THE father of four of Antonia Kidman’s six children has died in New York.
Angus Hawley, 46, is believe to have suffered a heart attack while on a business trip.
In a statement on behalf of his family, brother Phillip said: “We confirm that Angus Hawley has suddenly and very unexpectedly died of a suspected heart attack whilst in New York attending a conference. Hawley went to dinner with a friend in New York and suffered a cardiac arrest. He passed away in the ambulance on the way to hospital.”
“There are no further details at this time as it only occurred last night, our time. The family request the media please respect their privacy at this very sad time.”
Angus and Antonia were married for more than 10 years. In the years after their separation, he married a former nanny, Prue Fisher.
Antonia wed businessman Craig Marran they have had two children, and the family live in Singapore.
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TWO Australians on death row in Indonesia are scheduled to die by firing squad on Tuesday evening.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran – two of the so-called Bali Nine drug traffickers – have been given 72 hours notice of their execution, and workers have sighted crosses bearing the men’s names, and the date of their execution: 29 April, 2015.
The scheduling of the execution brings to an end a year-long campaign by supporters and politicians of all stripes to try to save the men, who were convicted of trying to smuggle drugs into Australia.
The doomed men have been asked for final requests, which for Andrew have included the right to be able to walk outside under the open sky, one last time.
RAPPER Iggy Azalea has become a Bonds girl. Bonds, as in, knickers.
Bonds is currently celebrating 100 years of making smalls for Australians.
Some famous names got their start as Bonds girls, including Miranda Kerr, while Sarah Murdoch, Rachel Taylor, and Pat Rafter have also gotten down to undergarments for Bonds.
Iggy was raised on the NSW north coast. She left home at 16 to pursue a career in the US, and is now one of the world’s biggest stars.
AN SBS reporter has been fired after tweeting disrespectful comments about the Anzacs on Anzac Day.
In a series of tweets sports reporter Scott McIntyre described the soldiers as rapists and murderers.
SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid said Mr McIntyre had breached the station’s social media policy.
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull labelled his comments “despicable.”
A GROUP of people who had been trying to climb Mount Everest have died in an avalanche triggered by an earthquake in Nepal. They include senior Google executive, Dan Fredinburg, and an Australian, who is as yet to be named.
Mr Fredinburg was the head of privacy for GoogleX. His sister, Megan, said he suffered head injuries.
“I regret to inform all who loved him that during the avalanche on Everest early this morning our Dan suffered from a major head injury and didn’t make it. We appreciate all of the love that has been sent our way thus far and know his soul and his spirit will live on in so many of us,” she said.
IN a move that surprised precisely nobody, reality star and Olympic gold medallist, Bruce Jenner, has revealed that he intends to live as a woman.
Jenner, who is Kim Kardashian’s stepfather, told Diane Sawyer in a two-hour interview that he had always felt more like a girl than a boy.
“I look at this way: I am Bruce, always telling a lie,” he said.
“So Bruce Jenner is?” Sawyer asked, to which Bruce replied: “I hate that word: a girl stuck in a guy’s body. I hate that terminology. I’m me. I’m me. I’m a person. This is who I am. I’m not stuck in anybody’s body, it’s just who I am as a human being. (Bruce) lived a lie his whole life about who he is. And I can’t do that any longer.”
SIXTY Minutes has recruited a five-time winner of the Walkley Award for journalistic excellence to join its team.
Ross Coulthart formerly worked for Seven’s Sunday Night program. He published a book last year about war correspondent Charles Bean.
[The Australian reveals](
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/intergenerational-report-price-tag-100k/story-fnab9kqj-1227322117556) that Coulthart signed the deal yesterday, and that the move blind-sided Seven, who thought he was merely taking a break after some unpleasantness involving Seven staff.
Sixty Minutes under executive producer Tom Malone is averaging just under 1.1 million viewers an episode.
THE best thing about being a President in his final term is you don’t have to worry quite as much about saying the wrong thing.
And so, at the White House correspondents’ dinner over the weekend, President Barack Obama was asked if he had a bucket list.
“Well, I have something that rhymes with bucket,” he said, to much laughter.
IN a gesture that underscores the friendship, United States on Saturday agreed to host a Gallipoli centenary service for Australians and New Zealanders aboard one of its largest battleships.
ANZAC soldiers and their families were invited aboard the US Midway in San Diego to mark the 100 year anniversary of the battle at Gallipoli, and to hear speeches by US generals on the enduring bond between the US and Australia.
The ceremony included a flyover by fighter jets.
The senior Australian government representative was Los Angeles consul general Karen Lanyon, who thanked the US for joining with Australians and New Zealanders in towns around the world, marking the centenary of the battle at Gallipoli.
“We meet not to celebrate, or to glorify, but to honour our veterans,” she said, “in particular men and women who sacrificed their lives.”
Ms Lanyon said Australian patriotism – perhaps in contrast to US patriotism – is “quiet, but it is deep.”
She recalled the 16,000 soldiers who surged ashore at Gallipoli in April 1915, and quoted a British soldier, who said of them: “They were at home in the hellfire. Their pluck was titanic. They were not men, they were Gods.”
Ms Lanyon said Australia would continue to “stand up for our friends and allies and for principles for international decency.” But she added that Australians are also “warriors for peace. There is no romance in the mud and the blood of war.”
She paid tribute to families, whose sacrifice and stoicism is often played out of the public eye.
“Our unshakeable commitment to Anzac Day should provide comfort to those who serve today,” she said.
In a nod to the homeland, Anzac biscuits were served.
