She won the Entertainment category in 2010, was inducted into the Women of Style Hall of Fame in 2013, her sister Antonia has hosted the awards, and her mum, Janelle, stole the show at last year's ceremony when her acceptance speech on behalf of her Oscar-winning daughter (who was in Cannes) opened with the line: ''That wretch of a child is letting herself off the hook and leaving me holding the baby!''
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So S is excited to hear Nicole Kidman may be able to finally attend the 2014 InStyle and Audi Women of Style Awards in May, schedule permitting, as she will be here filming Strangerland with Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce.
The Aussie trio heads to Canowindra next month to film scenes for the mystery drama, about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in a dust storm.
Kidman is expected to bring her daughters, who she says have embraced the family's ''gypsy lifestyle''. She says the pain of husband Keith Urban's absences are diminished by the letters he leaves when on tour.
''For every single night he's away, he leaves me a love letter,'' Nicole told the March issue of InStyle magazine.
Kidman also joins the judging panel, adjudicating alongside judges Deborra-Lee Furness, Jana Wendt, Layne Beachley, Louise Olsen and Collette Dinnigan, who will choose the top inspirational and innovative women across nine fields for the awards.
Among the nominees is Kidman's fellow Oscar winner, Catherine Martin, chasing a statuette to sit next to her four Oscars. She's up for the Lifestyle award against online entrepreneur Lucy Feagins, and restaurateur, writer and TV chef Karen Martini.
Martin describes her first memory of what has become her obsession, creating really beautiful things, telling the new edition of InStyle it all comes back to a childhood yellow brick road moment.
''I remember seeing The Wizard of Oz when I was eight and being absolutely terrified of the witch but thinking blue gingham and red diamante shoes was the perfect combination,'' she says. Martin says her parents instilled her work ethic, and husband Baz Luhrmann guides her with his can-do attitude.
Martini, who has written four cookbooks, appears on Better Homes And Gardens, has held two chefs' hats and co-owns Melbourne pizzeria Mr Wolf, says her own can-do attitude and stubbornness have gone a long way in her industry, where she has been an advocate for better conditions for women.
Her mission? To ''show people it's easy to cook from scratch''.
Online guru Feagins, whose The Design Files blog made the world's top-50 designer blogs chosen by the The Times, says she's an ''ambitious perfectionist''.
Sara steps up
United States-born Italian Sara Leonardi-McGrath is probably the nation's most famous stepmother. The vivacious art gallery owner stepped in to raise James and Holly McGrath, children of cricketing great Glenn McGrath and his much-loved wife, Jane, who died of breast cancer in 2008 under the glare of an unrelenting spotlight.
S has exclusively managed to get a sneak-peek of some beautiful insights into Leonardi-McGrath's journey as a stepmum, which she has shared in the yet-to-be-released book, Stepmother Love. The book will be launched at her McLemoi Gallery on April 1.
The book by Sally Collins includes 10 inspiring stories ''from the frontline of parenting'', hoping to dispel the bad rap stepmothers get.
Leonardi-McGrath says she and her husband have cultivated a partnership in their approach to raising the kids that has been successful.
''Life is good,'' she says. ''It's not always easy, but we still have a good time and make the best of it, and we have each other.''
It's a long way from those early days when she arrived boots and all for the long haul - aware her commitment was not only to Glenn but also his children.
''I was here with my 700 handbags and shoes, and I was here to stay!
''I'm not the kind of person to have a plan B,'' she says, admitting the first meal she cooked for her new family and in-laws left her in tears.
''The kids wouldn't eat anything,'' she recalls of that first disastrous meal. ''I went home and cried because I had to let it all out.''
The lesson? To take baby steps. She fostered relationships with people Jane knew because Jane ''had really good friends … and they are there for me, to make me a successful stepmother''.
Jane is never far from the household conversations. Leonardi-McGrath reveals her discussions with James and Holly, in which she says: ''Your mum is your guardian angel; she's always with you and god knows she's watching over me.'' The children celebrate their mum's birthday every year with messages in balloons they release. Leonardi-McGrath also says in the book that Glenn believes Jane picked her ''to come into their lives''. ''[Glenn] said to them, Sara's here to be your friend, this is her role and we're going to get married … they were so warm with me, I was very lucky.'' James was the first to express love, often saying 'I love you' unprompted, and Holly now makes her Mother's Day cards.
