tag of being Bec and Lleyton’s offspring,” the insider explains. “Apparently Bec has snuck into a couple…

Pierce Brosnan is a busy man. With four movies wrapped this year and another two to finish in the next six weeks, trying to see his friends and family is a mission that even James Bond would find tricky at times. But when it comes to his beloved mother Mary, 90, somehow the actor always finds the time. Friends say that despite an incredibly tough start to his life and a devastating 10-year separation between mother and son, Pierce, 71, “absolutely worships his mum” and has been racking up air miles to see her as much as possible. “He flew in from a film set in Montana last month, just to take her out for dinner in Mayfair,” says a long-time family friend. “Pierce has lost enough loved ones over…

More than three decades ago, one of Australian television’s most peculiar but iconic stars went into retirement, but now, thanks to TikTok, he’s back! Armed with a bag of his beloved Smith’s Chips, ravenous extra-terrestrial biped the Gobbledok is making waves once again on social media. And he’s bringing his charming but somewhat terrifying antics to a new generation of fans. Thanks to clever marketing, the snack-happy critter, potbelly and all, has popped up everywhere from Smith’s Chips office and even the Met Gala in New York in an all-new online series. While some younger users seem confused by his rubber face and furry framework, you would be hard pressed to find an Australian who wasn’t familiar with the Gobbledok and his flaming ginger mohawk. BORN & BRED The Gobbledok’s…

KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MITCHELL ONLINE! Visit mitchell coombes.com Q My husband wants to sell our house and move, but my health hasn’t been too good.Can you please shed some light on what to do? Nicola MITCHELL SAYS I can hear an older gentleman’s voice in spirit from your father’s side say, “Tell her not to worry, everything will work out – there is light at the end of the tunnel.” He smiles and tells me you and your husband are very protected. I feel that you are overcoming the difficulties you’ve been faced with. I sense the months of November and March will be very helpful, and get the feeling that selling your home will allow you to move to another place that WDW2435_09SEP24_1 2024-08-07T14:49:43+10:00 requires a lot less…

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While collecting special family heirlooms and sharing treasures with loved ones near and far is always enjoyable, these personalised collectables from The Bradford Exchange make them so much more special. For her Mum’s Greatest Gift Personalised Birthstone Pendant Necklace This solid sterling silver gift-box-shaped pendant with 18K-gold plating features daughter’s sparkling crystal birthstone. $179.95 ‘Strength Of Family’ Personalised Bracelet This solid sterling silver bracelet sparkles with 6 genuine diamonds and features up to 8 engraved names. 18K gold-plated accents. $249.95 Wishes From The Heart Personalised Charm Bracelet Over 50 sparkling crystals surround this sterling silver plated charm bracelet. Engraved with your daughter’s name and complete with a poem card in a gift box. $149.97 Granddaughter, I Love You Gold-Plated Heirloom Personalised Music Box This limited edition. 22K gold-plated Heirloom Porcelain…

BEER-MARINATED BEEF SKEWERS $ 4.90 PER SERVE SERVES 4 PREP 20 MINS + MARINATING COOK 10 MINS • 1 cup beer of choice • ¼ cup honey • 2 tbsp lemon juice • 1 tsp mustard powder • ½ tsp chilli powder (optional) • 750g rump steak, cut into 2cm cubes • 1 red onion, cubed • 1 zucchini, halved lengthways, sliced • 1 finger eggplant, cut into 2cm slices • 8 bamboo skewers, soaked • salad leaves, to serve 1 In a jug, whisk beer, honey, juice, mustard and chilli (if using) together. 2 Place beef in a shallow dish. Pour over half marinade, turning to coat. Season to taste. Marinate 30 mins. 3 Thread steak and vegetables alternately onto skewers. 4 Heat a chargrill pan or barbecue grill…

Anew Fowler sibling is moving to Summer Bay – and Abigail, played by 23-yearold Hailey Pinto – will be bringing her struggles with her. Stay tuned for plenty of drama... Do you feel lucky to be starting your acting career on such an iconic show? I feel very grateful to be starting my career on Home And Away. I couldn’t have asked for a better place to start. Did you grow up watching Home And Away? Yes, I did, with my family. It was a part of our nightly routine. Were you a bit nervous joining such a well-established cast? Definitely! It’s such an iconic show, and with it being my first professional job I wasn’t too sure what to expect. Are you excited about throwing yourself into your character,…

Holiday Barbie Pregnant Margot Robbie soaked up the sights of Sardinia with husband Tom Ackerley as they count down the days until their baby arrives. Her ride or die! Zara’s in it to win it! Zara Phillips takes her horseriding seriously! The royal had a steely look of determination as she competed in the Wellington Horse Trials in England. David’s honour Beloved animal documentarian and global treasure David Attenborough was given a medal for his support of The Wildlife Trust’s charities over 60 years. Festival love Bridgerton’s leading lady Nicola Coughlan seemed to be flaunting a new romance with actor Jake Dunn at a festival in London’s Victoria Park.…

