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| | Cate Blanchett & Hannah Waddingham will fly to Singapore for the Earthshot Awards | | Added 387 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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We?re coming up to ?Earthshot Week,? it will be here soon enough. November 7th is the date of the Earthshot Prize ceremony, but William will be in Singapore for four days, spinning his wheels and trying to create ?global statesman? photo-ops without ever doing the work of being a global statesman. The Singapore awards will be the first Earthshot Prize ceremony to actually fly the finalists in in the two previous years, William merely flew in the celebrities. The finalists were only able to, like, Zoom into the ceremony. Well, no worries, because this year, William is still making some celebrities fly in. Cate Blanchett is going to Singapore, as is Hannah Waddingham.
Cate Blanchett has hailed Prince William?s Earthshot Prize awards as ?game-changing? as it is revealed she will join him in Singapore. The Oscar-winning actress, 54, will take part by announcing the winners of the prize next month during its third annual awards ceremony.
She said: ?The climate solutions showcased by the prize are wildly exciting ? exciting because they are so simple, so possible, and so inevitable. The solutions are game-changing, and like all truly game-changing ideas, they have a strange ?how could we not have thought and implemented this before?!? quality. I am proud to be a small part of unveiling the winners.?
Blanchett, who has been an Earthshot Council member since the inception of the Prize in 2020, added: ?The Earthshot Prize is, again, highlighting and incentivising courageous, progressive, and inventive solutions that can be rapidly upscaled. We don?t have time for inaction and despair, and the incredible climate solutions from around the globe are cause for genuine hope.?
She will be joined in announcing the winners at the event by Robert Irwin, the son of the late Australian conservationist Steve Irwin, as well as actress Lana Condor and South African actress and humanitarian Nomzamo Mbatha. The awards ceremony will also feature performances by the pop bands Bastille and OneRepublic, as well as the Singaporean choral society, Voices of Singapore.
Meanwhile, the Emmy-award winning Ted Lasso actress Hannah Waddingham has been announced as the host of the evening, saying she will spotlight the stories and solutions of this year?s cohort of 15 finalists.
[From The Telegraph]
I love Hannah but I get the feeling that she goes to the opening of an envelope, and she was probably just happy to book a gig as MC of some awards show. Cate Blanchett though? well, I appreciate that she?s talking about the actual awards and the innovators and not acting like it?s The William Show.
With all of this talk about some glitzy awards show with celebrities being flown into Singapore for William?s busy-work, I?m reminded of the financial disclosures from the Royal Foundation. Remember this? The Royal Foundation spent 12.1 million on Earthshot in 2021, and only ?5 million? of that was prize money. William blew through 7.1 million of donor money to throw himself a party and embiggen himself.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Cate Blanchett requires productions to interview a woman & POC for every job | | Added 544 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Cate Blanchett in Italy this week, attending the Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection show at the Palazzo Borromeo. Cate is currently a ?house ambassador? for LV, and she?s getting LV to design some custom looks for her using existing fabric, as in the fabric they had left over from other collections. She wore those fabric-remnant-designs in Cannes and I kind of disliked them. The fabric was fine, but the design was blech. I don?t know if Cate is wearing a dress made from ?new? fabric in these photos, but considering she?s at the runway/event for the cruise collection, I bet they just gave her something new to wear. Again, the design sucks. I actually despise those sleeves. This ambassadorship is going to be very difficult for me.
Meanwhile, while Cate was in Cannes, she did a ?conversation? as part of the Kering Women in Motion event staged at the festival. She spoke about recently becoming a producer and how she and her producing partner CoCo Francini decided that they need to enforce diversity quotas on the films they produce, basically. Or at least quotas on who they interview for jobs.
On ?Mrs. America,? Blanchett and Francini hired mostly female directors and crew members. On that set, they decided their mandate moving forward for all of their projects would be, ?You must interview a woman and you must interview a person of color.?
