Find out who won big at the Helpmann Awards, Lea Michele has broken her silence over Cory Monteith’s death, and the Rose Bowl draws some of Hollywood’s hottest.
By Chloe Schneider
Helpmann Awards
Last night the Helpmann Awards drew a fabulous crowd of some of the most celebrate theatre and arts performers in Australia. The red carpet and ceremony took place at the Sydney Opera House and saw Legally Blonde The Musical triumph with an incredible five awards. The bubbly musical took out some of the most coveted awards including best musical, direction, and choreography. The star of the show, Lucy Durack, also won the Best Female Actor in a Musical award.
King Kong was the other big winner on the night, taking out four design awards for costumes, lighting, sound, and scenery. It was also awarded Outstanding Theatrical Achievement.
Best Male Actor in a Musical went to Geoffrey Rush for his performance in ‘A Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Forum’ and Best Male Actor in a Play went to Colin Friels for ‘Death of a Salesman’.
The Helpmann Awards are in their 13th year now and are run by Live Performance Australia.
Read our interview with Legally Blonde star Robert Mills
Lea Michele Breaks Silence
It’s been two weeks since the sudden and tragic death of her boyfriend Cory Monteith and now Lea Michele has broken her silence.
The Glee star shared an intimate photo of her and Cory along with an emotional post reading, “Thank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love & support. Cory will forever be in my heart.”
The tweet comes just days after the cast of Glee gathered at Paramount Studios for a memorial service.
Given the star’s tragic death, it is understandable that production of the popular series fifth season will be delayed until late August and the premiere pushed to September 26 in the US. Producer Ryan Murphy has spoken to several media sources about the future of the show and Cory’s character Finn.
He told Deadline, “We will begin shooting in late August the two shows we had already written, so that people can physically go back to work. We will then do an episode that will deal with the death of Finn’s character and follow that with a long hiatus. I don’t know exactly when we will come back, and we are trying our best with this attempt at damage control. We are planning a memorial for the cast and crew sometime this week on the Paramount lot.”
Robert Pattinson and Sia Step Out
Hollywood’s hottest celebs headed to The Rose Bowl in Pasadena California on Sunday July 28th to watch Jaz Z and Justin Timberlake take the stage as part of the 12-city Legends of the Summer tour.
The crowd boasted over 60,000 people including Natalie Portman, who is getting set to sit in the director’s chair soon, and her husband Benjamin Millepied, Jessica Alba who posed with Beyonce and Kelly Sawyer in an instagram pic, Jason Bateman, Ashley Benson, and many more.
Naturally, Jay Z and Timberlake opened with their newest hit ‘Holy Grail’ and concluded with a medley of Jay Z’s Encore, JT’s SexyBack and the pair’s collaborative Suit & Tie.
Despite all these huge stars, the biggest news of the night was that Robert Pattinson stepped out with Australian singer Sia Furler by his side, prompting yet another series of rumours about his love life.
It is said the pair have been friends ever since Sia was a part of the soundtrack for Breaking Dawn Part 2 but it is yet to be told whether there is any romance in the midst.
