New Idea 10 April 2017

This morning I had to step in and coach my youngest daughter’s netball team. They’re only seven and this was their second training session, but what they lack in ball skills right now they make up for in enthusiasm, shouting and lots and lots of giggling. To be fair, I haven’t played netball for a few years, and I certainly haven’t any teaching experience, so I’m not sure what they learnt from me about the game – but we did have a great time running around and chucking balls all over the place. Now I’m just scared that at their first game on Saturday, they won’t know any of the rules. However, they will know how to pretend to be jumping beans from one end of the court to the other... Maybe…

KERRI-ANNE AND JOHN’S DATE NIGHT It’s a momentous occasion for KERRI-ANNE and JOHN KENNERLEY as they make their first social appearance in more than a year following his life-changing balcony fall. ‘It’s fantastic. I’m so happy,’ Kerri-Anne said while cuddling up to her husband at the five-year anniversary of chef Matt Moran’s Sydney restaurant Chiswick. Such a beautiful moment! He may have thrown a lavish, celeb-filled bash to mark his milestone 70th birthday, but ELTON JOHN’s heart lies with his family, as he showed by posting this adorable snap of his sons ZACHARY (left) and ELIJAH helping him celebrate at home. PIA MILLER is a Home And Away goddess and she knows it! The TV hottie flashes a grin – and her ripped abs – between filming scenes for the show. VICTORIA BECKHAM may…

He’s come under fire for his outrageous comments and attacks on wife Amy, but it seems My Kitchen Rules villain Josh finally got what was coming to him after filming on the hit show ended. The 26-year-old WA fisherman exclusively tells New Idea that when their time on the series ended, they immediately split up ‘to give ourselves some distance’. Josh says that having ‘no breathing room’ from each other during their MKR stint put the couple under strain, with Amy describing it as a ‘pressure cooker’. He reveals that as a result, Amy moved out for a week so they could ‘clear their heads’ and start getting their marriage back on track. ‘We had our ups and downs, it came in waves... it was definitely a big challenge,’ Josh tells New Idea. ‘I think…

‘They’re very good at the talk and they like to manipulate situations and get under the skin of other contestants’ David and Betty have been slammed as cheats and liars in My Kitchen Rules ’ latest showdown. The best friends from Sydney have come under fire from the other teams for their deceptive ways, accused of sabotage and manipulating others to their own advantage. ‘Sometimes David would lie,’ Ros, 56, tells New Idea. ‘I think they were very focused and they definitely knew they wanted to go far in the competition. They probably did everything in their power to make sure that was going to happen. ‘David, particularly, was very driven. Because they were from Sydney and we were filming in Sydney, they would spend time with relatives that have a restaurant. They spent a…

‘It was clear that there was a lot of chemistry – they were having a lot of fun’ It’s Ross and Rachel 2.0! Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer have set tongues wagging in Hollywood, with claims they’ve been secretly meeting and are ‘closer than ever’. The Friends stars – who were the hottest TV couple of the ’90s – have been spotted out several times in LA, enjoying late night drinks at dark, romantic bars – with David wrapping his arm around the A-list actress during one flirty night on the town. While the pair originally started meeting up to discuss plans for a highly anticipated Friends reunion, pals say they’ve become incredibly close again and speak regularly. ‘They’ve reconnected in a way that’s taken them both by surprise – it’s like putting on…

They’re the photos that shocked Australia – new shots of Gladiator hunk Russell Crowe sporting a portly belly and the evidence of a big weight gain. But while many fans jumped to his defence and called for a stop to the rampant social-media body shaming, there was one woman who wasn’t happy at all – loved-up Terri Irwin. Sources say the Australia Zoo boss – a committed fitness and boxing enthusiast – was ‘horrified’ by the scandal over Russ’ weight gain, and is worried about his health as he hits his mid 50s. While the pair bushwalk and eat organic and sustainably harvested food when together as per Terri’s wishes, it seems Russ has been hitting the junk food recently. ‘Terri saw a recent Instagram photo of Russ eating fast food, knocking back a…