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When you’re an artist as prolific and hard-working as Tori Forsyth, summer doesn’t exactly spell relaxation. The singer-songwriter – who makes music that calls to mind everyone from Lucinda Williams to her friend and mentor Kasey Chambers – dropped her new album, All We Have Is Who We Are, in May. A rhythmic and anthemic collection of country bangers, it was Forsyth’s third, and came hot on the heels of a major success when she was nominated for the Q Music Award in the early part of the year. In a way, All We Have Is Who We Are marked something of a return to form for the musician – country-western in both style and spirit, it saw the musician dipping back into the style that made her famous. Forsyth has only one word to describe the album: she calls it an “exhale," a cathartic collection of songs about emerging back into the sun after hardship.Forsyth herself is yet to take an "exhale," mind you. She’s barely slowed her output since its release – a creative polymath, she describes herself as someone who draws energy from dabbling in a multitude of different formats. “At the moment I'm working on a music/creative podcast,” Forsyth says of her busy post-release period. “And I'm still doing touring stints to celebrate the release of All We Have Is Who We Are.”But you’ve got to take a pause eventually, and Forsyth is looking to settle into the sunnier days with “lots of family time," and a little time off the touring track. “I want to try to go to the beach a little more this year and just have a general re-grouping after a huge year with the record release,” Forsyth says. Not that it’s necessarily all play, no work. “Of course, it's Tamworth Country Music Festival in January – I'll be heading there for my show,” she says.Indeed, Tamworth is Forsyth’s spiritual home. She’s performed at the outdoor festival countless times, amassing a legion of fans with her powerful and rousing voice – the festival was even the first outdoor gig she ever attended. “Tamworth festival is such a big one and I have probably played it more than any other festival,” Forsyth explains. “It's hot and everyone is sweaty but it's great to see everyone and start the year off like that.”Forsyth loves playing outdoor festivals due to their “fresh air, atmosphere and sunshine.” But she understands that the heat and the exposure to the sun come with its own risks. There is, after all, very little shelter from the glare when you’re up onstage, and Forsyth has sensible – and stylish – protective measures in place to keep herself sun-safe.Indeed, Forsyth’s tried and true method of looking after her body is a novel adaptation of the “slap” element of slip, slop, slap, seek and slide. “For the past year I have played nearly every show with a giant cowboy hat – highly recommended for sun safety. Wearing sunscreen is handy in Australia all year round, particularly living in QLD.”So, next time you hit the outdoors, remember to take Forsyth’s advice, and invest yourself in one fine ten-gallon. Sun safety can be country appropriate after all. If you or someone you know has cancer, get free confidential support from a cancer nurse, call 13 11 20." 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The musician has spent the last few years low-key releasing a string of albums, dropping her debut Heavy Metal Flower Petal back in 2022, and then following it up with this year’s Dirt. Both records have a faint glow, one familiar to the songs that come up in your suggested songs on Spotify when you listen to Chappell Roan.But still, despite that somewhat glow, Starr “wasn’t genetically built” for summer. “I hate playing in summer, if I'm honest,” Starr explains.”I'm extremely translucent and white with freckles, so it's always a struggle in the heat."I grew up on the mid-north coast of Australia with a surfy family by the beach, so it's been a constant battle throughout my life to try and avoid the sun while ending up in really sunny situations. Being a musician on the festival circuit is one of those situations.”So it goes. “I've learned to lean into it,” she says. “Sometimes it can inspire an outfit—a giant hat, a veil, and a quick exit from the stage. 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Though the 1999 blockbuster didn't win any huge awards, it has undoubtedly gone down in history as one of the best rom-coms of the era.Speaking of working with Ledger on the film, Stiles told Daily Telegraph; "He was a very magnetic presence on set, and he was like this force."She added: “He had a zest for life and just was like always, he was never checked out. He was always totally engaged with everybody. Really interesting, remarkable person and actor.”Ledger passed away in January 2008 at age 28, just months before he posthumously won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. His cause of death was ruled as an accidental drug overdose.Stiles addressed Ledger's untimely passing in the same interview. “It’s a shame because we would have, you know, we would have been able to see him do more incredible work had he not passed away,” she said.