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Private Sydney: Tracey Ullman's sweet revenge
Revenge is a dish best served cold as comic genius Tracey Ullman takes very sharp aim at media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his wife Jerri Hall. Andrew Hornery investigates.
This comes just weeks after she declared on breakfast television that while difficult, her marriage remains intact, despite one half of it being in the slammer (or "China", as she tells their kids).
Meanwhile, as PS revealed months ago, Roxy continues to spend time with her ex-boyfriend, the property developer Nabil Gazal jnr.
He has been providing support for Jacenko and her kids, the pint-sized social media dynamos Pixie and Hunter Curtis.
Gazal has been spotted all over town, from Jackie's Cafe in Paddington to chauffeuring the kids around while Mum presumably stuffs yet more goodie bags for her clients.
Even Jacenko's mother, Doreen, has joined in on the party. Meanwhile, no word on what Roxy is planning for her husband's homecoming from his Cooma prison cell in just three months time.
Latex, blenders and popcorn for two, thanks!
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall. Photo: Max Mumby/Indigo
Revenge is a dish best served cold, as comic genius Tracey Ullman no doubt knows only too well.
But Ullman's return serve to one of the world's most powerful men, Rupert Murdoch, might not make it over the net of Australian television, and we, the viewing public, will be all the poorer for it.
Ullman has unleashed a hilarious new sketch comedy segment based around the all-powerful Murdoch family, in which she plays a variety of roles, from the latest Mrs Murdoch in the form of Jerry Hall, to Rupert's phone-hacking protege Rebekah Brooks, who appears in a musical which goes from Kate Bush to Joan of Arc as the pitchforks of posh Chipping Norton surround her.
While the BBC's Tracey Ullman Show has won rave reviews in the UK, PS also hears that some of Murdoch's most senior executives have been quietly joking about the show back here in Australia, with YouTube videos going viral, even around Murdoch's Holt Street bunker.
In one episode of The Murdoch Bunch, the media mogul, played to perfection by Ben Miller with the help of some serious latex wrinkling, invites his wife, Jerry Hall, to share his popcorn, which is strewn on his lap. But what he is not saying is that there is more than his popcorn sitting in the crunchy pile, which his too-eager daughter discovers much to her horror.
Yes it's crude, but pretty funny too.
We also see Jerry hosting a Sunday lunch for her husband's family. The Australian media mogul washes down his liquidised food with a can of Foster's, while his children engage in an unseemly fight for his favour and their inheritance.
Of course Ullman and Murdoch do have history together.
In 1992 she lost a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Murdoch's 20th Century Fox when she sought an increased share of profits from The Simpsons, which began as a five-minute segment on her US show and quickly turned into the global phenomenon that has delivered very fat profits for Murdoch.
As for if and when the show will ever be screened in Australia, it remains unclear. PS contacted all the major television networks this week and none could shed any light, nor could the local outpost of BBC, which has no plans to broadcast on its channels. Interestingly the BBC is broadcast on the Murdoch-owned Foxtel network in Australia. Awkward.
We live in hope, but in the meantime just Google it.
'I now pronounce you upstaged by Karl'
Sylvia Jeffreys and Peter Stefanovic announced their engagement on Instagram. Photo: Instagram/Sylvia Jeffreys
It's usually the bridesmaids who threaten to upstage the bride, but it is beaming bride and breakfast television personality Sylvia Jeffreys' future brother-in-law Karl Stefanovic who is threatening to steal the show on Saturday, albeit reluctantly.
Jeffreys is set to tie the knot to her long time beau and Channel Nine colleague Peter Stefanovic, Karl's younger brother. Wedding preparations have been kept under tight wraps, though all the indications are that the intimate celebration is expected to take place at a secluded private resort deep in the Kangaroo Valley.
Weather permitting the couple are expecting to take their vows amid a stunning natural rock formation dubbed by locals as The Rock Cathedral, nestled in pristine bushland.
Guests have been asked to refrain from uploading any status updates or images in the lead up to the wedding on their social media feeds, while the bride and groom are not expecting to "post" on Instagram until well after tying the knot.
Last weekend the groom and his mates threw a bucks party which ran over several days at a private home near Berry on the South Coast, though Karl could only join in the fun for a few hours - his Mercedes Benz was spotted hitting the road back to Sydney well before the celebrations came to an end. Meanwhile in Byron Bay Jeffreys hosted her intimate hen's party.
Karl Stefanovic. Photo: James Green
Indeed it is the on-going saga which has continued since big brother Karl walked out of his 21-year marriage to Cassandra Thorburn, and media interest in his new squeeze, the glamorous fashionista Jasmine Yarbrough, which has threatened to overshadow what should be a happy day for the bride and groom. Tensions remain high.
