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Hamish And Andy Have Gone Off Air For Two Weeks

How will we cope?

The Hamish & Andy radio show has gone on a two week hiatus, but itโ€™s not all bad news for fans, as the radio duo prepare for their new TV show. 

Hamish Blake and Andy Lee will retire from radio for good at the end of the year, but until then, will focus on their radio and new TV gig. 

True Story with Hamish and Andy, debuts on Channel Nine on June 5 and brings to life hilarious stories told by everyday Australians, acted out by well known actors and comedians. 

โ€œThereโ€™s no prize, no recording contract, you donโ€™t fall in love at the end of it or become a chef,โ€ Blake told Confidential. โ€œThe prize is you just get to sit there and often embarrass yourself in front of us and tell your story.โ€

This article originally appeared on Who.

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People Who Read Books Are Nicer Than Those Who Donโ€™t, Says New Study

This is worth reading into...

Reading a good book at the beach, on a Sunday morning in bed, and in the bath with candles, will never not be one of lifeโ€™s most luxurious pleasures.

Even our favourite celebrities seem to agree. Emma Watson hides books on the London Underground and runs her own feminist book club,  Lena Dunham, Emma Roberts, Sarah Jessica Parker and Sarah Michelle Gellar are all well known for their public and frequent book recommendations, and everyone from Karlie Kloss to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley have proven that a book selfie is the best kind.

Past studies have already found that reading can help to reduce stress and that growing up around books means you tend to earn more as an adult. And, to make that positive list a little longer, itโ€™s now itโ€™s been found that those who read are nicer.

A recent study by Kingston University concludes that people who read works of fiction tend to be kinder and more empathetic towards others.

โ€œExposure to fiction relates to a range of empathetic abilities,โ€ said researchers at the British Psychological Society conference last week.

โ€œEngaging with fictional prose and comedy, in particular, could be key to enhancing peopleโ€™s empathetic abilities,โ€ they revealed.

The study involved 123 participants, who were questioned over their preference for books, plays and TV shows, and tested on their interpersonal skills, The Telegraph reports.

Results found that fans of fiction fans generally showed more positive social behaviour and those who read drama and romantic novels showed high levels of empathy.

Fans of experimental books were most able to see things from alternative perspectives, and readers who favoured comedy were best at relating to others. 

Well, we certainly know what weโ€™re doing this weekend. 

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These are the trends everyone will be wearing at MBFWA

What the international buyers are packing
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With Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia just around the corner, we asked the buyers from your favourite international shopping destinations about what theyโ€™ll be wearing to sit front row and the brands on their radar.

Lisa Aiken, retail fashion director at Net-A-Porter

What trend will you be wearing at MBFWA?

โ€œReworked shirting as itโ€™s so versatile; it instantly updates an outfit and the styling options are endless. My favourite way to wear it at the moment is with high-waisted vintage denim and layered over a polo neck top.โ€

Which shoes wouldnโ€™t you leave home without?

โ€œMy current shoe obsession would be slides; they work as a slipper but feel more dressed up for daytime compared to a sport slide which weโ€™ve seen around for a while. My favourite styles include Nicholas Kirkwoodโ€™s white textured leather slippers, Balenciagaโ€™s red leather slide and Brother Vellieโ€™s soft denim slippers.โ€

Which designer are you most excited to see?

โ€œGeorgia Alice. She showcased her first runway show last year at MBFWA and we picked up the brand straight away. [It has been] great to introduce an emerging brand from New Zealand to our global audience.โ€

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Chelsea Perzov, contemporary RTW & swim buyer at Moda Operandi

What trend will you be wearing at MBFWA?

โ€œIโ€™m loving the silk robe trend. Itโ€™s perfect for the transition months when the weatherโ€™s a bit moody. I think there is an inherent โ€˜cool factorโ€™ in a robe, especially for the day with denim and a mule. A go-to look when jet lag kicks in and what-to-wear seems like an equation.โ€

Which shoes wouldnโ€™t you leave home without?

โ€œMy Bally loafers are super comfortable and can easily be dressed up or down with their foldable heels. They are easy to pack and of course, super chic.โ€

Which designer are you most excited to see?

โ€œI always look forward to MBFWA โ€“ maybe not the flight! โ€“ but definitely the fashion. If I must choose, Iโ€™m most looking forward to seeing Dion Lee this season โ€“ heโ€™s the opening show of the week and weโ€™re planning to launch a trunkshow of his full collection immediately after.โ€ 

Chelsea Power, studio buyer at MATCHESFASHION.COM

What trend will you be wearing at MBFWA?

โ€œIโ€™ll be channelling the romantic trend and wearing Zimmermann floral print dresses, Chloe tops paired with denim and pale pink knits and separates from Raey. I think this trend will work perfectly in the sunny Sydney climate and of course the knits are useful for when the sun goes down.โ€  

Which shoes wouldnโ€™t you leave home without?

โ€œItโ€™s too hard to pick just one pair so am going to choose two โ€“ one for day and one for evening. For day Iโ€™ll be packing a pair of Goya sandals โ€“ not only super comfortable theyโ€™re also chic, timeless and will go with everything. For evening Iโ€™ll pack a pair of pumps from the recently launched collaboration between Self-portrait and Robert Clergerie โ€“ I love the Leyla suede sandals which are the perfect fusion between Clergerieโ€™s contemporary aesthetic and Self-Portraitโ€™s hyper-feminine fabrics.โ€

Which designer are you most excited to see?

โ€œIโ€™m really looking forward to seeing Albus Lumenโ€™s show as we picked them up for SS17 and love what Marina is doing with the brand.โ€ 

Emma Pull, buyer at Farfetch

What trend will you be wearing at MBFWA?

โ€œIโ€™m loving yellow at the moment โ€“ I genuinely think that it cheers people up. I just got my hands on a beautiful yellow ruffle dress from Philosophy and canโ€™t wait to wear it.โ€

Which shoes wouldnโ€™t you leave home without?

 โ€œMy black Old Skool Vans. I know how busy the week is going to be and theyโ€™re so easy to run around in.โ€

Which designer are you most excited to see?

 โ€œMichael Lo Sordo; it was great meeting him in Paris last year and I also loved his collection. He makes a great silk trench coat, which is always on my wish list.โ€

 Shop these styles and more via our sister site StyledBymarieclaire.com.au.

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This Lip Balm Sold Out In Sephora. Now Just 1500 Are Back In Stock

BRB.

The quest to find the perfect lip balm can last a lifetime. You want one thatโ€™s not too sticky, not too shiny; one that wears well on its own but works equally well under lipstick.

RELATED: This Is The Most Popular Lipstick Shade For Brides

So when you finally find your perfect match, it makes sense to stock up. Which weโ€™re guessing explains the runaway success of the Givenchy Le Rouge Perfecto nude lip balm, $59, which had famously sold out across all Sephora storesโ€ฆ until now.

Weโ€™ll keep this short, because you donโ€™t have much time: just 1500 of the sell-out beautifying lip balms have been sent to Sephora stores across Australia, and just like their predecessors, theyโ€™re expected to go in a flash.

Keep reading while you walk โ€“ no, run! โ€“ to your nearest store: the Le Rouge Perfecto is a triple-threat of moisturising hyaluronic acid, lip-plumping pepperslim and menthol and colour-boosting wonder ingredients that react to your skinโ€™s pH to give you an oh-so-natural rosy glow.

Weโ€™re obsessed with the pale (dare we say, millennial?) pink leather bullet and the lightly fragranced scent too.

See you at Sephora.

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โ€œTheyโ€™re Monstersโ€: Airport Officers Accused Of Ritualised Sexual Assault

New recruits were allegedly taped to a "rape table"

Three Customs and Border Protection agents in the US have made explosive allegations of ritualised sexual assault and workplace hazings, which they say took place for years at Newark Airport.

Speaking to NBC, the agents allege they were duct-taped to a notorious conference table known as the โ€œrape tableโ€ by senior employees and even held at gunpoint.

CBP officer Vito Degironimo described the senior officers as โ€œmonstersโ€.

โ€œThey take you in a room, and your fellow officers are all watching as officers grab you,โ€ he said.

โ€œOnce the lights go out, they grab you up like a gang, and they forcibly throw you on the table and one officer ended up mounting me and pretty much riding me like a horse.โ€

Degironimo revealed he is still haunted by a song from the MTV show Jackass, which he said was played during the alleged hazing.

โ€œItโ€™s called the โ€˜Party Boy song.โ€™ Itโ€™s something they played in the past and it becomes their theme for the event.โ€

According to female officer Diana Cifuentes, an agent told her: โ€œโ€™You deserve to be put on the rape tableโ€.

She said she was held down while another secured her to a chair with green customs tape. Cifuentes reports an officer even pulled a gun on her.

The third officer, Dan Arencibia, believes his career has been ruined by the incidents, while Cifuentes revealed, โ€œI do nothing but cryโ€.

The officersโ€™ attorney Patrick Metz suggested the alleged sexual harassment had been ongoing for years and was โ€œcommon knowledgeโ€ among Newark employees.

A spokesperson for US Customs and Border Protection told Broadly an investigation into the hazing allegations was currently underway.

โ€œWe do not tolerate corruption or abuse within our ranks, and we cooperate fully with all criminal or administrative investigations of alleged misconduct by any of our personnel, whether it occurs on or off duty,โ€ the spokesperson said.

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Your Weekly Horoscopes Are Here: May 12 โ€“ 19

See what the stars have in store for you this week...

If you celebrate your birthday this week:

Your Year Ahead

This year others see you as being different โ€“ and you are.  It seems like youโ€™ve finally found the inspiration to make dreams come true.  Your desire for freedom and new experiences is intense and urgent.  Youโ€™re far more rebellious with a strong need to travel โ€“ or simply, escape the daily routine.  Do it, if you can.  It wonโ€™t be a lonely journey, as love beckons.  

Aries (March 21 โ€“ April 20)

Ariesโ€™ tensions flare as power struggles promote either fight or flight.  Anger can be explosive, but suppressing emotions isnโ€™t healthy either.  If you have a problem, aim for a positive outcome rather than just venting.  Either clear the air or take a very long walk.

Taurus (April 21 โ€“ May 20)

At times itโ€™s difficult to know whatโ€™s really going on.  Despite their best intentions, what others say may be misleading. In the same way, itโ€™s you who could be misunderstood. This need not, however, lead to major problems. Being forewarned is being forearmed.

Gemini (May 21 to June 21) 

The week ahead requires decisive handling as cosmic forces close the gates on unviable projects. Expect disappointments, arguments or financial setbacks.  If necessary, just let go.  You canโ€™t argue with such a hearty dose of planetary common sense.

Cancer (June 22 โ€“ July 22)

Many put their thoughts to creating the future while robbing the present moment.    Allow yourself to have goals, but achieve them in the present.  The future is your artwork โ€“ paint it with awareness.  Let whatever happens unfold as you walk diligently forward in the here and now. 

Leo (July 23 โ€“ August 23)

Youโ€™re bent on dipping your toes over that proverbial horizon โ€“ so donโ€™t be surprised if you find yourself on a first-name basis with your travel agent.  Current relationships climb to a new level of intensity.  New romance looks to have a reassuringly long warranty.

Virgo (August 24 โ€“ September 22)

Despite your reputation for being detached, there are many secrets hidden beneath that cool exterior. This makes you a bit of a mystery, really. And perhaps you prefer it that way.  After all, thereโ€™s no point in showing your entire hand, when one card at a time will do.

Libra (September 23 โ€“ October 23)

Your open and trusting attitude has just had a smack on the wrist. Youโ€™ve not been as careful as usual, and an abusive element has possibly just taken you for a ride. Sit quietly, and come to terms with a few home truths.  For starters โ€“ not everyone is trustworthy.

Scorpio (October 24 โ€“ November 22)

Youโ€™re very chatty this week โ€“ so unlike you, Scorpio.  Frenetic thoughts race around your mind and you canโ€™t wait to share them with anyone that happens to be around.  Just try not to monopolise the conversation.  Others will feel resentful if they canโ€™t get a word in.

Sagittarius (November 23 โ€“ December 21)

Feeling frazzled? Not surprising. Times have been tough, with money issues demanding more attention.  Good news: stress finally starts to ease, to the point where you can relax.  This is a healing cycle that occurs only a few times a year, so make it count.

Capricorn (December 22 โ€“ January 20)

A secret is exposed. While you may feel a tad indignant at having your psyche placed on such public display โ€“ avoid any temptation to retaliate.  This is not a time to shoot whatever grace you have left in the foot.  You will survive this little blunder.

Aquarius (January 21 โ€“ February 18)

Youโ€™ve an uncanny knack to hit the bypass switch on tension. Sure you suffer stress just like the rest of us, but a different kind of catalyst triggers your neuroses. So in a week when many suffer an anxiety overdose, most Aquarians safely negotiate rough terrain. 

Pisces (February 19 โ€“ March 20)

Reality presents a cash flow crisis that threatens to send finances into a spin.  While grand schemes give you something to aspire to โ€“ they can also break the bank.  Fortunately, your more practical side should step in before dreams soar dangerously high.

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How I Made My First Million

Jodie Fox on building a shoe empire and a heel collection to match

Earlier this year, Jodie Fox found herself at the Screen Actors Guild Awards alongside Meryl Streep, wearing a designer gown and taking selfies with Sophie Turner from Game Of Thrones. How did this former lawyer from Lismore in rural NSW end up at the most glamorous event of the year rubbing shoulders with Hollywood royalty? Simple. She founded a shoe business.

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But not just any shoes business. In 2009, Fox founded the custom footwear website Shoes Of Prey โ€“ allowing women to design their own shoes โ€“ after struggling to find the perfect pair of heels herself. Along with her then husband Michael Fox and friend Mike Knapp, the trio started off with an initial investment of $50,000. โ€œIt was intense. I did a lot of my work from the couch,โ€ says Fox of the early days. โ€œI remember I would fall asleep at night with my laptop in bed and wake up the next morning and start at it again.โ€

Eight years later, the three-person team has grown to 220 worldwide with a factory in China. The couch has been replaced by a swanky office in L.A. and the $50,000 initial investment has been surpassed by $25 million in funding. Fox is reminded of how far she has come and how big her business has grown every time she opens her office door in the morning. โ€œItโ€™s mind blowing that what started off as an idea is now this physical tangible thing in the world โ€“ and pushing that Shoes Of Prey door open every day is a reminder of that,โ€ she admits.

Fox credits part of her success to a movement towards experiences over things. โ€œShoes Of Prey is the only place where you can get custom made shoes at non luxury prices โ€“ and you can put them together in the same way you would put an outfit together, choosing everything including the colour, fabric and heel size,โ€ she explains.

Shoes Of Prey has taken Jodie Fox from Lismore to L.A.

The big question โ€“ of course โ€“ isnโ€™t why the business has succeeded. Itโ€™s: how many shoes does Fox own? โ€œItโ€™s well into the 100s,โ€ she says with a laugh. โ€œI still have the first pair of shoes I ever designed.โ€ Here Fox answers the other tough questionsโ€ฆ

Secret to success: Push yourself before youโ€™re ready. In life, itโ€™s natural to want to prepare for things, but the truth is, life is messy. You need to get in there and try things.

Breakfast of champions: I make my own green smoothie every morning. When I went travelling for a year in 2015, I dragged my nutri-bullet with me. 

Hardest lesson: Donโ€™t take things personally. Itโ€™s not an easy thing for me to do because I care deeply about my work, but sometimes you have to make tough decisions and know business isnโ€™t personal.

Top interview tip: Show your passion. You can be the smartest person on the planet, but I also want to know you care.

Coffee order: If itโ€™s a good coffee place, an espresso. If itโ€™s questionable, Iโ€™ll order a flat white.

Wind down: Hanging out with my cat Hunter on a Friday night. (We can see whyโ€ฆ.)

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Tom Ackerley Shares A Rare Photo With New Wife Margot Robbie

The pair tied the knot in December 2016.

Margot Robbie and her new husband Tom Ackerley are notoriously low-key, and they value their privacy above all else. Itโ€™s 100% justified, but it also means weโ€™re obsessed with literally anything the pair do together in public. Hey, we all want what we canโ€™t have, after all!

Tom took to Instagram today to share a beachy snap with his new bride, and their friends Julia Koenig and Nicholas Chalmers.

RELATED: The Hilarious Way Margot Robbie Scored Her Role In โ€˜Wolf of Wall Streetโ€™

โ€œHappy wedding day to these two absolute beauties,โ€ Tom captioned the relaxed photo of the group.

Yes, Tom and Margot are indeed sporting matching pyjamas.

According to the blushing bride Juliaโ€™s Instagram, the above snap was taken twelve weeks ago, however she also shared this photo from Kuai just two days ago. The series of blurry polaroids appear to show Tom and Margot relaxing with friends on the island ahead of the wedding ceremony. If you look really close, Margotโ€™s younger brother Cameron Robbie can also be seen enjoying the festivities.

The cute couple share the occasional photograph together, including this tongue-in-cheek snap from the day after their wedding.

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Other blissful snaps shared by Tom and Margot can be seen below but, fair warning, they may tug at your heartstringsโ€ฆ

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This article originally appeared on InStyle Australia

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Thereโ€™s A Tinder Especially For Mums Now

From the creator of Bumble

In days of old, playgroups and first time motherโ€™s groups were a way for women in a similar stage of life to connect with one another.

In 2017, thatโ€™s being eclipsed by Peanut โ€“ a Tinder-like app designed to match like-minded mums in the same location. Think virtual playgroup โ€“ except you get to choose who you hang with.

Much like Tinder, Peanut users swipe up to connect with someone, down to disregard. An algorithm finds women in the same location and with the same interests. You can even find women based on shared experiences, from being a single mum to having a child with special needs, the New York Times reports.

Peanut was created by London-based entrepreneur Michelle Kennedy, who helped to launch Bumble and saw a gap in the market after she had her first child.

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Celebrity Mums Get Real About Motherhood

From Mariah Carey to Reese Witherspoon.

Kate Winslet

โ€œThereโ€™s something really empowering about going, โ€˜Hell, I can do this! I can do this all!โ€™ Thatโ€™s the wonderful thing about mothers, you can because you must, and you just DO,โ€ Kate Winslet told Today.

Chrissy Teigen

โ€œNo-one told me I would be coming home in diapers too,โ€ Chrissy wrote on Twitter.

Sandra Bullock

โ€œMy family is blended and diverse, nutty, and loving and understanding. Thatโ€™s a family,โ€ Sandra Bullock shared in an interview with PEOPLE.

Halle Berry

โ€œThereโ€™s a difference between boys and girls. You know, Iโ€™m nursing bothโ€ฆ I breastfed Nahla and Iโ€™m nursing my baby. When I would put Nahla on the boob she would go (imitates light sucking) a nice little girly suck; with him, itโ€™s like heโ€™s like sucking the life out of me,โ€ Halle Berry told The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Hilary Duff

โ€œI always feel torn or guilty about something. Iโ€™m not working right now, and at first I stressed about that, like, โ€˜Oh, I shouldnโ€™t stay still this long.โ€™ And thatโ€™s ridiculous. I have a child; itโ€™s totally fine to not be slammed all the time. It feels really good to not be on someone elseโ€™s schedule โ€” besides Lucaโ€™s. Iโ€™m basically his chauffeur!โ€ Hilary Duff told Redbook.

Blake Lively

โ€œYou never know when youโ€™re gonna get crapped on or when youโ€™re gonna get a big smile or when that smile immediately turns into hysterics. It might be like living with a drug addict,โ€ Blake Lively told the Los Angeles Times,

Jennifer Hudson

โ€œ(When) I try to kiss him, heโ€™s like, โ€˜Mummy there are people! You canโ€™t kiss me!โ€™โ€ฆโ€™But Iโ€™m your mummy. I should be able to kiss you,โ€ Jennifer Hudson told Today.

Charlize Theron

โ€œSeth (MacFarlane) calls him โ€˜the little Republicanโ€™ because heโ€™s just always saying no. No Seth. No Mama. No. No. Itโ€™s a lot of that,โ€ Charlize Theron told The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Jennifer Garner

TODAY Parents.โ€œI try to be the best version of myself and to have faith that theyโ€™re watching me as carefully when I do something right as they do when I roll through a stop sign,โ€ she told 

Olivia Wilde

โ€œI like beer. And pizza. And, these two ingredients are not found in the purely fictional book I like to call How to Look Like You Never Made a Human: A Guide to Socially Acceptable Motherhood,โ€ Olivia told Shape.

Drew Barrymore

My mother used to dress rather risquรฉ when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always thought moms were supposed to wear cardigans and flats, but she was in leather bracelets and minidresses. In hindsight, I thought it was pretty cool, but Iโ€™m probably more conservative because of it,โ€ Drew Barrymore told Elle

Mila Kunis

Mila said to Glamourโ€œI have a really sweet daughter. She wants to hug all the other kids. I didnโ€™t teach her to be sweet. It has nothing to do with me. Iโ€™ve realised you can only control so much,โ€ 

Mariah Carey

โ€œBeing a mother is probably the hardest job in the world. I feel like, in a lot of ways, children come into the world to teach us,โ€ Mariah Carey told Life & Style Weekly

 

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Jennifer Aniston Says โ€˜Friendsโ€™ Would Never Work In 2017

She does have a point.

Sorry everyone, but it looks like a Friends reunion wonโ€™t be happening anytime soon. Devastating, we know. 

It turns out, Jennifer Aniston doesnโ€™t think the show would even work in 2017.

The actress, who (as you know) played Rachel for 10 years, revealed, โ€œWe were jokingly saying that if Friends was created today you would have a coffee shop full of people that were just staring into iPhones.

โ€œThere would be no actual episodes or conversations.โ€

Which, unfortunately, does make quite a lot of sense.

Just imagine it: Joey would be uploading selfies from the set of Days of Our Lives, Monica would have an Instagram account dedicated to pictures of food, Rachel would upload photos of her outfit every single day, and Phoebe would have a YouTube channel dedicated to her songs.

Speaking to Arianna Huffington on her new Thrive Global Podcast with iHeart Radio, the 48-year-old actress also revealed that even she โ€“ sans any forms of social media โ€“ has a hard time putting down her phone. 

She said that though she tries to start her day with meditation and a cuddle with husband, Justin Theroux, if she ends up on her phone, itโ€™s impossible to pull herself away. โ€œAnd even if you do, itโ€™s half-assed. Youโ€™re kind of there, kind of not, and Iโ€™m not getting the benefits of what I could be getting that I usually do.โ€

โ€œI honestly think I used to sleep beautifully and I donโ€™t think I attributed to the fact that these phones came into our lives that have actually started to disrupt our sleep.โ€

Lisa Kudrow has also shut down a Friends reunion, with another valid point. She told the Today showโ€œIt would be fun, but what would it be about? Think about it: The thing we liked about that show was it was, like, twentysomethings, and they were their own family, and now they all have families. So what are we gonna watch?โ€

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One Simple Procedure Left This Woman In Agony For Six Years

โ€œThe doctor told me it was low riskโ€

Perth mother Stella Channing is one of many women across the world whose quality of life has plummeted as a result of one simple procedure.

In 2011, the mother-of-three received a vaginal mesh implant to repair her post-childbirth prolapse, reports Kidspot.

The mesh is a net-like implant made of a plastic called polypropene, which aims to assist the pelvic floor muscles in keeping internal organs in place.

But instead of offering a pain-free solution, the implant has gradually deteriorated inside Stellaโ€™s body over the past six years, resulting in excruciating pain.

Adding to the ordeal, it is nearly impossible for Stella, 58, to get the mesh removed.

โ€œOnly one doctor in America is trained to do a full removal but not only can I not sit for that long on a plane โ€“ I canโ€™t even afford the airfare,โ€ she told Kidspot.

Just a month before Stellaโ€™s procedure, the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued a high-risk warning about the mesh kit implant she received.

โ€œBut I only found this out after the operation. The doctor told me it was low risk,โ€ she says.

Stella equates the pain to the feeling of broken glass and burning petrol in her vagina and rectum. She was forced to quit her job because of the pain two years ago, now avoids social outings and has spiralled into depression.