Blanchett and Francini are proud to run a company that showcases women, international filmmakers and diverse voices. For Blanchett, she recalls a time in her career ? not to long ago ? when she would look around and be the only woman on set. With her work as a producer, she is hoping to change that.
?We?ve both had experiences where we walked on set and done the headcount and you wonder why you sort of slightly feel alienated and annoyed somedays,? Blanchett said. ?I realize that I?m the only woman in the cast?there at 62 men, and yep, I?m the only woman. This ratio is bad?it?s really disproportionate. And it means you?re always laughing at the same jokes. I do have a really good sense of humor, but it?s like, let?s change it up.?
[From Variety]
I?ve already seen some right-wing sites try to make it sound like she?s dictating that all productions must be woke as hell, but? like, saying that you?re only required to INTERVIEW a handful of people of color and women is really bare-bones wokeism. It?s barely even woke?? Like, ?let?s make sure that we interview some women of color for this job? is no guarantee that those people will be hired, it?s just that you?re expanding who gets interviewed. I?m glad Cate is producing now though, she has such funky art-house taste, I bet she?ll help get some really cool films made.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Cate Blanchett lost in Louis Vuitton at the Oscars: frumpy or interesting? | | Added 618 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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While I was unequivocally happy for Michelle Yeoh when she won the Best Actress Oscar, I was also somewhat bummed for Cate Blanchett. Maybe we?ll look back on this awards season and understand when and where the shift happened, because back in December/January, I would have said that Tar and Cate were locks on many of the big awards, and deservedly so Tar is a masterpiece, a brilliant film with one of Blanchett?s best-ever performances. That being said, I don?t think Cate was upset about losing to Michelle Yeoh. She seemed almost embarrassed to win some of the early awards, and she clearly knew how big this was for Yeoh. Anyway, all of that to say? Cate did not dress like she expected to win the Oscar. She wore this Louis Vuitton look which? kind of sucks. I mean, it?s not actually terrible, I just expect so much more from Cate.
I don?t expect more from Ana De Armas she?s been a Louis Vuitton brand ambassador for several years, and they made bespoke pieces for her throughout the awards season. Unmemorable, boring, vanilla, bland. I will say this though much like Cate?s look, it?s not actively terrible, just kind of disappointing. I hated her center part, hair-down look too.
Kate Hudson also wore Louis Vuitton. This isn?t great. I don?t get why she picked this.
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| | Cate Blanchett wore ombre Givenchy at the Berlinale: stunning, perfect? | | Added 635 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett went to Germany for the Berlinale, for yet another premiere/screening event for Tar. She also took part in a discussion with Nina Hoss, the German actress who plays her partner in Tar, and they looked adorable on the red carpet. The bulk of Tar is set in Berlin, so this was some kind of homecoming for the film and for Cate. She even had to learn German for the role!
Cate?s look at the Berlinale premiere was SO GOOD. Cate hasn?t actually been giving us a huge fashion tour for the awards season, but this look is memorable and cool. I wouldn?t have thought to put Cate in ombre ruffles, but it works. This is Givenchy it looks like a modest turtleneck from the front, but the dress has an open back.
I assume Cate will fly back to LA for Sunday?s Screen Actors Guild Awards. I feel like she?s a sure thing for Best Actress at this point, but the SAGs will confirm it: if Cate wins on Sunday, I feel certain that she?ll win the Oscar. Meanwhile, people have been paying so much attention to the Best Actress race, I kind of feel like we?ve slept on the chaos in the Best Actor race. I swear to God, I will burn the place down if Austin Fking Butler wins for that cracked-out Elvis movie.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Cate Blanchett re-wore a Maison Margiela gown to win her fourth BAFTA | | Added 639 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are the four acting winners from last night?s BAFTAs: Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for Tar, Austin Butler won Best Actor for Elvis, Kerry Condon won Supporting Actress for Banshees of Inisherin, and Barry Keoghan won Supporting Actor for Banshees as well. My immediate reaction was: wow, Cate is more of a sure thing than I originally believed. Everyone thought that Best Actress was more of a dogfight between Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh, but Cate is sweeping the big awards.
