Innholdsfortegnelse for 28-Apr-16 i You South Africa

I HOPE by now you’re settled on the couch with a cup of tea or a glass of wine, ready to lose yourself in the royal extravaganza we have in this issue. Reading about William and Kate’s recent tour to India is the perfect way to unwind – in fact we had so much fun putting it together it didn’t feel like work! We looked at hundreds of images of the duke and duchess, and deputy editor Nicola Whitfield scrutinised their every move to bring you the special album of their time in Asia. There were some poignant moments – especially seeing the pictures of Wills so clearly besotted with his wife compared with his parents’ awkwardness during their tour all those years ago. Turn to page 12 for our…

‘Smoky pinks, baby blues, powdery lilacs and faded yellows are bringing a beautiful, refined palette to winter ’– FASHION BLOGGER THITHI NTETA BARGAIN SMART BUY INVESTMENT…

‘Winged eyeliner stays winning – it’s timeless’– MAKE-UP ARTIST ESMÉ MASHUGANE QUICK TIPS 1 Winged eyeliner helps create the illusion of a longer upper eyelid. 2 Pair winged eyeliner with mascara or strip lashes. This will help open up your eyes. 3 If you have really thin lashes and don’t want to wear falsies dot your lids with liquid eyeliner to fill in the gaps. 4 Use liners in a variety of shades to add a fun element to your eye make-up. 5 Remember: liquid is thin, felt tip is precise, gel lasts longer and kohl can be smudged.…

QUICK TIPS 1 Add 5-10 ml coconut or argan oil to your daily body moisturiser for extra richness. 2 Equip yourself with a humidifier – it will help the air at home or in the office around you to be less dry. 3 Don’t neglect sunscreen; it’s just as important in winter as it is in summer. 4 To maintain supple skin cut the time you spend in the shower or bath in half – you’ll save water too! BARGAIN SMART BUY INVESTMENT ‘When you‘re in need of a warm bath during winter be sure to add foam or gel that contains moisturising ingredients like cocoa butter, which leaves skin feeling satin soft’– TANDI ROBERTSON FROM SATISKIN STOCKISTS ALMAY 011-971-0812, BLACK OPAL (DIS-CHEM 0800-201-170), BOBBI BROWN 011-516-3000, B.O.N 033-343-1767, CATRICE…

If your child battles to speak fluently you shouldn’t pressurise them to “come right”. This can result in the kind of stress that exacerbates the problem. It’s important to keep the stuttering child’s stress levels as low as possible, author Peter Louw says. Sometimes children stutter even when they’re not stressed, but even then you should try to eliminate stressors. Speech therapist Ursula Zsilavecz has this practical advice for parents: Speak slowly and clearly. Remember, your child copies the speech you’re modelling to him, so if you rattle off your words he’ll follow your example and stumble over his words even more. Create a peaceful home environment. Be aware of your child’s stress levels and keep calm if you see him becoming panicky. If your child is stressed don’t ask…

HAWAIIAN PIZZA SERVES 4 Preparation: 15 min Cooking: 15 min 1 kg readymade bread dough, at room temperature salt and pepper 45 ml (3 T) olive oil TOPPING 250 ml (1 c) cream cheese 100 g mozzarella cheese, grated 4 garlic cloves, sliced 1 can (440 g) pineapple chunks, drained 250 g bacon, fried until crisp 10 g fresh oregano, coarsely chopped salt and pepper Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Line 2 large baking sheets with baking paper. Dust lightly with flour. 1 Knead the dough lightly and divide into 4 equal pieces. Roll out on a lightly floured surface into flat pizza bases. 2 Transfer to the prepared baking sheets. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle the oil over. Bake for 10 minutes and remove from the…

LISTEN TO THIS! CELEBRATION FOSTER & ALLEN With 30 albums selling more than 22 million copies worldwide over the past 40 years, popular Irish duo Mick Foster and Tony Allen seem unstoppable. The 20 tracks on their latest offering celebrates four decades in the music industry and are mostly covers – some new, others specially recorded again. Fans of their laid-back sound will enjoy hits such as We Owe It All To You and Winds Of Morning, but it’s a pity some of their best-loved songs – such as their 1983 hit Maggie – aren’t included. – PETRUS MALHERBE…

