Indholdsfortegnelse for Issue 42, 2025 i WHO

Having dealt with the devastating impacts of dementia within my own family, my heart goes out to the Hemsworths after the news that patriarch Craig has been diagnosed with “early-stage Alzheimer’s” (page 5). With Chris discovering a few years ago that he is also predisposed to the debilitating disease, he’s doing the most to make memories with his dad – and taking us along for the journey! While I look forward to seeing Chris’ new doco in November, there’s plenty of things on my must-watch list this week. Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson’s campy horror film, Shell, sounds right up my alley (page 18) and the combination of Keanu Reeves, Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen in Good Fortune is a chef’s kiss of comedy (page 26). We’ve also got Sophie…

Kim Kardashian didn’t hold back on a recent episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, especially in regards to her ex-husband Kanye West. The 45-year-old Skims founder admitted that West had not seen their four children in “months” and detailed the moment she knew it was time to end her eight-year marriage to the ‘Gold Digger’ rapper. According to Kardashian, 48-year-old West’s frequent publicity stunts, vitriolic outbursts and mental health episodes turned their once-loving relationship toxic and, when he was unwilling to make changes, led to their 2022 divorce. West was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2016, after he was put in an involuntary psychiatric hold. However, in February this year, he told Justin Laboy on his The Download podcast that he was misdiagnosed and instead he has autism.…

Charlie Puth and his wife, Brooke Sansone, have announced they’re having a baby – and in a very sweet way. The singer used the music video for his new single, ‘Changes’, to drop the exciting news – unveiling Sansone’s growing baby bump at the end of the clip. He even paid tribute to their impending arrival through the lyrics of the song. “There’s been some changes in our lives. I can feel the distance, space and time,” he sings. “Made everything different. Day and night. Oh, everything is changing, don’t know why.” Before the song’s release, the 33-year-old teased the news by telling fans the tune would “bring all of you into the most beautiful, colourful part of my life, which happens to be right now”, before adding, “You will…

One of the founding members of iconic rock band KISS, Ace Frehley, passed away on October 16 at the age of 74. His family announced his death in a statement to People, revealing that the musician died earlier that day following a recent fall at his New Jersey home. “We are completely devastated and heartbroken. In his last moments, we were fortunate enough to have been able to surround him with loving, caring, peaceful words, thoughts, prayers and intentions as he left this earth,” the statement read. “Reflecting on all of his incredible life achievements, Ace’s memory will continue to live on forever!” The music world was quick to respond to the news, with various celebrities paying their respects online, including his fellow KISS rockers. “Our hearts are broken. Ace…

Pretty Boys Are Poisonous by Megan Fox Published in 2023, this collection of what the actress, 39, called “dark” poetry allowed her to vent about her toxic relationships. Fox explained via Instagram at the time, “These poems were written in an attempt to excise the illness that had taken root in me because of my silence. I’ve spent my entire life keeping the secrets of men, my body aches from carrying the weight of their sins.” About Time by David Duchovny Covering a wide range of personal and intimate topics, including love, loss, alienation and other emotional quandaries, the actor, 65, joined a long list of stars dipping into poetry between roles with his 2025 debut. “I’m just trying to ponder [things] from my particular point of view at that…

THE VICTIMS While a campus being terrorised by a faceless predator on a killing spree might sound like something straight out of a ’90s slasher film, it is also what took place at the University of Florida at the start of that decade. Five Gainesville college students were gruesomely murdered over four days at the start of the fall semester of August 1990. “It felt like we were living in a real-life horror movie,” executive editor of People magazine Jeremy Helligar, who attended the university at the time, later wrote for the publication. Four women and one man would lose their lives in stabbing attacks that were so vicious they earned the murderer the nickname of “The Gainesville Ripper”. Today, a mural on the city’s 34th Street Wall bears the…

LIMITED EDITION GIFT SET RETRO REVIVALS The A-list’s love affair with the ’90s and early-2000s isn’t slowing down, and now their ponytails are getting in on the fun. Luckily, the flippy-end updos seen on the likes of Ariana Grande and Nicole Kidman aren’t too difficult to style. To recreate their dramatic retro look, blow-dry your hair smooth with a round brush before flicking the ends out with a blow-out brush or straightener. Add a little root lift with mousse or give it a tease at the crown for throwback volume. A zig-zag part – done with a tail comb – is the perfect wink to Y2K style if you want more edginess, but we’ll leave that up to you. BURSTING BUBBLES For those who like to inject some fun into…

