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March 1, 2011

Sandra Bullock sparkles one year after split

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Sandra with her ex-husband Jesse James at the 2010 Oscars (left), and at this year's awards (right)

If her performance at yesterday’s Oscars is any indication, Sandra Bullock has emerged triumphant from the turmoil of the past year.

Within days of winning the 2010 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance inThe Blind Side, stories emerged of her husband Jesse James cheating on her with a string of women, resulting in a messy end to the marriage.

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She was hounded by the world’s press, went into hiding, and adopted a son, which she later revealed she had been in the process of adopting with Jesse.

Her new start to motherhood on her own, a situation that would have been painful in any circumstances, was made even more so with the whole world watching, particularly after the actress’ heartfelt acceptance speech that didn’t leave a dry eye in the house.

Last night she braved the Academy Awards again, this time as a presenter. Sandra held her head high, looking confident and stunning in a plunging red Vera Wang gown.

Bullock’s wry and deprecating presentation style was a hit. Before presenting Colin Firth with the Best Actor award for his role inThe King’s Speech, Sandra teased nominee and last year’s winner Jeff Bridges over his nomination forTrue Grit.

“Don’t you want to stagger them?” she said.

While Bullock has spent most of the last year out of the spotlight raising her adopted son Louis, her triumphant red-carpet return coincided with her first day of work in more than six months year as she begins to shoot new filmExtremely Loud and Incredibly Closewith Tom Hanks.

With a healthy and beautiful baby boy, an Oscar on the mantle, and new movie on the way, it looks like Sandra has a better year to look forward to.

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Anne Hathaway’s amazing Oscars outfits

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Anne Hathaway’s hosting of the 2011 Oscars might have been panned by critics, but her fashion choices were perfect.

The 28-year-old actress donned eight stunning outfits throughout the ceremony, from her princess-style red carpet Valentino, to her figure-hugging crystal-studded Tom Ford finale gown. She even wore a custom-made Lanvin tuxedo while her co-host James Franco minced about in a pink dress.

Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe dressed Anne for the event and her savvy choices secured the young star a place of best-dressed lists worldwide.

Anne started the evening in this elegant Valentino design

For her first appearance on stage Anne donned this embroidered Givenchy Haute Couture gown

The hostess then mixed things up, wearing a Lanvin tuxedo and Brian Atwood shoes

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February 28, 2011

William and Kate launch wedding website

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Are you desperate to discover what Kate Middleton’s wedding dress looks like? Intrigued about what colour hat Queen Elizabeth will wear? Wondering whether Prince William will cry when he makes his vows? If so, the new official royal wedding website will probably fill you with joy.

William and Kate launched the site dedicated to their April 29 nuptials yesterday.

The webpage will provide daily “exclusive” updates about the wedding, the latest photos of the couple and a live feed from Westminster Abbey on the wedding day. The royal family is also reportedly considering streaming the ceremony live online.

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The site’s creators at royal residence Clarence House have promised juicy details, such as the style and designer of Kate’s dress, will be posted on the site before they appear anywhere else (in the case of the wedding dress, the information will be revealed at 11am on the wedding day, at the exact moment Kate steps out of her car to walk into the church).

“There’s been lots of interest in the wedding from the public and the website will be a resource for them to go to,” a St. James Palace spokesman told Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper.

Information about the big day will also be published on the British Monarchy’s Twitter page, while exclusive images will be posted on Flickr and footage broadcast on the Royal Channel on Youtube.

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February 28, 2011

Meet Princess Mary’s twins

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The newest members of Denmark’s royal family have posed for official portraits, just seven weeks after their birth.

Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Princess Mary welcomed the baby boy and girl at Copenhagen’s University Hospital on January 8.

The babies were photographed leaving the hospital six days later in the arms of their parents and have now posed for official portraits in their apartment in Amalienborg Palace.

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The series of intimate images show the babies alone and with their parents and were taken by royal photographer Steen Brogaard.

The twins will be named at their christening on April 14.

Frederik and Mary have two other children, Prince Christian, five, and three-year-old Princess Isabella.

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February 28, 2011

Kelsey Grammer weds fourth wife

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Kelsey Grammer has married Kayte Walsh in a lavish ceremony in New York on Friday, just two weeks after his divorce from his third wife, Camille Donatacci, was finalised.

The 55-year-old Frasier star exchanged vows with the 29-year-old former flight attendant in the city’s Longacre Theater.

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The venue was decorated with props from Kelsey’s Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles, which is performed in the theatre, and large urns filled with pink and red flowers.

