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She’s always been a good dresser, and last night (January 25) Hilary Swank was spotted checking out the latest looks at Paris Fashion Week.
The “Boys Don’t Cry” actress was all smiles as she hit up the Etam Spring/Summer 2010 Collection runway show, sporting a vibrant blue one-shoulder dress with black heels.
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Making the most of her time abroad, Hilary Swank was spotted living it up at Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week last night (January 21).
The “Boys Don’t Cry” actress looked lovely as she arrived at the BOSS Black Fashion Show at the Hamburger Bahnhof, sporting a colorful frock with black stockings and black heels as she took a front row seat alongside actor Aaron Eckhart.
Coming up this year, Hilary has plenty of movies set to release, ensuring that she’ll be a busy lady in 2010.
Among her new projects are “Betty Anne Waters,” also starring Sam Rockwell and Minnie Driver, and “The Resident” with Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
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| | Hilary Swank Sneaks Through LAX Airport | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Kicking off her week with a flight out of town, Hilary Swank was spotted at the Los Angeles airport earlier today (November 9).
The “Million Dollar Baby” actress sported a casual look in camouflage pants, black boots, and a black long sleeve top while carrying a Chanel dress bag.
Later tonight, an in-depth interview with Swank and James Lipton airs on BRAVO’s “Inside the Actors Studio” at 7/6c.
The 35-year-old actress dishes on her personal fitness regimen to working with Clint Eastwood to what it was like playing such notable, emotional roles including “Million Dollar Baby” and “Boys Don’t Cry.”
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| | Hilary Swank Takes Home a Hollywood Award | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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She’s always been a favorite at awards ceremonies, and last night Hilary Swank banked some hardware at the 2009 Hollywood Awards Gala.
The “Freedom Writers” actress looked lovely as she posed for the paparazzi in the Beverly Hilton Hotel press room, sporting a sleeveless black dress with matching heels.
Swank was honored with an award for her work in the new biopic “Amelia” based on the life of Amelia Earhart.
Of the award, Hilary gushed, “I have to say it’s something very surreal. But to have your work recognized? At the end of it all is something that continues to leave me speechless.”
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| | Movie news: 'Amelia' 'saw IV' and 'Vampire's Assistant' get poor reviews | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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When I heard that two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank was playing aviation legend Amelia Earhart in the movie of her life, I actually squealed. I couldn’t think of a more appropriate person to play the icon, and was really anticipating the movie. But when I started seeing trailers for the film that made it look like a Lifetime Movie of the Week - lots of slo-mo glamour shots, sweeping music, and kissy-face with Richard Gere - I started to get a sinking feeling. Looks like I’m not the only one: the current critical consensus of “Amelia” says it’s a dud.
Amelia is a frustratingly old-school, Hollywood-style, inspirational biopic about Amelia Earhart that doesn’t trust a viewer’s independent assessment of the famous woman pictured on the screen. The mystery we ought to be paying attention to is: What really happened on the legendary American aviator’s final, fatal flight in 1937? But the question audiences are left with is this: How could so tradition-busting a role model have resulted in so square, stiff, and earthbound a movie? Why present such a modern woman in such a fusty format? Dressed for the title role in a wardrobe of jumpsuits, leather jackets, scarves, and slinky evening wear dashing enough to stop air traffic, Hilary Swank’s Earhart doesn’t so much talk as make stump speeches even ? when she’s at her own breakfast table. ? And director Mira Nair (The Namesake), working from an overexplanatory script by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan (based on dual biographies by Susan Butler and Mary S. Lovell), overloads the picture with a cargo of messages, so much so that she deadens her subject’s spirit. Some of these talking points are aimed at today’s teenage girls who might admire the subject’s highly personal fashion sense; others go out to older women who cherish her feminist cred. All of them add up to banners that might as well be flown from an aircraft tail over a beach: Amelia Earhart lived free in life and love! And Fly! She! Must!
[From Entertainment Weekly]
The aerial photography in this biopic looks slick, as does two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank as the rangy pioneer aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who went missing in 1937 while trying to circumnavigate the globe in her flying machine. But, oh mama, the minute the characters open their mouths, the onslaught of clichs brings the movie down in flames. The god-awful script by Ron Bass (Rain Man) and Anna Hamilton Phelan (Gorillas in the Mist) is assaultive in its insistence that ?dreams have no boundaries? and other sentiments that even Hallmark would reject as too fucking much. ?Who wants a life imprisoned in safety?? Amelia asks in a voice-over. And you want to shout, ?This movie does, honey.? There?s not a real or spontaneous minute in it.
