Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 52, 2024 i Woman's Day

There’s something about the start of January that makes it so special. The warm weather is lovely, the roads are quiet (well, as quiet as they get in Sydney anyway!) and everyone seems just that little bit more relaxed as we enjoy a fresh start and, if you can, a little bit of downtime. If you’re one of the lucky ones getting to put your feet up on holidays this week, we’ve got plenty to keep you entertained as you while away the days. From gripping true-crime reads, fresh summer recipes, a round-up of the best books to take to the beach and, of course, all the celebrity news and gossip you could ask for, we’ve got lots to keep you busy. I hope you enjoy this bumper holiday issue…

Lily Collins is grappling with an emotional reality as her father, music legend Phil Collins opens up about his declining health in a moving new documentary. The In The Air Tonight icon, 73, whose body has been ravaged by years of performing, suffers from back and neck trouble from years of drumming and has revealed he can no longer play. “I just feel like I’ve used up my air miles.” A source close to Lily, 35, reveals, “Lily lives in fear of her dad’s health deteriorating even further, so to hear him talking like this breaks her heart. She’s realistic about how many years they might have left together and wants to make the most of any time they have.”…

Amid rumours her marriage to actor David Harbour, 49, is on the rocks, Lily Allen has made the startling confession that, “I’m really not in a great place mentally at the moment, and I’m not eating.” The 39-year-old revealed her troubling behaviour to her friend Miquita Oliver on their podcast, Miss Me?. “I’ve been going through a tough time over the last few months and my eating has become a real issue,” the singer also revealed. “My therapist and I talk about it and she says, ‘How long has this been going on?’ And I said, ‘Well, about three years really.’ ” The mother-of-two previously suffered from bulimia.…

Late MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo’s widow Lauren has channelled her grief into her first book, Till Death Do Us Part, to help others going through the pain of losing a loved one. “This is a book of my lived experience through traumatic loss, the kind of support that I was reaching out for in the shadows of grief, and being homesick for a life that didn’t exist any more,” Lauren says of the book, set to be released in May. “And for those going through loss, I am writing this book so that your hands can land on it when you are reaching out in the darkness for something, anything, that might give you stability.” Lauren also delves into the difficulties of raising the couple’s son Alfie, seven, and daughter…

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban looked happy and at peace as they were spotted soaking up the sun with their daughter Faith, as well as Nicole’s sister, Antonia, 54, her husband Craig Marran and daughter Lucia, 26, during a heartfelt family reunion at Sydney’s Palm Beach. SOAKING UP FAMILY TIME Home for the holidays, it’s the Kidman clan’s first Christmas in Australia since the heartbreaking loss of Nicole’s beloved mum, Janelle, earlier this year. Despite the emotional undertone of the trip, Nicole and Keith, both 57, appeared content and looked to be cherishing time with their extended family, having landed in Australia with daughters Sunday, 16, and Faith, 14, just days before. Nicole was radiant as she hit the surf in her black swimmers, while Keith kept it casual…

Reeva Steenkamp’s family have expressed their horror and concern after learning Oscar Pistorius is reportedly dating again. And disturbingly, the convicted killer’s new girlfriend, Rita Greyling, looks almost identical to Reeva. Reeva’s heartbroken mother, June, issued a stark warning to Rita when the news broke, saying the former athlete “still has a problem with anger”. “I don’t understand how she doesn’t see a red flag about him because he has not lost his temper problem,” the 78-yearold told The Sun newspaper. “He’s still a danger to women.” “It’s not painful for me that he’s with this young woman -I’m just worried about her.” Reeva was shot dead on Valentine’s Day in 2013 by Oscar, who has always insisted he killed his girlfriend by mistake. After serving nearly nine years of…

The cruise ship breakfast buffet is overflowing with pastries, doughnuts, even a chocolate fountain and holidaymakers are piling their plates high with treats. Not Jessica and Marty Ansen though. The retirees circle the mountains of food choosing a few choice bites before finding their favourite seats. “There’s never-ending food on a cruise. We have to be very disciplined,” Jessica, 78, tells Woman’s Day. And given the couple have spent the past two years on cruise ships they make their health a priority. In 2023, the Ansens made news when they revealed they’d swapped their retirement village lifestyle in Aspley, Queensland, for 53 consecutive cruises. HAVING FUN “We have no mortgage or bills at home and the upfront cost of a cruise can be the total cost. It means we spend…