Adding a new sparkle?
Loved-up couple Timomatic, 26, and his classically trained dancer girlfriend, Talia Fowler, 23, are still tango-ing together five years after they met on 2009's So You Think You Can Dance. And S is betting a sparkly ring won't be far off.
Chatting at Foxtel's Presto launch at The Ivy, the super-cute couple revealed the pressure is on, now Fowler's 20-year-old younger sister is engaged to be married.
''But we're focusing on careers at the moment. You'll be the first to know!'' Timomatic, real name Tim Omaji, said with a laugh.
They met during the audition stage of the dance show. She won season two in 2009, while Timomatic impressed on Australia's Got Talent in 2011, then judged alongside Geri Halliwell and Dawn French last year. Fowler admits they are both ambitious and ready to conquer the world.''We're from the same world, we get it! It would be hard if we didn't.''
Jacoby thrives on TV innovation
She's ballsy and brilliant. Anita Jacoby is one of the most admired and respected women in the usually blokey world of TV land.
So it was lovely to see Jacoby host an event to celebrate ITV Studios Australia - her first splash at the helm of the British TV giant.
''I feel like a pig in shit,'' Jacoby told S with trademark bluntness. ''Taking those skills and getting shows up and going to the network and selling them, I've found my calling; it's a great job!''
The industry veteran, a former 60 Minutes and Enough Rope producer who held a senior post at Andrew Denton's Zapruder's Other Films, says internationally ITV is massive. ''One episode of the last series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here rated as high as the closing ceremony of the [Olympics] in London in the UK.''
With a knack for knowing what the next big thing will be, Jacoby is interested in developing formats and creating original content. She sees a time when big reality franchises will have had their day. ''Viewers like innovations and they like to be offered different and fresh kinds of programming - TV is cyclical,'' she says.
She noted women are kicking goals across television, especially in creative areas and on-camera roles, but she isn't sure much has changed in management during her career. ''I've always had a philosophy if you're good enough at your job, gender doesn't matter. But of course over the years I have faced it myself … Let me put it this way: I've only had one female boss in my entire career.''
Pup on the go has Gillies' kitty worn out
With two sporty sons, Archie and Gus, Kylie Gillies could be forgiven for having to step in and referee a few brawls on the home front.
But The Morning Show host says humans aren't causing the ruckus at home; it's problems of the four-legged variety with a wrestling dog and cat.
The host had to call on puppy whisperer Dr Harry a few weeks back, in an episode that screens on Friday night, to sort the problem and restore peace to the Gillies household.
''Pepe is a 15-month-old French bulldog,'' Gillies explained to S, ''and Roxy is a little domestic cat we rescued from the vet four years ago. He is the newcomer! Basically, I want us to be one big happy family, but he won't leave her alone. He just chases and chases her! She's like this superior woman in the house and he's the excitable puppy. She's just over it and, quite frankly, so are we!''
The visit helped with practical advice, but the problem won't be solved overnight, Gillies says. ''He gave me techniques and some good practical stuff that makes sense, but basically we have to wait till Pepe grows up and becomes a big boy. It's a work in progress. It's early days, but we just want everyone to get along.''
Curves with verve
There are few as loved as David Hasselhoff. Especially Down Under, where he has often sprinkled his red-shorted affections to much delight.
So his daughter, model Hayley Hasselhoff, is hoping to get similar appreciation when she arrives today to spread her message that bootylicious women really do rule the world.
Here on a promo visit and to attend some fashion week events, Hayley hopes to celebrate curvy girls and weigh in on the debate that plus-sized models should get the same recognition as stick-thin ones, with this message for the fashion industry: ''Calling it plus size doesn't do it justice. It's about women with curves, and women of all shapes and sizes.''
''We [curvy girls] are making our stepping stones in the fashion industry slowly but surely,'' she says.
Come on, Aussie designers, let's get on board.