academy awards – Jo Casamento

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Oscars fashion flashback!

The Oscars is technically a classy event, but let’s be real—sometimes the red carpet is less ‘Old Hollywood’ and more ‘Oh my god, what were they thinking?!’ And that’s what we LIVE for! Cher in 1986? She said, ‘Forget the dress, just glue some sequins to me and give me a headdress bigger than […] Read more…

March 27, 2025 by Jo C | 0 comments

ABOUT JO CASAMENTO

Hi peeps! Welcome! I’m a single mum of 20-year-old boy/girl twins Maximus & Matisse and my youngest daughter, Allegra, 18, (who is definitely the boss of the household), plus a step mum (or I like to say bonus mum) to my beautiful stepdaughter, who we have always called Ba. There’s also a bossy cat, Mr Fluff, and a pampered pooch, Minty Fresh, in the mix too. When I’m not cleaning up after the brood, I’m a vibrant, dynamic and well-respected journalist, media commentator and MC with over two decades of experience spanning TV, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines, Digital and Social Media in Australia. These days I’m also a podcaster, MC, content creator and influencer. But above all I cherish my family and am trying my best to merge my traditional Italian upbringing with the modern world and now, as my family grows, navigate exactly what my next path looks like. I think it’s a journey many can relate to...

Mar 29

Happy Birthday Qween 👑 @kazza_blacka My STUNNING, amazing, kind, beautiful friend. You are one of life’s greatest gifts💝! And it’s not just your ageless beauty, your incredible fashion sense, your hot little mama bikini body and those sexy legs. ✨You literally spark so much joy for anyone who is lucky enough to cross your path. Just seeing your gorgeous smiling face is enough to lift my spirits and I know everyone around you feels the same. Whether it’s Thursday 🎲 Raffles Kaz, 👷‍♀️ Dock Worker Kaz, 🐰 Bunnies Kaz, Hi-Viz Kaz, Mum Kaz,🏃‍♀️25,000 step-a-day Power Walking Kaz, 👙 Bali Babe Kaz, 👩‍✈️Virgin Kaz, Delta Kaz, Big Sister Kaz, Aunty/God Mother Kaz - I don’t think you realise what a rare gem 💎 you are. And the more I get to go through life with you, it blows my mind how much you can handle and still remain the effervescent Kaz we all know and love. You seriously make 50 look fabulous! And I really think the whole world would agree there isn’t a more amazing looking 50 year old on the planet. I’m excited for the next part of our story together! Happy Birthday beautiful girl. You make 50 look freaking hot!!!!

Happy Birthday Qween 👑 @kazza_blacka My STUNNING, amazing, kind, beautiful friend. You are one of life’s greatest gifts💝! And it’s not just your ageless beauty, your incredible fashion sense, your hot little mama bikini body and those sexy legs.

✨You literally spark so much joy for anyone who is lucky enough to cross your path. Just seeing your gorgeous smiling face is enough to lift my spirits and I know everyone around you feels the same.

Whether it’s Thursday 🎲 Raffles Kaz, 👷‍♀️ Dock Worker Kaz, 🐰 Bunnies Kaz, Hi-Viz Kaz, Mum Kaz,🏃‍♀️25,000 step-a-day Power Walking Kaz, 👙 Bali Babe Kaz, 👩‍✈️Virgin Kaz, Delta Kaz, Big Sister Kaz, Aunty/God Mother Kaz - I don’t think you realise what a rare gem 💎 you are. And the more I get to go through life with you, it blows my mind how much you can handle and still remain the effervescent Kaz we all know and love.

You seriously make 50 look fabulous! And I really think the whole world would agree there isn’t a more amazing looking 50 year old on the planet. I’m excited for the next part of our story together! Happy Birthday beautiful girl. You make 50 look freaking hot!!!! ...

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Mar 25

🍿🎥If Big Little Lies had you hooked, then The Last Anniversary is your next binge on @foxtel @binge - big juicy secrets, an eerie mystery, and SO many fab women bringing it all to life. Obsessed already! 🔥💫 Plus, it’s the first time one of Moriarty’s books has been set and filmed in Australia, and it’s so nice to see!📍Spotted some stunning locations, including Little Bay Chapel, some Paddington terraces and the book’s Scribbly Gum Island was actually inspired by Dangar Island on the Hawkesbury River. Love a good Aussie backdrop! 📺🇦🇺 I love how Liane Moriarty’s stories have so many rich, layered, messed-up characters in the ensemble (makes me feel half normal!) and this cast absolutely delivers—Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, and Helen Thompson as Enigma (she’s a scene-stealer!) Lucky enough to attend the World Premiere tonight & saw the first ep and we’re already hooked—who else is watching?! 👀 #TheLastAnniversary #MustWatchTV #AussieMystery #choctopchats🍿🎥🍦 #binge #tvbingebox

