Photography by Tim Bauer

Why Mum let me follow my dream

Controversy surrounded her before she even set sail, but teen solo sailor Jessica Watson proved the critics wrong, writes Michael Sheather – and her mum was right there, all the way. Jessica Watson, the 16-year-old, who has become the youngest person to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world, has a simple dedication to her […]
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Photography by Grant Matthews. Styling by Judith Cook.

Julia Gillard: the Prime Minister on dating, drugs and life with Tim

On the nightly news, she is cool and composed. Yet as Bryce Corbett discovers, you only have to put our new PM in stilettos and delve a little into her personal life to find the woman behind the politician. Julia Gillard is running late. The Royal Australian Air Force jet that will be flying her […]
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Photography by Tim Bauer

Star power: We chat to Natalie Imbruglia

At 35, Natalie Imbruglia is finally at ease with herself. And, as she tells Michael Sheather, she’s changed her mind about motherhood. Natalie Imbruglia, the beautiful, doe-eyed ingenue and former Neighbours star who smashed her way into music history in the late ’90s with her heartbreak hit Torn, has reached a personal watershed. At 35, […]
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Russell Crowe joins Ben Hur

Russell Crowe joins Ben Hur

Australian icon Russell Crowe is set to be the Narrator of Ben Hur – the Stadium Spectacular at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney on 22 and 23 October. Russell, who won an Oscar for his role in Gladiator at the 2000 Academy Awards, said “We all know the Australian saying, “Bigger than Ben Hur” and […]
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Behind the scenes with Julia Gillard

Behind the scenes with Julia Gillard

On the nightly news, she is cool and composed. Yet as Bryce Corbett discovers, you only have to put our new PM in stilettos and delve a little into her personal life to find the woman behind the politician. Take a peek at what happened when the most powerful woman in Australia posed for The […]
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The evolution of Natalie Imbruglia

The evolution of Natalie Imbruglia

At 35, Natalie Imbruglia is finally at ease with herself. And, as she tells us, she’s changed her mind about motherhood. Hit movies and records have endeared Natalie to the Australian people as one of our favourite daughters. She’s come a long way since Neighbours and Torn , now she’s more likely to be found […]
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Angelina Jolie in mummy mode

Angelina Jolie in mummy mode

Angelina Jolie demonstrated how she handles being a successful actress and a mother of six when she landed in Tokyo, Japan on Monday, July 26, with four of her six children in tow. In town to promote her new movie Salt, the 35-year-old strolled through Narita International Airport with Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, […]
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Jen's stalker terror - Violent patient obsessed

Jen’s stalker terror – Violent patient obsessed

He lay in wait for her, clutching duct tape and a sharp object – hoping to make his sick dream of having Jennifer Aniston at any cost come true. Violent mental patient Jason Peyton’s delusional quest luckily came unstuck when police caught him prowling near the star’s Hollywood Hills home, thanks to a tip-off from […]
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Why Robyn is standing by mad Mel

Why Robyn is standing by mad Mel

When Mel Gibson’s former wife stepped-up to defend her cheating ex in his war with his Russian mistress, many were surprised. But fiercely protective mum Robyn Moore, who had seven children to the actor during their turbulent 28-year marriage, was not about to let Oksana Grigorieva, 40, paint Mel as an abusive father. In an […]
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Angelina Jolie

Ange’s men show the love

The actress’s dad and brother join her and Brad at the premiere of her new movie, and the night turns into a family love-in. F ar from casting a shadow over their “all too perfect lives”, a new tell-all from Andrew Morton seems to have spurred Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt on to re-ignite their […]
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