โ€œWhat is the point to my life? I just feel like I no longer add any value anywhere,โ€ she told Kidspot. โ€œMy future looks bleak.โ€

While the company that produced Stellaโ€™s implant has stopped manufacturing it, other meshes are still in use.

Kath Sansom, a UK journalist and founder of the Sling The Mesh support page on Facebook, shared her own ordeal in The Guardian.

In 2015, Sansom received an implant to treat incontinence as a result of childbirth. She, too, felt excruciating pain after the operation.

โ€œThe pain in my legs and feet was so intense, along with burning pains in my vagina โ€“ like being cut with a cheese wire โ€“ that I knew something was terribly wrong,โ€ she wrote.

โ€œWhen I searched online I discovered women worldwide suffering similar problems. All were being ignored, not only by their surgeons but also by the media.โ€

In Australia, a federal Inquiry is now compiling evidence about the number of women who have been suffered from the mesh implants.

Summing up the ordeal, Senator Derryn Hinch concluded it is: โ€œone of the greatest medical scandals and abuses of mothers in Australiaโ€™s historyโ€.

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Paris Hilton Just Gave The Worldโ€™s Most Hilarious Interview

Like, ever ๐Ÿ’

She may be in the process of changing her image from former reality TV star to successful business mogul, but Paris Hilton sure has a funny way of going about it.

RELATED: Paris Hilton Has A Surprisingly Demure New Look

She recently invited W Magazine into her home, which the title describes as a shrine to the socialiteโ€™s noughties self โ€“ think Paris on the walls, Paris on the cushions, Paris on โ€œevery surface in the house.โ€ Amid, of course, lashings of hot pink.

The only thing more shocking than the Paris palace? The words she utters within them.

In case you werenโ€™t aware, it was Paris Hilton who took the worldโ€™s first selfie. In fact, according to the 36-year-old, you have her to thank for pretty much all the cool things you own/do/wear.

โ€œIf a beeper had a camera, I would have taken a selfie with it,โ€ Hilton tells W. โ€œI think I have a selfie from when I was a little kid, like on a disposable camera.โ€

She was also responsible for the influencer trend. โ€œWe started a whole new genre of celebrity that no one had ever seen before,โ€ she says. She makes a valid point โ€“ pre-Paris, no-one was famous simply for being famous.

As W points out, the first episode of The Simple Life, her reality TV series with Nicole Richie, rated higher than the all-time highest ratings of The Hills and Keeping Up With The Kardashians combined, attracting an audience of 13-million.

Finally, sheโ€™s also responsible for modern day fashion. โ€œTo now see things on the runway, and to see girls wearing things that I used to wear is really cool because nobody really dressed like me back in the day,โ€ Hilton says.

Case in point: Kendall Jenner, who sought to replicate Paris Hiltonโ€™s 21st birthday outfit for her own bash early this year. Paris was actually present at the party, and Kendall admitted she inspired her look.

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So while Parisโ€™ declarations sound ridiculous, it looks like she might be right.

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Kidnapped Teen Says Sheโ€™s In Love With Her Abductor

The 15-year-old wants to stay with her 50-year-old, married teacher.

The teenager who disappeared from her home in Tennessee says she doesnโ€™t want to return to her family and rather, wants to stay with the man who kidnapped her. 

15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas was found in an isolated hut in California, 4000km away from her hometown, with her teacher, 50-year-old Tad Cummins.

The teen, who was missing for 39 days, is currently in a trauma treatment facility.

She is telling family and friends that she is โ€œin loveโ€ with her abductor, a married grandfather more than three times her age. 

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Cummins faces state charges of aggravated kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor, as well as a federal charge of taking a minor across state lines to have sex. 

He is also facing a child trafficking charge for grooming and kidnapping Elizabeth. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation believes Cummins โ€œmay have been abusing his role as a teacher to groom this vulnerable young girl for some time in an effort to lure and potentially sexually exploit her.โ€

Cummins has two children with his wife, who has filed for divorce. 

Elizabethโ€™s mother, Kimberly Thomas, is also facing charges of child abuse and child neglect to five of her 10 children โ€“ Elizabeth included.

The allegations against her include that she beat her children, threw them downstairs and locked them in a basement, reports The Tennessean

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โ€œThe News That Ended My Marriageโ€

It's not what you'd think.
Vianna and her current husband (by Deb Muir Photography)

Vianna was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006. While devastated, it was the news the mum-of-three needed to end her marriage and create a new life for herself.

To say I was nervous heading to my date with JJ would be an understatement. But I found myself enjoying this tall, gentlemanly guyโ€™s company, and our conversationโ€ฆ Until it turned to Jacqueline du Pre, the world famous cellist.

Over our dinner, JJ proceeded to tell me how sheโ€™d died from Multiple Sclerosis at just 42. I felt instant panic. How would I tell him that I had MS myself?

Iโ€™d been diagnosed with MS in 2006, when I was 33. Initially, I brushed off the pins and needles as nothing, as just exhaustion from being a midwife on permanent night duty, with three kids. Feeling like a zombie was my normal. But the tingling didnโ€™t go away, so I headed to the doctor.

When I was told I had MS, I felt a mixture of emotions. I was actually relieved to have a diagnosis but devastated and angry I had this unwanted disease. I only had a very basic understanding of MS, but I knew that it was unpredictable. I cried, uncertain what the future would hold. Why me? I screamed silently.

As soon as I left the doctorโ€™s office, I rang my mum. She couldnโ€™t believe it; we were both shocked. I think we envisioned the worst: wheelchairs and a life cut short. It seemed all doom and gloom. I wondered, could I still be a good mother?

Iโ€™m a big believer in being upfront with your children, so I sat them down and explained. Their understanding and resilience to this day still amazes me.

Even before I told him, my then-husband was unsupportive and a compulsive gambler. Our marriage was stressful and turbulent. Like many women before me, I thought if I loved and supported him enough we could fix it. But once I had my diagnosis I realised that I needed all my strength to fix myself. For my own health and for my children, I knew it was time to end the marriage.

Being a shift-working single mother with MS was a challenge, to say the least, but I had to stay strong for my kids. And as it turned out, the load was lightened when the stress of a difficult marriage was gone โ€“ I like to say that getting divorced was the most beneficial lifestyle change I made!

When my sister, Rochelle, started badgering me to start dating again, I wasnโ€™t sure. I was on the wrong side of 35, I had 3 children and I had MS. Would I find someone who was willing to take on all that baggage? Then they introduced me to JJ.

After the Jacqueline du Pre conversation, I knew I had to tell him about my MS, and I did on our very next date. Like most people, he couldnโ€™t believe I had MS. My MS symptoms were mostly hidden. He was understanding and accepting.

Now JJ and I have had a son, whoโ€™s three. When you love someone, the right someone, you are willing to risk your health to have a baby โ€“ I knew Iโ€™d have an increased risk of a postpartum relapse after giving birth, and sadly I did. It was a cruel blow but our love for each other and our little boy saw us through.

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These days, my MS is stable โ€“ in the MS world it means a lot. My life looks different now. The good side? I have so much love and support. My family is so much closer. But yes, there is some permanent damage; I used to love working out, now Iโ€™m lucky if I can walk a kilometre. My right leg fatigues very quickly and I end up having to drag it along.

I used to have greater control over bodily functions, even after three children; MS has reduced that. Worst of all, I loved to feel the softness of my childrenโ€™s faces, and now MS has taken that away. And I canโ€™t chase after my energetic 3-year-old, which scares me. So I do grieve the loss of my pre-MS body, but I donโ€™t dwell on it. There are children to be raised, a husband to share my life with and a career to continue. I prefer to give my love and energy to those things.

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โ€˜Peru 2โ€™ Drugs Mule Signs With The Same Talent Agency As MTV Stars

Apparently, they want to turn her into a star.

One of the infamous โ€˜Peru 2โ€™ drug mules who was caught trying to smuggle cocaine from Peru into Spain, has now been released from jail and signed to a talent agency.

Michaella McCollum was 20 when she attempted to take $2.5m worth of drugs, alongside another young British girl, Melissa Reid, from South America to Europe. 

She served just two years of her six year sentence and has now returned home to Ireland with hopes of becoming a star.

The now 24-year-old signed with BLVK Management, an agency which also represents UK reality TV celebrities, such as Geordie Shoreโ€™s Gaz Beadle and Scotty T.

Reportedly, the agency has been inundated with offers since signing Michaella on. 

Agent Adam Gregory told The Sun, โ€œWe deal with comments, press queries and weโ€™re also looking into future TV shows for Michaellaโ€

โ€œSheโ€™s currently filming a documentary around the UK. It doesnโ€™t have a name yet.โ€

โ€œThere seems to be a lot of interest in Michaella. Thereโ€™s been a lot of interview and TV requests.โ€

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Heath Ledgerโ€™s Sister โ€œScreamed And Criedโ€ While Watching Heath Documentary

Nine years on from his tragic death

Watching the documentary I am Heath Ledger for the first time was an โ€œincredibly catharticโ€ experience, says Kate Ledger, the sister of the late Academy Award-winning actor.

Speaking to The Project last night, Kate opened up about her heartbreak seeing Heathโ€™s life and legacy depicted on film, nine years after his death.

โ€œI think I screamed and cried through the whole first viewing,โ€ she said. โ€œItโ€™s quite a cathartic experience, I think, especially for our family.โ€

Kate explained it was the first time watching a lot of the vision of her brother, who was a notoriously private person.

โ€œNone of the footage thatโ€™s shown in the film actually came from the family. In fact, I didnโ€™t know it was in there until I saw it myself,โ€ she said.

โ€œWeโ€™re very happy with the way it turned out.โ€

RELATED: Thereโ€™s a Heath Ledger Documentary Coming

28-year-old Heath died from a mix of prescription drugs and sleeping pills in 2008, leaving behind a daughter Matilda, now 11.

The Perth-born talent was known for his roles in 10 Things I Hate About You, Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight. While Kate still finds it difficult to watch his films, her daughtersโ€™ adore them.

โ€œI now have 13-year-old girls who are wanting to see the films. So, through them Iโ€™m finding that itโ€™s become a little easier for me to see the joy that it gives them,โ€ she said.

I Am Health Ledger also includes rare footage of the Dark Knight Star as a child, dressed in a Batman costume.

โ€œThey were my leotards, by the way,โ€ Kate joked on The Project. โ€œIt was kind of a surreal experience, I suppose, for him then to go on and be in a Batman movie.โ€

Another surprising revelation was her brotherโ€™s talent as a chess player.

โ€œNo-one could beat him from the age of about 10. So, my dad taught him, and then, I think, he regretted teaching him,โ€ Kate recounted.

โ€œHe was only a few points off becoming, like, a grand master. It was a true passion of his.โ€

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The Australian Man Who Broke Into Miranda Kerrโ€™s Home Not Standing Trial

The former boxer has been ruled "mentally incompetent"

There has been an update in the trial of an Australian man who is accused of breaking into Miranda Kerrโ€™s Malibu home and slashing a security guardโ€™s face with a knife on October 14, 2016. 

News Limited reports that Shaun Anthony Haywood, 29, a former professional boxer from the NSW Central Coast, has pleaded not guilty in an LA court, however did not appear when his case was called.

Judge Alan Schneider told the court that Haywood, ruled mentally incompetent at an earlier hearing, was still not ready for proceedings to continue.

He adjourned the case to September 14 for a status report.

This article originally appeared on InStyle.

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French President Emmanuel Macron Wants You To Know This About His Wife

โ€œThere is a big problem with the presentation of society and how they see the place of a womanโ€

Hats off to newly elected President of France Emmanuel Macron, who has already expressed his feminist resolve in a candid interview about his relationship with his wife.

The 39-year-old former Rothschild investment banker is married to his high school teacher Brigitte Trogneux, who has garnered global headlines for being 24 years his senior.

RELATED: The Fascinating Back Story Behind The New French First Lady

โ€œIf I had been 20 years older than my wife, nobody would have thought for a single second that I couldnโ€™t be [an intimate partner],โ€ he told Le Parisien. โ€œItโ€™s because she is 20 years older than me that lots of people say, โ€˜this relationship canโ€™t be tenable, it canโ€™t be possible.โ€

He puts the response to his marriage down to rampant misogyny and homophobia, amid gossip that he is actually gay and the marriage is a sham.

He told Le Parisien that people had โ€œlost their sense of realityโ€ and revealed โ€œa big problem with homosexuality.โ€

Furthermore, โ€œthere is a big problem with the presentation of society and how they see a woman,โ€ he added.

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Dance Moms Star Abbey Lee Miller Breaks Her Silence Following Prison Sentence

โ€œIโ€™m just going to pretend that Iโ€™m shooting a movieโ€

She was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for bankruptcy fraud and bringing $120,000 worth of Australian currency into the US without reporting it, but before she does her time, Dance Moms star Abbey Lee Miller has spoken on Good Morning America.

The reality TV star told the show she โ€œwasnโ€™t ever trying to hurt anyoneโ€ in response to claims she was attempting to hide cash from her creditors, Fox News reports.

She then revealed how she plans to spend her time in prison.

โ€œIโ€™m just going to pretend that I am shooting a movie, and weโ€™re on set, and I am there for 10 months, and thatโ€™s the way itโ€™s gonna be,โ€ she said.

โ€œA year and a day; it sounds like a movie title.โ€

Miller also revealed plans to learn Spanish while in prison and hone her businesswoman skills.

The clincher: โ€œI am already working on a new book.โ€

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Orlando Bloomโ€™s Rare Selfie With 6-Year-Old Flynn Will Melt Your Cold Heart

It even features a puppy

Orlando Bloom is notoriously protective of his six-year-old son Flynn on social media โ€“ truth be told, youโ€™re more likely to find selfies of him with his pet pup, Mighty, than his son on Instagram.

But this week, the actor has shared a rare selfie with his son (and quite possibly, his puppy as well), along with a heartfelt note.

โ€œMighty Monday the morning mash upโ€ฆ these moments at 6am before the storm of #Mondays,โ€ he writes. โ€œWhen I was a boy I dreamed of creating a kingdom to share and balance love with life career and everything in between something I didnโ€™t fully comprehend till my son opened my heart.โ€

Bloom co-parents Flynn with ex-wife Miranda Kerr. 

For sheer cuteness factor alone, hereโ€™s a proper look at his puppy:

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Police Seize CCTV Footage Of Cassie Sainsburyโ€™s Mystery Man

The material could help her case

Police are now investigating 22-year-old Australian Cassie Sainsburyโ€™s claims she was set up by a mystery man named Angelo, following their seizure of CCTV footage showing her meeting a man in the lobby of her hotel room, 7 News reports.

The fitness trainer and volunteer firefighter is facing 25 years in a Colombian prison after being caught with 5.8kg of cocaine in her suitcase seconds before boarding her flight home to Australia.

RELATED: Cassandra Sainsburyโ€™s New Lawyer Says Sheโ€™s โ€˜Traumatisedโ€™ As Her Cryptic Instagrams Come To Light

Since her arrest, Sainsbury has maintained that she was set up by a man she had only just met. She says he gave her the 18 plastic-wrapped packages containing the cocaine, which she was led to believe were headphones.

The owner of the hotel where Cassie was staying in Colombia, Ingrid Hernandez, confirmed to AAP that police obtained the CCTV footage from the premiseโ€™s archives.

Sainsbury is currently sharing a cell with around 250 other women in one of the most notorious prisons in Colombia.

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This Is Quite Possibly The Craziest Beauty Trend Out There Right Now. So Naturally, We Had To Try It

Reactions were mixed

Why wear black mascara when you can wear blue? Or for that matter, hot pink? Or lime green? Or even โ€“ wait for it โ€“ orange?

Having never, ever seen anyone wear any other mascara colour than black, I didnโ€™t quite believe brightly coloured mascara was an actual thing that existed, let alone that people bought willingly and wore.

I have never been so wrong.

Instagram is mad for high-voltage eye make-up right now, from swipes of gold-flecked orange (see Selena Gomez and Jessica Alba) to vivid washes of lime green, gaudy purple and every colour in between.

But the trend isnโ€™t limited to eyeshadow โ€“ the extra-adventurous can have a flutter with neon mascara too.

As someone with a sense of adventure that doesnโ€™t stray much further than the occasional bold lip, this was never going to be my jam. I like my mascara jet black and glossy, not glare-inducing โ€“ and definitely not fluoro.

But the epitome of chic, By Terry founder Terry de Gunzberg, disagrees. โ€œBlue mascara is a great way to subtly update your look with a flash of colour,โ€ she says. โ€œIt makes your eyes look brighter and less tired, and is easier to wear than blue eyeshadow.โ€

Here goes:

The things I do for work.

Iโ€™m wearing the M.A.C In Extreme Dimension Mascara, $42, which comes in 16 zany shades. I tried Sky Is The Limit and Abs of Steel (both at once, which in hindsight probably wasnโ€™t the best idea).

When I eventually emerged from the office bathrooms, of course people stared. But everyone I spoke to was impressed by the formulaโ€™s lash-lengthening and thickening powers.

This may be my first and last time wearing coloured mascara (for obvious reasons; see above), but Iโ€™m definitely buying this baby in black.

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Why This Russian Mother Has 18 Children

Sheโ€™s been pregnant or raising a baby for the past 28 years
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Russian mother Nadezhda Osyak has given birth to so many children that she received a special honour from the Russian President himself, Vladimir Putin.

As the mother of 18 childrenโ€”10 sons and eight daughtersโ€”Nadezhda was awarded the prestigious Order of Parental Glory. Her husband, Orthodox priest Ioanna Osyak, also received the award for bearing such a large number of children and for being โ€œmorally upstandingโ€.

Speaking to journalist Marcel Theroux on SBSโ€™s Dateline, Nadezhda explained that she first fell pregnant at age 18.

โ€œAs soon as I graduated from school I started working at a bread factory,โ€ she said. โ€œThem we got married and hard out first baby and I went on maternity leave. And that lasted for 28 years without a single interruption.โ€

The large family live in an elaborate, multi-story house in Rostov-on-Don, a port city close to the Ukraine border.

The coupleโ€™s eight daughters go by the names Olga, Elena, Maria, Tatyana, Anna, Nadezhda, Evdokia, Daria, Ksenia and Anastasia, while the boys are called Ivan, Alexey, Evgeniy, Alexander, Vladimir, Grigoriy, Sergey and Serafim, as noted in The Telegraph.

The childrenโ€™s ages range from seven to 33, and Nadezhda now has 25 grandchildren. 

In the eyes of husband Ioanna, a womanโ€™s ultimate duty in life is to bear offspring.

โ€œA woman herself is a creation of God and when sheโ€™s pregnant she fulfils the highest human mission,โ€ he said. โ€œShe gives new life.โ€

Journalist Theroux suggests the familyโ€™s ginormous size reflects the growing influence of the Orthodox Church in Russia. The church was persecuted by Russiaโ€™s communist rulers in the past 100 years, but President Putin has attempted to improve relations since he came to power. 

It seems orthodox religion and conservatism are on the rise in Russiaโ€”and youโ€™ll find 18 fine examples of it under Nadezhdaโ€™s roof.

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Mum Shares Painful Photo Of Mastitis To Help Others

" I have never felt such pain."

New mum, Remi Peers, had no idea what was wrong with her when she was in excruciating pain, shivering and eventually rushed to hospital. 

The 24-year-old had developed sepsis due to not recognising the more subtle signs of mastitis and is now making it her mission to ensure other mothers are educated about what to look out for and how to prevent it altogether.

In a heartfelt post, Remi wrote that after reaching one year of breastfeeding she felt compelled to share her story. 

โ€œBreastfeeding did NOT come easy for me,โ€ she began. โ€œMy milk came in after 5 days. I wasnโ€™t aware that it could take that long, I didnโ€™t even necessarily know what โ€œmilk coming inโ€ meant.โ€

โ€œI was the only mother breastfeeding on my ward. One woman did try to breastfeed, but switched to formula after 12 hours because she โ€˜had no milkโ€™ (nobody taught her either),โ€ she said in the Instagram post.

โ€œWhile the other babies slept with full bellies, my son screamed and cried attached to my breast through the night. (What was cluster feeding? Nobody told me)โ€

Remi says she persisted with breastfeeding despite having her nipples โ€œliterally cracked in halfโ€, eventually developing mastitis, an inflammation of the breast tissue which is often caused by a blocked milk duct.

โ€œI remember waking up at 3 am shivering, putting on my dressing gown and extra blankets and trying to feed my son. The pain. It was excruciating. I was shaking and sweating but freezing to my bones,โ€ she said. 

โ€œI wasโ€ฆ given morphine, anti sickness and the strongest antibiotics they could give, and separated from my baby for two nights. I was heartbroken.โ€

โ€œThereโ€™s a lot more to this story but my point is, the lack of support and education surrounding breastfeeding is just terrible,โ€ she said.

โ€œI see many professionals push breast is best almost aggressively in some cases, and yet there is no real support post baby. Breastfeeding is HARD, it needs to be taught and it needs to be learned. Just like walking, talking, reading and writing โ€“ it may be natural, but it does not always come naturally.โ€

She also shared a photo of her breastfeeding in public at the time of her hospitalisation, writing, โ€œBecause our society makes women feel awkward and ashamed to feed their baby in public. Because so many people have asked me when it was time for his next bottle and I have to uncomfortably explain that he is breastfed. And because Iโ€™m in hospital today recovering from sepsis and mastitis, separated from my baby.โ€

โ€œNo one should feel like they have to hide when theyโ€™re trying to do what they feel is best for their baby,โ€ she finished. 

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This Is The Australian Sportswear Brand Kylie Jenner Canโ€™t Get Enough Of

Bella Hadid and Ruby Rose are also fans.

Supporting one of our very own Aussie designerโ€™s, Kylie Jenner has sent active-wear brand P.E Nation to new heights.

The label, founded by Pip Edwards and Claire Tregoning, was first spotted in a selfie on the 19-year-oldโ€™s Snapchat.

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Decked out head-to-toe in P.E Nation, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star sported an orange crop top paired with grey track pants and a grey hoodie tied around her waist.

What happened next is every fashion labelโ€™s dream.

The crop top instantly sold out online โ€“ and whatโ€™s more, the antipodean brand had only launched a few weeks prior.

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Turns out the โ€˜Kylie-Jenner Effectโ€™ obviously works and celebrities canโ€™t get enough of crops, spray jackets and leggings.

Bella Hadid and Ruby Rose are also counting themselves as fans.

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Connie Johnson Tells Carrie Bickmore Sheโ€™s โ€œTerrifiedโ€ To Leave Kids Behind

"I'll be holding the children's hands and then I'll be gone"

After putting up an incredible fight for seven years, breast cancer patient Connie Johnson says she is โ€œterrifiedโ€ to finally come to terms with her death.

The sister of Gold-Logie winning actor Samuel Johnson decided to stop treatment entirely after cancer spread to her liver and her quality of life rapidly deteriorated.

The mother of Willoughby, 10 and Hamilton, nine, shared her heartbreaking story in an interview with Carrie Bickmore on The Project last night.

โ€œMy life was so unpleasant. I spent a lot of the time that I was awake crying and holed up in my room, not even able to come out and see the kids because I donโ€™t want them seeing me like this,โ€ she said.

Johnson called a meeting with her medical team and psychologists, expecting them to outline the next line of treatment options.

โ€œBut what actually happened in that meeting was that they told me I couldnโ€™t continue on the chemo because my organs are all struggling too much,โ€ she explained, choking back tears.

Once the chemotherapy stops, her cancer will progress further, eventually leading to liver failure. Asked if she was scared of dying, Connie replied with tears: โ€œterrifiedโ€.

โ€œItโ€™s very different for me than it is for my loved ones. We will all die and we will all face that and it is terrifying for everybody,โ€ she said.

โ€œI have this thought that comes into my head all the time where one day Iโ€™ll be holding the childrenโ€™s hands and then Iโ€™ll be gone.

โ€œMy pain will be over and thereโ€™s will just be beginning.โ€

Johnsonโ€™s brother admitted accepting his sisterโ€™s condition was โ€œpretty shitโ€.

