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Small Screen
10:31AM Jess McGuire | I have only ever seen one episode of Packed To The Rafters. Does that make me un-Australian? Probably. I didn’t hate it, if that helps keep my citizenship. And since my mother has texted me in the past (apropos of nothing) to inform me that it is her favourite show and she never ever misses it if she can help it, I am going to feign interest in the following news story. More »
Packed To The Rafters Cast Members Possibly Dating
10:31AM Jess McGuire | I have only ever seen one episode of Packed To The Rafters. Does that make me un-Australian? Probably. I didn’t hate it, if that helps keep my citizenship. And since my mother has texted me in the past (apropos of nothing) to inform me that it is her favourite show and she never ever misses it if she can help it, I am going to feign interest in the following news story. More » 
Remember That Starlet They Called ‘The New Cate Blanchett’?
10:20AM Clem Bastow | You may recall earlier in the year that Confidential attempted to start some sort of starlet prize fight by implying that up-and-comer Jessica Marais was “the new Cate Blanchett”. Well, whether she is or isn’t, Marais has gone and got herself a starring role in the new Seven drama, Packed To The Rafters (which I hope is the hard-hitting story of a family self-storage business in downtown Footsgray, but I suspect I will be disappointed):
“Serious television certainly helps revive your passion for theatre. It’s been great fun, but I’ve definitely got the theatre bug back in me. I love the excitement, the spontaneity.
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Starlet Sez, ‘I Am Not Cate Blanchett’; Cate Blanchett Sez, ‘No Shit’
3:48PM Clem Bastow | Look, we know what it’s like to try and make it in this heady world of show business; we’ve seen 42nd Street and A Star Is Born, we know how it all works.
So, we know that when you’re a starlet trying to get a leg up, you take what you can get – we’re just not sure that going about it the way Jessica Marais has is the way to go:
Rising actress Jessica Marais has shunned walking in the shadow of Hollywood star Cate Blanchett, demanding to be known only on her own merits.
Comparisons between the National Institute of Dramatic Art graduates began to fly after Marais’s costume from her final stage production Sweet Charity joined a selection of Blanchett’s memorabilia archived at the prestigious school more than 16 years ago.
While the South African-born beauty is flattered by the rare storage move and being dubbed the next Blanchett, she’s also aware it could be the kiss of death.
“I want to be the next Jessica Marais not Cate Blanchett,” the 23-year-old said this week.
“It detracts from what is unique about you, which is how you get the role.”
Sooo… they went to the same acting school at different times, and when said school wanted to raise some funds, it sold off some old costumes, which happened to include gear worn – separately – by both actresses.
At which point did people go from that information to “the new Cate Blanchett”? Admittedly this is equally the fault of the press as much as it is Marais herself, but still.
We’re going to adopt this immediately as our new personal PR campaign; just pick a famous person you are not actually being compared to, and then complain about being compared to them.
To wit: “Could people please stop saying Defamer Australia is the next New York Times? We’d prefer to be judged on our own exceptional merits.” More » 