Everything Winslet and Christie

We Have Moved

2010-09-19T07:54:00.000-04:00

link to our new home is on the sidebar to the right of this post

Kate's 'Mildred Pierce' Trailer

2010-09-13T07:03:00.000-04:00

Julie the Ever Lovely

2010-09-10T10:58:00.001-04:00

four of my favorite christie shots

Our Oscars

2010-08-27T10:48:00.001-04:00

Jules and Kate Are Moving

2010-08-26T15:34:00.001-04:00

we will be moving soon

click on the link below for the new kate and jules site

which is under construction

Julie and Kate's New Home

Kate and Louis Club Hoping Last Weekend in London

2010-08-26T09:05:00.000-04:00

'Hamlet' Part Four: Ophelia's Immortal

2010-08-23T00:01:00.002-04:00

soundtrack by 'evanescence'

ophelia

Hamlet'' Part Three: Kate

2010-08-22T00:01:00.001-04:00

if anyone had doubts about kate's potential after 'heavenly creatures' and 'jude' they would soon come around after this scene in 'hamlet'. and they would appear foolish no longer.

olphelia's madness

'get thee to a nunnery'

to be continued

'Hamlet' Part Two: Julie Christie

2010-08-21T00:02:00.003-04:00

if anyone had forgotten the talent julie had they were reawaken to her force and ability in this film and in these these scenes.

'ectasy'

'now mother, what's the matter?

'the death of ophelia'

to be continued

Kate and Jules on Blu Ray in 'Hamlet' ***stars

2010-08-20T09:50:00.014-04:00

1996: Julie Christie had all but disappeared from acting on film. her own choice as she had given up on the 'hollywood life'. kate was a year away from her major star turn in 'titanic' and one year past her first oscar nom for 'sense and sensibility'. then ophelia and gertrude met on the set of 'hamlet'. they are reason enough to watch this at times oddly cast kenneth branagh vanity production. jack lemmon and billy crystal? indeed!

however it is to mr. branagh's credit that he got miss christie out of her self imposed sabbatical.

yet the screen comes alive when winslet and christie grace it with their unlimited talent. and act the hell out of their respective roles.

they would work together again in the more popular and in my opinion better 'finding neverland'. they compliment each other brilliantly. although i was a bit taken aback that jules could play kate's mother. where did the time go? and they became fast friends to boot.

i own because they are in it. i leave the renting or owning to you. if you are a fan of either of these ladies give it a definite go.

trailer

to be continued

Julie Over Time

2010-08-16T07:24:00.000-04:00

Julie: A Portrait

2010-08-10T08:56:00.002-04:00

Also Starring Julie Christie

2010-08-06T00:56:00.000-04:00

starting today this site will also include the most poetic actress ever...julie christie. julie has always been a favorite of mine and has the longest standing on my favorite list. where others have come and gone i have always remained steadfast in my admiration of julie's talent. she never fails. she disappears from film often for long stretches of time but always comes back as radiant as ever and reminding us why we missed her so much.

rather than start another blog i am opting to have kate share her blog. thanks kate. it's difficult to dedicate an entire blog to one actress unless they release a new film every week. i only wish!

and needless to say kate has no problem sharing this space with her 'finding neverland' and 'hamlet' co-star. so welcome julie.

needless to say there will be some construction changes coming in time. thanks for your patience.

Kate and Louis a Day in New York

2010-08-03T16:45:00.010-04:00

one must admit he makes sam mendes look even stuffier than we recall

Meet Model Louis Dowler

2010-07-26T13:06:00.003-04:00

he's the reported model kate is currently dating. true or not he is a vast improvement over the stuffy sam mendes.

YOU GO GIRL!

Kate in Rome for Logines Commercial

2010-07-22T13:19:00.000-04:00

Kate Winslet, Indian actress Aishwarya Rai and Taiwanese model Chi-ling Lin film a commercial for Swiss watchmaker Logines‘ DolceVita collection on Tuesday (July 20) in Rome, Italy.

The commercial is reportedly based on the 1960 drama Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita'.

Evan Rachel Wood in 'Mildred Pierce'

2010-07-16T11:20:00.000-04:00

Sam Mendes Dismisses Reconciliation Reports With Kate Winslet

2010-07-15T07:44:00.002-04:00

With Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

The broken marriage of Academy Award winning actress Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes is not heading to reconciliation as claimed by the British director’s representative.

Lately, the news was doing the rounds that the British beauty and Mendes are working towards saving their seven years of marriage and are planning for a romantic summer break at their Gloucestershire, England manor house.

But, the spokesperson of the Hollywood director has dismissed the reports and insisted that there is ‘no truth’ to the speculation.