Steph’s Air Fryer Chicken Curry MADE IN THE SUNBEAM STEAMFRY AIR FRYER + STEAM SERVES 2 INGREDIENTS 2 chicken breasts, thinly sliced 1 large capsicum, diced 1 large onion, diced 1 tin chopped tomatoes 100ml coconut milk 3 tblsps red curry paste A handful of coriander leaves METHOD 1 Start by slicing up your chicken, capsicum and onions. Take out the grill plate from 2 your SteamFry Air Fryer + Steam and add in your tomatoes, coconut milk and curry paste. 3 Mix the ingredients together. Place the chicken, onions and capsicum into the air fryer and stir. 4 Set your Air Fryer to steam fry mode at 180C and cook for 25 minutes. Stir halfway through cooking. 5 Finally, stir in a handful of fresh coriander leaves before serving.…

Actress Vanessa Kirby and her fiancé, Paul Rabil, have welcomed their first child. The former lacrosse player marked the occasion with some very sweet words about parenthood and a carousel of photographs. “I’m learning that becoming a parent slows you down and wakes you up at the same time,” the new dad, 39, wrote alongside the images, which included one of Kirby, 37, staring into her baby’s eyes, one of the infant’s feet and one of Rabil cradling the newborn – whose name and gender are yet to be revealed – on his chest. Rabil also shared that he’s grateful for the health of both Kirby and their baby, and “that I get to wake up every day to Mum’s enormous love, and that we get to have you in…

Long before noughties rom-com Mean Girls tried to make “fetch” happen, Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone) effortlessly had everyone declaring, “As if!” – and, as coming-of-age comedy Clueless turns 30, it continues to have just as much impact on popular culture. Cher appeared to have it all – wealth, popularity, confidence and a wardrobe to die for. And while she may have started out as aspirational, by the end of the film, we realised she was just as clueless as any other teenage girl. Despite her luxe life in Beverly Hills, as she meddled in her friends’ love-lives and nothing quite went to plan, Cher and her problems were definitely relatable. “I really think that it’s magic in a bottle,” Silverstone, 49, recently told Entertainment Weekly of the movie’s enduring appeal.…

So what do you get the boy who appears to have it all? Queen Mary and King Frederik just happened to find the perfect thing as Crown Prince Christian reached a significant birthday milestone. Two days before his 20th birthday on October 15, the prince took control of an F-16 fighter jet at Skrydstrup Air Base while his father proudly looked on. “Today, a boy’s dream came true,” Christian captioned several images that were shared on the Danish royal household’s official Instagram account. As Christian leaves his awkward teenage years behind, he has a lot to smile about. The prince is in his first serious committed relationship – with former classmate Emma Nygaard Fritzen. The pair have reportedly been dating for about a year. And after the release of a…

Scan to shop or visit uniquelycreative.com.au Tracey Schulz was a 40-year-old mum to two grown-up kids, aged 18 and 21, and running two successful craft stores in Adelaide when life hit her with a huge curveball. “I found out I was pregnant with a surprise baby,” Tracey says. Overwhelmed, she closed one of her shops to focus on the other, but even that was challenging. In store, there was a product she’d come up with that was proving to be very popular. She’d started pulling little craft kits together for her mum, with all the bits needed to make handmade cards. Some of her other customers had seen her doing it and asked for a similar pack, and the idea had taken off, with the kits flying off the shelves…

If Pamela Anderson’s recent campaign with Arrae – a wellness brand supporting and championing women through menopause – has taught us anything, it’s that we need to talk more about midlife health. For too long, this rite of passage has been surrounded by misinformation, stigma and silence. And the result? A life transition that many women have been made to feel like they need to keep as discreet as a hot flush in public. But things are beginning to shift. Just as Fleabag disrupted how women’s stories are told on screen, menopause is finally having its cultural moment. To quote Belinda – Kristin Scott Thomas’ character in Season 2 – menopause is “the most wonderful f--king thing in the world”. And according to academic gynaecologist Kirsten Black, a professor of…

There’s no time of year that lends itself so readily to play, colour and experimentation in our makeup routines than summer. Our product layers get thinner, pigments brighter, and overall vibe lighter and more effortless. It’s the perfect time to embrace bold hues, glowy finishes, and creative looks that capture the warmth and energy of sun-soaked summer days. Whether you’re preparing for an outdoor picnic, coffee catch-up or leisurely afternoon drink, these are the summer makeup trends that deserve to shine – both this season and beyond. FEELING DOTTY While they may have once been considered something to cover up, in 2025, freckles are the ultimate beauty accessory. Whether drawn on with a brow pencil or dabbed with a freckle pen – or, according to some sources on TikTok, broccoli…

