Kate Winslet is an “absolute certainty” to win at least one Oscar following her success at the Golden Globes, according to the bookmakers.
William Hill is offering odds of 1/5 – the shortest price since Dame Helen Mirren won for The Queen in 2007.
“Kate had better get practising her Oscar acceptance speech as we think she is an absolute certainty to win an Oscar this time around,” said Hill’s spokesman Rupert Adams.
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Here Kate talks about Revolutionary Road and The Reader and her hopes for an Oscar in 2009.
In Revolutionary Road she stars opposite Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time since Titanic. Husband Sam Mendes is in the directors seat for this film. She also talks about The Reader, the new movie from director Stephen Daldry.
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Frost/Nixon and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button led the nominees as the contenders for the Golden Globes were announced.
Both films were nominated for five awards, including best drama, for which they will be up against British director Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader and Revolutionary Road.
Briton Kate Winslet took two nominations, including best actress for Revolutionary Road and best supporting actress for The Reader. Meanwhile, fellow British actress Kristin Scott Thomas was nominated in the best dramatic actress category for her role in I’ve Loved You So Long.
Kate Winslet has said her daughter Mia was stunned to see a picture of her Uncle Leo on the front of a newspaper.
Kate tries to hide her fame from eight year old Mia and five year old son Joe – and by extension, the fame of her husband Sam Mendes and their family friends like Leonardo DiCaprio.
But Kate explained recently that sometimes the children get a peak behind the curtain at the reality where they’re A-listers: “There was a picture of Leo on the front of a newspaper.
“Mia picked it up and went, ‘Mum, it’s Leo, he’s on the cover of the newspaper! We should really keep this and send it to him, Mummy!'”
Kate and Leonardo first worked together on 1997’s Titanic and their new film Revolutionary Road, directed by Mendes, is released in the US this Christmas.
Source: Fametastic
It’s the reunion we’ve all been waiting for: Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio together again.
“You know we’re twelve years older than we were back then.” Kate tells momlogic, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at her. Even a dozen years after she starred in Titanic, Kate still looks just as she did when she played Leo’s tragic lover on screen — plus or minus a few laugh lines, of course.
But even after all these years, that infamous chemistry with Leo is still there. This time the Oscar-nominated duo are sharing the big screen in their new film, Revolutionary Road. The film is a haunting look at the life of a 1950s suburban couple. And while Kate first fell in love with the book and relished her role as tortured soul April Wheeler, she tells momlogic that it was the opportunity to work with Leo once again that really made this film a true labor of love. “You know as actors I think we’ve both watched each other grow and change on screen. As friends we’ve gotten closer and closer together. The truth is that we’ve grown up. We’re older; we’re wiser you know hopefully we’re better actors. And I can say that he’s nicer than he was before. He’s funnier than he was before. He’s only changed for the better.”
And so has Kate — with motherhood and family infamously being a top priority in her busy life. In fact, shooting Revolutionary Road was a real family affair. Kate’s husband, Sam Mendes directed the film (yes, even the love scenes with Leo) and Kate’s kids, Mia and Joe, come along as well.
But while other Hollywood moms turn film sets into virtual day care centers, Kate confesses to momlogic that she takes a slightly different approach. “We were able to shoot the movie during the children’s summer vacation from school. We shot the movie up in Darien, Conn., rented a house out there and the children were with us, every day. They went to a local day camp and they did visit the set, but I’m not one of those people who like to bring the children to set every single day. You know, because I can’t concentrate on being a mom — when I’m playing April Wheeler, you can’t do all those things. I can’t hold those two things in my head. I’m not that much of a multi-tasker.”
So, will Kate and Leo reignite their infamous on-screen chemistry? Find out when Revolutionary Road opens on December 26th.
Source: momlogic
British actress Kate Winslet has placed herself in a dilemma after two of her major movies were slotted for release at the same time.
The movies could get Winslet, who has been nominated for an Academy Award five times, another nomination for Best Actress, which is impossible as the Academy does not allow for two nominations.
According to Fox news, the only solution to the problem would be that Winslet could be touted for Best Actress in Revolutionary Road, directed by husband Sam Mendes, and for Best Supporting Actress in The Reader, from director Stephen Daldry.
Two different studios are handling the movies, Paramount for Revolutionary Road, and Weinstein Company for The Reader.
Source: Newstrack India
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