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New host for ABC News Breakfast revealed

<p>Six weeks after Lisa Millar announced she would be <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/entertainment/tv/abc-host-quits-live-on-air" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leaving</a> her role on <em>ABC News Breakfast</em>, her replacement has finally been announced. </p> <p>Millar, after hosting the show since 2018, announced in July the she would be leaving the hosting role with the public broadcaster, telling viewers that her final day on the air would be August 23rd. </p> <p>Now, just one week out from her departure, the ABC announced that Bridget Brennan would be taking over the coveted gig. </p> <p>"I'm really honoured and excited to be taking up this spot on the couch, alongside our amazing team," Bridget said.</p> <p>"I'm so grateful to Lisa and Michael for showing me the ropes and being wonderful mentors while I've adjusted to early starts and all the twists and turns that live television throws at you!"</p> <p>A Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta woman, Brennan joined the ABC in 2010 as a cadet journalist, with previous roles included working as the ABC's Indigenous Affairs Editor, Europe correspondent and National Indigenous Affairs correspondent.</p> <div data-component="EmphasisedText"> <p>"I didn't grow up watching Aboriginal women on the news, so it's really an important moment for my mob as well," she said.</p> </div> <p><em>ABC News Breakfast</em> co-host Michael Rowland is thrilled to welcome Brennan to the program, saying, "Bridget has been such a breath of fresh air since joining the show and I am delighted she'll now be my main co-presenter."</p> <p>"Bridget brings to the job enormous news heft, but also a love of music, film, food and bad jokes (mine, mostly). All the things that make News Breakfast tick!"</p> <p>Millar also commented on her successor's role, wishing her all the best for her time on the show. </p> <p>"Bridget is such a delightful friend and workmate – smart, intuitive and kind," Millar said.</p> <p>"I can't wait to see the impact she'll have in this role, especially with our audience, who have already enthusiastically embraced her as a familiar part of their morning."</p> <p><em>Image credits: ABC</em></p>

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Abdallah and Sakr families' memorial triumph

<p>The Abdallah and Sakr families have won a lengthy battle with Oatlands Golf Club, to implement a permanent memorial for their children. </p> <p>In February 2020, the lives of the Abdallah and Sakr families were turned upside down when their children Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, Sienna, eight, and Veronique Sakr, 11, were hit by a car on the perimeter of the western Sydney golf course. </p> <p>Now, almost four years on from the tragedy, Danny Abdallah has confirmed that a memorial garden for his children and niece had finally won approval.</p> <p>Oatlands Golf Club had rejected several designs for a memorial on the site of the crash, but the club has now finally agreed to license a small parcel of land to the Abdallah and Sakr families for a private garden.</p> <p>“We persisted, we got there,” Abdallah told <em>2GB</em> on Wednesday.</p> <p>“It was very stressful and it took its toll on us.”</p> <p>The landscape hedge garden will include plants that blossom each February and a plinth for each of the children.</p> <p>The families hope to complete the memorial by Christmas.</p> <p>The golf club shut down negotiations for the memorial in 2021, after rejecting all of the family's suggestions for the memorial as too large, saying they would unduly remind neighbours of the tragedy.</p> <p>Mr Abdallah did not want to dwell on why the club changed its approach, saying “I want to move forward.”</p> <p>The news of the memorial comes after the Abdallah family <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/family-pets/abdallah-family-confirms-heartwarming-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> they are expecting another baby.</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram </em></p>

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First Christmas without them