The pair is parents to six-year-old son Joe, while Winslet is mother to Mia, her nine-year-old daughter from her first marriage to Jim Threapleton.

personally i don't care but some think this is newsworthy so i just pass it on.

2010-07-13T10:23:00.001-04:00

Kate and her estranged hubby Sam Mendes have reportedly put divorce plans on hold and are trying to save their marriage for the sake of their kids.

Kate and Sam have planned a romantic summer getaway with their kids to see if they can put the spark back in their relationship again.

A source tells Britain's Sunday Express, "Sam hasn't any film commitments at the moment so they are going to stay at the house with the children this summer and see if they can reignite their spark.

"Sam has always been able to walk away from girlfriends before but now there are children involved he wants to see if he can work it out with Kate."

They announced their split earlier this year and just a few weeks later they were spotted together again with their kids, so there wasn't a nasty breakup involved with these two. They simply fell out of love and decided to split, but now they're having second thoughts.

'Titanic' in 3D

2010-07-07T08:56:00.011-04:00

leo and kate and their epic romance will hit theaters in 3D in april 2012 which will coincide with the 100th anniversary of the real life tragedy.

On the Set of 'Mildred Pierce'

2010-07-04T03:50:00.000-04:00

Kate sought to play Natascha Kampusch

2010-06-23T15:25:00.002-04:00

Kate could be bringing the story of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch to the big screen, according to reports.

it is rumoured that she is in talks to play Natascha, who was abducted by Wolfgang Priklopil while walking home from school, and then held captive in his cellar for eight years.

She escaped in 2006, and Priklopil swiftly committed suicide by throwing himself under a train.

The movie already has a director – Bernd Eichinger – while Christoph Waltz is rumoured to be in line to play Priklopil. Winslet is being tipped as the hot favourite for the lead, despite being 12 years older that 22-years-old Natascha.

Speaking to the Austrian Times, Kampusch revealed that she was supporting the project, explaining: ‘Many kind letters convinced me to pursue plans to turn my story into a film.’

'MIldred Pierce' 6

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'MIldred Pierce' 5

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Sunday in the City with Joe

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'Mildred Pierce' 4

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Elegant

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From Kate's Family Album

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'Mildred Pierce' Part 3

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Two New 'Mildred Pierce' Photos

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Kate Collage

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Kate Winslet Exposes Foie Gras Cruelty

2010-04-20T11:05:00.001-04:00

A First Look at Kate's 'Mildred Pierce'

2010-04-19T11:49:00.002-04:00

Alpha Females, Hollywood Style

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Kate and Hugh Jackman Make "Raunchy" Short Film

2010-04-07T00:58:00.009-04:00

Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman will appear in a risqué comedy segment for Peter Farrelly (There's Something About Mary) in an upcoming anthology movie.

Farrelly's short will see Jackman play a man whose testicles are located under his chin. Winslet is to play a woman who goes out on a date with Jackman's character, and is the only person who notices the unfortunate placement of his genitalia.

Zombieland actress Emma Stone - who is starring with Kieran Culkin in one of the 17 shorts making up the project - revealed details on the Winslet/Jackman film in an interview with Movieline.

She said: "[It's] kind of like Kentucky Fried Movie. In that vein. It's just really, really funny. Kieran Culkin and I did our short together a couple of weeks ago, directed by Griffin Dunne. But wait until you see the Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman one. That's the only other one I've seen. The humor is so raunchy.

"All of the stories are completely different. I think they're going to tie them together; I don't know how. I can't give it away, but theirs is called The Catch. He's a bachelor... but there's a catch. She's going on a date with this bachelor, and you will not believe what you see when you see it. It's so f**king funny."

Elizabeth Banks, Bob Odenkirk and Brett Ratner are also directing segments of the untitled movie, while Gerard Butler, Naomi Watts, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Justin Long and Sam Rockwell are among the cast.

Tuesday, April 6 2010, 9:06am EDT
By Simon Reynolds, Movies Editor

In the Beginning: 'Heavenly Creatures': 1994

2010-04-06T00:01:00.000-04:00

Trailer:

Montage:

Selected Scenes:

The Promise of something HUGE.

A brief clip with the stars and the real juliet and pauline:

Pauline's Dream:

Kate's Films to Present

2010-04-01T18:31:00.004-04:00

First Kate Now Sandra...Are These Men Crazy

2010-03-19T15:21:00.001-04:00

str8 men are nuts

The Breakup

2010-03-16T10:24:00.003-04:00

Just want to make note of this. Kate has handled this with the same class as another legend Audrey Hepburn.