I’M TRAVELLING ALONE By SAMUEL BJØRK Doubleday A young teacher dies in hospital after giving birth to a baby girl. Days later the baby disappears. Then a nurse is found hanged in his flat with a note saying, “I’m sorry.” But the infant is never found. Now a six-year-old-girl has been found hanging from a tree with an airline tag around her neck that reads, “I’m travelling alone” Holger Munch, a veteran investigator in the Oslo police force, is put in charge of finding the murderer. To complete his team he needs Mia Krüger, a brilliant investigator who’s retreated to an isolated island, planning to kill herself. But when Holger asks her to review the evidence she decides to help him one last time. Now Mia and Holger are in…

When Tigger was 20, he was abandoned at a veterinary surgery in Baltimore, USA. Adriene Nicole adopted the sick and bedraggled old cat, who was found to be suffering from kidney failure. She and her boyfriend nursed Tigger with medication, gave him a haircut and put him on a special diet. Once the tomcat had put on weight and was feeling happy and healthy, they created a list of adventures for him to enjoy in his golden years. “The little trips outside are a blast for him – the beach is his favourite so far,” Adriene says. “Tigger’s story shows how amazing it is to adopt a geriatric pet and give them the best remaining days!”…

SHE’s piled on 30 kilos recently and already weighs a good 45 kg more than the goal weight she’d had her heart set on for years. And this gap is growing all the time. But Leanne du Preez is beaming when we arrive at her home in Uitenhage. As she’s talking to us, she runs her hand casually through her trendy blonde and dark pixie cut. She’s looking completely radiant – all 145 kg of her. After a long battle Leanne has made peace with herself and discovered you don’t need to be slim to be happy. It’s hard to believe this is the same young woman who came knocking on YOU’s door for help in 2011. Then she weighed 191,5 kg and was a depressive 21-year-old who said she…

These women, all examples of excellence in their field, are leaders and key figures of influence in the corporate world and media. They are also the 2016 ambassadors for Cell C’s Take a Girl Child to Work Day® initiative. Dolly Mokgatle is Executive Director at Peotona Holdings, was CEO of Spoornet and, before that, the first black woman to become Managing Director of the Transmission Group in Eskom. Leanne Manas is an award-winning, respected TV presenter, radio host and much loved South African media personality. Basetsana Kumalo is an entrepreneur and successful businesswoman who sits on many corporate boards. She is also a well-known South African television personality, former Miss South Africa and philanthropist. These successful women have volunteered their support and participation in the Cell C Take a Girl…

IF THE sun is shining and the surf is up, chances are you’ll find Ashtan Davids and his sister paddling out in search of the perfect wave. But Ashtan is no ordinary surfer – the 18-year-old from Muizenberg, Cape Town, has cerebral palsy and is wheelchair-bound. “The water gives him freedom,” his mom, Shireen (56), says. Ashtan loves nothing more than heading out into the ocean on his specially adapted surfboard, his adoring sister, Megan (26), at his side. The teenager is clearly the apple of his mom’s and sister’s eye – and it’s their love for him that spurred them on to start an initiative that would help not only Ashtan but others like him too. Ashtan and Megan launched the nonprofit organisation Believe In Schatzi in 2014 to…

Much progress has been made recently in technology to help paralysed people move again. In 2012, scientists at the University of Pittsburgh in America implanted an electrode in the brain of quadriplegic Jan Scheuermann so it could control a robotic arm, allowing the mother of two to pick up chocolate and put it in her mouth. In another first, Darek Fidyka, a Polish fireman who was paralysed from the chest down in a knife attack in 2010, can walk again with the aid of a walking frame after cells from his nasal cavity were implanted in his spinal cord. He’s now also able to ride a specially adapted bicycle.…

Watch out Hollywood, here comes LALLA HIRAYAMA! The 28-year-old brunette was recently named the face of M-Net Movies, which means the TV presenter will be travelling overseas once a month to a Hollywood blockbuster premiere, catching up on what’s coming to our screens. So far she’s caught up with Batman V Superman’s Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot. Who would her ultimate interviewee be? No hesitation there! “Anthony Hopkins. He’s been my favourite actor since I was little.”…

When you’re a member of the House of Windsor, protocol is of utmost importance. Everything has a rule, even walking. Kate’s coaches when it comes to propriety on overseas tours are David Manning, the queen’s favourite diplomat and former ambassador to Washington, and her stepmother-in-law, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Her main advice to Kate? “Keep smiling, stay attentive even when bored rigid and never be flustered” Strict rules govern clothing: no visible underwear, no outfits that turn transparent under flashlight and nothing that will gust upwards, crease, sag or droop. Kate was required to have weights sewn into the hems of her more floaty dresses – although as her “Marilyn Monroe moment” proved on tour, nature has a pesky way of making a mockery of all precautions (A). Tea drinking…

