Innholdsfortegnelse for 20-Jun-19 i You South Africa

A FEW days before Father’s Day I was listening to my father and brother having a conversation and thought just how far apart their realities are. The world my dad grew up in is something my brother can’t even comprehend and I’m pretty sure my father can’t really wrap his head around what it’s like to be a young person in 2019. Yet my dad is my brother’s role model, the person he most looks up to and wants to emulate. Even if he doesn’t say it, I can see that to him our father is a hero. And yay to that. I’m so glad that from him my brother can learn how to work hard and persevere even when things get tough. That he can see what it’s like…

To be diagnosed with HIV, realising your husband of years ago probably gave it to you, then a few days later being struck down by a rare form of meningitis – let’s just say I’ve been through a life-changing experience. But at the same time it brought out the warrior woman in me. I lost five months of this year. I had to learn to walk again and somehow find myself. Psychologically the pain became too much. I weighed 39kg when I was at my sickest. Today I’m up to 47kg again. The HIV is nothing. I’m 61 anyway and can’t see myself dating again. I had no chance of pulling through, but with God’s help, a few wonderful friends and supernatural guts I guess I beat the angel of…

IN MANY ways, he’s like any other six-year-old boy. He loves climbing on jungle gyms in the park, is crazy about animals and enjoys spending time with his friends. But Yernar Alibekov looks more like an old man than a young kid as a result of a rare condition that causes his skin to sag and wrinkle like a pensioner’s does. Yernar, who’s from the city of Astana in north-eastern Kazakhstan, was diagnosed with the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndromes one month after his birth. The first sign something was wrong was when his eyelids started drooping, irritating Yernar so much that he scratched them all the time. Little Yernar has been likened to the boy in the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, where Benjamin (played by Brad…

PORK ROULADE WITH ONION AND APPLE STUFFING SERVES 6 PREPARATION: 15 MIN COOKING: 3 HOURS STUFFING 1 red onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and cubed 60ml (¼c) sunflower seeds, toasted 15ml (1T) fresh thyme handful of fresh parsley, chopped ROULADE 600g deboned pork loin roll salt and pepper 250ml (1c) ginger ale 250ml (1c) chicken or vegetable stock TO SERVE 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and sliced 1 red onion, sliced a squeeze of lemon juice extra thyme sprigs Preheat the oven to 180°C. Keep a roasting pan with a lid handy. 1 Stuffing Mix the ingredients well. 2 Roulade Unroll the loin and pat dry with paper towels. Season the meat side with salt and pepper. Cover evenly with the stuffing and roll…

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It’s good news for first-time home buyers: after years of insisting on a deposit of at least 10%, banks are granting the full monty again. But there’s a catch: requirements are stricter and interest rates are higher. Here’s how it works. THE REQUIREMENTS There are three main factors that come into play when you apply for a 100% loan, says Mandy Waddington from home-loan experts Ooba. 1 A good credit record, which shows you’ve never skipped payments or fallen behind on any debt you might have. 2 Evidence you can afford the monthly instalment on your home loan. Banks will request proof of income and you’ll also have to complete income and expense statements reflecting all your credit contracts, down payments and household expenses. You’ll need to have enough left…

THURSDAY ■ CON EXPRESS ★★ 2002, 94 min, 16, e.tv, 23:00. Action. A black ops soldier and his team are called in when Russian terrorists escape police custody and hijack a train. Arnold Vosloo. ■ A BOY CALLED PO ★★★ 2016, 95 min, PG, M-Net, 04:25. Drama. A widower struggles to raise his autistic son, who retreats into a fantasy world. Christopher Gorham, Julian Feder. FRIDAY ■ COWGIRLS ’N ANGELS 2 – DAKOTA’S SUMMER ★★★ 2014, 91 min, PG, e.tv, 14:30. Adventure. The sequel to Cowgirls ’n Angels. A young woman dreams of becoming a trick rider, but her world is turned upside down when she finds out she’s adopted. Haley Ramm. ■ THE WAY OF THE DRAGON ★★★★ 1972, 90 min, 16VL, SABC1, 21:00. Action. A Chinese man travels…

■ Sophie has more than a dozen tattoos. When she landed the role of Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), she had the X-Men logo tattooed on the left side of her ribcage. She also has a tattoo of a flame on her right index finger in tribute to Jean’s alter ego, Phoenix. ■ She’s a trained acrobat and can perform circus tricks. ■ She stars alongside Nick Jonas’ wife, Priyanka Chopra, in the music video for the Jonas Brothers’ recent hit Sucker, which has had more than 142 million YouTube views. ■ She has a phobia of walking over drains. “It freaks me out,” she says. “I don’t know what it is but I get so nervous whenever I see one. Someone once told me to say the word…