ARIES MAR. 20–APR. 18 As always, your thoughts are magnetic, shaping tomorrow’s mood. Right now, you’re a little bit at risk of thinking negatively to the point that it starts to impact your life. Avoid! The best thing you can do is something like meditation or journalling. Discipline yourself to work through your fears. CANCER JUN. 21–JUL. 21 Adventure is calling your name, so trust your inner compass. If travel and/or study are on your unfulfilled wish list for 2025, don’t give up. Now is the perfect time to be starting or finishing plans for adventure or studies – especially if they’re related to work or something that will inspire you or other people. LIBRA SEP. 23–OCT. 22 Balance, forgiveness and renewal are on offer this week. Here’s the thing…

Back for her seventh season as host of Love Island Australia, Sophie Monk promises that this year will be packed with “potential viral moments” that you’ll want to “watch and get behind”. “It’s just on another level,” she tells WHO. Are there any new twists or turns this year? Yeah, we turn quite hardcore this year. It’s for the contestants’ own good, but it also ends up quite entertaining. And it just helps all of them grow in their relationships. We pushed them, I’d say, the furthest we’ve ever pushed. The contestants are also becoming a lot more vulnerable this year. I do think it’s influenced by the fact that they can trust the show. They’re not going in nervous. What do you think makes a Love Island couple successful…

double talk As much as we enjoy Neale Whitaker’s impressive home renovations, the voyeurism of Andrew Winter showcasing real estate we could only ever dream of affording, and the pair’s friendly rivalry as Team Love It and Team List It go head-to-head for bragging rights, if there’s one thing we love most about Love It Or List It Australia, it’s the co-hosts’ cheeky banter. As the show’s sixth season continues to roll out, that jokey relationship between Whitaker, 63, and Winter, 53, is well bedded in, as WHO discovers when we chat to them about their highlights from the latest batch of episodes. What can we expect from Love It Or List It Australia this time around? NEALE WHITAKER Some life-changing renovations, a smorgasbord of incredible real estate – and…

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Celebrities dialled up the glamour at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures fifth annual gala in Los Angeles. The star-studded Hollywood fundraiser raised more than $18 million in support of the Academy Museum’s exhibitions, educational outreach and public programming. While the evening’s proceedings unfolded behind closed doors, the blue carpet offered a dazzling glimpse into the night’s allure, with some of the biggest names in movies, music and fashion striking a pose. The most talked-about moment came courtesy of Kim Kardashian, 45, who stepped out in a nude gown, featuring a dramatic full-face covering and gleaming statement jewels. Newlyweds Selena Gomez, 33, and Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song (left), and Jacob Elordi and Regina Hall dazzled. Benny Blanco, 37, also garnered attention, making their first appearance at a public event…

John Stamos is going into bat for Lori Loughlin, after she split from the man he described as her “narcissist” husband, Mossimo Giannulli. “I will never talk to him again,” Stamos, 62, vowed during an appearance on the Good Guys podcast. He also told listeners his former Full House co-star “put up with a lot over the years”. “I said [to Loughlin], ‘Look, all the negativity or hard hardships that you’ve been through in your life is connected to this guy,’” he shared. In 2019, Loughlin, 61, and Giannulli, 62, pleaded guilty to paying around $800,000 for their daughters to score places at the University of Southern California. Loughlin was sentenced to two months in prison, while Giannulli received five months. Stamos didn’t mince his words when he shifted the…

Travel Guides’ Jono Fren and wife Danielle have revealed their “greatest adventure awaits” in an Instagram post announcing they’re expecting their first child. “I’ve had some incredible adventures around the globe but nothing will top this next one,” Jono shared, adding that “Baby Fren” is due in April next year. Jono’s co-stars were thrilled for the Hunter Valley-based family. “Wonderful news guys,” fellow Guides Kevin Moloney and Janetta Stones said. And Kevin He of “The Boys” couldn’t contain his excitement. “Hell yeah brother,” he commented. Meanwhile, Jono’s sister, Victoria, with whom he stars on the TV Week Logie-winning series, alongside parents Mark and Cathy, reposted the announcement, captioning it, “Aunty duties incoming!” Jono and Danielle first connected on Tinder in 2019, before tying the knot in 2021in the Hunter Valley.…