‘Shades of red and burgundy fashionably revive the sexy vibe in a warm winter wardrobe’– FASHION DESIGNER DAVID TLALE BARGAIN SMART BUY INVESTMENT…

‘Monochrome is once again set to dominate our wardrobes this season. Black and white make the perfect partnership’– ABIONA JENKIN, ACCESSORIES BRAND MANAGER AT PIERRE CARDIN BARGAIN SMART BUY INVESTMENT Use the Media24 3D app to scan this page for easy one-click shopping.…

QUICK TIPS 1 To get the barely there look you need to apply your make-up flawlessly. Unlike nude make-up, the minimal look appears natural as if you’re not wearing any make-up or very little. 2 For flawless foundation application start with a foundation primer, blemish balm (BB) or colour-correcting (CC) cream. 3 Apply bronzer or blush lightly to add glow – using a blush brush you can also apply it to your eyelids instead of eyeshadow. Finish with mascara. 4 If you have full eyebrows just brush them in place. If you have to fill in your eyebrows keep it to a minimum. BARGAIN SMART BUY INVESTMENT ‘The best trick to achieve the barely there look is to use natural colours. And because flawless application is so important you must…

I HATE MY FAMILY Q I live with my mom, half-sister, step-dad and my stepdad’s mom. I hate being around them and am miserable when I have to go home after school. I’ve hated my stepfather since I was four years old. He’s like a child in the body of an adult. He shouts at me and treats my mom like she’s nothing. My stepdad has a horrible way of talking to me and I do the same. I’m a terrible person to live with and I know it. It’s because I’m so miserable. I know I should be grateful for all my mom and stepdad do for me but I find it hard because of the way they treat me. I groan when they ask me to do something…

JAMES EARL JONES, the veteran actor who voiced Mufasa in The Lion King, stuttered until one of his teachers encouraged him to recite his own poems in class. EMILY BLUNT stuttered badly as a child. While she did well at school and wanted to say a lot, she couldn’t express it. She found a way around it only when a teacher suggested she take part in a school play and speak in an accent. “I distanced myself from me through this character, and it was so freeing that my stuttering stopped when I was onstage. It was really a miracle” she says. KYLIE MINOGUE received speech therapy, which along with singing helped her to overcome her stutter. ELVIS PRESLEY might never have become the king of rock ’n roll had…

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money – FRENCH PHILOSOPHER SIMONE WEIL THE PASSIVE OPTION Passive investments are popular worldwide because they’re an easy way for ordinary people to invest in shares. While active unit-trust managers pick individual shares to compile a fund, passive investments track the performance of a specific group of shares (an index) on a stock exchange, explains Helena Conradie of Satrix. There are two kinds of passive investments: ETFs (exchange-traded funds) and index-tracking funds. Both follow stock indexes. THE ADVANTAGES Passive investments generally cost less than active funds – the latter are more expensive because they include the costs of in-depth share research and the skills of an active manager. Passive…

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 2015. 132 min. 10-12PG V. Sci-fi adventure. R129* With the rebellion finally ready to take on their country’s cunning dictator, President Snow (Donald Sutherland), reluctant figurehead Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) agrees to join a small group of rebel soldiers filming propaganda material in the ruins of the Capitol to inspire the troops. But Katniss has her own agenda: to assassinate Snow. And so with this fourth instalment the terrific franchise draws to a memorable, satisfying close, leaving less-successful attempts at adapting dystopian young adult novels such as The Divergent Series in its wake and handling the finale much better than Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins. Once again Lawrence shines as the steely but still vulnerable Katniss, a worthy successor to Alien’s Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)…

GIRLS LIKE: TINIE TEMPAH FT ZARA LARSSON The UK rapper features Lush Life hitmaker Zara Larsson on his latest single, the second from his third album due out later this year. The club track is his 15th top 10 single in the UK. Check out the video, which was shot in Cape Town. “I’m really inspired by South African house music . . . This video represents that very authentically with plenty of dancing and loads of cool moves,” Tinie told music channel Noisey. KISS IT BETTER: RIHANNA We can’t get enough of the second single from Riri’s latest album, Anti – this Prince-influenced, rock-infused R&B track is one of the standouts. The sultry tune – in which she invites an ex lover back to her bed – is elevated…

