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Twenty years after Idol, Jessica Mauboy can’t forget the body shaming

When a 16-year-old Jessica Mauboy stood on a makeshift stage in the middle of the desert for her Australian Idol audition, she was just a shy kid from Darwin with a massive voice. Within a few years, she was catapulted from the Top End to the top of the charts. Earlier this year, Jessica returned …

Amber Sherlock thinks TV still isn’t ready for women over 50

In November last year, newsreader and weather presenter Amber Sherlock was let go from her role at the Nine Network, an announcement that made headlines and had paparazzi camped outside her house. Suddenly, after almost 20 years at the network, Amber found herself without the security of a full-ti…

Melanie C on sexism, ageism and the Spice Girls’ group chats

Thirty years ago this July, a catchy song called ‘Wannabe’, sung by a then-unknown pop group called the Spice Girls, hit radio airwaves – and a global phenomenon was born.  For Melanie C, who was just 22 at the time and one-fifth of the group that brought “girl power” to a new generation, the sudd…

Astronauts, trolls and aliens: 2026 Australian of the Year

Like many of us, Katherine Bennell-Pegg grew up with a dream of one day becoming an astronaut.  But unlike most childhood dreamers, Katherine actually achieved hers. In 2024, she became the first astronaut to officially represent Australia and the first Australian woman to receive professional ast…

Why Rove McManus doesn’t test his comedy at home

For more than a decade, Rove McManus was one of the most familiar faces on Australian TV. Rove Live helped launch the careers of some of Australia's brightest talents – including Carrie Bickmore, Peter Helliar, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee – it attracted some of the biggest stars on the planet, and cr…

Tanya Hennessy: "Why I need to apologise to every mother I’ve ever met"

Tanya Hennessy had just begun her seventh round of IVF when she joined the Stellar podcast last April.  Just weeks after we recorded that episode, she found out she was pregnant.  On December 20, five days before Christmas, Tanya’s long-awaited first child, a baby girl named Scottie – whose full …

Ash Brewer on baby news, sobriety and why she’s ready to talk about her eating disorder

You might know her as Ivy Forrester on The Bold And The Beautiful, the long-running soap opera that has been broadcast around the world for nearly 40 years. That role marked Ashleigh Brewer’s breakout in the US, after she first came to notice working in Australian children’s shows like The Sleepove…

What Sarah Harris did next

Since The Project was axed eight months ago, speculation has been rife about what Sarah Harris will do next.  Now, we finally know the former TV host is making the move into radio, joining Nova’s new breakfast show, Ricki-Lee & Tim, in a newsreader role.  In this episode of the Stellar podcast, S…

Ricki-Lee is about to make the biggest move of her career

Ricki-Lee was just 18 when she became a household name on the second season of Australian Idol in 2004.  Thrust into the spotlight at a time when famous women’s bodies and choices were the subject of intense media and public scrutiny, Ricki-Lee was able to block out the critics and build a formida…