Brooke Boney
The former Triple J newsreader and now the entertainment presenter on the Nine Network’s Today show is known as a bit of an all-rounder. Here, she tells us what makes her world turn.
The last book I read was…
About motherhood and relationships but not in the way you’d expect. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters centres on the lives of three women who are cis- and transgender. It was interesting and refreshing and I felt lucky to be reading the perspective of a community we haven’t heard enough from in this space. Peters herself is a transwoman and her debut novel is excellent.
The podcast I’m listening to is…
Normal Gossip. It’s hilarious and juicy and sounds ridiculous but is actually really entertaining. My mum joins Facebook community groups from neighbouring towns so she can see gossip and drama. Sometimes, she tells me about it. Apparently, someone else had already come up with this idea and turned it into a podcast because that’s what Normal Gossip is about.
A movie I saw recently was…
The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Jessica Chastain is incredible as the wife of Baptist preacher Jim Bakker. I fell into a bit of a Google black hole afterwards reading about the HIV/AIDS crisis, which I find difficult to believe was only a few decades ago.
The social media account I love to follow is…
Problematic Fame on Instagram. It shows what extremely beautiful people look like in unedited photos. I understand how much effort goes into looking presentable for TV and photos. Believe me, I feel like I’ve spent half my life in the past five years sitting in make-up chairs. But I still see photoshopped images of celebrities and think they’re real. So when I came across Problematic Fame, I felt it was my civic duty to share it.
The last performance I went to was…
The Foo Fighters in Geelong in March. It was amazing and emotional and not just because I’ve been listening to their music and watching their hilarious video clips for the past couple of decades. It was the first international act I’d seen in more than two years and to watch thousands of people experiencing the joy that comes with seeing live rock music was a very special moment. I’ll never forget [the late] Taylor Hawkins belt out a cover of Queen’s Somebody To Love.