TAURUS 20 APRIL – 20 MAY It’s a week for indulging your senses Your planet, Venus, moves into your sign this week, enhancing your fondness of life’s pleasures. It’s thus a week to feed your senses, whether you want to indulge in gourmet food and fine wines or treat yourself to a body massage. Since it’s also a time to take care of your physique, a bit of pampering is just what the doctor ordered. But refrain from overindulgence and make sure you get off the couch. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 3, 49, 14, 20, 31, 38 FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS TAURUS: AT HOME • Provides a safe and secure family vibe. • Mealtime is the highlight of the day. • Loves the couch. • Lives in a house designed around practicality and…

Meghan would love to work with EDM DJ Diplo and Queen Bey! ‘Beyoncé kills it in her shows and I want to do some cool stuff like that’ TALENTED MUSO Meghan (22) started writing songs when she was just 11 and recorded and self-released three albums by the time she was 18! DADDY’S GIRL She’s clearly besties with her dad, Gary. The singer, who lives in Los Angeles, loves to post selfies with her dad on Instagram and he was even her date to the Grammys this year – where she nabbed the gong for best new artist. COOL FAMILY She was in a five-piece family band when she was younger, along with her music-teacher and musician dad and younger brother, Justin, and used to have cool house parties.…

ALBERT • 7 months old • Africanis male Chained up as a pup in appalling conditions, Albert is now a happy and loving lad who’s great with kids, cats and other dogs. The perfect family dog! Cluny Animal Trust (Free State) Call Jan 078-246-2553 SEELA • Four-year-old female • Chow Chow/German Shepherd mix Sweet, gentle and intelligent, Seela has a steady personality and is great with kids and other dogs. AWS Worcester (Western Cape) 023-347-1049 Find a furry friend online at furkidz.org.za.…

OH NO! Your computer just crashed and now that entire report you’ve spent days working on has vanished and there’s no way of retrieving it. What’s your first reaction: do you turn the air blue and bash your mouse against the desk in frustration or do you sit at your desk quietly stewing? Turns out neither approach is doing you any favours. If you’re one of those people who bottle up anger you could become prone to health problems such as ulcers and high-blood pressure, but if you’re a venter you’re no better off. Research from the University of Sydney in Australia shows the risk of heart attack is 8,5 times higher in the two hours following an explosive burst of anger. When you get angry your body goes into…

‘I played with dolls with my cousins and wore their dresses’ THEY look like any other couple in love as they hold hands on the couch, clearly in that heady early phase of romance where they can’t get enough of each other. But Jeanine Ceronio (54) and Mark Alexander (57) have yet to consummate their relationship – and at this stage it’s not clear when that will happen. Jeanine had the most serious part of her sex-change operation in 2008, excited to be finalising a process that would physically make her the woman she always knew she was. Yet something went wrong and she has yet to enjoy a fulfilling sex-life as a woman. Jeanine and Mark chat to us in the lounge of their garden cottage in Minda-lore, Krugersdorp.…

She’s a familiar face on TV, strutting her stuff in stylish outfits as a presenter on Top Billing, so for ROXY BURGER (29) being fashion forward is second nature. She’s also a fashion blogger and owner of an online clothing store, Oh-One-One, so we knew she was the go-to girl for us to find out what’s hot for winter. Loves • Thigh-high boots • Gilets • Blanket-wrap scarves • Chunky jerseys • Layering Hates • Leggings worn as pants Favourite recent buys • A black and cream striped coat from ASOS White • Pointy flat ankle boots from Zara • Pleather jacket from Forever New Perfect day-to-night outfit • Layered! A thin top or shirt with a cable-knit jumper. Accessorise with a statement necklace. For evening swop takkies for boots.…

‘The pregnancy just kind of happened’ INSIDER SO MEGAN FOX (29) and BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN (42) have us officially confused! The couple, who announced last year they’re divorcing after 11 years together and five years of marriage, are now expecting their third child. And while some reports say the divorce is still going ahead, others say the two - who are already parents to sons Noah (3) and Bodhi (2) - are living together again. Sigh. What does seem clear is the New Girl actress and Beverly Hills, 90210 actor, who’ve increasingly been seen in each other’s company over the past few months, still have feelings for each other. Strong feelings it would seem! While the pregnancy is unplanned, sources say the on-off couple are “very excited” about it. “They…