“That summer was very, very special and ultimately rare because we were all actors on that, it was kind of their first," Stiles added of their work together on 10 Things I Hate About You.She continued, “We jumped in and we were all so open-hearted and not self-conscious, which I learned later doesn’t always happen on a set. It was a really special time.”While Stiles and Ledger weren't romantically involved in real life, she did date 10 Things I Hate About You co-stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt post-production.Last year, the movie's director Gil Junger appeared as a special guest on the YouTube series Mirá a Quién Encontré (Look Who I Found), where he delved into the pair’s off-screen romance.“They were very, very attracted to each other,” Junger said of the two. “She’s professing her love to [onscreen boyfriend Heath Ledger] and she’s in love with a guy waiting in his trailer to shoot the next scene.”Junger noted that Stiles and Gordon-Levitt only shared a few scenes together. “She, for a minute or 10, went out with Joseph Gordon-Levitt,” he continued.“They were very, very attracted to each other, which was cool.”For more on this topic, follow the Film and TV Observer." 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In Partnership with Cancer Council Victoria

When you’re an artist as prolific and hard-working as Tori Forsyth, summer doesn’t exactly spell relaxation. The singer-songwriter – who makes music that calls to mind everyone from Lucinda Williams to her friend and mentor Kasey Chambers – dropped her new album, All We Have Is Who We Are, in May. A rhythmic and anthemic collection of country bangers, it was Forsyth’s third, and came hot on the heels of a major success when she was nominated for the Q Music Award in the early part of the year. In a way, All We Have Is Who We Are marked something of a return to form for the musician – country-western in both style and spirit, it saw the musician dipping back into the style that made her famous. Forsyth has only one word to describe the album: she calls it an “exhale," a cathartic collection of songs about emerging back into the sun after hardship.Forsyth herself is yet to take an "exhale," mind you. She’s barely slowed her output since its release – a creative polymath, she describes herself as someone who draws energy from dabbling in a multitude of different formats. “At the moment I'm working on a music/creative podcast,” Forsyth says of her busy post-release period. “And I'm still doing touring stints to celebrate the release of All We Have Is Who We Are.”But you’ve got to take a pause eventually, and Forsyth is looking to settle into the sunnier days with “lots of family time," and a little time off the touring track. “I want to try to go to the beach a little more this year and just have a general re-grouping after a huge year with the record release,” Forsyth says. Not that it’s necessarily all play, no work. “Of course, it's Tamworth Country Music Festival in January – I'll be heading there for my show,” she says.Indeed, Tamworth is Forsyth’s spiritual home. She’s performed at the outdoor festival countless times, amassing a legion of fans with her powerful and rousing voice – the festival was even the first outdoor gig she ever attended. “Tamworth festival is such a big one and I have probably played it more than any other festival,” Forsyth explains. “It's hot and everyone is sweaty but it's great to see everyone and start the year off like that.”Forsyth loves playing outdoor festivals due to their “fresh air, atmosphere and sunshine.” But she understands that the heat and the exposure to the sun come with its own risks. There is, after all, very little shelter from the glare when you’re up onstage, and Forsyth has sensible – and stylish – protective measures in place to keep herself sun-safe.Indeed, Forsyth’s tried and true method of looking after her body is a novel adaptation of the “slap” element of slip, slop, slap, seek and slide. “For the past year I have played nearly every show with a giant cowboy hat – highly recommended for sun safety. Wearing sunscreen is handy in Australia all year round, particularly living in QLD.”So, next time you hit the outdoors, remember to take Forsyth’s advice, and invest yourself in one fine ten-gallon. Sun safety can be country appropriate after all. If you or someone you know has cancer, get free confidential support from a cancer nurse, call 13 11 20." 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