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Cindy Crawford’s sexy secret to a successful marriage

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It’s good to know that even supermodel Cindy Crawford makes an effort to keep her marriage alive and has concerns about ageing.

The 44-year-old recently revealed the secret to the spark in her marriage to husband Rande Gerber is attending secret pole dancing classes that take place in the dark, the UK’s Sunday Mirror reported.

“There are no steps to learn with pole-dancing and after having kids it’s great to re-tap into that sexuality and sensuality,” she said.

“The class is super-dark so you wouldn’t even recognise the woman next to you if she was next to you at the supermarket. You dance to music differently because you hear it differently. And my husband does not complain.”

In one of her most open and revealing interviews, Cindy also opened up about ageing and plastic surgery.

“I’ve tried Botox but I’m afraid of it. I don’t think injections should be used to change your face,” she said.

“I’m not a fan of fillers at all. If you’ve gone 35 or 40 years without big lips, I don’t think it’s time to start plumping them up artificially. I won’t say ‘no’ to plastic surgery. But, again, it scares me. If it changes how you look it’s a failure and you can’t take it back.”

The super-hot mother-of-two also revealed she had no idea how grey her hair was, because she has been dying her hair since she was 30, and if her kids want to eat ice-cream she often joins them.

“I’m not measuring myself to look the same as I did because if I did that would be deeply frustrating at best. I can’t cheat anymore — I’ve learned to fake it,” she said.

“With chocolate, you eat only dark. I never dieted but I’d go off white food for three days — no pasta, rice, sugar or flour. I’m running around with kids and volunteering at school. I can’t be bothered with complicated diets and weight plans.”

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My blood has saved 2 million babies!

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James Harrison has given joy to countless mums thanks to his blood donations.

Shy and squeamish, blood donor James Harrison admits he is the unlikeliest of super heroes. But to mums of Australia, the 73-year-old is a medical marvel who has brought happiness to so many families.

Not only does James have a heart of gold, he also has the gift of life running through his veins in the form of a rare blood type. His blood has in fact been used to help a staggering 2.2 million babies safely enter the world.

James has an antibody in his plasma that prevents Rhesus disease – a severe form of anaemia in newborn babies – and every batch of the life- saving vaccine, Anti-D, carries a little bit of James’s blood.

“It feels like every week I’m welcoming another 1200 babies into my own special family,” he says. James has made 985 donations to the Red Cross, making him Australia’s highest-ever blood donor and second in the world. Next year he will notch up his 1000th – yet he can’t bear to watch the needle go into his arm.

Woman’s Day caught up with James, from the NSW central coast, on his winter break on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.“The warmer weather is good for the body … a chance to recharge the batteries,” he says. “It’s important I take care of myself, there are so many people dependent on me.”

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Sophie Delezio’s dream comes true as she meets the pope

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In Rome to honour Mary MacKillop and meet her hero, the brave youngster talks to Andrew Chesterton.

Most nine-year-old girls dream of meeting their Hollywood idols. High School Musical heart-throb Zac Efron, maybe. Or singer Justin Bieber. But not Sophie Delezio. Her little face lights up as she reveals her favourite famous person in the whole wide world is none other than the Pope – who personally blessed her trip to Rome’s Vatican City.

“I wanted to meet him so badly,” Sophie beams. “Like 100-out-of-10 badly! He’s so cool. He wears his hat on the side, so I wanted to say, ‘What’s up?’”

Sophie, her older brother Mitchell, dad Ron and mum Carolyn joined an estimated 8000 Australians who travelled to Rome to witness Mary MacKillop’s canonisation as Australia’s first saint at last weekend’s special mass in St Peter’s Square.

Despite the Catholic Church not needing to add Sophie’s incredible story to its already recognised two official miracles – two Aussie women who recovered from cancer – this matters little to the young Sydneysider, who says she owes her survival to the revered nun.

“This means a lot to everyone, Australia getting its first saint,” Sophie says earnestly. “But it’s very special for me, too.” It has been a dream of Sophie’s to visit Rome, as she believes Mary, now known as Saint Mary Of The Cross, is her guardian angel, helping her recover from two life-threatening accidents – a period her family refers to as their “dark time”.

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Courteney and David: Drugs, booze, jealousy and an open marriage…it’s over

Courteney and David: Drugs, booze, jealousy and an open marriage...it's over

Former Friends star Courteney Cox and David Arquette had been leading separate lives for years.