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MANKAL The wet season, which occurs in January to February. NGALADANY The end of wet season in February to March. IRRALBOO The big tides and mosquito season in April to May. BARRGAN Bush fruits and dugong season in May to August. JALALAY Fat stingray season in September to October. LALIN Married turtle season in November to January. Ask Aunty: Seasons by Aunty Munya Andrews with illustrations by Charmaine Ledden-Lewis Hardie Grant, $24.99 Words: Amber Bramble.…

With holidays and longer, lazy evenings many of us will have a little more time to spend outdoors so make the most of it. It is time to enjoy being in the garden rather than working on it so don’t feel guilty for taking that chill-out time. THINGS TO DO Take it easy and avoid peak heat during the day. Watch that UV! Don’t forget to cover-up with a hat, gloves and sunnies and use high SPF sunscreen whenever you’re out in the garden. • Prune any spent flower heads. Roses in particular will always benefit from having flower heads removed and this will often bring on new blooms. • Feed repeat bloomers such as gardenias and roses. A product like Rooster Booster, supplemented with an application of…

Probably one of the comfiest tints on the market, Mecca’s Lip Lock wears like a balm but stays like a stain with a glossy finish for the ultimate glow. We’re reaching for the shade Get Reddy for a flattering flush of colour. Mecca Max Lip Lock Balmy Stain $28 If you prefer something a little less shiny, Benefit’s Plushtint is a highly pigmented lip tint that delivers a sleek matte finish. Its velvety texture and smudge proof formula is guaranteed to last you though endless sips and long lunches. Benefit Plushtint Moisturizing Matte Lip Tint $42 For skin that needs some added TLC, Lanolips’ iconic 101 ointment is also available in tint form. Pop the dewy formula over lips and cheeks for a subtle yet sweet pinch of pink Lanolips…

Chalet girl! During a festive getaway in stunning Aspen, Heidi Klum hit the slopes to show off her skiing prowess. That’s all for Today! There was nothing but ear-to-ear grins for the Today show team, sharing this group happy snap to mark the start of their festive season break. Out-of-office on! When Tom met Tim The most famous men in Hollywood with names starting with T posed together at a screening of Timothee Chalamet’s latest film in London. Obsessed Jess! TV presenter Jessica Rowe, her husband Peter Overton and their two daughters are counting down to their next Japan trip after their “hilarious” family holiday. Surprise reunion! Beatlemaniacs rejoice! The remaining half of the ’60s supergroup, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, surprised fans by reuniting on stage in London. Bullseye…

Lucia Hawley has walked away from her plum entertainment reporting gig at 7Bravo after just two years, amid whispers she’s been struggling with the cutthroat job behind the scenes. And an insider says that after visiting aunt Nicole Kidman and her family in Nashville and reconnecting in Sydney, Lucia, 26, could be looking at moving to the US to try her luck in Hollywood. “That was a really hard job Lucia was doing. It looks glamorous but it’s war on that red carpet and she was having to jostle with some of the toughest hard-nosed journalists in showbusiness,” a source says. “Nicole was always supportive of her, but she did worry she was trying to prove herself to avoid any nepo baby accusations.” Now it seems Lucia is…

Back in August, the buzzed-about premiere of It Ends With Us was hugely overshadowed by rumours of a rift between its leading stars, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, who doubled as director on the film. And after a storm of controversy and negative backlash against her, Blake, 37, has come back fighting – hitting Justin, 40, with a lawsuit for sexual harassment over his allegedly “invasive, unwelcome and unprofessional” behaviour during filming. Among dozens of allegations against Justin – along with a producer and members of his PR team – Blake’s claiming her co-star led a deliberate and hurtful smear campaign against her to “destroy” her reputation for speaking out about her concerns on set. On December 21, The New York Times shared text messages alleged to…

They’re undoubtedly Tinseltown’s closest mother and daughter team, so it’s somewhat surprising that Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson have never shared the screen. And Goldie’s determined for it to stay that way! As whispers swirl about a hotly anticipated sequel to Kate’s classic romcom How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, her famous mother’s name has also been attached to the project. Only problem is, Goldie, 78, is reportedly firmly on the fence about signing on, due to the storyline involving a “very strained relationship” between Kate’s character Andie and her onscreen mother. “Goldie is worried she will find it really hard to play a mother who is at odds with her daughter,” a Daily Mail source says of Goldie’s would-be character. ‘She doesn’t want to rock the…

