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asta week was Meghan, at the Games, which were Duchess of Sussex’s irst founded by Harry and are this oficialo appearance on year being held in Sydney. the bbalcony at Buckingham Both Harry and Meghan Palaace, waving to crowds have been to New Zealand gathered for the annual once before – Harry on an Troooping the Colour. oficial visit in May 2015 and But in just a few months, Meghan on holiday in 2014. it’ll be Kiwis on the receiving Prime Minister Jacinda ennd of her smile when she Ardern is looking forward to makesm her irst oficial trip welcoming the royals to New too New Zealand. Zealand, on what will be one Meghan (36) and her of their irst overseas tours husband Prince Harry (33) as a couple. are heading to Australia for “I know Prince Harry really the Invictus Games from enjoyed his last visit here October 20 to 27, and now in 2015 and I’m sure New KensingtonKensi Palace has Zealanders will want the conirmed they’ll visit our Duchess of Sussex to also shores while they’re down this experience our warm way. The newlyweds will be hospitality and manaakitanga adding trips to Fiji and Tonga, on her irst visit here as a as well as New Zealand to member of the royal family,” coincide with their attendance she says.

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Meghanseemstobe Keep calm and just laugh! adapting well to her new Far left: Prince Harry and role, and handled her irst Catherine put Meghan at ease. Above: The royals appearance at the Trooping assemble on the balcony the Colour with aplomb, of Buckingham Palace. despitethefactthatshewas Below: Princes William and Andrew and Princess abitanxious.Alip-reading Anne take part in the expert reported that she told military parade which Harry she was nervous as they honours the Queen stood on the balcony. each year.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 3 breaking the rules. Also, royal women do not usually wear sleeveless outits at daytime events. But the newest royal seemed to get away with it – and there were certainly no disapproving looks from Her Majesty. While all eyes were initially on Meghan as she stood with her in-laws on the palace balcony, it turned out to be the younger members of the family who stole the show. Any touches of nerves Savannah Phillips (7) – the were well disguised – eldest daughter of Princess Meghan seemed calm Anne’s son Peter Phillips and during the carriage ride his wife Autumn – decided to and also on the balcony, take matters into her own where the whole royal hands when her second cousin family gathered as part Prince George (4) talked while of the traditional military the national anthem was being parade that celebrates the played. She didn’t hesitate to Queen’s oficial birthday. cover his mouth with her palm There were a few raised to make him be quiet. eyebrows when the new Princess Charlotte (3), duchess was spotted meanwhile, got a bit tearful, arriving at the event in a and was quickly scooped into sleeveless, off-the-shoulder the arms of her mum Catherine, Carolina Herrera outit. DuchessofCambridge,and Royal protocol usually given a comforting cuddle. Beatrice and her dictates that female family There was no sign of the sister Eugenie Thanks for coming! The Queen ride with their waves to the crowds who gathered members don’t expose their youngest royal, Prince Louis, shoulders at oficial events, though, who it’s believed was aunt Sophie and outside Buckingham Palace. cousin Louise. so Meghan was technically inside with a nanny. # The younger royals, Princess Charlotte, Savannah Phillips and HARRY AND MEGHAN TO VISIT! Prince George, entertained with their cute antics. arry and Meghan’s visit to New Zealand will be Hpacked full of oficial engagements, giving the couple a chance to see lots of local organisations at work and also to support causes that are dear to their hearts, such as the wellbeing of armed forces personnel, mental health, gender equality and women’s rights. It’s likely there will be trips to a marae, a military base and a school while they are here, and Harry will no doubt want to HelpingouttheDepartment include sporting and of Conservation could be on events in the Wellington, Harry’s schedule this year. itinerary – when he it may be was here in 2015, he Dunedin’s turn Tiritiri Matangi Island in the played ive-a-side football, for a visit, as well Hauraki Gulf. went to the Millennium Sports as smaller centres including Meanwhile, Meghan may Institute and got along to a Nelson, Napier, Rotorua and want to check out an initiative Hurricanes rugby match. Tauranga. The National Army like Auckland’s Women Last time Harry managed to Museum at Waiouru might also Entrepreneurship Centre, which get to Auckland, Wellington, make the list, and Harry could helps women of all ages and Invercargill, Stewart Island, be keen to be help out with cultures become entrepreneurs Christchurch, Wanaka and Department of Conservation and business leaders. Whanganui in just eight days. work, like maintaining the Meghan travelled around This time, along with Auckland pest-free wildlife sanctuary on New Zealand in a campervan in 2014 and spent most of her time Prince Harry last visited in the South Island, taking in the New Zealand with a sights of Queenstown, Wanaka, packed schedule in 2015. Franz Joseph, Marlborough, Kaikoura and Akaroa. She particularly loved Marlborough, saying in a blog she wrote at the time, “This area was a deinite win for me.” So she may convince Harry to head to Blenheim. The duchess was also won over by Waiheke Island, so perhaps she and Harry will have the chance to spend some private time on the island after their oficial duties are all done.

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Daring to be difficult DAME EMMA role of a lifetime Clockwise (from top left): Near unrecognisable in Nanny McPhee;withherex Kennethin1987TVdrama Fortunes of War; in Love HERNEWTITLEWILLMAKEHER proven to be a force to be Actually with Alan, who died reckoned with whether writing, in 2016; an Oscar-winning EVEN MORE VOCAL, SAYS EMMA acting or campaigning for performance in Howards End. hen one is awarded didn’t come with a castle. I plan climate change action. the title of Dame, to go on being very dificult, just But it’s her willingness to [2008 ilm] Brideshead Revisited, you might think the in case anyone was wondering tackle any issue with an opinion and the producers said, ‘Will nour would come with a if it might shut me up.” and a well-chosen, pointed you lose some weight?’ And ggested level of decorum. Could anyone shut Emma witticism that’s always endeared I said to them, ‘If you speak to However, no-one has told Thompson up? Not likely. the mum-of-two to her fans, and her about this again on any ma Thompson that. In Honoured for her services this includes taking on issues level, I will leave this picture. t, the Love Actually star, to drama, Dame Emma now such as the #MeToo movement, You are never to do that.’ It’s o was made a Dame of the joins the likes of Dames Judi climate change and even the evil what’s going on out there itish Empire in the latest Dench, Helen Mirren and recent royal wedding. It turns and it’s getting worse.” ueen’s Birthday honours, Maggie Smith, who have all out, she didn’t much care for it. In fact, when it comes to s made it clear she intends received Queen’s Birthday “There’s not a single thought being a woman in Hollywood, carry on just as she is, honours. But really, Emma is about it in my head to share Emma has never minced ank you very much – and in a league of her own. with you, I’m so sorry,” she told her words. She wouldn’t be at is deiant, opinionated Playing dramatic roles a reporter on a red carpet. caught dead in the vicinity of nd witheringly witty. including Margaret Schlegel in Or when asked about the a plastic surgeon and she is a “I’ve always wanted to be Howards End, which earned her pressure Hollywood places champion for female actresses ble to refer to myself as a Best Actress Oscar in 1993, Alan on female actresses to be thin ageing gracefully. ame. Small D. Dame with Rickman’s betrayed wife in Love – “Actresses who are into their “I feel like I look my age capital D is even more Actually and the formidable thirties simply don’t eat,” she and I don’t mind that. I put hrilling,” she jokes. “I was, Nanny McPhee, the actress tells. “There was a wonderful concealer under my eyes, but owever, disappointed it and environmentalist has long actress I was working with on I like looking my age, I accept

NewZealandWoman’sWeekly 9 Above: With second husband Greg and their children, Tindyy (left) and Gaia, in 2014. Right: Marrying Kenneth in 1989. Left: On the red carpet with Gaia in 2016. that,” shares Emma, who will It was this quality that her turn 60 next year. irst husband, the actor and “Once you start iddling director Sir Kenneth Branagh, with one part of your face, it apparently didn’t quite like all goes wrong. And it’s the about her. Known as “Ken and effort of trying to look younger Em”, the pair, who met on the that is so exhausting. BBC drama Fortunes of War “How are we going to in 1987, were acting royalty as produce beautiful older women their careers sky-rocketed. if we don’t allow ourselves to But they divorced in 1994 be older?” after her husband had an affair And don’t get her started with Helena Bonham Carter, on her own experiences of something Emma has talked battling what she calls a “toxic about after portraying a similar masculinity” in the age of the storyline in the ilm Love #MeToo movement, revealing Actually. “That scene where my she spent her own twenties character is standing by the bed “trying to get old men’s tongues crying is so well known because out of my mouth”. Perhaps, she it’s something everyone’s been infers, “This is a moment when through. I had my heart very we can say to men and women: badly broken by Ken.” ‘Open your eyes and open your Emma lives her life exactly mouths, and say something.’ how she portrays herself – “I will always speak up straight up and with purpose, because I am bolshy and I will a purpose she believes is take someone’s head off if getting louder by the minute. I see anything like that.” Sure, she says, her job often However, Emma is the irst requires her to put on a fancy to admit her outspoken-ness frock, walk a red carpet and hasn’t always been easy. pour her heart out to a camera, “At 18, I wish I had known but the fame that comes with to say what I really feel. Just to her career is a by-product. say what you think and not have “Whatever anyone says, acting to pretend,” she relects. is a luxury. All the hard work DAME KIRI’S NEW HONOUR he’s already a Dame, but Kiri Te Kanawa has also made the SQueen’s birthday honour list, being awarded a Companion of Honour for her Top: The activist alongside hundreds of supporters at the climate change march in London in 2014. Above: At a rally services. Dame Kiri (74), who was born in to protest Arctic drilling outside Shell HQ in 2015. Gisborne but now resides in the UK, has long been a favourite of the royals, is done for you. The writing is her to voice her opinions louder performing regularly for the Queen after done, the lighting is done, the and more frequently than ever. irst wowing the operatic world with her direction is done...” “I think that we’ve all got soprano voice in Covent Garden. After Walk into her unassuming to shout as loudly as we can,” announcing her retirement from singing North London home – on the she tells. “Ordinary people last year, she now spends her time very street she grew up on – now need to know more. They mentoring and fostering talent among which she shares with fellow need to inform themselves.” the younger generation of opera singers. actor husband Greg Wise (52) After embarking on a trip The honour is granted to those who and their daughter Gaia (18), to the Arctic in 2014 with have made a major contribution and you will most likely ind Gaia to see the changing ice to the arts, science, medicine or her in trackpants writing away. caps, she is shouting from the gogovernmentvernment over a long perioperiodd of t timeime. Her mother, actress Phyllida rooftops for those with “skin in Law (86), lives across the street, the game” to get involved. while her sister and her family “War gives birth to more live nearby. Their other child, war. Earth’s temperature is 30-year-old Tindyebwa Agaba, rising. I ind myself wondering, known as “Tindy”, a former what will become of our planet Rwandan child soldier whom – and my daughter, whose very the pair adopted when he was name means earth?” a teen, pops in for cups of tea. Perhaps this damehood Despite writing screenplays could be the dawn of an even and directing, Emma has felt louder Emma, who says, “On my a pull towards advocating for 60th birthday, I want to be putting something greater than, say, up a Greenpeace banner.” a movie. It’s her passion for All signs appear to be prompting a call to action for pointing to yes. # climate change that is getting Ciara Pratt

New Zealandld Woman’s Weekly kl11 e’s one of Hollywood’s biggest stars and when Hthe American Film Institute (AFI) decided to honour George Clooney with its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, the tributes came thick and fast from other famous folk. The likes of Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Bill Murray and Cate Blanchett not only spoke glowingly about George’s talent as an actor, director, writer and producer, but highlighted his humanitarian work and political activism. There was even a recorded message from former US president Barack Obama. After noting they’re the same age, Barack pointed out that George (57) “does the whole grey hair Gentleman thing better than me, and he’s maybe a little more debonair of a lifetime than me”. He went on to say, “I can nevertheless not deny what we all know – that he is a good man, a good friend, a good citizen, an outst ding maker of ilms.” Amal’s Bill Murray described the moving toast to GEOR E THE ACTOR’S PROUD WIFE SPEAKS ABOUT THEIR LOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE AFI AWARDS