🍿🎥If Big Little Lies had you hooked, then The Last Anniversary is your next binge on @foxtel @binge - big juicy secrets, an eerie mystery, and SO many fab women bringing it all to life. Obsessed already! 🔥💫

Plus, it’s the first time one of Moriarty’s books has been set and filmed in Australia, and it’s so nice to see!📍Spotted some stunning locations, including Little Bay Chapel, some Paddington terraces and the book’s Scribbly Gum Island was actually inspired by Dangar Island on the Hawkesbury River. Love a good Aussie backdrop! 📺🇦🇺

I love how Liane Moriarty’s stories have so many rich, layered, messed-up characters in the ensemble (makes me feel half normal!) and this cast absolutely delivers—Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, and Helen Thompson as Enigma (she’s a scene-stealer!)

Lucky enough to attend the World Premiere tonight & saw the first ep and we’re already hooked—who else is watching?! 👀 #TheLastAnniversary #MustWatchTV #AussieMystery #choctopchats🍿🎥🍦 #binge #tvbingebox ...

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Mar 23

🫶🏻🥂So much love in the air 💘! Congrats on your engagement Brookalini @brookecasamento & @4ndypix … I’m so happy for you💞 - I can’t wait for the big day 💒 👰🏻🤵🏻‍♂️

🫶🏻🥂So much love in the air 💘! Congrats on your engagement Brookalini @brookecasamento & @4ndypix … I’m so happy for you💞 - I can’t wait for the big day 💒 👰🏻🤵🏻‍♂️ ...

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Mar 22

🎲 🎵Love me a big ol’ fashioned Hollywood-esque razzle-dazzle Broadway musical and Sydney you stunner you turned it on last night with a star-studded spectacle! Literally fireworks 🎇…. From the setting, the backdrop, the atmosphere 🥂 , the performances the choreography 💃 , the singing 🎤 , the dancing 🕺- it was just a whole lotta ear-to-ear smiling feel-good fun. And damn @codysimpson - the boy can not only swim but sing, dance and charm his way on a stage. @thehughjackman watch out! This man is a quadruple threat. Bravo to choreographer @kelleyabbey and stand out performances by @thedancingfox and @angelinathomson - and the scene-stealing show-stopper of the night was the number of ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat’ by @jasonarrow which had me toe-tapping in my seat bursting to dancing in the aisles. 💫Just an awesome night on our amazing harbour. Spectacular! Thanks for having me @operaaustralia 👏🏻 and my beautiful plus one @lailamarienassar 🩷
✨Spraytan @beachstbeautybar
👗 Dress @rebeccavallance
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#art #australia #beautiful #fashion #ilovesydney #instagood #broadway #musical #guysanddolls #operaaustralia #photooftheday #sydney #sydneyaustralia #sydneycbd #sydneycity #sydneycommunity #sydneyeats #sydneyfood #sydneyfoodlover #sydneygirl #sydneyharbour #sydneykids #sydneylife #sydneylocal #sydneymum #sydneynightlife

🎲 🎵Love me a big ol’ fashioned Hollywood-esque razzle-dazzle Broadway musical and Sydney you stunner you turned it on last night with a star-studded spectacle! Literally fireworks 🎇….

From the setting, the backdrop, the atmosphere 🥂 , the performances the choreography 💃 , the singing 🎤 , the dancing 🕺- it was just a whole lotta ear-to-ear smiling feel-good fun.

And damn @codysimpson - the boy can not only swim but sing, dance and charm his way on a stage. @thehughjackman watch out! This man is a quadruple threat. Bravo to choreographer @kelleyabbey and stand out performances by @thedancingfox and @angelinathomson - and the scene-stealing show-stopper of the night was the number of ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat’ by @jasonarrow which had me toe-tapping in my seat bursting to dancing in the aisles.

💫Just an awesome night on our amazing harbour. Spectacular! Thanks for having me @operaaustralia 👏🏻 and my beautiful plus one @lailamarienassar 🩷
✨Spraytan @beachstbeautybar
👗 Dress @rebeccavallance
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#art #australia #beautiful #fashion #ilovesydney #instagood #broadway #musical #guysanddolls #operaaustralia #photooftheday #sydney #sydneyaustralia #sydneycbd #sydneycity #sydneycommunity #sydneyeats #sydneyfood #sydneyfoodlover #sydneygirl #sydneyharbour #sydneykids #sydneylife #sydneylocal #sydneymum #sydneynightlife ...