[From Rolling Stone]
This is a huge bummer. I guess I’ll wait for it to come out on Lifetime, or Oxygen.
In less surprising news, the sixth installment in the “Saw” franchise also left critics underwhelmed, begging the question: do we really need six of these crapfests? Someone please explain to me why these torture porn fests are getting greenlighted. Also looking to cause box-office nausea is the latest film to hop on the Vampire bandwagon, “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,” which EW gives a generous D+. My prediction: “Where the Wild Things Are” will reign again this weekend - by default.
Here?s Hilary Swank with Mira Nair and Mariska Hargitay at the world premiere of ‘Amelia’ at the Paris theatre in New York City on Tuesday. Images thanks to WENN.com .
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She’s already receiving overwhelming praise for her role in “Ameila” and last night (October 20) Hilary Swank was spotted at the New York City premiere.
The “Million Dollar Baby” actress was all smiles as she arrived at the Paris Theatre amidst a sea of fans and paparazzi.
Ms. Swank gave the boys plenty to drool over in her long blue v-neck dress as she posed with costars Richard Gere, Ewan Mcgregor, and Virginia Madsen.
Of her experience with the film, Hilary told press, “It’s a responsibility to play someone who really lived. And it’s a big responsibility to play someone as iconic as Amelia. I mean, we all have such a great idea of who she was and what she looked like, so there wasn’t a lot of room for fictional license, and we just had to do the best we could to bring honor to that person. Under (director) Mira [Nair]’s guidance and keen eye — she’s an incredible visionary — we just tried to navigate the best we could, and that is hopefully onscreen.”
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| | Hilary Swank: Honored for 'Amelia' Role | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Kicking off her week with a promotional appearance, Hilary Swanky was spotted leaving ABC studios earlier today (October 19).
The “Million Dollar Baby” actress looked lovely as she made her exit after talking up her new movie “Amelia,” a film about pioneering US aviatrix Amelia Earhart.
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| | Hilary Swank Drops By the 'Today' Show | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Kicking off her weekend with a promotional appearance, Hilary Swank was spotted paying a visit to the “Today” show in New York City this morning (October 16).
The “Million Dollar Baby” actress looked to be in good spirits as she chatted about her upcoming film “Amelia,” based on the legendary pilot Amelia Earhart.
And coming up at the 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, Hilary is scheduled to receive a coveted honor.
Ms. Swank will be presented with the Hollywood Actress Award at the festival’s Gala on October 26th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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| | Hilary Swank on how she's sometimes naked around her boyfriend's 6-year-old son | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Hilary Swank?s promotional duties are just starting up for the October 23rd release of Amelia, a film based on the life of Amelia Earhart. I have to say, this film looks good. It even has supporting parts played by Richard Gere and Ewan ?Dirty Hot Costume Drama Bastard? McGregor. Oh, and Cherry Jones is in it too! She?s one of my girl-crushes. Anyway, despite the fact that movie looks interesting, you know what doesn?t look good? This Marie Claire cover. It?s not that Hilary looks ugly or anything - she doesn?t at all. It?s just her expression. Like the caught her mid-sentence as she was threatening to beat her assistant with a riding crop. It?s not photoshop - that Hilary?s face when she?s pissed at something or someone. My guess? She pissed off someone on the editorial staff and they used this photo for the cover. Hilarious. In the interview, Hilary talks about everything from getting hired for romantic comedies to walking around naked in front of her boyfriend?s son. Seriously. Yikes. Marie Claire has the full interview, but here are some of the highlights:
Marie Claire: One myth about you is that you’re such a hard worker, you don’t know how to have fun.
HS: That’s understandable, because that’s how people see me all the time. And I will say that it took me a while to learn how to actually have fun. I think I was so driven and determined to get out of where I came from that I thought I had to be constantly focused.
MC: How do you relax now?
HS: My relaxation has always been my animals?going to the dog park with them, going to the beach. I always try to carve out time in my day to be with them. On the last set I was on, I would just get a bike and ride around the studio with my dogs chasing me. It just gets me out of my head, you know what I mean?
MC: People are so awed by the glamour of famous actresses’ lives?they assume they just sit around in designer gowns all day. Myth?
