New Idea 11 March 2019

She was the love of his life and he was hers. Now, sadly, he has gone. But if I know Kerri-Anne Kennerley, she will be celebrating all that she had with her husband John rather than mourning all she has lost. For this first lady of morning television has always been a survivor. She overcame a violent first marriage, a miscarriage, childlessness, the ups and downs of a broadcasting career, breast cancer, and John’s horrific accident. Now, she will survive this, because one of Kerri-Anne’s most delightful characteristics is that she’s a woman who lives with intention. As she told me last year, she doesn’t spend time on indulgent self-analysis. “I only delve into and consider things that are possible. It’s ridiculous to consider ‘what ifs’. I’d be a basket case if I…

Theirs was Australia’s greatest love story. Through hardships and triumphs, Kerri-Anne Kennerley and her husband John were the centre of each other’s worlds. Last week the showbiz icon’s world was shattered when her beloved John passed away, aged 78. They were married for 35 years. Kerri-Anne shared the devastating news online alongside a black-and-white photo of the happy couple from their wedding day back in 1984. “It’s with a heavy heart and awful sadness that I let you know that my beautiful husband John passed away last night,” the Studio 10 co-presenter wrote on February 28, ending her emotional tribute with the words, “John, you were the love of my life”. “JOHN GUSHED, ‘KERRI-ANNE WAS THE GIRL FOR ME FROM THE MOMENT I SAW HER’” Kerri-Anne was a tower of strength when, in 2016, John…

The Oscars is Hollywood’s night of nights, with stars dressed to the nines – but this year all eyes were on Bradley Cooper, 44, and Lady Gaga, 32, and their electric chemistry when they sang “Shallow” from their movie A Star is Born , leaving tongues wagging and social media in meltdown. What’s more, when Lady Gaga won the Oscar for Best Original Song, she tearfully mentioned her co-star in her acceptance speech, saying: “Bradley, there is not a single person on the planet that could have sang this song with me but you. Thank you for believing in us.” But that wasn’t the only drama that unfolded throughout the night. Bohemian Rhapsody actor Rami Malek, 37, tumbled off the stage after accepting the award for Best Actor. Paramedics were later called…

While Princess Eugenie has been praised for her charity efforts, older sister Bea is making headlines for another reason entirely. Swapping charity events for cocktails, Princess Beatrice, 30, has been spotted letting her hair down with boyfriend Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. The royal has mostly kept her relationship with the 35-year-old property developer and father-of-one under wraps since they started dating in October last year. But the bleary-eyed pair were snapped climbing into a taxi at 2.30am on a Monday morning, after a night out at London hotspot Chiltern Firehouse. The photos may spark concerns that Edo is leading Bea astray, amid rumours the pair are getting more serious. “They’ve been on holiday together and Beatrice introduced him to Fergie and her dad. Things are moving very quickly and it wouldn’t surprise anyone if…

After a stressful couple of months surrounding the Bernard Tomic drama, the Hewitt family are enjoying a family holiday in the Bahamas. Pictured in the pool, Bec and Lleyton Hewitt beamed for the cameras as they were surrounded by their three children Ava, Mia and Cruz. ‘Family is everything!’ Lleyton captioned the photo, shared to his Instagram account. No doubt Lleyton is thankful for the family time away, after he claimed he endured physical threats from Bernard during the Australian Open. “I did message him, threatening. The exact words I said were, ‘If you come one metre from me I will knock you out’,” Bernard said in a press conference at the time. Bernard and Lleyton’s feud goes back to 2010 when Bernard claimed he felt “intimidated and harassed” by Lleyton. But now as…

“I had tears,” says the star, speaking of her shocking diagnosis. Selma Blair has spoken out publicly about her health for the first time, after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In an emotional interview with Good Morning America last week, the actress recalled what it was like to receive the devastating diagnosis. “I had tears,” she explained. “They weren’t tears of panic, they were tears of knowing that I now had to give in to a body that had loss of control and there was some relief in that.” Selma reveals she had been experiencing symptoms of MS for some time, but was determined to “seem normal” for son Arthur, 7. “I dropped my son off at school a mile away and before I got home I’d have to pull over and take a nap…