Category: Charity

2011 Aug 18

Kate Winslet launches makeup range with Lancôme

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Following her modeling gigs for the beauty brand’s L’Absolu Rouge lipstick and Trésor fragrance, the Hollywood actress is putting her relationship with Lancôme to a charitable use.

In aid of her charity, the Golden Hat Foundation, which helps improve the lives of autistic children, Winslet is readying a small collection — including L’Absolu Rouge, Mini Le Vernis Nail Polish, and a makeup palette — for a holiday season launch.

Lancôme has said it will be donating at least 150,000 euros from the collection’s sales to The Golden Hat Foundation, whose logo will be embossed in gold onto the products and packaging.

In related news, Winslet announced this week that she had set up the British Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League along with personal friends and fellow actresses Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz to support natural beauty in Hollywood.

Source: The Independent

2011 Apr 15

Gallery: Neo Natal Baby Care Unit pics

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Kate Winslet opened the Neo Natal Baby Care Unit at Southmead’s Hospital in Bristol, England on June 23, 2006.

Here are 22 more HQ pics from that day:


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2011 Mar 25

“The Golden Hat” by Kate Winslet

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Kate Winslet is putting together a book called “The Golden Hat” with celebrity self-portraits to raise awareness and support for autism. The book will be published by Simon & Schuster in November 2011.

Winslet has amassed a collection of photos from an amazing array of her friends and renowned personalities who have donned this special hat, taken a self portrait, and passed the hat along from one person to another. Among the participants whose photos are featured in the book are Anna Wintour; Ben Stiller; Brigitte Lacombe; Christina Aguilera; David Souffan; Demi Moore; Don Cheadle; Elijah Wood; Ellen Page; Javier Bardem; Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Jude Law; Julianne Moore; Kevin Bacon; Kyra Sedgwick; Laura Dern; Live Schreiber; Maggie Gyllenhaal; Maria Sharapova; Marion Cotillard; Meryl Streep; Michael Kors; Naomi Watts; Pedro Almodóvar; Peter Sarsgaard; Ricky Gervais and many, many more.

Source: The Golden Hat Foundation

2011 Mar 25

Winslet to write book for autism awareness

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Actress Kate Winslet is planning to write a photo book to spread awareness about autism.

After narrating the documentary A Mother’s Courage: Talking Back to Autism, about an Icelandic woman’s fight to find a way for her autistic son to communicate, Kate established the Golden Hat Foundation, which offers speech training to those who live with the disease, Contactmusic.com reports.

A single mother of two children, Winslet is now stepping up her dedication to the cause and writing a book called “The Golden Hat”, which pays homage to a poem her friend’s autistic son wrote.

The book will include celebrity snapshots of stars like Meryl Streep and Javier Bardem wearing hats and it will hit stores in November this year.

Source: newKerala.com

2011 Mar 22

Kate Winslet donates her couture to charity at fundraising gala

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Kate Winslet attended a fundraising dinner for homeless charity Cardboard Citizens in London over the weekend, and ended up offering the dress she was wearing up for auction.

Winslet, 35, wore a lovely frock by French designer Max Chaoul for the gala, held at Christ Church in Spitalfields, before donating it to the charity, reports the Daily Mail.

The Revolutionary Road star looked gorgeous in the knee-length dress with rose appliqué and a black satin sash.

With swept back hair, fresh make-up and simple black peep-toe heels, Kate let the couture take center stage in order to attract high bids.

Source: DNA India