Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has a broken heart. His third wife-to-be, the buxom blonde Crystal Harris, broke off their engagement days before the wedding. Making things worse for poor old Hef, the break-up came as Crystal’s new single was released on iTunes, and a day or so before the latest Playboy, featuring Crystal on the […]

According to Australia’s Infertility Network, 15 percent of couples have difficulty starting a family. Alternative approaches counsel patients to restore balance to mind and body prior to conception, which is something many women desperate for a baby find difficult. “If I had to describe a typical patient,” says natural fertility expert Francesca Naish, “she would […]

Eight vegetables are in a league of their own when it comes to promoting health and preventing disease, writes Karen Inge. Eating more vegetables is the single most important dietary change needed to reduce the risk of major chronic diseases. There’s a strong relationship between high vegetable consumption and reduced risk of diseases, such as […]

Want all the red carpet glamour at a fraction of the cost? Check out these insider’s tips on how to give your hair a Hollywood makeover minus the massive bill. Behind every celeb and their shiny mane is a team of (very rich) hair stylists who dedicate their days to keeping their client’s hair picture […]

Glenn McGrath and his wife Sara have condemned a “tacky” magazine cover that was heavily photoshopped to look like a wedding picture. New Idea used a photo of the couple at a recent event in Sydney, and changed the background to a mock wedding scene. Sara is seen wearing a white dress, and the headline […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mistress and former housekeeper Mildred Baena has broken her silence on her affair with the star, exposing their 13-year-old son on the cover of a magazine. Joseph Baena, already known to the public as Schwarzenegger’s love child, is pictured posing with his mother on the front of UK gossip magazine Hello!. In pictures: […]

Instead of pursuing the post limelight job hunt in reality television judging panels, branded fragrances or taking profiles offshore to the lucrative Japanese advertising market, a trend is emerging for celebrities to find their second calling in more unlikely fallback career options. Peter Andre has enjoyed fame and fortune as singer, songwriter, and reality TV […]

For the first time in decades, the average age of first time mothers is declining — why do you think women are having children younger? In the past, women have delayed motherhood to focus on a career, travel or simply to develop their relationship without the distraction of little ones — but this is starting […]

Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson, Text Publishing, $32.95. Every morning, Christine wakes in an unfamiliar bedroom next to a man she doesn’t recognise, with no idea how she got there. Alarmed, ashamed — she can see his wife’s clothes — she goes to the mirror and sees a woman 25 years older […]

Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks, HarperCollins, $32.99. Geraldine Brooks has a rare gift for unearthing small, overlooked historical facts which she then shapes and spins into great human stories. She’s done it three times already (with Year of Wonders, March, and People of the Book) and excels with this, her fourth. The nugget this time […]