HS: [laughs] In our business, we have to dress up for things, and usually I just borrow a gown. But if I don’t have work, I’m not going anywhere in any designer gown.
MC: What do you sleep in?
HS: I don’t sleep in anything. Do you sleep in a nightgown?
MC: I sleep in pj’s. I have two young sons, so I have to be conscious of that.
HS: Well, my boyfriend’s son is 6 years old, and you wonder at what age you should stop walking around nude. Every morning he comes into the bedroom, and you’re just nude. But he doesn’t look twice; he doesn’t think about it yet. I just toss and turn too much when I sleep, and if I’m in clothes, I get all twisted up.
MC: Another myth: Considering you have two Oscars, there is the assumption that you can get any role you want.
HS: So not true. I really chase the things that I want. I don’t audition anymore, but I do go after things that I believe in. Someone will say, “Oh, I don’t see Hilary in that role because she’s not really that funny to me.” So I’ll say that I want to sit down with them so that they meet the real person behind the characters. I usually get roles that are not the conventional beauty.
MC: Audiences might also assume that you’re just too serious for rom-coms.
HS: P.S. I Love You made over $150 million. It was a really big success. I wasn’t the comic relief of the movie?that’s an area that I’m going to have to prove myself in, if that’s something I want to do. But I don’t find myself leaning toward those movies a lot because I want them to have a lot of heart. I don’t know?just to put on a pretty dress and fall about isn’t funny to me.
MC: What of the idea that your career is more important to you than having a family?
HS: For me, my career is like, for lack of a better word, a baby. I always knew that I wanted to act, since I was 7 years old. But also from that age, I’ve been thinking about the day that I would have kids. When the time is right, I’ll know. I am aware that next week, I turn 35. But I am also aware that the timing has to be right.
[From Marie Claire]
I really wish Hilary would stop talking about her boyfriend?s son in interviews. The last big interview she gave, to Hello! Magazine, she talked about that kid a lot. I found it a very passive-aggressive move towards John?s ex-wife, but that?s just the way my mind works. I also think it?s weird that she?s hanging out naked around her boyfriend?s son. Does that make me a prude about nudity? Probably. But would it be so difficult for Hilary to, I don?t know, pull up the sheet so she?s not all, ?Here are my breasts, six-year-old?? Once again, I have to play the reverse sexism card - if it was a man hanging around naked with his girlfriend?s daughter, would people still think it was appropriate?
Note by Celebitchy: I’m an American married to a German guy and living in Germany. I have never seen my parents naked that I can remember and I know that it would make me uncomfortable. However, the Germans have a much different approach to nudity. It’s very common to see nudity on TV and for kids to hang out at nude beaches without an issue. I’ve seen nude kids and nude adults shown on TV in a very matter-of-fact way. If you don’t make nudity an issue kids won’t see it as one, as Hilary tries to explain. Swank probably shouldn’t have mentioned that at all, but I don’t think it’s necessarily inappropriate if she’s just in bed and isn’t walking around naked all day. The issue of shielding kids from occasional natural nudity is, in my experience, a very American one. I don’t think it’s wrong, it’s just a cultural difference. We don’t walk around our house naked, and we wear pajamas to bed, but we don’t take pains to hide from my five year-old son, either. It’s just not a big deal in our house.
Hilary Swank is shown at the “Triumph Inspiration Awards 2009 as part of Milan Womenswear Fashion” on 9/23/09. Credit: LUCA SGRO /bauergriffinonline.com. Marie Claire photos via CoverAwards
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Hilary Swank?s promotional duties are just starting up for the October 23rd release of Amelia, a film based on the life of Amelia Earhart. I have to say, this film looks good. It even has supporting parts played by Richard Gere and Ewan ?Dirty Hot Costume Drama Bastard? McGregor. Oh, and Cherry Jones is in it too! She?s one of my girl-crushes. Anyway, despite the fact that movie looks interesting, you know what doesn?t look good? This Marie Claire cover. It?s not that Hilary looks ugly or anything - she doesn?t at all. It?s just her expression. Like the caught her mid-sentence as she was threatening to beat her assistant with a riding crop. It?s not photoshop - that Hilary?s face when she?s pissed at something or someone. My guess? She pissed off someone on the editorial staff and they used this photo for the cover. Hilarious. In the interview, Hilary talks about everything from getting hired for romantic comedies to walking around naked in front of her boyfriend?s son. Seriously. Yikes. Marie Claire has the full interview, but here are some of the highlights:
Marie Claire: One myth about you is that you’re such a hard worker, you don’t know how to have fun.
