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November 14, 2010

Natalie Imbruglia’s new man!

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Pop star Natalie Imbruglia appears to have found her own romantic “X factor” in Sydney millionaire nightclub owner Justin Hemmes.

Speculation is rife among the hip party set that the bachelor playboy and the talent show judge are in a secret relationship, after they were sprung cavorting in a bathroom at Justin’s trendy inner-city nightclub, The Ivy – and then spotted at the club on another secret date last Tuesday night.

Revellers at an exclusive Halloween party on the VIP floor of the $160 million complex spotted Justin, 38, and Natalie, 35, “looking very cosy” as they entered the unisex bathroom.

Read more in this week’s Woman’s Day, on sale Monday November 15, 2010.

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Natalie Imbruglia with her fellow X Factor judges

Natalie Imbruglia with X factor contestants at the Nikelodeon Kids Choice Awards

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“I would give up every gold medal I’ve ever won to have a child”: Ariarne Titmus sheds light on her ovarian tumour surgery

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November 14, 2010

Geoff Huegill reveals: Our wedding plans!

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The Aussie swim champ can’t wait any longer to marry his long-time love.

Commonwealth Games comeback kid Geoff Huegill might just have the most understanding fiancée in the world, given she has waited two years to walk down the aisle.

The swim star, 31, popped the question to his publicist girlfriend, Sara Hills, back in December 2008, but because of his sporting commitments, the date for their wedding keeps getting pushed back. And she’s STILL waiting to walk down that aisle!

“I’ve been very fortunate to have a fiancée who can put it all aside at the moment so I can concentrate on swimming,” Geoff says, smiling as he looks at his beautiful partner on the ARIA Awards red carpet. “I’m very lucky.”

But after his sensational wins at this year’s Commonwealth Games – where he swam his fastest time and picked up two gold medals – it’s now time to turn his attention back to his other great love – Sara.

“Obviously now it’s time to make the commitment and we’ve started planning,” he tells Woman’s Day.

Related video: Geoff Huegill interview.

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November 14, 2010

Sara Leonardi: I don’t want to replace Jane

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The Italian beauty shrugs off criticism of her romance with Glenn McGrath, saying their life together is a whole new chapter.

Sara Leonardi knows she will never replace Glenn McGrath’s late wife Jane, but even she was caught out when her fiancé’s own charity started questioning her role in the cricketer’s life.

Read about Glenn and Sara’s secret wedding here!

The 28-year-old felt the need to hit back at claims it was too soon for the couple to share their love in public, after it was last week revealed The McGrath Foundation had questioned 1200 people about her engagement to Glenn – and whether it would be disrespectful of her to accompany the 40-year-old to the Ashes.

“I’ve been listening to the news and there’s a lot of people who have been in the same kind of role that Glenn has been, and gone through the same thing, and I think, unless you are in the situation, can you actually know what it feels?” a frustrated Sara told the media last week.

“The survey’s neither here nor there, I think Australians are genuinely happy for us.”

While the foundation – set up in honour of Jane, who died in 2008 after a long and valiant battle against breast cancer – has since admitted the poll was a mistake, Sara says she is doing her best to shrug off the controversy.

Related video: Sara Leonardi and Glenn McGrath.

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November 14, 2010

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s gang fly high!

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A playful romp in the park was just the tonic for an overworked Ange and her family.

Taking time out from the film set in Hungary where she’s directing a harrowing love story set during the Bosnian war, Angelina Jolie was thrilled to spend time with her hunky partner Brad Pitt and children Pax, Zahara and Shiloh.

Doting Brad flew to Hungary from Boston, where he’s been working on the movie Moneyball, and revelled in a fun-filled reunion with Ange and the kids.

But despite voicing superhero Metro Man in the new animated movie Megamind, Brad says he’s not a hero to his kids.

“Spider-Man is big in our family,” says Brad. “The kids think he’s the coolest. If there was one superhero they would want me to play, that would be the one. I’d score big with them.”

While Ange, 35, has been busy making her directorial feature debut, the children have been attending a French-American school in Budapest.

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November 14, 2010

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding countdown!

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With royal wedding interest at fever pitch, Eric Andersson reveals Wills and Kate’s marriage plans … and how a little girl from Bucklebury won her prince.

On October 28, Prince William arrived at Balmoral, the royal family’s 20,000-hectare estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, for his annual excursion to shoot pheasant. But this time, he invited two guests who had never been to the castle: Michael and Carole Middleton.

“William made sure Kate’s parents were looked after, arranging for them to have private shooting sessions,” reports royal expert Katie Nicholl, the author of new book William And Harry: Behind The Palace Walls.

“The Middletons are being taught a favourite royal pursuit. This is extremely significant.”

Read all about the royal engagement here!

So after eight years of dating, two brief break-ups and an initial chilly reception of the relationship from his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, William, 28, is set to fulfil a secret promise he made to his university sweetheart in 2007 and finally marry her – making the 28-year-old commoner Her Royal Highness Princess William of Wales.

While many wondered if William would ever propose, Kate – who has earned the nickname “Waity Katie” for her patience through the years – knew her ring was coming.

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November 14, 2010

Romance on The Block: Cheryl and Brenton get engaged!

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The whole cast and crew were in on Brenton’s secret, writes Clare Rigden, when he planned a proposal, with all the bells and whistles, to his longtime love Cheryl.

She’d been hinting for years that she wanted a ring, and now it turns out The Block star Brenton was just biding his time, waiting for the perfect moment to pop the question to gorgeous girlfriend Cheryl. And what better place to do it than on the hit show – in front of millions of viewers!

