HELLO! magazine 1773

She is one of the most successful British sculptors of the 21st century – a prolific, self-taught artist whose famous client list reads like a who’s who of the elite worlds of entertainment, sport, politics and royalty. The King, the late Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Kent and the Countess of Wessex have all sat for Frances Segelman, also known as Lady Petchey and dubbed the “royal sculptor”. And when she exclusively invites HELLO! into her historic four-storey Georgian home in London, brimming with sculptures and spectacular art and with panoramic views of Tower Bridge and the Shard, the bronze busts of the Queen and Prince Philip that greet visitors in the magnificent marble hallway take your breath away. “The Duke was my first royal,” says…

Beautiful but bonkers is how actress and West End star Carley Stenson describes her life right now. Over the past few months, she has gone from appearing in the play Dial M for Murder and the musical From Here to Eternity to learning how to skate for her debut in Dancing on Ice, while still spending as much time as she can with Skye, her 19-month-old daughter with her husband Danny Mac. “In all honesty, I thought I might not be able to do Dancing on Ice,” she tells HELLO!. “But we figured it out with the support of our family and friends – and Danny, of course. He is so excited for me. He wants me to embrace every moment of it.” On stage, Danny is starring in Pretty Woman, but in…

Six months after their captain Eve Muirhead collected her OBE and MBE from the then Prince of Wales – and almost a year after claiming gold in Beijing – the remainder of Team GB’s victorious Olympic curling team had their own brush with royalty, adding to their medal tally with an MBE apiece. Along with their coach David Murdoch, Jennifer Dodds, Hailey Duff, Mili Smith and Victoria Drummond received their honours from the Princess Royal during two ceremonies at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in their native Scotland. Calling it a “great honour”, Jennifer said: “[It’s] great for British curling. Hopefully it helps grow the sport as it’s an amazing, amazing game.” Commemorating the special day on Instagram, with photos including one of her insignia, Mili wrote: “Mili Smith MBE has a nice ring…

When it comes to supporting fellow women in the film industry, Jamie Lee Curtis has been there, done that and even got the T-shirt. The 64-year-old actress’s delighted reaction at her Everything Everywhere All at Once co-star and good friend Michelle Yeoh, 60, winning a Best Actress Golden Globe this month (left) took social media by storm – and the moment was then captured on a T-shirt with the words: “Friends supporting friends”. Posting a mirror selfie of her posing in the top (above left), Jamie told fans on Instagram: “I’m still stunned that a moment of natural exuberance and joy, became some sort of a symbol for women supporting other women.” The shirt had been “left outside my home” by members of the film’s team while she was isolating with Covid, she…

She is best known for her role in finance drama Industry, but photos from a location shoot in London for the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black show Marisa Abela is the real deal. Having traded her designer outfits for Amy’s signature beehive, black eyeliner and ballet pumps, the actor bore more than a passing resemblance to the late singer. Marisa was shooting scenes (left) outside jazz venue Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, along with her on-screen father, Happy-Go-Lucky star Eddie Marsan. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, who made her feature film debut with the John Lennon film Nowhere Boy, the production was given the green light by Amy’s father Mitch and the Amy Winehouse Estate. The former cab driver was famously close to his daughter (together right) and said the family were “excited”…

She’s tied the knot four times but it seems that with her marriage to Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez has romance all wrapped up with a (giant yellow) bow. That was certainly the case at the premiere of her new romcom Shotgun Wedding, where the 53-year-old star showcased a sheer Valentino Couture dress (right) embellished with sequins and worn over a nude bodysuit and a yellow ribbon belt. Following the screening at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Jennifer changed into a second couture outfit – another Valentino creation – to celebrate at the afterparty with Ben and co-star Jennifer Coolidge (both below). And no encouragement was needed as Ben, 50, showed his support and affection for his wife of six months with a loving kiss (above). The couple married in Las Vegas last July,…