WHO Issue 2, 2023

With the sun finally shining during my recent holiday, I took the opportunity to check out some of the books featured in our Summer Reading Special (page 88). It was great to kick back outdoors and read something not on a screen! I’m currently burning through U2 frontman Bono’s bio, Surrender, but now we’re retuning to work, those lazy days spent with a good book are fast becoming a distant memory, sadly. This issue also highlights the work being done by 15 inspiring Australian women. Whether they’re household names, like abuse survivor advocate Grace Tame, or quiet achievers like Rachael Natoli, who founded the Lokahi Foundation to help women enduring domestic violence, these leaders are the best of us and it’s an honour to showcase their work (from page 26) both…

If his brutal confessions in Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan weren’t enough to completely sever the relationship with his brother, Prince William, sources say Prince Harry’s upcoming memoir will be the final nail in the coffin for the once-close siblings. Spare, which comes out on January 10, is set to expose more details about the post-Megxit feud that rocked the royal family to its very core and caused irrevocable damage. “Generally, I think the book [will be] worse for them than the royal family is expecting,” a source with knowledge of the book told The Sunday Times. “Everything is laid bare. Charles comes out of it better than I had expected, but it’s tough on William, in particular, and even Kate gets a bit of a broadside. There are these minute…

The mansions of Hollywood are always a little empty this time of year, as celebrities make their annual pilgrimages to their holiday hotspots of choice. From ski lodges in Aspen to overwater bungalows in Bora Bora, the silly season marks a chance for the rich and famous to enjoy their spoils on luxury vacations. And this year proved no different, with a slew of stars spending the New Year period soaking up the sun in picturesque destinations. Barbados was the place to be, with Isla Fisher, 46, and husband Sacha Baron Cohen, 51, enjoying a sun-soaked vacation on the Caribbean island. The actress wowed in a vibrant pink one-piece for a day out on the sand, showing off her enviable figure. Similarly, Mark Wahlberg, 51, looked in fighting form as he…

About 9am on New Year’s Day, Marvel star and two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner was airlifted from his ranch home in Lake Tahoe, Nevada after suffering “a traumatic injury” while ploughing snow. At the time of print, the 51-year-old was conscious and talking in a “critical but stable condition” in intensive care after undergoing the first round of surgery to treat the injuries he suffered when he was run over by a massive snowcat. According to reports, he was losing a lot of blood from an injury to his leg until the quick actions of a doctor neighbour stemmed the flow with a tourniquet. A spokesperson for the star of Mayor of Kingstown and Hawkeye expressed gratitude on behalf of Renner’s family to locals, first responders and medical staff for looking…

Czech-born American tennis champ Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with stage 1 throat cancer and unrelated early stage breast cancer. “This double whammy is serious but still fixable, and I’m hoping for a favourable outcome,” Navratilova, 66, said in a statement. “It’s going to stink for a while, but I’ll fight with all I have got.” Navratilova, who had breast cancer in 2010 and deemed cancer-free after a lumpectomy and radiation, has nixed plans to fly to Melbourne to cover the Australian Open for Tennis Channel from their studio, but her rep said she “hopes to be able to join in from time to time by Zoom”.…

Former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins rang in the New Year on a high note after her partner, David Sharaz, popped the question during a romantic visit to the Cape Byron Lighthouse. “I’m just a guy, kneeling in front of a girl, asking her to marry him,” Sharaz captioned a carousel of proposal pics. “I didn’t want to enter another year without you knowing that I want to spend all my years with you.” The happy news comes after the trial of political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, accused of raping Higgins in Parliament House, was aborted due to juror misconduct. The charge against Lehrmann – who has denied the allegation and had no findings made against him – was then dropped due to the negative impact a second trial would have on…