Princess Beatrice did her best to soldier on and put her heartbreak behind her as she celebrated her 28th birthday.
The newly single royal, who split up with her boyfriend of 10 years Dave Clark just days earlier, opted for a subdued party in the Hamptons in New York.
But despite just having had her heart broken, the flame-haired royal was spotted partying with another man, and an heir to an oil fortune, no less.
The princess shared her special day with American heir Michael Hess, who was also celebrating his 30th birthday.
Bea looked really happy to be celebrating with Michael.
And Michael, pictured here with Heidi Klum, isn’t short on celebrity friends.
What’s more, the handsome gentleman friend is actually friends with her recent ex.
We wonder what Dave would think about the pair sharing festivities together?
Michael and the princess’s ex Dave are reportedly good mates.
A photo of the pair cuddling up in front of a birthday cake surfaced on Instagram, with both Beatrice and Michael looking very relaxed, smiles beaming from both their faces.
And if Michael’s name sounds familiar, it’s because none other than Taylor Swift kissed him on stage while performing at his birthday party just days earlier.
My isn’t he a popular man!
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There’s no word yet on whether Beatrice and Mike are just friends or whether there’s something more going on.
Either way, it’s lovely to see the heartbroken Princess out and about, and taking time to celebrate with friends and loved ones.
Is Princess Beatrice’s split only temporary? Watch the video below to check out her chemistry with Dave shortly before they broke up and decide for yourself!
Lisa Marie Presley has checked into rehab amid serious battles with addictions to alcohol and painkillers, according to a new report from The National Enquirer.
The singer reportedly checked into The Hills Treatment Centre in Los Angeles, a place that specially caters for celebrities, at the cost of $400,000 a month.
The publication claims she will be using a “private detox team” to help her regain sobriety this time.
An insider revealed that Lisa, 48, has been enduring ongoing struggles with her addictions in the past few years.
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The star has reportedly been battling with her demons for a while.
“Lisa Marie just fell off the wagon over the past couple of years and needed serious help in getting her life back on track again,” the source confessed.
The news comes just as the daughter of rock legend Elvis Presley is in the middle of her divorce to Michael Lockwood after 10 years of marriage.
Apparently Lisa Marie’s divorce from Michael is taking its toll.
According to The National Enquirer, her explosive arguments and tumultuous relationship with Michael, father of her seven-year-old twins Harper and Finley, might have pushed Lisa Marie over the edge.
Michael reportedly also suffered from drug addictions and has previously overdosed.
The singer has long had connections with substance abuse through family members and former husbands.
Lisa Marie is no stranger to drug battles, having both her family members and former husbands battling the crippling substance abuse issues.
She’s previously admitted to having problems with “cocaine, sedatives, pot and drinking — all at the same time.”
“I just couldn’t be sober,” she noted. “I don’t know how I lived through it.”
Lisa Marie explains how she struggled with ex-husband Michael Jackson’s drug use in the video below.
She attempted to sing her way into Richie’s heart but on tonight’s episode, the music was turned off for Eliza.
Wednesday night’s episode of The Bachelor Australia saw Alex finally get her single date with her main man.
The beholder of the white rose clearly had Richie completely smitten. And the feeling was mutual. Whisked away in a limo, the charming Perth boy treated the mum-of-one to a surprise shopping visit to Camilla before the pair indulged in a spot of high tea at the Intercontinental.
With Richie open to being a father figure to Alex’s son, they capped of their date with a serenaded dance, a kiss (to rule all kisses) and of course a rose.
Romance was put on (what felt like a 9 month hold) for the group date.
Nikki, Kiki, Megan, Sasha and ring-in Noni were parents for the day as they looked after simulated babies while playing put-put. There were tears and tantrums… And the babies cried as well!
Nikki and Richie got some well-earned mum and dad time, sealing it with a kiss.
In the end, Richie sent Eliza home. Woman’s Day caught up with the brunette beauty to talk all things Bachie.
When Eliza first met Richie she serenaded him with a song she penned just for him!