Taylor Swift has sparked a fan frenzy after revealing that the title of her upcoming seventh album is hidden in the music video for her brand-new single, Me (featuring Panic! at the Disco’s Brendan Urie). “I think you see it once, and you hear it twice,” the 29-year-old told the UK’s The Independent. Fans are already speculating it’s “lover”. The word is seen on a pink sign under a giant unicorn and she and Urie sing it twice in the song. She adds there may also be a few hints in the French dialogue at the beginning of the video. But she has faith her devoted Swifties will figure it out. “I know this makes me sound like a frustrating, magical elf making people guess my name or something. [But]…

SCRUBLANDS By CHRIS HAMMER Allen & Unwin Riversend is a dying Australian town in the grip of an extreme heatwave and drought. The town’s businesses are mostly closed and even the once popular pub and hotel stand empty. On a Sunday morning young priest Byron Swift chats to parishioners outside the church. He goes in to prepare for the service but comes out moments later with a rifle and mows down five men before he himself is fatally shot by his friend and local policeman, Constable Robbie Haus-Jones. A year later journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend to write a feature on the anniversary of the tragedy. But the stories he hears from the locals about the priest don’t fit with the accepted version of events. This novel is reminiscent…

IT WAS supposed to be a fun, fulfilling experience which she intended to use to promote two causes dear to her heart – women empowerment and serving those in need. That was the main reason she entered the Glow TV Mrs India South Africa pageant, says Dr Saumya Tiwari Gautam. “I thought it would be a great platform where my voice would be heard and where I could help uplift the most vulnerable in society, which is why I studied medicine in the first place.” Instead Saumya is embroiled in a court battle with the organisers who, she says, failed to fulfil promises to deliver prizes they’d advertised and left her feeling humiliated and frustrated. The 32-year-old is fighting to have her name cleared and title restored after she was…

The little boy is scheduled to undergo three rounds of surgery over a period of about nine months. “The first surgery is to apply a special external fixator (a metal stability frame) to the femur (thighbone), fibula (calf bone) and foot and cut the Achilles tendon,” US-based orthopaedic surgeon Dr Dror Paley explained to Mnqobi’s parents. The first surgery for both legs is similar, but in addition to fusing the right fibula to the ankle bone in the second surgery, doctors will also fuse the upper fibula to the patella to form a knee joint. A second surgery will be conducted to move the fibula to the tibia (shinbone) to make one bone. “We also fuse the fibula to the ankle bone to keep the foot stable and at 90…

There’s no doubt about it – Minnie Dlamini-Jones’ job comes with great perks. The sports presenter is one of the faces of the Heineken Uefa League campaign so she got to experience the Uefa League final in the Spanish capital of Madrid. “I was lucky enough to get a box seat – I was so close to the field I could smell the sweat of the players!” Minnie tells us. “It was a dream come true. It felt like being at a World Cup game.” She also spent time enjoying Spanish cuisine, experiencing Madrid’s nightlife and exploring the city, which included a tour of the iconic Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. “It was amazing to see all the Real Madrid memorabilia,” she says. “The weather was great too – it was like…

The Deeper hitmaker made history this month when she became the first woman in 20 years to win the Sama for record of the year. The last female winner in this category was the legendary Brenda Fassie, who won the award – when it was still called song of the year – in 1999 for Vulindlela. We asked the 23-year-old singer – real name Holly Wasserfall – to share five things people might not know about her. 1 I went to boarding school when I was eight years old. I met my best friend on my first day there and she’s still my day one. 2 I started playing guitar when I was six years old. 3 I have weird hang-ups about food – I eat a very limited range…

SWEET TASTE OF VICTORY English footballer ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN is clearly riding high on Liverpool’s Uefa victory over Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month. The midfielder and his girlfriend, Little Mix’s PERRIE EDWARDS (both 25), celebrated in style on a yacht in Ibiza, Spain. WHITE HOT Actress EMMA WATSON (29) slipped into a white bikini when she enjoyed downtime on a recent getaway to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico. BRIT’S BACK! Singer BRITNEY SPEARS (37) has been through the wringer these past few months, first checking into a psychiatric facility and later finding herself at odds with her dad. But the pop star seemed to leave her worries behind when she was seen chilling on a yacht in Miami, Florida in the US, with her boyfriend, Iranian-born model SAM ASGHARI (25), during…

