Australian actors dominate Cannes
Baz Luhrmann, his creative partner and wife Catherine Martin and their leading man and lady, Leonardo di Caprio and Carey Mulligan are expected to appear this evening.
Angelina Jolie reveals: I had a double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie has had a double mastectomy in the hope of avoiding cancer. The star has written an open letter in The New York Times saying “the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy”, but that the procedure has decreased her chances of getting breast cancer from 87 per cent to 5 per cent. […]
Study: It only takes four minutes to find love
A US study claims that not having time to date or find love is no longer an acceptable excuse — you only need four minutes. Focusing on language, the researchers from Stanford universities discovered what makes couples ‘click’ on a four minute speed-date and found that couples were able to form meaningful bonds. The study […]
Why I had a preventative double mastectomy at 25
As news broke today that Angelina Jolie had undergone a preventative double mastectomy after discovering she had the BRCA1 gene (a “faulty” gene that increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer), my mind flashed back to the day I found out I also carried the same gene. I wasn’t altogether surprised when my doctor […]
Will I be like Mum? Living with the risk of breast cancer
News of Angelina Jolie’s preventative double mastectomy shocked the world, but to some women, it just makes sense. Like the actress whose mother died of cancer at age 56, these three young Australian women know what it’s like for cancer to interrupt their lives at a young age even though they may never develop it. […]
Angelina Jolie through the years
Angelina Jolie stunned the world when she revealed she had undergone a preventative double mastectomy today. These pictures chart her journey.
Angelina Jolie: Why I had a double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie has revealed she has had a preventative double mastectomy because she has the breast cancer gene BRCA1.
Will and Jada Smith ‘don’t believe in punishment’
Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith aren’t your average parents. When their kids do something wrong, there are no punishments handed out, no scolding or docking of allowances. The superstar couple instead chose to let their children – Jaden, 14, and Willow, 12 – make their own mistakes. “We generally don’t believe in […]
Mahalia Barnes transformed: I’m half my size!
After dropping four dress sizes in six months, the singer says she feels unstoppable. Mahalia Barnes laughs out loud as she looks through a rack of rock-star frocks, ranging from size eight to 10, all designed to hug her incredible new figure and show off her tiny waist and shapely calves. “I really do feel […]
Kim hits back: I’m proud of my baby body
The TV starlet brushes aside the cruel taunts, confidently baring her bump in Greece. Throughout her very public pregnancy, cruel internet trolls have pummelled Kim Kardashian with every fat jibe they can muster from behind their keyboards. And for the first two trimesters, their callous remarks appeared to be getting under her skin, with the […]