You made something for Richie right before you were eliminated, can you tell us a bit about it?
I gave him a blue rose. Basically, its an old creative technique of mine to find a ribbon and make a rose out of it – a little party trick.
And I made one out of blue felt ribbon, a little present for Richie. Because he has been such a wonderful man along the journey and I wanted to give a gift that represents how thankful I am.
What did he think of it?
His reaction was really sweet. He made a joke about it. He said that it was really sweet and he appreciated it.
Did it hurt to have opened up like that only to be eliminated?
It did hurt but it’s a situation where Richie has a really tough job in terms of 22 amazing women joining him in the journey to find love. So I applaud him for being in that position and putting himself on the line. It’s brave.
In a way, I felt that Richie and I were probably more friends because we are goofy and out-there.
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How did you feel when your name was called?
It felt OK because I had said all I wanted to say and I really put myself out there – who Eliza was.
Did you see yourself ending up with Richie
Definitely personality wise, yes. But I’m a pretty out-there kind of girl and I think it takes quite a big personality to match mine. I think I’m more of the wing girl at the end of the day!
Were you sad to go?
Yeah, at the end of the day you form a family with the girls so it’s so sad to say goodbye to them.
What did your loved ones think of you being on the show?
I warned my family to wear a mouth-guard when watching the show because the cringe factor will be out of control. It’s me and I love having fun and pushing the boundaries. If I make people cringe then I’ve done my job because that’s why we watch the Bachie, right?
What’s next for you?
As it’s come out, I am an actor. I have a one-woman, 70 minute show that I tour, it’s about a woman trying to find love and every year she doesn’t she gets a cat! She’s got ten cats.
Eliza, who is an aspiring actress, plans to tour her one-woman show at the end of the year.
A perplexing answer from a contestant on ‘Family Feud’ has left viewers all around the world scratching their heads (and laughing under their breath!).
Melbournian contestant Georgina Cimino was left red faced after host Grant Denyer asked her to “name a sport in which animals compete”.
Her answer? “Duck shooting”.
Her response got quite a few laughs from the crowd, and from Grant himself, who commented, “It’s a very one-sided competition, that one!”
“Imagine the ducks going ‘Yeah, wait until we get our guns, then you’re in trouble!'”
As for the final tally, unsurprisingly ‘Duck shooting’ was not on the list. Watch the video here.
A Mississippi woman is facing a life sentence over the death of Ernest Smith, who is the third husband she has been suspected of killing.
Nicknamed the ‘Black Widow’, 52-year-old Emma Raine is currently standing trial for the shooting death of Smith, who prosecutors suggest was murdered in a plot to claim a life insurance fund. Smith is the third husband that Raine has been suspected of killing.
Raine’s first husband, Leroy Evan, died under ‘mysterious circumstances’ in 1994. After being hit by a car in ’93, police confirmed that Evans had choked to death after his feeding tube was removed. Raine was never charged with anything.
Ernest Smith, Raine’s second husband, whose death Raine is currently charged with, was shot to death by a shooter, Alfred Everette, who was convicted of his murder in 2014. However during Everette’s trial, he confessed he had been promised a $10,000 reward for shooting Smith, at the order of Emma and James Raine.
The third husband, James Raine, died in 2011. His death was called suspicious by police, who linked Emma Raine between the two.
Raine has plead guilty to the charges and District Judge Tracey Flemings-Devallier has already begun court proceedings.
With its 4km gently curving arc of sand, lined with white highrises and a shopping and partying strip that goes day and night, Rio’s Copacabana is like Bondi Beach on steroids!
Locals – known as Cariocans – play volleyball, soccer and a host of other games on the sand. You can even drink on the beach, and bars and kiosks sell a range of local beers and – of course – Brazil’s most famous cocktail, the Caipirinha.
There are lots of other beaches too. Stylish Ipanema is more upmarket, with trendy boutiques to explore, while Barra da Tijuca – known just as Barra – boasts Rio’s longest stretch of sand at 18km.