Four Weddings and a Funer al (1994) Hugh’s character, Charles, and his group of friends attend a number of social occasions as they each encounter romance. BOX OFFICE: $246 million (then about R870 million) Notting Hill (1999) Hugh plays blustering bookshop owner William Thacker, who falls in love with Hollywood star Anna Scott (Julia Roberts). BOX OFFICE: $364 million (then about R2,1 billion) Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) He appeared as British lothario Daniel Cleaver in both the original film and the 2004 sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. BOX OFFICE: $282 million (then about R3,3 billion) Two Weeks’ Notice ( 2002) Hugh’s playboy billionaire character, George Wade, falls for his frumpy assistant, Lucy (Sandra Bullock). BOX OFFICE: $199 million (then about R1,7 billion) Love Actually (2003) He plays the…

Thanks for the lovely spread on Meghan and Harry’s new arrival (YOU, 23 May). I thought readers might like to know the meaning of the long version of wee Archie’s name: Archibald means sacred, noble and bold. MARIE DIXON, EMAIL Nobody seems to say one sentence without the word “like’’ anymore. I thought it meant you liked something but not in the context it’s now used. Presenters on the radio are particularly bad. Just listen for a while to people talking. You’ll be amazed. ANGELA PETERS, EMAIL I had to have my fingerprints taken at the police station and was shocked at how primitive and dirty our stations are. I had to wash off black ink with thick, dirty degreaser in a dirty basin with ice-cold water. SA, clean up…

THE QUEEN ‘She’s a great lady’ PRINCE CHARLES ‘He’s really into climate change and that’s great. I mean I want that. I like that,’ says Trump, who’s famous for his climate-change denial. MEGHAN ‘She was nasty to me. And that’s okay for her to be nasty. It’s not good for me to be nasty to her and I wasn’t’ PRINCE HARRY ‘I think he’s a terrific guy. He couldn’t have been nicer’ DEFENDING AMERICA’S RELAXED GUN LAWS ‘I read an article where everybody’s being stabbed. They said your hospital is a sea of blood, all over the floors’…

OR years it was a much- F maligned entity, bemoaned and ridiculed by millions of consumers for poor service, inferior products and bad management. But just look at Telkom now. Far from being an ailing body draining the country’s coffers, the telecommunications company has emerged as an example to other state-owned entities (SOEs) that you can turn your fortunes around with strategic thinking, stability at board level and determination to diversify. The latest financial results are proof that Telkom deserves a gold star: a profit of R3,3 billion was recorded for the financial year ending in March – an almost unheard-of achievement in a country where SOEs are drowning in debt and dependent on government bailouts. FROM HOPELESS TO HOPEFUL Just five years ago, Telkom was in as much trouble…

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) is the term given to a group of rare inherited disorders affecting the body’s connective tissue, which supports the skin, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, internal organs and bones. There are three main types: hyper-mobile EDS results in an increased range of joint movement and stretchy and fragile skin that cuts and bruises easily. Classical EDS is rarer and tends to affect the skin more, while vascular EDS targets the blood vessels and internal organs and can cause them to split and lead to life-threatening bleeding. Patients often have symptoms across all types. The condition can lead to complications such as osteoarthritis, scoliosis, chronic pain and joint dislocation. EDS is different to progeria, or Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, which is a rare genetic condition that causes a child’s body…

WIDE-LEG Whether you’re petite, tall or curvy, wide-leg pants create a beautiful silhouette and lengthen legs when worn with heels. CROPPED If you’re wearing cropped pants with flats, choose a skinny fit that flatters your shape. If you opt for wide-leg cropped pants, pair them with heels. PRINTED When you go for in bold prints, let the pants make the statement and keep the rest of your outfit simple. But if you want to do print on print, stick to a palette of similar colours, and accessorise sparingly. FAUX LEATHER Faux leather pants add an edge to any outfit. Dress them down with sneakers or wear heels and a patterned top for a smarter look. A-LINE If you’re petite, shorten the length of the skirt or wear it with ankle…