EVA MENDES & RYAN GOSLING Eva Mendes (42) didn’t fool anyone when she strategically covered what was clearly a baby bump with a big bag while out in Los Angeles with partner Ryan Gosling (35). Fans of the highly private actor couple may remember she tried a similar tactic back in 2014 when she was expecting their first child, daughter Esmeralda (now 20 months). While they’re not married, Ryan made his feelings about Eva clear to Hello! magazine last year, saying, “I know I’m with the person I’m supposed to be with” Aw. BLAKE LIVELY & RYAN REYNOLDS Blake Lively (28) was snapped hiding her belly by tying her robe around her middle while doing reshoots for her upcoming movie, the girl-vs-shark thriller The Shallows, in Malibu. The actress, who’s…

She’s in there somewhere! Australian singer Sia, who hid her face behind a two-tone wig as usual, took to the stage in a giant white dress at the event held in Indio, California. Pop star Rihanna joined DJ supreme Calvin Harris on stage for their huge 2011 hit, We Found Love. Royals singer Lorde flashed her toned tummy in a tiny crop top as she joined British EDM group Disclosure for their collaboration, Magnets. Singer Taylor Swift gave the world a look at her new peroxided do with this Instagram photo, which she captioned, “Bleachella.” Riri was also seen with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, her rumoured on-off boyfriend. Singers Sarah Hudson (top) and Katy Perry (below left) and artist Cleo Wade (below right) posed for a cute Instagram snap showing off…

STAR LOOK CARA DELEVINGNE – chic in an emerald dress by Barbara Bui – joined her Suicide Squad co-stars in Vegas to promote the hotly anticipated comic book adaptation. Suicide Squad cast members (from left) Jai Courtney, Adam Beach, Karen Fukuhara, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez, Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Joel Kinna-man at the annual Cinema-Con film festival in Las Vegas. The cast of Bad Moms, including Christina Applegate (left) and Mila Kunis, were named female stars of the year at CinemaCon. “It’s quite a perverted film – don’t bring the kids,” Christina joked. 1 Vinyl star Olivia Wilde took a fashion risk in a semi-sheer fringe dress by Elie Saab while out in New York. 2 Amber Heard donned a scarlet silk twist dress by Dion Lee for the…

IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOUR CHILD! A SICK knot settled in my stomach while reading the message from my youngest child: “I messed up!” How do parents react when their worst fears are confirmed and peace of mind threatens to come crashing down? Recently I had to face the darkest moment of my life when I discovered my child had become a statistic in the rising tide of substance abuse. A straight-A student at a top academic facility, a child who’s had everything money could buy, a child with hands-on parents. How did we miss this evil lurking in our midst? One wrong choice or lapse in judgment has now placed us, as a family, under a magnifying glass, with everyone judging our parenting skills. I refuse to believe I…

WHEN Mark Zuckerberg was a baby his proud parents had a little “brag” book – a photo album with pictures of their beloved son which they loved showing to friends. Three decades later the Facebook founder, now a dad, is discovering the joy of sharing all his kid’s magical first moments with others. Since the birth of his daughter, Maxima, late last year the proud new dad has delighted in posting pictures and videos of her on his virtual wall. But it wasn’t enough. Keen for more ways to share her milestones and help faraway relatives feel part of her day-to-day life, he set his team of design geeks to work. The result? Facebook 360. It looks like a flying saucer but it’s in fact a camera equipped with 17…

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QUICK TIPS 1 To maintain healthy hair during the chilly months reduce by half the number of times you wash it. 2 After washing use a hydrating conditioner. 3 Give your hair extra love with hydrating masks or treatments. 4 Hot-oil treatments will also help keep your mane nourished and strong. BARGAIN SMART BUY INVESTMENT ‘To protect your hair and scalp from itchiness use an anti-itch spray enriched with vitamin E and B5. It will stimulate and soothe the scalp and add shine’– JASON GEORGHIOU FROM POWER GRO…

IN HER new film, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, the British actress plays Freya, tragic sister to Charlize Theron’s wicked Queen Ravenna. The movie is both a prequel and sequel to 2012’s Snow White And The Huntsman as a heartbroken Freya, betrayed by her sister, turns cruel and retreats to a northern kingdom to raise an army of huntsmen to protect her. Chris Hemsworth stars as Eric, the huntsman of the title. The 33-year-old actress is married to American actor John Krasinski (36) with whom she has a daughter, Hazel (2). The couple are expecting their second child in a few months. Was it fun playing a villain? Oh, absolutely! Charlize and I were always trying to outdo each other and it’s the kind of role where you can really ham…