Kate and Sam Mendes Breakup

2010-03-15T14:45:00.003-04:00

from the AP:

LONDON — Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has split from her film director husband Sam Mendes, a British law firm said Monday.
The 34-year-old star separated from Mendes at an unspecified point earlier this year, Shillings law firm said. It wasn't clear whether divorce proceedings have begun. The pair have been married since 2003 and have two children.
In a statement e-mailed to journalists, the law firm said the split was "entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement."
"Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children," the statement said.
A call and an e-mail seeking further comment were not immediately returned.
Winslet won the Academy Award for best actress for her dramatic role in "The Reader" in 2009. It was the first Oscar win for Winslet, who had been nominated five other times for her roles in "Titanic," "Sense and Sensibility," "Iris," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Little Children."
Mendes, an acclaimed stage and film director, won the coveted best director Oscar for "American Beauty."
He directed his wife in "Revolutionary Road," a recent film about a crumbling marriage that reunited Winslet with her "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
Reviews were largely favorable, but the film failed to set off the same box office fever that made "Titanic" one of the most successful films in history.
In "Revolutionary Road," Winslet portrayed a suburban housewife who became increasingly bored and desperate with her stay-at-home life. The film won Winslet a Golden Globe for best dramatic actress, and in her acceptance speech she thanked her husband for pushing her so hard.
"Thank you for directing this film, babe, and thank you for killing us every single day and really enjoying us actually being in such horrific pain," she said last year.
Mendes said at the time that directing his wife had been one of the best experiences of his life, although he said she liked to discuss the movie 24 hours a day while he preferred to do something else, like watch a baseball game, at night when work was done.
Associated Press Writer Gregory Katz contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Simply the Best

2010-03-08T10:56:00.001-05:00

Oscar Stunning

2010-03-08T10:34:00.002-05:00

Oscarbation: Last Year Kate Won the Oscar for 'The Reader'*

2010-03-07T00:01:00.005-05:00

it took me awhile to get this again as the embed code disappeared from youtube...but alas i will never give up when it comes to kate no matter how long it takes.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

*(actually kate won on 2/22/2009. the oscars were pushed back this year due to winter olympics competition)

'Hallelujah'

2010-03-06T00:01:00.003-05:00

a year ago i made a photofilm after kate won best actress. it was a rough cut as i see it now. a year later i've re-edited it and like it. the theme is still 'hallelujah'. some found it sacreligious. i find it fitting and brilliant. anyway here it is in a new and better re-edit

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

From 'The Playlist'

2010-02-26T13:14:00.003-05:00

Guy Pearce and Evan Rachel Wood have been added to cast of Todd Hayne's five-hour HBO mini-series adaptation of the 1945 noir-ish melodrama, "Mildred Pierce."

Led by Kate Winslet, the project will reportedly stay more faithful to James M. Cain's novel of the same name compared to Michael Curtiz's 1945 film version which starred Joan Crawford. It's not known what roles Pearce and Wood will play but they'd be perfect as Winslet's husband and daughter. Either way, it's great to see the under-appreciated talents of both actors being recognized by Haynes.

The story centers on a woman who strives to maintain her family's middle-class lifestyle in the midst of the Great Depression. When her unemployed husband is unable to provide, she separates from him, and with their children in tow, strikes out on their own. While Mildred achieves great financial success in the restaurant business, her relationship with her eldest daughter, Veda, becomes strained when she takes for granted the status they've attained.

Haynes is just one of a number great filmmakers who have been brought onto HBO projects this season. The likes of Kathryn Bigelow, Michael Mann, Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Demme are all helming upcoming pilots for the network while David Fincher, Charlize Theron, Simon Beaufoy, Russell Crowe and Zooey Deschanel all have producing interests.

Shooting for "Mildred Pierce" will take place in New York this April through to June. Someone get us on the set of this. We'd kill to visit.

p.s. i'd kill to visit

Kate at Covent Garden

2010-02-23T16:05:00.003-05:00

the morning after the bafta awards kate, the most gracious, signed autographs in covent gardens

Kate at BAFTA Awards 2010

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Kate Presents Colin Firth with Best Actor Bafta for 'Simple Man'

2010-02-22T09:13:00.009-05:00

and he deserves the oscar too!

and presented by kate winslet doubles his win

Kate to London for BAFTA's

2010-02-21T12:23:00.003-05:00

Kate Winslet was casually dressed this morning when she arrived at London's Heathrow Airport. She's making a quick trip home to the UK to present at the BAFTAs before she heads to the Oscars, where she'll also be a presenter on March 7 . She was last year's big winner at both ceremonies.

Actors Pick Their Favorite Performances of the Decade

2010-02-19T07:46:00.003-05:00

notice sandra bullock on kate

(Courtesy: New York Times Magazine)

It's Official: HBO Picks Up Kate Winslet's 'Mildred Pierce'

2010-02-12T09:24:00.005-05:00

Todd Haynes' "Mildred Pierce" is headed to HBO.