CANCER 21 JUNE – 21 JULY Set new goals for the year ahead The Sun moves into your sign this week, which means you’ll soon celebrate your birthday and embark on a new personal year. It’s the ideal time in which to focus on your own needs, whether in terms of your professional ambitions, physical comforts or personal wishes. Since it’s a week in which to look toward the future rather than dwell on the past, you may want to take time out for introspection. This will allow you to set intentions and formulate goals for the year ahead. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 22, 39, 32, 36, 34, 4 LEO 22 JULY – 22 AUG As a fun-loving Leo you probably like to go out and be the life and soul…

CITY OF GIRLS By ELIZABETH GILBERT Bloomsbury Vivian Morris arrives in New York in the summer of 1940. Having just been kicked out of university, she’s sent to stay with her aunt, Peg, by her despairing parents who hope she’ll at last find a little direction in life. And that she definitely does – but not in the way they hoped. The highly unconventional Peg is the proud owner of the Lily Playhouse, a disreputable theatre. One of the showgirls, Celia, takes Vivian under her wing and encourages her to explore her sexuality. Vivian does this with gusto – until her appetites see her becoming caught up in a sex scandal, threatening everything she holds dear. Gilbert says that for a long time she’s wanted to write a book about…

SLEEP. It’s one of the body’s most basic functions and as essential to our wellbeing as food and water. Yet for many of us, it’s a really big deal. Hours spent tossing and turning mean we wake up scratchy-eyed and crabby – and even those of us who find it easy to get a good eight hours can battle to feel refreshed and good to go-go-go. But the solution could be as simple as finding out what kind of sleeper you are, says sleep therapist Dr Nerina Ramlakhan, author of the new book The Little Book of Sleep. In this extract she explains how you can get meaningful shut-eye by identifying the kind of sleeper you are – and then putting a few life-changing practices in place. WHAT KIND OF…

Annusha Thaver, one of the pageant organisers, says Saumya misinterpreted what her prizes would be. “The R500 000 referred to the collective amount of prizes for all the main winners, not just the titleholder, and was subject to terms and conditions,” she tells us. She says she and the other organisers fulfilled their mandate but Saumya “rejected the prizes sent to her”. “Her interpretation of what her prizes would be was not what was stipulated by the pageant.” She maintains they acted in Mrs India South Africa’s best interests by dethroning Saumya and crowning runner-up Daphne Singh as the new Mrs India South Africa. “Saumya publicly misled facts pertaining to her prizes and receipt thereof and as a result brought disrepute to the Mrs India South Africa brand.” As for…

HERS was one of the most highly anticipated births in the history of showbiz. For weeks the world’s press camped outside the luxury lodge her parents had holed up in the Namibian desert, desperate for a glimpse of the first biological baby born to silver-screen royalty. And when the world finally saw her, it was a treat: she was a picture-perfect poppet with her mother’s pillowy mouth set in her father’s perfectly planed face, a gorgeous girl with a life of privilege and globe-trotting excitement ahead of her. Press the fast-forward button and Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt is now 13 years old – and plenty of water has flowed under the bridge of the once seemingly unbreakable Brangelina brigade. Yet throughout all the trouble and trauma Shi has kept on smiling.…

MY FRIEND Brigitte Hayes (RIGHT) recently celebrated her 80th birthday in Pretoria. Brigitte asked all her friends and family if they’d kindly donate dog or cat food to the SPCA in lieu of birthday gifts. Guests at her celebration were astounded and delighted to see how kind everyone was to donate so much food to needy animals. We all agree that the SPCA takes such good care of our animals, and we were happy to collect all this wonderful food for their dogs and cats! I’d like to remind readers that the SPCA is desperately in need of dog and cat food. All branches in South Africa would happily collect any donation of food no matter how small. Some branches have already run out of this vital resource. MURIEL SEDGMAN,…

Are you a self-proclaimed word nerd? Or are numbers more your game? Either way, there are plenty of brain teasers to exercise your brain in the new issue of YOU Quick Puzzles (R44): crosswords, codebreakers, logic puzzles, sudoku, kakuro, spot the difference, spirals and so much more. Get your copy in stores now, order online at youstore.co.za or contact Johan Terblanche on 021-406-4962 or at johan.terblanche@media24.com and have it delivered to your door (courier fees apply).…

Tempted to copy the Alfinos and up and off for a year? Here are a few tips from Cindy: ■ Discuss everything with all the affected family members to ensure everyone is on board and understands what’s happening. ■ Research your van. Can you get parts easily? Are you able to do a roadside repair? Is the engine in good enough condition to get you through with no issues? ■ Discuss your plans with your kids’ school. Is it an option to get the curriculum from them? Can you get a discount on the fees or stop paying altogether and still have a place when you get back? ■ Amend your insurance. Add the new vehicle to your cover and let your insurer know what you’re going to be doing…