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Ocean’s 11 star as “the most talked about how much he gun control – he recently met my love. When our children ind decent person I’ve ever worked admired his son. “Perhaps, with survivors of the Parkland out not only what you’ve done, with in the movie business”, at age 84, I might even grow school shooting – and said the but who you are, they will be while his former ER co-star up to be my son.” talent and character that had proud of you too.” Julianna Margulies talked about However, it was the speech earned him the Lifetime George responded with his how she owed him her career, from George’s wife Amal (40) Achievement Award also made own heartfelt speech during thanks to the advice and that visibly moved the actor him an amazing husband and which he said he was proud to encouragement he gave her. and the star-studded audience. father. The brunette beauty, be part of the ilm industry, and But the most touching Speaking publicly for the irst who met George when she was to see the changes being made. tributes of the evening came time about the father of her 35, admitted she had been He paid tribute to his parents from those closest to George. one-year-old twins, Ella and “resigned to the idea that I was Nick and Nina as two of the His longtime friend, Spin City Alexander, the British human going to be a spinster”. But most ethical people he’d ever actor Richard Kind, revealed rights lawyer called George a George changed her life. met. “They didn’t much care how, despite becoming so “gentleman in every sense of “Five years later, none of what you became, they cared incredibly famous, George the word”. He is incredibly that has changed. He is the who you became.” hadn’t forgotten his friends from generous with his time, she said. person who has my complete And his message to his wife his early days in Hollywood, a “He inds out about people who admiration and also the person could have come straight from group known as “the guys”. have suffered the same health whose smile makes me melt a movie, “I thought you couldn’t They had lots of fun together, issues as him and writes to give every time.” have it all, I thought if you had but also did good deeds, he them advice. He helps young Addressing George directly, a successful career that you said. After Los Angeles was people pursue their passion for she said, “My love, what I have weren’t really going to be able left in a mess thanks to rioting, ilm. He’ll visit an elderly lady at found is a great love that to have one great love in life. George persuaded the guys to our local nursing home if he I always hoped existed. And “Amal, people know about go out with rubbish bags and thinks it will make her day. seeing you with our children, your intelligence and your shovels to help clean up. “He has a big heart and he Ella and Alexander, is my integrity, but they don’t know His dad Nick, a television puts it into everything he does, greatest joy in life. You ill our how much you are capable of news anchor, joked about the whether it’s making a movie, home with laughter and loving and giving love, and you time George’s efforts to do hosting a fundraiser or, quite happiness, and that’s even make every single day feel as something about the conlict often these days, pranking our before the children grow up to special as tonight.” # in Darfur got the pair of them latest guest using a nappy and learn their Da-Da is actuallyy Judy Kean thrown in jail after a visit to a pot of Nutella.” Batman, a talking fox and the Sudanese embassy in Amal also praised George’s friends with Mary Poppins. Washington. But Nick also commitment to causes such as “I’m so proud of you,

Below: Shirley MacLaine and Cate (right) spoke glowingly of George. Above right: Miley Cyrus and Bill.

Left: Friends Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox celebrated with George and Amal. Above: In his acceptance speech, George praised his parents Nick and Nina (top) for the way they raised him. After keeping the DIVORCE? VICTORIA’S happy news under her hat for weeks, the magazine LAUGHING ON THE INSIDE columnist has “ oney, are you divorcing reports soon following that conirmed she’s me?” Apparently she was “furious” at David a mum-to-be. Hadopting the old adage and that they’d been ighting of, ‘If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry’, for weeks before. it was an amused and slightly However, their spokesperson lummoxed Victoria Beckham has come out to deny any that called her husband last trouble – even going as far week to ask if he was leaving as to label the rumours as her following reports the pair’s a total fallacy. 19-year marriage was over. A friend adds, “Victoria Ringing David (43), who was was taken aback, but she away in the US, Victoria (44) found the whole thing very jokingly asked if she was about funny… they have had a to be left, after thousands of sense of humour about it social media users across the because it’s so ridiculous.” world insisted the couple The couple have been were splitting up, following geographically separated incongruous allegations of late, however – David is a divorce was imminent. currently based in Miami, The rumours started following as he attempts to start up the couple’s appearance at the a new professional soccer Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s , wedding, where onlookers were eir children in Lond . ick to point out Victoria’s “grumpy” appearance – with

HER ROYAL HAPPINESS here’s another almost- under wraps until after the royal on the way! After birth of her nephew Prince Tweeks of speculation, Louis, and the wedding of the Pippa Middleton has inally Duke and Duchess of Sussex. conirmed her pregnancy in “I’ve noticed my body change her regular column in a UK and my weight increase,” supermarket magazine. tells Pippa, who is believed The Duchess of Cambridge’s to be due in October. “But sister, who married James through effective exercise Matthews (42) last year, wrote and sports, I feel that it’s being she has passed the 12-week strengthened to support mark of her pregnancy. Unlike a healthy pregnancy, birth Kate, who suffered from and recovery.” hyperemesis gravidarum with The itness fanatic also all three children, Pippa (34) admitted to being confused as has managed to escape the to what exercise is appropriate effects of morning sickness, during pregnancy, but still t:Victoria’sd though admitted it had been managed to work out “three eanour at the recent “hard” keeping her news to four times a week”. al wedding did not go without notice. 14 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Former Friends Courteney and Jen have even started dressing alike.

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THEY’VE BEEN GAL PALS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS hat’s what friends are for! TJennifer Aniston is back – and she has her best buddy Courteney Cox to thank, according to insiders. Following her shock split with ex-husband Justin Theroux (46) earlier this year, the star made her return to Hollywood on the arm of pal Courteney (53) not once, but twice in one week, in a deiant and glamorous show of female friendship and unity. After appearing at an environmental beneit together, the pair also dressed up in matching frocks for the American Film Institute Gala, with Jen (49) Couple seemingly revelling being back in the spotlight. Since parting with Justin in February, Jen has preferred to surround herself with her close group of girlfriends in private, shunning high-proile events for dinner parties and casual get-togethers. But now, it looks like Jen’s back to her best self as she prepares to be her friend’s maid of honour at her upcoming wedding to rocker Johnny McDaid (41) in a few weeks’ time. “There’s absolutely no judgment in Court,” says Jen. “She’s been there for me through thick and thin.” Left: Anthony and Nigella, who he initially disliked. Middle: With Gordon. Below: The chef and his girlfriend Asia.

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ules – “I don’t eat mussels television chefs, but somehow restaurants unless I know they loved him and paid tribute. chef personally.” Jamie Oliver tore up his copy Vegetarians and “their of Kitchen Conidential after zbollah-like splinter-faction, Anthony said, “Every time e vegans” were “the enemy I watch his show, I want to go everything good and decent”. back in time and bully him at Gluten-free was a fad. school.” But they became oeliac disease is a very friends. Jamie now says, “He rious illness, you know? If you really broke the mould, pushed ink you have coeliac disease, the culinary conversation and ouldn’t you see a doctor was the most brilliant writer… efore you annoy people rest in peace, chef.” t a party?” he said, adding While he admired Gordon side order of expletives. Ramsay as a cook, he was too He just wanted excellent often “an entertainer who is ooking. “Is it good? That’s playing a 1990s version of THE FUNNY, ll I want to know. Is it good? himself”. Again, he and Gordon it delicious? I’m willing to became pals and the Kitchen FRANK AND ry anything that is making Nightmares chef says, “He FOUL-MOUTHED n earnest attempt to be brought the world into our elicious. I don’t need ‘look homes and inspired so many CHEFISGONE t me’ food. Who does?” He people to explore cultures and TOO SOON dded, “I’m a cheap date in cities through their food.” that I like street noodles pretty He initially disliked Nigella much more than anything.” Lawson. “I don’t like the yuri He railed against the causes provocative nibbling of an he’d been lucky. “What of corpulence. “Go to a food asparagus thing. Is she a chef? do you do after your court and watch the pale, I hated the whole idea of her.” dreams come true?” he mused doughy masses of pasty-faced, But then he met her. “She in the voiceover to one of his Pringle-fattened, morbidly does seem to cook a lot of television programmes. obese teenagers,” he said. exuberantly greasy stuff – which “I’ve had three or four full “Wherever you see fast food, puts her on the side of the angels lives already, most of which I you see fat people.” in my book,” he volte-faced. was surprised to ind I survived. And he defended Latino She is now “heartbroken to This is, like, bonus round. workers against President hear about Tony Bourdain’s Undeserved, probably.” Trump’s wall. “If Mr Trump death. Unbearable for his family Or probably not. He was a deports 11 million people … and girlfriend.” food writer, a presenter and every restaurant in America Not that he spared himself. much more. He was a cultural would shut down,” he snapped. Anthony described himself commentator, controversialist, Anthony settled on becoming as “a loud, egotistical, one-note novelist, publisher, workaholic, a chef in his boyhood after a***hole who’s been cruising on former alcoholic and drug eating his irst oyster on holiday the reputation of one obnoxious, addict, very funny – and in France (his father’s homeland). over-testosteroned book for frequently foul-mouthed. It “tasted of seawater… of brine way too long”. He shot to fame in 2000, aged and lesh... and somehow… of He wrote in Kitchen 44, after 20 years chefing in the future.” Conidential, “In your last few New York restaurants, with his But by 13, he was already on moments of consciousness, irst book Kitchen Conidential. drugs and spiralling towards what kind of inal regrets go This shone a light onto the cocaine and heroin. He inally through your mind? seedier side of restaurants, got clean in the ‘80s. He “My regrets will be more drug-fuelled chefs and “wacked- confessed that addiction turned along the lines of a sad list out moral degenerates, dope him into a “complete a***hole, of people I’ve hurt, people HELPLINE INFORMATION iends, refugees, a thuggish selish, larcenous, druggy, loud, let down, assets wasted and Needtotalk?1737–freecallortext 24/7 to talk to a trained counsellor assortment of drunks, sneak stupid, insensitive and someone advantages squandered. I will Lifeline–0800543354 thieves and psychopaths”. you would not want to have decidedly not be regretting Depression Helpline – 0800 111 757 It was an instant bestseller, known.” Cooking was his missed opportunities for a Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 notching up a million sales – salvation and route to fame. good time.” (0508 TAUTOKO) and is now in the charts again, Married and divorced twice, On that sad list is Anthony’s Healthline–0800611116 following his early death at 61. he adored his daughter Ariane girlfriend Asia Argento (42), who Samaritans – 0800 726 666 The book gives advice. Don’t (11) by his second wife Ottavia says simply, “He was my love, Information about suicide prevention order ish on Mondays – it’s Busia (39). She gave him my rock, my protector. I am can be found at mentalhealth.org.nz/ likely to have been around since “something to live for”. beyond devastated.” # suicideprevention. the previous Thursday. Forget He was scathing about Andrew Macintosh

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declaring that Suzanne Paul has and passport to prove it.” NEW ZEALAND’S oficially changed her name to... Her eyes sparkling cheekily, QUEEN OF Suzanne Paul. Suzanne adds, “And it sounds INFOMERCIALS You see, until now, that’s awful, but what are they going never been her name. The to put on my headstone? I could HAS HAD A beloved star was born Susan pop my clogs at any time and NAME CHANGE Barnes in Wolverhampton back it does make me think who in 1956 and “Suzanne Paul” I want to be remembered as. s the Weekly pokes was simply a name invented What if fans of mine make a around Suzanne to promote her Natural Glow pilgrimage to the cemetery more! APaul’s roomy, light-illed make-up in the ‘90s. and can’t ind my grave?!” new home on Auckland’s The public and media Her various names represent North Shore, we’re looded latched on to it, but it’s different stages in her life, tells with nostalgia. only now, 26 years later, that Suzanne, who was known as Her dressing room is Suzanne has decided it’s time Sue in her younger years. decorated with the infomercial she oficially embraced it too. “Sue Barnes was that working- queen’s old Weekly covers, “I’ve got to the age where it’s class girl. She carried that while the mirrorball trophy all about me now,” she explains. stigma of being common and she won on Dancing with the “For the irst time in my life, I’ve council-housed. I never could Stars in 2007 takes pride of really only got myself to think imagine Sue having her own place in the kitchen. about. Before I had my mum, TV show or being on the cover But it’s a loose piece of paper my husbands, and various dogs of magazines.” pter beneath it that’s the reason and cats, but now it’s all about In her thirties, Suzanne asked we’re here to chat – a certiicate what makes me happy.” her friends and family to call her And one of Susan. “It was a class thing,” she those things is explains. “I was working with all leaving behind the these university graduates and I confusion that thought, ‘They’re all smarter and comes from never richer than me, but if I’m Susan, knowing which they might think I’m posh too.’” name she’s booked However, it was only when in under for lights Suzanne moved to New Zealand and hotels. in 1991, arriving in Auckland Suzanne (61) with just $18 in her pocket, laughs, “Everyone that she was truly able to at the check-in rebrand herself. counter recognises “I went up a notch,” she me as Suzanne smiles. “The accent was still Paul, but my there, but nobody knew what passport says it meant. While most British Wilson, so I’m people could tell I was from the always being told rough end of Wolverhampton I’m not booked as soon as I opened my mouth, in or that they Kiwis just thought I had a funny would’ve given voice. I was reinventing myself me an upgrade at 35.” if they’d known After a stint selling vacuum it was me. I’m cleaners door to door, Suzanne missing out! got a job promoting Natural “But the main Glow at expos and malls for reason is that a company called Prestige I travel for work Marketing. The beauty product every week and proved so successful, they tried I feel like I spend to expand into pharmacies, but half my life shops baulked at the name. explaining the Suzanne explains, “Compared same story. I’ve to Elizabeth Arden and Estée been Suzanne Lauder, Prestige Marketing Paul in so many sounded like some crappy people’s eyes for old make-up made in Otahuhu, 26 years now, so so it was my business partner’s it’s time I really idea to take my irst name, was, with a Susan, and his irst name, driver’s licence Paul, to make it sound

