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2009 Aug 15

Kate Winslet goes from Oscar win to TV series

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British screen star Kate Winslet, who won the 2009 best actress Oscar, will take the lead role in a television adaptation of Mildred Pierce, based on the novel by James M. Cain, Hollywood press said on Friday.

Winslet, who won the Academy Award for The Reader, will be directed by Todd Haynes, best known for his landmark Bob Dylan 2007 biopic I’m Not There.

Although no deal has been struck, Variety said the US subscription channel HBO is a lead contender to pick up the mini-series.

The novel was originally made into a 1945 movie that won actress Joan Crawford an Oscar for her portrayal of a lonely housewife getting into the restaurant business – a move that ultimately devolves into a thrilling tale of romance and murder.

Winslet, 33, first gained popular attention for her star-making role in the 1997 epic movie Titanic, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.

Haynes, who will also write Mildred Pierce for the small screen, directed Safe (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), and Far from Heaven (2002).

Source: Tonight

2009 Jul 16

Harper’s Bazaar August issue scans

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2009 Jul 12

First Rénergie advert

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Here’s the first advertisement for Lancôme’s Rénergie, which Kate is also promoting.

Finally we have a new layout up! I would like to thank Ronie and personally, my friend Luciana for helping me out with everything! Thank you, guys!

2009 Jun 09

Kate Winslet’s break from the big screen

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The 33-year-old star said: “I think I have to take a holiday. I’m sick of me and I’m sure everybody else is too!”

However Kate – whose last two movies received Academy Award nominations – admits she won’t be able to stay away from acting completely.

She revealed to Britain’s Hello! magazine: “I would love to do some theatre. It would be a good challenge. I need to keep scaring myself and that would sufficiently scare me. Maybe a musical or something completely different.”

Kate – who is married to director Sam Mendes with who she raises two children, daughter Mia, eight, and five-year-old son Joe – says she has never felt happier with her body since leaving her 20s behind.

She added: “I don’t feel self-conscious any more. I think turning 30, you’re allowed to be less obsessed with how you look. I really like being 33.

“I don’t think I look older or younger than I am. I think I look my age. Also, while I feel very joined at the hip with my family. I also feel independent. I feel like I can stand on my own two feet.”

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2009 Feb 19

TIME Cover: Best Actress – Why It’s Kate Winslet

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Best Actress – Why it’s Kate Winslet
By Mark Harris

It’s 11 days before the Academy Awards, and Kate Winslet is giving her third best performance of the year. The occasion is a lunch at New York City’s Oak Room at which 100 or so invited guests have gathered to honor her performance in Stephen Daldry’s The Reader. This particular publicity event, orchestrated in the 26th mile of the Oscar marathon, has multiple purposes: it’s designed to entice any wavering voters in the few days before the last postmark lands on the last ballot. It’s also intended to defuse complaints that the movie’s treatment of the Holocaust is too manicured. Thus, Elie Wiesel has been drafted to host the meal, which would have been a masterly counterstroke of damage control for distributor Harvey Weinstein had Wiesel not bailed at the last minute to attend — oh, bitter irony of the red-carpet campaign trail! — a bris.

But above all, this midday fete is engineered to give the movie’s star one final turn in the spotlight. By the time Winslet arrives, she has already participated in several hours of diligent self-exposure that day, illuminating for both Larry King and the women of The View the complexities of pretending to have sex with Leonardo DiCaprio in the bleak marital drama Revolutionary Road while the film’s director, Sam Mendes — her husband — watched.

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2009 Feb 14

Worth the wait, Kate

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Kate Winslet told me she was looking forward to walking the Oscar red carpet with husband Sam Mendes on a night that could see her win a golden statuette for the first time in her career.

She explained how Sam had been busy preparing to open A Winter’s Tale in Brooklyn and couldn’t attend the Bafta awards, scene of her best actress triumph last Sunday night.

‘He couldn’t come to the Screen Actors Guild Awards, nor could he make the trip to Berlin, where The Reader was screened.

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2009 Feb 08

Bafta Award: The Reader

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Tonight Kate wins a BAFTA for her role in The Reader

It is the second time Winslet has won a Bafta. The last time was in 1995 when she won for best supporting actress for Sense and Sensibility.

Her latest victory comes hot on the heels of a double win at January’s Golden Globes.

As she collected her Bafta Winslet paid tribute to producers Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack, who worked on the film.

“You are much missed today, and you will be much missed for many years to come, and this is for you. Thank you. Thank you,” she said.

She also thanked her friends and her parents, who attended the ceremony.

But the actress said she could not look at them for fear of bursting into tears.

SOURCE:  www.bbc.co.uk