Rebel Wilson takes swipe at SMH's Hornery

In a room of Australian A-listers, the actress quipped she better give everyone a few more life updates to get the jump on the paper who 'intruded' on her privacy to out her relationship.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Rebel Wilson attends the 2022 AACTA Awards Presented By Foxtel Group at the Hordern on December 07, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by James Gourley/Getty Images for AFI)

In a room of Australian A-listers, the actress quipped she better give everyone a few more life updates to get the jump on the paper who 'intruded' her privacy to out her relationship.

In a Hordern Pavilion draped in red velvet, actress Rebel Wilson took a swipe at the Sydney Morning Herald in a room full of Australian A-listers.

At the AACTA Awards, Wilson told the crowd "there have been big things that have happened in my life this year, like big changes."

"I switched from dairy to soy. I thought I should tell you guys now and get the jump on the Sydney Morning Herald."

The comment is in reference to a June column, penned by Andrew Horney, in which the author bemoaned the Australian actress "gazumped" his story by outing her relationship with Romona Agruma on Instagram after he put questions to her, and before he went to print. 

Wilson told The Oz the behaviour was "grubby" and the Australian Press Council found the article “intruded” on her privacy, and lacked “sufficient public interest to justify such an intrusion”.

For the rest of the night, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis reigned triumphant, taking home four awards including Best Film, Best Direction in Film, Best Lead Actor (Austin Butler), and Best Supporting Actress (Olivia DeJonge.) “All of this held this movie in our hands like a precious child through Covid with one goal, to bring audiences back into the cinema,” Luhrmann said. In accepting the award for Best Lead Actor, Austin Butler sang the praises of co-star DeJonge. “Olivia. You are brilliant. You are a once-in-a-generation talent.”

Elvis costume designer Catherine Martin was honoured with the evening's most prestigious award, the Longford Lyell Award, celebrating her global contribution and influence to film. “We must remain vigilant. We must never stop advocating for art,” said Martin. 

Mystery Road: Origin took home three AACTA Awards. It won Best Drama Series “Australian stories are really important, they define us as a nation, they change lives,” said Greer Simpkin when accepting the award. Mark Coles Smith took home Best Lead Actor in a Drama “I am really excited by the content we are making in this country,” Smith said. And Tuuli Narkle, who couldn’t attend the ceremony because she has Covid, took out Best Lead Actress in a Drama. 

Netflix’s runaway global hit Heartbreak High also swept up, which rocked because every time it won the cast and crew hollered as if their lives depended on it. These kids are having so much fun. Thomas Weatherall won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, Rita Carmody for Best Costume Design in Television, and Hannah Carrol Chapman won Best Screenplay. “You shaved your heads and grew your hair into Eshay mullets. As a writer, you can’t ask for anything more.” Heartbreak High also won every public-voted Audience Choice Award it was nominated for: Best TV Show, Best Actor (Bryn Chapman) and Best Actress (Chloe Hayden). 

Chris Hemsworth was honoured with the Trailblazer Award, presented by Russell Crowe, which celebrates the achievements of an Australian screen practitioner who inspires others in the industry. “My parents instilled in me a belief that anything was possible. When I said I wanted to be an actor, they said, ‘absolutely, the couch is always here if you need it,” he said. “I wanted to thank Russell Crowe, because all of his films inspired me when I was a young actor,” Hemsworth said. The actor went on to admit that he emulated Crowe’s vocal affectations when developing his performance as Thor. “I found Russell Crowe on the set [of Thor: Love and Thunder] and he’s there playing Zeus, and I’m there playing Russell Crowe.” 

“If you’re gonna steal, steal from the best of em’,” Hemsworth said.

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Actor Chris Hemsworth has taken out the AACTA Trailblazer Award, an honour that celebrates the achievements of an Australian screen practitioner “who inspires others in this industry.”

Hemsworth’s career and contributions will be honoured at the AACTA Awards ceremony, taking place in Sydney this evening, where he will accept the award from AACTA president, Russell Crowe. 

“It’s a huge honour to accept the AACTA Trailblazer Award tonight from someone I have always looked up to and who also has paved the way for so many of us overseas,” Hemsworth said in a statement. “The career I have enjoyed up until now has been so rewarding and I don’t take for granted the start the Australian screen industry gave me.”

Hemsworth, who recently announced he will be taking a break from acting after learning of his genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease, added “I’ll do whatever I can to champion our incredible crews and creatives to the rest of the world and encourage big productions to head down under.”

The AACTA Awards will be broadcast on Channel 10 at 7:30pm tonight.

Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, which was filmed in Queensland, leads the nominees. The biopic picked up 16 nominations including Best Film, Best Direction in Film, Best Lead Actor in Film (Austin Butler), and Best Supporting Actress in Film (Olivia DeJonge). 