The ceremony was performed by Kelsey’s La Cage aux Folles co-star Terry Lavell and Kelsey and Kayte personalised the ceremony by asking their attendants to read out poems they had written for each other.

Kelsey’s eldest daughters Spencer and Greer were bridesmaids, and were joined by Kayte’s friend Angela Copeland and sister Sophie.

Kayte wore a white silk gown with beaded straps and bodice, which was custom-designed by Peter Langner for Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier. Her attendants wore matching black dresses.

Kelsey also had four groomsmen, including his son Jude, Kayte’s two brothers, and his friend Carl DeGersdorff.

After the ceremony, guests attended a lavish dinner in the Plaza Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. The ballroom was then transformed into a party venue, with gold lounge furniture, a bar and a large dance floor.

Kelsey made an emotional speech at the reception, in which he recalled the first time he met Kayte. The actor was flying to London to the West End production of La Cage aux Folles and Kayte was an attendant on the flight.

“It was really, really sweet,” a guest told People magazine. “Kelsey is very good with words. He’s an actor, so he was very articulate and sweet. She was, too, and very genuine. They looked very happy. Really, really happy.”

Kayte is Kelsey’s fourth wife. He wed dance instructor Doreen Alderman in 1982 but divorced her in 1990. They have one daughter, Spencer, 27. Kelsey became a father for the second time in 1992, when his girlfriend Barrie Buckner gave birth to daughter Greer, now 18. He then married exotic dancer Leigh-Anne Csuhany in 1992, but the relationship ended one year later.

He announced his engagement to Tammy Alexander in 1994, but the pair broke up in 1995. Two years later he married former Playboy model Camille and the couple had two children, daughter Mason, 10, and six-year-old son Jude.

Kelsey filed for divorce from Camille in June 2010 and was photographed with Kayte in August. Kayte announced she was pregnant in October, but suffered a miscarriage six weeks later. She and Kelsey announced their engagement in December, 2010, and paid $100,000 to book the ballroom at the Plaza weeks before Kelsey’s divorce from Camille was finalised.

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February 27, 2011

Facebook reunion: I found my son after 30 years

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For three decades, Lorraine Butler had been looking for the son snatched from her as a baby.

Lorraine Butler can’t wipe the smile off her face as she watches her two adult sons tease each other. Most mums grow tired of telling their kids to be nice to each other, but Lorraine is happy to let the banter flow.

This is the first time in 30 years the brothers, Shane and Troy, have met. And it’s the first time Lorraine has seen her younger son Troy since he was snatched from her arms at two weeks old. The family’s emotional reunion comes after years of searching, with success finally coming via social networking site Facebook.

“As soon as I saw him walking across the tarmac I knew which one was my Troy,” says a tearful Lorraine. “At last I’ve got my two boys back together. The gaping hole I have had in my heart all these years has been filled.”

The saga began 40 years ago when Lorraine, aged 18, married a South African man and moved to his home country. Lorraine was elated when Shane was born and, two years later, she fell pregnant again. But the joy soon turned to devastation when she discovered her husband had been hiding another family from her. When she confronted him, Lorraine recalls her husband’s harsh words: “Go upstairs, get Shane and get out.”

“He told me he never wanted to see me again,” says Lorraine, who stayed with friends until she gave birth to Troy. “Even after the trauma I’d been through, when I had Troy I was just so happy to have my two beautiful boys. But [my husband] was far from finished with me.”

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February 27, 2011

My Kitchen Rules contestants get a little divine help

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Out of the kitchen, the My Kitchen Rules contestants reveal it’s all ghosts, guns and brawls.

It’s not just a flair for food and their likeable personalities that helped this couple on the road to TV fame. Reade Chandler, a contender on My Kitchen Rules with wife Donna, reckons there was some help from above.

Reade’s mother, Kathy, died a week before the couple applied to be on the Seven reality show. Kathy’s death – on Valentine’s Day last year – came just three-and-a-half months after she was diagnosed at age 64 with melanoma.

Relaxing at their family home in Adelaide’s south-western suburbs during a break in filming, Reade, 46, recalls, “My mother was playing tennis and noticed a very, very small spot on her arm, which she didn’t worry about. But [the cancer] went to her brain, then her spine… then she was gone. It was hard for me because I lost my mum really quickly.”

Reade believes Kathy’s presence can still be felt in their lives. “I think she had a lot to do with us getting on the show, because when we got the call for the audition it was on her birthday last year,” he says.