โ€œYou donโ€™t want it to ever get to that point but sheโ€™s been on various chemos for 11 years of her life,โ€ he said.

Although Johnson is stopping treatment, she is continuing her crusade to raise funds for cancer research.

Today she helped raise more than $1 million in Canberra through the initiative, the Big Heart Project, where participants contributed five cent pieces to form the shape of a heart.

You can support The Big Heart Project here: loveyoursister.org/connies-big-heart-project

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This Is What Postpartum Depression Really Looks Like

โ€œThe only thing more exhausting than having these conditions is pretending daily that I don'tโ€

Mother-of-two Kathy DiVincenzo has made it her mission to break the stigma surrounding postpartum depression and shine a light on the tough realities of motherhood with a confronting Facebook post.

Although the set-up is the same in both photos, they couldnโ€™t be more different: one depicts a frazzled, exhausted Kathy, surrounded by kidsโ€™ toys and trying to change a nappy while her eldest daughter demands her attention.

The second image is the kind weโ€™re more used to finding on Facebook โ€“ smiling mum, perfect children, on-trend outfit, zero mess.

DiVincenzo, who suffers from postpartum depression, anxiety and OCD, published the images and accompanying message to challenge her audience to โ€œpush past the discomfort society has placed on postpartum mental illness.โ€

โ€œI feel like itโ€™s time to show you what that can really look like, not just the side of me thatโ€™s โ€˜Facebook worthy,โ€™โ€ she writes.

โ€œThe truth is, both of these pictures represent my life depending on the day. I would only ever comfortably share one of these realities though and thatโ€™s the problem. The only thing more exhausting than having these conditions is pretending daily that I donโ€™t,โ€ she continues.

At time of writing the post has been shared over 69,000 times and received over 12,000 comments from women who have been in DiVincenzoโ€™s shoes.

DiVincenzo concludes her post by calling on everyone to make themselves aware of the signs and symptoms of postpartum depression.

For help and support contact:

PANDA โ€“ 1300 726 306

beyondblue โ€“ 1300 224 636

Pregnancy, Birth and Baby โ€“ 1800 882 436

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This Scarlett Johansson Robot Is Uncomfortably Realistic

The resemblance to the actress is uncanny
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Last month, Hong Kong designer Ricky Ma created a life-size robot that looks exactly like actress Scarlett Johansson. And we mean, exactly.

Spot the difference. Robot ScarJo is on the left and real ScarJo is on the right. (Credit: Reuters/Bobby Yip and Getty)

The female bot took a year-and-a-half to make with a 3D printer and cost more than $50,000, according to Reuters. The result? Robo ScarJo can make simple arm, leg and facial movements, wink and bow.

When you compliment it (her?) by saying โ€œyou are so beautiful,โ€ the robotโ€™s mouth rises to a slight smile and her eyebrows relax as though sheโ€™s embarrassed by the compliment.

The incredibly realistic robot can wink and smile. (Credit: Reuters/Bobby Yip)

Do you feel uncomfortable yet? The scary reality of Maโ€™s creation is that itโ€™s only the beginning.

If a Chinese designer can make a life-like replica of a Hollywood actress, whoโ€™s to say your ex-boyfriend canโ€™t make one of you. Worse yet, whoโ€™s to say what heโ€™ll do with it. *Shudders*

The sex tech industry is estimated to be worth $30 billion and you can already buy a life-like doll from California for around $8600, choosing from 18 different female body types โ€“ and two male.

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This year, the same Californian company revealed a sex doll prototype called Harmony that can hold a conversation about music, movies and books, crack jokes and remember your birthday, favourtie food and the names of your siblings. Thatโ€™s not to mention Harmonyโ€™s main purpose: she will have sex with you whenever you want.

Of course there are also male sex dolls (albeit less advanced), but Law professor Margot Kaminski believes thereโ€™s a gendered component to the robotic future. โ€œSiriโ€™s a woman, Cortanaโ€™s a woman; if a robot exists to perform labour or personal assistances, thereโ€™s a darn good chance theyโ€™ll be a womanโ€ she said to Wired.

As robotic technology advances, women may be objectified in a brand new way.

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A Mother Has Been Charged For Allegedly Almost Starving Her Baby To Death

Police will allege the child was seriously malnourished

A NSW woman has been charged for almost starving her baby to death after police allegedly found a four-month-old boy severely emaciated in a home near Albury.

Officers were called to a house in Lavington at about 11.45pm on March 4 in response to a domestic violence incident. Upon arrival, they found a baby boy who was allegedly severely malnourished and suffering from neglect.

Police were so concerned about the baby boyโ€™s well-being that they immediately called an ambulance to the scene, and the child was admitted to Albury Base Hospital for treatment.

The 22-year-old mother was arrested on May 9 by detectives attached to the State Crime Commandโ€™s Child Abuse Squad (CAS) and taken to Albury Police Station.

She has been charged with failing to provide for a child causing danger of death.

The Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) have arranged care for the womanโ€™s other childrenโ€”a 17-month-old boy and seven-year-oldโ€”who were also at the house at the time.

The woman has been granted conditional bail and will appear in Albury Local Court on May, 15.

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Girl, 11, Dies After A Horrific Theme Park Accident In Britain

She was visiting the park on a school trip

An 11-year-old girl has died on a British theme park ride in an accident tragically similar to last yearโ€™s Dreamworld disaster.

The girl reportedly stood up while riding the Splash Canyon ride and toppled overboard into a metre and a half deep water.

The Australian reports the girl was on a school trip with friends at the Drayton Manor Park in Tamworth.

The girlโ€™s distraught friends were in tears while emergency service workers attempted to resuscitate her. She was flown to Birmingham Childrenโ€™s Hospital but died shortly after arrival.

The student was in Year 6 at Jameah Girlโ€™s Academy, an independent Islamic school, News.com.au reports. In a statement, the school said they were offering โ€œsupport to pupils and staffโ€ and asked for โ€œtime to grieveโ€.

Drayton Manor company director George Bryan said employees at the park were โ€œtruly shocked and devastated, and our thoughts are with the family and friends at this tremendously difficult timeโ€.

Promotion of The Splash Canyon ride at the park says: โ€œSwerve around corners, splash through the waves, and get soaked as your boat is swept along our fast-flowing rapids.

A UK Health and Safety Executive spokesman said it was โ€œmaking initial inquiries along with emergency servicesโ€.

Last October, four people were killed on Dreamworldโ€™s Thunder River Rapids ride at the Gold Coast after their raft flipped over and they were trapped in a conveyer belt.

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Your First Look At Kirsten Dunstโ€™s New Film Will Give You Chills

Art-house meets horror meets high fashion

The highly anticipated first trailer for Woodshock, the Rodarte sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavyโ€™s directorial debut, has finally been released โ€“ and itโ€™s every bit as spooky as youโ€™d expect.

Aesthetically, you can easily spot the parallels between Rodarteโ€™s fashion collections and the eerie, ethereal cinematography of the film.

The trailer opens with long-time Rodarte muse Kirsten Dunst wandering misty woods alone. From there, a rapid-fire sequence heightens the mystery โ€“ and suspense โ€“ as it appears Dunstโ€™s character is embroiled in some kind of dark, drug-fuelled tragedy.

Woodshock is being produced by A24, the same studio that made Moonlight, The Bling Ring and Ex Machina. Itโ€™s being released on September 15 and We. Cannot. Wait.

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The Best Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Looks Of All Time

Glamorous is an understatement.

Grace Kelly

Year:1955

Sophia Loren

Year: 1955

Elizabeth Taylor

Year: 1958

Audrey Hepburn

Year: 1960

Princess Diana

Year: 1987

Designer: Catherine Walker

Angelina Jolie

Year: 2007

Gwyneth Paltrow

Year: 2008

Designer: Chanel

Natalie Portman

Year: 2008

Designer: Givenchy

Angelina Jolie

Year: 2009

Designer: Versace

Naomi Campbell

Year: 2010

Designer: Roberto Cavalli

Nicole Kidman

Year: 2012

Designer: Lanvin

Cara Delevigne

Year: 2013

Designer: Burberry

Jessica Biel

Year: 2013

Designer: Marchesa

Olivia Palermo

Year: 2013

Designer: Roberto Cavalli dress and Zara jacket 

Zoe Saldana

Year: 2013

Designer: Valentino

Joan Smalls

Year: 2013

Designer: Givenchy

Audrey Tautou

Year: 2013

Designer: Lanvin

Lupita Nyongโ€™o

Year: 2015

Designer: Gucci

Karlie Kloss

Year: 2015

Designer: Versace

Salma Hayek

Year: 2015

Designer: Alexander McQueen

Emma Stone

Year: 2015

Designer: Dior

Naomi Watts

Year: 2015

Designer: Elie Saab

Cate Blanchett

Year: 2015

Designer: Armani Privรฉ

Karlie Kloss

Year: 2015

Designer: Louis Vuitton

Sonam Kapoor

Year: 2014

Designer: Anamika Khanna

Julianne Moore

Year: 2015

Designer: Armani Privรฉ

Kirsten Dunst

Year: 2016

Designer: Gucci

Blake Lively

Year: 2016

Designer: Vivienne Westwood

Blake Lively

Year: 2016

Designer: Versace

Kendall Jenner

Year: 2016

Designer: Cavalli

Kate Moss

Year: 2016

Designer: Halston

Bella Hadid

Year: 2016

Designer: Alexandre Vauthier

Eva Herzigova

Year: 2016

Designer: Christian Dio

Elle Fanning

Year: 2016

Designer: Zuhair Murad

Amal Clooney

Year: 2016

Designer: Atelier Versace 

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Dad Says He Understands Why His Daughter Murdered Her Own Mother

Gypsy Rose was forced to live in a wheelchair her whole life - when she could walk perfectly fine.

 The story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the 25-year-old who had her boyfriend murder her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, shocked the world.

Especially after it was revealed that Dee Dee had been faking her daughterโ€™s illnesses for her entire life. 

Everyone around her believed Gypsy was confined to a wheelchair due to muscular dystrophy and paraplegia, that she had developmental delays and was undergoing treatment for leukaemia.

However, Gypsy had none of those illnesses โ€“ in fact, she could walk perfectly fine on her own.

Dee Dee had forced her daughter to lie all of her life, in the most serious case of Munchhausen by Proxy Syndrome the world has ever heard. 

Gypsyโ€™s own father, Rod Blanchard, who separated from her mother before she was born, even believed the lies, saying to the New York Post that Dee Dee rarely let him see his daughter as he โ€œwasnโ€™t equippedโ€ to handle her care.

With a new documentary, called Mommy Dead and Dearest, due to be released about Gypsyโ€™s life and the crime, her father says he โ€œunderstandsโ€ why his daughter did what she did.

โ€œYeah, itโ€™s wrong, and there were other options that Gypsy had,โ€ he said to PEOPLE.

โ€œ[But] she tried some of those avenues and they didnโ€™t work out.

โ€œBad as it sounds, she [Dee Dee] asked for what she got.โ€

Gypsy is currently serving 10 years in prison for plotting the crime, with her partner, Nicholas Godejohn, 26, still awaiting trial. If found guilty, he faces life in prison.

Rod says, if sheโ€™s released, Gypsy โ€œwill always have a home.โ€

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Zooey Deschanelโ€™s Baby Boy Has The Most Unique Name

Hint: its another animal

New Girl actress Zooey Deschanel has given birth to her second child with husband Jacob Pechenik.

And you will never guess the name theyโ€™ve given him.

RELATED: Baby Names You Havnโ€™t Heard Of โ€“ But Soon Will

Running with the theme of animal middle names like the coupleโ€™s first child, daughter, Elsie Otter, Zooey and Jacob have named their new baby boy โ€“ wait for it โ€“ Charlie Wolf.

Asked by Ellen on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2016 the reason behind Elsieโ€™s middle name โ€˜Otterโ€™, Zooey said it was all because of the animalโ€™s unique traits.

  

โ€œTheyโ€™re cute, and playful, and fun and theyโ€™re really smart,โ€ Zooey told Ellen.

โ€œWe thought Elsie is like, kind of a classic name. A lot of people have grandmas and aunts named Elsieโ€ฆand then, we were like, you know, the middle name can be a little bit wild.โ€

Since itโ€™s obviously become a running theme, we really want to know what child number threeโ€™s middle name will beโ€ฆ

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Stop Everything: Netflix Has Released The First Spoilers For โ€™13 Reasons Whyโ€™ Season 2

And they're really good.

We only just found out that 13 Reasons Why has officially been confirmed for another season, and already Netflix has released spoilers of whatโ€™s to come โ€“ not that weโ€™re complaining.

In a tweet last night, the following five things were revealed.

1. Weโ€™ll see other charactersโ€™ perspectives on Hannahโ€™s story. 

This sounds interesting given that pretty much all of season 1 was based on Clayโ€™s perspective.

2. Jessicaโ€™s story will continue as she tries to recover and return to normal life. 

At the end of the first season, it looked like Jessica was about to tell her dad about her sexual assault. 

 

RELATED: This โ€™13 Reasons Whyโ€™ Fan Theory Actually Makes So Much Sense

3. There will be a narrator, but it wonโ€™t be Hannah โ€“ No more tapes

Weโ€™re guessing Clay? Or Tony.

4. The season will explore โ€œthe way we raise boys up into men, and the way we treat girls and women in our culture โ€“ and what we could do better in both casesโ€

Given the amount of criticism over the first season and the way it showed brutal scenes of rape and suicide, this angle sounds like now producers are aiming to help educate viewers about stopping these acts happening altogether, which is great. 

6. Bryce will hopefully get whatโ€™s coming to him

He better.

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Have We Reached Peak Instagram Brow Craziness?

Yes. Yes, we have.
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You guys, Instagram brows have officially jumped the shark. 

Going way beyond real-life brow inspiration or even Instagram-only, pile-on-the-make-up techniques, brow art is now just so over the top I donโ€™t even get a โ€œwow, that is so creative!โ€ vibe anymore. And I understand itโ€™s all about those double-taps and likes, and the weirder things are, the more likely they are to garner attention, but itโ€™s time to call bullsh*t on batsh*t crazy brows. 

Just like this iPhone blender was my peak weird-foundation-application hack, bread crumb brows are what finally tipped me over the edge. 

Bread. Crumbs. 

(Please resist the urge to reach through your screen and brush those crumbs off.)

If youโ€™re after real life brow inspiration, then click here for the โ€œitโ€ brow shape for 2017, here for tips on how to find the right brow product for you, or here to see some of our favourite celebrity brow shapes. 

And because I know this is just my opinion and there are some that might actually enjoy whacky brow art, well, I hope you enjoy the below. 

Brow carving

@alexalink (Credit: Instagram)

Peacock feather brow

Regular olโ€™ feather brow

Flower brow

Dragon brow

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Barbed wire brow

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This Is How Much Pippa Middletonโ€™s Wedding Is Expected To Cost

Hint: It's a lot.

Pippa Middletonโ€™s wedding to James Matthews is already one of the most talked events of the year.

With the ongoing confusion about Meghan Markleโ€™s invite, the celebrity-filled guest list, and the royal familyโ€™s role in the wedding party, it looks like all eyes will be on London in 10 days time. 

Just a few weeks ago, it was revealed that the average Australian wedding now costs around $90,128 โ€“ a lot more than we wouldโ€™ve guessed โ€“ and now wedding planning app Bridebook has estimated the expected costs of Pippaโ€™s big day. 

RELATED: This Is How Much The Average Australian Wedding Costs In 2017

Through breaking down each separate element of the day and using an analysis of 170,000 weddings, the website estimates that the wedding will cost a whopping $435,167 AUD (converted from ยฃ246,949).

Thatโ€™s almost five times more than the average Australian nuptials. 

Hereโ€™s the breakdown of what the couple will be spending on what.

Dress โ€“ $17,627 (ยฃ10,000)

Giles Deacon is rumoured to be the designer behind the bespoke dress. The designer made Abbey Clancyโ€™s for ยฃ10,000, so we can expect Pippaโ€™s to cost around the same (if not more).

Veil โ€“ $3,525 (ยฃ2,000)

This is expected to be made by famous milliner Stephen Jones.

Bridesmaid outfits โ€“ $3,966 (ยฃ2,250)

The site says that the average cost of a designer bridesmaid dress is $1,322. The average number of bridesmaids in the UK is three, however, weโ€™re unsure of the exact amount Pippa will have.

Wedding rings โ€“ $35,081 (ยฃ19,900)

The wedding rings are said to be from Cartier. A diamond-encrusted ring for Pippa would be around $27,324 and a platinum band for James about $2,538.

Hair and make-up โ€“ $2,996 (ยฃ1,700)

The expected team is Hannah Martin of Bobbi Brown and Richard Ward (who got Kate ready for her wedding).

Flower girl and page boy outfits โ€“ $2,993 (ยฃ1,698)

Nicki Macfarlane, who provided the flower girls outfits for the royal wedding, will likely be creating Prince George and Princess Charlotteโ€™s custom outfits.

Floristry โ€“ $28,2070 (ยฃ16,000)

Luxury florists Lavender Green are expected to be providing flowers for the day, with Bridebook noting that marquees always require a lot more floristy and decorations than a venue. 

Cake โ€“ $4,584 (ยฃ2,600)

Domino Purchas or Rosalind Miller are thought to be behind the cake, both of their six-tier cakes start at this price.

Groomswear โ€“ $10,664 (ยฃ6,050)

James Matthews is expected to wear a bespoke suit from Saville Row.

Venue โ€“ $114,597 (ยฃ65,000)

The wedding is taking place at the Middletonโ€™s family home, but they will still need to provide luxury marquees โ€“ especially in the unpredictable May weather.  

Catering โ€“ $123,408(ยฃ70,000)

Bridebook says, โ€œtop luxury London caterers will charge over ยฃ170 ($299) per guest.โ€ Admirable Crichton are expected to be the caterers for the wedding, with around 15 chefs and 2,000 canapes expected. 

Decoration โ€“ $10,578 (ยฃ6,000)

This includes lighting, dance floors and bar hire. 

Videography โ€“ $7,053 (ยฃ4,000)

Luxury videographers generally bring a team to capture all angles, plus a drone or two.

Music โ€“ $11,901 (ยฃ6,750)

Including music for the reception, a band and DJ for the party. 

Entertainment โ€“ $2,644 (ยฃ1,500)

Childrenโ€™s entertainers (like Kate and William had at their wedding) and a photobooth are expected.

Church fees โ€“ $803 (ยฃ456)

The most important part and also the cheapest. 

Stationary โ€“ $9,035 (ยฃ5,125)

Invitations, menus, save-the-dates and the Order of Service.

Wedding favors โ€“ $1,234 (ยฃ700)

Bridebook is expecting something โ€œlow-key and personalโ€, such as a jar of honey. 

Transport โ€“ Free

Jame will likely be able to borrow a stunning car at no cost.

Facilities โ€“ $7,052 (ยฃ4,000)

This is no place for any old Portaloo. 

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โ€˜Dance Momsโ€™ Star Abby Lee Miller Has Been Sentenced To Jail

The reality TV star pled guilty to both cases.

Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for bankruptcy fraud and bringing $120,000 worth of Australian currency into the US without reporting it.

The reality TV star was sentenced today by a federal judge in Pittsburgh in the US, after pleading guilty to both cases last year. According to reports, the judge also ordered Miller to pay a $US40,000 ($54,000 AUD) fine and spend two years on probation following her release.

Before she was sentenced, Miller read a lengthy statement. โ€œIโ€™m certainly ashamed to be meeting you for the first time in this manner,โ€ Page Six reports she told the judge. โ€œI wish you could take my class or come to one of my events and see how much I love this.โ€

The star went on to say that she ran her business into debt after taking it over from her father, and claimed she intended to pay everyone back. โ€œโ€œI didnโ€™t realise when you apply for bankruptcy itโ€™s like signing up for more homework,โ€ she said.

Miller also claimed that she wasnโ€™t attempting to deceive anyone, but rather just trying to keep her business running.

This article originally appeared on InStyle Australia

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Hereโ€™s What The Budget Means For You

From childcare to housing.

Malcolm Turnbullโ€™s first budget is a big-taxing, big-spending budget that contains very little in it specifically for women โ€“ but if we read the fine print, there is some pleasing attention given to domestic violence victims, childcare funding and womenโ€™s mental health.

First โ€“ the pills: the Medicare levy will go up by half a percent to make sure the NDIS is fully funded โ€“ $55.7 billion over the next 10 years.

Since its inception under Julia Gillard, the NDIS has become bipartisan policy, and its stable funding is a boon for women, who overwhelmingly carry the burden of caring for the less-abled at home.

The governmentโ€™s much-anticipated housing affordability measures will be welcome for anyone looking for a place to call their own โ€“ and research shows single women are outpacing men when it comes to buying property.

Smart women will be carefully examining Treasurer Scott Morrisonโ€™s superannuation-funded home deposit measure, where they can use up to $30,000 of voluntary superannuation contributions for a deposit โ€“ but young women who are tempted by this need to remember their superannuation is already (statistically) much lower than menโ€™s โ€“ on average Australian women retire with about half the super men do.

The government will also invest in childcare, to the tune of $37.3 billion in funding over the years until 2021. This will go some way towards helping mothers return to work โ€“ but letโ€™s stretch our memories long enough to recall this is the same government which stopped โ€œdouble dippingโ€ on maternity leave, massively cutting down the number of months new mothers can spend with their babies.

The homelessness package, part of the housing affordability blockbuster the government hopes will endear it to mortgage and rental-stressed voters โ€“ is good news for women. Women bear the brunt of homelessness, particularly older and separated women, and of course, those forced to flee their homes due to domestic violence.

The measures to claw back university debt will be a double-pronged pinch to women โ€“ both because more women now graduate from university than men (well done us), and because once they get out into the workplace, they earn less over their lifetimes, meaning the price of entry to the professional workforce is effectively higher for us than it is for our male counterparts.

The budget also gave us a big mental health package, which specifically includes provision for women suffering from post-natal depression โ€“ $80 million has been earmarked under the National Disability Insurance Scheme ledger to help people with mental illness, including eating disorders โ€“ which overwhelmingly affect women โ€“ and PND.

The Family Court system has been broken for a long time, and the government seems to have finally acknowledged this, commissioning a review into its workings, as well as $80 million in funding to boost family law and domestic violence services within the family justice system, which includes $3.4 million for additional domestic violence units.

Allegedly violent men who self-represent at court will no longer be able to cross-examine their (alleged) ex-partner victims โ€“ something which has long been a source of immense distress for women caught up in family violence.

Overall, with its funding for the needy, women have fared reasonably well from the 2017 budget.

However, there was nothing to address the gender pay gap or female poverty โ€“ both issues which continue to hold Australian women back from reaching true equality.

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Warning: If Someone Calls And Asks You This One Question, Hang Up Immediately

This is really scary.

Weโ€™re all well aware that internet pop-ups saying weโ€™re the lucky 1000th visitor to the site and therefore have won $1m generally (read: always) arenโ€™t true, and phone calls from our โ€˜bankโ€™ asking asking for our account details arenโ€™t going to get far, but this new scam is actually really easy to fall for.

All scammers need is for you to answer their one question before they can hack into your bank accounts and steal your money. 

The scam works by someone calling and asking, โ€œCan you hear me?โ€

When you respond with โ€œyesโ€ they immediately hang up but not before recording your voice.

They then use the recording to authorise payments from your bank or to hack into your accounts using voice recognition.

Queensland Police Service is warning that if scammers already have personal details โ€“ such as your phone number and address โ€“ a simple โ€˜yesโ€™ is all they need to start stealing your money.

The scam first started in the U.S. and U.K. but has now made its way to Australia, with police warning the public to hang up straight away if they receive a call like the above. 

Anyone who has already fallen victim to this scam should call their bank immediately. 

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Why Lara Worthington No Longer Gets Butterflies For Sam Worthington

They've been married for almost three years

The giddy feelings of a new relationship donโ€™t last forever, even for one of Australiaโ€™s hottest (literally) couplesโ€š Lara and Sam Worthington.

Speaking to Kyle and Jackie O, Lara Worthington admitted the butterflies in her stomach no longer flutter at the sight of her husband of nearly three years. 