Mystery Road: Origin followed closely behind with 15 nominations. Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson and George Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing, which earned 14 and 13 nods, respectively. 

You can find the full list of AACTA nominees below. The full list of winners will be revealed at 8.30pm.

2022 AACTA Award nominees

Film 

Best Film

• 🏆Elvis
• Here Out West 
• Sissy
• The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson
• The Stranger
• Three Thousand Years of Longing

Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis.

Best Direction in Film

• 🏆Baz Luhrmann: Elvis
• Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes: Sissy
• Leah Purcell: The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
• Thomas M. Wright: The Stranger
• George Miller: Three Thousand Years of Longing

Best Indie Film

• 🏆A Stitch In Time
• Akoni
• Darklands
• Lonesome
• Pieces
• Smoke Between Trees

Best Lead Actress in Film

• Aisha Dee (Sissy)
• 🏆Leah Purcell (The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson)
• Julia Savage (Blaze)
• Tilda Swinton (Three Thousand Years of Longing)
• Jackie van Beek (Nude Tuesday)

Best Lead Actor in Film

• 🏆Austin Butler (Elvis)
• Rob Collins (The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson)
• Joel Edgerton (The Stranger)
• Idris Elba (Three Thousand Years of Longing)
• Damon Herriman (Nude Tuesday)

Best Supporting Actress in Film

• Jada Alberts (The Stranger)
• Jessica De Gouw (The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson)
• 🏆Olivia DeJonge (Elvis)
• Joanna Lumley (Falling For Figaro)
• Yael Stone (Blaze)

Tilda Swinton is up for Best Actress for her role in Three Thousand Years of Longing.

Best Supporting Actor in Film

• Simon Baker (Blaze)
• Jemaine Clement (Nude Tuesday)
• Malachi Dower-Roberts (The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson)
• Tom Hanks (Elvis)
• 🏆Sean Harris (The Stranger)

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Television

Best Drama Series

• Bump (Stan)
• Heartbreak High ( Netflix)
• Love Me (Binge, Foxtel)
• 🏆Mystery Road: Origin (ABC)
• The Tourist (Stan)
• Wolf Like Me (Stan)

Best Miniseries

• Barons (ABC)
• Savage River (ABC)
• 🏆The Twelve (Binge, Foxtel)
• True Colours (SBS)
• Underbelly: Vanishing Act (Nine Network)

Best Lead Actress in a Drama

• Isla Fisher (Wolf Like Me)
• Claudia Karvan (Bump)
• Kate Mulvany (The Twelve)
• 🏆Tuuli Narkle (Mystery Road: Origin)
• Bojana Novakovic (Love Me)

Best Lead Actor in a Drama

• 🏆Mark Coles Smith (Mystery Road: Origin)
• Jamie Dornan (The Tourist)
• James Majoos (Heartbreak High)
• Sam Neill (The Twelve)
• Hugo Weaving (Love Me)

Grace Chow as Cindy & Mark Coles Smith as Jay Swan, Mystery Road Origin.

Best Comedy Program

• Aftertaste (ABC)
• Five Bedrooms (Network 10, Paramount+)
• Hard Quiz (ABC)
• 🏆Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell (ABC)
• Spicks and Specks (ABC)
• Summer Love (ABC)

Best Entertainment Program

• Eurovision — Australia Decides — Gold Coast 2022 (SBS)
• 🏆LEGO® Masters Australia (Nine Network)
• Mastermind (SBS)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under (Stan)
• The Dog House Australia (Network 10)
• The Voice Australia (Seven Network)

Best Factual Entertainment Program

• Back Roads (ABC)
• Gogglebox Australia (Network 10)
• Muster Dogs (ABC)
• 🏆Old People’s Home for Teenagers (ABC)
• Who Do You Think You Are? (SBS)
• You Can’t Ask That (ABC)

Best Lifestyle Program

• 🏆Gardening Australia (ABC)
• Grand Designs Australia (Foxtel)
• Selling Houses Australia (Foxtel)
• The Cook Up with Adam Liaw (SBS)
• The Great Australian Bake Off (Foxtel)
• The Living Room (Network 10)

Best Reality Program

• Amazing Race Australia (Network 10)
• Australian Survivor: Blood V Water (Network 10)
• I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (Network 10)
• Luxe Listings Sydney (Amazon Prime Video)
• 🏆MasterChef Australia (Network 10)
• The Bridge (Paramount+)

Best Documentary or Factual Program

• Books That Made Us (ABC)
• Burning (Amazon Prime Video)
• Fearless: The Inside Story Of The AFLW ( Disney+)
• 🏆Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked (ABC)
• People’s Republic of Mallacoota (ABC)
• The Family Court Murders (ABC)

Best Children’s Program

• 🏆Bluey (ABC)
• First Day (ABC)
• Little J & Big Cuz (ABC, NITV, SBS)
• MaveriX (ABC, Netflix)
• Rock Island Mysteries (Network 10)
• The PM’s Daughter (ABC)