LAMB AND TOMATO STEW The stew can be left to cook unattended while you see to other evening tasks such as homework. The green rooibos helps tenderise the meat. polenta (optional) SERVES 6 PREPARATION: 20 MIN COOKING: 2 HOURS 2,5kg stewing lamb, cut into chunks salt and pepper olive oil 3ml (generous ½t) paprika 6 garlic cloves, crushed chopped leaves of 1 rosemary sprig handful of thyme sprigs handful of fresh basil 2-3 bay leaves 250ml (1c) green rooibos tea or meat stock 1 can (400g) Mediterranean tomatoes (see tip) 1 can (400g) cherry tomatoes 6-8 sun-dried tomatoes in vinaigrette, chopped 1 can (65g) tomato paste 4 red onions, cut into wedges a little sugar 12 baby potatoes TO FINISH fresh basil bay leaves TO SERVE Preheat the oven to…

Colder weather calls for a change in your skincare routine. Perfect products and practices for summer may be not quite as effective in winter. Each of the three main skin types – oily, dry and combination – changes differently with the seasons. You won’t have to overhaul your routine or products completely, but it’s handy to know which changes to make and which extra products may be beneficial. Combination skin CHARACTERISTICS Your skin is oily in the T-zone (the forehead, nose and chin) but dry in the surrounding areas and you’re prone to breakouts on your forehead and chin. In winter, your T-zone feels rough and looks dull. The drier areas become drier and rougher and can sometimes look slightly darker. WHAT TO DO ■ As you’re dealing with skin…

WHY DO I FEEL LIKE A FAILURE? Q I’m a successful professional working for a good company. I understand in my head that I’ve done really well and have reached an important level in my career, but in spite of this I still feel like a failure. I have no objective reason to feel this way but I just can’t shake the feeling. I’m afraid to make mistakes, even though I realise it’s natural for people to make mistakes sometimes. And I don’t make mistakes often at all. I feel that people don’t really like me, even though my colleagues often praise me and invite me to their homes. Why am I like this? Everything points to me being successful in life, when you look at the situation objectively, yet…

The most sophisticated hackers will probably bust through a common password but you can still make an effort to protect yourself, even if only to keep snooping colleagues and other potential chancers out of your personal things. A random password that’s at least 11 characters long is best. But this can be difficult to remember, so try for the best of both worlds. Create a random phrase/sentence that you can remember but isn’t necessarily linked to any of your favourite things. Then use a combination of letters, numbers and symbols to make a password. For example: thelightblueframe could become Thel!ghtBlueFr@me or swanonapond could become $w@n0n@P0nd.…

THE ESSENCE OF CANCER ■ Kindness is their trademark ■ They are nostalgic and can get stuck clinging to the past ■ As lovers of the arts, they’re imaginative and creative ■ They’re sentimental and have hoarding tendencies ■ Most have an understanding ear and sympathetic heart ■ Moody behaviour is part and parcel of a touchy Cancer ■ Safeguarding home and family is second nature to them…

PHOENIX RISING Game of Thrones’ Sansa Stark isn’t the only strong female role in Sophie Turner’s arsenal. The British actress also plays Dark Phoenix in the X-Men franchise – and this is the second time she gets into Jean Grey’s skin. This time the 23-year-old finds herself at a crossroads when a cosmic force transforms her into one of the strongest mutants the X-Men have seen. While fighting her inner demons, Jean develops a dangerous alter ego who divides the X-Men family and threatens the existence of the planet. Dark Phoenix is the first X-Men movie in the franchise’s 19-year history that has a female main character. “Growing up, I didn’t really feel as if I’d seen a superhero movie with a really strong female at the helm,” Sophie says,…

FROM BROKE TO WOKE A year ago Lil Nas X – real name Montero Hill – was a college dropout sleeping on his sister’s couch in Atlanta and working as a cashier at a fast-food chain. Bored, he started writing songs and posting them online. Fate stepped in when he found a banjo-inspired beat on YouTube by a 19-year-old from the Netherlands called YoungKio. “I was picturing a loner cowboy runaway,” he says. He paid $30 (then about R435) for the beat and started to write. Three months later, in December, he dropped the tune on SoundCloud. It took off when fans started posting short cowboy videos set to the track on the social media app TikTok. “And it just kind of slowly went up. People say I paid influencers,…