โ€œLara, do you still get butterflies when you see Sam?โ€ Sandilands asked her on the KIIS FM show on Tuesday.

โ€˜Itโ€™s not butterflies, itโ€™s just a differentโ€ฆโ€ Worthington replied, trailing off. 

The model agreed with Jackie O that she only felt butterflies in the first year of the relationship. โ€œAnd then that passes,โ€ she said. 

In the lengthy interview, Worthington also revealed she first met the Avatar star at Central Park (yes, that sounds like the start of a Woody Allen rom-com).

โ€œWe were both at a festival in Central Park in New York. I was there for a Cotton On event, and he was there with a few of his friendsโ€ฆhe was with Butler. Whatโ€™s his first name? Gerard Butler.โ€

According to Worthington, the pair clicked right away. 

โ€œI remember I had a house here in Sydney in the Eastern Suburbs, and my mum was over helping me cleanโ€ฆ I said โ€˜Mum, Iโ€™m going to get marriedโ€™ and she said โ€˜What? Youโ€™ve just met the guy,โ€ she joked. 

The mother-of-two also explained how she and the actor settled on the names of their children, Racer and Rocket Zot, reports News Corp. 

โ€œI donโ€™t know, I just love Racer, I just thought it was a really cool name and Sam liked it too,โ€ she said. โ€œThere was loads of names. I loved the name Jet but I couldnโ€™t really have a Rocket and a Jet.โ€

She continued: โ€œWe didnโ€™t know it was going to be a boy. Well the first time we didnโ€™t (find out) and the second timeโ€ฆ thereโ€™s not many surprises so I thought letโ€™s just keep it a secret.

โ€œTheyโ€™re both happy and healthy babies โ€” theyโ€™re really good boys.โ€

Racer is now six-months-old, while Rocket Zot was born in March, 2015.

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Since touching down in Sydney on Thursday, the modelโ€™s busy schedule has included a visit to the factory where her bronzing and tanning line The Base is produced.

Worthington shared a snap on Instagram showing her testing products and swapping high fashion for a high-vis vest and hairnet.

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The World Canโ€™t Get Enough Of This One Highlighter

Strobing made simple

Everyone knows the power of a (literally) brilliant highlight โ€“ nothing else makes cheekbones pop, lips appear fuller or make-up more radiant.

But not all highlighting liquids, creams, powders or gels are created equal. Case in point: Make Up Foreverโ€™s Star Lit liquid highlighter, which has sold out in Sephora stores across the globe.

RELATED: How A Victoriaโ€™s Secret Angel Gets Her Glow

The coveted Golden Peach shade is impossible to get in the US right now, according to a Refinery29 report, and all five shades have sold out in Australian Sephora stores (as well as online. Trust us, we checked).

Make Up For Ever Star Lit liquid highlighter, $42, Sephora.

What makes it so popular? The lightweight formula offers a subtle sheen that lasts all night and has an irresistible iridescent quality. Itโ€™s thick enough to be used on the brow bone or even as eyeshadow, and with five shades ranging from molten silver to rose gold, thereโ€™s something for all skin tones.

Now if only we could get our hands on one (you can join the waitlist here).

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Mother Hopes To Donate Her Own Kidney To Save Her Daughterโ€™s Life

"Itโ€™s heartbreaking to see my little girl going through so much"

Queensland 12-year-old Jasmyn Campbell is known to family and friends for her fighting spirit and her love of Muay Thai boxing.

But Jasmynโ€™s fighting spirit was put to the test on Easter Monday when she was rushed to Cairns Hospital after undergoing heart failure. According to her mother, Melody Ward, Jasmyn was also severely anaemic and her kidneys were functioning at just two per cent

Diagnosed with childhood nephritis, Jasmyn now requires a kidney transplant, reports the Cairns Post.

Melody has pledged to make the brave organ donation, although testing to see if her kidney is a match could take months.

โ€œItโ€™s heartbreaking to see my little girl going through so much and I wish it was me and not her,โ€ she told the Cairns Post.

Adding to the heartbreak, Melody realised Jasmyn was scared the kidney transplant might harm her own mother.

โ€œI explained that sheโ€™s going to need a transplant and that I want to give her one of my kidneys โ€ฆ and I left out the important part, that I would be OK if I gave her a kidney,โ€ Melody said.

โ€œI went to Google something on her phone and in her history it came up โ€˜will my mum die if she gives me a kidneyโ€™.โ€

The Cairns Post reports Jasmyn has received blood transfusions, haemodialysis treatment and three surgeries since her diagnosis.

Jasmynโ€™s GoFundMe crowdfunding page

Melody shared an update about Jasmynโ€™s condition on her Facebook page, saying her daughter requires dialysis treatment for 11hours every night until she gets a kidney transplant.

โ€œ(W)e have been through hell, our world has been turned upside down but we are strong and we are fighters and we will get through this,โ€ she wrote.

โ€œI wanted to say a big massive thank you to everyone for the love and support, Iโ€™m ever so grateful for each and every one of you.โ€

Yesterday, the Federal Government pledged to invest $4.1 million from the 2017 Budget towards a program to support living organ donors. ABC News reports the program, which began in 2013, gives donors nine weeks of paid leave and money for living expenses. 

You can donate to Jasmynโ€™s crowdfunding campaign here: gofundme.com/jassys-fund

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Zoeโ€™s Law: Meet the NSW Mother Fighting To Recognise Death of Foetuses Over 20 Weeks Old As a Crime

When Brodie Donegan was hit by a van, the impact killed her unborn daughter. Four years on, lawmakers are divided. Was Zoe one of her motherโ€™s injuries or was she a person in her own right?

Entombed in a prickly tangle of branches and leaves, Brodie Donegan could hear someone screaming, a anguished shriek that, at first, she didnโ€™t realise, was coming from her. โ€œDonโ€™t move her. Donโ€™t touch her,โ€ other voices commanded, as searing pain invaded the young motherโ€™s body. Whatโ€™s happened to my right leg? she wondered, as she recovered consciousness. Is it still attached to my body?

The face of Brodieโ€™s husband, Nick, came into view as he bent over her bloodied face. A hand pushed her shoulder. โ€œIโ€™m sorry. Iโ€™m really sorry,โ€ said an unknown voice. Then more words cut through the chaos: โ€œGo away. Donโ€™t touch her. Leave her alone.โ€

Brodie hadnโ€™t fainted, as she first thought. She was under the front of a car. Two older women, both nurses who lived up the road, sat next to her. One, or both, held her hand.

โ€œWhat about my baby? Is my baby ok?โ€ Brodie, then 29, asked the women. โ€œThey said, โ€˜Ashleeโ€™s fine. Sheโ€™s in the neighbourโ€™s house.โ€™ I said, โ€˜No, Iโ€™m pregnant. Is my baby ok?โ€™ They said, โ€˜Hold my hand, just look at me.โ€™โ€

Brodieโ€™s baby, perhaps eight weeks shy of entering the world, was not ok.

On Christmas Day, 2009, hours after a mini-van driven by a prescription drug-affected woman slammed into her mum, Zoe Donegan was delivered by Caesarian section. She was stillborn.

Sitting in the cafรฉ in Hornsby where she recounts the terrible story, the memory overwhelms her and she weeps.

The woman driving the car that killed Zoe was charged with grievous bodily harm, but only for the injury she inflicted on Brodie. Under current NSW law, destroying an unborn child intentionally or recklessly is recognised as a crime against the mother only. The same applies in Victoria, only the charge is โ€˜serious injury.โ€™ โ€œItโ€™s hard to come to grips with, to be told that someone who caused the death of your baby is not being charged with the death of your baby,โ€ she says.

Now, after a vigorous campaign by Brodie, new legislation called The Crimes Amendment (Zoeโ€™s Law) Bill, is being debated in the Upper House of the New South Wales Parliament. The bill seeks to have any foetus more than 20 weeks old, or weighing at least 400 grams, recognised as a living person under the NSW Crimes Act. Should the bill pass โ€” a conscience vote in the lower house saw the bill carried 63 votes to 26 โ€” an offender could be charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a foetus, separate to the mother.

Debate surrounding the bill, introduced in September by Brodieโ€™s local MP, Central Coast Liberal Chris Spence, has been heated and, at times highly emotional. Opponents โ€” including health and legal groups, feminist academics and MPs from across the political spectrum โ€” say that despite specific exemptions for medical procedures, or anything โ€œdone by or with the consent of the pregnant womanโ€, changing the legal status of a foetus by giving it โ€˜legal personhoodโ€™ is bound to threaten womenโ€™s access to abortion.

After all, if a foetus has the legal rights of a person, then who, other than the foetus, has the right to decide to terminate that?

The last thing Brodie remembered on that Christmas morning, 2009, as she headed home after a short walk, was the sound of a car behind her, and stepping up onto the grass, away from the kerb.

What happened next on the quiet, residential road in Ourimbah, on the New South Wales Central Coast, was unimaginable.

Brodie, who was 32 weeks pregnant, had wanted to stretch her legs before setting off with Nick, and their two and a half year old daughter, Ashlee, for Christmas lunch at her uncleโ€™s house in Newcastle, an hourโ€™s drive away. Ashlee had wanted to go with her, but was persuaded to stay behind with her Dad. Her mum would only be gone ten minutes.

Brodie, who was only a few metres away from her driveway, doesnโ€™t remember the impact; or hearing the mini-van hit a tree before it reached her; doesnโ€™t remember going through the windscreen, nor being thrown back over the bonnet when the driver, who was later found to be affected by prescription drugs, ploughed into a second tree. It was only then that the mini-van came to a halt.

Her next memory, aside from those brief, confused recollections after she first opened her eyes, was of being airlifted to Sydneyโ€™s Royal North Shore Hospital by helicopter and begging medics โ€œto take Zoe outโ€ as soon as they found a heart beat. But it wasnโ€™t that easy, as the devastated young mother soon learned. First she had to be stabilised, and her many injuries assessed. Over the next five days, she would have three operations: at one stage, a 10 centimetre screw was put through her hip into her spine.

Her only thoughts, though, were of the tiny life inside her that hadnโ€™t stood a chance. โ€œThe impact of the car had caused the placenta to abrupt and Zoe had just slowlyโ€ฆdied. She didnโ€™t have any marks on her. I got to hold her and she was still warm. She looked absolutely perfect. Her eyes were open a little bit and she had a sore on her lip from the resuscitation โ€“ because they tried really hard to resuscitate her.โ€

Ashlee also got to see and hold Zoe on that devastating Christmas night. The little girl is now six, and has a brother, Lachlan, who recently turned three. Whenever Ashlee talks about sick babies, she says they have a sore on their lips, and she believed for a very long time that it was the sore that killed Zoe.

On December 27, 2009, two days after the tragedy in Ourimbah, Hannah Robert was driving along a Melbourne road with her partner and her partnerโ€™s two daughters, aged 14 and 15, after a picnic with family friends.

Suddenly, a 4WD coming from the opposite direction was sideswiped by a sedan whose driver, witnesses said later, had โ€œaggressivelyโ€ and โ€œviolentlyโ€ changed lanes. Both cars were now on Hannahโ€™s side of the road and she barely had time to shout, โ€œWhatโ€™s he doing?โ€ when her car and the 4WD collided head on.

โ€œThe 4WD wound up next to us, or close to us. I could see some liquid pouring out of that car and I was terrified that it was petrol,โ€ she says.

Unable to open her door, she told her partner and the girls to quickly get out of the car. But her partner couldnโ€™t move, thanks to three fractured ribs and a broken hand and in any case, she was screaming and asking: โ€œCan you feel Haloumi?โ€ This was the nickname for their unborn daughter, Zainab.

Hannah was 33 years old, and 34 weeks pregnant. Zainab, conceived after nine months of fertility treatments and several years of searching for a sperm donor, had been hiccupping and kicking in her stomach at the picnic only a few hours before.

It took a long time to get Hannah out of the wreckage. The last of the four to be rescued, sheโ€™d held her partnerโ€™s hand while they were still in the car, telling her that everything would be alright.

โ€œI knew placenta abruption was a risk, but I had it in my head that if this happened, Iโ€™d have a huge amount of bleeding. I thought, โ€˜I canโ€™t feel any bleeding so the baby must be alright.โ€™ The ambulance driver thought he could hear a heartbeat,โ€ she adds. โ€œBut by the time we got to Emergency, they couldnโ€™t find a heartbeat.โ€

She knew then that Zainab had died.

Hannah had a fractured sternum, liver and spleen lacerations, internal bleeding, a big chunk out of her kneecap, and two broken front teeth. Her partner and the girls had been taken to two other hospitals and she found the separation from them unbearable. Someone dug her phone out of her bag and she rang her partner to tell her their daughter was dead.

She saw Zainab for the first time when she woke up after the Caesarian. The midwife showed Hannah a photo.

โ€œIt was probably a good way to meet her, first by a photo, because itโ€™s a very strange thing. You gear up for meeting the baby alive. I hadnโ€™t even considered the prospect that the first time Iโ€™d see my baby she might have died,โ€ she says.

Hannahโ€™s partner discharged herself from hospital, and left wearing a medical gown over a pair of tracksuit pants that her brother, who drove her across town, had found in his car.

โ€œShe walked in and I said, โ€˜Come and meet your daughter.โ€™ So she was there when we washed Zainab. It was bizarre because we didnโ€™t put a nappy on her.โ€

Hannahโ€™s voice falters. โ€œShe didnโ€™t need a nappy. Butโ€ฆ babies look different when they donโ€™t have a nappyโ€ฆโ€

In November, a powerful essay on the proposed changes to the NSW Crimes Act appeared on The Conversation website, called โ€˜Why losing my daughter means I donโ€™t support Zoeโ€™s law.โ€™

Itโ€™s author: La Trobe University law lecturer โ€” and Zainabโ€™s mother โ€” Hannah Robert.

Hannah emailed Brodie a month before the essay appeared, to let her know what she was going to say before going public. The message followed a much earlier exchange of emails in 2010.

Hannah has huge sympathy for the woman whose campaign for a change in the law has resulted in the current controversy. She agrees with Brodie that the law as it stands is inadequate โ€” and that calling the loss of their daughters an โ€œinjuryโ€ fails to acknowledge the depth of sorrow involved in the loss of Zoe and Zainab.

But she questions the idea of separate legal rights for the foetus.

โ€œI have no doubt that my daughter was a person โ€“ but I am comfortable with the idea that, at the time she died, she was protected by my legal personhood rather than her own,โ€ she wrote in her essay.

In her office at La Trobe, Hannah continues: โ€œIf you define the foetus as a legal person, it opens the way for equality claims or challenges to the legislation to say, โ€œHow is it that you can have a foetus defined as a legal person in this circumstance, but not in this circumstance?โ€™

Hannah believes the bill may be โ€œopening the way for what weโ€™re now seeing overseas.โ€

She mentions a case in Florida, in 1991, when a woman who told doctors sheโ€™d taken cocaine before giving birth, was convicted of supplying drugs to a minor. Under Florida law, a foetus only becomes a legal person after birth. So the prosecutors argued that the supplying of drugs occurred during the 30 to 90 seconds between the emergence of her baby from the birth canal and the severing of the umbilical cord.

The womanโ€™s convictions were overturned on a second appeal, but says Hannah, the case clearly shows that you donโ€™t need foetal rights to fit in with a pattern thatโ€™s gathering pace in the US of criminalising pregnant womenโ€™s behavior.

โ€œThereโ€™s nothing punitive towards the mother in the current drafting of Zoeโ€™s Law,โ€ she adds. โ€œBut youโ€™re setting up those exceptions for any actions of the mothers to be challenged.โ€

Supporters of the bill say fears of its impact on abortion law are simply an overreaction by a feminist coalition.

But male medical heavyweights have also waded into the debate. Brian Owler, the Australian Medical Associationโ€™s New South Wales President, told ABC radio that while Zoeโ€™s Law was well intentioned, it could have unintended consequences for obstetricians or geneticists. The law could jeopardise access to mothers, he said, particularly when late-term abortions take place for very good medical reasons. Some extreme abnormalities, he pointed out, donโ€™t show up until late in a pregnancy.

New South Wales and Queensland remain the two states where abortion is still a criminal offence, although Tasmania removed abortion from the stateโ€™s criminal code only in November.

The very precariousness of Abortion Law is why declaring a foetus to be a living person is so dangerous, says Sydney lawyer Julie Hamblin, an expert in health law and sexual and reproductive rights. โ€œPeople say to me, โ€˜Well, if Zoeโ€™s Law does go through in the upper house, what are going to be the implications tomorrow?โ€™ The reality is, tomorrow โ€“ probably nothing. Itโ€™s going to be when the next case comes to court challenging the lawfulness of abortion.โ€

If Zoeโ€™s Law itself wasnโ€™t worrying enough for its pro-choice critics, one name attached to the debate was almost guaranteed to ring alarm bells: The Rev Fred Nile. A member of the Legislative Council for the Christian Democratic Party, and well known for his anti-abortion views, Nile took it upon himself to introduce his own version of Zoeโ€™s Law earlier in 2013. According to him, his bill sought only a just legal response to โ€˜the destruction of a child in utero, other than in the course of a medical procedure or with the consent of the mother.โ€™ But it came as part of a package of private member bills that he presented at the start of 2013 that would have made access to abortion in New South Wales much harder.

Zoeโ€™s Law โ€“ his fifth bill โ€“ wanted to give legal rights to a foetus from conception.

Brodie Donegan has made it very clear that sheโ€™s pro-choice and against anything that would make it harder for women to seek abortions. She stresses she has no connection to โ€” or contact with โ€” with Fred Nile.

โ€œI am completely for whatever path a pregnancy takes, that person is supported,โ€ she says. โ€œIf they need or want to have an abortion, they have that. If they need a medical intervention, they have that.โ€

Lawyer Julie Hamblin says she takes little comfort from the exemptions in Zoeโ€™s Law that say it doesnโ€™t apply to medical procedures. โ€œThereโ€™s no way that Zoeโ€™s Law is going to conclusively determine that abortions will be found unlawful in the future. Itโ€™s just another weapon for the pro-life people to be able to use if they want to bring a test case to challenge the lawfulness of abortion.โ€

Certainly, Right To Life Australia President, Margaret Tighe, indicates that this may happen.

โ€œThe child in the motherโ€™s womb is considered to be a nobody,โ€ she says. โ€œThe pro-abortion lobby are scared that this is going to be the foot in the door for recognition of the rights of the unborn. Even the mother who lost Zoe in this terrible accident says sheโ€™s in favour of abortion.

โ€œOf course Iโ€™m for Zoeโ€™s law because it acknowledges that an unborn child is another human being.โ€

Many argue that thereโ€™s no need for Zoeโ€™s Law since the 2005 Crimes Amendment (Grievous Bodily Harm) Act already extended the definition of grievous bodily harm to include the destruction of an unborn child (other than in a medical procedure), whether or not the mother suffers any other harm, with a maximum penalty of 25 years prison.

The woman driving the car that killed Zoe Donegan spent nine months in prison, followed by an 18-month parole period. Brodie wept in court, feeling the sentence was her fault. โ€œBut to have a jail sentence made me feel like it was at least taken a little bit more seriously,โ€ she says.

So do we really need a law that recognises separate legal rights for a foetus, given that the driver was incarcerated?

Brodieโ€™s reply is sad, and moving. She says she would like to have heard the driver charged with Zoeโ€™s death. โ€œIf the judge could have read out the charge and acknowledged that Zoe had existed and died, that would have made a difference for me, and for Nick. All I wanted was to have an acknowledgement that we had lost Zoe, and that this wasnโ€™t just a crime against me.โ€

As she speaks, her hand goes to a tiny indentation in the silver pendant hanging around her neck. Zoeโ€™s fingerprint.

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Grieving Mother Is Suing Airline For Losing Her Daughterโ€™s Ashes

"I failed her because my child did not die just once. I lost her twice."

A woman is sueing American Airlines $13.5m AUD for forcing her to check in her luggage on a flight and then losing it, along with her daughterโ€™s ashes.

Iddy Pierre-Canel was flying back to Tucson, Arizona, from Baltimore, Maryland, after her daughterโ€™s funeral and cremation on March 5, NBCโ€™s 12 News reports.

According to Ms Pierre-Canelโ€™s lawyer, Lorraine Morey, American Airlines insisted twice that Ms Pierre-Canel check in her bag while waiting at the gate, even though she made it clear she was carrying her daughterโ€™s ashes.

She then allegedly remembers an employee picking her bags up, but she said she was under the impression they were helping her take the bags to her seat as she was distraught and had been crying.

โ€œWhen the plane took off, thatโ€™s when I realised I didnโ€™t have my bag [and] they said, โ€˜Oh, they checked your bag in,'โ€ Ms Pierre-Canel recalled.

Her attorney Lorraine Morey said her client was then promised her bags would be the first off the plane but when she arrived to Tucson, her bag was nowhere to be found.

โ€œI begged American Airlines every day to find the urn,โ€ she said.

The airline released a statement following the incident, saying, โ€œWhen we need customers to gate check a bag, we always ask for customers to remove all valuables and important documents. Had we known there were cremated ashes in the bag, we would have had her remove them or found a place for the bag. We apologised for losing the items and certainly are very sorry for her terrible loss.โ€

A spokesman for American Airlines insists the airline staff were not made aware of the luggageโ€™s contents, saying Ms Pierre-Canel was asked to list the contents of her bag and their value but that the urn was not included. 

Ms Morey said the urn was not written down because there was no way to assign a dollar value to her daughterโ€™s remains but said there was an extensive email train showing the main concern was for that urn.

Nineteen days after American Airlines lost the luggage, they found the bag and returned it to Ms Pierre-Canel.

She said: โ€œI went through it. I was screaming. I was hurt. I wanted to die because I felt that I failed my child.โ€

โ€œI failed her because my child did not die just once. I lost her twice.โ€

She said her daughterโ€™s wish was to have her ashes โ€œspread across the sea in Hawaii, the South of France, off the coast of Venice, Italy and off the coast of Australia.โ€

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Losing Weight Is Not The Peak Of A Womanโ€™s Achievements

A lesson from Lena Dunham.

A few years ago, a super smart and successful woman I know bemoaned the response that losing a few kilograms prompted among her friends, colleagues and family.

The โ€˜accomplishmentโ€™ was greeted with a virtual tickertape parade of compliments, public endorsement and universal admiration. It irritated her.

Of all the noteworthy and tremendous things she had actually accomplished in her life โ€“ giving birth, building a career, raising children, sustaining a marriage โ€“ why did the benign achievement of shedding a few kilos overshadow it?

The answer lies in the fact that for women our value is still heavily weighted towards our weight. And not towards a realistic weight, but towards an unrealistic hypothetical weight: the less you weigh, the better.

Which is how Lena Dunham, the uber talented writer and actor, found herself on a magazine cover being celebrated for her weight-loss. Alongside a picture of a slender Dunham, the magazines coverline claimed to reveal 20 of the actorโ€™s โ€œsecret slim down tips.โ€ 

The unauthorised story infuriated Dunham who has spent her career directly challenging the notion that being successful and thin need to be synonymous.

She has done this by baring her beautiful, unenhanced body on television many times over. Not airbrushed. Not starved. Not hairless.

Just a typical body that looks far more like the average woman than the women we are accustomed to seeing in TV and movies. In the cult TV series she wrote and starred in, Girls, Lena straddled the chasm that exists between the women we usually see on the big screen, and the women most of us see in our bathroom mirrors. Bodies which jiggle, skin that is stretched, with curves, lumps and bumps. 

Dunham is not a size zero- and the kicker? Itโ€™s not even remotely definitive. In Girls her body is not a central cause for angst, humour or concern. She is just a regular woman with a regular body. That is absolutely intentional so itโ€™s hardly surprising that Dunham was incensed by her depiction as a pin up girl for weight loss.  

โ€œI have no tips I give no tips I donโ€™t want to be on this cover cuz itโ€™s diametrically opposed to everything Iโ€™ve fought my whole career for and itโ€™s not a compliment to me because itโ€™s not an achievement thanx,โ€ she wrote on Instagram.