Thin, frail and with his head in his hands, King Charles looked like a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders last week as he greeted the grieving families of the stabbing victims from the Southport tragedy. And while royal sources have been at pains to assure the public that Charles is in good health and getting back to work, there are concerns that the King is not as well as the palace PR team would have us believe. On top of battling cancer and his royal duties, Charles is also carrying the burden of a family torn apart by rifts and squabbling. A FAMILY AT ODDS “Charles does look at the current state of his family with deep concern. Everyone, it seems, has issues, whether it…

Carrie Bickmore recently opened up about her years-long mental health struggles, and now her estranged husband, Chris Walker, has broken his silence on the “grief” that came with their painful split in early 2023. Carrie was in a relationship with TV producer Chris for 11 years. They share daughters Evie, nine, and Adelaide, five. Chris was also a doting stepdad to Carrie’s son, Ollie, 16 – her child with late first husband Greg Lange – and Chris admits the hardest part of their separation has been “saying goodbye to the kids twice a week”. “I still find that just enormously challenging. I had always assumed I’d be around them 100 per cent of the time,” he said on Luke Darcy’s Empowering Leaders podcast. “When it comes to being a dad,…

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have done a lot of growing up since their reality show The Simple Life wrapped in 2007, and that includes finally moving on from the feud that ruined their friendship. Now they’re both married with kids, Paris, 43, and Nicole, 42, are very different from the wild young starlets who ruled Hollywood in the early 2000s, and so they’re finally ready to team up again for a more mature Simple Life reboot. But it’s taken Paris a long time to forgive Nicole for the rumoured night in 2005 that she aired Paris’ notorious sex tape to friends... “Paris and Nicole weren’t on good terms for nearly 12 years after that. It was pretty awful what she did and even though Nicole apologised, the trust was…

Amber Sindoni, a 22-year-old obviously a really tough time, and from Melbourne, is a dedicated we really leaned on each other as music teacher and children’s friends,” Amber explains. The book book author, as well as serves as a touching tribute to a talent on The Voice. She turned two Benny’s mum and aims to help chairs with her soulful rendition of children navigate the Demi Lovato’s Anyone, earning her complexities of grief. a spot on Team LeAnn. It’s not a total surprise that In 2021, Amber began teaching music, Amber’s on stage, either. sharing her love for the art with her “My mum, she was probably students. She also authored a children’s around my age when she went book titled Safe, Happy And Healthy, to see a psychic,” she…

BEN’S MOVED ON – WITH A JEN G LOOKALIKE! Ben’s rumoured to be the first one to have a rebound fling, after he was spotted spending time with Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy Jr’s daughter, at the Beverly Hills Hotel and other hotspots around Hollywood. And it didn’t take long for some to point out a resemblance between Kick, 36, and Ben’s first wife, Jen Garner, 52. An activist like her famous father and a one-time actress, a source told People Kick is a “partier” who “likes to have a good time” – which could spell trouble for recovering addict Ben. Another insider claims Ben and Kick actually had a fling before he rekindled things with J.Lo... JOHN’S GOT JEN BACK, BUT FOR HOW LONG? Now that J.Lo and…

Only in Woman’s Day Walter Mikac describes himself as an “ordinary person thrust into extraordinary circumstances.” But while many would crumble in the face of the extraordinary and unthinkably tragic circumstances that stole his wife and young daughters 28 years ago, he has somehow managed to use it as motivation to make a life-changing difference to thousands of people. “My initial response was to draw the curtains and lock myself away in my house but, overall, I realised that was not going to change anything. It wasn’t going to bring them back,” Walter, now 62, from Byron Bay, tells Woman’s Day. Walter’s wife, Nanette, and girls, Alannah, six, and Madeline, three, were having a picnic at Port Arthur’s heritage site on April 28, 1996, when a lone gunman opened fire,…

Spring is the season that sees many of us resetting habits as the warm weather inspires us to start kicking those health goals. One way to help is eating lighter at dinnertime. With benefits including better digestion (which can also help you to sleep), the key to eating light at night is to pack a balance of healthy nutrients into all your meals throughout the day. Nutritionists Susie Burrell and Leanne Ward share some delicious, nourishing and satisfying dinner ideas… PRAWN & MANGO TACOS Prawns are a very lean protein source and are often overlooked. Cook them up with a little garlic and serve with tacos and vegies such as red cabbage and baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, chopped celery, fresh mango, coriander and chilli. If you want to make this…