NewZealandWoman’sWeekly 19 more international. But a bucket on set. It was the worst buy us out and I became Things started looking up at that point, I was going out experience of my life.” a millionairess overnight. when Suzanne went back into with a Frenchman who called Regardless, Natural Glow “Suzanne Kilworth had more business with her old friend Paul, me Suzanne and I thought took off and the name Suzanne money than sense. I was given working on new make-up range that sounded better.” Paul stuck. She spent years shares on the New York stock Thin Lizzy with his company Brand Jude Dobson and Lana trying to correct people but exchange and told that money Developers, but her 11-year Coc-Kroft had been earmarked eventually gave up. After all, she would always be there, so I built marriage fell apart in 2016. to present Natural Glow’s irst owned 20% of the company – a clifftop mansion, bought the She explains, “We had a lot TV ads, but due to a lack of and she tells, “As Suzanne big yacht and went all over going on with losing all the funds, Suzanne fronted the Paul, I was louder, funnier and Europe on the Orient Express. money and our home. I also campaign – and a star was born. more entertaining. I eventually “I was rich and famous, but lost my two cats, my dog and Although she confesses, “I was changed my irst name by deed after eight years or so, Dean then my mother. I lost my so nervous, I was throwing up in poll. When I was Suzanne, my and I drifted apart. A lot of that marbles after that – and I was life changed for the better.” was to do with the IVF. I went going through the menopause.” Indeed, Prestige Marketing through eight cycles and when Now working full-time for went from strength to strength, it didn’t work, I plunged into Brand Developers, Suzanne and soon Suzanne was on a deep depression.” smiles, “Changing my name primetime television, with She became Suzanne Wilson and moving into a new home shows such as Guess Who’s after marrying second husband have really helped me remember Coming to Dinner, How’s Life? Duncan and not long afterwards, how funny and crazy I used to and Celebrity Treasure Island. the US company ran aground. be. I’ve reinvented myself again. She continues, “I’d just got Suzanne was bankrupted and “I like to think I could meet married to my irst husband, forced to sell her mansion, someone one day, but that’s not Dean Kilworth, then we moving into a smaller home with my priority. I’m all about making had an offer we couldn’t her new husband and mother. myself happy and the name is refuse. A big American “It was an awful time,” recalls a big part of that. Suzanne is company wanted to Suzanne. “We took on lots of jobs back! It’s a new beginning.” # and grew most of our own food.” Sebastian van der Zwan PHOTOS: ROBERT TRATHEN • HAIR &SUZANNE MAKE-UP: WEARS KRISZTINA FOUR CORNERS BOUTIQUE, MORICZ GESTUZ, • H&M AND MODES STYLING: • WILCOX LULU

After two husbands and several dificult years, Suzanne is now focused on her own happiness.

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goodbye & hello Your compendium DID YOUR FAVOURITE SOAP CHARACTER SURVIVE? GET THE LOWDOWN RIGHT NOW! irths, deaths, marriages, divorces, engagements, Billicit affairs, violent attacks, arrests, imprisonments, murders... it’s all been happening on Coronation Street. The heartbroken The episodes screening parents farewelled their stillborn here in New Zealand have son Ruairi. skipped ahead so we’re now just a week behind those screened in the UK. That means we’ve missed a lot of action that took place on the cobbles over 18 months, including some of the long-running soap’s most dramatic storylines. Thankfully, Coro staff in MICHELLE MCDONALD the UK put together a great The wedding planner went the father of Leanne Battersby’s testicular cancer and had a compilation episode to help into premature labour at just baby son Oliver and ended heart attack, and inancial Kiwi viewers catch up on 23weeks,butbabyRuairidied. their marriage. She got together problems led to Michelle all the exciting events, but A distraught Michelle was with Robert, but her ex Will robbing the bistro. Then, as if you didn’t see it, or you’re suicidal, but bar owner Robert Chatterton abducted her and we saw last week, on the day still confused, here’s a brief Prestontalkedheroutofit. Robert was jailed for beating up of her wedding to Robert, summary of some of the major Still grieving, she was the person he wrongly thought Michelle was shot by Pat events of the last year and devastated to learn that her was responsible for the attack. Phelan after he held the a half. husband Steve McDonald is Poor Robert suffered from wedding party hostage.

22 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly POILER ALERT ✸ SPOILER ALERT CORO UPDATE Whatarelief! Exploited Bethany inally wisedupto vile Nathan.

BETHANY PLATT In one of the most harrowing storylines ever seen on Coro, schoolgirl Bethany met older man Nathan Curtis, a nasty piece of work who sexually exploited girls. Nathan wooed hersohecoulddothesametoherandcoercedherinto havingsexwithNeilClifton,oneoftheothermeninthe groomingring,whoturnedouttobeapoliceman.After Bethany suffered more trauma, Neil, Nathan and others were arrested and jailed. It was a terrible time for Bethany but brought her closer to Craig Tinker, now a policeman, and they started going out. However, he wasn’t happy when he discovered her working as a lap dancer. After attacking a customer, Bethany got a job with her gran at her hairdressing salon.

STEVE MCDONALD After his marriage to Michelle ended, the hapless Steve proposed to Leanne Battersby – whose baby Oliver was delivered by her sister Toyah EVA PRICE whiletheywerestuckinalift. Eva inally convinced Aidan shewasn’tandplottedwith Leanneinitiallysaidyes,but Connor to marry her, but to have the they realised that they didn’t when she discovered his entire Underworld factory love each other and called affair with , ripped out. She then decided itoff.Stevethenlostevery she launched a revenge tomarryAidanafterall,but shredofgoodsenseheever campaign. She told Aidan during the ceremony Maria possessed and began dating she was pregnant when burstinandrevealedthe his evil ex, . truth about the AIDAN CONNOR sham pregnancy. Devastated by everything Eva started going wrong in his life – a relationship with including the loss of the factory Adam only to discover and the break-up with Eva she was pregnant – Aidan became suicidal. He with Aidan’s baby. decided not to go through with But he didn’t believe it when his half-sister Carla her and she didn’t Connor arrived back on the want to keep the street needing a kidney baby, so she and transplant, and he turned Toyah Battersby, who outtobeamatch.Butafter has fertility issues, donating his kidney to Carla, Eva and hatched a plan to pass and having one last emotion- Aidan’s baby Susie off as a Michelle found wedding love again packedencounterwithEva, day was full surrogate’s. Only Toyah with Robert. he took his own life. of drama. knows Eva is the mum. ✸ ✸ SP ✸ SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT ✸ SPOILER ALERT

DAVID PLATT Bethany’s uncle David met an older woman, Shona Ramsey, and they became romantically involved, only for David to learnthatsheisthemotherofClayton Hibbs, who is serving time for killing David’swifeKylie. On a night out, David was drugged and later raped by his new friend, mechanic Josh Tucker. Ashamed and embarrassed, he took his anger out on Gary Windass during a charity boxing Shona tried to get match, beating Gary and leaving him in closetoDavid, buttheybothhave a coma. Eventually, he admitted to Shona a lot of baggage. and his family what had happened.

SINEAD TINKER TheUnderworldmachinist’s relationship with Chesney Brown went through a rough patch and she had a ling with KenBarlow’ssonDaniel Osbourne, which resulted in her getting pregnant. They planned to keep the baby, but after Ken told Sinead she’d be upsetting stairs by a mystery person, who Daniel’s plans for a university turnedouttobeDaniel. Chesney got cold education, she had an Sinead and Chesney got back feet while saying his wedding abortion. Daniel was furious together and decided to marry. vows to Sinead. and not long afterwards, But as they were saying their Ken was nearly killed when he vows, Chesney couldn’t go was pushed down a light of through with it and left Sinead.

HELLO TO... teen daughter of vicar Billy’s late sister Sophie buried them on Aidan, but when he died, that • Jude Appleton, his wife ex-boyfriend Drew. stepfather Tim’s allotment, share has passed to Alya Nazir. Angie and their baby George. • Flora McArdle. The mum of but Adam dug them up and • Gina Seddon. Sally Metcalfe Jude is the son of Mary Taylor, Pat’s murdered business partner sold them. was harassed by a stalker who conceived when she was raped Vinny Ashford now shares a lat • . She returned to tried to convince her her cancer as a teen. They have moved to with Daniel and Adam. the street to help Aidan salvage had returned, and was shocked Weatherield from South Africa. • . The street’s Underworld and he ended up to ind it was her sister Gina, Angie kissed Adam Barlow, favourite airhead came back, giving her a kidney, as she was whose behaviour was blamed who she now works with, after bringing with her a cache of suffering kidney failure and on her bipolar disorder. Gina getting mad at Jude. drugs planted on her by her facing death. In gratitude, she returned to Weatherield and • Summer Spellman. She’s the boyfriend in Miami. She and gave her share of the factory to started dating Dev Alahan.

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Vicar Billy admitted to Angry Peter threatened to boyfriendToddGrimshawthat throw Billy off a cliff but didn’t in his younger days, he was go through with it. However, partofagangthatcommitted Billy then fell off the cliff and armed robbery and caused fractured his pelvis. He became acarcrash,inwhichawoman addicted to painkillers, thanks died. The victim turned out to in part to vengeful Adam, and beSusanBarlow–daughter later resorted to heroin. After of Ken, twin sister of Peter and living on the streets and being mum of Adam. arrested, he went to rehab.

