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July 4, 2010

MasterChef in crisis

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As MasterChef enters its final few weeks, there’s no doubt the pressure is on. But as the contestants – and the judges – reveal they’ve got their own personal issues to deal with, the show is fast becoming a melting pot of scandals and shock revelations.

“Reality shows like this can become very insular,” says psychologist Sally-Anne McCormack. “Dealing with personal issues can be stressful enough – but add the pressure of filming a television show 24/7 and it can get very intense. Sometimes great friendships can be formed under pressure, but sometimes it can create tension and arguments.”

Fears for Matt’s health

Matt Preston is becoming a bigger star every day – literally. Fears for the popular 49-year-old food critic’s health are growing as quickly as his waistline. Matt’s eating, which has included a reported 11 helpings of rich bonemarrow risotto in one sitting, is said to be out of control.

Although enjoying food is part of Matt’s job, the stress of long hours of filming and pressure to make the show a success could be causing the judge to become an emotional eater, says psychologist Sally-Anne McCormack.

“Savouring a mouthful of something delicious can help you zone out of the stresses around you,” she says. “It’s a form of comfort and a way of escaping things for just a moment.”

While fellow judges Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris have managed to remain pleasantly plump, Matt’s expanding girth is putting him at risk of serious conditions such as heart disease.

While George, 31, is careful to do some sport to counteract his eating, he says Matt is stubbornly sedentary. “[He does no exercise] that I know of. We talk about food and we eat,” George says.

Matt can taste up to 24 dishes a day on the MasterChef set. His wife Emma, 45, is so concerned she’s enlisted the help of Biggest Loser trainer Michelle Bridges.

See more Masterchef news including Adam’s great loss Courtney’s big secret in this week’s Woman’s Day, on sale July 5, 2010.

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July 4, 2010

Angelina Jolie sets the record straight on Brad Pitt, Shiloh and self-harm

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After months of speculation about the state of her relationship with Brad Pitt, the couple’s family plans, four-year-old Shiloh’s obsession with dressing as a boy and her risky past behaviour including self-harm, Angelina Jolie has broken her silence.

Speaking exclusively to US magazine, Vanity Fair, the star confesses marriage may not be off the table for her and Brad, and speaks about the prospect of adding more kids to the couple’s brood as she plans to retire from films.

While she has come under criticism from some child behaviour experts for indulging her girl’s interest in all things male, Ange explains, “Shiloh, we feel, has Montenegro style. It’s how people dress there. She likes tracksuits, she likes suits.

“She likes to dress like a boy. She wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys’ everything. She thinks she’s one of the brothers.”

“Children are a commitment, a bigger commitment [than marriage]. It’s for life.”

“I used to cut myself or jump out of airplanes, trying to find something new to push up against because sometimes everything else felt too easy,” Angelina told the US magazine.

“I was searching for something deeper, something more. I tried everything. I always felt caged, closed in, like I was punching at things that weren’t there. I always had too much energy for the room I was in,” she said.

“I went through a period when I felt my film characters were having more fun than I was. It might partly explain why I ended up tattooed or doing certain extreme things in my life.”

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July 4, 2010

Chris Evert’s first interview: My Life after Greg Norman

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Chris Evert feels hurt, anger and shame over the sudden and shock end to her fairytale marriage to Australian golf great Greg Norman. But with life’s simple pleasures, like watching her three teenage sons skateboard during a summer holiday in Aspen, Colorado, the 55-year-old tennis champ is determined to overcome her pain.

Equally important to Chris is to take responsibility for her part in the impulsive love affair that ruined her previous marriage to Olympic skier Andy Mill.

When Chris and Greg took their vows in a lavish ceremony in the Bahamas in June 2008, the pair promised they’d be together for the rest of their lives. But 16 months into their marriage, without warning and after repeated declarations of love in the media, the Great White Shark suddenly walked out.

Days later, the couple stunned the sporting world when they announced their separation. Through it all, Chris, who won 18 Grand Slam titles during a spectacular career, has maintained a dignified silence amid a volley of personal attacks.

Speaking to us from her home in Aspen, Chris breaks her silence in a refreshingly honest interview (for which she was not paid). She talks about what went wrong, why she and Greg won’t ever be friends, and why the divorce has put her off love. Her frank comments also draw into question Greg’s insistence their romance did not begin as an illicit tryst. This is Chris Evert returning serve.

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July 4, 2010

John and Kelly’s baby scare

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The strain clearly etched on her face, Kelly Preston couldn’t wait to board her husband’s plane out of Rio, following a terrifying miscarriage scare last month.

With an attentive John guiding her, the 47-year-old actress was still shaken after scary abdominal symptoms had her pleading for the life of her unborn baby.