Joe Manganiello’s life just got a little more magical. On October 17, he and partner Caitlin O’Connor, 36, confirmed their engagement via separate posts on Instagram. The picture the couple each posted shows O’Connor sporting a diamond ring, alongside Manganiello and their pet chihuahua, Bubbles. The news broke the previous day, with TMZ reporting that the actor, 48, described O’Connor as his fiancée during his speech at the San Diego Film Festival on October 16. The couple have been dating for two years, after first being linked in September 2023 – two months after Manganiello filed for divorce from actress Sofía Vergara. A source told People magazine that the two first met in a mutual friend’s kitchen, and he has since treated her “like a queen”. Another source told the…

Having first visited Monte Carlo while filming her breakout role as a Bond villain, Famke Janssen returned to the principality this June to promote her new Netflix series, Amsterdam Empire (streaming from October 30). “I filmed GoldenEye here,” she recalled during a press conference at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, referencing her turn as hitwoman Xenia Onatopp opposite Pierce Brosnan in 1995. “It was very strange because yesterday I went to the casino – not to gamble, but outside where we filmed it. Just to, you know, have that moment. Wow, this happened all those years ago.” The role propelled the career of the former model, who has since built a résumé on her own terms despite feeling she’s often pigeonholed as a badass. “I think there are certain actors who…

In the quest to transform a space into a home, we often find ourselves searching for the perfect rug. It’s the centrepiece that has the power to tie a room together, creating cohesion and thematic unity – the threads that tautly anchor us and hold our memories. Arguably, no brand knows this better than Miss Amara. With a legacy that unites durability with affordability, their latest Noiré Collection shines the spotlight on round designs. Handloomed from partially recycled PET fibre, creating a stain-resistant material, this innovative brand is reclaiming a space where luxury and sustainability can move together in circularity. It begins in our homes. missamara.com.au…

Whether you call them cozzies, bathers, swimmers or togs, one thing most Aussies agree on is that finding the right swimwear can be as hard as scoring a parking spot at the beach. Thankfully, there’s a wave of local brands and small businesses making a splash with designs that work with our bodies – not against them. And yes, we’ve done the legwork for you. From timeless classics to trending cuts, we’ve rounded up the labels swimming ahead of the pack, so you can dip in a toe or dive right into the ultimate Aussie summer uniform with confidence. SPLURGE! BEACH ESSENTIALS SHORT STORY If the resurgence of cargo pants and slip dresses are anything to go by, it’s clear the ’90s continues to dominate as a sartorial force in…

PACK A TOWEL Wrap yourself in effortless style with Sundays by Pillow Talk’s Maris Stripe Reversible Terry Beach Towels. Plush, absorbent and not too heavy for your beach bag, these summer essentials come in three colourways, and feature chic reversible patterns and hand-knitted tassels. Consider your beach and pool days upgraded. SHE’S WITH THE BAND(ANA) We first stated that bandanas were making a resurgence when Gracie Abrams stepped out at Glastonbury rocking a silky headscarf, so consider this our sweet vindication. Spotted on Simone Ashley, Hailey Bieber and Sabrina Carpenter, the versatile bandana is still on our radars going into summer. Whether you’re styling one over your head or trousers, or wearing one as a top, we back this trend 100 per cent. OILING UP Did winter leave your hair…

SOUL SISTERS DENVER Jessica Biel reunited with former 7th Heaven sibling Beverley Mitchell at a Global Down Syndrome Foundation charity event. WORLDS COLLIDE CALIFORNIA Josh Brolin came face to face with his on-screen nemesis, Iron Man, at Disneyland. GOT TAILS WAGGING LONDON At a gala screening for his latest film, Pillion, Alexander Skarsgård turned heads in a halter-neck shirt and tie. HEY, PUMPKIN! INSTAGRAM Anna Kournikova and her kids got into the Halloween spirit early with their adorable costumes. NO FILTER NEW YORK CITY Callum Turner, Bobby Cannavale and Pete Davidson paused for a selfie break while filming upcoming movie One Night Only. HUG IT OUT NEW YORK Gigi Hadid and Anne Hathaway shared a sweet moment on the red carpet at the 19th Annual Golden Heart Awards. FATHER FIGURE…

Spotlight On… John Grisham THE AUTHOR TAKES ADVICE FROM SOMEONE CLOSE TO HOME Having penned dozens of bestselling novels that have sold more than 300 million copies, it’s fair to say John Grisham knows a thing or two about producing a page turner. But despite his vast success, there is one critic he takes very seriously. “I finished [The Widow] at the end of last year and I had a really clever ending,” the author told CBS Mornings. “I was done with it and then my wife [Renee Jones] read the ending and she said, ‘Hey buddy, this ain’t working.’” That critique resulted in Grisham heading back to the drawing board, adding another 25,000 words and a closing chapter with a fresh plot twist. While Grisham is famed for his…