New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Issue 35, 2022

The Oscar-winning actress was all smiles as she pressed her hands and feet into cement in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. The Annie Hall star, 76 – mum to daughter Dexter, 27, and son Duke, 22 – paid tribute to her own parents as she celebrated her 52-year acting career. “My mum, I’ll tell ya,” Diane said during the ceremony. “I was about seven and she was crowned Mrs Highland Park. The curtains opened and there suddenly Mum was on stage in a miracle. That always lives with me. I recall thinking, ‘God, why can’t I get up there?’” Diane has just finished filming the sequel to the 2018 hit movie Book Club, in which she has reunited with fellow veteran actresses Jane Fonda, Candice…

It hasn’t been very long since the Weekly caught up with Casketeers stars Kaiora and Francis Tipene. Previously, I was brought to tears as they told of the sad loss of their colleague and friend Stan Neho, and this week I was teary as well, but from joy. The couple married 17 years ago in a registry office in Kaitaia, so Francis decided to surprise Kaiora with a second wedding in Fiji, during a trip they had planned for some time. Of course, keeping such a secret with all of the organisation involved wasn’t without its difficulties, but ultimately Kaiora was able to walk down the aisle in a beautiful ceremony. As she shares from page six, Francis is husband of the year. It’s a romantic story of their dream…

He’s the much-loved star of the TV series Casketeers, but today Francis Tipene is almost drowning in love from his wife Kaiora because the father-of-five has just pulled off the most romantic event of their lives. Somehow, he managed to get his wife to Fiji and surprise her with a second wedding. “I’d take planning a funeral over a wedding any day,” says Francis, 38. “Oh, man!” The much-relieved husband may have just had a stressful few days, but he really looks quite happy about it. In fact, he looks very much like the cat that got the cream. “It was so beautiful,” says Kaiora, 39. “I got to walk down the aisle, which I didn’t get to do at our first wedding.” The loved-up couple have been together for 18 years, which is…

She endured a childhood of poverty and abuse. Years later, she became one of Hollywood’s most promising stars, only to be dropped by the big studios when she came out as bisexual. Anne Heche survived it all – but the mother of two couldn’t survive the high-speed car crash that left her with horrific burns. The Donnie Brasco star died in an LA hospital on August 12, aged 53. Anne was born on May 25, 1969. Her father Don was a Baptist minister and church organist who Anne later claimed began sexually abusing her when she was just a toddler. At the age of 12, she began acting professionally and she’d already carved a successful career in Hollywood when she met future talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres in 1997. The pair’s relationship was not embraced…

Adele has broken her silence about her love for Rich Paul. “I’ve never been in love like this,” the Easy On Me singer spilled recently of her sports agent beau, 40. “I’m obsessed with him. I definitely want more kids.” Mum-of-one Adele, 34, met multimillionaire Rich, 40, at a party several years ago and they reconnected in June last year after Adele split from her charity CEO husband Simon Konecki, 48, the father of her son Angelo, nine. Now, Adele says, “I’m as happy as I’ll ever be” and she can’t wait to add to her family when she finishes her long-awaited residency next year. In January this year, the singing sensation cancelled her Las Vegas appearances at short notice, but she has now confirmed that the 32-show residency will begin in November…

They married in a whirlwind less than a year after they began dating. Now, Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall have also divorced at breakneck speed. Media mogul Rupert, 91, and former model Jerry, 66, formally parted ways on August 10, less than two months after news of their split first leaked. In a joint statement, the once-besotted couple announced, “Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch have finalised their divorce. They remain good friends and wish each other the best for the future.” Sources close to the pair, who tied the knot in 2016, say Jerry received around $475 million in the settlement in addition to two houses – one in Britain and one in France. The mother-of-four was reportedly devastated when Rupert made moves to end their union and told confidantes they were driven apart…