Suzanne Carbone

Suzanne Carbone

Suzanne Carbone writes Postcode 3000, a column launched in 2009 about Melbourne and its people on the back page. While covering the so-called red-carpet round, she has written about the Logies, AFI Awards, Brownlow Medal, opening-night events, the Australian Open, Grand Prix, polo tournaments, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, Caulfield spring racing carnival and the Flemington quadrella: Derby Day, Cup Day, Oaks Day and Stakes Day.

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King-sized fun for fruity Gerry

Suzanne Carbone The props department excelled at the stunning world premiere of the musical King Kong and not just on the stage in the world-class sound and light show.

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Arnie to visit Caroline Springs

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Suzanne Carbone Gym owner paying the Terminator $160,000 for his appearance on Friday.

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Magda scores spiritual role

Suzanne Carbone Comedian the chosen one to MC the Dalai Lama's public talk in Melbourne on June 18.

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A kiss with added sex appeal

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Suzanne Carbone In the finest tradition of the double entendre, flautist Jane Rutter called her album French Kiss and in the language of love, kiss means ''baiser'' and something more.

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Elliot animated in Thornbury

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Suzanne Carbone Thornbury is about to become more animated now that Oscar-winning claymation whiz Adam Elliot is moving to the northern suburbs to set up a home and animation studio.

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All white on the night as stars tread the red carpet

Logies red carpet.

Suzanne Carbone Fabulous somebodies, trailed by fabulous nobodies, shared the magic red carpet for a fashion ride that lands at Crown once a year for the Logies.

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Fraser still in fight for justice

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Suzanne Carbone Cops and crooks alike may have prayed for the demise of former lawyer Andrew Fraser.

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Ricky ready to take the mickey

Suzanne Carbone Bozo the Clown owns that coveted title but that won't stop Ricky Nixon from exploring a career in comedy.

Kapalos has bad week in Weekly

Suzanne Carbone Channel Seven's new recruit isn't happy with a story about her headed 'Why my marriage failed'.

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The award waits for … Cassidy

Suzanne Carbone Partridge Family heart-throb David Cassidy still has not collected the logie he won in 1973.

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Gripping job to write for Doyle

Suzanne Carbone There's a fascinating aspect about a job to become a speechwriter for mayor Robert Doyle.

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Hitchener stars in dog rescue

Suzanne Carbone Peter Hitchener makes his own news with an animal rescue - if only the camera was rolling.

Take it as read, Emirates marquee one for the books

The Emirates marquee in the  Birdcage at Flemington.

Suzanne Carbone From a piece of bitumen at Flemington, rises racing's greatest temporary city. Known as the Birdcage, this enclosure of opulence and excess is all feathers and sculptured hats that can do serious...

Seeing red over sexism

Jo Pearson.

Suzanne Carbone Someone very interested in the outpourings of former TV newsreader Tracey Spicer about misogyny in the newsroom was another former anchor, Jo Pearson.

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Jackman paints the town red

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Suzanne Carbone Actor Hugh Jackman will be extremely popular at the Red Ball on Saturday.

Cool combo of dudes and food

Suzanne Carbone Being the son of the late adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer Peter Hillary has trekked far and wide.

Know what he means?

Suzanne Carbone Genteel Melbourne is spared the Las Vegas-style razzle dazzle of shock jocks in Syd Vegas so it was a shock to see 3AW's Neil Mitchell (pictured) do his best John Laws impersonation on the Today show.

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Kim 'kaos'

Big reality thud by Kardashian

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Suzanne Carbone A particular type of Kim Kardashian kaos will explode in Collins Street tonight, forcing pedestrians to be wary of shrapnel when the bombshell shakes her booty outside Silk Road.

The terror of turning 30

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Suzanne Carbone Thirty-year-old Simon Abrahams and Lachlan MacLeod, 29, are fascinated with the planets, particularly Saturn.

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Grant wiped

Hackett interview out of viewer sight

Grant Hackett on 60 Minutes.

Suzanne Carbone The supposed tell-all 60 Minutes interview where Grant Hackett didn't say much about trashing his apartment before his marriage break-up with Candice Alley is no longer being championed by Channel...