AACTA Awards winners: Talk to Me, The Newsreader win big, Margot Robbie recognised as trailblazer

ABC NEWS (Australia)

The red carpet has been rolled out on the gold coast for Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, and some of the nation's biggest stars. It's the 2024 AACTA awards, celebrating our homegrown film industry.

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00:00 The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards. It's a bit of a mouthful, but

00:07 they call it the Aussie Oscars and it's really brought the stars out on the Gold Coast. It's

00:12 the Australian film industry's night of nights and the who's who are here on the red carpet.

00:17 The event is quite a coup for Queensland. We've pinched the Logies off Melbourne and

00:21 now the Actor Awards off Sydney. On the red carpet earlier we jostled for position with

00:26 a hungry media pack to try and grab as many celebrities as we could. We were ignored by

00:31 plenty but we spoke to the cast and directors of Netflix horror hit Talk To Me, which is

00:36 nominated for plenty of awards, Teresa Palmer who's nominated for Best Actress, as well

00:41 as another nominee, Australian acting royalty, Cate Blanchett. What I love about these nights

00:46 is it celebrates films and television and media of all types, of all stripes. I think

00:54 that's what makes a healthy industry, when the output isn't homogenous.

00:59 The guest of honour though is the Gold Coast's own Golden Girl, Margot Robbie. She's being

01:04 awarded the Trailblazer Award following the incredible success of Barbie and we managed

01:09 to speak to her. Is this the most dressed up you've ever got on the Gold Coast?

01:13 I would have to say the last time I got this dolled up was probably for my year 12 formal

01:20 and I wasn't wearing a sparkly number like this, but I felt very glamorous on the night

01:25 and that was about five minutes from here. A pinch yourself moment for a local news reporter

01:29 speaking to those two and rubbing shoulders with them. The awards ceremony is going on

01:33 right now in that theatre behind me. It isn't being broadcast live, it will air a little

01:38 bit later tonight.

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