New Idea 6 August 2018

A ROYAL CELEBRATION! It was a case of cuteness overload for royal fans, after Kensington Palace released an adorable portrait of a grinning PRINCE GEORGE to mark his fifth birthday on July 22. ‘The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share a new photograph of Prince George to mark His Royal Highness’s fifth birthday tomorrow,’ the palace said in a statement.…

THE GOLD LOGIE WINNER SAYS TO REMEMBER THOSE IN TROUBLE Despite his recent Gold Logie, Grant Denyer is battling a new personal crisis. The former Family Feud host is lending his star power to raise awareness about the drought currently affecting thousands of Australians. In a heartfelt plea to his 73,000 Facebook followers, the former TV weatherman begged his fans to help Aussie farmers. ‘This is how dry it is at our place,’ he wrote alongside a photo of his acreage in Bathurst. ‘So dry that the kangaroos are drinking out of our dog bowl... It’s so sad right now. In many places it’s the worse drought since records began.’ The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted the odds of an El Nino weather event – which occurs when sea surface temperatures in the central and…

We thought we knew everything when it came to celebrity hook-ups, but this one appears to have flown under our radar. Last week Russell Crowe revealed he once had a secret hook-up with Celine Dion... well, sort of. In a bid to persuade the Canadian singer, who is currently on concert tour in Australia, to watch The Breaker Upperers – a movie made by New Zealand actors Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek – the Gladiator star took to Twitter to remind Celine, 50, of the time they once spent time in a hotel elevator. ‘Hey @celinedion, remember that time we met in the elevator at the @FourSeasons in LA?’ Russell, 54, began the humorous tweet. ‘Yeah. Me too. Anyway, please see below. The way Canadians are polite, New Zealanders are sincere. These girls…

It may have been a celebration of her 20th birthday, but after the gushing posts between Bindi Irwin and her beau Chandler, it appeared she could have been celebrating her nuptials. Chandler, 21, posted a heart-warming pic of himself with Bindi with the words: ‘This will forever be my favourite day of the year. Celebrating the one that I love, my life adventure buddy... Bee, you are the strongest person I know and spread so much kindness every single day. You inspire me to be a better man and I thank my lucky stars for every moment we spend together. I love you.’ Chandler also sent a bunch of flowers, which Bindi shared to Instagram. ‘July 24 is when I celebrate my birthday. My love decided to surprise me early with this…

JUST MARRIED! KARL AND JASMIN ATTEND AN ITALIAN WEDDING Having only just jetted back from a romantic Tuscan wedding, Karl Stefanovic and his fiancee Jasmine Yarbrough are now in the giddy throes of planning their own nuptials. But after a turbulent year for the Today host – who is still recovering from the embarrassing fallout of the infamous Ubergate scandal – Karl is determined not to let anything overshadow their big day, a source tells New Idea. ‘It’s been a lot to deal with for Jasmine,’ says a friend. ‘The bitter divorce, then all that went down after his shocking phone call with his brother Pete was leaked. He doesn’t want any of that to get in the way of making it perfect for Jasmine. After all, it’s her first wedding and she…

While Jasmine happily took inspiration from her friends’ wedding for her own big day, it wasn’t just elopement that was on her mind. Jasmine and Karl both spent time playing with close friend Claire Alexander-Johnston’s children, Atlas, Everest, and Zephyr, and appeared smitten with the gorgeous siblings from Byron Bay. ‘The kids loved hanging out with them too and honestly they hardly left Jasmine’s side,’ says the friend. ‘She was great with them and didn’t mind one bit that they always wanted to be with her and Karl.’ Already a father of three, Karl has previously opened up about having a vasectomy – assuming his nappy-changing days were well behind him. But having witnessed what a great dad he is, and how fun and caring he was with her mate’s children, has left Jasmine…