Our favourite dizzy Even though it blonde Rosie returned. was Adam who Right: Carla had a ling got Billy hooked with the new trainee GP. on painkillers, he tried to help him. OTHERTHINGSWE’VE MISSED PAT PHELAN • had a brain biological son Alex (remember Just when you thought he After a confrontation with tumour but she’s okay. him, the one swapped at birth?) couldn’t get any worse, Pat Eileen, when Pat confessed • Zeedan Nazir left the and had a ling with Carla. Ryan Phelan discovered he had a everything, it seemed like he street after his wife Rana Connor, who Michelle raised talent for killing. The con man had got his just rewards when Habeeb had an affair with thinking he was her son, came was odds-on to have been he fell into the sea from a wharf. Kate Connor. Rana and Kate back for his mum’s wedding, involved in the disappearance But he resurfaced in Ireland, are now living together. and he and Ali don’t get on. of Andy Carver, and sure then made his way back to • Johnny Connor was told • Adam has opened a solicitor’s enough,he’dheldhimcaptive Coro. As we saw last week, he he had multiple sclerosis irm, employing Rana’s brother foreightmonths.Patforced held the guests at Michelle and wed Jenny Bradley. Imran Habeeb, Rosie Webster Andy to shoot his former and Robert’s wedding hostage, • Tyrone and Fiz Dobbs and Angie Appleton. partner Vinny Ashford, then shot Michelle and was inally split up after bad behaviour • Tim Metcalfe’s dad Geoff turned the gun on Andy. Next fatally stabbed by Anna. # attributed to Tyrone’s daughter is dating Yasmeen Nazir and up was mechanic Ruby was actually down to his wife Sally is now the mayor Luke Britton, who Fiz’s daughter Hope. Tyrone of Weatherield. was killed when he couldn’t forgive Fiz for letting • Faye Windass’ boyfriend confronted Pat. Ruby take the blame. Seb Franklin moved to the Along the way Pat, • Gemma Winter fell for posh street after his mother Abi who married Eileen bloke Henry Newton, but he overdosed. He is HIV positive. Grimshaw, framed was only dating her for a bet. • After calling off her Anna Windass for Chesney’s got feelings for wedding to , pushing her daughter Gemma, but was furious when Cathy Matthews is now Faye’s boyfriend Seb she spent the night with his dating Brian Packham. Franklin off a ladder brother-in-law Tyrone. • lost his job at when he did it and • After Steve and Michelle Underworld after it closed, discovered that Seb’s divorced, they sold the Rovers got ired from his next job as social worker, Nicola Return to Peter and Toyah. a receptionist at the medical Rubinstein, was his • Gail Rodwell has fallen centre after breaching patient daughter, conceived under the spell of psychic conidentiality and was also when he raped her Rosemary Piper, who has sacked from his job at the pub. mother. Nicola, Ifyouwanttowatchtheepisodes told her her family is cursed • Nick Tilsley got stuck in meanwhile, got we’ve skipped over, they are (we all know that!). quicksand during a trip to the available weekdays on TVNZ • Ali Neeson, the new trainee beach and decided enough pregnant after OnDemand, where they’re called a one-night stand Coronation Street Catch-up. GP at the medical centre, was enough. He left the street, with Gary Windass. turned out to be Michelle’s hopefully to a drama-free life.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 25 LOCAL UPDATE

GOINGTOTHAILAND OPENEDANEW CHAPTER FOR THE CHRISTCHURCH MUM GAME ON! Librarian Lisa’s Survivor strategy Lisa was ecstatic about becoming a reality TV castaway, but admits the show was physically and emotionally gruelling.

he’s a school librarian, “It had always been a Sboard-game enthusiast dream to go on it but it wasn’t and, by her own possible because it wasn’t in admission, not the most New Zealand,” she says. conident woman when it “Then when they did the comes to mixing and mingling. New Zealand one, I thought, So far, it doesn’t seem like a ‘I could never do that!’ In the great formula for a Survivor NZ past, I’ve sort of struggled contestant, but as it turns out, a bit socially. I’m not very it. Cantabrian Lisa Stanger is doing I’ve got asthma. I just thought rather well on the hit Kiwi series it would be a disaster.” so far – and the super-fan is still However, by the time TVNZ shocked that her dream to be sought applications for the on a reality TV show came true. second series of Survivor NZ, Ifit’saFridayevening,then chances are Lisa’s hosting a group of friends over at her place for board games.

allegiances, and working out wasn’t really dependent on school are way more interested how to convince people of my physical prowess.” than he is. Lots of his friends are things. It was partly because Heading to Thailand was a getting into it – just not him!” I was so good at those games massive change for Lisa, who Logan has got wind of that made me wonder if I could had only travelled as far aield the potential prize, however. translate this into real life.” as Australia before the show. “Someone at school must Plus, Lisa has already survived “The physical side of it was have told him that the prize much scarier stuff than reality crippling,” she tells. “It was so is $250,000, so he’s come up TV. She was on the top loor hard. Being somewhere for any with a couple of ideas. He of Christchurch’s old central city period of time and not being was like, ’Hey, Mum, if you win, library with her seven-month- able to really trust that anyone can I have a loan of a million old son Logan during the 2011 is being honest with you at any dollars?’ And I said, ‘Well, it’s earthquakes. She was planning stage takes such a toll.” not that much money.’ Then to go to the cathedral, but Things got off to a good he asked if he could have had stopped to feed Logan start when she was picked for a loan of $300 and he’d irst. If she hadn’t done that, Kangkhaw tribe. get a scientist to develop they could have been in the “We won extra food and we a jet pack for him.” cathedral when the spire won the tarp, which was really If Lisa wins, she’ll spend collapsed. “It was absolutely important, so we were physically the cash on something a bit Survivor NZ screens on terrifying,” she recalls. more comfortable. The alliances less exciting. “If I did win any Sundays,TVNZ2at7pm When she got the call to could circle around for quite money, Logan and I would do and TVNZ OnDemand. say she had made the cut a long time before anything some travelling,” she reveals. for Survivor, she was beside had to happen. It gave us a lot “I’m a librarian and I would herself. “It was surreal. I couldn’t of scope to sort of build up spend a little of the money her friends had convinced her believe it. You’re not allowed more information. In Survivor, on this idea I have for a to throw her hat in the ring. to tell anyone, so I had this information is key and the library thing – updating books “One or two of my friends exciting news that I was longer we had without going in school collections and really encouraged me and said keeping to myself.” to tribal council, the more technology, and things like that. that they thought I’d do well. Being a massive fan of the information we could build up.” “Pretty boring stuff, really. They really helped me believe show, she didn’t need to do any One person at home who The boring stuff that everyone in myself and gave me the research on how it was played. hasn’t been that interested in does. Also, I’ve never really push to think I could do it,” But she admits to stepping up watching her sweat it out in done any travelling. I’ve been explains Lisa (38). her exercise regime. “I really Thailand is her now eight-year- to Australia and that’s all, so this The Christchurch mum hosts picked up on my swimming, my old son Logan, she admits. trip to Thailand is my irst proper 15 to 20 people for board cycling – a bit of training. I didn’t “We watched one episode overseas trip and it was amazing. games every Friday night. join a gym or anything. I nutted and I fast-forwarded to the I don’t want Logan to wait until “We play a lot of games that it out by myself at home. I knew challenges, then he saw me he’s 38 to go overseas. #

PHOTOS: TESSA BURROWS • HAIR, MAKE-UP &• LISA WEARS CAROLINE STYLING: EVE, BRAE EZIBUY, MERCHANT KILT, 1948 TOIA involve lying and hiding your that how I went in the game do a puzzle. The other kids at Amy Prebble

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 27 weeklyPEOPLE THEY’RE YOUR STORIES swathe.me card can be loaded eight-hour return trip, for with funds from friends and treatment. She had no-one aney Carr has lived all over gone into a coma. And so I took family so a person in need can to look after the kids, the the world, but in every Laud to Australia and we waited use 100% of the money on neighbour was too far away and Jcountry she’s been in, one at the hospital. But I was able practical help such as home had kids of their own. What do thing has remained a constant to inally see the impact it was needs or babysitting services. people do in that situation? It’s – everybody needs help and having on Stuart in particular. “Family and friends are all about rallying around.” more often than not, people It really hit home.” all over the world now and Already, swathe.me has are too afraid to ask for it. While caring for his wife, everyone is time poor. So we become a full-time endeavour It’s something she’s seen Stuart was juggling his jewellery wanted to make it really simple. for the pair, on top of Andrew’s in her own life through her shop and looking after their We created the direct support telecommunications role. But parents. When she was 18, dog, who also needed care. platform and, basically, you it’s worth it, she says, because Janey’s mother Roz (69) was “The dog didn’t like being make a list of all the things you they can see the difference it diagnosed with ovarian cancer at home for hours on end, so aren’t able to do − like walking is making for those people and given two months to live. Stuart would keep him in the car the dog, making a meal, picking who may have been struggling Luckily, she responded to at the hospital. He would spend up a prescription − everyday on their own. treatment but what followed for so much time on the phone things because suddenly they “An elderly man with her family was a 30-year battle. ielding texts and calls from become big things when your multiple sclerosis is having his “She’s had cancer on and off, everyone wanting to know what life is turned upside down. card loaded with money so which has been quite dificult, was going on, and he’d go “And the person in need he can get a regular taxi to especially for my stepfather home exhausted every night. knows who is offering that the hospital, and a lady has Stuart,” Janey (48) explains “So even though he had help and who they can call someone doing her gardening from her home in West a great group of friends who on,” says Janey. and they’re forming quite the Auckland. “All the treatment, were supporting him, he didn’t “My stepfather, he didn’t friendship! What has amazed it just takes over your life. actually ask for help. That’s when know what help he needed at me is how many people want They’ve had a really good I saw this real disconnect about that time. I was speaking to to be involved, to make a support network where they live people who really need the help one lady down on the West difference,” Janey continues. in Australia and, unfortunately, but don’t like to ask for it. And Coast of the South Island on a “And we think the timing is for most of those times when there are people who really big station farm. She had stage right for something like this she’s had to have treatment, want to help but aren’t able to four cancer, which sadly she has – everyone is feeling the need I haven’t been in the country.” ask or don’t know how to.” now passed away from, but she for connection, and community Janey had been living in For a few days, Janey had ive kids and she had to and to feel valued.” # London with her husband brainstormed the different drive herself to hospital, an Ciara Pratt Andrew and their son Laud ways she could help, before (10) during this time. But in realising she had the chance February 2015, Roz suffered to create something that could complications from surgery and offer widespread practical Janey lew to be by her side. help to people across the “They weren’t sure if she country. And so the support would pull thrg as she’d platform swathe.me was born. Launched 18 months ago, the

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28 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly HOW JANEY CARR’S PRIVATE PAIN INSPIRED HER TO HELP OTHERS RALLY AROUND Swathe someone with love! PHOTOS: MICHELLE HYSLOP • HAIR & MAKE UP: CLAUDIA RODRIGUES

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 29 weeklyPEOPLE THEY’RE YOUR STORIES ROBYN HALL (72), FROM AUCKLAND, IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FASHION COMPANY HIGH SOCIETY “ hen I left school, I did a modelling Wcourse, which is whhat girls did at that stage. It wasat a the Academy of Elegance. It was not so much that I The fashion matriarch, pictured with her Lagotto Tasmano, wanted to be a model, it wass all has been in the industry for about etiquette and make-upp, an incredible 54 years. how to walk and how to be a lady. This was quite importantto questions about what I was I was involved in the styling ishers. At one point, I had me because I had been brougght wearinggp–for example,,‘Is it too of thegagqyrments quite early about 14 world records and up in the country. I had come to tight around the arms?’ and,d on,b but t I hhave never bbeen threeth off themth still till stand. t d InI theth Auckland when I was 14 and was ‘Where would you wear this? ’ a designer. I can’t cut a pattern, late ‘80s, Bill wanted to retire a bit of a country bumpkin at – I’d be cheeky and have a bit but I can check the it on a from the business and continue heart – a bit of a tomboy. of a lip on me. And as time garment, for example. Plus, game ishing, so he bought a The minute I inished the went by, I became a favourite as the company grew quite boat and took off to Tonga. I course, I couldn’t wait to get of the boss Bill and years later big, I also grew slightly too was left to run everything – and a job in the fashion industry, we got married! rotund to continue to be the this was in the late ‘80s during which I regarded as being I started travelling with Bill house model – must have been the inancial collapse! extremely glamorous. to Europe to source the fabrics all those trips to Europe! I struggled through it and I applied for a job at High and the styles. We would go I travelled more around the it helped that we got more Society as the house model. You to Prêt-à-Porter [an international business side of the fashion into the manufacturing side used to model garments for the fashion and accessories trade industry, and certainly anything buyers from department stores. show] in Paris and travel to to do with the inances and I was also a shorthand typist Frankfurt. We were making proitability and growth of the Quick-ire: so I did all the letters and quite young fashion and not many business have been the things My top fashion tip a bit of the inancial work, which people were doing that in I’ve driven. Like many back in would be… I was always interested in. Auckland. The look in New those days, I learned on the job Invest I was expected to also sell Zealand at the time was quite with no tertiary education. in the best you can afford at some of the garments as well. matronly, so we could bring Bill and I had an adventurous the time to get 10 years When the buyers asked me over European season fashion. life and we were keen game of life out of the garment. As a boss of a Left:Thegame-ishingchampionwithatrophyintheBayof company, my Islands. Below: The former model out on the town with her husbandBill,whopassedawayin2013,whenhewas90. philosophy is… Work should be an enjoyable place and my worst fear is that someone would dread coming to work. We treat people like adults here! Our staff are loyal, there’s 400 years of experience in the building. My wardrobe at home is… Vast, although I wear a lot of black and I don’t keep things unless they are absolute favourites. How I live... of the industry. We greww very big and were one of theie rst companiesi ttt to start exportiting clothes to Australia, andd we also got into plus-size fashioon for women. Our clothes aree always cut for a New Zealand lady’s igure – we carry weight on our thighs and in our upperbodies. I’ve faced many challenges, including having to dowwnsize the business. But the biggest was when Bill passed awway and I didn’t feel like comming Doyenne of Kiwi fashion to work any more. Straight after, I brokee my ankle skiing, then I discovered I had breast cancer, which I self-diagnosed! I had a big ROBYN’S night out with Bill’s matees, who I still meet on a Wednesday night for a drink the way he always did. I woke up halfway through the night feelinng SOCIETY sick, so I igured I must have drunk too much, but In oticed a really red streak acrosss my breast. My GP coulddn’t highs & lows ind a lump, but sentme m for a mammogram and ultrasound. Then, following an MRI and biopsies, I was told I had cancer and I had the brreast off that week. It was an easy decisioon; I didn’t want to muck aroound. Now I’m tickety-boo! Iw as incredibly lucky. Just beebrave with your life is how I feel about everything – and I thinkk that ’s what has got me througgh!” # As told to Ciiara Pratt PHOTOS: MICHELLE HYSLOP • HAIR & MAKE-UP: KATE SMITH