DENIM JACKET This classic staple is having a comeback as a coveted piece this spring. Versatile enough to be worn with everything, use it to add a cool edge to feminine dressing. From cropped to longer lengths, there’s a style to suit everyone. LIGHTWEIGHT COAT Trenches and duster coats are a handy trans-seasonal outer layer if you want a slightly more elevated look. Stick to neutral shades for a great option to mix and match with your existing wardrobe. BLAZER Blazers instantly add polish to the most basic of looks. Give your outfit an easy update with a slightly oversized style that pairs well with casual attire. Invest in a shade that works well with your wardrobe’s colour palette and you’re good to go.…

Spaghetti aglio olio e peperoncino Delight your senses with this flavoursome pasta SERVES 2 Cook 225g quality dried spaghetti in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente, according to the instructions on the package. Meanwhile, warm 100ml olive oil in a frying pan over low heat and gently cook 2 cloves of finely grated garlic, and 1 long finely chopped red chilli, until the garlic is translucent. When the garlic and chilli are at the perfect point, stop them cooking any further by removing the pan from the heat and adding a splash of the boiling pasta water. Set aside until the pasta is ready. Drain the pasta (reserving some of the pasta water) and add to the frying pan, then toss over low heat until it is coated…

Paw-some party JESS ROWE Self-professed crazy cat lady and TV host Jess ditched her feline friends in favour of throwing a party for her maltese shih tzu, Daphne. Dressed to the nines, the pair said cheers to being fur-ever friends. FOAMY FRIDAY JAMIE LEE CURTIS & LINDSAY LOHAN Do Tess and Anna Coleman swap bodies with a pro surfer in Freakier Friday? Jamie and her onscreen daughter Lindsay were seen hanging ten together on set. MAD HATTER DIANE KEATON Following in the footsteps of Alice In Wonderland, actress Diane seems to have slipped down the rabbit hole, emerging as the Mad Hatter on the other end. The First Wives Club star was seen making strange faces and appeared to argue with a bush while out and about in LA.…

Still on a high from his big Gold Logie win, on August 22 Larry Emdur sent an email out to his Morning Show colleagues telling them to “leave your lunch at home” as he’d arranged a Happy As Larry Pizza Truck to shout 150 employees. But just hours later, the jovial TV presenter’s spirits came crashing down and he was facing the terrifying ordeal of an alleged stalker trying to get into the Seven Network’s offices in Sydney. A SERIOUS MATTER Now Larry, 59, has had an AVO taken out to protect him from Victorian man Rodney Pearce, who was arrested and charged with trespass and possession of a prohibited drug. “Officers from South Sydney Police Area Command attended and spoke with a 52-year-old man who had been escorted from…

Nine has been tightening its belt for months with hundreds of redundancies and major budget cuts, and the latest hit has come for the 60 Minutes staff – who are reportedly only allowed to fly economy class for work trips from now on! But it’s understood that two star journalists, Liz Hayes and Tara Brown, have been made exempt from the flight mandate. “The news was not well received by those who work on the program,” The Australian reported. “They are tick, tick, ticked off about it.” The divide has no doubt created some conflict among the remaining staff, with Tom Steinfort, Nick McKenzie and Amelia Adams – also presenters on the program – left without the special privileges of Liz and Tara. The move has surely left some longtime…

They shared the stage as ’60s sex bombs back in the day, but there’s no love lost between Sir Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck as they continue their bitter 40-year feud! Brit popstar Engelbert, 88, ignited the war of words earlier this year when he said of Tom, 84, “I think he’s lost his voice. I don’t think he’s got it any more.” And that snipe hasn’t gone down well with The Voice UK coach, who is thought to have fallen out with his former pop colleague back in the early ’80s over his one-time girlfriend, Charlotte Laws, as well as standard chart rivalries. “There’s nothing friendly about him and I. He’s a pr** k, quote me on that,” Tom said last week. “We fell out years ago. He’s tried,…

Matthew Hearne is not just a musical theatre star but also a Paralympic athlete with the Pararoos, Australia’s national football team for athletes with cerebral palsy. He was born with the condition but hasn’t let it slow him down. “When I get performance anxiety, I can start to lose control over my body,” he reveals. But that didn’t stop him from belting out the national anthem for the Socceroos in 2023, a moment that inspired him to finally audition for The Voice this season. And he’s been in demand on the show, with coach Kate Miller-Heidke swooping in to take him from fellow coach Adam Lambert! The 25-year-old contestant says, “It was always going to be a toss-up between Adam and Kate. In a kind of self-indulgent sense, it would…

Matilda Brown is a foodie entrepreneur and co-author of the newly released The Good Farm Cookbook but her relationship with food hasn’t always been easy. “I grew up a pretty curvy teenager and went on fad diet after fad diet to try and lose weight,” explains the daughter of actors Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward. Only in Woman’s Day FOOD JOURNEY “I had eating disorders all through my 20s and it wasn’t until I met Scott [Gooding, her husband], who being a nutritionist and someone who is so into health, that I learned about nutrition and what my body needed,” Matilda, 37, shares with Woman’s Day from the couple’s family home in Sydney’s Whale Beach. “And I learned to love food again because food was my enemy for so long.”…