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Mar 18

🖤Because you’re never fully dressed without a spray tan! Thanks @beachstbeautybar for the best tan I’ve had in years - and I’m a tan-a-holic with my own spray gun and tent at home - so I’m ridiculously fussy! Exquisite experience from beginning to end; great application, no streaks or horrible patchy feet and ankles (which I’m famous for!) and moisturising too. I’ll definitely be back 💫 Ps. I went for the “Santorini” 2 hr express (but left in on for 4 hrs 🤪) #tan #spraytan #sydney #summerinsydney #fashion #instafashion #beachstreetbeautybar

🖤Because you’re never fully dressed without a spray tan!

Thanks @beachstbeautybar for the best tan I’ve had in years - and I’m a tan-a-holic with my own spray gun and tent at home - so I’m ridiculously fussy!

Exquisite experience from beginning to end; great application, no streaks or horrible patchy feet and ankles (which I’m famous for!) and moisturising too. I’ll definitely be back 💫 Ps. I went for the “Santorini” 2 hr express (but left in on for 4 hrs 🤪)

#tan #spraytan #sydney #summerinsydney #fashion #instafashion #beachstreetbeautybar ...

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Mar 10

🌊👙 Can you believe that in the ’50s, women were actually banned from wearing bikinis at the beach? ….Waverley Council even had inspectors with tape measures checking hemlines—if your swimsuit didn’t meet the ‘rules,’ you’d be marched off the sand! Imagine that happening on Bondi today 🤯? I’m diving into the new season of Ten Pound Poms on @stanaustralia , which premieres today. Last week, they recreated the iconic Bikini Wars protests of the ’60s for the launch at Bondi with some of the cast, and I’m obsessed! Loved the first season, which is soapy-like easy viewing and I always enjoy a bit of Aussie-made drama! Who else is watching? 🎬🇦🇺 #tenpoundpoms #stanaustralia #stan #tv #film #tvbingebox #choctopchats

🌊👙 Can you believe that in the ’50s, women were actually banned from wearing bikinis at the beach? ….Waverley Council even had inspectors with tape measures checking hemlines—if your swimsuit didn’t meet the ‘rules,’ you’d be marched off the sand! Imagine that happening on Bondi today 🤯?

I’m diving into the new season of Ten Pound Poms on @stanaustralia , which premieres today. Last week, they recreated the iconic Bikini Wars protests of the ’60s for the launch at Bondi with some of the cast, and I’m obsessed! Loved the first season, which is soapy-like easy viewing and I always enjoy a bit of Aussie-made drama! Who else is watching? 🎬🇦🇺 #tenpoundpoms #stanaustralia #stan #tv #film #tvbingebox #choctopchats ...

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Mar 6

🇫🇷🍿🩷French cinema stole my heart back in my uni days when I first saw The Horseman on the Roof (Le hussard sur le toit with the stunning Olivier Martinez & Juliet Binoche - watch it if you can!) so I was pretty excited to be invited to the Opening Night Gala of the @affrenchfilmfestival in Sydney ✨ Monsieur Aznavour set the perfect tone for an evening of magnifique moments—Champagne, Rosé, Edith Piaf, crêpes, and all the French fanfare one could dream of. Merci @antkierann ant_kierann for a simply gorgeous night & my plus one @anne_casamento for partaking! 🎬🥂🇫🇷 @afsydney @affrenchfilmfestival
#AFFrenchFilmFestival #AFSydney #AFFF2025

🇫🇷🍿🩷French cinema stole my heart back in my uni days when I first saw The Horseman on the Roof (Le hussard sur le toit with the stunning Olivier Martinez & Juliet Binoche - watch it if you can!) so I was pretty excited to be invited to the Opening Night Gala of the @affrenchfilmfestival in Sydney ✨

Monsieur Aznavour set the perfect tone for an evening of magnifique moments—Champagne, Rosé, Edith Piaf, crêpes, and all the French fanfare one could dream of. Merci @antkierann ant_kierann for a simply gorgeous night & my plus one @anne_casamento for partaking! 🎬🥂🇫🇷

@afsydney @affrenchfilmfestival
#AFFrenchFilmFestival #AFSydney #AFFF2025 ...