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PHOTOS: TODD EYRE Easy GF lasagne SERVES 4-6 Whenever I make this version of the classic lasagne, no-one can tell it contains barely any dairy and zero gluten! It’s rich and moreish, yet healthy. MEAT SAUCE 3tbspolive oil 1 largeonion,diced 500g minced beef 400g can chopped tomatoes 1tbspbalsamic vinegar ½tspdried thyme or oregano ½tspseasaltandagrind of black pepper Pinchofbrownsugar WHITE SAUCE 4tbspbutter (can use Olivani) 1/3 cup gluten-free flour ¼cupdry white wine 1 bay leaf 500ml rice milk ½tspsea salt ¼tspblack pepper 1 packet fresh gluten-free lasagnesheets,cuttofit your dish 1 Grease an ovenproof dish. 2 Heattheoilinalargepanand sauté the onion. Add the mince andbrown.Throwintherestof themeatsauceingredientsand simmer for 30 minutes. 3 Forthewhitesauce,meltthe butter in another pot, then stir Gluten inthelouruntilitformsapaste. FREE Cook for 1 minute, stirring. Addthewhitewine,allowing to bubble and evaporate. Add the bay leaf and milk, whisking until smooth. Simmer until Pepperoni pizza thickened. Season with salt SERVES 2-4 TOPPING minutes or until the edges are and pepper to taste. Who wants to eat gluten-free Handful of spinach leaves brown and there’s the odd 4 For the lasagne, ladle small pizza if the base has the taste 100g pepperoni or salami, golden-brown patch on top. amountsofthemeatsauceinto and texture of cardboard? Not to top Once cooked to this stage, it a prepared dish. Line with the me, that’s for sure. I like a thin 1 Preheat oven to 200oC. canbecooledandfrozenfor pasta.Spoonoverathirdofthe but foldable pizza bottom Line a pizza or oven tray with later use. meat sauce, top with another and this version is tremendous. baking paper. Brush the 4 While the base cooks, make layer of pasta and repeat. When It might sound strange, but baking paper liberally with oil. the sauce by simmering the you inish with the third and using caulilower for the 2 Cook the caulilower in a ingredients in a saucepan for inal layer of meat sauce, top base totally works! small amount of water until it 15 minutes. with a third of the white sauce, BASE is par-cooked. Let the steam 5 Spoonthesauceoverthe then add the inal pasta layer. 1-2 tbsp olive oil evaporate, then process in base, then sprinkle over the Pour over the remaining white ½ cauliflower, cut into chunks batches in a food processor remaining cheeses. sauce and smooth the top. 1 egg, lightly beaten until it resembles rice. 6 Increase oven to 230oC. Coverwithtinfoilandcook 1cupgrated mozzarella 3 In a bowl, combine the riced Bakethepizzafor10minutes, for45minuteson180oC. ½cupgrated Parmesan caulilower with the egg, ¾ of then add the spinach and Uncover and cook for a further SAUCE the cup of mozzarella and half pepperoni, baking until the 15minutesuntilthetopis ½tinchopped tomatoes of the Parmesan cheese, then cheese is melted and the golden.Restthelasagnefor Splash of olive oil mixwell.Spoonontothe salami is sizzling – about 15 minutes before cutting into Pincheachofsalt,pepper, prepared tray and pat into a another 5-7 minutes. squares and serving. sugar and chilli flakes thin 25cm disc. Bake for 15-20 7 Slice and eat!

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 35 Lemony Nourish shortbread MAKES 12-15 PIECES Gluten Shortbread is a beaut baking FREE option for those following a gluten-free diet as its closed texture lends itself to the use of gluten-free lours. This is good to keep on hand in the tins. 230g butter, softened to room temperature ¾ cup icing sugar 1¾ cups gluten-free flour (I use Edmonds) Zest of 2 lemons ½ tsp sea salt 1 Preheat oven to 130oC. Line two oven trays with baking paper. 2 Cream the butter and icing sugar until pale and luffy. Sift in the dry ingredients and add the lemon zest and salt. Mix well. Roll into a ball and latten to a 4cm disc. Wrap and chill for 15 minutes. 3 Roll out on a well-loured (gluten-free of course) bench and cut into in batons. Transfer to the lined trays. Prick each piece with a fork 3 times. Chill again if it has softened. 4 Bake for 30-40 minutes. Let the shortbread cool a little before moving to a wire rack.

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Try this recipe with poppy orange zest and 1 tbsp seeds. They will stay fresh in an airtight container for at least a week.

36 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly mum’s KITCHEN

Gluten Dairy Vegan chocolate cake FREE FREE SERVES 8-10 (I use Edmonds, Freedom thick, pourable batter. I’ve always admired the way or Healtheries) 4 Pour into the cake tin and Mum adapts to the different 1 heaped tsp baking soda bake for 35-40 minutes or dietary needs of our family ½ cup rice or almond milk until a skewer comes out (three of her daughters are Grated dark chocolate (65% clean. Cool for 10 minutes vegetarian) and friends. cocoa), to decorate before removing from the tin. Recently, one of her 1 Preheat oven to 180oC. 5 When the cake is completely granddaughters decided to Grease a 20cm loose- cooled, split in half, ill and ice follow a vegan diet, so Mum bottomed cake tin. (see below). Decorate with re-designed her no-egg 2 Gently melt the Olivani, grated dark chocolate. chocolate cake to contain milk, sugar and golden syrup VEGAN CHOCOLATE ICING no dairy and to be gluten-free! in a saucepan. Cool slightly, 2 cups icing sugar 115g Olivani then sift in the cocoa and lour, 3 tbsp cocoa ½ cup rice or almond milk mixing to combine. ¼ cup Olivani ¾ cup sugar 3 Dissolve the baking soda Drizzle of non-dairy milk to 2 dsp golden syrup in the second measure of loosen (I use coconut milk) 4 tbsp dark cocoa milk and stir into the batter, Beat together to form a 1½ cups gluten-free flour mixing well. It should be a smooth, thick paste.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 37 Kitchen Gorgeous goodies and CALENDAR handy tips It was mint to be Mint andd chocolate h l is a mix made in heaven, and Donovans Chocolate, Peppermint Clusters do not disappoint. They are the perfect treat-sized morsels that really deliver. Available at supermarkets nationwide, RRP $3.99.

30ml fresh-pressed orange juice 60ml Red Seal Orange & Turmeric tea (cold) Ginger ale here’s a new tea in town. something a bit different! Add the whiskey, sugar, Red Seal has released a Available in supermarkets orange juice and tea to a Tsoulful new range that can nationwide, RRP $3.99. highball glass. Fill with ice be brewed hot or cold. There ORANGE & and top with ginger ale. are three lavours to choose TURMERIC RED Stir gently and garnish with from including Orange & SEAL HIGHBALL an orange slice. Cheers! Turmeric, Mint & Matcha, and 60ml Canadian Club whiskey Tropical. Try the Orange & 20ml 1:1 sugar syrup (use equal Turmeric tea in the delicious parts sugar and boiling water cocktail recipe below for until dissolved, then cool) Big lavours in tiny bites SALSA SNACKING Staying on top of f your nutritional needs with fresh fruit and veges in the winter months can be tougher than during other seasons. Kiwifruit is a powerhouse of lavour and health. It’s high in vitamins C, K and E, folate and potassium, is a good et’s face it, when it comes organic produce and made to source of ibre and is to raising tots these days, taste great, meaning there’s packed with antioxidants. ¼ cup coriander, La lot of us are struggling less chance of it ending up Add this divine bright salsa inely chopped with our work/life balance, and on the loor! With lavours as a side dish to any meal to Juice of 1 lime sometimes it’s nice to know at like beef casserole, ricotta keep up you r5+ADay. Combine kiwifruit, jalapeño, least one thing is taken care of. cannelloni and potato, 5+ADAY onion, coriander and lime Introducing Tiny Foragers, courgette and pea with a hint KIWIFRUIT SALSA juice in a bowl. Serve a range of healthy and of cheese, it’s worth heading to 4 kiwifruit, peeled and immediately or store convenient frozen meals for tinyforagers.co.nz to check out diced in the fridge. It is delicious babies and toddlers. They’re the full range. RRP $9.95 and 1 jalapeño or chilli, served with ish tacos or cooked from locally sourced, delivered straight to your door. deseeded, thinly sliced as a healthy snack with ½ red onion, inely chopped vegetable sticks. 38 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Voted New Z Most Trusted Cleaning Brand since 2011.*

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Up the ante with the winning mathematical You CAN equation of skirt + knit this season to go to wear… the top of the class. K A+ for style! Leigh Matheson STYLE DIRECTOR with Tucked into your skirt or left loose, the choice is yours!

Feminine style

Ve h season, and this printed and pleated skirt from EziBuy is a real head-turner. • Worn here with a luxurious off-the-shoulder, rose-coloured knit from Portmans and some complementary accessories, this is an ultra-feminine outit. • This style of skirt and knit combination can be worn loose, as seen here, or tucked in if you’d prefer.

KNIT $99.99 from PORTMANS. CHOKER (FOR SET) $22.99 from LOVISA. COLUMBINE TIGHTS $22.99 from FARMERS. GRACE HILL SKIRT $99.99 and GRACE HILL SHOES $119.99 both from EZIBUY. NITS skirts STYLISH WAYS TO MIX AND MATCH THIS SEASON

Easy elegance

• Th l f thi T swing skirt lends itself to being paired with a shorter, more slimmer-it knit, which does not overwhelm your frame and silhouette. • This winter white top from EziBuy, with its luffy inish, is the perfect match, especially when worn with coordinated red accessories that give the outit a cohesive feel from head to toe.

CAPTURE KNIT $49.99 from EZIBUY. SKIRT $169 from TRENERY. RING $10.99 from LOVISA. GUESS BAG $249 from FARMERS. BOOTS $79.99 from NUMBER ONE SHOES.

A itted knit is the perfect match for a swing skirt like this one.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 41 weeklyFASHION Contemporary cool • This shorter length herringbone skirt from Max is the perfect match for wearing with tall boots and tights. • Styled here with a chunky cable knit from Portmans and a beret, you have an ensemble that nods to the classic, while remaining completely modern. • As the skirt is slim-line, wearing the knit untucked creates a lattering silhouette.

KNIT $129.99 from PORTMANS. SKIRT $99.99 and TIGHTS $20 both from MAX. RING $17.99 from LOVISA. ACCESSORIES BERET $29.99 and CAPTURE BOOTS $219.99 both from EZIBUY.

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• Th crop- style knits this season and they can be intimidating, but when you pair this soft pink Glassons one with this high-waist jersey skirt from FIND IT Decjuba, you end up baring no DECJUBA (09) 845 1300 skin while also showing off the EZIBUY 0508 500 500 narrowest part of your torso. FARMERS 0800 327 637 • Keep your ensemble GLASSONS 0800 GLASSONS street chic by adding a pair LOVISA (09) 845 5141 MAX 0800 MAXSHOP of metallic sneakers and MERCHANT 1948 0800 683 752 a handy small bag. NUMBER ONE SHOES 0800 661 7463 KNIT $49.99 from GLASSONS. PORTMANS 0800 769 327 SKIRT $99.90 from DECJUBA. TRENERY 0800 300 045 BOSTON & BAILEY BAG $69.99 VERONIKA MAINE from FARMERS. BANGLES 0800 000 675 (FOR SET) $17.99 from LOVISA. WITCHERY (09) 523 1335 SNEAKERS $79.90 from MAX.

