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What's on: Must see entertainment in Darwin this weekend
WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND In what feels like a time-warp, we're already about halfway through Darwin Festival – one of the most magical times of the year. I've been lucky enough to work across the festival, which means I've been able to catch a heap of the shows. This week I'm breaking the mold and combining my Local's Tip and What's On This Week into one. This weekend, make sure you embrace the highlights: circus and cabaret in the Spiegeltent, late-night music from WAFIA in Festival Park, and then dancing until the early hours at the Peachy Party in Club Awi. Last weekend's Club Awi hoedown was one for the ages – have you ever seen a line dance to Untouched by The Veronicas? Hilarious. If your Sunday calls for live music or free dance, you'll be spoiled for choice – and it's also your final chance to catch the phenomenal mentalist Suhani Shah. But here's my real local's tip: choose something random. Go out of your comfort zone. Join a silent disco. Embrace the magic. Some of my favourite festival moments so far have been completely unexpected. The first show I saw featured a rapper belting out, 'You've got to be the real you if you really want to flex' while figure skating around the stage on rollerblades – a big flex, indeed. At Fort Hill Parklands, I watched fans right up the front making eye contact with their favourite singer, singing every word back at them in perfect unison – it was pure wholesomeness. On the new Festival Harbour Cruise, Merrick Watts summed it up perfectly when he said, 'I'm so happy to be here doing a wine tasting on a boat … any other state would probably think it's too dangerous - but in Darwin it's sold out!'. For future reference, a wine tasting and then a silent disco: fun. And in a rock 'n' roll drag cabaret, the crowd roared just as loudly for a mullet contest as they did for a moment of activism – that's when you know you're in Darwin. My favourite part is soaking in the little things – the wild, the hilarious, the heartwarming. The real 'Darwin' part of Darwin Festival. SOMEWHERE YOU NEED TO EAT Speaking of Darwin talent, it's that time of the year again. The quest to find the best barista in Darwin – a very highly regarded title! Hospitality NT's Gold Plate Awards is coming up soon, and they've just announced the Top 4 Baristas of the Year! A big congratulations to Thao from Besser, Yoga from Kopi Stop, Summer from Kopi Stop & Makan Stop, and Mim from Coffee Man – the top four of our many champions of caffeine! The Gold Plate Awards shine a spotlight on the incredible people, venues and flavours that make our dining scene so special - and I can't wait to spotlight some of the winners for you. All winners will be crowned at the Gold Plate Awards on Monday, 25 August – but grab a coffee from these venues in the meantime and see what you think!
SBS Australia
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Chanel Olive Thomas on embracing her Filipino roots and breaking pageant norms
Chanel has earned multiple titles, including Miss Philippines Air 2015 and Miss Supranational 2017, solidifying her place in pageant history. Growing up in Australia, she struggled to fit in, but it was in the Philippines where she felt fully accepted as both Filipino and Australian embracing her natural self. She returned to the Philippines to join the Miss Universe Philippines stage in 2025 as a married woman and the oldest candidate, challenging traditional pageant norms. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST SBS Filipino 32:37 Filipino Growing up in Queensland, I just wanted blonde hair, fair skin and blue eyes to fit in because that's all I saw around me. In modeling, I was often told I looked too 'exotic', not Australian enough. But coming to the Philippines was my identity awakening, and for the first time, I felt accepted for exactly who I am. Chanel Olive Thomas Nayer – Miss Supranational 2017, Miss Philippines Air 2015, Miss Universe Philippines 2025 Nueva Ecija and Filipino Society of Melbourne representative 📢 Where to Catch SBS Filipino
News.com.au
3 hours ago
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‘Never shared this before': Star posts shock video crying and shaking
Tammy Hembrow has shared a deeply personal video montage revealing the emotional turmoil she experienced during her marriage to Matt Zukowski – further fuelling speculation about the real story behind their recent split. The 31-year-old fitness mogul, who has been at the centre of a fresh media storm after her high-profile date with AFL star Bailey Smith, took to Instagram on Saturday morning with a vulnerable post. The clip shows Hembrow crying, shaking and breaking down, with her wedding rings clearly visible in many of the clips, confirming these were filmed while she was still in her marriage. The clip opens with text that says: 'It felt like the heaviness would never end,' and shows the mum-of-three trembling mid-breakdown, even crying uncontrollably while brushing her hair. The montage then takes an uplifting turn, with the final clips showing Hembrow smiling and laughing with her friends and family, on holidays, and by the beach. 'But then I noticed the light creeping back in,' the text on screen says. The emotional clip was set to The Cinematic Orchestra's 'To Build A Home'. She paired the video, which amassed 2.5 million views in three hours, with a long message to her followers. 'I made this so long ago and honestly never thought I'd share it. Watching it back makes me genuinely feel ill. But with everything happening right now, if there was ever a time to share it … it's now,' the Saski activewear founder said. 'I'm posting this for the person who feels like they're drowning the way I once did. The person who can't see a way forward. I want you to know, it does get better. I PROMISE you. 'Some traumas shake you so deeply, they change the way you see literally everything. The world, the people around you … and even yourself. But little by little, the light comes back. 'No one else knows your whole story. No one has felt what you've felt, seen what you've seen, or carried what you've carried. This is your life, your journey … but you are not alone in it. 'One day you'll look back and realise you survived what you thought would break you.' The post was instantly flooded with messages of support. 'You've come a long way,' one of her friends, Olivia Phillips, said. Then her sister, Amy, wrote, 'My heart was breaking for you during this time'. Hembrow later took to her Stories to shed some light on why she posted the clip. 'It feels so weird posting that video,' she said. 'But when I was going through that, seeing videos like that helped me so much, so if I can do that for one person, that's all I want.' She then hit back at some commenters who questioned why she filmed videos of herself crying. 'I don't usually film myself crying mid-breakdown, most of those videos I was talking in them and sending to my sister,' she explained. Hembrow's candid post came just days after she was spotted with Bailey Smith at a lunch date in the Gold Coast, with their not-so-discreet outing taking social media by storm. The high-profile date, which was two months after her divorce from Zukowski, led to a range of backlash online, from people who shamed her for moving on 'so quickly'. A community football coach was even sacked yesterday after making a crude social media remark about the situation. The Harvey Brunswick Leschenault Football Club confirmed on Friday that coach John Baggetta had been terminated after he posted an offensive slur to Facebook, where he referred to Hembrow as a 'c** bucket'. The full comment read: 'He's trying to keep his relevance and she's a c** bucket'. Meanwhile, Zukowski, who was married to Hembrow for seven months, released a podcast episode yesterday, speaking about their divorce and saying it 'sucked' seeing his ex move on with someone else. He even claimed that he was the one to end the relationship, saying 'I made one of the hardest decisions of my life. I decided to leave a relationship that I found was not right for me. It was unhealthy for me. And I made the decision for my mental health to leave'. Now, Hembrow's video seems to have gone live in direct response to Zukowski's bold claims, where he presented himself as the one who was unhappy in the marriage. Hembrow's unfiltered video showing her side of the story, and at her lowest, appears as her attempt to offer insight into her reality during the marriage. Other than this clip, Hembrow has seemingly been handling the media frenzy this week quite lightly, posting TikToks calling her haters 'boring' and even cheekily wearing Smith's jacket in one of them.
