Andrew Hornery
Andrew Hornery is a senior journalist and former Private Sydney columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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‘Troubled’ Packer found dead in Sydney, praised by artist friends
Francis Packer, cousin to James and once the heir apparent to the Packer family fortune, had a troubled life and tried to avoid the spotlight.
- Andrew Hornery
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An eight-hour shift without a toilet break: The gruelling day of a freelance Santa
“I reckon we got through 300 families that day. Santa Ron, who’d been due to relieve me after four hours, had collapsed backstage!”
- Andrew Hornery
What the Hollywood awards season can mean for an Australian designer
For fashion designer Alex Perry, the annual Hollywood awards season is like the footy grand final, Wimbledon and the Olympics all rolled into one.
- Andrew Hornery
Todd McKenney’s advice for the next Aussie biopic star
Having played the late Peter Allen in a staggering 1076 performances of The Boy from Oz, McKenney knows the pressure of taking on a national treasure.
- Andrew Hornery
Will next-gen NIDA grads join former alumni Cate, Baz, Toni and Hugo?
Just 22 students – whittled down from 1000 applicants – will graduate from the world-acclaimed drama school next Friday.
- Andrew Hornery
For a new, challenging role, Crowe nailed one of acting’s most fear-inducing skills
Russell Crowe needs little validation of his acting chops, except perhaps when it comes to playing characters with accents.
- Andrew Hornery
The former lawyer turned ‘champagne specialist’ who wants Aussies to buy bubbly
Natalie Hazel quit law in 2019 to wage a marketing campaign to convince Australians to keep buying their fizz.
- Andrew Hornery
‘It’s the company’: The cruisy life of a retired showbiz publicist
She took her first world cruise in 2015. Now, Patti Mostyn spends at least half her year at sea.
- Andrew Hornery
James could’ve owned a home by now. He splurged thousands to meet Kylie instead
And there’s the finance broker with a bag of confetti from a Mariah Carey gig ...
- Andrew Hornery
The Packers, a princess and Elton John: PR dynamo was king of Sydney social scene
Mark Patrick staged some of the biggest social events of the Noughties from James Packer’s first wedding to the Moet marquee at the Birdcage.
- Andrew Hornery