HS: That’s understandable, because that’s how people see me all the time. And I will say that it took me a while to learn how to actually have fun. I think I was so driven and determined to get out of where I came from that I thought I had to be constantly focused.
MC: How do you relax now?
HS: My relaxation has always been my animals?going to the dog park with them, going to the beach. I always try to carve out time in my day to be with them. On the last set I was on, I would just get a bike and ride around the studio with my dogs chasing me. It just gets me out of my head, you know what I mean?
MC: People are so awed by the glamour of famous actresses’ lives?they assume they just sit around in designer gowns all day. Myth?
HS: [laughs] In our business, we have to dress up for things, and usually I just borrow a gown. But if I don’t have work, I’m not going anywhere in any designer gown.
MC: What do you sleep in?
HS: I don’t sleep in anything. Do you sleep in a nightgown?
MC: I sleep in pj’s. I have two young sons, so I have to be conscious of that.
HS: Well, my boyfriend’s son is 6 years old, and you wonder at what age you should stop walking around nude. Every morning he comes into the bedroom, and you’re just nude. But he doesn’t look twice; he doesn’t think about it yet. I just toss and turn too much when I sleep, and if I’m in clothes, I get all twisted up.
MC: Another myth: Considering you have two Oscars, there is the assumption that you can get any role you want.
HS: So not true. I really chase the things that I want. I don’t audition anymore, but I do go after things that I believe in. Someone will say, “Oh, I don’t see Hilary in that role because she’s not really that funny to me.” So I’ll say that I want to sit down with them so that they meet the real person behind the characters. I usually get roles that are not the conventional beauty.
MC: Audiences might also assume that you’re just too serious for rom-coms.
HS: P.S. I Love You made over $150 million. It was a really big success. I wasn’t the comic relief of the movie?that’s an area that I’m going to have to prove myself in, if that’s something I want to do. But I don’t find myself leaning toward those movies a lot because I want them to have a lot of heart. I don’t know?just to put on a pretty dress and fall about isn’t funny to me.
MC: What of the idea that your career is more important to you than having a family?
HS: For me, my career is like, for lack of a better word, a baby. I always knew that I wanted to act, since I was 7 years old. But also from that age, I’ve been thinking about the day that I would have kids. When the time is right, I’ll know. I am aware that next week, I turn 35. But I am also aware that the timing has to be right.
[From Marie Claire]
I really wish Hilary would stop talking about her boyfriend?s son in interviews. The last big interview she gave, to Hello! Magazine, she talked about that kid a lot. I found it a very passive-aggressive move towards John?s ex-wife, but that?s just the way my mind works. I also think it?s weird that she?s hanging out naked around her boyfriend?s son. Does that make me a prude about nudity? Probably. But would it be so difficult for Hilary to, I don?t know, pull up the sheet so she?s not all, ?Here are my breasts, six-year-old?? Once again, I have to play the reverse sexism card - if it was a man hanging around naked with his girlfriend?s daughter, would people still think it was appropriate?
Note by Celebitchy: I’m an American married to a German guy and living in Germany. I have never seen my parents naked that I can remember and I know that it would make me uncomfortable. However, the Germans have a much different approach to nudity and it’s very common to see nudity on TV and for kids to hang out at nude beaches without an issue. I’ve seen nude kids and nude people shown on TV in a very matter-of-fact way. If you don’t make nudity an issue kids won’t see it as one, as Hilary tries to explain. Swank probably shouldn’t have mentioned that at all, but I don’t think it’s necessarily inappropriate if she’s just in bed and isn’t walking around naked all day. The issue of shielding kids from even natural nudity is, in my experience, is a very American one. I don’t necessarily think it’s wrong, it’s just a cultural difference. We don’t walk around our house naked, and we wear pajamas to bed, but we don’t take pains to hide from my five year-old son, either. It’s just not a big deal in our house.
Hilary Swank is shown at the “Triumph Inspiration Awards 2009 as part of Milan Womenswear Fashion” on 9/23/09. Credit: LUCA SGRO /bauergriffinonline.com. Marie Claire photos via CoverAwards
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