The deaths of three young children believed to have been infected with a dangerous strain of a virus sweeping through childcare centres are being investigated by the NSW Coroner’s Office. Enterovirus 71 is being blamed for hospitalising at least 36 children with severe neurological symptoms, including meningitis, inflammation of the brain and muscle paralysis. Five […]

Victoria Beckham rarely smiles in public but ever she couldn't resist a grin when husband David got caught on camera smooching daughter Harper at a hockey game yesterday.

Mara Wilson was an international superstar before her sixth birthday but like many child stars, her fame didn’t last. Now, the Mrs Doubtfire star has listed seven reasons so many child stars go off the rails in a blog post on cracked.com. “Not many child stars make it out of Hollywood alive or sane,” she […]

Global retail giant H&M has pledged to use healthy models in its advertising and admitted that in the past the company has irresponsibly promoted too-thin models and in doing so, promoted an unhealthy body image. CEO Karl-John Persson made the admission on the topic of model health speaking with Metro. Related: Mainstream fashion’s first size […]

She was a young woman of 26 with the world’s expectations on her shoulders but on June 2, 1953, Princess Elizabeth had something much heavier weighing her down: a robe so weighty she needed the help of six ladies just to walk. It was the day of her coronation and she was wearing the Robe […]

Bec Hewitt would appear to have it all - three beautiful children, an elite sportsman husband and a mansion in The Bahamas. Yet behind the sunny smile lies a mind that rarely rests.

What’s it like to give birth to six children? According to Antonia Kidman it’s sheer euphoria. The 42-year-old TV presenter and author — who recently welcomed her sixth child, Alexander — discusses kids and childbirth in the June issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. “You know that adrenaline rush you get after exercising really hard? […]

Natasha Walker is the best-selling authoress of Australia’s hottest erotic fiction … or is she? Caroline Overington reveals Natasha’s big secret. Don’t read this if you don’t like the feeling of being duped. Okay. The Weekly is exclusively revealing today that the author of the racy Australian trilogy, The Secret Lives of Emma, isn’t a […]

To celebrate The Weekly’s 80th birthday we’re proud to have launched a unique initiative to help Australia’s young women of the future fulfil their dreams. Meet some of the early entrants who are in the race to be among the finalists in our search for the nation’s most inspiring young women. Rhiannon Tracey-Bradford 25, VIC […]

Whether Baz Luhrmann’s ambitious take on the literary classic, The Great Gatsby, will be a triumph or a flop, one star is certain to shine. Bryce Corbett meets Elizabeth Debicki — the girl from Melbourne tipped to be our next Nicole. She slinks through the crowd holding hands with Leonardo DiCaprio. A black-sequinned, figure-hugging evening […]