The premium cable network has picked up the five-hour miniseries project starring Kate Winslet, which it will co-produce with MGM, Killer Films and John Wells Prods.

Haynes is directing the adaptation of James M. Cain's classic noir novel, which centers on Mildred Pierce Beragon (Winslet), a proud single mother struggling to earn her daughter's love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles.

Haynes and Jon Raymond co-wrote the script for "Mildred," which is being executive produced by Haynes, Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon of Killer Films and John Wells. Ilene Landress serves as producer.

Casting for the other roles is under way, with production on the mini slated to begin in April in New York.

This marks the second major screen adaptation of Cain's novel.

The 1945 feature by Michael Curtiz earned Joan Crawford an Academy Award for the title role.

HBO had been considered the leading candidate for the Haynes/Winslet take on "Mildred Pierce" ever since word on the project surfaced last summer.

Winslet is hot coming off her Oscar win for "The Reader" last year. After starting off on British TV, the actress has been focused on features for the past 16 years, earning six Oscar nominations. In 2005, she made a rare TV appearance with a guest turn on Ricky Gervais' HBO/BBC comedy "Extras."

Haynes' writing/directing credits include "I'm Not There" and "Far From Heaven."

For HBO, the green light for "Mildred Pierce" follows the critical success of another longform project toplined by feature stars, the movie "Grey Gardens" headlined by Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.

(hollywood reporter)

Kate and Marion Together?

2010-02-09T08:18:00.003-05:00

Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard are in talks to join Steven Soderbergh's "Contagion." How great it would be to see two of the best together on screen.

Matt Damon and Jude Law are set for the action-thriller.

Soderbergh's been developing the project with producing partner Gregory Jacobs. Participant Media is in talks to co-finance and produce. Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher of Double Feature Films are also producing.

The plan is to shoot the project later this year.

"Contagion," based on a script penned by Scott Z. Burns, revolves around the threat posed by a deadly disease, with multiple plotlines in the style of Soderbergh's "Traffic."

Kate's Films 1994-2009

2010-02-05T00:01:00.000-05:00

My Favorite Films of the Decade*

2010-02-02T18:50:00.002-05:00

My Favorite Films: These are films that moved me, touched my heart, filled my spirit, made me laugh or made me cry, uplifted me or completely devestated me. Some of them made me feel. Some made me think. Some of them surprised me. Some made me laugh out loud. Some stunned me visually and audibly. Some gave the Best acting of the decade. None of them made me feel as if i wasted my time watching and liking or loving them.

All of them AMAZED me one way or another.

These are my favorite films of the 'oughts' as opposed to the best. They are the films I have revisited and will revisit often.

So, in alphabetical order, my favorite films of the past decade are:

Angels and Demons
Avatar
Away from Her
Babel
Batman Begins
Before Sunset
Blindside
The Bourne Trilogy: Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum
The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas
Chocolat
Crash
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Devil Wears Prada
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fahrenheit 911
Finding Neverland
(500) Days of Summer
The Hours
In the Bedroom
Iris
I've Loved You So Long
The Jacket
La Vien Rose
Little Children
Love Actually
Luther
Mamma Mia
March of the Penguins
Marie Antoinette
Match Point
Milk
Mona Lisa Smile
Moulin Rouge
Munich
The New World
Nine
The Others
Phantom of the Opera
The Pianist
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Pride and Prejudice
The Reader
A Single Man
Spider Man Trilogy
Unfaithful
United 93
Volver

and the Best of them: FILM OF THE DECADE: (TIE)

'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'The Pianist'

Best Actor:

Adrien Brody - 'The Pianist'

Runners up: Joseph Gordon-Levitt - '(500)Days of Summer', Colin Firth - 'A Single Man' and Sean Penn - 'Milk'

Best Actress:
Kate Winslet - 'The Reader', 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Finding Neverland' and 'Little Children'

Runners up: Julie Christie 'Away from Her' and Marion Cotillard 'La Vie en Rose' and 'Nine'

Best Actresses Supporting:
Rachel Weisz - 'The Constant Gardner'
Sandra Bullock - 'Crash'
Thandie Newton - 'Crash'

and

Best Actors Supporting:
Michael Shannon - 'Revolutionary Road'
Matt Dillon - 'Crash'

Best Director:
Roman Polanski - 'The Pianist'

Beat Original Screenplays:
'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'
'(500) Days of Summer'

Best Screenplays Adapted:
'Milk'
'The Pianist'
'The Reader'

Best Musical Score:
'Finding Neverland'

The Films:

*(reposting from my blog 'inside josh's mind' as kate so predominately figures in to it)

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Kate at 2010 SAG Awards

2010-01-25T09:16:00.001-05:00

Kate Winslet on a Time-Out

2010-01-24T11:53:00.004-05:00

Kate - who picked up an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in ‘The Reader’ and two Golden Globes for her performances in ‘The Reader’ and ‘Revolutionary Road’ respectively in 2009 – decided to take some time out so people wouldn’t get tired of her.