42 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Add some contrast to your pencil skirt with a mohair knit.

City chic • You can always count on a pencil skirt to add a little city lair to your wardrobe – and this one from Veronika Maine has an asymmetric drape panel to give it a stylish twist. • When paired with this delicate mohair knit in pale mint from Farmers, a touch of textural and colour contrast is added that really makes the outit pop.

MINERAL KNIT $99.99 and COLUMBINE TIGHTS $12.99 both from FARMERS. SKIRT $265 from VERONIKA MAINE. RING $15.99 from LOVISA. ISABELLA ANSELMI SHOES $229.90 from MERCHANT 1948. weeklyBEAUTY

When I recently discovered through a DNA skin test that I was genetically prone to glycation, I did two thingsthings. I went to a skin expert to ind out more and made a conscious decision to seriously curb my sweet tooth. Don’t sugar -coat it! Tracy Davis BEAUTY EDITOR

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WHY EATING SUGAR CAN UPSET theskinbecomesthin,sowe CAN SKINCARE HELP tend to see deeper wrinkles AND IF SO, WHAT SHOULD THE HEALTH OF YOUR SKIN and a change in the tone of WE LOOK FOR? f you haven’t heard of to proteins in the body. In theskin.Littleindentsinthe “It deinitely can. There are glycation before, expect the skin’s case, this is collagen skin–commononthechin certain ingredients that are Ito hear the term a lot more and elastin ibres. Our skin is and around the mouth – can phenomenal at helping to in the future as we begin to affected because it creates be seen. Due to having an reverse glycation such as understand just how much of a a cross-linking on those ibres, impaired barrier function, we aminoguanidine. Niacinimide role it plays in the ageing of our which prevents them from start to see inlammation and (B3) is another of my favourite skin. I talked to skin expert and functioning properly and conditions such as acne and essentials. Skin that is glycated the owner of Mood Skin Clinic, damages the structure rosacea can become worse.” sometimes also need anti- Bridget Crone, to ind out more. of the skin, resulting in CAN IT BE REVERSED? inlammatory ingredients Here’s what she told me… premature ageing.” “Absolutely. Using the proper such as licorice root, vitamin E IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, treatments and correct home (tocopheryl), hyaluronic acid HOW DOES GLYCATION WHAT ARE THE TELL-TALE prescriptives, we can not only and aloe. It’s important to AFFECT OUR SKIN? SIGNS OF GLYCATION IN take the skin back to a healthy use professional skincare “Glycation is when excess SOMEONE’S SKIN? state but also get it to look with the correct levels of active glucose or sugar molecules “Because of this cross-linking more youthful, bouncy and ingredients and that they are in the blood link and bond and breakdown of collagen, glycation-free.” able to be used by the skin to

44 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly A course of professional treatments, such as DMK Enzyme Therapy, go a long way to helping strengthen ageing, weakened skin suffering from glycation, as well as to stimulate cells to produce more collagen and elastin. get you safe and great results. facial muscles by sending These are then monitored by deep contracting signals to THE SCOOP ON your therapist to ensure you’re all the facial muscles. Skin getting the maximum beneit needling, which is also known DAMAGE CONTROL from these ingredients and as collagen induction therapy, that you aren’t jumping into is one of my favourites, as well Known as the “sugar-trap peptide”, Dermalogica includes products your skin might not as advanced peels, including arginine-lysine polypeptide in many of its AGE (advanced be ready for.” for example our six-layer peel 1glucation end products) WHAT ABOUT or remodelling procedure.” Smart range such as the PROFESSIONAL WHAT OTHER Multivitamin Power Recovery TREATMENTS? RECOMMENDATIONS Masque, $94. “It binds to 1 “Having treatments that will WOULD YOU MAKE? sugar, rendering it inactive,” rebuild the skin’s integrity “Cutting out excess sugar explains the company’s head and function is so important. is always good, as well as of education Caroline Parker. We use enzyme therapy to increasing your daily water Bridget recommends 3 pump fresh oxygenated blood intake – two to three litres DMK Aminodine 2 in and around the cells to is ideal. Also, taking a good 2Spritz, $85.63, to help stimulate the skin to function quality essential fatty acid smooth the appearance properly, and to get more supplement helps at an internal of cross-linked wrinkles. collagen and elastin being level. I advise all of my clients to “It’s absolutely amazing produced among other things. take EFA (essential fatty acid) at getting a quick Once the function is better, we supplements as skin starts from response in the skin.” use different pre-exfoliations within and they help with the Internally, try a to treat glycation, for example, bi-layers and membranes of our twice-daily dose of different fruit acid blends, cells, as well as reduce internal 3Osmosis Sugar Detox vitamin A and a combination inlammation. Stress also has a Water, $78, which may of the ingredients above. We big impact on our skin. Reducing help to improve the body’s also use a technique called that helps hugely – we have sugar utilisation and muscle banding, which lifts a herbal formula called Relax reduce the effects of and tightens tired, sagging that is phenomenal.” glycation in the body.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 45 weeklyBEAUTY Beauty INSIDER This week’s model Julie shares of chemicals in it as opposed her beauty secrets with us... to spending lots of money on As we head into cooler weather, professionally bleaching them, how do you feel your skin then suffering from sensitivity changes? I notice that when the afterwards. The toothpaste is season changes and it gets a bit called AP24 from Nu Skin and cooler, I am prone to dry and laky it tastes pretty good too. skin, especially around my mouth. Are you a bath or shower girl? It’s either that or I‘m dribbling in I’m generally a bath girl. my sleep! When it comes to putting on Do you change your make-up make-up, what do you struggle look in winter? I change my with most? Eyeliner. I struggle to foundation to relect the changes get a clean sweep with a perfect of going from tanned in spring “wing”. It’s a bit of a bumpy road and summer to lily-white over these days – I feel like I probably autumn and winter. I also use should use “poly-iller” irst! less make-up in winter as my skin You’ve got great cheekbones, gets drier and wearing full face what’s your secret? I put it make-up makes me feel and down to genetics. My mother look older. has beautiful high cheekbones Have you got any new favourite that look like a couple of small product inds? Yes, it’s a whitening apples and she has got great toothpaste. It doesn’t have loads bone structure. BARGAIN OF Double the pleasure! THE WEEK… As well as looking incredibly of hand cream on Wet n Wild Color Icon Nude stylish, a matching hand wash afterwards, then reap Awakening Eyeshadow Palette, and hand cream on your the rewards of healthy $11.99. Flip over this 10-pan bathroom vanity is a crafty way skin and strong nails. palettetoindouthow of ensuring you take care of Just out: Sukin Limited to use the totally your hands. Every time you Edition Hand Wash & wearable shades wash them, pump a dollop Cream Duo, $32.99. to create adayor night look. NEW OILS TO TRY

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goodness Nana’s RETRO A COMFORTING BOWL OF RECIPES SOUP WILL NOURISH YOUR MIND, BODY AND SOUL Vegetable soup Not only is this recipe a 1 Rinse the split peas under great warming winter dinner, running water and soak in especially with some toasted cold water overnight. scones on the side, but it’s also 2 Melt the butter in a stock a great way to use up leftover pot and cook the celery and vegetables. You could buy carrot until softened. packet soup mix, but many of 3 Add the remaining those have ingredients best vegetables, split peas and avoided, so it’s worth spending water, bringing to the boil. What to do if your a bit more time preparing your 4 Turn down the heat and path has become ingredients and enjoying the simmer, covered, for one- improved lavour. I found this and-a-half hours. slippery with slime recipe in one of my old family 5 Meanwhile, rinse the lentils over winter. cookbooks and have been and barley, leaving covered in using it for years now. cold water. 1 cup split peas 6 Add the lentils and 25g butter barley and simmer 2 stalks celery, diced for 1 hour. TIP 1 large carrot, diced 7 Add the At the end, you can 1 large turnip, diced macaroni and add in any spare 1 large leek, sliced simmer for vegetables that don’t 8 cups water a further 20 need much cooking, such ½ cup red lentils minutes. Season as shredded cabbage ½ cup barley and sprinkle with leaves, green peas or ½ cup macaroni a little Parmesan broccoli lorets. Parmesan cheese, grated cheese, to serve.

48 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly WINTER WEEDS YOU CAN EAT TRY THIS: During the cooler months, I grow broccoli, cabbage and TO REMOVE silverbeet because vegetables FLUFF FROM can be expensive and hard to come by during the winter. NEW TOWELS, Therearealsotwoparticularly PUT 1CUP hardy, edible weeds that not only thrive during the VINEGARINTHE cold weather but are much FINAL RINSE, better for you because they normally grow wild. THEN FOLLOW Purslane (known here as UP WITH A FEW miner’s lettuce) and lamb’s lettuce are both wild greens TURNSINTHE or weeds, which means they tastemorebitterthantheir purslane and lamb’s lettuce CLOTHES DRYER. sweetercousinsicebergand have had to defend themselves cos, which have been bred against predators and disease and cultivated by humans to with no help from human eat for hundreds of years. hands, they have more When I was recently in Spain, omega-3 content and higher I noticed you could buy bags levels of phytochemicals. of lamb lettuce that was Nutritionally, you get more In the garden harvested quite young and bang for your buck growing Last year, I got some it tasted delicious. As them than the domesticated Neem tree granules and frilly lettuces you find in sprinkled them around all garden centres or buy my trees in the orchard, at the supermarket – including the feijoa hedge. and they are easy to Neem tree granules not grow. You need to buy only condition the soil but seeds, try kingsseeds. they also kill off any insects co.nz, as you are unlikely overwintering, so I thought to find them at your this was a great idea. local garden centre, Come summer, my trees but I recommend you were remarkably bug-free, give them a go during so I’m doing it again this winter to get the best winter and you might like nutrition you can. to try it too. Above: Boost your nutrition with easy-to- grow lamb’s lettuce and purslane (left). Did you know? READER LETTER OF THE WEEK It’s easy to make a green slime remover for Dear Wendyl, borax with 1 tbsp honey and garden paths. Soda ash is a stronger version of Do you have a remedy for put in a saucer. Place this where baking soda and can be bought online. Simply ants? They are driving me the ants are. They will all have sprinkle the soda ash over the slime and make mad, but I don’t want to use a feed, then die. It could take sure it is a wet day because you need a shower anything too strong on them. about a week to do the whole or two to react with the soda ash to kill the I hope you can help? nest,so keep an eye on it and algae. I did this on half my pathway and within 24 Bev reill if necessary. To kill hours of horrible, damp weather it was clear of Hi Bev, cockroaches, sprinkle borax anything green, you simply wet it, then leave it. If Get some borax – it is great around the edges of the room. you don’t have soda ash, use good old washing for killing ants, as well as In large quantities, borax can soda which you will ind in your supermarket or cockroaches. You can buy it at be harmful, so keep away from hardware store. It won’t work as quickly and you hardware stores. Mix 1 tbsp pets and children. will need to spread it around with a broom, but it does the same job. What’s more, when it drains DoyouhaveaquestionoratipforWendyl?Emailherat off, it won’t hurt your plants or the environment. [email protected] with the subject line “Wendyl”.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 49 health&FAMILY 60- DIY TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO ASSESS THE STATEOFYOURHEALTH Test your breathing WHAT IT MEANS Dr Simonis Poorly controlled asthma, says this test is a measure of age-related respiratory spatial orientation, which is troubles or repeated exposure crucial for decision-making to harmful irritants, such as and moving around. cigarette smoke, can all result “Any dificulty drawing the in poor lung health, which clock, such as crowding numbers could cause breathlessness at one end of the face or reversal during everyday activities. of numbers, can provide insight Dr Magdalena Simonis says into the severity of your dementia going for a walk is an easy way risk,” she says. If any aspects of to gauge your breathing ability. your drawing are concerning, HOW TO It couldn’t be simpler. seeyourGPimmediately. Briskly walk up two l ights of stairs or around the block Test your hearing while talking to a friend. “The DrSimonissayshearingloss aim is to do it without having can happen for no apparent to stop to catch your breath,” reason. “Everyone over the age she explains. of 65 should have an annual WHAT IT MEANS This test hearingcheck.Butifyouthink indicates the ability of the something has changed, assess lungs to provide oxygen and your hearing quickly with the exhale carbon dioxide. If you whispered voice test,” she says. are breathless or wheezing, HOW TO “Block one ear with a or your breathing becomes inger or hand and ask someone uncomfortable, see your GP to whisper a combination of for a check-up. numbers or letters – such as “While difi culty breathing is ‘99’–intothatearfroma1m often due to a decline in lung distance. Then repeat that function, it can also be related combinationbacktothem.” to an underlying heart WHAT IT MEANS “If you can condition,” says Dr Simonis. repeatthewhisper,it’sasign your hearing is adequate. But Test your brain if you can’t do it correctly, visit A simple sketch, such as the an audiologist for a check-up,” clock-drawing test, can be a advises Dr Simonis. useful predictor of cognitive impairment in people who are at risk of dementia, according to research published in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra. HOW TO Draw a clock face on a piece of paper and mark in the hours. Next, add the hands to indicate a time, for example, quarter to two or 10 past 11.