After that, of course we have to acknowledge that all of the winners are white. A white German man Edward Berger, who directed All?s Quiet on the Western Front won Best Director too, and that film picked up Best Picture. It?s a bad look. While I also want Cate to win everything for Tar, and I?m totally fine with Barry Keoghan in general, I really hope Condon and Butler don?t win Oscars. Butler especially Elvis (the film) was a cracked-out mess and Butler has no business winning.
Fashion notes: Cate re-wore a Maison Margiela gown which she originally wore to the 2015 Oscars. Kerry wore Armani. Barry wore a spectacular Gucci suit in red. Also, there was a kerfuffle when Supporting Actress was announced Carey Mulligan was wrongly announced as the winner, then finally Condon was called up.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Cate Blanchett wore McQueen to the London Critics Circle Awards: meh or great? | | Added 653 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from the London Critics Circle Awards, held on Sunday, February 5th. The big winner? Todd Field?s Tr!! Which is great because that was my favorite film of the year. It took home Film of the Year, Best Director and Best Actress for Cate Blanchett. The Banshees of Inisherin was named the British/Irish film of the year and Colin Farrell won Best Actor, with Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan winning in the supporting categories. Bill Nighy and Florence Pugh were named British/Irish actors of the year (for their body of work) and Michelle Yeoh picked up the Dilys Powell award for excellence in film.
Cate Blanchett wore Alexander McQueen to the awards a black suit with crazy blue sleeves. She?s pulling it off, honestly. She almost always does pull it off, whatever she?s wearing.
Michelle Yeoh also wore Alexander McQueen she looks amazing. We?re about five weeks away from the Oscars and I still have no idea whether Cate or Michelle will win the Best Actress Oscar. Bonus Ke Huy Quan!
Florence Pugh wore Robert Wun this is such a bad look, my God. Why are people determined to make peplums a thing again? And the hat with the veil? odd, very odd.
Bonus Paul Mescal! Is? he going to have that unfortunate mullet for the entire awards season?
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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| | Cate Blanchett won the Critics Choice best actress gong, wore Max Mara | | Added 674 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last week, I suggested that I would be fine with Michelle Yeoh winning Best Actress, if only TAR wins Best Picture. At the Critics Choice, the opposite happened Cate Blanchett took the Best Actress award, while Everything Everywhere All At Once took Best Picture, Best Director and the awards for screenplay, editing and best supporting actor. I?ve halfway believed that Cate was kind of clearing the path for Michelle to eventually win the Oscar. When Cate got on stage at the Critics Choice, she actually made an argument that all of the nominees should be on stage because awards races are really dumb:
Blanchett began her speech by joking, Ive got gum in my mouth. I really didnt expect to be standing here, and, This is actually the second award of the evening: Julia Roberts, earlier, presented me with a bottle of mouthwash. So thank you, Julia. This is a poor second.
Blanchett continued by saying best actress is an arbitrary term considering how many extraordinary performances were done by women last year. The other nominees were Viola Davis (The Woman King), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Margot Robbie (Babylon), Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans) and Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
I cant believe Im up here. This is ridiculous, Blanchett, 53, said in her speech with a laugh. Im so old! The actress then suggested awards season overall get a makeover: I would love it if we would just change this whole fing structure. Its like what is this patriarchal pyramid where someone stands up here. Why dont we just say there was a whole raft of female performances that are in concert and in dialogue with one another?
And stop the televised horse race of it all, continued Blanchett. Because, can I tell you, every single woman with a television, film, advertising, tampon commercials ? whatever ? youre all out there doing amazing work that is inspiring me continually. So thank you. I share this with you all.
[From People]
I felt that. I don?t know why someone always makes this point in every awards season, but this year? it just feels like the actress categories are so stacked and it?s not fair to choose between wildly diverse performances anymore.