Following their visit to the World Cup celebrations in Cape Town, South Africa, two weeks ago, the star couple and their daughter Ella Blue, 10, flew in to steamy Brazil on June 16. They later left the Hotel Fasano for a day of shopping, but things didn’t go to plan.

“Suddenly, Kelly began to experience abdominal discomfort and became woozy. She was pale, dripping with sweat and breathing heavily. She clutched her stomach and cried to John, ‘Please save my baby!’ John never left her side.”

While the drama thankfully passed quickly and the baby is said to be fine, Kelly is keen not to place herself under any further strain. The couple, still reeling from the death of their 16-year-old son Jett in January last year, are determined that nothing go wrong with their little miracle.

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July 4, 2010

Mel Gibson’s split gets nasty

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Mel Gibson must be wishing he’d never walked out on his Aussie wife of 28 years, Robyn Gibson, after the gloves came off last week in his increasingly sordid split from one-time mistress Oksana Grigorieva.

The Russian beauty has alleged Mel was “extremely violent” towards her during their three-year relationship — even knocking out her teeth. The 54-year-old Lethal Weapon star has dismissed his ex’s claims as her “crying wolf”, amid allegations she is out for revenge over Mel’s reported affair with Polish porn producer Violet Kowal, while Oksana was pregnant.

Adding to the drama, Robyn is now reported to be in hiding with her 11-year-old son Thomas, fearing Oksana is stalking them out of jealousy over their good relationships with Mel. In an ironic twist, Robyn is now prepared to testify on her ex’s behalf.

As the accusations fly between Mel and Oksana, who have an eight-month-old baby, Lucia, each has filed a restraining order against the other. And Mel has reportedly legally blocked “DVD evidence” against him from being released, amid claims the aspiring singer secretly taped their terrifying rows.

Oksana, 40, claims Mel “punched her in the face … breaking her teeth and giving her a concussion,” sources close to the singer told showbusiness website TMZ.

Giving more weight to her accusations, Oksana reportedly has photographic evidence of her bruised and bloodied face after the fight.

“You can see Oksana’s two main front teeth were broken and there are bruises all over her face,” a close friend reportedly told RadarOnline.com.

“They [photos] will come out eventually and she is prepared to use them in their court case,” the unnamed friend said.

“Oksana was scared to death to go to the cops. Any battered woman is … most women never speak out and suffer for years.”

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July 4, 2010

World’s first bionic cat

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Let’s not pussyfoot around – Oscar the cat is a walking miracle. The lucky two-year-old has a good eight lives left in him, thanks to the groundbreaking “bionic” surgery that has given him back his two hind legs.

Owners Kate Allan and Mike Nolan feared the worst when a passer-by found the much-loved moggy shocked and bleeding in a nearby field, both his back feet apparently sliced off by a corn thresher.

“It was very traumatic. I was convinced we were going to have to put him down,” recalls Mike of the horrifying incident.

While the rubber-soled implants cost nearly $3000 each, and Oscar has required nine months of residential vet rehabilitation, Kate says she has no regrets about saving her cat.

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Justice at last for Dr Death patient

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Former cabinet maker Ian Vowles had dreams of exotic cruises and outback camping trips as he and his wife Dorothy approached their 30th wedding anniversary. But these dreams were shattered when Ian met Dr Jayant Patel – the surgeon who would later be nicknamed Dr Death.

The maverick surgeon was last week found guilty on three charges of manslaughter, and a count of grievous bodily harm against Ian, and put behind bars for his crimes.

Ian’s testimony was a key to Patel’s conviction over the deaths of Mervyn Morris, Gerardus Kemps and James Phillips, caused by botched operations.

Patel was also charged over wrongly diagnosing Ian with cancer and removing his entire healthy, functioning bowel.

The jury’s guilty verdict, after a marathon 50-hour deliberation at the Queensland Supreme Court, was the end of a five-year ordeal for Ian.

“It’s been a long time coming, but I’m happy, not just for me, but for all the other victims and their families who have suffered,” Ian tells Woman’s Day in an exclusive interview at his Bundaberg home .

However, after the lengthy battle, Ian may find his relief to be shortlived. The residing Justice John Byrne has warned that Patel’s guilty verdicts might not survive the appeal his lawyers have flagged.

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July 3, 2010

I tricked my boyfriend into marrying me

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I had been dating Anthony for about 18 months and I had always felt that I was more into the relationship than he was. He would always stare at other girls when we went out, which I was fine with, he could look, but he couldn’t touch.

We shared an apartment together and it was great, I was sure Anthony was the one for me and despite his wandering eye I was very happy.

However, I did have another niggling worry, for the last 6 months, our sex life had been slowly degrading to the point that it was almost non-existent.

I figured that it was because he was under a lot of pressure and stress at work, meaning he couldn’t properly unwind at home. My university studies were keeping me busy too, so it didn’t bother me that much.