Donna, 43, agrees. “I think his mum thought he wasn’t going to cope – that it was too quick. So [she said], ‘Let him do something different, take his mind off it’.” Another incident during a filming break confirmed for the pair that Reade’s mum was watching over them.

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February 27, 2011

Biggest Loser family secrets revealed

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The 2011 Biggest Loser contestants share their family secrets with Woman’s Day.

Leigh: Living with mum is driving me crazy

If you think living with your parents is bad, trying adding your partner to the equation – and then subtracting all the walls. This is the intense form of open-plan living Leigh Westren has been forced to endure since joining The Biggest Loser this season, and he admits living in such close quarters with his family has been harder than shifting those unwanted kilos so far.

“It’s been horrible,” he laughs during an exclusive interview with Woman’s Day.

“Just imagine you’ve moved out of home but then, for some reason, you’re forced to move back and you think, ‘Oh no, I have to live with my parents for a couple of months – this is so frustrating!’ Well image that, but having to move into a room with them with no walls!”

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As a child Sarah Moon always felt abandoned by her drug-addicted father, who spent long stretches of time leaving Sarah and her brother to fend for themselves. But now The Biggest Loser contestant reveals it wasn’t just her father who was absent, but her extended relatives who also distanced themselves from her side of the family.

“It’s a spin-out of a story,” says Sarah, 29, who shares The Biggest Loser house with cousins Kellie, 33, Jodie, 42, and Rebecca, 34. “Kellie and Jodie really are like strangers to me,” she surprisingly admits.

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February 27, 2011

Elle Macpherson’s tears for her dad

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The stunning supermodel kept up a brave smile until she came off the catwalk.

Elle looked every bit the supermodel strutting down the catwalk. The famous blonde locks were perfectly styled, the smile dazzling and those legendary legs seemed impossibly long – even for Elle. With trademark cheekiness, she seemed to be in her element modelling a new pilot’s uniform for Virgin Blue.

But beneath the perfect façade, Elle, 47, was in terrible pain, still coming to terms with the heartache of seeing her dad, former president of Cronulla Sharks Rugby League Club Peter Gow, in the fight of his life after being diagnosed with cancer.

“It’s wonderful to be home, I miss my family… actually I’m going to get a bit emotional,” a teary Elle admits after losing her composure off the catwalk. “I’m really happy to be back and to see them, particularly my dad.”

With tears in her eyes, this was an Elle the world has rarely seen, the distraught daughter raw with pain and clearly shocked after seeing her “strong” father struggling to recover from a terrifying diagnosis of prostate cancer. Elle and her youngest son, Cy, secretly flew into Sydney from London 10 days ago to spend time with Peter, who underwent an operation at St Vincent’s Hospital on January 28 – before she hit the catwalk.

“I’m sorry [Elle] was upset,” Peter told the media. “We love each other very much and I draw incredible strength from my children. “[It] is a bit of a worry but thankfully, with a lot of help from a skilled surgeon and staff at St Vincent’s Cancer Clinic, I’m on the way to recovery. “They are confident they got it all. It’s been a bit of a shock, actually.

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February 27, 2011

Steve Jacobs: I’m going to be a dad!

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As the weather man faced the recent flood and storm disasters, he had only his gorgeous wife Rose and their unborn child on his mind.

You might say it’s been a hectic few months for weather presenter Steve Jacobs. The floods that devastated Brisbane, the sodden “inland sea” of rain-soaked Victoria, the devastation of Cyclone Yasi – this weary-eyed weather presenter has seen it all.

The 44-year-old found himself slap-bang in the middle of the developing disasters as he covered the events for Today. He witnessed scenes better suited to a horror film than a day at work delivering bubbly weather forecasts, but while the destruction was devastating, he says the experience was also uplifting.

“It’s certainly been a huge few weeks,” Steve says on a rare morning at home in Sydney’s east. “Cyclone Yasi was just frightening. We were in Innisfail on the Wednesday morning, before the cyclone hit in the afternoon. And the whole time, the main thing I kept thinking was, ‘We’ve just got to get out of here; we’ve got to get north’.”

This desire to seek higher ground saw Steve and his small crew – including a cameraman and a producer – up-stumps to Cairns, where they weathered the worst of the cyclone from a local hotel.

His reason for retreat was obvious. Steve knew that while the weather raged around him, back home he had two very special people waiting for his safe return – his pregnant wife Rose Kelly and their unborn baby. “The whole time I kept thinking, ‘I’ve got a baby I want to get home to’,” he recalls.

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