As far as her friends were concerned, Courteney Cox had it all. A successful career, a loving husband and even a much-yearned-for family after finally giving birth to daughter Coco in June 2004.

But behind the brazen facade of fame and fortune, the stunning star was hiding a secret – her seemingly perfect marriage to fellow actor David Arquette was, for a long time, in tatters.

Though she offered relationship advice to her eternally single best buddy Jennifer Aniston, Courteney’s marriage effectively ended two years ago. While she managed to keep their separation secret, the truth unravelled last week when David was spotted with Jasmine Waltz, a 28-year-old cocktail waitress who bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife.

This forced the estranged couple to release a statement confirming a “trial separation that dates back for some time”. Now Woman’s Day can reveal Courteney and David have in recent years had an open relationship, living in separate houses and employing a firm “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy when it comes to other lovers.

David, 39, confessed to the arrangement on a popular US radio, opening up about the relationship and dishing deeply private details of their sex life.

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Tom and Katie’s broken home

Tom and katie's broken home

On the eve of their fourth anniversary, Katie and Tom’s relationship seems more fractured than ever before.

Married after a whirlwind romance, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ relationship started out as a fairytale. Katie once confidently predicted, “[We] will always be in our honeymoon phase.”

But as their fourth anniversary approaches it’s a whole different story. Broken promises, spies and fights have been pushing the couple apart for months, sources say, and Tom and Katie might not make it to the five-year mark.

Increasingly, the tensions in their relationship are bubbling to the surface – even in public. On October 8, Katie fled the LA set of her new film Jack And Jill after receiving a distressing phone call from Tom’s younger sister, Cass.

“She looked like she was tearing up, and ran out with her hair and make-up still on,” a set insider reveals. “She wouldn’t say what the problem was, but it seemed serious.”

And it appeared to be about her husband, who is away filming Mission: Impossible IV in Prague. “When she got home, Katie told the staff to leave for the night,” a source says. “Everyone assumed Tom was upset with her, because things have been shaky lately.”

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Hollywood’s rich kids!

He’s only just turned 17 but already he makes more money in one year than most of us are likely to earn in our entire lives!

Angus T. Jones, who plays Jake in top-rating comedy series Two And A Half Men, has just signed a new contract that will see him receive $300,000 per episode for the next two years. At an extra $50,000 for each of 48 episodes, the young actor has increased his pay by $240,000 – plus scoring a $500,000 “signing bonus”.

While it’s peanuts compared to the show’s star Charlie Sheen, who has just signed a two-season contract for $52 million, and is likely to bank $98 million including bonuses, it’s a big step up from this season’s wage of $250,000 an episode. And a giant leap from the $2900 he got in June for a one-week stint playing “obnoxious new kid” TJ on the teen show Hannah Montana.

Read the full story in this week’s Woman’s Day, on sale Monday October 18, 2010.

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Chrissie Swan and Matt Preston: We’ve lost 57 kilos!

Chrissie Swan and Matt Preston: We've lost 57 kilos!

The popular stars of The Circle and MasterChef  have waged a war on weight, and they’re both winning!

If you’d told Chrissie Swan six months ago she’d be wearing leggings on national TV, she’d have laughed in your face.

At a size 26, the 36-year-old radio and television personality was all too aware that when it came to dressing for her daily morning TV show, there were some things she just couldn’t do. And squeezing herself into a pair of tight leggings was certainly one of them.

“When I first started on The Circle, I had just come from radio, where you could turn up looking shocking and it wouldn’t matter,” she tells Woman’s Day during our exclusive chat. “Then, all of a sudden I was on camera, and I’m looking at myself thinking, ‘Oh my God! I’m dressed like a 60-year-old!’

“You just can’t get the kinds of clothes you want to wear at that size.” Fast forward six months and, thanks to Jenny Craig, Chrissie has added another 20kg to her total weight loss of almost 50kg. “I have actually lost 47 since I had the baby [Leo, born in November 2008]!” she marvels. “It’s unbelievable. It’s a person.”

And with another 20kg to go to reach her goal, she’s already revelling in her new shape, last week buying brand new size 20 jeans. “I’ve got lots of new clothes now, which is great,” she says with undisguised delight. “It’s so much fun – I’m wearing boots and leggings and things I love – instead of just things that fit. It’s fabulous.”