She told the Daily Mail newspaper: “I was in hiding a little bit, just doing family stuff and very little work.

“To be honest, I felt so over-exposed this time last year with the Golden Globes and the Oscar. It was fantastic and everything, but I was sick of me, let alone what other people must have felt.”

However, Kate is ready to get back to work and presented an award at the Golden Globes ceremony last Sunday (17.01.10) and will do the same at the Academy Awards in March.

Discussing her upcoming projects, Kate is shooting a mini-series for US TV channel HBO based on the James M. Cain novel ‘Mildred Pierce’.

She revealed: “We’re doing it from the book, not the film version with Joan Crawford.

“It’s such a deliciously meaty role and we cover a lot of ground, with Mildred raising her two girls during the Depression era. She runs her own business and, of course, there are men. And because it’s a mini-series for HBO we can really explore the characters and go into the kind of things you could only hint at when the film was made in 1945.”

Best International Actress

2010-01-24T00:01:00.000-05:00

BAMBI Award November 2009

The Most Glamorous at the Golden Globes 2010

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Kate at the 2010 Golden Globes

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SAG Awards 2009

2010-01-08T17:14:00.000-05:00

2009: Kate's Amazing Year

2009-12-31T00:01:00.024-05:00

Sure the films, 'The Reader' and 'Revolutionary Road' came out in 2008, in the states, but the awards came in 2009.

The SAG, 2 Golden Globes, the BAFTA and the European Film Award. Oh yeah and that pesky and ever elusive Oscar became illusive no more.

The SAG is truly amazing in so far as Kate was competing against herself for 'reader' and 'road'...no small fete indeed.

'Time' magazine covered her as 'Best Actress' and gave her the cover...before Oscar gave her the mantle.

Then she went on to become one of their Top 100 people of the 2009.
(row 6 respectively placed next to barack obama)

2008-2009 belonged to a most deserving Kate.

My tribute for ALL the above:

On the Road to Oscar

2009-12-30T00:00:00.002-05:00

a relook at a short video i made before the Oscars

Merry Christmas to All of Kate's Fans:1994-2009

2009-12-24T00:07:00.003-05:00

Lancome 2009

2009-12-21T10:03:00.005-05:00

European Film Awards

2009-12-13T08:01:00.006-05:00

Kate won Best Actress yet again at the European Film Awards for 'The Reader' a gift of a film that keeps on giving to Kate. Brava!!!

BERLIN — British actress Kate Winslet has won the Best European Actress award while "Das Weisse Band" ("The White Ribbon") picked up the prize for best European film at the European Film Academy's annual awards.
"Titanic" star Winslet, 34, won the award late on Saturday for her role as former concentration camp guard Hanna Schmitz in "The Reader", a part for which she also picked up an Oscar in February.
Austrian Michael Haneke also picked up best director and best screenwriter for "Das Weisse Band", an austere black-and-white study of malice in a German village on the eve of World War I which also won the coveted Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes film festival.
Tahar Rahim picked up best actor for his role in "Un Prophete" ("A Prophet") at the European Film Awards, held this year in Bochum, Germany.
"Slumdog Millionaire", which swept the board at this year's Oscars, won the People's Choice Award for Best European Film, while Britain's Ken Loach was honoured with a lifetime achievement award.

Rejoice Rejoice Emmanuel for on this date in 1975 a New Star burst forth that would SHINE with Beauty And Brilliance and she would be called Kate.

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Well I'm rejoicing. I first came to Kate by way of 'Sense and Sensibility' in 1995. I was impressed. So in 1996 when 'Jude' was released I went to see it. I am becoming more impressed. Also in 1996 I went to see 'Hamlet' because it was a sort of Julie Christie comeback. And there was Kate playing 'Ophelia' and I know longer needed more impressions. I knew then and there that Kate would be an actress to be reckoned with. For the record thank god for Christie and Winslet's presence as otherwise this was a big fat bore.

Then comes 1997 and the titanic 'Titanic'. The STAR was born. From that moment on Kate would rise to the heights of super stardom. But Kate would also amaze. Being offered a lot of major Hollywood movies Kate opted to do smaller independent films. This is how she really learned the craft. Kate became an actress not a star. Thank god.

She's had six Oscar noms with one win. She won this year for 'The Reader'. At Last. Finally.

Right now though Happy Birthday Kate. Thanks for acting. Thanks for the choices. Thanks for the Work.