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If you don’t have any bespoke, hardwood raised beds in which to plant your winter vegetables, don’t panic. YouY can throw together a garden out of bits and pieces you have lying around. Cool harvest! Lee Ann Bramwell GARDEN EDITOR

Above: This tin wheelbarrow is the perfect size and shape for a mini (and PLANT SOME moveable) vegetable garden. It came with ready-made rust holes – ideal for TEMPORARY GARDEN drainage. Below: A portable garden BEDS WITH THESE planted in separate wooden boxes looks smart and stylish. CLEVER IDEAS

ny excuse not to plant a for parsley, mint, rosemary, Awinter vegetable garden thyme and all the other is good enough for me. delicious things that make I don’t like swede, Brussels winter meals taste more like sprouts, cabbage or caulilower, food and less like fodder. and I don’t like sticking my However, I’m not reinstating hands in cold, damp soil either. the raised beds and depriving So the fact that the two raised our car of its home. We have beds we built for our spring space at the back of the house veges had to be demolished that’s waiting for a revamp and (the car needed a car port I see no reason why it can’t and they were in the way) was, accommodate some creative I thought, the perfect excuse garden containers for a few to not plant winter vege. veges in the meantime. But, just recently, I’ve had a Sheltered or enclosed yearning for rocket, mesclun areas close to the house make and various greens that can be gardening so much easier. grown throughout winter, plus You’ll know if your plants Above: Old bricks or pavers can be brought back into service to contain vegetable plots. Shallow beds won’t need mortar. Left: Terracotta pots – old or new – make excellent vegetable containers, but they’re porous so regular watering is important.

need watering, you can watch with herbs or greens and for pests and diseases, yank arrange them in a casual group. What to plant out a few weeds every time If you don’t like that look, a tidy Salad burnet is a subtly summer lettuce, in the colour of you walk past, and be ready line going from largest to lavoured green that likes your choice. Red, pink and even to throw on the frost cloth at smallest, spaced equidistant the cold. Its taste has hints of black leaf varieties are available a moment’s notice. apart (yep, that’s me) may satisfy cucumber and almond, and is andseemtodobetterinthe Temporary vegetable beds your aesthetic requirements. besteatenraw.Usetheyoung coolermonths.There’savariety are cheap, easy and fun to Those with rustic houses and leaves, not the stems. And calledDrunkenWomanthatI’m make, and just about anything gardens are lucky because even if you don’t want to eat very keen to try. It’s an Italian goes. If you’re going to be there are all sorts of relics that it,it’sattractiveinthegarden heirloom with bright green moving them later, make sure will complement the rustic chic and makes a great garnish. leaves and frizzy edges in deep they have bases so the soil look. Watch out for these at Twonicepepperygreensto bronze. It’s slow to bolt, as doesn’t go everywhere, choose your local junk shop: keep your taste buds awake expected of something drunk. fairly shallow containers so you • Tin baby baths arerocketandmizuna.They’re don’t have a mountain of dirt •Coppers speedy to grow and perfect to deal with, and if you’re not • Retro printed wooden boxes for pots and containers. going to have much drainage, • Metal buckets and troughs There are plenty of lettuce line them with a layer of scoria. •Wheelrims varieties, both hearting and Have a pile of old bricks lying •Wheelbarrow loose-leaf, that will put up with around? Use an existing wall • Old tool boxes the cold. Choose from hardy and build a three-sided bed up If all else fails and you’re on varieties of your favourite against it, about two or three a mission to plant your veges bricks high. Line it with plastic right now, plastic troughs and or weed mat so you can easily containers will work. They may remove the soil when you’re not have the designer look, but done. If you have spare bricks, they’re cheap and practical. If get creative by laying a hearth you can’t stand the container at the front to stand or kneel look, camoulage them with river stones or stack some Above: Salad burnet on, or build fancy staggered isaverypretty walls on the sides. timber planks in front of them. addition to your Everyone also surely has a And here’s a cunning plan. If winter vegetable collection of unused terracotta you have quite hefty containers, garden, and is best eaten raw. pots that have been relegated such as wine barrels or troughs, Left: Drunken to that place behind the shed put them on wheels. That way Woman is an Italian where broken pots go. Salvage you can move them around for heirloom lettuce. It probably needs to them. Clean them up, give them the best sun, then shift them out be eaten sober. a lick of paint if you want, plant of view when they’re not in use.

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hen you’re a mother – taking our luggage, opening yourself, you realise the doors of his black Maserati Wjust how special your for us and making a special fuss PENNY LEWIS SETS SAIL own mum is. So when I was of Mum. I was thrilled – all this WITH HER MOTHER, offered the chance to cruise rock-star treatment and a fun with a companion aboard Royal drive to the Overseas Passenger ABOARD THE EXPLORER Caribbean’s Explorer of the Terminal at Circular Quay for $98. OF THE SEAS Seas up to New Caledonia, Mum had been on a cruise I thought of my mother Mary before, but it was my irst ocean (sorry, husband). The timing cruise. I wasn’t entirely sure what was perfect too – only a few to pack, so brought sundresses Carry on cruising! Life aboard the 4000-guest capacity Explorer of the Seas is like entering a whole world of its own. days before she turned 70. as well as some fancier threads The cruise began and ended for dinners. I have a tendency in Sydney, so Mum and I lew to pack too much. This can be over from Auckland early on a quite a problem when you’re Sunday. To start the trip in style, lugging (or more realistically, my I organised for a driver to meet husband is lugging) suitcases us at Sydney Airport. Sami from upstairs to attic apartments, but LuxCar was such a gentleman it’s not such a big deal when cruising. Why? Well, you only have to unpack once. Too easy! It’s a inely-tuned operation to check into a cruise ship, with scheduled times depending on which deck you’re staying on. After we’d settled into our wonderful stateroom with a balcony on Level Eight, we explored the 4000-guest capacity ship. We met some wonderful

58 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Above: Mary’s birthday cake made of towels – and an even more special edible version (right). Above right: Sydney Opera House looking majestic in the early morning light. Below: Arriving in style.

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hey say friends are the George (39) had to repay “I will always be there for them.” years, we’ve probably had four family you choose for $2.6 million in staff wages from Matt and Gary couldn’t or ive arguments – and that’s Tyourself and that’s a his restaurant group Made agree more. “It’s a functional insane,” he says. “We share a sentiment that rings true for Establishment, and was also marriage,” Gary (51) jokes. common sense of values and of MasterChef Australia judges charged with assault after a Food critic Matt (54) adds what is important for this show. Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan brawl at an Australian soccer that chemistry can’t be faked on We have a joy for what we do and George Calombaris. inal. But he says Matt and Gary TV and that’s why the trio work and that translates to what we Having worked together on the have had his back every step so well together. “Over the 10 do. You can’t fake that.” cooking series since 2009, the of the way. “One hundred per trio have an on-screen chemistry cent,” George tells the Weekly. and closeness that’s rare in the “You learn very quickly who your DRESSING UP THE PAST entertainment industry. friends are during rough times.” he Collection is a series just its clothes. “It was a time As the show that brought The celebrity chef says it is set in post WW2 Paris of reinvention for France itself them together celebrates its “comforting and wonderful and Tand follows a lourishing as a nation. And in this case, 10th birthday, George relects beautiful” to know he has the fashion house full of secrets. fashion was a metaphor for and thanks his fellow co-hosts full support of his pals. “It’s the It features stunning period transformation and reinvention,” for their support. Last year, same for me,” he declares. costumes and a gripping plot he explains. “I wanted the too as the brothers who run feeling that the shadow of the acting in this sure-to-be the label grapple with their war haunted the series … the REVIEWS blockbuster hit. But they family’s past. Writer and show historical background is the haven’t just relied on the stars runner Oliver Goldstick says scaffolding that holds up the alone to make this ilm a The Collection is more than stories that I want to tell.” success. There’s a punchy FILM storyline, fabulous costumes and great cinematography TV as well. While the original Ocean’s ilms starred all men, this female-driven crime story is still packed with action and surprising twists. All in all, OCEAN’S 8 it’s well worth a watch and RATING: M deinitelyafunchoicefor Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock your next girls’ night out. and Anne Hathaway are just The Collection, UKTV, threeofthemajormoviestars AAAAB Mondays at 9.30pm.

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Flawed heroes! Nicky Pellegrino A tale of two BOOKS EDITOR HOUSES FACT AND FICTION ARE BLENDED IN THIS STORY ABOUT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AND HER ‘FIRST FRIEND’ confess to knowing absolutely she looks back over her life in a as a news reporter – and is nothing about the real life rambling fashion. She takes us never really given what she I events this novel is based on. from her golden period living deserves in return. In fact, I turned to Google in the White House with the This is a poignant novel several times to ind out more Roosevelts in the unoficial role about loyalty, love and some of about the people described. of ‘First Friend’, to her tough history’s forgotten women – At times, these large gaps in and tragic childhood, to running Franklin Roosevelt’s mistress is my knowledge made things away and joining a circus, to also an intriguing igure here Joanna Trollope is a best- confusing, but still, I found her career in newspapers, all – that I imagine will send plenty selling UK novelist. Her latest White Houses a colourful and the time circling back to her of other readers rushing to book is An Unsuitable Match. intriguing story with lots of love for Eleanor. Google to learn more. My favourite book ever is…. very lovely writing. There is nothing linear or Rose Macaulay’s The Towers It is centred on the love affair chronological about the story, of Trebizond. It has everything between First Lady Eleanor lashbacks are layered onto one really; being a love story, a Roosevelt and journalist another until we see the reality travel book, really funny in Lorena Hickok – known as Hick. of what must have been a fairly places, really lyrical in others, How intimate this relationship sad life, lived half in hiding, and with plenty of social and actually was remains uncertain. knowing that her greatest religious polemic to think But in Amy Bloom’s ictional love could never be about afterwards. version of the story, theirs is recognised by the BOOK My book of the moment is… a passionate and deeply wider world. of the Agnes Poirier’s Left Bank – a affectionate relationship. White Houses is a WEEK study of the weird existentialist When we irst meet Hick, it slender novel but the group around Jean-Paul Sartre is 1945. President Franklin D. author manages to make and Simone de Beauvoir in Roosevelt has died and she has a solid point about how hard Paris both during and after stayed away from the funeral. it is to be outside of what the Second World War. Their Instead, she is readying a society considers normal, conduct, both in and out of New York apartment for her whether that’s a “circus freak” bed, was astounding, as was and Eleanor to spend a quiet, or a stout, middle-aged lesbian. the amount they drank and the private weekend together. As Hick gives up so much for White Houses by Amy Bloom theories they came up with. Hick prepares for the reunion, Eleanor – including her career (Allen & Unwin, RRP $32.99). It is riveting. About the author… Amy Bloom She trained as a social worker Themostchallengingthing noon. I realise this is not and psychotherapist. She lives in about writing it was… “I should impressive.” Connecticut and has written lots say the research but that was of TV scripts as well as novels, not a challenge, it was a joy. YOUR short stories and essays. My challenge was inding BOOK CLUB White I wanted to tell this story the right narrator and then, Want to make because… “I was fascinated having found Lorena, becoming Houses your next book club by the way it had been buried, able to hear her funny, frank read? Here’s a talking point to literally erased from history, voice in my head.” start the discussion: Is it fair to and also because this is the My writing habits are… “Better delve into history and expose the story of love in the long run – than they were. I do manage secrets of people who are no not always happy but enduring to write most days and I do longer here? Or should we respect their privacy and exceptional.” manage to get going before more?