Best Stand-Up Special

• Geraldine Hickey: What A Surprise (Paramount+)
• 🏆Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy (Netflix)
• The Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022 Gala Supported by Oxfam (ABC)
• The Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022 Opening Night Comedy AllStars Show (ABC)
• Tom Ballard: Enough (Paramount+)
• Tommy Little: I’ll See Myself Out (Amazon Prime Video)

Best Comedy Performer

• Wayne Blair (Aftertaste)
• Patrick Brammall (Summer Love)
• Harriet Dyer (Summer Love)
• 🏆Tom Gleeson (Hard Quiz)
• Charlie Pickering (The Weekly with Charlie Pickering)
• Doris Younane (Five Bedrooms)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

• Hayley McElhinney (Mystery Road: Origin)
• Jacqueline McKenzie (Savage River)
• Heather Mitchell (Love Me)
• 🏆Brooke Satchwell (The Twelve)
• Magda Szubanski (After the Verdict)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama

• Steve Bisley (Mystery Road: Origin)
• Brendan Cowell (The Twelve)
• Daniel Henshall (Mystery Road: Origin)
• Damon Herriman (The Tourist)
• 🏆Thomas Weatherall (Heartbreak High)

The cast of Heartbreak High.

Best Direction in Drama or Comedy

• Bump — Episode 1: Geoff Bennett
• Heartbreak High — Episode 1: Gracie Otto
• Love Me — Episode 4: Emma Freeman
• 🏆Mystery Road: Origin — Episode 3: Dylan River
• The Twelve — Episode 9: Daniel Nettheim

Best Short Film

• 🏆Finding Jedda (Tanith Glynn-Maloney)
• Giants (Eddy Bell, Luke Mulquiney, Nonny Klaile)
• Hatchback (Riley Sugars, Chloe Graham, Anthony Littlechild, John Grosland)
• The Moths Will Eat Them Up (Luisa Martiri, Tanya Modini)
• Stonefish (Megan Smart, Nonny Klaile, George Pullar)
• Voice Activated (Liam Heyen, Yingna Lu, Steve Anthopoulos)

Best Documentary

• Ablaze (Alec Morgan (Dir.), Tiriki Onus (Dir.), Tom Zubrycki)
• Clean (Lachlan McLeod (Dir.), David Elliot-Jones, Charlotte Wheaton)
• Everybody’s Oma (Jason van Genderen (Dir.), Roslyn Walker, Olivia Olley)
• Franklin (Kasimir Burgess (Dir.), Christopher Kamen)
• Ithaka (Ben Lawrence (Dir.), Gabriel Shipton, Adrian Devant)
• 🏆River (Jennifer Peedom (Dir.), Joseph Nizeti (Dir.), Jo-anne McGowan, John Smithson)

AACTAs Audience Choice nominees

Best Film

• 🏆Elvis
• Thirteen Lives
• Thor: Love and Thunder
• Ticket to Paradise
• The Drover’s Wife, The Legend of Molly Johnson
• Wog Boys Forever

Best Sports Program

• 100% Footy (Nine)
• AFL Sunday Footy Show (Nine
• Friday Night Football AFL (Foxtel)
• Friday Night Football NRL (Foxtel)
• The Front Bar (Seven)
•  🏆Women’s Footy (Nine)

Best Sports Commentary Team

• 2021 Melbourne Cup (Ten)
• 🏆2022 AFL Grand Final (Seven)
• 2022 AFL Season (Foxtel)
• 2022 AFL Season (Seven)
• 2022 Australian Open (Nine)
• 2022 Commonwealth Games (Seven)

Natalie Portman as Mighty Thor and Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder.

Best Actor

• 🏆Bryn Chapman Parish (Heartbreak High)
• Chris Hemsworth (Thor: Love and Thunder)
• Christian Ravello (Here Out West)
• Hazem Shammas (The Twelve)
• Jacob Elordi (Euphoria)
• Thomas Weatherall (Heartbreak High)

Best Actress

• Asher Yasbincek (Heartbreak High)
• Ayesha Madon (Heartbreak High)
• 🏆Chloé Hayden (Heartbreak High)
• Isla Fisher (Wolf Like Me)
• Margot Robbie (Amsterdam)
• Rebel Wilson (Senior Year)

Best Digital Creator

• Anna Paul
• Esmé Louise James
• Jeff Can de Zandt
• 🏆Kat Clark
• Luke and Sassy Scott
• Sooshi Mango

Best TV Personality

• 🏆Abbie Chatfield
• Adam & Symon from Gogglebox
• Andy Lee
• Chris Brown
• Hamish Blake
• Robert Irwin

Best TV Series

• Blue
• Gogglebox
• Have You Been Paying Attention
• 🏆Heartbreak High
• Home and Away
• Married at First Sight