Celeste Barber
‘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.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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Sunday Life
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.
‘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.
- by Michael Idato
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Good Weekend
Some say Celeste Barber’s now too hot to parody beauty standards …
Here’s the comedian and social media star’s blunt reply.
- by Benjamin Law
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.
- by Heath Gilmore
Opinion
Pop culture
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.
- by Lauren Beckman
‘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.
- by Michael Koziol
Packers, Murdochs, movie stars and Alan Jones: Private Sydney's 2020
The party may have been cancelled in 2020, but the phone did not stop ringing.
- by Andrew Hornery
Opinion
Web culture
From sourdough to BLM – what 2020 Google searches say about us
The pandemic dominated our Google search terms this year but we also sought guidance on bushfires, bog-roll, Biden and Black Lives Matter.
- by Duncan Fine
Good Weekend's 40 Australians Who Mattered: Social media
Tina Arena, Sam Neill, Jimmy and Jane Barnes: the artists shared humour, nostalgia and emotional resonance in tough times. Plus, Celeste Barber and Nat.
- by Amanda Hooton
The rise of the real ... in a virtual world
In this week's episode of Good Weekend Talks, Amanda Hooton, senior writer with Good Weekend, and Andrew Hornery, PS columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, join Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland for a discussion on the changing nature of social media – and its authentic new stars.
- by Konrad Marshall
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