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 75 MANin the house COLIN HOGG CHARM ofensive COLINFINDSWELLINGTONPUTSTHE THOUGHT IN THOUGHTFULNESS hen we moved to seat, seeing I’m sometimes riding Wellington a few years to town for nothing, though the Wago, I thought we’d Wadestown bus is rarely full. stumbled into the most polite It’s probably even less full at the place in the country, though, after moment, thanks to a major invasion Auckland, many parts of the country of road works which has blocked might seem rather polite. Auckland the main road through the village, is famous for many things, but not shut off the trafic and detoured the politeness. Aucklanders are just bus onto the skinny side roads that too busy for that sort of thing. shoot up the hills in these parts. Wellington people, on the other As well as being full of weather, hand, are unfailingly nice to almost Wellington is also full of steepness. everybody, which doesn’t quite I suspect there’s a link between the make up for the often-challenging challenges of living in a place like weather, but it certainly helps. this and the good manners and All the niceness did take a bit of friendliness of the locals. It makes getting used to, though. When sense when you think about it. As people in the capital ask you how I’m now inding out, even the road you are, for instance, they seem to workers in Wellington have good really want to know. In Auckland, manners. Outstanding manners they just keep walking. actually. It’s as if the big guy So, I was a bit unsettled when standing by the “Road Closed” I read in the local paper the other sign out on the road by our garage day that our city council will now has done a course at charm school. no longer require kids to stand up He calls me “Boss”, and he’s on buses and trains for their elders always at pains to ind out how my and for the less able. Up until now, day’s going and which way I reckon there was actually a rule saying that the wind’s going to blow from next. they had to, in exchange for getting He came all the way down our 62 cheaper tickets. steep steps to the front door just But now, our civic leaders have to ask me if a mobile phone cover decided that the rule has messed he’d found blowing around up on about with our young people’s the road was mine. human rights. Which is another way It wasn’t, but I was so moved by of saying that the kids have now his thoughtfulness, I went up to let been granted the right to not him into our garage so he could stand up for someone pregnant, shelter from the rain when it comes old or inirm. in sideways, as it does sometimes. Not that I want anyone standing That was when I found out he was up for me, of course. I’m neither already sheltering up there after pregnant nor inirm, though I do the darling wife had gone off to have a gold card in my pocket, work forgetting to shut the door. which makes me wonder if I Which, really, was very polite shouldn’t have been giving up my of her.

76 NewZealandWoman’sWeekly srshortBBLONDE Yes to KERRE McIVOR NO-NO DAYS A CHANCE CONVERSATION IN THE GARDEN CITY MAKES KERRE REFLECT ON SOME OF HER MOST PRECIOUS MOMENTS was in Christchurch recently to and had been going on since she MC a charity fundraiser. A couple was tiny. They generally didn’t involve Iof local women had offered to do vast sums of money, although he’d my hair and make-up for me as their noticed they were starting to cost contribution towards the event, and more as she got older! I was sitting in the salon, thoroughly It was all about sharing experiences. enjoying the pampering. Both dad and daughter clearly enjoyed In a corner of the salon, a young spending time together and it was woman has set up shop, creating a lovely encounter. It reminded me of bespoke lipsticks. It’s a very cool the Well Days I used to have with my concept. She’d seen the idea in daughter. I always thought it seemed New York and brought it back to such a shame that days off school or Christchurch, and was doing a roaring work only happen when you’re sick, so trade. People (I’m assuming mostly I came up with the idea of a Well Day. women) choose the colour they want, A couple of times a year, Kate and the fragrance they want, the shape I would play hooky from school and of the lipstick – and she mixes it and work, and enjoy a day together. We’d makes it in front of their very eyes. catch the ferry to the beach in summer Science was never like this at school. and have a picnic and a swim; in winter, I’m deinitely going to create my own we’d go and watch a movie in the lipstick the next time I’m in the Garden middle of the day, which seemed City. While I was getting primped, a utterly decadent or head to a bead wee girl – maybe 10 or 11 – and her shop to create our own jewellery. dad came into the salon. It was enormous fun and I was glad to She made straight for the lipstick see the concept was still going on table and began the process of having among other parents and children. her own lip colour made for her. Her It was interesting too that later that dad watched on as his girl agonised night, the auction items that went over the different choices and we under the hammer for the greatest got talking. amount were experiences, rather This was part of their “No-No” Day, than stuff. The opportunity to have a he said. Each of them took a turn at couple of famous sportsmen coming planning a day where no-one could round for a barbecue and a game of say no to the activities the other party backyard cricket, for example, was far chose – within reason, of course. It was more popular than the furniture and his daughter’s turn to plan the day and household goods lots. It makes sense. so far they’d enjoyed a brunch out Time and sharing experiences with at their local café, a manicure and those we love are far more valuable pedicure (he had even had his toenails than stuff. When I relect on what painted in his daughter’s favourite I treasure most, it’s not items I have colour), and now it was time for a bought or been given – it’s the bespoke lipstick. precious moments I’ve had with Their father/daughter special days the people I love or the amazing happened three or four times a year experiences that money can’t buy.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 77 The energetic young prince and princess kept their mother entertained with running races and headstands, and were rewarded with lots of cuddles.

78 New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Prince William gets on his high horse at the polo.

CHARLOTTE AND GEORGEE GIVE KATEK THE RUNAROUNDD! ookkw who’s horsing around! a hug. Meanwhile, ne, Duchess of amused himself wit dge enjoyed an police set, which co afternoon trip to the polo in little handcuffs and Gloucestersl hire with her two pistol. The young p en, Prince George known to be fascinated with s Charlotte. law enforcement – and even ce William (35) put a toy police car at the andd hhis teamm showed off their top of his Santa list last year. formmh on the polo pitch for a It was the day after the charitym match, four-year-old family attended the Trooping George and Charlotte (3) the Colour ceremony to couldn’t helpp stealing the mark the Queen’s oficial sidelines. 92nd birthday, and no doubt Dressed inn a pretty pink dress Kate (36), who gave birth withhm matchin hng sunglasses, the to Prince Louis less than two barefootll little princess chased months ago, and the two hbhher brother aaround, performed children – who were part of a headstandhd d, climbed a bank their uncle, Prince Harry’s anddl plonked kd herself down on wedding party – needed a fun hdher doting mmother’s lap for and relaxing family day out. 8 8 /10 /10 JANEJ SEYMOUR CLAIRE D She’s been in the business The Homeland tress looked since her early twenties, pretty and purr- ct in this w butb screen queen Jane leopard-print g . The showed us that age is just and layered frill enhanced her a number! She looked red blossoming bab bump and hhot in this chic and simple the soon-to-be her of ccrimson floor-length frock. was positively gl wing.

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CINDY CRAWFORD FROCK The supermodel turned OF THE into a glowing Greek goddess in this breathtaking WEEK! white dress. The shape wass pure elegance, while the asymmetrical floaty sleeve gave the look just enough drama. Paired with blown 9 out hair and simple /10 make-up, it was a classic Cindy look. TINA FEY Sizzling in sequins, the actress and writer ruffled feathers with this daring yet dazzling gown. The V-neck was a flattering 6 7 choice for Tina but it was the / / fun, contrasting fabric and 10 10 flirty train that made this outfit red-carpet ready. LAURA DERN SIENNA MIL R Showinng her dark side on the Yellow there, Sienna! The red carpet, the Big Little Lies actress brought som umm starwoore a sleek black dress sunshine on a night ut in New but evene with the sweet, blue York City wearing a eautiful pastel-coloured shoes and bright floral frock, st ing clutch asa accessories, the simply with a gold cl h and lookfelt a little dull. matching heels. 5 /10 8 /10 KERRY 8 WASHINGTON /10 Is it a dress or are they DAMEE ANNA pants? The TV star sure made a Scandal on the LAURIE WINT UR red carpet in this strange She’s the editor of Vogue METCALF futuristic ensemble. magazine for a reason! Her TV show Roseanne The jump suit featured a The alwayys fashionable might be in the can, but revealing neckline, cut-out Anna lookked blooming that didn’t stop Laurie sides and an elaborate beautifuland a was our from putting on a dazzling train. Unfortunately, pick of thee bunch in this display at the Tony Awards. the bedazzled fabric floral-print number. She took home her second just made it worse. The delicatte se n Broadway trophy for embellishmments also Three Tall Women, and looked great against the her sleek black and white bright yelloow. outfit was a winner too!

aland Woman’s Weekly 81 Don’t worry, you are in safe hands Princess Adrienne!

n what was a beautiful ceremony, the newest ISwedish royal Princess Adrienne has been oficially christened. The third child of Princess Madeleine (36) and husband Christopher O’Neill (43), and grandchild to King Carl XVI Gustaf (72) and Queen Silvia (74), was Sweet addition baptised in a gown worn ActressKateHudsonwas by every member of the tra t on glowing as she was spotted Swedish royal family since looking glamorous in blue while 1906, while the young family out in New York. The 39-year-old Pretty Happy author revealed colour coordinated in pastels. last month she is expecting However, the day wasn’t a baby girl with boyfriend Danny without a little hiccup, with the Fujikawa (37). The mum to two sons, Ryder (14) and Bingham (6), couple’s daughter Princess says the family is “excited that Leonore (4) throwing a tantrum we’re going to even out the in the middle of the church! gender ratio in the house”.

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The LoveLltorti saidd in 2015 that he wasn’t really a “believer in marriage”, but Hugh Grant (57) appears to be loving married life with new wife Anna Eberstein (39). The pair, who wed in a low-key ceremony only weeks ago in London, took in a match at the French Open.

HOLMES’ COMFORT atie Holmes (39) was Kspotted on the streets of New York while FaceTiming a friend last week. The usually on-trend actress appeared to be unware of the crime against fashion she committed in this double-denim ensemble!

A STELLA TURNOUT Now this is friendship! Between them, they have been part of some of Britain’s biggest music moments, so what a treat to see Kylie Minogue (50), Chrissie Hynde (66) and Stella McCartney (46) celebrating the fashion designer’s new London store. OH BUOY! It was nothing but fun in the Mediterranean sun for model mum Christie Brinkley (64) and her lookalike daughter Sailor Brinkley-Cook (19). The pair weren’t afraid to take the plunge while staying at the exclusive Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Saint-Tropez, Southern France. Christie showed off her igure in a white-hot one-piece while Sailor, who has followed in her mother’s footsteps by modelling for Sports Illustrated, donned an itsy-bitsy tangerine bikini.

TWO TIMES the fun PRINTS CHARMING here was no missing Sophie, Countess Tof Wessex (53) at a charity dinner for the Leeds Children’s Hospital. The countess, who is a patron of the hospital, wore a quirky, llama-patterned maxi dress to the reception at Harewood House. Earlier in the day, she visited patients and oficially opened the Children’s Clinical Research Facility at the hospital.

Encore! Barbra will release six vintage specials with Netflix Beverly Blonde! FOXX’S Reese Witherspoon (42) sure was one pretty woman FUNNY GIRL walking down the street in Beverly Hills, California. Ray starJamieFoxx(50)couldn’thidehis The Big Little Lies actress excitement about cosying up to Broadway stepped out for lunch with legend Barbra Streisand (76). The unlikely husband Jim Toth (48), pair came together for Barbra Streisand wearing a loral embroidered and Jamie Foxx In Conversation, an event dress from her own clothing which closed the Netlix FYSEE showcase. brand Draper James. Earlier Jamie spoke to Barbra about her career in the week, she celebrated and personal life, as well as her new her eighteen-year-old Netlix special Barbra: The Music… The daughter Ava’s graduation Mem’ries… The Magic! from high school.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 85 Kiss, kiss from VENICE

Viva l’Italia! Walk a little, smooch a little, eat a little. The holidaying duo acted like they had all the time in the world.

Wish you were here! Ned and Kate snapped some holiday pics.

KATE AND HER MAN PLAYED TOURISTS IN THE FLOATING CITY itanic star Kate Winslet for the British beauty who is and her husband reportedly set to team up with TNed Rocknroll looked director Titanic director James wrapped up in the romance of Cameron (63) for his sci-i Venice on a recent getaway sequel Avatar 2. without the kids. Kate (42) and Ned (40), who The couple, who married in is the nephew of Sir Richard 2012, stopped to take selies Branson (67), have a four-year- and steal kisses in the idyllic old son Bear together. The Italian city in between long actress also has two children, lunches and water-taxi rides. Mia (17) and Joe (14), from It’s well-deserved time out her previous marriages.

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