'Hamlet' Part Two: Julie Christie

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

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

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)

Kate's Films 1994-2009

2009: Kate's Amazing Year

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:

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

Kate Winslet to Do "Mildred Pierce'

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.

Kate the Great

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!

'The Reader' on DVD Today* A+

*(blu ray on april 28th)

Some Kate Award Collages I Created

Kate's Big Night

(turn volume on to hear music)

Oscar Night

(click volume on to hear josh grobin and lara fabian)

'Titanic': Kate's Second Nomination and The First for Best Actress

Helen Hunt won for 'As Good As It Gets' good god!
Miss Hunt won as part of the Oscar sweep for the film.

Kate was good but not ready yet especially against Julie Christie in 'Afterglow' and Judi Dench in 'Mrs Brown'. Julie should have gotten it that year. Judi would have been acceptable. But Helen Hunt? Just check her body of work since then. Oh right she doesn't have a body of work since then. DUH!!!.

























Longer Theatrical Trailer"



Shorter Trialer:

'Sense and Sensibility': Kate's First Oscar Nomination

Kate's first Oscar nomination was for 'Sense and Sensibility' in 1995.
She won the BAFTA for Supporting Actress but lost the Oscar to Mira Sorvino in 'Mighty Aphrodite'.

Kate on 'Saturday Night Live'

Kate Winslet Saturday Night Show
by No-Identity

Kate on 'Nightline' on Acting and Oscar

''What If'' Kate Finally Won?

As Much As I Love Her...

I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR MONTHS.


Some deserved actress will not be nominated in the supporting category.
It also lessens Kate's chance of winning the top prize which she definitely deserves for either role. And damn I do want her to win!!!


NEW YORK — I would never want to rain on Kate Winslet's parade, especially when she has given two such impressive performances as she did in "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader."

But a best supporting actress Golden Globe victory for "Reader?" If one goes along with that theory, why not Sean Penn in the supporting actor division for "Milk?"

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group famous for making strange award choices in its umpteen-year history, obviously bought in to the campaign being waged to win recognition for each of Winslet's two strong 2008 performances, a plan that requires us to believe that this fine actress plays a leading role in "Revolutionary" but a supporting one in "Reader."

One wonders whether those Oscar-campaign planners actually have seen the latter movie.

I'm in favor of actors getting all the awards and rewards they can comfortably haul away in a stretch limo, but it seems time for a reality check here. Who in "Reader" does the noble Kate support? She is the hub and thrust of the story. She's the one with top billing. Further, she plays her character throughout the entire movie, unlike teammates David Kross and Ralph Fiennes, who take turns playing younger-older versions of one person.

Pretending that Winslet's "Reader" role is a supporting one negates why the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences inaugurated a supporting category in the first place, which was to honor work by actors with only limited screen time.

During the first eight years of the Academy, performances that lasted 10 minutes or two hours were lumped together in the same category. For instance, in 1935, when there was no special recognition for supporting actors, Franchot Tone's performance in a secondary role in "Mutiny on the Bounty" competed in the same best actor category as "Mutiny" leads Clark Gable and Charles Laughton.

It's one reason, perhaps, that just before the 1936 awards, the Academy Board of Governors decided to make a distinction: In the future, there would be four categories for performers instead of two, with recognition at last given to those who added much to films with their shorter, if no less potent, support.

In the early years, it was the studio that made the decision as to which category, lead or support, a performance would be eligible for. (An asterisk next to the performer's name on the Academy's Reminder List meant that person could be nominated only in the lead division.) The Academy eventually decided to let voters make the upstairs or downstairs decision, and it's remained that way ever since; studios might suggest "for your consideration" in a specific category, but it's the voters who make the decision.

There's been many a year when a performer has had two or more strong performances, like Winslet. During the landmark movie year of 1939, Bette Davis gave tour de force performances in four flashy films. But all were leads, and because Academy rules allow only one nomination per category, her sole nomination was for "Dark Victory."

It also is worth noting that there have been several years in which an actor or actress has received two nominations in the same year -- one in the lead category, the other in the support division, as the Winslet camp is trying to accomplish.

Fay Bainter was the first double-header, in 1938; more recently, there's Jamie Foxx (2004: "Ray" and "Collateral") and Cate Blanchett (2007: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and "I'm Not There"). But those have been cases in which the actors in question played a clearly defined lead role in one and an unmistakable supporting role in the other.

Bottom line: Does it really matter who gets nominated where? Yes, I think it does, particularly if it means the inclusion of someone in a slot where they don't belong shuts the door on someone who genuinely deserves to be there.

(Hollywood Reporter columnist Robert Osborne is the primetime host and anchor of Turner Classic Movies.)

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Kate The Golden Girl

 

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Kate The Great Times Two!!!

The GOLDEN GLOBES honored Kate Winslet with TWO count them TWO awards last night. Even just one would have been long overdue. So my heartfelt congratulations to Kate. And now I can only hope Oscar finally comes through with at least one. And for the record Hollywood make it the TOP one. I am mad with joy today!!!


THE BEST ACTRESS WIN: 'REVOLUTIONARY ROAD'






THE SUPPORTING ACTRESS WIN: 'THE READER'










Kate and Leo on 'Revolutionary Road' with Charlie Rose:





And once again the TRAILERS of both 'Revolutionary Road' and 'The Reader':

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With Husband Sam Mendes who directed 'Revolutionary Road'