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Mar 2

☀️ 🏖️️ Soaking up the last of summer’s rays and good vibes this weekend…☀️ A little photo dump of random moments that made this season fun 🥂
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#mum #mumoftwins #sydney #beach #beachday #beachdays #beachlife #beachlifestyle #beachlifevibes #beachlife🌴 #beachlover #beachsunset #beachvibes #beautiful #fashion #happy #instagood #landscape #love #nature #naturephotography #ocean #photography #photooftheday #picoftheday #sea #sun #sunset

☀️ 🏖️️ Soaking up the last of summer’s rays and good vibes this weekend…☀️ A little photo dump of random moments that made this season fun 🥂
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#mum #mumoftwins #sydney #beach #beachday #beachdays #beachlife #beachlifestyle #beachlifevibes #beachlife🌴 #beachlover #beachsunset #beachvibes #beautiful #fashion #happy #instagood #landscape #love #nature #naturephotography #ocean #photography #photooftheday #picoftheday #sea #sun #sunset ...

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Feb 27

📺💃 Oscars fever is officially kicking in, and you KNOW I had to dive headfirst into the most iconic, chaotic, and downright fabulous red carpet moments of all time on TV this morning! From Björk’s swan 🦢 dress (fashion or farmyard?) to Lizzy Gardiner literally wearing her wallet, I went there with two of my fave peeps @davidcampbell73 and @sylviajeffreys on @thetodayshow Extra on @channel9 🍿 Did I mention this is my FAVOURITE time of year?! 🌟 Who’s excited for this year’s red carpet chaos? Drop your best (or worst!) Oscar fashion memory below! 👇😂 #Oscars #RedCarpetRoyalty #FashionWinsAndSins #flicks #movies #choctopchats #academyawards #fashion

📺💃 Oscars fever is officially kicking in, and you KNOW I had to dive headfirst into the most iconic, chaotic, and downright fabulous red carpet moments of all time on TV this morning!

From Björk’s swan 🦢 dress (fashion or farmyard?) to Lizzy Gardiner literally wearing her wallet, I went there with two of my fave peeps @davidcampbell73 and @sylviajeffreys on @thetodayshow Extra on @channel9 🍿

Did I mention this is my FAVOURITE time of year?! 🌟 Who’s excited for this year’s red carpet chaos?

Drop your best (or worst!) Oscar fashion memory below! 👇😂

#Oscars #RedCarpetRoyalty #FashionWinsAndSins #flicks #movies #choctopchats #academyawards #fashion ...

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Jan 25

🏅🇦🇺Presenting Dr Joseph Casamento OAM 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻So ridiculously proud of my Dad who has been awarded the Medal of The Order of Australia 🇦🇺 in today’s Australia Day Honours list for 2025 by the Governor General for his service to @galloping_green Randwick Rugby as club doctor for 45 years. 💚To say I am proud is an understatement: Dr Joseph Casamento has many names. He is affectionately known as Dr Joe to his thousands of patients. More widely among the Randwick Rugby Club footballers as Dr Death. To his 25 grandchildren as Nonno. And to me, and his eight children, simply as Dad 🫶🏻. But today he has a new name – That of recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia. He now has the proud honour of being called Dr Joseph Casamento OAM. Being granted permission by the GG to use those three little initials at the end of your name is literally priceless. To be given the honour for his achievements in giving back to the community he served so lovingly for so many years means everything to him. Dad is deserving of his OAM for many reasons. But it was specifically his service to Randwick Rugby Club – where he volunteered for over 45 years as club doctor, week in, week out. He worked every single Thursday night during training and every Saturday for those 45 years during the Rugby season on top of his 70+ hour week in the surgery. It was all unpaid volunteer work. Four decades of service is an incredible achievement in any area, but especially so when it is service based purely on unconditional love. The Order of Australia is the pre-eminent means by which Australia recognises the outstanding and meritorious service of its citizens. His citation is: “For service to rugby union as club doctor”. There is little doubt Dad is as much a part of the hallowed turf at Coogee Oval as the sea breeze and the spirit of Randwick’s running game. While the household names Campese, Kearns and Ella are synonymous with Randwick Rugby – so too is the name Casamento when it comes to dedication and passion for the Galloping Greens. ⬆️ READ MORE about Dad and his incredible achievements by clicking the link in my bio 💚

🏅🇦🇺Presenting Dr Joseph Casamento OAM 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻So ridiculously proud of my Dad who has been awarded the Medal of The Order of Australia 🇦🇺 in today’s Australia Day Honours list for 2025 by the Governor General for his service to @galloping_green Randwick Rugby as club doctor for 45 years.

💚To say I am proud is an understatement: Dr Joseph Casamento has many names. He is affectionately known as Dr Joe to his thousands of patients. More widely among the Randwick Rugby Club footballers as Dr Death. To his 25 grandchildren as Nonno. And to me, and his eight children, simply as Dad 🫶🏻. But today he has a new name – That of recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia. He now has the proud honour of being called Dr Joseph Casamento OAM.