It’s in Barra that much of the action for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will take place, as the area plays host to almost half the competitions as well as the athletes’ village.
It all kicked off last Friday, with the Opening Ceremony lighting up the newly revamped Maracana Stadium in the city centre.
The Maracana Stadium lights up during the Opening Ceremony.
A bird’s-eye view
The giant statue of Christ the Redeemer is an iconic Rio sight and a must-do excursion.
I take a 20-minute train ride through jungle-covered hills to the top of Corcovado mountain, where heavy fog means the 38m statue is almost totally obscured. But the mountain mists can pass within seconds so, along with hundreds of others hopeful of a glimpse, I hold my camera at the ready and cross my fingers.
Then, just as suddenly as it descended, the fog lifts and we gaze in awe at the spectacular statue and sweeping views.
While it’s clear I also take a cable car up to Sugarloaf Mountain – Rio’s other prime vantage point for panoramic city views.
The giant statue of Christ the Redeemer is a must-do excursion.
Gritty pretty
One thing that surprises me about Rio is the beautiful street art all over the city. Colourful paintings brighten up the grey walls of many of the crumbling neoclassical buildings.
The notorious favelas – Rio’s makeshift shantytowns – are brightly coloured too. A favela tour gives a fascinating insight into the lives of the locals.
“The law in Brazil is that if you build something and stay for five years, you then own it,” my guide explains. “The favelas were built by people from the north-east of Brazil who moved to the city to find work.”
Rio’s favelas provide another aspect to the bustling city.
Fire up the barbie
Visiting a churrascaria – Brazilian barbecue – is a must when in Rio.
At Fogo de Chao in Barra, a procession of waiters dressed as gauchos pass by my table, bearing long skewers of different meats.
I’m told that placing my order card face up (green) means yes, I want more, while face down (red) means I’m done. I sample sausage, prime rib, fillet, lamb, pork and more, with a variety of side sauces. It’s a lot of fun and everything tastes delicious.
No trip to Rio is complete without chowing down at a a churrascaria!
Rio by night
The Lapa nightlife district is a bustling area full of cafes and bars spilling onto the street.
I order a drink and tapas and mingle with the locals, before taking the short walk to Rio Scenarium, a famous restaurant with three floors of drinking, dining, dancing and live music.
As I samba the night away, I realise Brazilians aren’t so different to us Aussies. After all, they like to eat, drink and barbecue – what’s not to love?
Soak up the sun on Copacabana beach.
Need to know
LATAM flies to Santiago seven days a week, with onward connections to Rio, Belo Horizonte, Cuiaba (the Pantanal) and other cities in Brazil from $1905. 1800 126 038 or latam.com
Eclipse Travel has a 12-day Explorers Route itinerary that takes in Buenos Aires, Rio, Iguazu Falls, the Pantanal and Ouro Preto from AUD$5,736 per person, including accommodation, internal flights and guides. 1300 575 752 or eclipsetravel.com.au
A mother-son couple from New Mexico, US, have said that they will fight for the right to continue their relationship, despite the looming threat of jail time. Monica Mares, 36, and her son, Caleb Peterson, 19, have revealed in an interview that the two have “fallen in love” and are striving to educate the world about ‘Genetic Sexual Attraction’.
According to their interview with The Daily Mail, Mares gave birth to Caleb when she was 16 and gave him up for adoption as a baby. The two later reconnected on Facebook when Caleb was 19, after which the relationship turned sexual.
“At first I told him, ‘I’m sorry I don’t know how you are going to react to this. I’m your mom and you’re my son, but I’m falling in love with you’,” Mares told The Daily Mail, “And he said: ‘You know what I am too. I was scared to let you know’. He was falling in love with his mom and I was falling in love with my son.”
“We talked about it and we took off to the park. I said, ‘Would you ever date your mom?’ And he said: ‘Would you ever date your son?’ And I said, ‘Honest truth, yes I would’.”