MURDERERS’ DREAM $425,000 The little green home on Moorhouse Street in Willagee, just south of Perth, WA, looks like a slice of suburban serenity. But underneath the facade lies a dark history. The home was once owned by Catherine and David Birnie, who sexually assaulted and murdered four girls there between October and November in 1986. While the house has been totally renovated since the killings took place, the property hasn’t managed to totally shed its dark past. Thanks to consumer laws, real estate agents are required to disclose any crimes that have taken place in a residence. Real estate agent Tony Papineau, who has sold the Birnie’s house three times in the last two decades, says it’s important to let buyers know what they’re buying. “You should really do…

Ralph Waldo Emerson famously wrote “The earth laughs in flowers.”In spring, that laughter is so positively abundant and contagious it will bring a smile to the face and twinkle to the eye of even those who have been through the coldest of winters. It’s a truly uplifting time to be in the garden with colour, growth and rebirth, so get out there and be a part of it! FLOWERING NOW Everywhere you look you’ll find spring in all its glory. Here are a few of our favourites… BOUGAINVILLEA are one of the great spring performers. Their flamboyant display is hard to miss in virtually every colour of the rainbow. You can find dwarf varieties suitable for pots and baskets, look for them labelled as “Bambino Bougs”. FRENCH LAVENDER (Lavandula…

GO ‘BRONDE’ As we head out of the cooler months, darker blonde shades are making a reappearance. Hairstylist and founder of Edwards & Co, Jaye Edwards, expects “lots of transitions to richer, warmer brown tones such as caramel, honey and chestnut, to add warmth and dimension to the hair”. Keep colour looking fresh by investing in good quality blonde and anti-fade formulas. MAKING WAVES Hairstyles come and go, but soft waves are still a popular choice. Great for any length, hairstylist and founder of Raw salon Anthony Nader notes this style works particularly well with layered hair. “Opt for a shoulder-length cut with subtle layers to add movement and texture to the hair, enhancing the softness of the overall style,” he says. Keep waves loose by brushing through with a…

TRENDING ONLINE TIRAMISU BROWNIE SERVES 16 PREP 25 MINS + CHILLING COOK 55 MINS • 300g dark chocolate, chopped • 150g butter, chopped • ½ cup Kahlua, plus extra • ½ tbsp instant coffee • eggs, lightly beaten • ¼ cup sour cream • 1½ cups plain flour, sifted • ²/³ cup caster sugar • ½ cup chopped roasted hazelnuts • 250g cream cheese, softened • 250g mascarpone, softened • 4 egg whites • ¼ cup caster sugar • ¼ tsp vanilla bean paste • 12 Savoiardi Sponge Fingers biscuits • cocoa, to dust 1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line base and sides of a 20cm square cake pan with baking paper, leaving edges overhanging. 2 In a small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate, butter, 2 tbsp…

Where did the inspiration for Here One Moment come from? I came up with the idea during a long flight delay. All the passengers had boarded the plane when the pilot asked for our patience as there was an issue that needed to be resolved. The upshot was that we were stuck on the tarmac, seatbelts buckled, waiting, waiting, waiting for an excruciatingly long time. I was travelling on my own and had no book to read and that’s when this cheerful thought popped into my head – every person on this plane will one day die. But when? And how? I looked around at my fellow passengers and thought, Will that little girl live until she’s 100? Will that young man have his life cut short? What about that…

ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE There’s no Nigella Lawson this year, but My Kitchen Rules co-hosts and judges Manu Feildel, 50, and Colin Fassnidge, 51, tell Woman’s Day they’ve still got the recipe for a very juicy season of the cooking competition... and they’re finishing things off with a very special ingredient – guest judge Julie Goodwin! Do you ever learn something you didn’t know from the competitors? Manu Every year! And I’m telling you there are dishes this year that I couldn’t even do! We always learn a new technique or a new product, or new flavours, and it’s always exciting. No Nigella this year... are you going to have some guest judges instead? Manu Nigella’s calendar didn’t fit with ours, unfortunately, so we’ve got Julie Goodwin coming in for the grand…

Need a body double, Brit? BRITNEY SPEARS If imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery, then the Princess of Pop has a whole heap of famous, die-hard fans! From the original queen of reality TV Paris rocking her Toxic outfit, to Hailey recreating her breakout schoolgirl look from her first hit single Baby One More Time, and Heather’s outstandingly funny homage on Glee, it’s clear that everyone in Hollywood wants to be just like Britney!…