Swarms of paparazzi have been crawling through the Kangaroo Valley all week, with Peter Stefanovic candidly photographed outside The Friendly Inn on Thursday afternoon. Sylvia Jeffreys was last seen on the Today show on Wednesday morning, though she was later spotted in the idyllic country setting after managing to slip out of Sydney undetected, which is doubly hard given one of her neighbours is a paparazzo.
Guests, including Channel Nine stars such as Lisa Wilkinson and her husband, Herald columnist Peter FitzSimons, Richard Wilkins and Tim Gilbert, are all expected at the wedding.
Despite reports claiming that Thorburn was not on the guest list, her absence is not surprising given her sudden separation from Karl Stefanovic. However the mother of Peter Stefanovic's niece and nephews is understood to have maintained a warm relationship with her former in-laws, having dined with Jeffreys at a pre-wedding girls catch-up in Rose Bay a week ago.
Easter's icing on the cake
Cake decorating judge Maureen Gunton inspects the novive entries for judging during for The Royal Easter Show. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Jan Boon's eyebrows quickly arch, her eyes fix into a steely gaze and her nostrils flare ever so slightly as she purses her lips and ponders my question about "suspicious" entries competing in the Royal Easter Show's prestigious annual cake decorating competition.
Delicately trying to avoid using the word cheat, she explains: "You always have to go into the judging with an open mind ... but I am not an easy judge ... not much gets past us."
On Tuesday deep in the Arts and Crafts Pavilion, Jan assured PS all the creations in competition come under extraordinary scrutiny as she and her fellow judges, Janice Smith, Margaret Tesoriero and Maureen Gunton, spend days judging entries ahead of this year's show, which opens on Thursday.
"You soon work out which entries might be a little bit suspicious ... the designs may have been seen before in other shows ... but you can never presume," Jan explains, adding that to an untrained eye, the multi-tiered cake featuring a dragon on top and what appears to be a seam of crystals sparkling down the side, might look impressive, but the technique is anything but.
"A lot of work has gone into creating the crystals ... but in terms of cake decorating, it is more impressive to see precise piping, which requires more skill and a very steady hand."
Meanwhile, over on the next trestle table Maureen Gunton is almost nose-deep in a wedding cake covered in intricate icing that reveals a series of mind-boggling mathematical equations. Maureen pauses her close inspection to reveal the secret ingredient to cake decorating, especially in a particularly humid autumn. "Kitty litter!" she booms. "You store your work in a room with kitty litter, it keeps the moisture down."
These women are but a small part of a much larger army of volunteers who have been carefully measuring, weighing, sniffing, tasting and fondling all manner of creations entered into the arts and crafts category of the Royal Easter Show, from extravagant "sugar art" fashioned into the shape of the iconic Valentino Rockstud stiletto, to intricately patterned leather saddles, hand-crafted silver jewellery, meticulously-stitched quilts and even a ball gown made out of folded paper.
They are the work of dedicated artisans from across the city and state, all in pursuit of a coveted RAS Blue Ribbon, the pinnacle of art and craft competitions across the country. Some of it is truly exceptional, some of it not so much, but all of it is keeping traditions alive that in today's automated, digital, selfie-obsessed disposable age are becoming increasingly finite
RAS chief steward Julia Tregoning summed it up best: "If we didn't have this competition many of these skills would simply disappear, and they are skills which have been very much a part of our culture for a long time. It would be a shame to lose that."
Chickens out of the party scene
Super-mare Winx might be getting all the attention at Royal Randwick for today's Championships, but the man who has overseen her incredible winning streak, trainer Chris Waller, is enjoying his share of the limelight. PS caught up with Waller at The Star Doncaster Mile luncheon on Thursday for a pre-races celebration, during which his glamorous wife, former model Steph Waller, revealed that they often celebrated with "a bucket of KFC in bed" rather than hobnobbing with the racing glitterati. Well, all those 3am starts would certainly take their toll, and Waller has another 300 or so horses on his books. Add two young kids and a busy family life, and Waller is entitled to his 11 secret herbs and spices under the doona. Who could blame him?
Seven stardust for the Logies
This year's Logies are shaping up as something of a reunion. PS hears Channel Seven is dispatching a slew of its biggest names to television's night of nights, which last year was largely boycotted by the network over perceived bias in the broadcast and accusations that rival Channel Nine lingered too long on its talent during the awards telecast at the expense of Seven's. Melissa Doyle has already been having dress fittings for her Logies gown. But Seven's controversial chief executive, Tim Worner, won't be there. Apparently he has a prior commitment and hasn't been to the Logies "for years".