From the star who never wins, a gushing thank-you speech that never ends.
AS she tearfully explained, she has a habit of not winning.
Which is probably why Kate Winslet was so determined to soak up every second of glory as she accepted her two Golden Globe awards.
Unfortunately she could barely get her words out for crying.
But that didn’t stop the 33-year-old British actress from delivering two of the most rambling, tearful and gushing speeches after winning best supporting actress and best actress awards at the Los Angeles ceremony.
2009 Jan 13
Blubbing Kate and the Brits’ goldrush
2009 Jan 12
Congrats, Kate!!!
VIDEO LINKS:
• Award Shows: 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards: TNT’s Red Carpet Interview
• Award Shows: 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards: Best Supporting Actress Speech
• Award Shows: 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress Speech
• Award Shows: 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards: Press Room Interview
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Kate Winslet wins and reveals the joys of blotting papers. Laura Dern wins and revisits her 1980s-hair past.
Here’s a rundown of the night’s backstage doings—and sayings:
5:20 p.m.: “I feel surprised…I feel relieved. I’ve been nervous all day,” says Winslet, who still looks jittery. One’s first major Hollywood award ever after a bajillion nominations will do that to one, apparently, and to Winslet, specifically.
• When Winslet accepted her award, she opened her purse, revealing to the camera what appeared to be two pieces of paper. Were they two acceptance speeches, one for The Reader and one for Revolutionary Road, for which she’s up for Best Drama Actress? Has the award-deprived Winslet come fully armed tonight? Yes, in a way. In the makeup department.
“They were blotting papers,” Winslet tells me. “It wasn’t a second speech. No further expectations.”
• Blotting papers are papers used to, yes, blot. If you must know the nitty-gritty details, they’re used to blot residue from your face. If your oily face has never heard of them, you’ve got company. “Somebody told me about them tonight,” blotting-paper convert Winslet reports.
Source:Â E! Online
2009 Jan 12
Kate Wins …
In Sunday’s Golden Globes, Kate wins the Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for The Reader.
Also the Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture for Revolutionary Road.
– Said she was “shocked” as she had “a habit of not winning things”.
More news to follow
SOURCE:Â BBC Ceefax, Sky News
2009 Jan 11
Late Show with David Letterman
VIDEO LINKS:
• Interviews: Late Show with David Letterman – January 8
2009 Jan 11
Kate and Leo reunited on Oprah
Tuesday 13th January, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio will appear together on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Check your local guide for timings.
2009 Jan 11
Golden Globes: Kate’s blonde ambition
Winslet could finally be a winner at tonight’s Golden Globes, but are her ‘downbeat’ roles what America wants to see? Guy Adams reports from Los Angeles.
Is this Kate Winslet’s year? The actress has received five Oscar nominations and five Golden Globe nominations to date, but never won. In a pincer movement that might see her break her duck, she is up for awards in two separate categories at tonight’s Globes ceremony.
She is the lead actress in both the fifties US suburbs tragi-drama Revolutionary Road, directed by her husband Sam Mendes, and Stephen Daldry’s Nazi-themed The Reader. To double her chances of success, she is nominated in the best supporting role for the latter.
The question is: will judges steer clear of celebrating such downbeat films, when the cinema-goers and TV audiences show signs of rejecting what they see as “worthy” themes?
