Rendezvous causes ripples as swimming stars lick love

And she sure looks happy.

Just like the sponsors who have invested millions of dollars in the two athletes; with broadcasters, women’s magazines and mainstream media off the sports page, it all piles up. Simpson has even launched his own fashion line.

The more news about the McKeon-Simpson relationship (which certainly deserves a portmanteau celeb? Codem? Maybe Emody?), the greater the return on sponsor investment, and at a time when competition for corporate endorsements is fierce.

After his victory at the Tokyo Olympics, manager McKeon Tony Box revealing sponsorship has changed dramatically since the times Ian Thorpe shaken in the millions, telling PS last year: “There’s more competition and sports and athletes who don’t provide regular content have suffered.”

“Content” is one thing that “Emody” will not lack, especially if Simpson’s social media posts are any indication, as is being filmed – allegedly clandestinely – checking his phone to find out he has teamed up Australia for the world championship.

A proud McKeon rubbed Simpson’s back and hugged him. The post was shared thousands of times.

Kyle Chalmers and Cody Simpson.Credit:Getty

Throw in a complicated love triangle involving McKeon’s ex-girlfriend Kyle Chalmersalong with the prospect of Simpson being able to compete against Chalmers in the butterfly sprint event in Birmingham, and the scene is set to pool high drama.

Crowe’s sons front and center

Russell Crowein Rome to play the late Father Gabriele Amorth, the former chief exorcist of the Vatican, in the upcoming film, Pope Exorcist, is dealing with criticism for posting photos inside the Sistine Chapel on Twitter this week (less deserving tourists are prohibited from taking them). But it’s a shot with a boy Tennyson and Charles which may give us greater insight into the actor’s personal world.

Russell Crowe with sons Charles and Tennyson in Rome this week.Credit:Twitter

It’s been a long time since the public saw his son with an ex-wife Danielle Spencer, this couple was very protective of their privacy when they were children. Now Charles is 18 and “Tenny” 15, and it seems their famous dad is more relaxed about sharing it with the world. The boys didn’t seem to mind too much either.

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The breakup of a pair of unknown rich people has resulted in an extraordinary collection of designer furniture at Woollahra Shapiro auction house next week.

Boca do Lobo Studio Newton Bubble Bath will be auctioned on Shaprio next week, expected to sell for between $10,000 and $15,000. Credit:Shapiro

Among PS’s favorite items is the hysterical-looking Boca do Lobo Studio “Newton” bubble bath, featuring a pink and cream lacquer brass ball in a high gloss lacquer finish. Estimated price is between $10,000 and $15,000. Who says money can’t buy taste?

Boat show is back in business

While truly colossal superyachts are carving out the Mediterranean right now, in Sydney business has boomed among those in the market for “tinnies” in the $5 million to $10 million range, many of which will be on display at next week’s Sydney reboot. . International Boat Show at Darling Harbour.

The last Sydney International Boat Show was held in 2019.Credit:Wolter Peeters

The Sydney show is one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and drew more than 60,000 people in 2019, but was canceled for two years due to COVID-19. However, the pandemic has ironically seen the industry thrive, with more people investing in water toys and staying in Australia.

For the year ending 30 June 2021, there were more than 920,000 vessels registered, while more than 2.5 million Australians held ship permits and around 18,500 new vessels were registered.

sea magazine founder Hillary Buckman will pop the cork on a Thursday night with a midwinter soirée, while Ray White Marine throws a VIP party the following Saturday night. Sales Director Brock Rodwell will display eight boats, including the Pershing 82 and Ferretti 780, for a combined value of $20 million, plus a Rolls-Royce Black Badge GHOST beside the boat, a $100,000 Roger Dubuis watch, and diamond fireworks from Calleija jewelry.

How to separate

As construction continues on Darling Point on the mansion being built by the troubled developer and former NSW deputy prime minister John Barilaro, Joseph NahasPS had learned the six-year project looked set to outlast Nahas’ marriage, with news that he had secretly separated from his wife. Danielle Elkorr.

Construction on a new Nahas house in Darling Point where more than $1 million was used for imported designer tiles.Credit:Wolter Peeters

Nahas and his now ex-wife have built one of the most ambitious and expensive family homes in Sydney, on a prime harbor front position, but they now seem unlikely to ever live in it together.

The protracted project has become the bane of neighbors in the Broadwater apartment block, worried about losing sight of the harbor. Interestingly, one Nahas company recently sold one of the two apartments it owns in the building, retaining the one-bedroom unit it purchased for $1.37 million in 2019.

The building site was purchased under the Elkorr name for $11.125 million in late 2015. Millions of dollars have since been poured into the new multi-level home with an estimated overall project value of about $50 million, with more than $1 million going into imported floor tiles alone. .

Leckie is honored

A year after he died, and in honor of his inauguration as a Member of the Order of Australia, the television industry gathered at the Royal Sydney Golf Club on Friday afternoon to honor the late television executive. David Leckie.

Skye and David Leckie, then CEO of Channel Seven, at the opening of The Star in 2011.Credit:Andrew Quilty

Once one of the most powerful and feared figures on Australian television, Leckie is the former chief executive of the Nine and Seven network, and is with his wife. Skye fixture in the Sydney social diaspora for decades.

Former Labor power broker Graham Richardson and television news veterans Peter Meakinproved an entertaining double act as they shared MC duties, while PS saw the television convoy and people’s faces among the 350 spectators, including Andrew Denton and Jennifer Byrne, Mark Ferguson, Peter Overton and Jessica Rowe, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Kol Alan, Gretel Packer, John Hartigan, Phil Kearns, Eddie McGuire, Daryl Somers, Sonia Kruger, Craig Macpherson, James Warburton, Hugh Marks, Mike Sneesby, Hamish McClellan, Vince Sorrenti and Tracy Grimshaw.

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