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There’s a common theme running through this issue – family. Singer Jimmy Barnes surprised Australia when he introduced a new adult daughter to the world, revealing he’d first met his eighth child a few years back. We learn how wife Jane encouraged him to go public with the news and how the entire Barnes family have welcomed Katy Lee into the clan (p26). Meanwhile swimming legend Laurie Lawrence introduces us to his adorable grandkids (p32), and in Hollywood, one of the most high-profile celebrity divorce sagas has come to an end (p16). Finally, over in Monaco, Princess Charlene has vowed to break a family curse that has plagued the royal women for decades (p20). Erin Holohan Editorial Director See privacy notice on page 54.…
Game, set, love match! Justin Long and Kate Bosworth started out as opponents before teaming up for some pickleball doubles with strangers. Cutest. Couple. Ever! Date night We were secretly hoping Travis Kelce was planning a holiday proposal. There was no ring, but he and Taylor Swift still brought plenty of sparkle to NYC. Say cheese... Jules Sebastian is just like every other mum... she loves a family snap! Husband Guy and boys Hudson, 12, and Archie, 10, were more than happy to oblige. Photobomb! Their trip was sadly brought to a halt when Jules got sick, but not before she, husband Cam Merchant and sons Ollie, four, and Carter, fifive months, met some locals in Phuket. Snow cute! Rumer Willis’ little girl Louetta, one, is the apple of her…
He just celebrated his 16th birthday a few weeks ago, but budding tennis champ Cruz Hewitt – son of former World No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam winner Lleyton – is already well on track to follow in his dad’s very big shoes! SIBLING TENSION The teen pinned all his hopes on nabbing just one of a handful of wildcards for the Australian Open qualifying event, which he succeeded in. But behind the scenes there appears to be mounting tension in the close Hewitt family ranks. According to a reliable insider, the teen’s sisters Mia, 19, and Ava, 13, are reportedly frustrated with so much of the focus being on Cruz. “Don’t for a moment think they’re not proud of him – of course everyone is because he’s such a…
Talk about a full circle moment! Mia is very much following in her actress mum’s footsteps, being spotted on the set of Australia’s second longestrunning TV series Home And Away in Sydney. The teen’s secured a job in the wardrobe department. “Mia has been a casual wardrobe assistant for the last year and a half and is a part of the Home And Away family,” Seven said in a statement. Of course her mum, Bec, is no stranger to Palm Beach, aka Summer Bay, having starred on the show between 1998 and 2005 playing the character Hayley Smith Lawson. Bec left the show when she was pregnant with Mia to become a full-time mum! “Mia’s determined to have it all,” says a source. “But she says [her gig on Home…
Almost half a century ago, Princess Anne made the extraordinary decision to turn down her mother’s offer to grant titles to her two children. The move sent shockwaves through an aristocracy still trying to comprehend that their father Mark Phillips had refused an earldom in 1973. However, the new mum was determined to give her own children as “normal” and carefree an upbringing as possible. “There are downsides to having titles,” she told Vanity Fair in 2020. “I think that was probably the right thing to do.” Friends say Anne, 74, is not one to have regrets but over the years she has worried that Zara, 43, and Peter themselves might one day hold it against her. Thankfully, they’ve shown nothing but gratitude to their mum for bypassing them the…
It’s no secret that Nicole Kidman has had the busiest year of her incredibly long career, the last four months of which she’s spent grieving the loss of her beloved mother Janelle. Now the exhausted actress is giving in to her mother’s final wish for her to slow down, with an insider revealing she’s planning to take a break from acting once awards season is done. “The final words my mama said to me, I was gonna get on a plane, and she said, ‘Maybe wait a minute, because you just need to take care of yourself, Nicky,’ ” the actress, 57, said recently. “I’m doing that more… we take care of everybody else but the last person is here.” The source says of her decision, “Nicole will always be…