She offered up 20 of her own โ€œtipsโ€ that include having an anxiety disorder and the resultant nausea that accompanies it.

And behind the sarcasm is something more sinister. Dunham has been seriously unwell in recent weeks with several public admissions to hospital with endometriosis. This hasnโ€™t happened behind closed doors. She has been open about that โ€“ posting updates on social media about her health. Similarly, she has been open about her experience of anxiety.

Just for a moment, consider a world which celebrates a woman for losing weight because she is sick. Surely that has to be the day we stop and contemplate the futility and cruelty of our obsession with thin?

Fighting that obsession is hard. Itโ€™s deeply engrained. In this realm, as individual women, we are probably harder on ourselves than anyone else is. But is it any wonder when we are bombarded with reminders that losing weight is the pinnacle of a womanโ€™s achievements?

As a woman who has had three children and endured a couple of different illnesses over the past 15 years I have occupied a variety of different shapes โ€“ represented by different numbers on the scales.

When I catch a glimpse of myself in a photo from ten years ago, my impulsive response is to cringe. And not because of the bony, unwell woman in the throes of Crohnโ€™s disease I see.

I cringe reflexively because I am a lot better now, so I am bigger. The fact I have to consciously remind myself of that never fails to baffle me. What sort of crazy person would want to be unhealthily thin?  

The sort of person who has subconsciously absorbed the narrative about a womanโ€™s worth and her weight being inextricably and inversely linked.

The only upside to seeing Lena Dunhamโ€™s being celebrated for losing weight because she isnโ€™t well is that it makes sense of the absurd. There is a reason we subliminally accept that weight loss is a significant feat worth fawning over. 

In most cases, it isnโ€™t. But we are fed that line often that itโ€™s hard to remember our worth doesnโ€™t actually fluctuate with our weight. Next time you forget, listen to Lena.

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Kim Kardashian Canโ€™t Get Enough Of This Dead Easy Eyeshadow Hack

Mario Dedivanovic proves that heโ€™s a make-up genius, yet again

Kim Kardashianโ€™s chief make-up artist, Mario Dedivanovic, is a goldmine of bona fide beauty advice, but this trick is one of his best ever.

Taking to his Instagram, Dedivanovic revealed his simple but genius trick for creating Kimโ€™s signature glossy nude eye make-up, which surprisingly involves concealer instead of eyeshadow.

โ€œTo achieve a look like this on the eyes, I used a cream concealer in a darker shade on the lids (as a shadow) followed by the eye gloss,โ€ says Dedivanovic. 

Not only does the hack cut out the need for a multitude of powder products, it enables you to create a glamorous look thatโ€™s perfect for day or night with little more than a bit of blending with your fingers. 

For those who arenโ€™t sold on the glossy eye look, simply set the concealer with a touch of translucent powder to ensure it stays put all day (and all night) long.

In another clever case of make-up multi-tasking, Dedivanovic used Kiehlโ€™s Midnight Recovery Concentrate in place of highlighter on Kimโ€™s cheekbones for the 2017 Met Gala.

This article originally appeared on Beauty Crew.

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Sydney Men Found Guilty Of Watching Intoxicated Teenโ€™s Rape

The 18-year-old was throwing up in a toilet when they found her.

A jury has found two Sydney men guilty of being present while a teenage girl was raped in a toilet by another man. 

Loyd Bandao, 22, James Bruce, 29, and Billy Joe Alcazar found the 18-year-old throwing up in an outhouse at a Blacktown party in 2015.

Loyd Bandao (Image: Facebook)

Alcazar, who pled guilty to raping the teen, testified against the other two men, saying that the all sexually assaulted her. โ€œI ripped her pants off she turned around and started smoking [having oral sex] with Loyd and I started rooting her,โ€ a court heard on Monday.

The jury, however, found Alcazar guilty of rape and Bandao and Bruce guilty of sexual assault in company โ€“ watching the act happen, reports The Daily Telegraph

Alcazar went on to say, the 18-year-old girl โ€œnever said stop or anything,โ€ so he believed at the time that the sexual act was consensual.

The teen said that afterwards she crawled out of the bathroom before passing out.

The case has today returned to court for mention.

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Cassie Sainsburyโ€™s Fiancรฉ Says She Was โ€œLuredโ€ To Colombia

And that he saw payments being deposited into her account.

UPDATE: Ahead of Cassie Sainsburyโ€™s familyโ€™s interview scheduled to air this weekend, a preview has been released in which Cassieโ€™s fiancรฉ describes how she was โ€œluredโ€ to Colombia by other Australians.   

Cassie is currently being held in a Colombian prison following being found with 5.8kg of cocaine in her suitcase, which she says was planted there without her knowledge. Her partner, Scott Broadbridge, is basically contradicting her story of being completely in the dark about the drugs, saying to Channel Sevenโ€™s Sunday Night program that he was โ€œsurprisedโ€ to learn she was flying to Colombia and that he saw mystery โ€œpaymentsโ€ deposited into her account. 

โ€œYou saw the payments from them?โ€ host Denham Hitchcock asked, to which Scott replied, โ€œYes.โ€

Cassie will also speak on the show about the moment she was busted in the airport. 

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ORIGINAL: The mother and sister of accused drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury are reported to have secured a tell-all TV deal about the South Australianโ€™s arrest and incarceration in Columbia.

If you find yourself feeling a reflexive unease with this scenario, youโ€™re not alone. It raises a number of legal and ethical issues. And then thereโ€™s the very real possibility that anything the family says may worsen Cassieโ€™s predicament. Itโ€™s against the law in Australia for a criminal to profit from her crimes. Of course, at this time Cassie isnโ€™t a criminal โ€“ sheโ€™s merely accused โ€“ but if she ends up being convicted of trafficking the alleged 5.8kg of cocaine found in her luggage as she attempted to board a flight from Bogota to London, then she will be a criminal. Itโ€™s not technically illegal for her family to pocket the cash pre-conviction โ€“ but itโ€™s playing pretty fast and loose with the law.

But most of all, thereโ€™s simply too much opportunity for this naรฏve family to make things worse for Cassie. Lisa and Khala Evans, as well as Sainsburyโ€™s fiancรฉ, Scott Broadbridge, have already raised questions about case by giving conflicting accounts of the reason the Adelaide woman was in Colombia at all โ€“ Lisa claimed she was on a work trip with her personal training business, before Scott bungled that alibi by claiming she hadnโ€™t worked for the business for some time. Do they really think opening their mouths again is going to help?

Columbian lawmakers may also see the media interest in the case as an opportunity to make an example of the young South Australian. If the world is watching โ€“ specifically via their TV sets on a Sunday night โ€“ the Colombian courts are unlikely to be interested in applying lenience. Rather, as Indonesian authorities may have done with another Australian drug-accused, Schapelle Corby, they may choose to capitalise on the South Australianโ€™s visibility as a warning to others, and apply the full force of the law. In Cassieโ€™s case, that means up to 15 years jail.

Weโ€™ve entered a strange new world where Australians who get in trouble overseas see the media as a significant player in the way their cases proceed. We saw it with Schapelle Corby, with no evidence it assisted her in any way. We saw it again with Sally Faulkner, the Australian mother whose children were kidnapped by their Lebanese father โ€“ that case ended catastrophically, with a number of arrests and Sally losing all contact with her kids. Itโ€™s easy to see how a smooth-talking TV producer could convince a desperate family that they can step in and present a loved oneโ€™s plight in a way that will tug at the heartstrings and help her case. The cash offer must certainly sweeten the deal. But the potential risks are astonishing.

Cassieโ€™s family would do better to stay quiet, work every legal angle they can and pray with everything theyโ€™ve got.

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Prince Harry And Meghan Markleโ€™s Adorable PDA At Polo Match

The Suits star supported the prince at a charity game

Modest hand-holding is usually all we see from British royal couples, but Prince Harry and his Suits star girlfriend, Meghan Markle, broke all the PDA rules with their loved-up show on the weekend.

The pair made their first public appearance at an exclusive Audi Polo Challenge in Ascot, England, on May 6. 

Markleโ€”in a sleeveless Antonia Berardi dressโ€”cheered on from the sidelines while Prince Harry played polo in support of his charities, Sentebale and WellChild.

The pair returned to Ascot the following day and were snapped sharing a kiss and embrace after Harry left the field, People reports.

Grainy photographs show the couple kissing between two cars after the match. 

The public display of affection was far less awkward than the infamous โ€˜snubbed kissโ€™ between Prince Charles and Princess Diana at a polo match in Jaipur, India, in 1992. 

Eddie Redmayneโ€”who attended Eton College with Prince Williamโ€”also competed on day one of the event, while William saddled-up for the match on day two. 

Prince Harry and Markle confirmed their relationship to the media in November, 2016, with an official statement from the Communications Secretary

โ€œPrince Harry is worried about Ms. Markleโ€™s safety and is deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her,โ€ the statement said. โ€œIt is not right that a few months into a relationship with him that Ms. Markle should be subjected to such a storm.โ€

Later this month the pair is expected to attend Pippa Middletonโ€™s highly-anticipated wedding to financier and racing driver James Matthews.

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21 Celebrity Tattoos Thatโ€™ll Either Make You Want Ink Or Want To Avoid It Forever

The cute and not so cute.

Cara Delevingne

At the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards, Delevingne debuted some new ink on the back of her scalp. Celebrity hair stylist, Mara Roszak later confirmed it was actually grey paint outlined in metallic silver โ€“ but still, the model makes a serious case for head ink. 

 

Selena Gomez

Along with two of 13 Reasons Whyโ€˜s breakout stars, Tommy Dorfman (who plays Ryan Shaver) and Alisha Boe (Jessica Davis), Gomez got a semicolon tattoo to represent Project Semicolon, a suicide prevention and mental health awareness organisation.

 

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Miley Cyrus

No stranger to tattoos, Cyrusโ€™ latest ink is dedicated to her Shetland Sheepdog, Emu Coyne Cyrus. The ink was done by celebrity tattoo artist, Dr Woo.

 

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Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga took to Instagram to show her fans some fresh ink. The singerโ€™s new tattoo โ€“ which covers almost the entirety of her back โ€“ is a moth, with wings spread wide with the head of a skull. Gaga got the tattoo in honour of her performance with the legendary heavy metal band, Metallica, at the 2017 Grammy Awards. 

 

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Demi Lovato

Already covered in 20+ tattoos, Demi recently decided to add to her ink collection. After the 2017 Time 100 Gala, Lovato went to celebrity tattoo artist Keith โ€˜Bang Bangโ€™ McCurd to get the fresh ink done. Demiโ€™s fans were quick to notice the similarities to Cara Delevingneโ€™s lion finger tattoo, also done by Bang Bang. 

 

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Behati Prinsloo

After tying the knot with now-husband, Adam Levine, the duo got matching ring finger tattoos of three dots. Prinsloo has stated that it represents being one with earth. 

 

Paris & Prince Jackson

Paris Jackson took to her Instagram account to share her fresh ink, standing alongside her older brother prince. Prince also posted the same pic to his Instagram with the simple caption, โ€œYou are with me and I am with you โค.โ€ 

 

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Tove Lo

Singer Tove Lo has always been open about her sexuality in her music. Her Lady Wood album cover even has vaginas replacing the โ€˜Osโ€™. Lo took to Instagram to share her new tattoo, a vagina on her right bicep, captioning the photo: โ€œPUSSY IS LIT.โ€ 

 

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Brooklyn Beckham

Having a father like David Beckham it should come as no surprise that Brooklyn wanted to get some ink. He recently debuted his first tattoo via his Instagram account, a Native America illustration. The tattoo was done by Mark Mahoney, owner of the popular Hollywood tattoo parlour, Shamrock Social Club. Fun fact: David has a very similar tattoo on his torso, which is probably where Brooklyn got the idea. 

 

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Brooklyn Beckham

Just a few days after debuting his Native America tattoo, Brooklyn took to his Instagram account to share even fresher ink, a camera, done by celebrity tattoo artist Dr Woo. 

 

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Kylie Jenner

The 19-year-old reality star shared a snap of her new ink to Instagram. Done by tattoo artist Bang Bang, the red ink on her hip features the phonetic spelling of the word โ€˜sanity.โ€™ The reality star as gone on to get more tattoos, all in red ink. 

 

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Kendall Jenner

As her first ever tattoo, Kendall decided to get a small white dot on the inside of her finger. The reality-star rebelled against sister Kimโ€™s wishes, who has said in the past, โ€˜Donโ€™t put a bumper sticker on a Bentley.โ€ Which translates to, โ€˜Donโ€™t get a tattoo.โ€™ 

 

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Kendall Jenner

After getting a small white dot on her finger, the 21-year-old model decided to add to her small collection and tatted, โ€˜Meowโ€™, on the inside of her bottom lip. The ink was done by celebrity favourite, Jon Boy. 

 

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Ruby Rose

Ruby Rose has added to her already impressive collection of tattoos with a quirky new inking. The Orange is the New Black actress took to Instagram to reveal she has opted for a paint swatch-inspired design, covering the middle part of her back. 

 

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Bella Hadid

Victoria Secret angel, Bella Hadid, decided to commemorate her new angel wings with two small inked wings on the inside of both of her ankles, done by celebrity tattoo artist JonBoy. 

 

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Emilia Clarke

In honour of her new movie Me Before You, Emilia Clarke had a little bumblebee inked on her pinky by Dr Woo.

 

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Kelly Osbourne

Perhaps this is where Cara got her recent head tattoo inspiration from? Kelly Osbourne had โ€˜Storiesโ€ฆโ€™ inked onto her scalp.

Emma Stone

Emma Stone and her mum got matching tattoos to celebrate her mother beating cancer. Emma has shared, โ€œMy mumโ€™s favourite song is Blackbird by Paul McCartney, and since Iโ€™d met him before, I asked him if heโ€™d draw two little bird feet for us, as a tattoo design. And, amazingly enough, he did!โ€

 

Lea Michele

Former Glee star Lea Michele posted a picture of a touching new tattoo, a tribute to her late-boyfriend Cory Monteith. The number 5 represents Coryโ€™s character Finn Hudsonโ€™s football number in the show. 

 

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Cheryl Cole

Back in 2013, the whole world was talking about Cheryl Coleโ€™s massive rose tattoo, that covered her entire butt. The ink was done by tattoo artist, Nikko Hurtado. After receiving a lot of backlash for the rose tattoo, Cole tweeted a picture of her new ink with the caption, โ€œKeep calm and smell the roses.โ€

 

Image: Twitter

Zac Efron

Efron debuted a new tattoo back in 2011, of the world โ€˜YOLOโ€™ on his right hand. 

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Katie Holmes Has Revealed Sheโ€™s Keeping Her Met Gala Dresses For Suri

Now that's what we call an inheritance.

It looks like Suri Cruise is already on her way to being Hollywoodโ€™s next most fashionable youngster, with her mum, Katie Holmes, revealing she keeps her Met Gala gowns for her daughter to wear when she gets older.

โ€œI have a few of [my Met Gala dresses for Suri],โ€ she told Entertainment Tonight. โ€œAnd a lot of them have gone back to the museums where they were.โ€

RELATED: All Of The Looks From The 2017 Met Gala Red Carpet

On the stunning Zac Posen gown she wore to last weekโ€™s ball, she said, โ€œThis was the only one I tried on. I love this dress because of the care that is taken into create something like this.

โ€œEvery ruffle is its own pattern, and thereโ€™s so much thought and detail in it. Itโ€™s really an honour to wear it.โ€

 

When she was still married to Tom Crusie, Suriโ€™s father, the actress mentioned Suriโ€™s passion for fashion, saying to New York magazine: โ€œI grew up the youngest of five, so there were a lot of hand-me-downs that I would sort of change up. And Suri and I do that now with her clothes. Or rather, she does it. She says, โ€˜I want this sleeve cut,โ€™ and itโ€™s like, โ€˜Okay, weโ€™ll cut it.โ€™

โ€œTom [Cruise] and I went to the Met ball a couple of years ago, and I had this beautiful red gown and these royal-blue shoes that I wasnโ€™t planning on wearing, but Suri made me put them on and so I was like, โ€˜Okay, I trust you,'โ€ she said.

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Some Chibok Schoolgirls Abducted By Boko Haram โ€œRefuse To Returnโ€

Amid fears they have developed Stockholm syndrome

New information has come to light following the news that 82 of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by militant jihadist group Boko Haram in 2014 have been released, Fairfax reports.

82 girls were freed as part of a prisoner exchange facilitated by the Nigerian government and international aid agencies such as Red Cross. Now one of the mediators involved in their release, lawyer Zannah Mustapha, has revealed that some of the girls didnโ€™t want to come home.

RELATED: 82 Kidnapped Chibok Girls Released By Boko Haram

โ€œSome girls refused to return,โ€ Mustapha told the Thomson Reuters Foundation from Abuja, Nigeriaโ€™s capital, adding that, โ€œas a mediator, it is not part of my mandate to force them.โ€

The 82 freed Chibok girls in Nigeria.

Around 113 girls are believed to still be held hostage, following the release of 21 girls in October 2016 and several who have managed to escape.

The mediatorโ€™s revelations have renewed fears that the girls have been radicalised by Boko Haram or have developed Stockholm syndrome in the three years since their capture.

Many have been forced into marrying their captors, who have fathered their children since kidnapping them from their high school in 2014.

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Reese Witherspoon Confirms Exciting News About โ€˜Big Little Liesโ€™

We're so happy about this.

Itโ€™s an exciting day for Big Little Lies fans because Reese Witherspoon has hinted at the possibility of the hit show returning for a second season.

The immensely popular series, which finished airing in April, featured a stand-out cast, including Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard, Zoe Kravitz, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Elle Fanning.

It was adapted from the best-selling book by Australian writer Liane Moriarty, which follows a group of parents in Monterey, California and the drama โ€“ or more specifically, unsolved murder โ€“ in their lives. 

While there has been much speculation the HBO series would return this seems like the closest weโ€™ve gotten to an official confirmation.

Witherspoon took to Instagram yesterday to post a photo of herself and two of the other lead actresses, Kidman and Dern, with the caption, โ€œSpending #SundayFunday with these ladiesโ€ฆworking on some new lies.โ€ 

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Reeseโ€™s 9.7m followers were quick to conclude that she was hinting at the filming of more BLL episodes, saying things like, โ€œYay!!!! Itโ€™s coming back? Thank Goodness!!!!!โ€ and, โ€œOverjoyed!!!! just finished the book i was so bummed when the series ended had to keep it going.โ€

However, E! News  reports, โ€œthe photo has nothing to do with a follow-up up season. Rather, the three actresses were simply doing a photo shoot together.โ€ 

That doesnโ€™t explain why Reese would put โ€œworking on some new liesโ€ in the caption though, so weโ€™re still firmly holding hope. 

Especially given the famous cast have each said on multiple occasions that theyโ€™re open to the idea of extending the franchise with the help of Liane Moriarty.

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5 Things To Know About Pradaโ€™s First Resort Fashion Show

Sporty and feminine elements met for a winning collection.

1. It was a first

Held inside Milanโ€™s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Pradaโ€™s Resort 2018 presentation was the Italian labelโ€™s first fashion show dedicated to the season.

2. Sports-inspired pieces stole the show

Logo-emblazoned knee-high socks, Velcro sneakers and tracksuits featured throughout the collection, giving it a utilitarian undertone.

3. Softer elements played a large part too

Despite the athletic themes, the collection had a decidedly feminine feel thanks to the sherbet shades that were cast across tissue-thin layers, pleated skirts and ruffled blouses.

4. Details, details, details

The marabou feather trim Prada has employed the past few seasons was back again, this time joined by sparkling paillettes and illustrations designed in collaboration with artist James Jean.

5. Braids are back

Models wore their hair in sets of braids, and managed to do so without looking tweeโ€”stay tuned to see if the hair trend takes off!

This article originally appeared on InStyle Australia

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Amal Clooney Threw George A Surprise Birthday Party Over The Weekend

With Cindy Crawford in attendance.

George Clooney just celebrated his 56th birthday, with his wife Amal organising a surprise party to honour the occasion. 

The human rights lawyer and mum-to-be planned held the celebration at the coupleโ€™s home in London, with Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber flying over from L.A. as an extra surprise.

Cindy and Rande, who owns a tequila company with Clooney, documented the weekend on Instagram, with Rande sharing a photo of the amazing cake Amal had made to celebrate both his birthday (which was a few weeks ago) and her husbandโ€™s.

Though the lawyer isnโ€™t on Instagram, the photo was captioned, โ€œThanks for the cool cake Amal.โ€

Now all we need to see is a photo of that growing baby bump!

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Boyfriend To Be Charged Over Pregnant Bloggerโ€™s Death In Thailand

She leaves behind her four-year-old son

The boyfriend of a pregnant blogger who was killed in a tragic scooter accident in Thailand will be charged over her death. 

British blogger Sophie Emma Rose died after the scooter she was riding on the back of with boyfriend Danny Glass collided with a truck.

Thai police say Danny will be charged with causing death by reckless driving, the BBC reports. The truck driver Natt Awut Timsu will also face the same charges.

Sophie became famous for campaigning for mothers to continue to breastfeed their children until age eight, and her YouTube videos documenting her with her 4-year-old son, Shaye. She was pregnant with her second child to Danny.

Her partner confirmed the news on Facebook overnight, writing, โ€œTragic news my girlfriend died in a scooter accident we had today.โ€

โ€œI am in total shock as Iโ€™ve lost the most precious person I had ever connected with.. my brain keeps going into denial. I am distraught. She was also pregnant so I lost my child too.โ€

โ€œI do not have access to all of her friends or family members so if you know any of them please notify them that this has happened.โ€

โ€œI need as much love and support as I can get from everyone,โ€ he finished. 

Sophieโ€™s YouTube channel โ€˜Sophieโ€™s Joy Breastfeeding Mamaโ€™ had amassed more than eight million views, with one video of her breastfeeding Shaye viewed over 25m times.  

A police officer at the scene said, โ€œShe was riding on a motorbike with her partner when they changed lanes to avoid a vehicle parked and blocking their path in the motorbike lane of the road. As they did this, the truck hit them from behind. The woman was then run over by the truck and sustained fatal head injuries,โ€ reports the Daily Mail

Itโ€™s believed the driver of the truck has handed himself into police after initially fleeing the scene. 

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Should You Get Brow Botox?

You probably know women who doโ€ฆ

Youโ€™d have to be living under a rock not to have noticed the resurgence of Y2K style โ€“ think low-slung jeans, glittery hair accessories and colourful looks โ€“ but thankfully, one retro throwback has largely stayed where it was (despite the rumours): skinny, tadpole eyebrows.

Thanks to the slew of stars with brows that define their careers as much as their facial features โ€“ names like Lily Collins, Cara Delevingne and Gigi Hadid spring to mind โ€“ fluffy, perfectly shaped arches continue to reign supreme.

RELATED: I Tried The Brow Artist Sydneyโ€™s A-List All Love

Us mere mortals have perfected the art of brushing up, filling in, laminating and tweezing when necessary, but now thereโ€™s a new treatment in town: brow botox.

Also referred to as a brow lift, or eyebrow repositioning, brow botox allows you to subtly change the shape of your brow.

โ€œWhether to create more of an arch, to change the position of their arch or to lift the front or tail of the brow, women of all ages come to see me for a brow lift,โ€ says cosmetic physician Dr Van Park. โ€œDepending on where the toxin is administered, we can create a softer, enhanced or refreshed look.โ€

What you definitely donโ€™t want is the opposite โ€“ โ€œa harder, mean and even more tired effect.โ€ Read on for everything you need to know before you decide if brow botox is for you. 

How Does Brow Botox Work?

Botox effectively paralyses muscles in the face. โ€œThere is a delicate balance between the push and pull action of all the muscles of the face. For the brows, the balance is between the forehead muscles which lift the brows and the frown and eye muscles which pulls various parts of the brows down,โ€ explains Dr Park.

โ€œWe use botulinum toxin to create a slight imbalance between these muscles and weaken specific points on the brow so that they lift or drop at certain points.โ€ Occasionally fillers are also used to enhance the browโ€™s shape.

RELATED: 7 Brow Transformations You Need To See To Believe

How Accurate Is It?

