Joanne Hawkins

Sunday Magazine • 11th February 2007

“I WON’T BE RUSHING OFF AND ADOPTING BABIES”

It’s easy to think you know Dannii Minogue. She’s the lesser talented Minogue sister, right? The one who has coasted along on Kylie’s designer coat tails for years, releasing a collection of so-so singles that never do as well as her big sister’s.

Sunday Magazine • 18th March 2012

Melissa George: "Now I Can Start Afresh"

Melissa George has always been one to wear her heart on her sleeve. Unlike some Hollywood stars who are obsessed with keeping their private lives, well, private, George seems to have no such qualms. In fact, the last time she appeared on Sunday magazine's cover, in November 2010, she gushed about her blissfully happy life with husband of 10 years, Claudio Dabed. As she described how he still brought her a cup of coffee in bed every morning, the journalist commented it was "obvious she [was] still hopelessly in love".

Sunday Magazine • 12th November 2006

Daniel Craig: Licence to Thrill

Daniel Craig is really trying. The new James Bond is doing his best to appear charming, witty and relaxed – as would befit his fictional alter ego – but it’s not entirely working. Outside, Londoners are enduring an unusually hot day, but here in an opulent “hospitality” suite at London’s grand Dorchester Hotel, things are decidedly chilly.

GQ Australia • 1st December 2014

Sabour Bradley: "Diving In Has Always Been The Best Option"

Sabour Bradley has a problem. 2014 has seen him morph from "Australia's Louis Theroux" to "Australia's Sabour Bradley" - thanks to the second series of his immersive documentary series Head First moving to prime-time ABC1 - but he's not sure that's entirely a good thing.

news.com.au • 15th January 2011

Michael Parkinson is in the hot seat

LEGENDARY TV host Michael Parkinson sits down and answers a few questions about his extraordinary life.

Sunday Magazine • 22nd May 2010

Hamish & Andy: The Odd Couple

Way outside Melbourne, next to a sad, old caravan that’s seen better days, two dark haired blokes are running around a farmer’s field in cut-off boiler suits. As they brandish their toy swords and shields before collapsing in a fit of giggles, the farmer, watching from the sidelines, shakes his head with a bemused expression. It may be baffling to the uninitiated farmer, but for Hamish Blake and Andy Lee (best known as Hamish & Andy) this bout of tomfoolery is just another day at the office...

Sunday Magazine • 12th August 2007

The Kath + Kim Code

Jane Turner and Gina Riley are nervous. They may be two of the most successful women – no, make that, people – on Australian television, whose much-loved show Kath & Kim is now screened in 11 countries but, today, the pair are distinctly uncomfortable. It’s a case of “don’t look at moiee”

Sunday Magazine • 14th October 2007

Eric Bana: Eric Inc.

For Eric Bana, 1997 was a bittersweet year. Personally, he was on a high, having married the love of his life, Rebecca Gleeson. Professionally? Things could have been better. OK, so he had just made his film debut in the hugely successful The Castle. But Bana, then better known as a comedian than as an actor, felt he was at a career crossroads.

realestate.com.au • 29th January 2019

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki shares the stories

He’s known as Australia’s most popular scientist. He’s been awarded the status of National Living Treasure by the National Trust for his career in popularising science. But Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is at pains to point out he’s not actually a scientist — well, not anymore.

Home Living • 21st October 2017

Inside Story with Ken Done

Twice in his life this artist decided to walk away from what he was doing, simply because he “didn’t want to do it anymore”. The first time was in 1975 when, as a 35-year-old, he quit his job as a creative director of Sydney advertising agency J Walter Thompson to become a full-time artist...

realestate.com.au • 30th March 2019

How this bach and her beau have decked out their home

It’s a special time when you decide to move in with a partner. But while you both might bring a sense of excitement to the new digs, be prepared for the fact you might also both bring disparate furniture! You might even relate to the scene in ‘80s movie When Harry Met Sally when Carrie Fisher moves in with new boyfriend Bruno Kirby, whose furniture includes a wagon-wheel coffee table not to Fisher’s liking.

Sunday Magazine • 28th January 2012

Graham Norton: "I still get starstruck"

"My childhood was weird. I grew up in rural Ireland. Not only was I a Protestant, which meant I had to go to a different school from most of the other kids, but my father worked for Guinness and his job meant we moved a lot..."

Sunday Magazine • 24th July 2011

Holly Valance: "Everyone forgets I was a millionaire at 18"

It's easy to think you know Holly Valance. She’s the former Neighbours starlet who turned her time on the soap into a (albeit short-lived) recording career, had a habit of shedding her clothes for men’s magazines and music videos, then went to LA and found moderate success in the TV show Prison Break and movies such as DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) and Taken (2008).

Sunday Magazine • 4th May 2008

George Clooney: George Of All Trades

THE first time I saw George Clooney on screen was in 1995. Aimlessly flicking through the TV channels, I stumbled across a new US hospital drama called ER. It was groundbreaking television, thanks to all those nausea-inducing camera angles. But, for me, there was only one reason to watch – a charismatic and rather sexy doctor called Doug Ross.

HOME magazine • 8th February 2014

Donna Hay: What's Cooking

My cooking 'light-bulb' moment was watching my grandmother bake – she was the one who ignited my interest in cooking. I used to sit on the kitchen bench as she made cakes, puddings and scones. I still make her Christmas pudding exactly as she did.

Sunday Magazine • 1st April 2012

Tara Reid: "I'm More Than What You See"

It was going so well... I'm interviewing Tara Reid and we seem to be getting on famously. We've discussed her latest film, American Pie: Reunion, how great Australians are and even her 'party girl' reputation (more of that later). But then I make the mistake of mentioning her plastic surgery and it becomes very clear, very quickly, I've touched a raw nerve.

Sunday Magazine • 2nd February 2013

Stephen Curry: "Make your own luck"

"I'm the youngest of five and we've all been professional actors at some stage. When we were kids, my parents packed us off to an amateur theatre group and I loved it from the beginning. It was only after a few years I realised I could earn money from it. My first paid job was an ad for Wedgwood Pies with my brothers Bernie and Andrew."

Sunday Magazine • 7th May 2006

La femme Tautou

Audrey Tautou doesn’t want to be famous. In fact, she’d rather prefer if you didn’t remember her name, recognise her face or know too much about her. And although that may strike you as rather refreshing in these celebrity obsessed times – where untalented yet ambitious wannabes will seemingly do anything to be famous – it would also mean that this poor journalist would be struggling to fill the next two pages.

Herald Sun Weekend • 15th September 2012

The Golden Girls

When Olympian Lisa Curry turned 50 this year, she declared that “50 was the new black”. And if you turn on the TV, it seems as if she may have a point. Everywhere you look, there are glamorous early fiftysomethings staring back at you, from Amanda Keller and Lisa Wilkinson to Tracy Grimshaw and Jennifer Keyte.

Sunday Magazine • 27th May 2012

Christina Ricci: Girl Interrupted

Hollywood isn't always kind to its child stars. While some have managed to turn eariy stardom into a successful adult career (Drew Barrymore, Kristen Stewart), the walk of fame is littered with those who have crashed and burned under the pressure - Edward Fur1ong, (Terminator 2), the two Coreys; Halm and Feldman (The Lost Boys) and Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire) to name a few. Christina Ricci could easily have gone the same way...