(turn the volume on please)
(updated 2/24/09)

'US' Magazine: Winslet Named Most Stylish 2009

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'People' Magazine's: Best Dressed 2009

2009-09-18T09:11:00.009-04:00

Kate Winslet not only swept the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards this year for her acting skills, but she also blew away the competition for best dressed. "Kate dresses to really show off her curves," says stylist Freddie Leiba, whose work with the star translated to second-skin Narciso Rodriguez and utterly elegant YSL gowns.

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Kate Winslet to Do "Mildred Pierce'

2009-08-14T18:48:00.007-04:00

Kate, the great, Winslet, who's been taking her time announcing her post Oscar win vehicle, is now attached to a miniseries version of "Mildred Pierce," based on the James M. Cain novel of a long-suffering mother previously portrayed on screen with Joan Crawford.

Todd Haynes ("I'm Not There" ) will write and direct. The project doesn't yet have a home, but Variety reports that HBO seems a likely candidate.

Quentin Tarantino plans British spy movie?

2009-08-14T00:18:00.000-04:00

Quentin Tarantino has revealed he would love to make a British spy movie starring British actors.
'The Inglourious Basterds' director told The Sun he's a huge fan of a series of books by thriller writer Len Deighton and would like to make a movie version.
And he revealed he has a wish list of British actors he'd love to work with.
Tarantino said: "I am a huge fan of Simon Pegg, so I would definitely love to work with him."
He continued: "I also think Kate Winslet is one of the best actresses that ever lived, so I would be honoured to work with her.
"I am also a huge admirer of Anthony Hopkins. I would also love to work with Michael Caine. I can see them appearing in my movies, it just has to be right."
"I love England. It would be a wonderful life experience to have an excuse to work here for six or nine months," he added.
"One of the things I am musing about doing is the trilogy of Len Deighton books, Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match.
"The story takes place in the Cold War and follows a spy name Bernard Samson. What is attractive is the really great characters and the wonderful opportunities of British and German casting."

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Kate the Great

2009-08-09T16:40:00.005-04:00

kate seems to be taking her well deserved 'vacation' from film.
we can only hope she is reading scripts. please be reading scripts kate!

but i can't have too long a period between postings on kate. so i made this little video to tide us kate fans over.
the soundtrack is the gone to soon brilliant georgia brown. the song is 'i'm a woman' from the musical 'carmelina.
a bit of triva: 'carmelina' is the original 'mamma mia'. this is true. it was based on the movie 'buena sera mrs. campbell'. same stories revolving around a wedding, three possible dads and the outcomes are the same. you must trust me on this. my mind is full of this kind of stuff. why? wish i knew. no really, i'm a music, musical, film and theater buff. well the word fanatic may be a better fit!

Just Found This

2009-08-09T10:11:00.001-04:00

On Sale Now

2009-07-22T22:51:00.001-04:00

Kate Winslet Takes a Break From Acting...For Now

2009-07-13T16:42:00.004-04:00

Fresh off of her recent Oscar win, Kate Winslet is taking a well-deserved break from the big screen. But it wasn't entirely her decision!

"I always have the itch," she told Harper's Bazaar about the scripts lying around in her office. "But at the moment I am deliberately resisting it. I turned to my kids after the Oscars and said, I'm not going anywhere for awhile."

With her husband, director Sam Mendes, currently at work on his own project, what is the stunning British beauty up to now? Learning French and (hopefully) unpacking her work bag from her days shooting The Reader.

"It's still fully packed, which is very strange. I've never done that before."

Asked about whether or not she would enjoy re-living her husband's famous bed of roses scene from American Beauty, Winslet balks at the idea.

"I would laugh my head off."

Harper's Bazaar August 2009

2009-07-11T09:16:00.001-04:00

Growing up, the actress thought of herself as neither a screen siren nor a great beauty. Now, with both an Oscar and a Lancôme contract, she reflects on what happens after you get what you want.
By LAURA BROWN

For this year's Academy Awards, where she won the Oscar for Best Actress, Kate Winslet wore a highly glamorous one-shouldered blue-gray Yves Saint Laurent evening gown. But a little part of her — metaphorically, at least — was in tennis whites. "I wanted to run over to my parents and do one of those Wimbledon moments when the person jumps from the court and leaps over the audience and the bleachers," she says, her face creasing into a smile. "I did have the urge to do that."

Kate is, of course, a serious actress. She has gravitas. She, like her sisters in name, Blanchett and Hepburn, could conceivably be on the head of a ship. No, not that one. But onstage on Oscar night, when her fedora-wearing "gangster" (as she calls him) father let out a whistle, his daughter turned into a little girl. "Ah, my dad's whistle," she remembers, rolling a cigarette at filmmaker husband Sam Mendes's production office in New York's meatpacking district. "On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the beach. When it came time to go, we'd hear the whistle and we'd all come running. Like dogs!"