<p><span>The grieving parents who lost their children after a drunk driver ran into a group of kids walking to get ice cream in Sydney’s west, have opened up about how they will deal with their first family Christmas without them.</span><br /><br /><span>Danny and Leila Abdallah spoke at an event to raise money for charity,<em> Feel the Magic,</em> which aims to help children who are grieving the loss of someone special.</span><br /><br /><span>Their son Antony, 13 and daughters Angelina, 12, and Sienna, 8, were struck on a footpath in Oatlands alongside their cousin Veronique Sakr, 11 in February this year after a drunk and drug-affected driver, Samuel Davidson, crashed into them.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7839065/abdullah-family-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/2e75a3fd82214fd99c8793d68336d1e0" /><br /><br /><span>A fifth child was left in a critical condition and spent 80 days in hospital but survived, while two other children were also injured.</span><br /><br /><span>Mrs Abdallah said holidays have been difficult to cope with since the tragedy occurred and this Christmas Eve would have been Angelina’s 13th birthday.</span><br /><br /><span>“That’s why we named her Angelina, which means ‘little angel’,” she told the event on Thursday night.</span><br /><br /><span>“Christmas is a very hard moment for us … We’re just trying to be ourselves and focus on our healing of mind, body and soul.”</span><br /><br /><span>Mr Abdallah said that while this holiday season will be difficult, he was determined to bring “joy” to his three other children.</span><br /><br /><span>“We’re trying to have our Christmas as it was last year so they can at least feel that joy,” the father-of-six said.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7839068/abdullah-family-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/cc94774156c9474188e4ad4dbd45ddc0" /><br /><br /><span>“Even if we don’t feel that joy because we miss them (Antony, Angelina and Sienna), we’re trying to do it for our kids.”</span><br /><br /><span>He said his kids were in the “best possible place” after losing their siblings.</span><br /><br /><span>“My heart is broken. I have no motivation,” Mr Abdallah said.</span><br /><br /><span>“It's painful but I can’t let them (my wife and other children) down … They’ve given me that purpose to wake up every morning.</span><br /><br /><span>“You need to build a trusted team around you to get through grief because it’s something you can’t do on your own.”</span><br /><br /><span>Mrs Abdallah told the audience she had began attending church daily, exercised six days a week and surrounded herself with positive people to help her cope with the loss.</span><br /><br /><span>Veronique’s mother Bridget Sakr — who also attended the event — said her faith, hope and having a purpose to live and look after her son got her out of bed each day.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7839066/abdullah-family-4.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/0d9c154762b84b518240ef6ee10c8b4b" /><br /><br /><span>“Knowing our children are in heaven. They’re alive. We just can’t physically see them but they’re with us all the time,” she said.</span><br /><br /><span>“I have a family to support and be a role model for and there is hope for all of us to see our children flourish.”</span></p>

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Hugh Grant to be a father for the fifth time at age 57

<p>Hugh Grant is reportedly set to become a father for the fifth time, with the<em> Notting Hill</em> star’s TV producer girlfriend Anna Eberstein said to be due any day now.</p> <p>Rumours started when Eberstein’s mother spoke to Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, saying, “I’m very happy to be getting another grandchild. She’s due rather soon.”</p> <p>The baby would be the 57-year-old’s fifth child and his third with Eberstein.</p> <p>This news comes as the pair were recently photographed walking through a New York City airport on Tuesday, with Eberstein’s baby bump appearing quite prominent.</p> <p>What are your thoughts?</p>

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The first trailer for “Bridget Jones’s Baby” is here

<p>The first trailer of <em>Bridget Jones's Baby</em> has been released.</p> <p>Say hello to Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, and a whole lot of drama.​ Bridget is single yet again, but loving her new life. Her career is on track, her love life is improving and she looks nothing short of fabulous. There’s some big news however, she’s pregnant! But, since this is Bridget Jones we're talking about, it's a lot more complicated than that. </p> <p>Watch the trailer to see what’s in store. </p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/entertainment/movies/2016/02/20-movies-turning-20-in-2016/">20 movies turning 20 in 2016</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/entertainment/movies/2015/12/top-10-horror-movies/">The top 10 classic horror movies of all time</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2015/08/favourite-movie-dances/">Our favourite movie dance scenes of all time</a></em></strong></span></p>

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All the details about the new Bridget Jones movie

<p>Fans of the Bridget Jones series rejoice: the movie franchise is coming back with yet another Bridget Jones movie, and this time, Renee Zellweger will be taking on motherhood on the big screen.</p> <p>The movie, titled aptly as <em>Bridget Jones’s Baby</em>, is set to begin filming October 2, 2015 in the UK. Original director of <em>Bridget Jones’s Diary</em>, Sharon Maguire, is also slated to return to her director’s role, as confirmed by Universal Pictures.</p> <p>We know you’re all wondering: who will play the male lead? Well, it’s none other than Patrick “McDreamy” Dempsey, taking on his first role post <em>Grey’s Anatomy</em>. The third film will also see the return of Colin Firth and will take place chronologically between the last movie, The Edge of Reason and Helen Fielding’s 2013 book,<em> Mad About the Boy.</em></p> <p> <img width="491" height="622" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/9549/patrickdempsey.jpg" alt="Patrick Dempsey" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="/lifestyle/family/2015/08/facts-about-sound-of-music/">6 little known facts about The Sound of Music</a></span></strong></em></p> <p><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="/lifestyle/family/2015/08/discontinued-classic-australian-lollies/">Old-favourite lollies that are no longer available</a></span></strong></em></p> <p><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="/lifestyle/family/2015/08/new-favourite-childhood-book-covers/%20">Your favourite childhood books now look different</a></span></strong></em></p>

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