Merryn Porter

1 week ago | honey.nine.com.au | Merryn Porter

James and Aurora are among the hottest baby names in the US right now, according to one of the top baby name websites. The US based BabyCentre tracks popular baby names and looks for trends by examining the baby names registered by hundreds of thousands of parents on the BabyCentre app. So when it comes to the name trends parents can't get enough of right now, well birds, luxury brands and a '90s resurgence are what's leading the charge, while boys names ending in 'y' are on the way out.

1 week ago | celebrity.nine.com.au | Merryn Porter

Singer-songwriter Joss Stone has welcomed her fourth child. The UK's most successful soul singer announced the birth on Instagram writing, "Welcome our beautiful Nalima Rose to the world. We are so in love," along with the hashtag #mummymonday. Stone, 37, announced she was pregnant in December 2024 after welcoming her third child, son Bear, whom she adopted with husband Cody DaLuz.

1 week ago | celebrity.nine.com.au | Merryn Porter

Almost 60 years after her movie star mother died in a car crash, Law & Order SUV star Mariska Hargitay has revealed in a new documentary that she was left behind inside the wrecked car. Hargitay, 61, was just three when her mother Jayne Mansfield died in the crash that left young Mariska injured. But now it has been revealed that she was actually left behind in the wreckage and was only saved after her older brother raised the alarm.

1 month ago | honey.nine.com.au | Merryn Porter

It goes without saying preparations for when Prince George one day becomes heir to the throne and, eventually, the monarch are well underway. But while Prince George, who is currently second in line to the British throne behind Prince William, has a close relationship with his own father, having male role models to guide him into adulthood is also important.

1 month ago | honey.nine.com.au | Merryn Porter

Sometimes, Debra Hargraves rises in the early hours of the morning to fix a bottle for her young charges. "It is like having babies, except my babies slept through," she laughs. Many years after welcoming her own children, it is kittens, not human babies, that Hargraves cares for in the dead of night as one of The Cat Protection Society of Victoria's foster carers. READ MORE:Shocking reason why Ginny collapsed an hour after her walkWhile voluntary, it is a job Hargraves takes seriously.