Woman's Day Magazine NZ

taylor & katy no more bad blood!

Their beef is finally over After calling quits on their friendship five years ago, it seemed Taylor Swift and Katy Perry were as different as chalk and cheese. But now they’ve made up, they go together like … well, burgers and fries! The two songbirds became besties again after Katy, 34, sent Taylor, 29, a literal olive branch last year and last week, when Taylor’s new single “You Need to Calm Down” was released, fans were thrilled to see “Roar “singer Katy featuring in the video. Co-written by Kiwi music producer Joel Little, 36 – who shot to fame after producing Lorde’s first album Pure Heroine in 2013 – the song celebrates the LGBTQ community and the video features cameos from Ellen DeGeneres, Queer Eye’s Fab Five, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, RuPaul, Laverne Cox,…

started from the bottom

CHRISSY METZ When she landed her role on This Is Us, “I had 81 cents in my bank account,” the actress confesses. “I could cry right now just thinking about it.” RICHARD MADDEN Before he got hearts swooning on Game of Thrones in 2011, the Scottish hunk was living on $8 a day. Says the actor, “I was completely broke.” TIFFANY HADDISH The comedienne famously grew up in foster care and says that when she was trying to make it big, her future Night School co-star Kevin Hart loaned her $450. JOHN CENA Former wrestling star John battled his way to the top. “I was homeless for four months in 1999,” he reveals, explaining that he lived in his car during that time. JENNIFER LOPEZ At 18 years old, J.Lo – now worth an estimated $615 million – was…

editor’s note

This week’s mag is all about amazing makeovers and none more so than Adele, who was barely recognisable when she stepped out at a Spice Girls concert last week. After splitting with her husband earlier this year, she’s dropped more than 10kg thanks to pilates classes with her BFF Ayda Field (aka Mrs Robbie Williams). Good on her for finding what works. Like Adele, I’ve recently taken up exercise for pretty much the first time in my life and it’s not easy being a novice! On the morning of my first bootcamp class – run by a fellow school mum who also happens to be a trainer extraordinaire – I was shaking in my brand-new sneakers. I was sure everyone would notice the fact I didn’t know the difference between a burpee…

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Editor-in-Chief Sido Kitchin Editor-at-Large Sophie Neville News Editor Lynley Ward Senior Writer Cloe Willetts Staff Writers Ellen Mackenzie, Fleur Mealing Chief Sub-editor Sheryn Church Deputy Chief Sub-editor Denise Bowden Sub-editor Jennifer Reynolds Creative Director Mirella Monteiro Senior Designer Olivia New Designer Demelza Callesen Staff Photographer Robert Trathen LIFESTYLE – INSPIRE Lifestyle Director Penny Lewis Style Director Leigh Matheson Beauty Editor Amy Houlihan Digital Artist Andrew Kirkup Picture Editor Kellie Blizard International Picture Editor Kate Dwek Editorial Assistant Jessica Ault Production Editor Rebekah Hebenton Production Coordinator Lorne Kay MARKETING Head of Marketing Martine Skinner Marketing Manager Lauren Dyke Group Marketing Assistant Jessica Bird ADVERTISING Commercial Director Kaylene Hurley Group Sales Director – Weekly Titles Anna Magasiva Commercial Brand Manager Georgia Bews Direct Account Manager Kate Cameron Publisher Analyst Johanne Kendall Publisher…

ladies in waiting! kate leads the royal baby charge

Beaming in baby blue, the Duchess of Cambridge radiated happiness as she joined the Queen and senior members of the monarchy for their annual appearance at Royal Ascot. Looking relaxed and excited at the glamorous race-day event, Kate barely stopped smiling, and now Woman’s Day can reveal the very special reason for her joy – Kate is believed to be expecting her fourth child! “She and William are absolutely thrilled,” tells our insider. “It’s certainly happened a bit faster than they’d anticipated and they’re lovingly referring to the pregnancy as their ‘happy surprise’, but it’s something they’ve long dreamed of. Before children, they thought three was the dream, but now the doting parents think that four is the magic number.” They hope to have a little girl, so they have two of each,…

what a lovely line-up! the knights’ fair maidens

The British royals turned out in all their finery for the Order of the Garter service at Windsor Castle last week – and the Spanish and Dutch royals were looking rather dashing too! In fact, the Queen invested King Felipe VI of Spain, 51, and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, 52, as Stranger Knights of the Garter in this year’s ceremony – an honour reserved for foreign royals – and their respective wives Queen Letizia, 46, and Queen Máxima, 48, fitted right in with the Windsor clan. Duchess Kate, the Duchess of Cornwall, 71, and the Countess of Wessex, 54, all added their touch of glam to the 700-year-old ceremony, while the Queen, Prince Charles, 70, Prince William, Princess Anne, 68, and Prince Edward, 55, all looked splendid in their blue velvet…