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West End-based Nadine Bates and Kristen Souvlis have produced seven feature animations since 2020, with more and bigger to come.

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Writer Brigid Delaney.

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Comedian Celeste Barber.

‘I am obsessed’: Comedian Celeste Barber on her food favourites, from breakfast to spag bol

The social media sensation with 9.6 million followers and “the palate of a seven-year-old” reveals her go-to restaurant in Sydney and Melbourne and a coffee worth queuing for.

  • Jane Rocca
Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall (with Colin the dog) in Colin From Accounts.

‘It’s not about our love’: Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall on separating fact from fiction

When Colin from Accounts became an international hit, the couple were faced with sudden celebrity – and the challenge of writing season two.

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The May 19 Edition

Writer Michael Idato catches up with the flamboyant social media star, Celeste Barber, who talks frankly about her “overnight success” which took 23 years.

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from David Jones. Trasparenze tights from Starts With Legs. Camilla and Marc “Adara” pumps.

‘It can be tricky’: Celeste Barber on mocking celebrities now that she is one

To make it even weirder, some of the people she ridiculed in the past have become good friends.

  • Michael Idato
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Some say Celeste Barber’s now too hot to parody beauty standards …

Here’s the comedian and social media star’s blunt reply.

  • Benjamin Law
Guys near Coraki on there way to deliver supplies. Mick Fanning flood relief. Photo @Corner_Stores/Instagram (For Heath Gilmore)
Mick Fanning rescues local pharmacist Skye Swift on his jetski. Mick Fanning flood relief. Photo varela_swift_pharmacy/Instagram (For Heath Gilmore)
Checking out a house on jet ski at Tumbulgum. Mick Fanning flood relief. Photo Supplied (For Heath Gilmore)

Mick Fanning, the group text and the mud army fighting for the Northern Rivers

Taking out his phone, Mick Fanning looked at the group video message from friend Joel Parkinson in the middle of the rising floods. It was bad. Real bad.

  • Heath Gilmore
Celeste Barber mocks Emily Ratajkowski.

Celeste Barber’s post mocking Emily Ratajkowski missed the mark

If the post had a different caption, I probably wouldn’t have thought twice. But that caption smacks of internalised misogyny and slut-shaming, bordering on victim-blaming.

  • Lauren Beckman
Comedian Celeste Barber raised $51 million for bushfire relief but a court ruled it could only go to the NSW Rural Fire Service.

‘Carrot and stick’: Charities face stiffer penalties but less red tape

The overhaul follows an inquiry into the misuse of funds within RSL NSW and the high-profile case of comedian Celeste Barber, who raised a staggering $51 million in her Black Summer bushfire fundraiser but was limited in where the money could go.

  • Michael Koziol

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