New Idea 26 March 2018

Easter is coming and if that isn’t an excuse to dive into a world of indulgent treats, I don’t know what is. Our food team have put together an amazing array of goodies from page 44, guaranteed to keep the entire family happy with both a new spin on roast lamb and a chocolate dessert that will immediately make your mouth water. To be honest, I’ll be glad when all this is over and they don’t keep walking into our office with yet another gooey treat to try because it’s impossible to say no! Have a good week…

A RIGHT ROYAL OCCASION! In their first public event since Prince Henrik’s death, CROWN PRINCESS MARY and CROWN PRINCE FREDERIK looked regal and elegant as they donned their finest attire for a state dinner at Fredensborg Palace in Denmark.…

Ellen DeGeneres, 60, came out as a lesbian over two decades ago and has recently revealed the admission left her ‘depressed’ after people made fun of her, including Elton John. ‘People were making fun of me. I was really depressed,’ Ellen told Dax Shepard on his Armchair Expert podcast. After coming out, Ellen’s popular ABC sitcom Ellen was cancelled and she admitted she felt like a failure in the business. ‘No-one would touch me. I had no agent, I had no possibility of a job, I had nothing.’ Worse still, her other gay counterparts seemed to offer little support. She said even Elton John seemed to trivialise her declaration after she appeared on several shows, including Oprah and a primetime slot with interviewer Diane Sawyer, to discuss her sexuality. ‘Even Elton John said: “Shut up…

Delta Goodrem, 33, and Ada Nicodemou, 40, have found themselves embroiled in a shocking weight-loss scandal. Both have been falsely linked to weight-loss products, as an unknown author has claimed the stars are using certain fat-busting creams. Last Tuesday they both took to Instagram to vent their frustration. ‘It has come to my attention that there is an article circulating which states that I have been using a certain weight-loss product,’ Ada posted to her social media account. ‘This is all very false and very untrue... Please do not believe everything you read.’ On the same day, Delta also claimed she had been wrongly involved in a certain product. ‘There is another false and unauthorised article circulating online that has come from an unsolicited site regarding my involvement with a product/ cream,’ Delta wrote. ‘All…

Professor Stephen Hawking died peacefully on March 14, early in the morning in his Cambridge home, in England, aged 76. Known for his great work as a scientist, Stephen Hawking wrote and co-wrote more than 15 books in his lifetime. He also guest-starred in several TV shows, including The Big Bang Theory , Family Guy and The Simpsons. He was best known for his book A Brief History Of Time , which discussed black holes, and the mysteries of space and time. It became an international bestseller and made Stephen one of the greatest celebrities in the science world since Albert Einstein. In 1963, at 22, the astrophysicist was diagnosed with a form of motor neurone disease and was given only a couple of years to live. The disease progressed slower than anticipated, but…

Craig McLachlan’s long-time partner Vanessa Scammell has come out and voiced her opinion over the explosive sexual allegations against the actor. Actress Erika Heynatz made allegations against the actor in January while Christie Whelan Browne and Angela Scundi also claimed that he ‘indecently assaulted’ them. Vanessa has vowed to stand by her man and declared she never believed the allegations to be true, and is ‘determined to clear’ Craig’s name. She states that she was convinced it was slander from the outset. ‘When it all happened, the one thing I said to my girlfriends through all of this, I never had to ask Craig if there was any truth in it,’ she says. Vanessa adds she was also overwhelmed by the ‘lack of humanity’ shown. ‘The lack of humanity that’s been shown I’ve found incredibly…