That all depends on the skill of your doctor (and you should definitely leave this one to doctors!). โ€œA skilled injector will be able to determine the exact points, the exact dosage depending on how strong the muscles are, how the brows moves naturally, what muscles are responsible for the movement and potential recruitment of accessory muscles,โ€ says Dr Park. 

โ€œSome injectors will also be able to determine the underlying bone structure and ligaments responsible for the shape of the brows and use fillers accordingly to give a much more natural and enhanced look.โ€

How Long Does It Last?

Between three and six months.

But Are There Any Side Effects?

There could be. Like any procedure, a brow lift comes with risks. Unintentionally creating a harsh, unnatural look is the most common side effect, created by misplaced jabs or incorrect dosage.

โ€œThe most common mistake I see is what is commonly referred to as the โ€˜Dr Spock lookโ€™, where only the ends of the brows are moving,โ€ Dr Park says.

A less common, but more scary, potential side effect is โ€˜ptosisโ€™ of the eyelid, โ€œwhere the actual eyelid droops due to leakage of toxin into the eyelid muscles,โ€ according to Dr Park. Not pleasant.

The risks increase when fillers are involved โ€“ think potentially โ€œinjecting into an artery and causing potential skin death.โ€ The take-home? Ensure you see an experienced and skilled professional for the procedure and weigh up the risks.

Then, imagine what youโ€™d look like with brows like this:

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Bella Hadid Opens Up About Her Split With The Weeknd

The model says she's enjoying her newfound independence

Running into your ex with their new partner can be excruciating at the best of times, let alone on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on one of fashionโ€™s biggest nights. 

But dressed in a slinky Alexander Wang catsuit, Bella Hadid took the encounter in her stride and has revealed sheโ€™s happy being single for a while. 

โ€œItโ€™s like Iโ€™m finally getting to the point where I can just think about what I want to do and the places I want to go,โ€ the fashion model told Grazia magazine. โ€œI want to be as independent as possible and worry about myself rather than anyone else.โ€

The It-couple announced the end of their 18-month relationship in November last year. It was only a matter of time before Hadid crossed paths with The Weeknd, with both taking the stage at the 2017 Victoriaโ€™s Secret show, just a month after their break-up.

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In February, the model and younger sister to Gigi told Teen Vogue her breakup with The Weeknd would be โ€œhard for a whileโ€.

โ€œLove hurts, but you have to pull through. But Iโ€™ll always respect him, and Iโ€™ll always love him,โ€ Hadid said.

โ€œSometimes you want to be sad about it or handle it differently, but at the end of the day, you never want to burn a bridge that youโ€™ve fought so hard to build.โ€

The Weekndโ€”real name Abel Tesfayeโ€” made a very public display of affection with new squeeze Selena Gomez at the Met Gala last week. Their relationship has continued to unfold in the public eye with Gomez bringing some of her family along to The Weekndโ€™s concert in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, reports E! Online.

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Patrรณn Coralina Margarita

Celebrate Cinqo de Mayo with Patrรณnโ€™s 2017 Margarita of the Year
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Letโ€™s be honest, we really donโ€™t need an excuse to jump on board Mexicoโ€™s festive Cinqo de Mayo (5th of May ). Sweet, feisty and delightfully refreshing, Patrรณnโ€™s Coralina Margarita is sure to get your weekend parties going!

INGREDIENTS

50ml Patrรณn Reposado tequila

20ml Patrรณn Citrรณnge orange liqueur

30ml fresh lime juice

20ml simple syrup

15ml red wine (Mexican, or other)

+ sugar-salt rim*

METHOD

  1. Combine Patrรณn Reposado tequila, Patrรณn Citrรณnge Orange liqueur, simple syrup and lime juice in a shaker tin; add ice and shake vigorously
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe rimmed with sugar-salt rim*
  3. Carefully float red wine on the surface of the cocktail

*Sugar-salt rim

Pulverize 1/4 cup dried hibiscus in a spice grinder. Add 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup kosher salt, and pulse until combined.

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These Are Australiaโ€™s Most Popular Baby Names

Commit these to memory

Thereโ€™s a few things the British royal family do best: nail polished glamour, rear corgis and apparently, pick baby names. 

Charlotteโ€”a name shared by the Duchess of Cambridgeโ€™s two-year-old princessโ€”has topped the list of the most popular girlsโ€™ names in Australia for a second year in a row. 

According to a study by social researchers McCrindle, 1817 girls were named Charlotte out of the 300,000 babies born in Australia in the past year.

Olivia, Mia, Ava and Amelia were the next most popular names for girls, all interestingly ending in a vowel.

For boys, Oliver was the number one pick, followed by William, Jack and Noah. 

Princess Charlotte (Credit: Getty)

While stranger celebrity names like North, Rocket and Apple were absent, the influence of A-listers can be seen in names like Penelope in 54th place (Kourtney Kardashian was on to something), Willow (the name of Pinkโ€™s daughter) and Noah (Michael Bublรฉโ€™s son). 

Four new boysโ€™ names cracked the top 100 for the first time: Sonny (thanks Zoe Foster-Blake!), Vincent, Parker. Five new girls namesโ€” Bonnie, Thea, Quinn, Florence and Brooklynโ€”also got their dues.

And proving a love for botanicals isnโ€™t limited to gin, many floral-inspired names feature on the list, including Lily, Ivy, Willow, Violet, Jasmine, Poppy, Rose, Daisy and Olive.

Commit these names to memoryโ€”or scrap them entirely to make school roll call a little more interesting.

Top 10 girlsโ€™ names:

1. Charlotte

2. Olivia

3. Mia

4. Ava

5. Amelia

6. Isla

7. Sophia/Sofia

8. Chloe

9. Grace

10. Emily

Top 10 boysโ€™ names

1. Oliver

2. William

3. Jack

4. Noah

5. James

6. Thomas

7. Ethan

8. Lucas

9. Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxson

10. Lachlan

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Chrissy Metz Hits Back At Body Shamers After The MTV Movie & TV Awards

"News flash it's MY body."

โ€˜This Is Usโ€™ star Chrissy Metz has hit back at critics following the MTV Movie & TV Awards held in Los Angeles earlier today.

The actress, who plays Kate on the hit TV show, teamed up with her on-screen dad to present the award for best duo, however, people quickly started trashing her outfit choice. 

Wearing a burgundy latex dress, bedazzled ballet flats, and statement earrings, Chrissy, looked incredible on the stage, however, (pretty darn rude) people of the internet decided the 36-year-old couldnโ€™t pull off the latex because of her weight.

RELATED: Emma Watson Just Gave An Inspiring Speech About Gender Equality 

Chrissy, who has always been open and downright inspiring about her size, was quick to clapback at critics, writing on Twitter, โ€œFor the record, I wear what I want, when I want. News flash, itโ€™s MY body #thanksthoโ€

Chrissy has previously spoken to Marie Claire about the importance of standing up for body diversity, saying, โ€œSize doesnโ€™t equate to beauty.โ€

โ€œI donโ€™t understand why thatโ€™s a thing. Well, I do, because the media has told us thin is beautiful. But is it? Because I think people are miserable not eating and smoking cigarettes.โ€

She continued, โ€œIโ€™ve had roommates who were thin girls and constantly working out and trying to stay under a certain size. Even the average girl looks 10 pounds heavier on the screen.โ€

For the record, Chrissy, we think you look amazing. 

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You Need To See Kate Middletonโ€™s Stylistโ€™s Picture-Perfect Wedding

What happens when a royal stylist marries a royal photographer?

Kate Middletonโ€™s stylist, Natasha Archer, got married this week โ€“ to none other than Getty Imagesโ€™ royal photographer, Chris Jackson. Jackson has photographed the Duchess and her family on multiple occasions.

The picture-perfect wedding ceremony was held in the French countryside, at Chateau Rigaud in Mouliets-et-Villemartin. Unsurprisingly, Archer wore Jenny Packham โ€“ which she frequently dresses the Duchess of Cambridge in โ€“ for her big day. See the breathtakingly beautiful pictures below.

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The 6 Beauty Hacks You Should Avoid At All Costs

Because you shouldnโ€™t always listen to the Internet

The Internet can be a weird and wonderful place. It has brought us memes, cat videos, thousands upon thousands of makeup tutorials and of course a plethora of DIY hair, makeup and skin hacks that promise to revolutionise our beauty routine.

And while many of those hacks have forever changed how we apply liquid eyeliner (Scotch tape, youโ€™re our saviour) and made our skin smoother than it has ever been (thank you coconut oil), there are also numerous Internet beauty hacks that you should never try for yourself. Many of which have been documented in a Reddit forum thread titled โ€˜Whatโ€™s the worst โ€˜beauty hackโ€™ youโ€™ve ever tried?โ€™And boy were there some horror stories told.

Here are our top picks for the worst beauty hacks that you should never try for yourself:

The egg hair mask

While coconut oil works wonders as a hair mask, not all DIY masks are made equal. In fact, Reddit usertwpop shared โ€œI read online a recipe for a hair mask that included conditioner, olive oil and an egg (beaten). When I got in the shower to rinse it off, the water was too hot and it cooked the egg in my hair. I had bits of scrambled egg in my hair for three days.โ€

[We promise weโ€™re not laughingโ€ฆmuch]

Homemade pore strips

Blackhead removal masks and strips have gone viral in recent months with everyone keen to jump on the bandwagon. If you too were looking for a way to remove your blackheads, weโ€™d suggest avoiding the DIY approach, as Reddit user whiisdiscomaniatakaen revealed her attempt didnโ€™t have a favourable result. โ€œI watched this Michelle Phan video where she makes this homemade pore strip with gelatin and milk. As I put it on my nose, I was taken aback by the smell. It actually smelled like rotten eggs and bad farts. I thought to myself, no pain no gain. After 10 minutes I peeled it off and there were no blackheads on the stripโ€ฆI went through all that for nothing,โ€ she explained.

Heated eyeliner

This hack involves heating a pencil eyeliner with a lighter to soften the product. While effective in theory, the risk associated with this hack is high, as user Thatโ€™s_way_harsh_tai learned. She explained, โ€œI lit an eyeliner pencil to soften it. It worked, except I didnโ€™t wait for it to cool down and burned the crap out of my eye.โ€

Turmeric face mask

The benefits of incorporating turmeric into your skin care routine have been well documented. However, the spice is best left out of face masks for those with pale skin tones as one user found it stained her face and left her looking more like an Oompa-Loompa than a glowing beauty.

Sharpie eyeliner

While we would have thought this was an obvious no-go, it turns out Sharpies are a popular tool used to create a winged eyeliner look. But one Reddit user, Robinallday learned the hard way why this isnโ€™t such a good idea as, โ€œit didnโ€™t start out bad but then after an hour it started burning except by that point it had dried and I couldnโ€™t get it off! I spent the next two hours crying and rubbing my eyes until my mum scrubbed my face with Vaseline and finally got it off.โ€

Baking soda exfoliator

It may sound good in theory but baking soda in large doses will not work as an effective exfoliant, as it can can disrupt the natural pH balance of your skin, leading to irritation and broken capillaries. Instead, weโ€™d recommend giving Dermalogica Daily Superfoliant, Alpha-H Liquid Gold or Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Extra Strength Daily Peel a go.

This article originally appeared on Beauty Crew

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Emma Watson Wore An Australian Designer To The MTV Movie & TV Awards

Where she won Best Actor.

To yesterdayโ€™s MTV Movie & TV Awards, Emma Watson chose to wear Australian designer KitX.

Of course, it makes perfect sense for Emma to wear the Sydney-born brand, as its main focus is on ethical and sustainable fashion, which is implemented by consciously sourcing materials that donโ€™t harm the planet. 

Her inspiring speech about gender equality was one of the most talked about moments of the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards, however, no one seemed to notice the other inspiring message she was sending while giving it. 

The 27-year-old, who received the first-ever gender neutral award in the history of acting, also pinned a blue badge to her black and silver dress.

The pin is from GLAAD, a group working to better the lives of LGBTQ+ and marginalised people, and the blue โ€˜&โ€™ symbol stands for solidarity and togetherness.

RELATED: Emma Watsonโ€™s Most Sustainable Red Carpet Looks

โ€œTogether, we resist the powers that seek to divide us. We must stand in solidarity,โ€ the GLAAD website states. โ€œAll of us. Because no one is just one identity, and many of us are under attack. All marginalised communities are under attack. The ampersand is the symbol that unites us.โ€

Emma wasnโ€™t the only one to wear one of the pins to the award ceremony, either.

13-year-old Millie Bobby Brown, who also won a Best Actor award โ€“ and gave the most heartfelt speech โ€“ also donned the badge. 

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Brangelina split: why we rush to blame the woman

Brad's confessed to drugs and alcohol. Yet common wisdom blamed Ange.

Where were you when you heard that Brangelina was no more in September last year? Wherever it was, weโ€™re guessing you greeted the news almost immediately with speculation about what could have broken up Hollywoodโ€™s golden couple, who had been married for two years and raised six children together.

Although initial reports suggested Brad was at fault โ€“ he was investigated by child services after reports he โ€˜lungedโ€™ at his son Maddox during an argument with Angelina on a plane โ€“ the rumour mill quickly turned its attention to Angelina. She seems controlling. Sheโ€™s icy. Sheโ€™s unstable. Sheโ€™s obsessed with being skinny. Sheโ€™s done some really weird stuff.

Poor sandy-haired, puppy-faced, boy-next-door Brad! How could anyone tolerate that level of crazy? Amiable Brad has never done pashed his own brother or drunk vials of his own blood. Surely heโ€™s a victim of a vixen, ejected from the bosom of his family by the monstrous Angelina.

Yet Bradโ€™s recent GQ interview โ€“ youโ€™ve read it, the one where he describes finding solace in clay and cavorts in a national park like a grotesque David Attenborough documentary โ€“ makes it very clear that he has what most spouses would see as intolerable and unworkable faults. โ€œI canโ€™t remember a day since I got out of college when I wasnโ€™t boozing or had a spliff,โ€ he confesses. โ€œThis last yearโ€ฆ I was boozing too much,โ€ he adds. โ€œItโ€™s just become a problem.โ€

This isnโ€™t a man admitting that he sometimes leaves the toilet seat up. Alcohol and drug addiction arenโ€™t something that most marriages can just brush under the carpet. Theyโ€™re apocalyptic horsemen, devouring those who are in their clutches and everyone around them. Itโ€™s explicitly clear, now, that these factors must have been enormous in the coupleโ€™s marriage breakdown.


Itโ€™s a similar story with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Johnny always seemed like a quirky guy, but overall a lovable, harmless rogue. Surely Heard was the gold-digging femme fatale who made false allegations of domestic violence for her own bloodless, acquisitive reasons, and then dragged him through the mud when heโ€™d fulfilled his purpose? And yet in the wash up of their ugly breakup, the couple released a joint statement where they agreed there had been no โ€œintentโ€ of physical or emotional harm โ€“ and nor did either party make false accusations against the other for financial gain.


Itโ€™s difficult to ascertain where our impulse to blame the vixen comes from. Is it because Brad and Johnny are skilled actors, and adept at presenting a blameless image to the world, or enmeshing their public personalities with the loveable characters they play? Or is it that deep down we believe any woman as overtly sexual and beautiful as Angelina and Amber must be using those traits to manipulate?

Hollywood actors entertain us both on and off the screen. Itโ€™s unlikely a day will ever come where we donโ€™t speculate about the minutia of their private lives. It comes with the territory. But when these romances, that weโ€™ve invested in from the start go bad, it reflects badly on all of us that our reflex is to condemn the woman and coddle the man.

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Allison Williams Is Being Slammed For These Racist Comments

She was presenting at the MTV Movie Awards

Those awkward exchanges between presenters at awards nights are always cringe-worthy โ€“ in an overly scripted, poorly acted, rarely funny kind of way โ€“ but Allison Williamsโ€™ turn at the 2017 MTV Movie Awards will go down as being in particularly poor taste.

The Girls star was on stage to present the award for Best Kiss with her Get Out co-star Lil Rey Howery, and itโ€™s already drawn the internetโ€™s ire. Note to Allison (and whoever wrote her shocking script): racist jokes, especially poorly executed ones, donโ€™t tend to go down well on live TV.

It all started because Williams plays racist Rose Armitage on Get Out, which garnered her a nomination for Best Villain at the awards. She asks Rey what she can do to win back peopleโ€™s respect after playing such a role, before offering up her own suggestions.

Unfortunately, the ideas she comes up with do little other than to perpetuate racist stereotypes. Such as making it โ€œillegal to ask, โ€˜can I touch your hair?โ€™โ€ and saying George Washingtonโ€™s face should be replaced with Denzel Washingtonโ€™s. Or putting Beyonceโ€™s Lemonade on Spotify.

Cue Twitter tirades as viewers expressed their disbelief that such a skit got approved:

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This woman watched her husband brutally murder her daughter

Now she wants her horrific experience to serve as a warning for other domestic abuse victims
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Itโ€™s a vision too gruesome to conjure, too chilling to entertain: your enraged husband charges into your home, grabs your daughter and plunges a knife through her heart.

But itโ€™s a vision thatโ€™s all too real for Queensland mum Marlene Locke, still tormented by the death of her eldest child, 23-year-old Sherelle, three years ago.

On a summerโ€™s evening in February 2014, Locke and Sherelle had planted themselves on the couch at Lockeโ€™s home in Boronia Heights, Brisbane, for a quiet girlsโ€™ night in. The pair were close and cherished mother-daughter time; Sherelle herself had three children, while Locke had two younger children with her husband of six years, Raymond John Mead.

Around 11.30pm, Mead arrived home from a night out drinking. Hearing laughter in the living room, he stormed in, lunged at Sherelle and seemingly punched her in the chest (in fact he had a knife). As blood began to seep from her daughterโ€™s body, Locke feared for the worst.

Mead then grabbed Locke and pinned her against the wall to stop her from helping Sherelle, who had collapsed on the floor, screaming in pain.

โ€œI could actually see Sherelle out of the corner of my eye slowly slipping away and there was nothing I could do,โ€ Ms Locke told Nine News. โ€œHe wouldnโ€™t let me go.โ€

 

Sherelle Locke (Credit: Facebook)

As Locke looked on sobbing, her daughterโ€™s face draining of colour by the second, Mead told her that his stepdaughter โ€œdeserved itโ€.

By the time Mead released Locke 10 minutes later, it was too late.

โ€˜My beautiful daughter and my best friend was gone,โ€™ Locke said this week. 

โ€œI will never be able to get that vision out of my head of her being killed before my eyes and not being able to help her,โ€ she told The Sun. โ€œBut I want my story to be told as a warning to women in situations like mine.โ€   

โ€œI will never be able to get that vision out of my head of her being killed before my eyes and not being able to help herโ€

Last November, Mead was jailed for life for the murder. The jury heard he had a history of abusive behaviour: Locke had previously taken out a domestic violence order against him and had moved in with Sherelle for a short period. Mead reportedly detested his stepdaughter, who had repetitively urged her mother to leave him.

While Lockeโ€™s internal torture and deep grief live on, her priority now is the safety of her two surviving children, aged five and eight. Locke has set up a GoFundMe page to change their surnames.

She says: โ€œI am trying to raise funds to get their names changed so they dont have to grow up with a murderers [sic] surname โ€ฆ I am also changing their names and mine for safety reasons due to Domestic Violence from my ex and he never gives up even behind bars.โ€

Determined that her daughterโ€™s tragic death wonโ€™t be in vein, Locke has also become a domestic violence ambassador and Red Rose Foundation advocate.

Her words for other victims? โ€œHave an escape plan in place,โ€ she told Nine News. โ€œHave one person and one person only that knows where youโ€™re going to go and what youโ€™re going to do. Try and get some money behind you, but just get out.โ€

You can donate to Marlene Lockeโ€™s GoFundMe page here.

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This Is Exactly What Pia Millerโ€™s Day On A Plate Looks Like

The 'Home and Away' star opens up about how she leads a healthy lifestyle.

Thereโ€™s much more to Pia Miller than headlines and Disney hair, we discover over coffee with the Home and Away star. She opens up about her fitness approach, food and the most important lessons sheโ€™s learnt over her 20s and 30s.

โ€œI had a child when I was 19, so my 20s were spent caring for young children,โ€ she says. โ€œNow Iโ€™m in my 30s and Iโ€™m enjoying [my boys] so much. Theyโ€™re a bit older and we enjoy the same musicโ€ฆ itโ€™s like โ€œOh did you hear that new Drake album?โ€ [laughs]. Youโ€™re discovering who you are in your late teens and 20s; in your 30s youโ€™re implementing everything youโ€™ve learned. My 30s so far have been really enjoyable, just solidifying what I stand for, how I want to raise my kids and the person I want to be within my family, friendship groups and my work environment.โ€

Letโ€™s talk food. Whatโ€™s your day on a plate like?

โ€œGood! I make this yummy gourmet porridge, which I bring to set. Fruit, coconut flakes, almonds, water and a little bit of macadamia milk. I just chop everything into it. That carries me through till lunch, then Iโ€™ll go to a local cafe and get a salad. We also have afternoon tea on set, where they bring out healthy options โ€“ celery and carrot sticks, dips, pitas โ€“ and I might snack on a piece of chocolate. Then when I get home, dinner always depends on what the boys feel like. Usually itโ€™s Mexican.โ€

Is that your go-to fare?

โ€œWe love our Mexi bowls at home. Brown rice is generally the base, then I put in chilli beans, corn and chicken or beef. Plus guacamole and homemade pico de gallo, which is tomato, red onion, capsicum, lime juice and a couple of little secret ingredients โ€“ then I crunch up some corn chips to put on top. Thereโ€™s so much joy in cooking; I spend a lot of time in my kitchen on the weekend. With two growing boys, itโ€™s a love language โ€“ providing food and watching them eat and enjoy it.โ€

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Talk us through your fitness approach.


โ€œI used to do high-intensity training with a trainer but I just donโ€™t have that time anymore, so I kick the footy with my boys and run around with them. We love the beach so weโ€™re often swimming and playing in the water. I love going to yoga, too, but I canโ€™t as much as Iโ€™d like so Iโ€™ve put a yoga mat in my dressing room. Itโ€™s just important to keep moving. I donโ€™t exercise necessarily to look a certain way, but to feel a certain way. The more I do, the better and more energised I feel โ€“ I get tired at the appropriate times, I want to sleep at the appropriate timeโ€ฆ my body starts responding accordingly.โ€

Read more of this exclusive chat with Pia Miller in the newest issue of Womenโ€™s Health, on sale Monday!

This article originally appeared on Womenโ€™s Health.

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Millie Bobby Brownโ€™s Emotional MTV Movie & TV Awards Speech Will Make You Cry

The teen burst into tears on stage.

13-year-old Millie Bobby Brown burst onto the scene last year as the incredible character, Eleven, on Netflixโ€™s Stranger Things

The teen, who is already cooler than weโ€™ll ever be, was just awarded Best Actor at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, beating Game of Thronesโ€™ Emilia Clarke and Atlantaโ€™โ€˜s Donald Glover.

Millie couldnโ€™t hold back her tears while delivering her acceptance speech. She began by saying, โ€œI want to thank my familyโ€ฆ you give me light every day and I love you,โ€ before continuing to thank her team, and the Duffer Brothers for creating Elevenโ€™s character. 

RELATED: Emma Watson Just Gave An Inspiring Speech About Gender Equality

โ€œI want to thank Sean Levy for being one of the best directors Iโ€™ve ever had the pleasure of working with. Sean, everything youโ€™ve taught me I will carry on for the rest of my career.โ€

โ€œLastly, I want to thank the Duffer Brothers because theyโ€™ve created a badass, female, iconic character that Iโ€™ve got the honour to play.โ€

RELATED: โ€˜This Is Usโ€™ Stars Chrissy Metz And Milo Ventimiglia Reunite At The MTV Awards

The teen got a standing ovation upon finishing her emotional speech. 

Watch the full moment below, but be sure to have tissues handy. 

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โ€˜This Is Usโ€™ Stars Chrissy Metz And Milo Ventimiglia Reunite At The MTV Awards

Adorable.