The couple’s sexual relationship continued for another few months before police were involved and Mares and Peterson were charged with fourth degree felony of incest. Since their court hearing, the two have been released on bail and ordered not to talk or see each other.
But despite the court order, Mares and Peterson insist they’ll continue their relationship, even at the cost of their freedom and family. Mares, who is mother to nine children (including Peterson), admitted to The Daily Mail that she would sacrifice her custody of them to be with Caleb.
“If I had to choose between my son and all my other kids, I’d chose him,” she said in the interview.
Both Mares and Peterson have admitted they intend to continue their relationship after their sentences, if they are convicted.
“He is the love of my life and I don’t want to lose him. My kids love him, my whole family does. Nothing can come between us not courts, or jail, nothing,” said Mares.
“I have to be with him. When I get out of prison I will move out of Clovis to a state that allows us to be together.”
“In two years time I can see us living together happily living our lives,” Peterson said. “True love can do anything. This whole case is about whether I have the right to love somebody and I sure as hell have the right to love Monica.”
“You can’t tell me who to love, who not to love.”
Mares and Peterson’s case will return to the courts later this year.
According to the old adage, wisdom comes with age. But now, we have scientific proof that it is true.
Psychologists from Swarthmore College in the US, found that older adults are better at interpreting the correct slope of a hill than young adults. Lead researcher, Professor Frank Durgin, says that this is due to greater life experience.
In the study, researchers asked 50 college students and 50 adults from the surrounding community (aged between 18 to 72) to gauge the slope of a local hill.
They discovered that among participants with no knowledge of slope, older participants gave significantly more accurate estimates of the hill than younger adults.
While assessing the slope of a hill might not sound like conventional wisdom, it is proof that as we age we see some things more clearly than we did in our youth.
I definitely feel wiser now than I did 20 years ago. I now know that counting calories is a waste of time and that it’s not worth spending time with people who don’t value my friendship.
I asked other women my age what wisdom they wish they could pass back to their younger selves.
Rashida says: “I really should have enjoyed my teenage years to the max and chilled out instead of always studying and have full confidence. I would have been a success anyway.
“I often wish I could go back in time and spend more quality time with a few special people who’d been in my life then. I also shouldn’t have worried so much about what people thought of me.”
Jo says: “It’s going to be ok.”
Joanne says: “Now that I am a parent I would tell my younger self to be nicer to my mum.”
Helen says: “I’d tell a younger me ‘listen to yourself’.”
Andrea says: “I wish I’d known that the bullies would get their karma. That it doesn’t really matter what grades you get in school, it’s what you do with your education that matters.
“I’d tell my younger self to wear sunscreen more often and to embrace whatever age or stage you’re at as you’ll never be exactly there again.
It’s the topic of many interviews between new Hollywood-mamas.
Questions are thrown at A-listers like Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen, asking how on earth they managed to bounce back so quickly after giving birth!?
But as Blake Lively responds to those same questions on the promo trail for her latest film The Shallows, instead of giving away her workout secrets and diet tips, the blonde beauty seems to have a different answer.
“It’s so unfair though, because it’s so celebrated,” the 28-year-old said in response to a comment on her incredible body in the film, which was bikini clad eight months after welcoming her first daughter.
Blake pictured on set of the shark thriller, The Shallows, less than a year after welcoming her first daughter James.
“It’s like, this is what someone can look like after a baby. I think a woman’s body after having a baby is pretty amazing.”
The Gossip Girl actress went on, “You don’t need to be Victoria’s Secret-ready right away because you just did the most incredible miracle that life has to offer.”
“I mean, you gave birth to a human being! So I would really like to see that celebrated.”
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This week, Anne Hathaway also penned a touching message to new mummies out there, reiterating that despite Hollywood standards, it’s okay to gain weight during and after having a baby.
Beside an Instagram snap of her DIY jean shorts, the brunette beauty wrote, “There is no shame in gaining weight during pregnancy (or ever). There is no shame if it takes longer than you think it will to lose the weight (if you want to lose it at all).”