“It just seemed like the perfect opportunity,” says Brenton, 27, who proposed to his girlfriend of six years while the cameras were rolling for this week’s episode. “I woke up one morning and got chatting to [fellow The Block renovator] Duncan, and was telling him how I’d been planning to ask Chez to marry me next year. He just said, ‘Well, you’ll never get a better time than right now!’

“I figured he was right, that I’m never going to get an opportunity like this again. And if I did do it, it would be on camera for our future kids to see, and it would be nice for our family.”

Cue a visit to the neighbours! Brenton knew he wanted the day to be extra special for Chez, 28, so he consulted downstairs Block residents John and Neisha and Mark and Duncan to make sure everything ran smoothly.

“Everyone loved being in on the secret,” he says. “They were right into it – especially Duncan. He really helped me out, going off to Freedom to buy candles to put around the apartment to surprise Chez.”

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November 14, 2010

Life after Junior MasterChef for Isabella and Jack

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They’ve impressed Australia with their culinary competence on the show, now the two finalists share their hopes for the future – along with their favourite recipes.

Isabella’s dream

Isabella, who’s been described as an “adult chef in a little body”, now has a legion of fans around the country. “Everyone wants me to cook for them,” she says. “I have a waiting list!”

But regardless of her success, some things will never change for Junior MasterChef’s Isabella. “I know I’m back in reality when my mum tells me to tidy up my room,” laughs the 12-year-old.

What Isabella still loves most is hanging out with her twin and best buddy Sofia, who also cooked her heart out on Junior MasterChef.

Jack’s Dream

He’s the Tasmanian 12-year-old whose life has changed beyond his wildest dreams. Lately, Junior MasterChef’s Jack has had lots of practice at signing his autograph.

“The show’s changed things heaps,” grins the lively lad, who’s back home in Hobart. “Wherever I am now, people say ‘You’re Jack!’ Everyone recognises me.”

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November 14, 2010

Little boy’s rare illness: An ice cream could kill me

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A deadly allergy means this little boy will miss out on the simple pleasures most kids enjoy.

A paddle in shallow water or digging in the sand are part of happy summer holidays. But for three-year-old James Simpson, splashing around in the surf or playing beach cricket are things he can only dream of.

Due to a rare and baffling medical condition, if James gets too hot or too cold he could suffer a fatal anaphylactic shock – which means simple pleasures such as eating ice cream are out of the question.

James’s mum, Laura, says it’s hard when James sees other kids eating ice cream and she has to tell him he can’t have any.

“It’s heartbreaking,” she says. “It’s hard to deny him these things when he hasn’t been naughty. It feels like he’s being punished.”

“The first time it happened, James had been splashing around in a new wading pool we’d bought him,” says Laura, 28, from Sydney’s northern beaches. “Within five minutes of being in the water his body blew up with these long, rectangular and thick welts. It looked like he’d been whipped all over his body.

Then his eyelids started to swell over. We panicked and took him straight to hospital. One of the nurses said, ‘He’s eaten something and had an allergic reaction to food.’ But I knew he hadn’t.”

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November 11, 2010

Luke and Joel O’Dea exit X Factor

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X Factor duo Luke and Joel O’Dea almost didn’t make it to their first audition because Joel “couldn’t be bothered getting up”. Luckily older brother Luke “very assertively” got him out of bed because the siblings managed to rock their way right into the top five.

“The night before [the audition],”Joel says, “I was out and Luke rang me and he said, ‘We are either going to the audition and I am staying home or we are not doing it and I am coming out to party with you’. And I was like, ‘No we are going to go — we will do it’.”

However, Joel only got home at 6am and decided to hit the sack instead of rock the mic. “Luke literally grabbed me out of bed and said the only reason I am doing this is because you made me stay home last night,” Joel says with a laugh. “It’s pretty weird to think it all stemmed from this.”

The inseparable siblings had to give up their day jobs — Luke worked as a physiotherapist and Joel as a youth worker — in order to commit to X Factor.

“We didn’t know if we were going to be gone for two weeks or nine weeks, so the [employers] said, ‘We have to ask you to resign’,” Luke says.

In fact, that was not the only thing Luke had to put on hold — his date to wed his childhood sweetheart had to be postponed.

“I was actually going to get married next weekend,” Luke says. “We had to cancel the plans but we will get married soon.”

The lovebirds met at Luke’s first gig when he was 14 years old. “We haven’t been together for that long,” he says. “We were friends for a long time until I was 19.”

Joel on the other hand is still single but admits his newfound fame is helping in the love department.

“I have had a few friend requests on Facebook,” he says modestly. “And a few marriage proposals!”

So could a joint wedding be on the cards?

“I don’t think Joel is too keen to marry these people that have proposed to him,” Luke jokes.

One thing is for sure, as this rocking duo plans to “not stop until we make our dream a reality”, Joel won’t be allowed to enjoy those late lie-ins.

Related video: UK X Factor winners, where are they now?

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November 11, 2010

Good news for women with PCOS

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder that affects 5 to 10 percent of women of child-bearing age. It is characterised by an excess of androgens (male hormones) and lack of regular ovulation, and is a leading cause of infertility in women.

It is already known that women with PCOS are likely to be insulin-resistant, which ramps up their risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and that losing weight improves the condition and their chances of conception.

Now a study from the University of Sydney, headed by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, has found that a low-GI diet (broadly defined as being high in foods which break down slowly, and therefore do not cause spikes in blood sugar) significantly improved menstrual cycle regularity in 95 percent of participants.

The researchers concluded that their study provides “the first objective evidence to justify the use of low-GI diets in the management of PCOS.”

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Related video: British researchers are urging women to plan ahead and ‘bank’ sections of their ovaries while they’re young, as studies have shown that saving a third of an ovary is more reliable than freezing eggs.

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