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Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Hugh Jackman's best mate breaks his silence on Aussie actor's messy divorce from Deborra-Lee Furness
's best friend has broken his silence on the actor's messy divorce from Deborra-Lee Furness. Australian radio presenter Gus Worland, who went to primary school with Hugh, appeared on 2GB's Ben Fordham Live on Thursday and revealed how the Wolverine actor is doing amid the drama. 'No one wants anyone to go through what he is and he is going through it publicly because of his fame,' Gus began. 'One thing I have been really strict on is to let Hugh and Deborra-Lee do what they have had to do. I was over in New York with him last month and he is fine. He is going along well.' Gus said Hugh was moving his life in a positive direction and he wished the same for Deborra-Lee. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'He is moving on with his life. I hope Deb does as well. They were together for 30 years and have two beautiful kids together,' he said. 'I go to their kids and ask them what we can do to make sure they get through this as best as possible.' Gus has gone on many wild adventures with the famous actor, 56, including singing songs at Kirk Douglas' 100th, private jet rides, overseas birthdays and smoking Cuban cigars on the set of Hugh's 2001 thriller film Swordfish. In a 2021 interview with Stellar magazine, he revealed their friendship began at the young age of five in the early '70s. 'At age five at Pymble Public School, the teacher goes, "OK, grab someone by the hand." I get Wolverine,' he recalled. The pair have been inseparable since, enjoying a friendship for over five decades. His comments come after Hugh made a telling post as his ex-wife Deborra-Lee officially filed for divorce. The Greatest Showman star took to Instagram on Wednesday to post a clip of him nailing a skipping routine in his show Hugh Jackman Live From New York With Love, which he's performing at Radio City Music Hall. It comes after Deborra-Lee took a swipe at her estranged husband amid the flurry of rumours that he cheated on her with his current girlfriend Sutton Foster However, it was the clip's chosen background track - NSYNC's Bye Bye Bye - that raised eyebrows considering the recent divorce developments. The video, which was posted to his 34.1 million followers, is clearly a reference to Deadpool & Wolverine, the 2024 flick that he filmed with Ryan Reynolds which features the hit song. However the timing of the post - as well as its one word caption of 'Finally' - made it extremely cryptic. The video was posted the same day that Deborra-Lee took a swipe at her estranged husband amid the flurry of rumours he cheated on her with his current girlfriend Sutton Foster. Following her decision to officially file for divorce from the Les Miserables star two years after announcing their separation, the Australian actress, 69, addressed her heartbreak in an exclusive statement to 'My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal,' she said. Their marriage started to fall apart during Covid, as previously reported by around the same time that Jackman struck up a friendship with Foster, his costar on the 2022 Broadway revival of The Music Man. Hugh and Deborra-Lee announced the end of their marriage in a shock statement in September 2023, telling fans that they were 'shifting' and as a result had decided to 'separate to pursue our individual growth.' They were married in Melbourne, Australia, in April 1996 before adopting their son Oscar, now 24, in 2000. Five years later they completed their family unit when they adopted daughter Ava, 19.
The Guardian
6 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Angela Lemaire obituary
My sister-in-law Angela Lemaire, who has died aged 80, was a printmaker, painter, wood engraver and writer. She lived and worked in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. Influenced by artists such as William Blake, Samuel Palmer and Odilon Redon, her main interest lay in developing metaphysical/spiritual themes and ideas, often through combining words and images. She is probably best known for the handmade books she produced with the Folio Society and the specialist fine art publisher The Old Stile Press, including The Journey of Thomas the Rhymer (2000), The Pyde Pyper (2002), Joys by Thomas Traherne (2004), Secret Commonwealth (2008), A Christmas Sequence (2008), Jubilate Agno (2012) and Talking Through Trees (2016). She was born in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, to Derry Lemaire, an army officer, and his wife, Monica (nee Grimble). Her parents had an acrimonious divorce, after which her father remarried and gained custody of Angela and her brother, Michael, emigrating to Australia in 1956. She later wrote about her unhappy childhood in her book Are You Trying To Annoy Me? (1969), under the pseudonym Katherine Blake. After attending Pymble ladies' college in Sydney, Australia, Angela returned to the UK in 1962 to live with her mother and stepfather, Douglas Lyne, finishing her schooling at the Lycée Français in London and then Wispers boarding school in West Sussex. She then went to the Chelsea College of Arts in 1963, and from 1964 to 1967 studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, where she specialised in printmaking and gained a diploma in art and design. At Camberwell she produced and printed her first book, The Plague (1967). After leaving college she worked part-time as a clerk while selling her work and taking on commissions. For the next few years Angela had part-time jobs as a typist in solicitors' offices and in art teaching, until in 1973, on a holiday in the Scottish Highlands, she met a salmon fisherman, Roddy Macaskill, and they married in 1973. Moving to live in Inverinate on the shore of Loch Duich in the Highland region, they had a son, Calum, but separated in 1984 (and divorced in 1987), after which Angela relocated to Edinburgh, working as a cleaner up to 1991 and then as a part-time typist at the Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church until 1999, all the while still producing her artwork. After Calum went to live with Roddy, she moved to Jedbugh and finally became a full-time artist. Over the years Angela contributed to many group exhibitions and had several solo shows, the last being at the HAGB Gallery in Jedburgh in 2023. Her work is in many private collections, while much of her writing and correspondence is archived in the National Library of Scotland. She is survived by Calum, her grandchildren, Sorley, Fia and Eda, her brother Michael and her half-sister Jules.
Time Out
14-05-2025
- Time Out
This stunning NSW national park is one of the world's most TikTok-famous natural wonders
From Icebergs sunrises to Totti's puffy bread to Pymble's newly-famous Old Baby Cake, Sydney is a mine of TikTokable content. And it turns out, one of the world's most TikTok-famous natural wonders is just outside of our city's walls – with the Greater Blue Mountains area ranking as the 18th most iconic natural wonder in the world, according to the platform. Yep, TikTokers are showing the Blue Mountains to the world. To determine the most TikTok-famous Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, travel site Kuoni analysed content made at or of more than 180 official UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites, ranking the most popular TikTok locations. To ensure their results were accurate, the researchers compiled a seed list of all official Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, then tallied up the number of TikTok posts featuring relevant hashtags (including nicknames and common spellings associated with each site). According to the data, the Greater Blue Mountains region is currently the 18th-most TikTok famous natural wonder in the world, the most famous in all of Australia. With its far-reaching valley views, stunning cliffscapes and rich eucalyptus forests, the Blue Mountains has officially secured its spot as a social media favourite – just behind America's Yellowstone National Park, and beating Australian icons including the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru. As of April 2025, 60,132 TikTok posts have been made about the beautiful national park on the western edge of Sydney – literal mountains of content. The most TikTok-famous natural wonders in the world are: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Canada) Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (Japan) Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (India) Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (South Africa) Grand Canyon National Park (USA) Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) The Dolomites (Italy) Kilimanjaro National Park (Tanzania) Pantanal Conservation Area (Brazil) iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa) Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago (Vietnam) Yosemite National Park (USA) Area de Conservación Guanacaste (Costa Rica) Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (Canada and USA) Chitwan National Park (Nepal) Komodo National Park (Indonesia) Yellowstone National Park (USA) Greater Blue Mountains Area (Australia) Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA) Everglades National Park (USA)