Chrissy Metz and Milo Ventimiglia AKA Kate and Jack from the television series This Is Us, made our hearts while presenting at todayโ€™s MTV Movie & TV Awards.

Milo stayed in character while presenting the popcorn trophy for best duo! 

โ€œGuys, Iโ€™m so excited to be presenting best Duo on the MTV Movie and Television Awards,โ€ Metz said to the crowd after walking up the stage arm-in-arm with Ventimiglia.

RELATED: Emma Watson Just Gave An Inspiring Speech About Gender Equality

โ€œYou know, Princess, these MTV awards, they were a little different in my day,โ€ the actor said, just like his character.

โ€œWhat are you doing? Like, I know that I play your daughter, but youโ€™re only three years old than me,โ€ Metz asked Ventimiglia, who refused to break character.

 

โ€œYou know, things were a lot simpler when I was a kid. You know, in the โ€™90s, we had movies like Beauty and the Beast. On TV, we were watching Full House,โ€ he said. โ€œBlink 182 was making a go of it on tour, and you know, we just couldnโ€™t stop talking about O.J. Simpson.โ€

โ€œSo, nothingโ€™s really changed?โ€ Metz replied.

This article originally appeared on InStyle Australia

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Debra Messingโ€™s Plea To Ivanka Trump: Stop Defending Your Father

โ€œItโ€™s not enough to simply say that womenโ€™s issues are important to youโ€

โ€œIt is time to make America gay again!โ€ was the rallying cry from Will & Grace star Debra Messing at the 28th GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday.

In an emotional speech the actress called on Ivanka Trump, 35, daughter of US President Donald Trump, to stand up for womenโ€™s and gay rights in light of the current political climate.

โ€œIvanka, please stop blindly defending your father and start defending what you say you believe in,โ€ Messing said.

โ€œItโ€™s not enough to simply say that womenโ€™s issues are important to you.โ€

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The actress continued: โ€œIvanka, you can change the lives of millions of women and children just by telling your dad stories about real people who are suffering. Donโ€™t let him separate immigrant mothers from their American-born children.โ€

Messing added that the return of Will & Grace to TV screens in September was timelier than ever following Trumpโ€™s election to office.

According to Variety, comedian and TV star Rosie Oโ€™Donnell also mocked the president at the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony with a text saying: โ€œFโ€“k you, Donald. From the gays.โ€

Girls star Andrew Rannells, actor Zachary Quinto and comedian Trevor Noah were among the celebs who attended the event.

The GLAAD Media Awards celebrate media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

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How Did The Doctors Who Were Murdered In Their Penthouse Know The Killer?

Everything we know so far about the case.

On Friday night, two doctors were found brutally murdered in their penthouse apartment in Boston. 

Dr. Richard Field, 49, and his fiancรฉ Dr. Lina Bolanos, 38, were found with their hands tied and throats slit when police responded to a call about a man with a gun at the luxury apartment building.

The coupleโ€™s killer, Bampumim Teixeira, was still at the home and shot at police on their arrival. Officials wounded, but did not kill, the 30-year-old and he was taken to hospital for treatment.

A message was written on the walls of the apartment in blood and photos of the couple were cut up on the floor. 

Such a personal and brutal attack swiftly begs the question, why?

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The attack had to have been well thought out considering the trouble Teixeira would have had entering the building, getting past security, and reaching the penthouse. 

โ€œ(For) someone to come here, go up to the 11th floor, to the penthouse, we got to believe that somehow there was some type of knowledge of each other,โ€ Boston Police Commissioner William B Evans said, reports WCWB.

Teixeira had just completed nine months sentence for robbing two banks. At the time of his arrest he referred to himself as a โ€˜security guardโ€™ but upon further investigation police found he didnโ€™t work in security anymore, and that the company he used to work for didnโ€™t look after Fieldโ€™s building.  

Thereโ€™s speculation that the doctors, specifically Field, could have been involved in the distribution of drug prescriptions and may have been killed after he refused a request from Teixeira.

Others say it may have been a love triangle gone wrong, but that seems unlikely as no friends or family have been able to connect the pair to their killer.

The Boston Globe reports that a set of keys were found by police outside of Fieldโ€™s apartment door, presumably how Teixeira got up the lift and into the house. Authorities yelled out upon their arrival and when they heard nothing back, used the keys to let themselves in. 

According to his ex-girlfriend, Teixeria had called her upon his release from prison and said that he didnโ€™t plan on living for long but that he wouldnโ€™t hurt anyone.

She described him as a โ€œgentlemanโ€ who was always kind to her young son. 

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Chrissy Teigen: โ€œI was joking about the plastic surgery on my faceโ€

But she's definitely had armpit liposuction.

Twitter MVP and queen of real talk, Chrissy Teigen, sent the Internet into a spin last week when she admitted to having extensive plastic surgery during the launch of her new Becca palette. โ€œEverything about me is fake except my cheeks.โ€

Teigen pointed to her forehead, her nose, her lips: โ€œFake, fake, fake.โ€

Naturally, news feeds caught on and Teigen later took to Twitter to clarify her comments in her trademark sassy style:

The 31-year-old explained that sheโ€™d had armpit surgery but she was joking about everything else being fake. โ€œReminder to never ever joke, ever,โ€ she tweeted. โ€œ(I did do the armpits, no regrets except it clearly came back)โ€ฆโ€

Byrdie reported the model and mum to baby Luna, 13 months, underwent the unusual procedure 9 years ago. โ€œIt added two inches of length to my arms,โ€ she said. โ€œ[That fat] is coming back though, so I might need to go in and pay for it again,โ€ she laughed. 

And as if we needed more reasons to love her, the Lip Sync Battle co-host signed off with: โ€œYou think Iโ€™d have this ass if Iโ€™d done extensive work? Like who would ask for this ass.โ€

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One In Five Of Us Are Victims Of Revenge Porn

And image-based abuse has more than doubled in the last two years

โ€œSend nudesโ€: itโ€™s a common request in the world of 21st-century dating, but one that can have seriously scary consequences. A survey of 4200 people by researchers from RMIT University and Monash University has found that one in five Australians have become victims of image-based abuse, including taking sexual or nude images without consent, the distribution of images without consent and the threat to share imagesโ€”and people who share sexual selfies are most at risk of being exploited.

The terrifying trend doesnโ€™t discriminate: women and men are equally likely to become victims (although the perpetrators are more commonly male), but minority groups are especially vulnerable. And itโ€™s not just about โ€œrevengeโ€. โ€œImages are being used to control, abuse and humiliate people in ways that go well beyond the โ€˜relationship gone sourโ€™ scenario,โ€ chief investigator, Dr Nicola Henry, said in a statement.

One in 10 people who had never taken a naked photo of themselves had been targeted. Image-based abuse also includes instances where webcams have been hacked, or images sourced from hacked email accounts.

And the numbers could be even higher, researcher Dr Asher Flynn, from Monash University, told news.com.au. โ€œOur survey only captured those victims who had become aware their images had been distributed, whereas some victims may never discover that their images have been taken and distributed, particularly if they are circulated on sites located on the Dark Web,โ€ she said. 

โ€œSocial media providers and internet companies need to introduce strong and proactive measures that take seriously the harms of image-based abuse.โ€

As if discovering your naked selfie online wasnโ€™t bad enough, thereโ€™s little you can do about it. Currently, only South Australia criminalise the distribution of an intimate image without consent. There are no specific federal laws, and no specific criminal offence exists in other Australian states.

Researchers are calling for law reform and better support for victims.

Have you ever been blackmailed by someone threatening to spread your intimate photos? Email us at marieclaire@pacificmags.com.au

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82 Kidnapped Chibok Girls Released By Boko Haram

They were abducted from their high school three years ago
The 82 freed Chibok girls in Nigeria.

On April 14, 2014, 276 school girls aged between 16 and 18 were kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters in the town of Chibok, Nigeria.

Three years later, the Islamic terrorist group has released 82 of the girls, after extensive negotiations with the Nigerian government.

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has released a statement to the AFP detailing the prisoner swap that secured their freedom. โ€œAfter lengthy negotiations, our security agencies have taken back these girls, in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects held by authorities,โ€ it reads.

Six months earlier, 21 of the girls were released with the help of the Red Cross and international security agencies.

No details have been given as to the identities of the girls released, but Nigerian senator Shehu Sani has told AFP that they are largely โ€œin good conditionโ€, SBS reports.

Some, however, have given birth to children fathered by Boko Haram.

The Nigerian government will now attempt to find the rest of the missing girls.

The 2014 kidnapping was just one of multiple abductions undertaken by Boko Haram as a weapon of war, but has by far generated the most global attention. The #BringHomeOurGirls hashtag went viral on social media when former First Lady Michelle Obama and numerous celebrities joined the cause.

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Emma Watson Just Gave An Incredible Speech About Gender Equality

While accepting Best Actor at the MTV Movie Awards.

Emma Watson just received the first ever gender neutral award in acting history at the MTV Movie Awards.

Instead of winning โ€˜Best Actressโ€™, Emma won โ€˜Best Actorโ€™ for her role as Belle in Disneyโ€™s Beauty and the Beast

As she took to the stage to accept the award, Emma made sure to acknowledge the momentous occasion of winning the first of its kind.

โ€œThe first acting award in history that doesnโ€™t separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience,โ€ she said.

RELATED: All Of The Looks From The 2017 MTV Movie Award Red Carpet

โ€œMTVโ€™s move to create a genderless award for acting will mean something different to everyone. But to me it indicates that acting is about the ability to put yourself in someone elseโ€™s shoes and that doesnโ€™t need to be separated into two different categories.โ€

Watson then gave a special shout out to Asia Kate Dillon, the non-binary gender actor who presented Watson with her award. โ€œEmpathy and the ability to use your imagination should have no limits,โ€ Emma told Asia.

โ€œThis is very meaningful for me, both to be winning the award and to be receiving it from you, Asia. Thank you for educating me in such an inclusive, patient, and loving way.โ€ Emma then burst into tears on stage and gave Asia a huge hug. 

The 27-year-old then went on to talk about her award, saying, โ€œI think Iโ€™m being given this award because of who Belle is and what she represents.โ€

โ€œThe villagers in our fairy tale wanted to make Belle believe that the world was smaller than the way she saw it with fewer opportunities for her, that her curiosity and passion for knowledge and her desire fore more in life were grounds for alienation.โ€

โ€œI loved playing someone who didnโ€™t listen to any of that. Iโ€™m so proud to be a part of a film that celebrates diversity, literacy, inclusion, joy, and love the way that this one does.โ€

Congrats to both Emma and Asia!

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All Of The Looks From The 2017 MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet

From the glamorous to the downright crazy.

Millie Bobby Brown

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

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On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

Hailee Steinfeld

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

Zendaya

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

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On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

Noah Cyrus

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

Milo Ventimiglia

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

Jasmine Tookes

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

Paris Jackson

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

Cara Delevingne

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

Emma Watson

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

Zac Efron

On the 2017 MTV Movie Awards red carpet.

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Queen Elizabeth Tells Prince William And Prince Harry To Stop โ€œSoul-Baringโ€

Following their campaign for mental health awareness.

Over the past month, Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry have been making headlines for their open conversations about mental illness โ€“ a new direction for the royal family who are usually very private about family and health matters.

First, Prince Harry opened up about his struggles with depression following his mother, Princess Dianaโ€™s, death, and then Prince William had a skype date with Lady Gaga, talking about her PTSD.

Both instances were for the Heads Together campaign, which is being supported heavily by Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, and is aiming to change peopleโ€™s perceptions of mental illnesses.

However, apparently, Queen Elizabeth II wants her grandsons to focus their efforts more on the palace and less on their charity, following Prince Philipโ€™s retirement from royal duties. 

RELATED: Prince Harry Has Opened Up About His Grief Following Princess Dianaโ€™s Death

A source told the Sunday Times, โ€œAs successful as that campaign was, it might be that soul-baring isnโ€™t what Buckingham Palace is looking for.โ€

โ€œThe direct impact [of Prince Philipโ€˜s retirement] will be that the Cambridges will be expected to step up and undertake more state business and do less of their campaign work.โ€

Following a last minute meeting at Buckingham Palace โ€“ which had the world worried about the royal familyโ€™s health โ€“ it was confirmed that Prince Philip, 95, would be stepping down and would no longer attend public engagements from August of this year. 

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The Woman Whose Tinder Date Almost Ended In Murder Breaks Her Silence

"I didn't actually feel him stabbing me but I could see the blood when I looked down."

Dr Angela Jay took her new boyfriend, Paul, home to meet her parents and sister in the middle of last year.

โ€œThis tall, good-looking, very confident, well-presented man walked in with the most amazing bunch of flowers Iโ€™ve ever seen in my life,โ€ Angelaโ€™s mum Susan recalled.

However, the 28-year-old says she ended the relationship after six weeks of dating, thinking Paul โ€œticked all the boxesโ€ but his โ€œintensityโ€ was smothering. She told Channel Sevenโ€™s Sunday Night that she felt guilty and was worried sheโ€™d lead him on. 

It turns out 36-year-old insurance manager Paul Lambert used to be known as Paul Scales. He had been deported from the U.S. after stalking his ex-girlfriend and had been arrested for beating his previous wife. He had been diagnosed by a psychologist with borderline personality disorder and wasnโ€™t supposed to be in New South Wales.

The intensity Angela first noted escalated quickly once she ended the relationship. Paul started to message and call like crazy and threatened to kill himself over the rejection. 

Angela tried to calm him by inviting him to her high school reunion, however, when Paul started abusing her on the street, Angela and her sister, Danielle, went straight to the police station. 

โ€œWe were told, โ€˜This guy is known to police very well. But heโ€™s more of a threat to himself than he is to youโ€™,โ€ Danielle recalled.

Paul then sent Angela messages saying that heโ€™d stolen copies of her house keys and that she wasnโ€™t safe in her Port Macquarie home. 

โ€œI considered telling my work colleagues what was going on,โ€ Angela, said. โ€œMaybe not in full, but at least enough to say, โ€˜Donโ€™t stress, but if I donโ€™t show up to work, you should probably call the policeโ€™. I was just so ashamed that I was in this situation at all.โ€

One evening in November, Angela left work and went home to feed her cat and have some dinner, before heading to her cousinโ€™s house to stay the night there.

โ€œI felt really calm, I donโ€™t know why,โ€ she said. โ€œIt was daytime, I thought Iโ€™d just quickly duck home, have some dinner and grab some clothes.โ€

โ€œI started walking down [to the bedroom] and, as I was turning corner to enter my bedroom, he jumped out at me,โ€ Angela said. โ€œI screamed, obviously. And he put his hand around my mouth so I couldnโ€™t scream any more. He look me in the eye, a really intense look, and said, โ€˜itโ€™s okay, I just want talkโ€™.โ€

Paul told Angela to sit on the bed and started quizzing her about where she had been staying, asking over and over whether it was at a manโ€™s house.

โ€œI realised I had to try and get away or die trying,โ€ Angela said. She tried to run from the room but Paul caught her.

โ€œI suddenly saw this knife in his hand. I didnโ€™t actually feel him stabbing me but I could see the blood when I looked down.โ€

โ€œI just thought, โ€˜Oh my God, heโ€™s actually stabbing me, heโ€™s actually going to kill meโ€™. I was so scared and felt so alone and that I was just going to die alone in this big house that I should never have gone back to.โ€

She says she fought to get away again but he caught her. โ€œHe raised a big rectangular can and started pouring petrol over my head,โ€ Angela said.

โ€œMy eyes were burning, it got in my mouth, it got in my ears. I canโ€™t even explain the horror you feel when you know that someone is trying to set you on fire. I was just terrified that any second I would go up in flames.โ€

On her third escape, she finally made it to the front door and ran to her neighbour, Steve Willdern, who had heard the screams and was running down the driveway with a steel bar to intervene.

โ€œAll I could smell was petrol,โ€ Steve said. โ€œI know I had my arm around her and I dragged her up into our garage.โ€

โ€œI just kept saying over and over again, โ€˜Iโ€™m gonna bleed to death, please call an ambulanceโ€™,โ€ Angela said.

Paul had stabbed her 11 times in the thigh and upper arm. He fled the scene in a car that heโ€™d parked out the back of Angelaโ€™s property and while driving made three phone calls. He called Angelaโ€™s mobile first. Steve, who was riding in the ambulance with her, answered it.

โ€œHe said, as calm as can be, in the calmest voice, โ€˜How is she?โ€™ and then I knew, I thought, โ€˜holy shit, this is the bloody bloke thatโ€™s done this.'โ€

Paul then called Angelaโ€™s mum before calling the police and recounting the attack, referring to himself in the third person. 

โ€œHe was gonna force her to have sex with him. Then he was going to strangle her,โ€ he told police of his planned attack. โ€œHe was gonna pour petrol on her and kill her.โ€

Police tracked Paulโ€™s mobile and stopped him in his car around 150 kilometres from Port Macquarie. He got out of the car holding a knife. They tried tasering him, it didnโ€™t work. He ran, still carrying the knife, and police fired with guns. Paul was shot dead.

โ€œHe was gone and he couldnโ€™t hurt me any more. It was a huge, huge relief,โ€ Angela said. โ€œIt was almost a euphoric sense that I somehow got away and heโ€™s gone. I donโ€™t have to worry. Iโ€™m well and truly safe.โ€

Now, Angela, her father and her brother are all training for White Ribbonโ€™s Trek for Respect, a week-long hike along the Larapinta trail in the Northern Territory in September this year. She is aiming to raise $100,000 for White Ribbon Australia to fund domestic violence prevention programs.

To donate to the cause, head here

National Sexual Assault, Family & Domestic Violence Counselling Line: 1800Respect, 1800 737 732.

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โ€™13 Reasons Whyโ€™ Has Officially Been Confirmed For A Second Season

Selena Gomez shared the news.

While rumours have been circulating for weeks, Selena Gomez has finally confirmed that 13 Reasons Why has been given the official thumbs by Netflix for a second season.

RELATED: This โ€™13 Reasons Whyโ€™ Fan Theory Is Crazy But Also Makes So Much Sense

The singer, who is one of the showโ€™s producers, shared the news on Instagram overnight writing, โ€œTheir story isnโ€™t over. Season 2 of #13ReasonsWhy is coming,โ€ alongside a video montage of some of the showโ€™s most iconic locations. 

As expected, fans of Hannah Baker and Clay Jensen are over the moon, hoping that season 2 can clear up all of the unanswered questions we were left with.

What is Mr. Porter going to do with Hannahโ€™s tapes? Did Alex survive his suicide attempt? Was it actually a suicide attempt or did brooding high school photographer Tyler try to murder him? Is Tyler going to shoot up Liberty High? Is Bryce going to pay for what he did to Jessica and Hannah? And, what is up with Tony?!

RELATED: Headspace Responds To โ€™13 Reasons Whyโ€™

However, with the graphic scenes of rape and suicide in season 1 causing widespread controversy, and season 2 already looking to include a high school shooting, weโ€™re betting a lot of people wonโ€™t be quite as pleased.

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Patrรณn Coralina Margarita

Celebrate Cinqo de Mayo with Patrรณnโ€™s 2017 Margarita of the Year
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Letโ€™s be honest, we really donโ€™t need an excuse to jump on board Mexicoโ€™s festive Cinqo de Mayo (5th of May ). Sweet, feisty and delightfully refreshing, Patrรณnโ€™s Coralina Margarita is sure to get your weekend parties going!

INGREDIENTS

50ml Patrรณn Reposado tequila

20ml Patrรณn Citrรณnge orange liqueur

30ml fresh lime juice

20ml simple syrup

15ml red wine (Mexican, or other)

+ sugar-salt rim*

METHOD

  1. Combine Patrรณn Reposado tequila, Patrรณn Citrรณnge Orange liqueur, simple syrup and lime juice in a shaker tin; add ice and shake vigorously
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe rimmed with sugar-salt rim*
  3. Carefully float red wine on the surface of the cocktail

*Sugar-salt rim

Pulverize 1/4 cup dried hibiscus in a spice grinder. Add 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup kosher salt, and pulse until combined.

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This Is How Much Adele Made Last Year

Sheโ€™s now the UKโ€™s wealthiest female solo artist

Today happens to be Adeleโ€™s birthday, and we can only imagine how lavish the celebrations will be โ€“ because the singer is also, as it turns out, Britainโ€™s top-earning female solo artist.

RELATED: Adele Goes Make-Up Free In Touching Oscars Post

According to the Sunday Timesโ€™ annual Rich List, Adele made a staggering ยฃ40 million (around $AU70 million) in 2016, thanks to a wildly successful global tour and bestselling album, 25.

Surprisingly, her lucrative earnings only put her in the 19th position on the list, which Sir Paul McCartney tops with ยฃ780 million. Lord Llyod-Webber comes second with ยฃ740-mill and U2 third with ยฃ580-mil.

You know what that means: Adele is the only woman to appear in the top 20. Depressing.

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Blue Prosecco Now Exists And Weโ€™ll Cheers To That

TGIF.
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First, there was rose gold Prosecco. Now, there is blue Prosecco, and no itโ€™s not just blue food colouring โ€“ itโ€™s a legitimately fancy sparkling cocktail. 

The sparkling wine in question, โ€˜Blumondโ€™, which actually quietly hit Australia a few months ago, is already on sale in China and the U.S. and is going for around $27 a bottle.

Novel, lavish *and* cheapโ€ฆ now thatโ€™s our kind of drink! 

The company responsible for this otherworldly creation, Fratelli Sarecini, are in talks to start selling the blue wine for weddings and special occasions, as well as selling it in Harrods in the U.K.

Whilst the unconventionality of the blue wine has left some Italian winemakers outraged, those of us who are easily amused by brightly coloured drinks (isnโ€™t everybody?) have some serious sipping to do. 

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This $6 body spray is Meccaโ€™s 3rd most popular fragrance

Itโ€™s not all about Byredo

Meccaโ€™s official list of bestselling fragrances from the last 12 months is in, and the results are, to be frank, surprising.

Of course, the list is dominated by cult-status Byredo (purveyors of those irresistibly chic perfume bottles that saturate your Instagram feed), with Gypsy Water topping the list. Three other Byredo fragrances also feature in the top 10.

But itโ€™s the third most popular perfume at the luxe beauty emporium that got our attention. Because it isnโ€™t Byredo, or Le Labo Santal 33, or any of the other exclusive scents synonymous with Mecca, but a $6 body spray. 

Does Mecca even stock $6 body sprays?!, we hear you ask. As it turns out, yes. And a whole lot of people love it.

Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Spray, $6, Mecca.

Soap & Gloryโ€™s Sugar Crush Spray is the scent in question, a โ€œcitrusy brightโ€ blend of lemon and elemi essential oils mixed with vanilla musk, sweet lime, ginger and a sprinkling of brown sugar.

The handbag-friendly, kitsch packaging also explains the appeal.

See the full list of Meccaโ€™s best-selling scents below:

  1. Byredo Gypsy Water, $230
  2. Escentric Molecule 01, $118
  3. Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Spray, $6
  4. Byredo Bal Dโ€™Afrique, $230
  5. Byredo Mojave Ghost, $230
  6. Comme des Garcons Wonderwood, $162
  7. Diptyque Do Son EDT, $146
  8. Byredo Gypsy Water roll-on, $77
  9. Byredo Rose Of No Manโ€™s Land, $230
  10. Philosykos EDT, $146

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Looks Like Ed Sheeran Is Bringing His Tour To Australia

Frontier Touring send fans into meltdown.
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Gird your loins! It seems Ed Sheeran is coming to the land down under.

The British pop star is reportedly bringing his Divide tour to Australia and New Zealand. Frontier Touring quietly changed all of their social media cover photos and profile pictures to a picture of blue paint, which looks suspiciously similar to Edโ€™s album cover. 

They also shared the link to the new Galway Girl music video, writing in the caption: โ€œBrb, brushing up on our Irish dancing skills. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ’ƒโ€

Fans went nuts on social media after the profile picture was changed, racking up over 5,000 comments in a mere 10 hours.