IT GETS VERSE One Sunday evening as an elderly woman returns home from church she’s startled to find a burglar in the act of stealing at her house. “Stop! Acts 2:38!” she yells at the man. The burglar stops in his tracks. The woman calmly calls the police. After they’ve arrived and cuffed him a cop asks the burglar, “Why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a Bible verse at you” “Bible verse?” the thief says. “I thought she said she had an axe and two .38s!” M GIRONI DESERVING DAD A man with five children has won a toy in a raffle so he calls his kids together to see who should get it. “Who’s the most obedient of you five?” he asks.…

Without the Higgs there’d be no stars, planets or life as we know it THE shabby, long grey corridors of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research just outside Geneva, have barely changed since the ’70s, when I ran around them as a toddler. At that time my father, Chris Llewellyn Smith, was a physicist there. Later, from 1994 to 1998, he was director-general, during which time construction began on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – a 27-km circular tunnel under the Swiss-French border around which atoms whizz and collide at more than 99 percent the speed of light, recreating the universe’s conditions a few billionths of a second after the Big Bang. The statistics surrounding the LHC are dazzling. It’s the largest machine ever built, at a cost of…

The skin of the penis and foreskin is usually inverted to form a fully sensitive vagina, while the skin of the scrotum is used to create labia, says Dr Lionel Jedeikin, a Cape Town-based plastic surgeon with experience in sex-change operations. To create an opening, an incision is made between the anus and vagina which is usually held open by a vibrator. If it’s not kept open for at least 10 days, the skin around the opening could close. An opening that’s too small for sexual intercourse is one of the biggest risks of the procedure, he adds, and requires further surgery.…

1. Movement signals from the brain are blocked at the patient’s break in the neck, while the nerves in the arm remain intact. 2. An implant in the motor cortex – the brain’s movement centre – sends signals through a cable to a computer that learns to interpret his thoughts into potential movement. 3. Signals are sent to a device on the patient’s forearm made up of 130 electrodes which stimulate the muscles that drive hand and finger movement.…

James Packer: Mariah got engaged to the filthy-rich Aussie in January. Nick Cannon: Their marriage lasted from 2008 to 2015. Christian Monzon: Mariah dated the US model from 2005 to 2006. Mark Sudack: She hooked up with her manager from 2003 to 2005. Eminem: While Mimi denies it, the rapper claims they dated in 2001. Flavio Briatore: She apparently dated the former F1 boss in the 2000s. Luis Miguel: She dated the Latin crooner and producer from 1999 to 2001. Marcus Schenkenberg: In 1998 she dated the Swedish model. Derek Jeter: The US baseball player stepped out with Mimi in 1997. Tommy Mottola: In 1993 Mimi married the record producer who discovered her.…

“She’s the greatest thing that ever happened to me, and it just gets better and better” – that’s how HUGH JACKMAN (47) described his wife of 20 years, DEBORRA-LEE FURNESS (60), recently. And as these pictures show it’s clear time hasn’t put a damper on their romance. The spouses, who have two adopted children together, Oscar (15) and Ava (10), looked smitten with each other during a break to celebrate their anniversary in St Barts in the Caribbean. The Eddie The Eagle star – who recently revealed he’s not his wife’s “usual type”, saying she prefers “the bad boys” – also shared a throwback photo on Instagram of their wedding day, captioning it, “20 years ago on this day”.…

Looks as if little ARTHUR is following in mom’s performing footsteps! The four-year-old son of actress SELMA BLAIR (43) and fashion designer Jason Bleick was snapped dancing and singing for her outside a café in Los Angeles, ending his performance with a kiss! Selma, who split from Jason when Arthur was just 14 months old, is a devoted parent, saying last year in an interview there’s “almost a shame in feeling too attached, like there’s something shameful in saying, ‘My kid is my life these days.’ There’s a time and a place, especially when they’re this young. Let yourself enjoy it. I wish people talked about the love more”…

• Singer and X Factor UK judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s estranged hubby, JEANBERNARD (35), has responded to the rumours she cheated on him with One Direction’s Liam Payne (22) shortly before they split. The French restaurateur wrote on Instagram, “The truth always comes out.” An insider claims Jean-Bernard received the info via “people at The X Factor and is absolutely furious”. Cheryl (32) hit back, tweeting, “If anybody believes the s**t you really don’t know me at all.” • She may have an Oscar, but LUPITO NYONG’O (33) doesn’t own a TV! The Jungle Book star made the surprise confession during a recent interview with Stylist magazine in which she revealed she gets her news “from friends who are avid news readers; they’re like human news apps”. • LILY ALLEN (30)…