The Les Miserables star went on: “There is no shame in finally breaking down and making your own jean shorts because last summer’s are just too dang short for this summer’s thighs.”
“Bodies change. Bodies grow. Bodies shrink. It’s all love (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.)”
“#noshame #lovewhatyouhavebeengiven”
This message of encouragement isn’t the first time Anne has opened up about the changes to her physique after welcoming her son, Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman, back in March.
Not long after, the 33-year-old told Ellen DeGeneres that despite her setbacks in the gym, she was happy in herself, and so others should be too.
“I normally walk in [my West Hollywood gym] and feel so intimidated,” she said.
“But [now] I walk in, I’m like, ‘Yeah I work out with five-pound weights, but I pushed a baby out of my body. I feel good right now.’”
Anne says since becoming a mum, she celebrates the changes in her body.
In light of Blake and Anne’s positive mission to celebrate women in all their glory after welcoming children, we’ve rounded up the three important ways new mums can take care of themselves after birth.
1. Give yourself some credit
You just welcomed an actual human being into the world. As far as we’re concerned, you are a real life superhero! You just gave the gift of life. Now it’s time to give yourself some love.
2. Accept and own your changes
Take a page out of Reese Witherspoon’s book, and own those little changes to your body after childbirth.
“I am covered in stretch marks and cellulite but it doesn’t bother me at all. My body will never be the same again but I really don’t care,” the mother-of-three once mused.
3. Hit the gym when you’re ready
Of course, there is no pressure to begin working on your fitness after having a baby, but if getting back into shape is indeed your aim, post-partum fitness options are available.
Doctors recommend easing back into a fitness routine after 6-8 weeks, citing methods such as yoga and Pilates as a great way to rebuild core strength.
“Stretchies say hi!” Earlier this year, Chrissy Teigen proudly showed off her stretch marks on Instagram, weeks after welcoming her first daughter Luna.
Their marriage is no longer in sight, but that didn’t stop the Married At First Sight favourites from having a blast at last night’s Fashion Aid event in Melbourne.
And one thing was certain – Mark and Christie are still firm friends!
The duo were joined by fellow MAFS cast mates, Erin Bateman and Clare Verrall… making for one very big night.
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Mark was clearly happy to be reunited with Christie and planted a kiss on her cheek as they both posed for photos.
The farmer and his one-time love seemed comfortable in each other’s company as they cosied up together and packed on the PDA.
Going for His & Hers kisses.
Seriously guys, the chemistry between these two is still palpable!
Mark looked completely smitten.
Fans were ecstatic to see the former flames back together with many hoping it may signal a second chance.
Quick to sing their praise, one social media user mused, “You and Mark are so great together!”
“So good to see you are still friends,” another person quipped.
While one person simply said, “Aww look at you and Mark. So sad it didn’t work between you two :(“
Erin and Bryce are the only MAFS season two contestants to still be together! Meanwhile fans couldn’t help but notice how cosy Clare looked next to Farmer Wants A Wife’s Adam.
Also at the event was Dave Hughes and Bachelorettes including [L-R] Sasha, Georgia, Tolyna, Laura and Aimee.
“I was 100 per cent falling in love with him,” she admitted.
But the distance was too much – with Christie based in Sydney and Mark on a property in rural Victoria.
“We were starting to fall in love but our heads got in front of our hearts,” the reality star revealed, adding it was a tough decision to end their seven-month relationship.
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Fans were devastated when Mark and Christie ended their relationship.
Clare split with her pseudo husband Jono early on in the show and has been enjoying her single status.
On Tuesday night she hug out with her fellow castmates and Farmer Wants a Wife’s Adam Nelson.
Fans voiced their support, with one person saying, “Future husband standing next to you @clare_verrall. You guys look like you’d make a lovely couple!”
But Clare revealed she’s found love elsewhere.
“Turns out I did find love on #MarriedAtFirstSight, these two awesome chicks,” she penned alongside a clip of her fellow MAFS gals.
Check out the video Clare shared of Christie from the morning after the event
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