Later that fateful night, Kate took her parents to a post-Oscar party where, she says, "seeing my dad meet Elvis Costello and my mom shaking hands with Elton John, it was lovely." But her highlight is what the kids might call random: "Meeting Tom Colicchio. I'm obsessed with Top Chef." Turns out Kate and Mendes had been planning a win-or-lose dinner at Colicchio's New York restaurant Craft. "I was like, 'I just want to run the menu by you. For an appetizer, we're having da-da-da,' and he was like, 'Good choice, good choice.'"

Returning to New York the next day, Kate discovered that you do, in fact, have to put your Oscar through the X-ray machine at the airport. "They say, 'Is that it, in the bag?' and I was like, 'Yep!'" Kate drank champagne on the flight and took pictures while her golden boy was passed around the flight crew.

Even though she returned the champion, Kate notes of the endless awards season, "It's very hard to feel like yourself because you're not; you're on show. In the old days" — her debut in Heavenly Creatures in 1994, followed by her first Oscar nominations, for Sense and Sensibility in 1996 and Titanic in 1998 — "I'd just wing it, but now you need to give people what they want, which is someone looking composed, fresh, and put together." But she gleefully defuses the glamour mythology. "Our knickers will still go up our ass at the most inappropriate moment. And we'll still want to flick them out, but you can't, because someone is going to catch you." So what does one do? "Oh, I run behind pillars and things."

Kate hasn't really gone all shy and retiring on the red carpet. After years of wearing long, she's more recently taken a short cut — sporting, among others, a curve-loving Hervé Léger and a racy Balmain number. (She's still legging it today, perched on the couch in a gold Calypso minidress.) "I danced a lot when I was younger, and I've always had decent, shapely legs and thought it's now or never," she says. "I mean, when you're pushing 40, are you really going to wander around in a dress that's midthigh length? So I thought, Oh, fuck it, I'm just going to do it."

And so began the thousandth round of Kate Winslet body speculation. "I've heard, 'Oh, she's toned and she's lost weight,' but I am exactly the same as I've always been. The one thing that had to go during awards season was exercise. People would say to me, 'Oh, come on ...' like I was lying about it!" The topic clearly fatigues her. "Some may find it hard to believe it, but I don't care about that stuff."

But Oprah Winfrey does, as she proclaimed gloriously to the world when Kate was on her show promoting The Reader — in which her character, former Nazi guard Hanna Schmitz, is often naked — "God bless your real breasts!" Kate shrugs and says, "I'm used to people openly discussing my tits. If people are noticing my boobs in a movie and saying they do what real boobs do, then that's great." But, like her legs, the boobs have a shelf life. "I'll be 34 in October. I can't keep getting away with it. There was so much of it in The Reader because the story required it, but people have seen enough of my bum and my boobs. I have to put them back."

So while Kate's figure has been endlessly debated, it's her classic, expressive face that is most compelling. She is now a model for Lancôme — her new campaign, for L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, launches this month — and she is such a diligent ambassador that she pulls a giant Ziploc bag out of her purse and starts explaining, in detail, her favorite products one by one: "Rénergie is really, really fantastic. Résolution eye cream — excellent for puffiness! Pink Parfait Magic Blush, which I just love ... and Absolute Rouge is spectacular. Sam and I went out to the theater one night, and I double kissed everyone and it didn't come off!" Pause. "Actually, I don't double kiss. Just one will do, thank you."

Kate has been frank about not being the hottest girl on the block growing up, and she admits she was surprised when Lancôme came calling. "I really thought, me?" she says. Lest she seem disingenuous, she insists, "Seriously. Because I think what you feel like as a teenager never really goes away. If you were teased for being fat or thin or having bad teeth, you're always insecure about that particular area of yourself. So I've never thought of myself as any kind of beauty, iconic or otherwise."

Sure, Kate has an Oscar, a lauded husband, and two fetching children (Mia, 8, and Joe, 5), but she's not Gisele. She's one of us ... ish. "Part of the reason Lancôme asked me was because I come across as a woman other women can identify with. The media plays such a big role in how women measure themselves against other women, so I can be in a position where I can say beauty comes from within, we're not all perfect, and the covers of magazines are of course retouched. We do not look like that." She points to her forehead. "I have wrinkles here, which are very evident, and I will particularly say when I look at movie posters, 'You guys have airbrushed my forehead. Please can you change it back?' I'd rather be the woman they're saying 'She's looking older' about than 'She's looking stoned.'"