Guilty pleasure Tabloid celebrity gossip. Favourite place in the whole world The beach, being next to any warm ocean. What makes you laugh? Infantile, scatological humour. What makes you spitting mad? The current situation in the United States makes me pretty furious. Most treasured possession My apartment in New York. I now own 600 square feet (55m²) of the city that I love. What word do you tend to overuse? Sweetheart. Now that I’m getting older I think I can call everyone sweetheart. Is it true you grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Connecticut? Yes, it’s true. My parents still own it. Biggest regret That I’m in every moment unable to forgive myself for all my regrets. What do you know now that you wish you’d known at…

These tips will make a big difference to how you sleep. Start doing them today and they’ll start to make a difference in seven to 10 days. Connect with nature Studies show that getting outdoors, ideally somewhere green or near water and trees, helps to restore the balance of the hormones serotonin, oxytocin and melatonin that are vital for your mood, wellbeing and sleep. Reduce your caffeine intake Caffeine keeps you wired and stuck in survival mode, which makes it harder for the body to know it’s time to unwind. Drink plenty of water Dehydration can wake you during the night and can actually worsen night sweats. Get an early night Start winding down between 9pm and 9.30pm and avoid over-stimulation and watching the news. Stop measuring! If you’re using…

WHEN her son was born Nthabiseng Nhlanhla was relieved to find out he had all his toes. She’d been worried because scans during her pregnancy had shown there might be a problem. Now here he was with 10 fingers and 10 toes – just like his twin brother. But as she gazed at baby Mnqobi she could see one striking difference that set him apart from his sibling, Philasande. Mnqobi’s feet and ankles bent inwards. Although it looked bad, she wasn’t too worried. Doctors warned he might be born with clubfeet, a condition which they told her was easily correctible. It could be fixed, she told herself – at least he had his 10 toes. But a few days after his birth her hopes were dashed. The problem was much…

WE SEE them on TV and on the sports field, consummate professionals doing what they do best. But away from the spotlight something far more rewarding awaits these six guys: their precious kids. In honour of Father’s Day we asked them to open up about what being a dad really means to them – from the good to the bad and even the snotty. CRICKETER JP DUMINY (35) AND DAUGHTERS ISABELLA (3) AND ALEXA-ROSE (9 MONTHS) What does Father’s Day mean to you? It’s a day when I collect hugs and a million kisses from my girls, a day when I reflect on how precious life has become with my two beautiful princesses under my wing. What’s your favourite father-daughter activity? Isabella and I enjoy going out for breakfast or…

SOME celeb breakups come like a bolt from the blue, others are preceded by gossipy whispers months before the official announcement is made. This was the case when American actor BRADLEY COOPER (44) and Russian model IRINA SHAYK (33) recently split. “They haven’t been getting along for a while and were holding on to their relationship for the sake of their daughter,” says an insider, referring to the couple’s two-year-old daughter, LEA. The relationship apparently took strain after Bradley threw himself into the production and promotion of his directorial debut, A Star Is Born – and his close relationship with co-star LADY GAGA (33) didn’t help. “Those close to them had high hopes that when Bradley finished promoting the movie he and Irina would be able to work out their…

Don’t expect to see him in a soppy movie anytime soon – because for HUGH GRANT the romance is over. The actor was recently asked if he had an “inferiority complex” from always starring in romcoms, and he acknowledged he’s no longer suited for those roles. “I’ve gotten too old and ugly and fat to do them anymore, so now I’ve done other things, and I’ve got marginally less self-hatred,” he said with a laugh during his interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Hugh (58) said he felt as if he’d been put in a box but adds that the success was worth it. “I was being paid tons of money. I was very lucky,” he said. “Most of those romantic comedies I can look squarely in the face – one…

They were the picture of happiness as they posed for the first time as man and wife. After a whirlwind romance, author KATHERINE SCHWARZENEGGER (29) and actor CHRIS PRATT (39) tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Montecito, California. The Avengers: Endgame star and his bride – eldest daughter of actor and former politician Arnold Schwarzenegger (71) and journalist MARIA SHRIVER (63) – announced their engagement in January. They were first linked romantically in June last year. The pair wed at the luxurious San Ysidro Ranch and Katherine looked breathtaking in a fitted Giorgio Armani gown teamed with a long lace-trim veil, according to an insider. “You could tell it was the happiest day for Katherine. She didn’t stop smiling. And Chris seemed giddy with excitement,” a guest reports.…