With Harry Styles, Ariana Grande, and more heading to Australia soon, we think this comment summed it up: โ€œWell Ed is coming. And Iโ€™m broke. Why theyโ€™re announcing so much good s*** all at once is beyond me.โ€

Stay tuned for more details, weโ€™ll update you when thereโ€™s more information.

Edโ€™s Australian record label Warner Music have told us they โ€œcanโ€™t comment on any touring rumours at the moment.โ€

This article originally appeared on InStyle Australia

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Rebecca Juddโ€™s Exciting Announcement

The mum of four is working on a new project
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Because Rebecca Judd isnโ€™t busy enough with her modeling and television career, lifestyle blog and four kids, the 34-year-old has just revealed sheโ€™s writing her first book.

Judd made the announcement on her Instagram account yesterday to her 631,000 followers with an adorable image of her and her twin sons, Darcy and Tom.

โ€œExcited to shoot the cover of my first book today with @allenandunwin,โ€ she wrote. โ€œCan you guess what itโ€™s about? Stay tuned mummas-to-be and new mums, this oneโ€™s for you.โ€

Cue excited squeals from mothers across Australia.

As a mum of four to son Oscar, five, daughter Billie, three, and identical twin sons Darcy and Tom, seven months, Judd is considered a parenting authority.

โ€œBec knows parenting and pregnancy inside and out. Weโ€™re looking forward to sharing Becโ€™s wealth of knowledge with pregnant women and new mums when her book launches,โ€ says her publisher Allen and Unwin. 

There are no details yet on the bookโ€™s title or release date, so weโ€™ll be stalking Juddโ€™s Instagram for updates.

Last month Judd opened up about the birth of her twins in October 2016, describing the caesarean as the โ€œworst thingโ€ sheโ€™s ever done. 

Speaking on the KIIS networkโ€™s The 3PM Pick Up; she compared her caesarean to a natural birth and said the former was โ€œfar more horrific.โ€

โ€œThe fact that youโ€™re awake in major abdominal surgery is mind boggling and freaky and I remember I was lying there on the operating table and I started having a panic attack,โ€ she added.

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Trump Celebrates as New Healthcare Bill Reaches the Senate

Not everyone is happy

Domestic abuse survivors and mothers could be denied coverage or see their premiums increased under the healthcare plan.

After week-long negotiations, Thursday saw 217 GOP lawmakers back the new healthcare proposal with 20 Republicans and all Democrats voting against. 

A victorious President Trump is confident his changes to the US healthcare system will pass through the Senate.

โ€œThis is a great plan. This is a repeal and replace of Obamacare. Make no mistake about it,โ€ Trump said at a White House appearance before the press.

However, there are concerns the new changes could impact one crucial provision of Obamacare โ€“ 10 Essential Conditions which guarantees all health insurers cover services, including maternity and newborn, mental health, preventative and wellness services and prescription drugs. Removing the provision could allow states and insurers to exclude some of the pricier coverage that Americans might need. Annual exams and preventative tests could no longer be free of charge. 

Among those affected are domestic/sexual abuse survivors and mothers who could also be denied coverage or see their premiums increased under the plan, currently, there are no higher fees and denial of services under Obamacare or the ACA (Affordable Care Act).

Under the current law, the ACA also prohibits insurers from โ€œgender rating,โ€ or charging more for insurance just for being a woman. The number of uninsured women went from 19 per cent to just 8 per cent after it was passed in 2010. 

Many took to Twitter to voice their disapproval:

The plan now faces an uphill battle in the Senate with all Democrats firmly opposed to a bill they believe will deprive many Americans of healthcare coverage. 

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Lara Worthington Nails Airport Style In Sydney With New Baby Racer

That coat though

Laraโ€™s effortless approach to dressing is one of the reasons we love to emulate her street style looks. From structured blazers to backless slides โ€“this mother-of-two looks polished 24/7.

On Thursday, the 29-year-old arrived in Sydney with her son Racer, see the pics here. The beauty mogul welcomed her second child in October last year and only revealed her sonโ€™s name last month.

RELATED: Itโ€™s A Boy For Lara And Sam Worthington!

Wearing a double beige blazer coat paired with monochrome striped tee and boyfriend jeans. 

Get Laraโ€™s look with a structured coat in a neutral shade, keep scrolling to see our top picks!

RELATED: Lara Worthingtonโ€™s Skincare Regimen Ticks All The Right Boxes

TOPSHOP meg zip camel crombie coat; $119.95, au.topshop.com

Rag & Bone emmet crombie leather-trimmed wool-blend coat; $1328, net-a-porter.com

This article originally appeared on InStyle.

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He Was Jailed For Murder. His Wife Wants His Sperm To Have A Child

Should he be allowed to donate it?

A New Zealand woman wants to be able to use her partnerโ€™s sperm to get pregnant. The catch? Heโ€™s currently serving life in prison for a brutal murder.

In 2011, Karl Nuku was found guilty of the murder of 38-year-old man Dean Browne. He beat Browne to death with a hammer and then drove the body 350km away and dumped it in a garage.

He has a non-parole period of 18 years and is now petitioning for prisoners to be able to make seminal donations, as well as organ and blood donations.

While Corrections Minister Louise Upston says most New Zealanders would agree that people in jail for serious crimes give up the right to become new parents while locked up, a debate has started over whether Nukuโ€™s partner โ€“ who wants to be able to have a child โ€“ should have to suffer for his crime. 

The woman, named Charlie, rang Newstalk ZB radio in New Zealand this morning to tell her side of the story. She says she has been told she has a window of two years to have a baby, while Nuku will serve at least another nine and a half years. 

โ€œWhy should a family be punished as well? Really, Iโ€™m being punished for loving my husband. Why should I be punished for his mistakes?โ€ she asked, as reported by the New Zealand Herald.

โ€œWhy should I leave my husband because he ended up going to jail? Iโ€™m not going to leave my husband to have children with somebody else. I want his child, and only his child.โ€

Upstonโ€™s stance was that โ€œthe consequences of a prison sentence are a loss of freedom and certain rights,โ€ however, others, such as Mike Williams, chief executive of the New Zealand Howard League for Penal Reform, say that requests to give sperm to father a child with a partner should be judged by a third party such as the Parole Board.

โ€œThere would be some cases which have merit, I would imagine,โ€ he said. โ€œOne of the influences, if you like, of reducing reoffending is keeping a family group together. Which is why visiting is a good thing.โ€

โ€œClearly someone who has got 18 years for murder, I donโ€™t think that is viable because he is going to have no relationship with his child,โ€ he finished. 

Act Party leader David Seymour slammed the petition on the AM Show today that Nuku โ€œseems to think you can bash someoneโ€™s head in with a hammer, be convicted of murder, go to jail for 18 years, but hey โ€“ thereโ€™s no consequence.โ€

As for whether Chalie (who only identified herself by her first name) should have the right to have children with her partner taken away because of his crimes? 

Again, the country is divided, with many pointing back to Nukuโ€™s punishment โ€“ or lack thereof if he wins the petition โ€“ being the biggest concern. 

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Adoption Agencies Can Now Choose To Refuse Gay Couples, Thanks To A New Law

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In news that will probably make you feel quite sick, Alabama has just made it legal for adoption agencies to refuse to place children with gay parents. 

Yes, really.

The decision came on Wednesday, when legislators in Alabama โ€“ a majority Republican state in which Trump received over 60% of the vote โ€“ made it possible for faith-based adoption groups to refuse placements based on religious beliefs.

RELATED: Jessica Marais Joins The Fight For Marriage Equality

โ€œI ultimately signed House Bill 24 because it ensures hundreds of children can continue to find forever homes through religiously-affiliated adoption agencies. This bill is not about discrimination, but instead protects the ability of religious agencies to place vulnerable children in a permanent home,โ€ Governor Kay Ivey said in a statement.

Actors and same-sex partners Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka with their children (Credit: Getty Images)

The bill, which only applies to private agencies and not state or federal funded organisations, attracted majority support in the Alabama legislature.

RELATED: Jesinta Franklin Reveals How Her Wedding Ceremony Opposed Australiaโ€™s Stance On Gay Marriage

Advocacy groups, however, have not been so supportive. Eva Kendrick, the state director of the Human Rights Campaign, expressed deep disappointment, describing the bill as โ€œunnecessary [and] discriminatory.โ€

Gay adoption is legal across most Australian jurisdictions

 โ€ฆand in even worse news, Alabama is not the only American state to enforce such policies โ€“ in fact; South Dakota, North Dakota and Michigan have also passed similar laws.

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The Woman In Luke Lazarusโ€™ Case Reveals Her Heartbreak Over Acquittal

"The reality is this doesn't get to be over for me."

UPDATE: The woman in Luke Lazarusโ€™ case has broken her silence, days after his acquittal.

Lazarus was originally found guilty of raping the then 18-year-old in an alleyway behind a Sydney nightclub, however, on Thursday the judge ruled that although she believes the sex was non-consensual at the womanโ€™s end, Lazarus believed it was. 

Now, after three years of silence, the woman has spoken of her heartbreak in a Facebook post which has already been shared hundreds of times. 

She wrote: 

โ€œThe reality is this doesnโ€™t get to be over for me. I donโ€™t get to know who I would be today had this not happened to me, and I mourn for that person. She seemed like she was on her way to being great.โ€
โ€œAt this point Iโ€™d like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone whoโ€™s supported me through this shitty part of my life, but especially to a particular detective (who knows who she is) for pouring more time, effort and care into this case than anyone. Nothing has ever made me feel better than admitting I needed help. At first I felt like I needed to be happy and it would all just go away. I didnโ€™t want anyone to worry and got mad if they did (sorry mumโ€ฆand everyone else). When I finally gave myself permission to answer the question โ€˜How are you?โ€™ with anything other than โ€˜Good!โ€™ it saved me.โ€ 

She continued:

โ€œAt times like this when Iโ€™m feeling shitty, and down, and so so so tired, I remember that for every dickhead human there are a million more filled with love, light and kindness and that lifts my heavy heart. Anyway, thanks for listening to me. Iโ€™m hoping that putting my thoughts and feelings on paper will help with the long process of moving on.โ€

She then ended her post with a poem by Maya Angelou.

โ€œYou may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, Iโ€™ll rise.โ€

ORIGINAL: 25-year-old Luke Lazarus has now been cleared of the 2013 rape of an 18-year-old girl outside his fatherโ€™s nightclub in Kings Cross. 

Lazarus was originally found guilty in 2015 and had served 11 months out of a maximum five-year sentence before this appeal. 

Evidence was previously given that he had walked up to the girl on the dancefloor, told her that he was a part-owner in the venue, and had offered to take her to the VIP section of the club to introduce her to the DJ.

Lazarus then took the teenager to the alleyway behind the nightclub, the court heard.

The woman gave evidence that she had wanted to return to her friend and that Lazarus said, โ€œno, stayโ€, before they eventually had sex, reports ABC.

The court had also heard that Mr Lazarus said in an authoritative tone โ€œput your f***ing hands on the wall, get on the floor and arch your backโ€.

โ€œNo doubt she was starting to feel she was in a difficult situation,โ€ Judge Tupman said of the event.

The womanโ€™s friend told the court she found the complainant crying hysterically afterwards and describing herself as being in pain.

The next afternoon she was taken to the police station by her sister and was forensically examined at the hospital.

However, the Judgeโ€™s final ruling that was while the 18-year-old girl thought in her mind that she hadnโ€™t consented to having sex, Lazarus thought the act was consensual. 

People on Twitter are lashing out at the verdict, saying โ€œrape is rapeโ€ and โ€œSo if I rob the bank but I donโ€™t believe I was robbing it, I can still have the money and get away, right?โ€

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Pete Evansโ€™ Wife Is Having Her โ€œToxicโ€ Breast Implants Removed This Week

They are โ€œthe deepest regret of her lifeโ€

Pete Evans and his wife, model Nicole Robinson, are vocal proponents of an all-natural, toxin-free lifestyle โ€“ a philosophy thatโ€™s always seemed glaringly at odds with the latterโ€™s cosmetic enhancements.

But far from shying away from the apparent hypocrisy, Robinson has addressed it head-on, telling Channel 7โ€™s Sunday Night that her breast implants are โ€œthe deepest regret of her lifeโ€ in March this year.

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โ€œI wasnโ€™t leading a natural life, which is why I have two toxic silicone implants attached to my chest,โ€ she said in the interview.

โ€œYou know, I dabbled in fillers, Botox, all sorts of things that were driven by my fearโ€ฆ to try and make myself feel better.โ€

Just two months on, Robinson announced on her Instagram account that sheโ€™s having the implants removed this week (itโ€™s possible sheโ€™s now in recovery).

Posting a photo of her pet dog, she captioned the image, โ€œMy human gets her fake bewbies explanted โ€˜en blocโ€™ style tomorrow.โ€

Pete Evans also posted an emotional message to his wife, saying, โ€œSending all my love to this amazing woman. Canโ€™t wait until we see each other again angel.โ€

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The Real Reason Miley Cyrus Always Pokes Her Tongue Out In Photos

It's a lot more kickass than you'd think.

24-year-old singer Miley Cyrus has revealed *all* โ€“ from rekindling with fiancรฉ Liam Hemsworth, to the reason she always pokes her tongue out in photos.

The latter, her trademark pose, evolved not just as a natural progression from her Hannah Montana days, but as a way of showing who she really was on the red carpet.

โ€œI was so ยญembarrassed to be on the red carpet,โ€ she said in an exclusive interview with Billboard magazine. 

โ€œSo many of those fucking disgusting ยญphotographers would tell me to blow a kiss, and thatโ€™s not me! I donโ€™t want to blow you a kiss. I didnโ€™t know what to do with my face, so I stuck my tongue out, and it became a rebellious, punk-rock thing.โ€

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So there you have it โ€“ the infamous pose, which was quickly attributed to Mileyโ€™s Disney-turned-bad-girl phase โ€“ was really much more than that. On the whole red carpet issue, Miley revealed that she was no longer interested in keeping up appearances: โ€œI donโ€™t do red carpets, and I just donโ€™t put myself in positions where I feel uncomfortable anymore,โ€ she said. I donโ€™t have to.โ€

On the whole red carpet issue, Miley revealed that she was no longer interested in keeping up appearances: โ€œI donโ€™t do red carpets, and I just donโ€™t put myself in positions where I feel uncomfortable anymore,โ€ she said. I donโ€™t have to.โ€

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As for her relationship with Liam, Miley explained: โ€œI needed to change so much. And changing with someone else not changing like that is too hard. Suddenly youโ€™re like, โ€˜I donโ€™t recognise you anymore.โ€™ We had to refall for each other.โ€

Mileyโ€™s sixth studio album is scheduled for release May 11. The first song, โ€˜Malibuโ€™, is rumoured to be a love ballad dedicated to fiancรฉ, Liam. 

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Sophie Monkโ€™s Beauty Evolution

Our next Bachelorette has been in the limelight for quite some time now...
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1. Bardot

Australian female girl band Bardot, circa 2000.

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2. Bardot

Bardot performs on stage in concert August 24, 2000

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3. โ€˜I Heart Youโ€™

Sophie Monk posing for a photo in March, 2001

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4. London

Sophie posing for a photo in London, 2001. Bardot were one of 2,500 aspiring artists to have their careers documented for reality television in the U.K. 

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5. ARIA Awards

Sophie Monk of โ€˜Bardotโ€™ arrives at the 15th Annual ARIA Music Awards October 3, 2001

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6. 2003

Monk at the Sydney premiere of the film โ€˜Just Marriedโ€™ in February, 2003

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7. The Races

Sophie Monk attends the Melbourne Cup in 2003

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8. 2004

Sophie Monk attending a Maybelline Australia event in Sydney, 2004.

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9. 2006

Sophie attending the NBC 2006 Golden Globes after party. 

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10. Hollywood debut

Sophie attends the screening for โ€˜Date Movieโ€™ in 2006, her Hollywood debut film. 

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11. 2006 Premiere

Sophie Monk arrives at the premiere of โ€˜Clickโ€™ in 2006

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12. Benji Madden

Sophie with then boyfriend Benji Madden (of Good Charlotte) in 2006

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13. Nicole Richie

Sophie Monk and friend Nicole Richie hand-in-hand on the streets of LA in 2007

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14. Snoop Dogg

American rap artist Snoop Dogg poses with Sophie Monk during a visit to Bondi Beach on February 13, 2007

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15. Hayden Panettiere

Sophie Monk with fellow actress Hayden Panettiere at the The Roxy in Los Angeles, California in 2007

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16. Loved Up

Sophie with former boyfriend Benji Madden at Dune Nightclub in 2007

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17. 2009

Sophie Monk attends Russell Simmonsโ€™ Argyle Culture Fashion Show After Party in 2009

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18. The Emmyโ€™s

Actress Sophie Monk attends Family Guyโ€™s Pre-Emmy Celebration at Avalon on September 18, 2009

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19. Who

Sophie Monk attends Who Magazineโ€™s โ€˜Sexiest Peopleโ€™ Issue Party at Australia Square on November 12, 2009

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20. 2010

Russell Simmons and actress Sophie Monk arrive at the 11th annual Maxim Hot 100 Party in 2010

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21.E! Party

Sophie Monk attends the E! 20th anniversary party in 2010

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22. Hollywood Premiere

Sophie attends the โ€˜The Sorcererโ€™s Apprenticeโ€™ premiere at Walt Disney Studios on July 12, 2010

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23. Charitable

Sophie Monk arrives at the Breast Cancer Charities Of America Fashion Show And Fundraiser on October 13, 2010

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24. 2011

Sophie arrives at the 2011 Maxim Hot 100 Party

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25. Party Girl

Sophie attends the Gunas West Coast Launch in 2011

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26. Stefano Zagni

Stefano Zagni and Sophie Monk attend The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills joint birthday celebration in September, 2011

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27. Boho Babe

Actress Sophie Monk arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere โ€˜Real Steelโ€™ at Gibson Amphitheatre on October 2, 2011

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28. 2012

Sophie Monk poses at the book launch of โ€˜Nomad Two Worldsโ€™ by Russell James on November 1, 2012 in Sydney, Australia

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29. 2013

Sophie Monk arrives at the โ€˜Dorfman in Loveโ€™ premiere at Downtown Independent Theatre on March 21, 2013

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30. 2015

Sophie Monk attends the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Ellery Show in April, 2015

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31. Fashion Week

Sophie Monk arrives at the opening night of Sydney Fashion Weekend at Moore Park on May 14, 2015

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32. 2016

Sophie Monk arrives ahead of the Australiaโ€™s Got Talent Grand Final at Capitol Theatre on March 10, 2016

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33. Kung Fu Panda Premiere

Sophie Monk arrives for the Australian premiere of Kung Fu Panda 3 at Hoyts Cinemas in 2016

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34. Bridget Jones Baby

Sophie Monk attends the Australian screening of Bridget Jones Baby in Sydney, Australia, circa August 2016

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35. ARIA Awards

Sophie Monk arrives for the 30th Annual ARIA Awards 2016 at The Star on November 23, 2016

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36. 2017

Sophie Monk arrives at the 59th Annual Logie Awards at Crown Palladium on April 23, 2017

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37. Bachelorette

Sophie Monk is announced as Channel 10โ€™s next Bachelorette for their upcoming third season. 

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Why Anna Heinrich Is More Body Confident Than Ever Before

"Every year that I grow older I become more in tune with who I am and I love my body more and more.โ€

Anna radiates warmth wherever she goes. As she arrived at our cover shoot you couldnโ€™t wipe the smile off her face and everyone around her. The bubbly star sat down with us and chatted all things from body confidence, family and chocolate โ€“ the perfect combo.

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โ€œThere have been times in my life when I havenโ€™t felt confident, times when Iโ€™ve been like, โ€˜I donโ€™t like that part of my body.โ€™ But Iโ€™m turning 30 in December [2016] and Iโ€™m probably more confident than ever. Every year that I get older I become more confident, I love myself more, I love my body more, and I just hope that everyone can kind of get to that stage.โ€

โ€œEvery year that I grow older I become more in tune with who I am and I love my body more and more.โ€ 

Anna and her partner Tim follow the 7-2-1 eating method. โ€œSo basically, 70 per cent of the time I eat very clean โ€“ a lot of vegetables, salad, our dinnerโ€™s mainly a piece of meat or salmon with vegies or salad. Twenty per cent is kind of moderately healthy โ€“ sensible โ€“ and 10 per cent is [more indulgent], like chocolate.โ€

We are all about body confidence at Womenโ€™s Health and want you to hear how you are body confident by filling out the biggest ever global naked survey!

This article originally appeared on Womenโ€™s Health

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Nikki Reed Is Pregnant With Her First Child To Ian Somerhalder

The actress announced the news in the most adorable way.

Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder are expecting!

The Twilight actress announced the exciting news with an adorable post on Instagram an hour ago, saying, โ€œHi Little One. I know you, but only because I feel you. How is it possible to love someone so much already?โ€

โ€œAll I know for sure is itโ€™s the strongest feeling Iโ€™ve ever felt. Weโ€™ve been sharing this body for quite some time, and weโ€™ve already experienced so much together. We canโ€™t wait to meet youโ€ฆโ€

Her Vampire Diaries partner also shared his excitement, posting the same photo a few minutes later with the caption, โ€œTo our friends, family, and rest of the world. In my 38 years on this earth Iโ€™ve never experienced anything more powerful and beautiful than this,โ€ he wrote.

โ€œI canโ€™t think of anything more exciting than this next chapter and we wanted you to hear this from us first. This has been the most special time of our lives and we wanted to keep it between the three of us for as long as possible so we could enjoy this time with each other and our little one who is growing so fastโ€ฆbecause thatโ€™s what they do, they grow so fast. Thank you for your kind energy.โ€

Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Hotel Manager Describes Cassandra Sainsburyโ€™s โ€œStrangeโ€ Behaviour

She says the 22-year-old rarely left her hotel room.

In the days leading up to her arrest Cassandra Sainsburyโ€™s behaviour was out of the ordinary, says the manager of the Bogota hotel where the 22-year-old spent her final nights of freedom.

Upon attempting to fly back to Australia via London, Cassandra was found with 5.8kgs of cocaine in her suitcase, which she is saying was planted there without her knowledge.

RELATED: Cassandra Sainsburyโ€™s New Lawyer Says Sheโ€™s โ€˜Traumatisedโ€™ As Her Cryptic Instagrams Come To Light

However, Ingrid Hernandez says the former personal trainer from Adelaide drew attention from hotel staff with her strange behaviour. 

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โ€œI thought it was strange that she didnโ€™t go out like most visitors do,โ€ she told 9News

โ€œShe stayed with us from the 3rd to the 12th of April, oddly she told me she might not spend all of those nights in the hotel, and then she did.โ€

โ€œShe was alone most of the time in her room. I remember once she went and brought McDonalds back to eat,โ€ Hernandez told The Daily Telegraph. She also noted that Cassandra arrived without a reservation and paid for her accommodation two days at a time. 

Ms Hernandez says Cassandraโ€™s only visitor at the hotel was a โ€œwell-dressed Colombian manโ€, who is thought to be the person accused of tricking Cassie into packing drugs into her suitcase.

โ€œNormal height, normal build. He could have been in his late 20s, 30s. He had short brown gelled hair,โ€ she said.

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HBO Confirms โ€˜Game Of Thronesโ€™ Spinoff Shows Are On The Way

Best. News. Ever.

In the best news weโ€™ve heard all week: HBO has confirmed that Game of Thrones writers are working on not just one, but multiple, spinoff shows. 

The network announced this morning that four GoT writers are currently starting separate projects, including Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island), Jane Goldman (Kingsman: The Golden Circle), Brian Helgeland (Legend), and Carly Wray (Mad Men, The Leftovers).

RELATED: Hereโ€™s What The โ€˜Game Of Thronesโ€™ Cast Look Like In Real Life

Both Goldman and Wray will be working directly alongside GoT creator, George R. R. Martin. AKA, these shows are bound to be especially good. 

As for release dates, HBO says, โ€œWeโ€™ll take as much or as little time as the writers need and, as with all our development, we will evaluate what we have when the scripts are in.โ€

Of course, weโ€™ll keep you well informed as things develop. 

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