Those social scribes still holding down a job on a tabloid will be heading for Sydney Airport on Monday for one of the best freebies in town- the annual gala week in Los Angeles known as G'Day USA.
It's a government sponsored promotional week where everything Oz gets shown around LA- local fashion designers, wine tastings, tourism events and err, a discussion on the carbon pricing.
The big do of the week is the LA Black Tie Gala dinner where a few Aussies who have done well in the USA get inducted into some sort of Hall of Fame- this year it's
Paul Hogan and
Rose Byrne and Qantas pilot
John Travolta. Guests include usually every actor in LA that week -
Guy Pearce, Naomi Watts, Eric Bana,
Toni Collette and it wouldn't be a party without
Olivia Newton John. Chef for the night is
Curtis Stone.
But wait-there's more : also flying to Los Angeles is the
World's Richest Woman and the Aussie version of Christina Onassis,
Gina Rinehart and her daughter
Ginia Rinehart who is the apple of her mum's eye.
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| Ryan Johnson * Gina Rinehart * Ginia Rinehart |
Ginia will wed her long time boyfriend in LA-
Ryan Johnson who is the son of the legendary
Beach Boys'
Bruce Johnson.
On the wedding guest list : Canadian hamburger king
Jack Cowin, John Singleton and
Barnaby Joyce MP. Not invited : Gina's estranged children Hope, Bianca and John.
