an article from Sydney Morning herald that mentions Gemma
January 6, 2007
\Private Sydney
Two weeks ago Nicole Kidman's publicist, Wendy Day, admitted she was a little anxious about leaving Sydney for the Christmas break while her star client was still in town.
Her anxiety stemmed from her deep-rooted suspicion of Sydney's paparazzi, especially Jamie Fawcett who admits to having had a long and colourful relationship with Kidman.
Judging by the media reports that said Fawcett had ruined Kidman's reunion with her husband, Keith Urban, on the South Coast, Day's fears were realised. Fawcett denies he ruined anyone's holiday, saying he only chases the stars who are "the most newsworthy on the day … and she was".
While Kidman employed decoy cars, publicists, security guards and endured the constant cat-and-mouse chase with snappers, other stars in Sydney have a much calmer time.
Fawcett said Cate Blanchett was equally successful as an actor, yet was not as "newsworthy" as Kidman.
"We often photograph her shopping with the kids … It's always pretty calm because she doesn't have any of the bullsh*t around her - the security guards, the drivers, the publicists," Fawcett said.
Similarly Rachel Griffiths, Toni Collette and Rose Byrne have all been in town over Christmas, yet none of them emerged at the centre of a paparazzi storm.
When a Sydney snapper, Peter Carrette, caught Elle Macpherson holidaying with the former Sydney model Jules Revelle on the island of Mustique, she remained calm, let him get the shots and then carried on with her holiday without any fuss.
Even one of the world's top supermodels, Gemma Ward, who is in Sydney to shoot a film, has escaped virtually unscathed by the paps. Similarly,Kylie Minogue managed to spend a month in Australia without being photographed outside of her publicity and concert performances. Nor were there any candid snaps of U2 or Robbie Williams.