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Helena Christensen — My Life as a Mum

Former Victoria’s Secret supermodel Helena Christensen is strikingly beautiful when you meet her — no surprise there. But the model-turned-photographer is also funny and surprisingly down-to-earth, especially when conversation turns to her son, Mingus, 10, who she had with her ex-husband, actor Norman Reedus. We caught up with Christensen a...

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Jodi Picoult

In her 17th novel, House Rules—which hit bookstores last week—best-selling author Jodi Picoult tackles yet another hotly-debated topic: autism. (In real life, Picoult advocates vaccinations but not a “one-size-fits-all” philosophy.) When she’s not knee-deep into book research or typing furiously away on her laptop, she’s mum to three ki...

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Elka Whalan

Elka Whalan (nee Graham) spent the best part of a decade at the top of Australian swimming. A dual Olympian, she won Olympic silver in the 4 x 200m Freestyle relay in Sydney and has 10 Australian and numerous Commonwealth records under her belt. Since announcing her retirement after the 2006 Commonwealth Games Elka has forged a successful media...

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Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu, thirty-eight, is the queen of hip-hop soul. But more than that, she's an innovator. Take the birth of her third child, Mars Merkaba: in February, when the little girl was born in Badu's Dallas home, she tweeted between contractions. Her son and daughter were also in the room. Now little Mars is the first Twitter baby, Badu says, g...

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Meet Jon And Kate Plus 8′s Kate!

To celebrate the documentary Jon and Kate Plus 8 - Surviving Sextuplets & Twins about controversial US reality TV show stars Jon and Kate Gosselin (Channel Ten tonight, 7:30 pm), we thought we'd give you a bit of an introduction to the lady of the house, Kate. So here's an interview one of our stateside sisters, Gwynne Watkins, did with Kate Gossel...

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John Leguizamo

Talking to John Leguizamo is a bit like seeing his one-man show. He's very funny, thoughtful, and you have to pay attention, because there's a lot going on and you don't want to miss a word. I interviewed John in between stops on a US tour of his latest live show, Work in Progress. — Brett Singer Let's talk about Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosau...

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50 Years of Oscar Babies

50 Years of Oscar Babies 1. Catherine Zeta-Jones, 2003 Catherine Zeta-Jones was just entering her ninth month when she walked down the red carpet in a low-cut black gown with beaded straps and pink coral Fred Leighton earrings. When she won for Best Supporting Actress (for Chicago), the actress cried "My hormones are way too out of contro...

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Child Stars: Where Are They Now Part 2

In part two of our child star series, we find out what ever happened to JTT and Punky Brewster and gaze into our crystal ball to predict the future for these former celebrities. Jonathan Taylor-Thomas Known to his fans as JTT, Thomas is famous for his role of the tween heart-throb Randy Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement in 1991 at age 10. Whe...

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Child Stars – Where Are They Now? Part 1

Ever wondered what happened to your favourite child stars like Edward Furlong and co? What happens when the cute runs out and it's time to enter the real world? In part 1 of a two part series, we track down 12 top child stars of the 80s and 90s and see how they're faring today. Anna Chlumsky When she was just 11 years old Anna Chlumsky stole our...

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The 45 Worst Celebrity Baby Names

What is it with celebrities? While the rest of us agonise over whether we should spell Catherine with a C or a K, the stars are pulling random letters out of a hat to create Makena'lei or Destry. Maybe it's that celebrities are operating on a higher creative plane to the rest of us. Maybe they're on crack. Or maybe, like Penn Jillette, father of M...