A life on the ocean isn’t just for the retired and Julie and Mathew Steedman fit their work around the 40 cruises they’ve taken in the past seven years. “We love it. You start relaxing the minute you get on the ship,” Julie, 52, from Malua Bay, NSW, says. She works with children who have learning difficulties and her husband, 53, is an electrician and since 2017 they’ve been booking cruises every chance they get. “I’ve got another 15 booked,” she says. “We love all the Carnival ones. Our standout was the 42 days around UK and Europe. We saw so much.” Sometimes they take friends or their family but mostly they go as a duo. Not that there’s much time alone. “You make so many friends. Even the staff…

NIGHTMARE ISLAND When former Playboy Bunny Jayne Gaskin moved her family to a tiny private island off the coast of Nicaragua in 2000, she was excited for her new tropical life. But instead, she and her partner Phil, plus Jayne’s three young children, found themselves living on a tiny scrap of land that was uninhabitable and locked in battles with locals. Incredibly, it was all captured by a camera crew, who filmed the dramatic scenes for a UK doco. “There is no going back, not for me, I don’t care if we’re penniless and it all goes wrong,” Jayne said. But when Jayne’s affair with a local builder did go wrong, tensions between the new arrivals and locals escalated quickly. Amid claims of corruption, a dispute over land rights and…

Purr-fect besties for life AMANDA SAYS Auzboz and Tigger come through and tell me they both passed from renal problems, Auzboz nine months before Tigger. The two were not related but had been together as tiny kittens at a pet store, so Anne took them both. They loved each other and had very different personalities. They show me some other cats that were there way before them, called Scruffy, Rascal and Castrol. They all lived together. Castrol was a stray and was found in the garden. Another cat called Chang comes through and he was Anne’s first cat. Anne’s mother and father come through, and are still very much together. Anne’s dad loves animals and there are many dogs from Anne’s life that are with him. ANNE SAYS…

Put your logic to the test and find out if you have what it takes to win $100,000! Just answer the mind-bending questions from Jim Jefferies’ The 1% Club... ANSWERS: 1 B; 2 0; 3 4 (it’s the number of crosses in the grid); 4 Arms (anagram); 5 CA (Canada, Cameroon, America); 6 Top Secret; 7 D JIM’S GETTING HIS OWN SHOW! In 2025, the host of Seven’s smash hit The 1% Club steps into his own stand-up show, Jim Jefferies And Friends. Featuring comedy legends Dave Hughes, Jimeoin, Arj Barker, Tommy Little, Nikki Osborne, Mel Buttle, Felicity Ward and many more, this strictly adults-only affair will see Jim in rip-snorting form as master of ceremonies.…

Jane Seymour is preparing to walk down the aisle again! Friends say the Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman star, 73, has found her forever love in John Zambetti, 77, a doctor-turned-rocker who’s played with The Malibooz and despite swearing off marriage, she’s so smitten she’s considering it! The pair have known each other for years – John even lived two doors down from Jane in LA, but it wasn’t until recently that they met up and sparks flew. “She’s madly in love with him,” a friend spills to the Daily Mail. “Every day he was on the set of [Jane’s new film] Harry Wild and would have lunch with us... I’m so delighted for her.”…

They’ve blended their families, going Insta-official with their 12-year-olds, her son Johnas and his daughter Scout, as they walked the red carpet as a foursome at the Sonic 3 premiere in Sydney on December 15, and now friends are whispering that Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart are about to take another big step! “A proposal is what everyone is expecting but only James would know if a ring was on the cards this holiday season,” a close friend tells Woman’s Day. “The Home And Away star has learned to keep things very private.” DOING IT RIGHT After all, a number of his previous relationships have failed to stand the test of time. And the insider confides James, 49, doesn’t want to make any mistakes this time with Ada,…

Even away from the small screen, Gold Coast-based actress Melissa Bell is ticking her way through a list of personal and professional goals, from writing adult fiction to getting her real estate licence. But it’s her latest project that Melissa is bursting to tell Woman’s Day about... her own clothing store, Lilly Blue, based in the heart of the city! “I genuinely have a deep love for fashion and styling,” she shares. “Over the years, I have very much enjoyed playing so many different characters and of course, that comes with costuming. I love being able to slip into something that is perhaps not my style or something I would not wear and transforming into my role.” It’s clear Melissa takes great pride in her accomplishments and has the…

