Helpmann Awards

Cate and Andrew attended the Helpmann Award ceremony in Australia today! Have a look at some pictures below.

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'Quack' opening night

Cate and Andrew attended the opening night of 'Quack' in Sydney, September 1st.

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'August: Osage County' Opening Night

Cate attended the opening night of the STC play 'August: Osage County' in Sydney on the 17th of August. Pictures below!

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Thanks Evelien for posting @ cate-forums!

News mashup

I've been a bit absent on the news front, so to get back up to speed and lower the threshold for myself, here's a rundown of event pictures that were not graced with their own news post yet.

Tony Awards

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'Greening the Wharf'
Read more about the 'Greening the Wharf' initiative here!

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And as an added bonus, here's some recent candids!

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I'm sure that by now, you've noticed Cate's new, shorter haircut. ;)

Cannes Film Festival Pictures

Cate attended a press conference for Robin Hood at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the premiere for the movie, which was the festival's opening event. Cate's wearing Armani at the press conference and photocall, and Alexander McQueen at the premiere. Pictures below!

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Cate shoots IWC commercial!

Cate was in Portofino, Italy, yesterday (May 9) to shoot a commercial for IWC watches with Kevin Spacey. A bunch of pictures in the gallery, not HQ sadly.

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'Robin Hood' press conference in London

Cate attended a press conference for 'Robin Hood' which is on the verge of being released. Some pictures below!

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Cate in Berlin

Over the last weeks, there was a steady influx of pictures of Cate in Berlin - not only working on the set of "Hanna", but also out and about in the German capital, including an attendance (together with Andrew) of an award ceremony for German German theatre director Thomas Ostermeier at the French Embassy on April 16.

See the candids here and pictures of the evening at the French Embassy here.

Cate joins fight against indigenous poverty

Cate and Dashiell attended a party thrown by Andrew Forrest in Sydney, March 19th, in support of his campaign called 'Generation One'. The campaign aims to draw everyday Australians into the effort to get captains of industry to commit to employing 50,000 indigenous people.

Attendees saw their palms projected onto the sails of the Opera House in a show of support. You can read more about Generation One below, or after clicking the read more link!

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Jobs to be done as Twiggy's scheme gets the big guns on board
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When Australia's richest man has a party, everyone is invited - but no one goes home without being motivated within an inch of their lives.

So it was when the West Australian miner Andrew Forrest descended on Sydney yesterday to launch the most recent and ambitious chapter of his war on indigenous welfare dependency.

What began as an effort by Mr Forrest and his wife, Nicola, to get captains of industry to commit to employing 50,000 indigenous people has expanded into a campaign called Generation One. It aims to draw everyday Australians into the jobs and training initiative.

The man whom all but his nearest and dearest call Twiggy has signed up another billionaire, James Packer, to help fund the cause, as well as Kerry Stokes and his son Ryan, and Lindsay Fox and his son Andrew.

Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe attended the gala last night, where business, political and entertainment bigwigs hobnobbed and saw their palms projected onto the sails of the Opera House in a show of support.

The Premier, Kristina Keneally, was among them, promising to employ 2229 indigenous people in the public service.

The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, acknowledged the involvement of the former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull and his wife, Lucy - as well as the deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop.

''We began a couple of years ago by simply saying sorry but, you know something? Sorry isn't enough,'' Mr Rudd told the crowd at the Overseas Passenger Terminal.

Mr Packer has employed 60 indigenous workers and is looking for 50 more. Like many, he had always wanted to do more in the area and Mr Forrest had shown him how, he said earlier in the day.

''It's not about rich people can do more, or poor people should get off their backsides, or government should get out there … It's about all Australians,'' Mr Forrest said.

''People tell me, 'This is just another campaign.' I say show me the 20,000 [promised jobs so far] in any other campaign.''

A roadshow will travel the country to drum up support and there is even a We are the World-style song performed by the likes of Melinda Schneider, Jack Thompson, Ernie Dingo and Christine Anu. A former young Australian of the year, Tania Major, called Generation One a ''holistic nation movement'' and said she became involved because it was ''not just another talkfest''.

Mr Forrest told the story of Ian Black, an Aborigine who mentored him at boarding school as a boy and whose funeral he recently attended. The statistic that says only 25 per cent of indigenous men will live beyond 65 was ''Ian's statistic'', he said, and was unacceptable.

People are being asked to register through the Generation One website to become involved in the project.

http://www.generationone.org.au

'Spring Awakening' opening night

Cate and Andrew attended the opening night of 'Spring Awakening' at the Sydney Theatre Company today. Some pictures below, via Gossip Center, thanks Gommyna at the forum for posting!

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