Issue 8: This week in New Idea

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KEITH URBAN & NICOLE KIDMAN: TORN APART
From sending sexy texts to flying 27 hours for a date, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have always pulled out all stops to keep the spark in their marriage alive. But despite their best intentions, things have recently become so difficult for the pair they have been forced to abandon their previous vow to never spend more than a few days apart. Read the full story in this week’s New Idea.

MEL GREIG: I’M ENGAGED
After a horror year, the radio host is finally smiling again! It was everything Mel Greig had always imagined a proposal should be – a romantic evening at a tropical beach in Bali, a band playing softly in the background and the love of her life down on one knee in the sand. Mel confides to New Idea: ‘Life is so unpredictable. I’m so grateful to have found such a supportive, loving partner, who’s been by my side through it all – he’s definitely a keeper!’

NEW IDEA EXCLUSIVE WITH RHETT HUTCHENCE
Late INXS rock star Michael Hutchence’s brother Rhett reveals to New Idea how the music icon’s daughter Tiger Lily is coping with life without him. On the cusp of adulthood, Tiger is now finding her own way. ‘She’s extremely beautiful and stylish, charming to be around, and she’s very much into music and acting, just like her dad,’ Rhett reveals of the 17-year-old. And she’s already taking on the world – travelling to New York, where she hopes to go to drama school.

BEYONCE: CRAZY IN LOVE WITH THE PRESIDENT?
In a scandal of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe proportions, the French media last week went wild with outrageous allegations of a secret tryst between pop superstar Beyonce and US President Barack Obama. According to bombshell claims made by French photographer Pascal Rostain, who is close friends with former French First Lady Carla Bruni, The Washington Post was planning to expose the alleged affair last week. That claim was then denied by the US paper, but it hasn’t put an end to talk the Post has bowed to pressure from the White House to kill the controversial story.

MKR’S SPECIAL: MARRIAGE SECRETS & SABOTAGE SHOCK
Competitive duo David and Corinne exclusively open up about their relationship, and hit back at suggestions they are the show’s very own version of Brynne and Geoffrey Edelsten. Also, New Idea looks into the sabotage scandal that’s rocking the show – with the most controversial contestants in years whipping up a storm of debate. New Idea is the official My Kitchen Rules magazine.

SUMMER FLAVOURS
New Idea this week cooks up some flavoursome dishes cooked on the grill, such as Moroccan fish and sirloin steak with soba noodle salad. My Kitchen Rules contestants, Chloe and Kelly’s mixed seed bread will have you coming back for more, and Helena and Vikki’s eggplant rolls are just made for sharing.