Inspirational

Lucy Melo, the elephant keeper who was attacked by elephant Pathi Harn, aka Mr Shuffles, has opened up for the first time about the incident.

When you’re juggling a hectic schedule and never-ending to-do lists, it’s easy to get bogged down. If you could do with a booster shot of creative juice, try these ideas: 1. Write a soap opera When life is not going according to plan, it’s satisfying to enter a world where you can control what your […]

Glamour girl. Golden girl. Party girl. Olympic hero Stephanie Rice has had to wear all the media’s tags. Yet, as The Weekly discovers, none of the labels fits this essentially normal Aussie girl. With the Australian flag billowing brilliantly behind her, Stephanie Rice lifts the hem of her Grecian goddess gown and expertly slips into […]

Michelle Obama is used to multi-tasking. For years, she has juggled the roles of wife, mother, public servant and mentor. This month, she takes on another — that of First Lady — following her husband Barack Obama’s inauguration as the 44th president of the United States of America and the couple’s move into the White […]

Tom Cruise — Hollywood heart-throb, sofa-jumping Scientologist and once Australia’s favourite son-in-law. After all this time in the public eye, we think we know him so well. Yet, few actors remain as enigmatic. See Tom Cruise throughout his career in pictures here. How many reporters can say they had the opportunity to fly in a […]

Associte Editor for The Weekly, Michael Sheather tells his personal account of these two amazing your girls. Sophie Delezio and Bindi Irwin are like that — having met them, you can never forget them. Seeing them together — laughing, giggling, swapping stories like life-long friends — for our Christmas issue cover shoot was one of […]

Australia’s bravest kids: Bindi and Bob Irwin’s fairytale surprise for Sophie Delezio Sophie Delezio, the little girl who touched Australia’s heart after she suffered burns to 85 per cent of her body in a pre-Christmas accident five years ago, has joined another national sweetheart Bindi Irwin and her younger brother Robert in a special Christmas […]

It take many qualities to become a great actor. Talent. Star power. Dedication. Although immense courage in the face of a life-threatening illness is not usually considered a criterion for stardom, more’s the pity. If it were, the Academy could start polishing a Best Actress Oscar now and inscribing upon it the name Feride Nakhle. […]