Being granted permission by the GG to use those three little initials at the end of your name is literally priceless. To be given the honour for his achievements in giving back to the community he served so lovingly for so many years means everything to him.

Dad is deserving of his OAM for many reasons. But it was specifically his service to Randwick Rugby Club – where he volunteered for over 45 years as club doctor, week in, week out. He worked every single Thursday night during training and every Saturday for those 45 years during the Rugby season on top of his 70+ hour week in the surgery. It was all unpaid volunteer work.

Four decades of service is an incredible achievement in any area, but especially so when it is service based purely on unconditional love. The Order of Australia is the pre-eminent means by which Australia recognises the outstanding and meritorious service of its citizens. His citation is: “For service to rugby union as club doctor”. There is little doubt Dad is as much a part of the hallowed turf at Coogee Oval as the sea breeze and the spirit of Randwick’s running game. While the household names Campese, Kearns and Ella are synonymous with Randwick Rugby – so too is the name Casamento when it comes to dedication and passion for the Galloping Greens. ⬆️ READ MORE about Dad and his incredible achievements by clicking the link in my bio 💚 ...

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Jan 25

🥳 Happy Birthday my beautiful Big Sis @maria.casamento.7 🎂🩷 … To say I’m excited you are moving back to Sydney is an understatement!! You literally complete me 🫶🏻

🥳 Happy Birthday my beautiful Big Sis @maria.casamento.7 🎂🩷 … To say I’m excited you are moving back to Sydney is an understatement!! You literally complete me 🫶🏻 ...

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Jan 12

🧡🩷🎂Happiest of Birthday’s to my gorgeous, generous, amazing Gucci Mamma-esque fabulous friend @lailamarienassar … literally life is just soooooo much better with you in it 🩷 … whether it’s popping a champagne on a netball sideline, bringing crystal glasses🥂 to our local pizza joint for book club 📕 or whipping out ingredients to make a felafel wrap 🥒 on a bus in that trusty @maryandmariebags bag of yours full of tricks! You bring all of the fun and fizz to my life literally. But it’s not just the sound of bubbles 🍾 fizzing, or the taste of fresh lobster 🦞🦐🍋 on a seafood platter. It’s the way you are there for everyone in times of need, always with a listening ear and some harsh truths and much needed advice, or dragging me on a walk or Pilates class to keep me motivated. You know I wouldn’t have survived the last few years without you. I hope the year ahead is full of everything fabulous for you - you deserve everything in the world💋xx

🧡🩷🎂Happiest of Birthday’s to my gorgeous, generous, amazing Gucci Mamma-esque fabulous friend @lailamarienassar … literally life is just soooooo much better with you in it 🩷 … whether it’s popping a champagne on a netball sideline, bringing crystal glasses🥂 to our local pizza joint for book club 📕 or whipping out ingredients to make a felafel wrap 🥒 on a bus in that trusty @maryandmariebags bag of yours full of tricks! You bring all of the fun and fizz to my life literally.

But it’s not just the sound of bubbles 🍾 fizzing, or the taste of fresh lobster 🦞🦐🍋 on a seafood platter. It’s the way you are there for everyone in times of need, always with a listening ear and some harsh truths and much needed advice, or dragging me on a walk or Pilates class to keep me motivated. You know I wouldn’t have survived the last few years without you. I hope the year ahead is full of everything fabulous for you - you deserve everything in the world💋xx ...

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Jan 3

💙🎶 Lucky enough to see in the new year by heading to the ball for @operaaustralia ‘s Australian premiere of a lavish staging of Massanet’s Cinderella 👑 with my beautiful mum 🤍 Any event @sydneyoperahouse always feels so magical to me ✨

💙🎶 Lucky enough to see in the new year by heading to the ball for @operaaustralia ‘s Australian premiere of a lavish staging of Massanet’s Cinderella 👑 with my beautiful mum 🤍 Any event @sydneyoperahouse always feels so magical to me ✨ ...

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Dec 26

🍒Family Festivities🍒

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Dec 25

🍒I hope your Christmas was filled with family (or people who feel like family!), fun and a little bit of chaos …wishing you a gorgeous festive season from mine to yours🎄🎁♥️ #family #siblings #aunty #niece #nephew #granny #nonno

🍒I hope your Christmas was filled with family (or people who feel like family!), fun and a little bit of chaos …wishing you a gorgeous festive season from mine to yours🎄🎁♥️ #family #siblings #aunty #niece #nephew #granny #nonno ...

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