Kate has lived many lives for someone not even 34, and it lends her an old-soul quality. She had the wind in her Titanic hair 12 years ago and was married and a mother by 25. "You know, I never felt like I was young at the time," she says, "and obviously having Mia was absolutely planned, and I was married to Jim [Threapleton, who she met on the set of Hideous Kinky]. It's only now when I meet people who are my age and single, [with] no kids, that I reflect and say, Bloody hell, I really have lived at a fast pace." She rolls another cigarette. "The growing-up-fast part weirdly happened between the ages of 15 and 22. When everyone was out getting plastered, I didn't do all of that. I was working. I was doing life. Now that I look back, I feel very lucky. I've never taken drugs, never been offered cocaine. And I've done a heck of a lot of traveling: India, Australia, Morocco, New Zealand. You have to rely on your resources when you're away; you have to think quickly [and] grow up quickly."

These days, though, her peripatetic ways are behind her. "I always have the itch," she says of work and the scripts piling up in her office, "but at the moment I am deliberately resisting it. I turned to my kids after the Oscars and said, I'm not going anywhere for a while." Mendes is in the throes of his own project, so Kate is having her turn at home, relearning French for kicks and thinking about finally putting away her work bag from The Reader, which she hasn't quite "put to bed" yet. "It's still fully packed, which is very strange," she says. "I've never done that before."

How do she and Mendes keep the home fires burning, as it were? "Ah ... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils that's freshly picked from the field. Or just a little thing like Sam calling me at three in the afternoon, saying, 'I'm coming home now. I'm done for the day.' It's romantic because he just thought, 'I'll go home. I want to be with Kate and the kids.' I'm not one for big, grand gestures." Like rose petals on the bed? "Ha! No, given American Beauty [for which Mendes won the Oscar for Best Director in 2000], I would walk in and be like, what the fuck? I would laugh my head off."

But, of course, as of-the-people (ish) as Kate Winslet is, her success comes because she embodies our dreams — of romance, of drama, of beauty. We will always want to see her on the prow of that famous ship, or as the heavenly creature in a Lancôme commercial, meeting her lover on the Pont des Arts. Because maybe that could happen for us too.

Saturday Night Live

2009-06-04T12:56:00.002-04:00

Kate: 6/1/09: Premiere of Sam Mendes' 'Away We Go'

2009-06-03T01:30:00.002-04:00

Today on DVD: 'Revolutionary Road' A-

2009-06-02T04:14:00.000-04:00

Often bleak. Sometimes dreary. Generally rough and tough to watch. Yet brilliant. A marriage is made in "heaven". A marriage erupts. A marriage implodes. Then explodes. A marriage goes to hell. Lives are torn asunder. A slice of many lives hidden behind closed doors and picket fences. The american dream as nightmare. It happens every day.
Sam Mendes brilliantly captures it on film.

Also see it for three brilliant performances:
Leo DiCaprio who should have been Oscar nominated.
Michael Shannon who was nominated for his supporting role.
Kate Winslet who WOULD have been nominated if 'The Reader' had been held off until 2009. And she still would have won. Probably two years in a row. An embarrassment of riches well deserved.

And once and for all she did win her Oscar for the better performance in the better role for 2009. Kate's loss in 'Revolutionary Road' was to herself in 'The Reader'. She is obviously too good for her own good. Not too great a cross to bear or problem to have. And yes she should have won for better roles. By that I mean also won for better roles than either of these period. 'Little Children' to be exact. It didn't happen. But this does not diminish her Oscar this year.
Kate Winslet Oscar Winner.
There. Period. Amen!!!
Stop the battle of which was her better role in 2008 once and for all. It's a done deal. Only I'm still allowed. HA!!!
Now Kate let's get number 2!

A Re-look at Kate's AMEX Ad.

2009-05-28T06:13:00.000-04:00

more like a small biographical film. a brilliant idea:

2009-05-27T09:47:00.001-04:00

Working with Kate

2009-05-26T09:57:00.000-04:00

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

2009-05-22T09:02:00.000-04:00

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

2009-05-19T08:40:00.000-04:00

The 2009 TIME 100 Most Influential People

2009-05-04T11:03:00.000-04:00

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'

Somethings Just Need to Be Revisited!!

2009-04-16T14:08:00.000-04:00

(turn the volume on please)
(updated 2/24/09)

'The Reader' on DVD Today* A+

2009-04-14T13:38:00.001-04:00

*(blu ray on april 28th)

Kate's Sisters

2009-03-31T18:50:00.000-04:00

BETH: There is no doubt they are sisters

ANNA: family resemblance but Beth wins the look-alike contest.

Kate by Photographer Paolo Pelligrin

2009-03-20T08:39:00.000-04:00

It took me awhile to find these downloadable pics the NY Times commissioned for the evening of the 2009 Golden Globes.
I never give up so here they are at last.

The New Academy Award Winner Poster

2009-03-19T09:48:00.001-04:00

(on dvd april 14th)

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