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By Mark Reynolds

Pictures: BACKGRID, MEGA, GOFF

aims to offer a unique artisan

experience.

The four-day event offers the

chance to tuck in to a range of spicy

culinary delights and enjoy the

entertainment on offer.

It is one of the longest traditions in

Malibu and allows cooks and chefs,

from beginner to professional, to

show off their skills, competing to

make the best chili in town.

Money was raised for The Boys &

Girls Club of Malibu as well as

youth-based organisations in the

California beachside resort.

Swinging time

on a day out for

Simon and son

Music mogul Simon, partner Lauren and their son Eric explore the chili festival

MUSIC mogul Simon Cowell made

some hot news as he got in the swing

of chili festival celebrations with his

son Eric.

The fun-loving entertainment

impresario, 59, hid behind shades

and sported a black T-shirt and blue

jeans at the Malibu Chili Cook-Off.

Eric, five, beamed as he enjoyed a

swing ride and his mother, Simon’s

partner Lauren Silverman, 42, also

looked to be enjoying the festival.

Simon was among celebrities who

soaked up Saturday’s fun and sun.

Famous faces included actresses

Halle Berry, 53, and Minnie Driver, 49,

and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son

Joseph Baena.

Actress Reese Witherspoon was

also there with her family, husband

Jim Toth, their son Tennessee, six,

and Deacon, Reese’s 15-year-old son

with her first husband, Ryan

Phillippe.

Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx, 51,

was also spotted at the cook-off with

actors Mel Gibson, 63, and Jared

Leto, 47.

Rides, live music, food, drinks and

chili are at the heart of the annual

festival, which finishes today and

King of

swing...

Simon,

above,

enjoys a ride

with Eric,

five, on

Saturday.

Left, Reese

Witherspoon

and family

enjoy the

sunshine.

Inset, left,

Halle Berry

at the event

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By Liz Perkins

Anthea is now engaged to Mark Armstrong

Anthea to wed as love life takes turn for better

ANTHEA Turner has become

engaged for a third time – after

just five months of dating.

The former Blue Peter host, 59,

is dating business tycoon Mark

Armstrong and is set to walk

down the aisle for a third time.

Yesterday she told Scala Radio,

where she works as a presenter:

“He’s keeping me very happy,”

before telling the show’s hosts

they were invited to the wedding.

“Finally after all this time we

did it. He proposed in Rome, it’s

such a romantic city,” she added.

The news comes some seven

years after her much publicised

split with second husband Grant

Bovey in 2013 – after he cheated

on her with a woman half her age.

She had previously been mar-

ried to DJ Peter Powell between

1990 and 1998.

Ms Turner met Mr Armstrong,

55, at London’s Wellington club

earlier this year.

A source close to the star said:

“He’s half-Italian, very charis-

matic and good looking, plus a

few years younger, which is a

boon.

“Anthea has had a rocky few

years, and had almost given up on

finding love again. But she met

Mark at London’s Wellington club.

“He fancied her straight away

and they swapped details.” Ms

Turner married Bovey in 2000,

but in 2013 found the property

developer had been unfaithful.

After their divorce in 2015 Ms

Turner, once the second highest-

paid female presenter on TV,

swapped a £10million Surrey

mansion for a flat in London.

Four years ago the ex-GMTV

presenter appeared on Celebrity

First Dates looking for love, and

in 2017 she wrote a book called

How To Survive Divorce.