New Idea 13 November 2017

I have a friend who went to great lengths to hide her shopping purchases from her hubby. She used to carry a red texta in her bag to do her own markdowns on shopping tags, so $100 dresses were reduced to just $49. And then there was the time she cut out the label on another expensive new purchase, and carefully sewed in a label from one of her old Kmart tops so her husband was none the wiser! But with this week’s budget fashion special (page 56) there’s no need to tell little white lies to your other half! So many great finds, all for under $50 – it’s now the perfect excuse to go shopping. And leave your red texta at home!…

TRICK OR TREAT? When queen of reality TV KIM KARDASHIAN commits to a look, she really commits! Channelling CHER, Kim’s Halloween partner was best friend JONATHAN CHEBAN, who fronted up as SONNY. Their costumes were copied from Sonny and Cher’s 1973 Academy Awards attire. PINK and her gorgeous family were pirates for a night in the name of Halloween! Sporting a long magenta wig, Pink and her kids WILLOW and JAMESON got into the swashbuckling spirit. Have you ever seen a tinier and more adorable pirate than Jameson? Another look KIM KARDASHIAN pulled off, this time with sister KOURTNEY by her side, was the iconic MADONNA and MICHAEL JACKSON date night at the 1991 Academy Awards. A winning night out! Disco baby! Casamigos, CINDY CRAWFORD, RANDE GERBER and George Clooney’s former tequila company, threw an…

12 YEARS OF HELL It’s been almost 500 days since Brad Pitt was seen out in public with his six kids – and the shocking reason why has left Hollywood horrified. It’s been revealed that relations between the A-list actor and his estranged wife Angelina Jolie – who filed for divorce in September 2016 – have become so bad, that the Tomb Raider star is ‘punishing him’ by making visitation schedules with their six children more difficult than ever. While he’s seen the kids – Maddox, 16, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 11, and nine-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne – behind closed doors, difficulties with Ange have meant it’s been impossible for him to take them out and enjoy LA in 483 days. ‘Brad adores his children and he misses having them in his…

WORLD EXCLUSIVE PICTURE PROOF Sensational new ‘proof of life’ evidence appears to finally confirm Olivia Newton-John’s missing lover is alive and well – 12 years after he faked his own death. In a world exclusive, New Idea can reveal a crack team of US-based investigative journalists have tracked down Patrick McDermott to a small town in Mexico – providing picture proof that leading private investigators claim is the missing man. It’s been more than a decade since the LA-based cameraman vanished at sea during a fishing trip off the coast of California, leaving many to speculate he had orchestrated the elaborate charade to escape mounting debts. The 2005 disappearance has long haunted Olivia, who once tellingly revealed it had been ‘very hard’ and ‘human to wonder’ about what really happened to Patrick. Now it seems…

New revelations MEGHAN’S SHOCK FAMILY SHAME Meghan Markle has vowed to fight back after new revelations about the dark side of her family were made public. It’s been revealed that several members of the Suits star’s extended family have disturbing histories of drug use, violence, racism, crime and drunken behaviour. The Markle clan – who originate from Grants Pass, Oregon – hides several black sheep, including Meghan’s half-brother Thomas Markle Jr, who was arrested for drunkenly brandishing a gun at his partner Darlene Blount in January. Now it’s further been revealed that despite the altercation, Thomas and Darlene plan to marry in the coming months – meaning Meghan will soon call a drug user associated with white supremacy her brother-in-law. Darlene’s brother Jason Blount was arrested earlier this year for heroin possession and three…

FAKE MATES? Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson were all smiles for social media last week, sharing photos of their happy reunion lunch. But behind the scenes, our spies tell a very different story. In what seemed to be a ‘heated exchange’, the pair spent the majority of their three-hour meeting ‘clearly frustrated, speaking in hushed tones’ – a vast contrast to the camaraderie they have portrayed to their followers. ‘They were frosty,’ says our eyewitness. ‘That selfie was just for show. That lunch was very intense and neither of them seemed very friendly toward the other.’ In what was apparently their first catch-up since Lisa quit Today after she was refused the same pay as Karl, the pair took to Instagram with a beaming selfie as evidence that their friendship had survived the bitter…