WHO Issue 43, 2022

When the WHO team are planning content for the mag, there is at least one story that really gets us talking in our morning news meeting. This week it was the revelation that Friends star Matthew Perry had a secret relationship with Julia Roberts back in the mid-1990s. Could we be any more shook?! Read all about their fling on page 8. Our senior writer Penelope Clifton interviewed Magda Szubanski recently to chat about her new ABC series, Magda’s Big Health Check. I love how refreshingly honest the star is, and perhaps my favourite quote of all is when Magda reveals she’s “done the cabbage diet – they’re horrible and unmaintainable”. Couldn’t agree more! Check out Pen’s interview with the Kath & Kim star on page 26. Despite being a confirmed city…

Forget the stars of the track, all eyes were on Brad Pitt at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas this month. Looking happy, healthy and hot, the 58-year-old was seen making his way through crowds and hanging out in McLaren’s VIP area. According to Motorsport.com, Pitt met with Formula 1 team bosses to discuss a “racing version of Top Gun: Maverick”. He might have impressed the bosses, but unfortunately for fans, he committed the ultimate faux pas by giving F1 legend-turned-commentator Martin Brundle the cold shoulder when approached for an interview. “Brad, Martin Brundle, Sky F1, how are you doing? Can you tell us a little bit about this movie?” Pitt responded, “No not yet. It’s top secret,” before a member of his beefy entourage grabbed Brundle by…

Attending the Hollywood premiere of Halloween Ends, Jamie Lee Curtis – in a blood-red Ralph Lauren gown – reflected on the legacy of Laurie Strode, the character she’s been playing in the horror franchise since she was 19 years old. “I can’t believe that my legacy, way after I’m gone, except for through children, will be that I never gave up, and I think that’s the most important message all of us can share in every aspect of our lives, always and forever,” she told the audience, who gave her a standing ovation, at the TCL Chinese Theatre on October 11. “Never give up. Never give up. Never give up.” The following day, Curtis, 63, was feted by her family, including director husband Christopher Guest and their daughters Ruby and Annie, as…

After pulling off the astounding feat of keeping their relationship secret for more than 25 years, Matthew Perry, 53, has decided to tell all about his romance with Oscar winner Julia Roberts. The Friends star dropped the bombshell in his memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, describing how he fell hard for Roberts after producers asked him to woo her to get her to agree to make a guest appearance on the sitcom. “I sent her three dozen red roses and the card read, ‘The only thing more exciting than the prospect of you doing the show is that I finally have an excuse to send you flowers,’” he wrote. What ensued was three months of flirty notes via fax. Yes, fax. It was 1995. “Three or four times…

Alec Baldwin is the luckiest guy in the world – just ask him! He’s loving his new role as a father of seven. “One, two, three, four, five, six, seven…” the actor, 64, wrote in a social media tribute to his tribe, while his wife Hilaria shared photographs of their growing family, which included their baby daughter, Ilaria. “Who’s luckier than us? I love you. All … of you,” Alec commented alongside the snaps. The family’s beautiful posts were in stark contrast to another Alec shared ahead of the first anniversary of the death of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed in an accidental shooting on the set of their film, Rust.…

Congratulations are in order for Mandy Moore and her husband, Dawes rocker Taylor Goldsmith. “Ozzie is here!” she began her Instagram announcement, which was accompanied by a gorgeous photo of the trio in the delivery room. “Oscar Bennett Goldsmith arrived a little late, but with much aplomb (and an easier/speedier delivery than his big brother, much to the delight of his parents). Every adage is true: our hearts have doubled in size and the immediacy of the love is astounding. He is beyond words and we are so grateful for our family of four!” Little Oscar is a younger brother to August, who arrived in February 2021.…