A Re-look at Kate's AMEX Ad.

more like a small biographical film. a brilliant idea:

Working with Kate

LOS ANGELES -- Sam Mendes is anxious to direct his wife Kate Winslet again. But can he afford her now that she's an Oscar winner?

"I'll definitely work with her," he answers with a laugh. "The only problem you run into is when you start looking for projects to do together. It never works. It's always better when you find what you love and then find the right people for that project ... (But) I'd like to sooner rather than later. I don't want to wait another six years."

Their last film, the lacerating Revolutionary Road, was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, but Winslet won the best actress statue for the Nazi-themed The Reader. Although there were suggestions Winslet and Mendes were unhappy the two dramas were released in such close proximity, the filmmaker, who won an Oscar for American Beauty, calls that "all hot air ... It was a year when she had two amazing performances. And I think we felt while she won for The Reader, there was a widespread awareness that she had another great performance in the same year. It ended up that both movies did well and she won an Oscar. The rest is just pieces moving around the chess board."


By KEVIN WILLIAMSON
Edmonstun Sun

Kate Re-Signs With 'LANCOME' for 2009-2010

the original unveiling of the 'face of tresor':



the fulll version of the commercial:



the more shown TV spot:

Art Imitating Art: The Holocaust Connection

The 2009 TIME 100 Most Influential People

Kate made TIME magazine's TOP 100 influential people this year!!!
How damn good was I predicting all this...well I didn't predict THIS exactly but i knew from day one that her acting would be most influential.
Move over Meryl!

"I worked with Kate on her first movie, Heavenly Creatures, in 1993. She was 17 years old, and people are always asking me, "Did you have any idea she'd become a movie star?" To be truthful, I did. It was evident to everyone who worked on the movie that Kate was going to have a huge career.
When we cast Kate, she had been making sandwiches in a London lunch bar in between auditions for film and TV work. Kate instantly impressed us with her fierce intelligence, her mature view of the world (which was way beyond her years) and, above all, her courage as an actor. Kate is fearless; her willingness to take risks, unflinching honesty and ability to slip inside the skin of a character and bring flawed and real people to life onscreen are rare talents. She commits 110% to a role. You cannot ask for more.
My family and I have seen Kate, 33, socially over the years, and I'm always delighted to find her unchanged by all the nuttiness that surrounds movie actors. She's always been the Kate we know and love, a down-to-earth person with a wicked sense of humor who will happily lie on the floor playing with the kids.
Back in 1993, we had a strong sense of what was in store for Kate, but it took a while. Miramax delayed the release of Heavenly Creatures for almost a year, and we had no choice but to wait for the film's premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Kate was right on the cusp of a wonderful career, but for a few months, she couldn't get work and had to return to her job at the lunch bar. It must have been terribly frustrating for her, but Kate never does anything she doesn't believe in, and I bet they were fantastic sandwiches!"

byPeter Jackson who directed Kate in her first film 'Heavenly Creatures'