When Mallory Lewis reflects on her childhood, it’s impossible not to see the profound influence of her mother, the legendary Shari Lewis, and Lamb Chop. Mallory’s voice, warm with affection, speaks not only of her mother’s extraordinary career but of their bond. At just five years old, Mallory, now 62, was by Shari’s side as they ventured to Australia during the late 1960s – a trip that still lingers vividly in her memory. “The thing I remember most was they still had pull-flush toilets,” Mallory says with a laugh. “We had the best time.” MORE THAN A PUPPET “I do recognise that, on one level, she is a puppet,” Mallory confesses, though it was Lamb Chop who helped her through the death of her mother in 1998. “I was pregnant…

Every January, 20 of the top Australian and international Elvis performers descend on the small central western town of Parkes, NSW, for a week-long festival dedicated to the King of Rock’n’Roll. Paul Fenech, who is part of one of Australia’s most successful Elvis Presley tribute acts, tells Woman’s Day that for this, his 22nd festival, he’s excited to share the stage with his son Anthony, for their show, From A Prince To A King. “I’m also so excited we’ll be performing with a talented guy who does one of the best Roy Orbison tribute acts in the world,” Paul, 55, shares. “And we’re performing with another guy from Japan who, believe it or not, sounds just like Elvis!” NATURAL CHOICE Paul’s been a fan of Elvis since he was a…

@jan.herdman1 HEALTH & FITNESS JAN HERDMAN While she only started her social media journey a year ago, personal trainer and bodybuilder Jan Herdman, 66, from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, has cultivated a loyal Instagram following of women over 50 looking to keep fit. With more than 70,000 followers, Jan says her fitness journey began 20 years ago. “The catalyst was my marriage breakdown, which left me feeling worthless, so a friend encouraged me to channel my despair and heartbreak into weight training,” she says. “I pulled myself out of the doldrums and thought this is what I want to do with my life.” She’s always receiving comments on how she’s inspired others to be stronger mentally and physically. “We can be strong, vibrant and independent to our last days,” she tells…

BURRATA WITH PRAWNS & ROASTED GRAPES SERVES 6 PREP 30 MINS COOK 20 MINS • 550g seedless black or purple grapes • ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil • 2 limes, juiced • 1 tsp dried chilli flakes • 2 tsp Dijon mustard • 2 tsp maple syrup • 60g rocket leaves • 1 cup basil leaves, plus extra to garnish • 24 (800g) cooked medium tiger prawns, peeled, deveined • 2 burrata or buffalo mozzarella, drained • 12 slices sourdough, chargrilled to serve 1 Preheat oven 240°C. Remove the grapes from stems. Gently thread 6-8 grapes on 12 bamboo skewers. Place into a greased roasting pan. 2 Combine oil, lime juice, chilli, mustard and maple syrup in a jug. Season, whisk until well combined. Spoon half mixture…

Edited extract from Sofra by Karima Hazim Chatila & Sivine Tabbouch (Hardie Grant Books, $50). Photography by Luisa Brimble. Fava bean salad A fresh and flavoursome addition to your summer soiree SERVES 4 Prepare 1 x 400g can of fava beans and 1 x 400g can of chickpeas by draining and rinsing. Drain off the water and rinse well, then put in a saucepan, cover with boiling water and bring to the boil, then cover with a lid and simmer 10 mins. Place 3 cloves crushed garlic and a pinch of sea salt in a mixing bowl and add the fava beans and chickpeas. Add ½ finely diced yellow pepper, 1 small finely diced Spanish onion, 100g cherry tomatoes (cut into quarters), a small handful of roughly chopped…

FRESH WHEELS PARIS HILTON The OG reality TV queen has traded in her iconic pink Bentley for a more eco-friendly vehicle. Paris was spotted cruising around on this electric-powered suitcase. That’s hot! Forgetme-nots! BOY GEORGE You know what they say... if you want to remember something, put it where you can see it! The singer’s new jacket had plenty to say, but we couldn’t spot his shopping list anywhere! Vibe check PETER OVERTON & JESS ROWE Proving that opposites really do attract, Jess and Peter rocked their very different styles while on holidays. Jess sported a colourful cat puffer jacket, while Peter opted for a more, er, low-key combo. COVER STAR! ROD STEWART Rod once said he’d rather be on the cover of Railway Modeller than…