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Guardian angel Patti Newton steps up

Guardian angel Patti steps up

With heartbroken mum Patti playing guardian angel to her disgraced son, Matthew Newton is slowly recovering from the breakdown that led to his attack on ex-fiancee Rachael Taylor.

Faces sombre, heads almost touching, Patti Newton and her troubled son share a quiet moment before embracing, both in tears, at the Sydney psychiatric clinic where Matthew is battling his demons.

Emotions run high as the disgraced actor finds strength from a new closeness with his mum, who has reached out to him in his worst of times. Patti has been secretly flying from Melbourne to take part in her son’s treatment and support his recovery from the depths of despair.

The 33-year-old, who has an AVO against him after allegedly assaulting ex-fiancee Rachael Taylor in Rome in August, was at rock bottom when he began therapy. But friends say Patti’s involvement has made all the difference to the fragile star, with doctors pronouncing him stable enough to venture briefly into the outside world on short trips to local shops.

“Matt on suicide watch had the whole family desperately worried, but that fear has lessened the more his mum has become involved. She is a loyal woman who would never give up on her child – and she’s proved that by wearing a path to his door,” says a friend of the famous family.

With TV veteran Bert resting at the family’s Melbourne home after finishing up an extended Sydney season of stage show Wicked, Patti, 65, has taken charge, becoming a frequent flyer to spend precious time with their son. The devoted mum is bravely shouldering the duty of turning Matthew’s focus forward, but the responsibility has taken its toll on her.

How do you think Patti has dealt with her son’s situation? Share your thoughts below.

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Greg Norman: I’m getting married again! But his daughter is furious

Greg Norman: I'm getting married again! But his daughter id furious

Just 12 months after divorcing Chris Evert, Greg Norman is set to wed his long-time lover. Her children already call him dad, but his own daughter is furious.

Aussie golf champion Greg Norman plans to marry the woman his family blames for the break up of his marriage to first wife Laura Andrassy – and then helped nurse his broken heart after his brief union with Chris Evert. Friends say the Great White Shark has never been happier than when he is with mother-of-two Kirsten Kutner, and is desperate to marry her and start over again with the attractive brunette.

“Greg plans to marry Kirsten,” confirms a family friend, speaking exclusively to Woman’s Day. “He began talking about marriage within six months of splitting with Chrissie [Evert] and we all wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t happen very soon.

“Greg has been obsessed with his image all his life and now that he has waited out a turbulent period – and the radar is clearing – he plans to propose to Kirsten.” This time round, close friends expect Greg, 55, and Kirsten, 41, to marry in a small ceremony rather than the sort of million-dollar extravaganza he put on for his second wedding to Chris. It would also save on embarrassment if his daughter Morgan, 27, was not in attendance.

She is the one obstacle to his happiness, refusing to even meet Kirsten, whom she blames for contributing to the break-up of her parent’s long and seemingly happy marriage.

As Woman’s Day revealed in a world exclusive, Greg started seeing Kirsten 15 years ago when he was still very much married to Laura. And he now thinks the time is right to formalise their relationship. Greg reveals he is “now in a very good place with Kirsten”, and their friends expect them to soon solidify their love, a union almost two decades in the making.

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Michael Jackson’s kids to buy Neverland ranch?

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Michael Jackson’s two eldest children, 13-year-old Prince Michael and 12-year-old Paris, are looking at buying back their father’s Neverland Valley Ranch in Santa Barbara County where they spent most of their childhood.

The children of the pop icon are planning to buy back the property once they turn 21 and inherit the millions of dollars left to them by their father, who died in June last year.

Their plans for the ranch include building “some kind of community park and centre for animals,” an unnamed source told the News of the World .

“Paris and Prince remembered the rooms from their childhood,” the source said.

The newspaper’s source also added that seven-year-old Blanket had fallen in love with the place after a visit last summer.

Jackson lived at Neverland Ranch between 1988 and 2005. Estimates of the original purchase price of the property range between US$16.5 million and US$30 million.

He sold the property in 2008 when he was trying to eliminate his debts, but sources suggest his children will be more than able to purchase it back.

The property includes a private amusement park with two railroads, a Ferris wheel, carousel, Zipper ride, Octopus ride, pirate ship, Wave Swinger, Super Slide, Dragon Wagon kiddie roller-coaster and bumper cars.

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