Cate Blanchett

Big deal

Cate sniffs out a sweet $10m perfume deal

cate blanchett

Christine Sams It's official: Cate Blanchett is bigger than Brad Pitt. At least when it comes to selling perfume. The 43-year-old Oscar winner has signed a $10.

My tribe's cooler than yours

Cate Blanchett

Andrew Hornery Andrew Hornery surveys the Brynnes, Blanchetts and bluebloods of Sydney's social scene.

Actor and playwright Bille Brown dies aged 61

Bille Brown

Steve Dow Acclaimed Queensland actor and playwright Bille Brown has died after a battle with bowel cancer.

Mia: an intriguing ingenue

Mia Masikowska attends the

The world's highest-grossing actress of 2010, according to Forbes, Mia Wasikowska maintains a certain inscrutability off the set, Joelle Diderich writes

Sour limelight

The paparazzi-free zone

Cate Blanchett.

Jo Casamento Is it possible to escape the flash bulbs of the media and keep your private life under wraps if you are a star? Yes, say those who work in the celebrity industry.

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Clutch of class chez Vuitton

Miranda Kerr and Delta Goodrem.

Rachel Browne IF THERE was ever any doubt Australia has been cushioned from the rest of the world's fiscal troubles, look no further than the grand opening of the latest Louis Vuitton store.

Fame is a four letter word

Jennifer Love Hewitt's 'vajazzling' invention

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Lenny Ann Low She bakes, gyrates and decorates her "female area" with Swarovski crystals.

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Political pose

Robert Pattinson disdains 'hypocritical' activist celebrities

Robert Pattinson

Celebrity support for the Occupy protest movement leaves Twilight star cold.

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Elevator not quite the lift needed

Andrew Hornery MOBILE phones went into meltdown last Saturday morning across Sydney's glittering harbourfront mansions as news broke on the Herald's front page that one of their own - style queen Karin Upton Baker...

Paparazzi prizes

The hottest shots

Kylie Boldy and Michael Clarke.

Jo Casamento They are the sitting ducks. The celebrities with a price on their heads. And we're not talking about how much they make per movie, or how much they earn according to so-called rich lists.

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Red carpet glamour

The Oscars: why best dressed matters more than best actor

Anne Hathaway.

Kate Waterhouse And you thought the Oscars was about the films. Kate Waterhouse looks at what turns heads on the red carpet come awards season, from classic couture to total frock shockers.

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A blessed life

True colours

Miranda Otto.

KRISTIE LAU Miranda Otto on motherhood, movies and making it work.