My Kitchen Rules Season 7 Winners Tasia and Gracia, April 27, 2016

I had the good fortune of speaking to "The Spice Girls," Tasia and Gracia Seger, for a small feature prior to their win on My Kitchen Rules. To read more from my initial chat with them, click here, and to read my 'winner' interview with them, click here. If you are not familiar with the show, get familiar with these remarkable sisters below.

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Game of Thrones: Locations and Languages for Empire TV Autumn 2016

Taking a deep dive into Game of Thrones for Empire Australia was a real treat. I researched locations in Spain for season 6 to produce a traveller's guide and I spoke with language creator David J. Peterson for a preview of Dothraki usage in the latest series. 

 

 

 

Coachella Weekend One for Who, May 2, 2016

Last year, celebrities hit the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with a vengeance. This year? All loaded to the first weekend. 

A Wiggles Wedding for Who, April 25, 2016

Yes, I wrote about Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna, again, in Hot Topics, as well as Selena Gomez's surprisingly thicker lips in this issue, but the best second-cover story this week was about the lovely wedding between Emma Watkins and Lachy Gillespie, two members of the children's entertainment group The Wiggles. You can read more about their fantastic day on Who.com here.

Backchat with Bette Midler and Mean Girls Dolls for Who, April 18, 2016

I really enjoyed putting this week's Backchat together. First, there's an interview with Dalvinder Gill-Minhas, one of the featured Indian Australians looking for love in the SBS documentary Indian Wedding Race, then a look at the new line of Mean Girls dolls and a review of celebrities using Snapchat's puppy-face filter. Nicholas Fonseca and I had a great time compiling Bette Midler's best Twitter zingers, and I got to write all of the Gossip to Go boxes. 

Most Beautiful People 2016 for Who, April 4, 2016

When I was at People, I reported on a lot of 'Beauties' but often my files were just written up by someone else. At Who, I'm the writer. You have to craft something interesting to say about the person but it can't be too much about product or fashion. Here are a couple of the people I did my best to describe. 

People had already gotten fun 'beauty confessions' from a bunch of celebrities but Who must stay mindful of the Australian audience. In the end, I was able to add models Elyse Taylor and Samantha Harris to our mix. If you would like to read more from Elyse, click here

In that same vein, I was happy to speak with Wentworth's Danielle Cormack and Love Child's Miranda Tapsell about their charitable work for the Beautiful Hearts act. In fact, they had so much good stuff to say, I included more of our chats in Who.com pieces. For more from Danielle, click here, and for more from Miranda, click here. The full act as it appeared in Who: 

Oscars 2016 for Who, March 14, 2016

I always enjoy writing up details on the fabulous gowns worn on the Oscars red carpet and this year was no exception. Text-wise, however, I am highlighting my turn at summing up the red-carpet action, usually handled by Jennie Noonan. 

Mahtob Mahmoody: 'My Escape From Hell,' for Who, March 7, 2016

In 1991, Sally Field starred in the film Not Without My Daughter: The Story of Betty Mahmoody, which was based on the real-life tale of a woman's escape from Iran with her daughter in the '80s. Twenty-five years later, I speak with that daughter, Mahtob Mahmoody. I found her clear-eyed, serene and a real survivor. Here is the story, teased on Who.com here