Bambi Northwood-Blyth spotted at Sydney auction

Australian model Bambi Northwood-Blyth has been looking at properties in Sydney after coming back earlier this year due to the pandemic.

Is Bambi Northwood-Blyth on the hunt for a new home?

The Sydney model was spotted watching on with interest as a Clovelly unit went under the hammer on Saturday.

The Boundary St property, a small but neat two-bedroom with spectacular water views, sold for $1.595 million — a whopping $370,000 above its reserve.

Northwood-Blyth, who returned to Australia earlier this year as COVID-19 took hold globally, didn’t appear to be a registered bidder at the auction and may have just been keeping an eye on the market.

Bambi Northwood-Blyth checks out the auction action in Clovelly. Picture: David Swift

The jetsetter might be looking for a quieter neighbourhood than Bondi, where she is believed to be living with actor boyfriend Thomas Cocquerel.

AUSSIE COVER GIRL

She’s an actor, rapper, writer, producer and trailblazer — and now Awkwafina can add Vogue Australia cover girl to her resume, with the Crazy Rich Asians star revealed as one of the magazine’s Game Changers of 2020.

Vogue’s December edition features the American star, whose real name is Nora Lum, alongside the likes of comedian Celeste Barber, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and cricketer Meg Lanning.

Vogue Australia’s December cover girl Awkwafina.

Awkwafina, 32, has been living in Sydney since July while she films superhero flick Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, Marvel’s first movie with an Asian lead.

“I’ve been here for so long, I’m Australian,” she jokes in the cover story.

“I literally asked my friend the other day: ‘You’re veggo, right?’ Because y’all add Os to everything.”

Her favourite local dishes? “Sausage rolls and meat pies.”

Awkwafina turned in a steal-stealing performance in Crazy Rich Asians.

The actor this year became the first person of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe Award in a lead actress film category for her performance in The Farewell.

This followed her scene-stealing performance in Crazy Rich Asians, the first US-made blockbuster with an all-Asian cast.

Awkwafina told Vogue that actor Lucy Liu was a big inspiration to her growing up.

“When you’re young and you turn on the TV and don’t see kids that look like you, then by default you take the perspective of an outsider,” she said.

The actor this year became the first person of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe Award in a lead actress film category. Picture: Frederic J. Brown/AFP

“Without (representation), you’re literally sitting there playing imaginary friends.

“It’s different than just being the Asian front girl, in a group of girls, with no development, no substance.

“You want to be able to tell those stories, and tell them authentically. That’s representation.”

The magazine is on sale December 14, or readers can go to vogue.com.au.

The Vogue Australia December 2020 issue.

STAGE SET TO SUPPORT AUSSIE ARTISTS

Anthony Callea has called on Australians to support Aussie music acts decimated by the pandemic in the same way they’ve rallied around buying from businesses in the bush following the devastating droughts and bushfires.

Anthony Callea has called on people to support the Aussie arts scene.

Callea and his husband Tim Campbell have been big advocates of persuading governments to ease restrictions to music venues.

“With travel restrictions limiting the amount of international artists coming to our shores, this is great opportunity to support Australian artists and music,” Callea told Sunday Confidential.

“I know I’m going to be spending my money on supporting any type of art in this country.”

At the outbreak of the pandemic, Callea had to cancel live shows but has been busy planning a national tour, aptly named Together Again, for mid-2021.

“I’ve absolutely missed walking out on stage. When you can’t do that for a year, it made me realise how much I love it,” he said.