In the women's mags: It looks like All Black hottie week

That crackling sound resounding through Auckland suburbs this week is thousands of little female hearts breaking when they spot the cover of Woman's Day.

Dougie Howlett's gone and got himself engaged. The fact that his new wifey to be Monique Everard is none other than a Woman's Day staffer has nothing to do with the exclusive.

Very romantic it was too, up at Matapouri Bay with the tide coming in and the sun going down and Dougie whispering sweet nothings and a shell for a ring, until the real one arrives bearing a rock he bought in South Africa.

It's All Black hottie week all round for the mag covers.

The Woman's Weekly features Carlos Spencer, who's already married so can't get engaged. But his home has been burgled twice in England, while they were in the house no less, and he is thinking about having another baby, so surely that warrants a cover.

Marc Ellis hits the New Idea pushing his new autobiography and talking about the delights of married life with Agustina Mon. He likes her cheese sauce, only wears his wedding ring when he's in trouble and they have a 1974 television in their Coromandel bach - oh the penury.

But one does wonder whether the interviewer heard right when Marc said of their times at the bach: "We always have a good crew around."

Speaking of which, Robbie Williams continues his march through the beds of Kiwi women - after Rachel Hunter and the ever-classy Robyn Reynolds, his latest is Charlotte Austin who has been a barmaid on her OE for 18 months and enjoying afternoon delight with Robbie for the past seven of them.

In Woman's Weekly Austin notes Robbie is off the bottle, so they got together over a nice cup of tea and he has no problems stamina-wise.

Woman's Weekly has a glimmer of hope for those mourning over Dougie. Brad Pitt wants babies, lots of babies. Which is problematic, given in the Woman's Day Angelina has told him to naff off if he thinks she's going to take a turn into Stretchmark Lane again. She'd rather adopt. Ladies, take a number.

Woman's Day and New Idea both steal the march on news of Keisha Castle-Hughes surprise pregnancy, confirmed on Saturday by her agent after People magazine speculated she was spotted at a pregnancy clinic.

It might pay Keisha not to read the rest of the Woman's Day, in which the also pregnant Marcia Cross of Desperate Housewives fame tells of her amazing exploding breasts - no silicone required.

Woman's Day also speculates whether Katie Holmes is pregnant again even as she tries to get skinny for her wedding.