It was only a few months later that I realised he was cheating on me. When he was in the bathroom I casually took a sneaky look through the messages on his phone and saw the one that every girlfriend/wife dreads to see.

It was from a woman unbeknown to me and said, ‘Yesterday was great baby, and I can’t wait to see you tomorrow.’ I was devastated.

I couldn’t bear to confront Anthony, I knew our relationship would be over if I did and above all the emotional turmoil I knew one thing for sure, I didn’t want to loose him.

After some scouting around I found out that ‘Gemma’ was Anthony’s boss’ PA, it’s such a cliché it would almost be laughable if it wasn’t true.

I didn’t know how long their affair had been going on, but from the other text messages I found it became clear that it wasn’t just a one-off. I was heartbroken. I couldn’t imagine myself with anyone else and my family was always pressuring me to get married and have a baby.

I told my best friend Michelle as she knew how in love I was with Anthony and I knew I could rely on her to help work out a plan to save our relationship.

She was 5 months pregnant and after a night of comforting and planning, we decided we would trick Anthony into marrying me because I was going to fall pregnant. I knew that it was a bad thing to do but then so was his cheating.

The following day I went to the supermarket and bought a home pregnancy test and kept it in my bathroom until after the next time Anthony and I had sex.

A month later I drove to Michelle’s to put our plan into action.

Later that night I told Anthony I had some exciting news, he looked nervous so I tried to calm him by explaining ‘It’s good news, darling! – I’m pregnant!’. He looked very alarmed and asked me if I was sure so I presented him with the pregnancy test with positive plus sign (courtesy of Michelle).

His face was priceless, his first words were, ‘you told me you were on the pill!’ I put on the water works, ‘don’t you want to have a baby with me?’, my plan was working.

The following day we began to plan our wedding. Anthony’s parents were very ‘moral’ so we couldn’t let them know that I was ‘pregnant’ until we were married.

We decided that we would take an unexpected holiday and get married whilst we were away at a registry and allow our families to have a small party when we arrived home, it was perfect.

We came home the following week as Mr & Mrs and I couldn’t have been happier. I had a ‘miscarriage’ 2 months later, where the cheating stopped and we were happily married!

Anthony and I have been married for 3 years now and we have our ‘2nd’ baby on the way, I haven’t even considered telling him the truth and I don’t think I ever will.

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July 3, 2010

Review: Shrek Forever After

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The originalShrekwas a great movie, with funny fairytale references, hilarious support characters and a wit that appealed to adults, with animation that left the children starry eyed. The second was a great sequel, and the third … well, it was forgettable. So forgettable, we didn’t call for a fourth. But they made one anyway.

Shrek Forever Afterin 3-D, is a case of the franchise fights back. The 3-D effect is an attempt to give it more marketing angles and the storyline tries to go back to the future to find its original spark.

Shrek (Mike Myers) is settling into family life, children and notoriety, which seems to be a Groundhog Day of nappies, thwarted mud baths and toiletus interruptus. He longs to be an angry ogre again. And when Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) grants him one day as an ogre in return for one day of Shrek’s life, he signs on the dotted line.

The problem is, while Shrek enjoys his newfound freedom as a bully, Rumpelstiltskin steals his birth date, so he technically won’t exist when the day ends. Rumplestiltskin is the new tyrant and the palace is a dance party of hip-hopping witches, while everyone Shrek knew or loved doesn’t recognise him. So he has to win them over, all over again.

Suddenly and cleverly, we are back in the same territory of the firstShrekfilm: bad ogre turns good, in the name of love. And it certainly has some similarities toIt’s a Wonderful Life. And you thought they were running out of new ideas, eh?

Fortunately, the effects are as dazzling as ever. Not a freckle or pock mark is missed; the weave of Shrek’s shirt incredibly detailed. Many of the flying shots benefit from the 3-D film, but otherwise they aren’t really necessary. The animation is vivid enough to impress.

The great support characters are still there: Cookie (Craig Robinson) now has the angry streak of a resistance fighter, donkey (Eddie Murphy) is still funny, and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) still tries to win us over with his big eyes. And it works.

Walt Dohrn — who is the head of story — cast himself as Rumpel’s voice, and it is annoying and indulgent for him to do so. It’s an indicator of what has gone wrong with theShrekfranchise.

Despite any misgivings, you will enjoyShrek Forever After, with or without the 3-D. It still lacks the magic of the first, but is better than the third. The comedy is still there, but has lost its edge over time.

When the writers look for a way to rehash the first movie as way forward, you know it tastes a bit stale, but you will still take a bite anyway. You won’t regret it, but like many, you will vow it will be your last. Let’s hope the producers think the same.

Shrek Forever Afteris in cinemas now.