Goals: When a South Asian panel is fronted by five WOMEN

Alicia.. that doesn’t sound Indian? I get it all the time! On top of that, I’m the daughter of Fijian-born Indians, so some from the subcontinent argue that I’m not even “Indian”! I can’t speak Hindi (I need Bollywood movie subtitles), but in my defence I can get by with some Gujarati lingo with my grandparents.…

The Australia Day ad that has the nation talking

And it doesn’t mention ‘Australia Day’ once!  The Meat and Livestock Association’s Australia Day video for 2017 has been released, and the clip has attracted mix reactions. Including the likes of Meyne Wyatt, Cathy Freeman, Adam Gilchrist Wendell Sailor and Poh Ling Yeow, the ad shows people from an array of countries, descending on Australian shores…

I Am Starstruck celebrates its 6th birthday!

Today is the 12th January and you know what that means.. it’s time to party like it our’s birthday! Cheers to SIX years of I Am Starstruck! We have certainly come a long way since our first Tumblr post back in January 2011. From hitting the red carpet for the first time at the Cleo Bachelor…

It wasn’t all-white at the 2017 Golden Globes

Check out the stars repping an array of cultural backgrounds on the red carpet!  The argument that Hollywood is whitewashed has been making headlines for quite some time, and I’m super stoked to see more cultural progress during this year’s awards season. It has well and truly kicked off today with the 2017 Golden Globe Awards, and…

My open letter to Saroo Brierley

When you cover red carpets for work, there’s that intense energy and thrilling buzz that comes along with the flashing cameras and star-studded arrivals. And when I worked at Lion’s Australian premiere last month, it was no different. I was a trained journalist, placed in a professional environment with a hit of adrenalin having just…