Fashion notes: Cate Blanchett kind of phoned it in this Max Mara. Michelle Yeoh wore Carolina Herrera. I hope someone does a deep dive in how much fun Michelle is having as she gets all dressed up for this awards season.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Cate Blanchett recycled her ugliest McQueen for the Governors Awards: ugh? | | Added 730 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are more photos from this weekend?s Governors Awards. As I said, they were very well attended, mostly potential Oscar campaigners? like Cate Blanchett. Cate will likely be nominated for TAR this awards season, so she was in LA to be seen by the right people (Oscar voters). Unfortunately, Cate decided to recycle this Alexander McQueen dress which I?ve already seen her in a few times. It?s one of the worst looks in her closet, why she keeps wearing it, I have no idea. The worst.
Carey Mulligan in Valentino. She looks perfectly fine, but I would love to see her zazz it up a bit more her looks for the She Said promotion have been too safe, too sedate. Also, She Said totally bombed in its opening weekend.
Jessica Chastain in Zuhair Murad. I don?t like this? It?s too? costumey.
Ana De Armas in bespoke Louis Vuitton. Really, really bad, right? It looks so amateurish, like the designer just bedazzled some napkins on her boobs.
Michelle Williams in Christian Dior. She just had a baby two seconds ago, I can?t believe she?s doing all of these red carpets and events.
Greta Gerwig in Carolina Herrera. She hasn?t announced anything but many are now assuming that she?s knocked up with her second.
Sadie Sink in Alexander McQueen Pre-Fall 2022. Very pretty and age-appropriate, I do wish the dress was a tad longer though? It feels more like a party dress when everyone else wears formalwear.
Photos courtesy of LCY / Avalon, Blaine Ohigashi / Avalon, Avalon Red.
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| | Cate Blanchett wore a show-stopping Armani at the Venice Film Festival's final night | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Even though the pandemic is still raging in large swaths of the world, the past few weeks have seen people attempt to go back to some kind of normalcy. The NBA Bubble has been largely successful, as was the New York bubble for the US Open. The Venice Film Festival became the first major film festival to try to do some kind of ?business as usual? they held actual premieres, with people, and did real red carpets. I?m not aware of a spike in coronavirus cases in Venice, so everything seemed to go pretty well, although obviously, there weren?t tons of people there. The festival gave out their awards on Saturday Chlo Zhao?s Nomadland won the Golden Lion. You can see the other award winners here.
For the final ceremony, jury president Cate Blanchett went all-out in this striking Armani look. The red bodice combined with the multicolor ikat sheer poncho/cape wow. I?ve really enjoyed Cate?s fashion recycling, but I appreciate that she?s thrown in a couple of new-to-us looks, and this was the show-stopper for the final night. Well done!
Bonus: Vanessa Kirby in a simple, sleek black gown and a red lip. I?m a big fan of Kirby but I feel like her red carpet styling just needs a little something extra? But in a pandemic, this is more than fine.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett in a peplum?d McQueen in Venice: the worst look of the festival? | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I thought the Venice Film Festival was winding down, but it?s not over until the 12th (Saturday). I believed we were seeing the final night?s activities because of Cate Blanchett?s fashion choice last night she wore this Alexander McQueen look for two red carpets, the premiere of Di Yi Lu Xiang and the presentation of the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement. It was the WRONG look to wear for a big night, huh?
Cate actually does this every so often I feel like she?s asking if we?re paying attention. She?ll wear some hideous dress which no one could pull off and often, the dress looks like someone pulled two of the ugliest looks and sewed them together. So it is here a giant asymmetrical peplum, half a blazer, a struggle sleeve-ruffle. My God.
I missed covering these two ?casual Cate? looks where she was just hanging around the festival during the day. She wore a Triple RRR jumpsuit which? is not cute, but I mostly hate the sneakers. She also wore some PJs, I guess.
Here?s Nathalie Emmanuel in MiuMiu even though I think she?s underdressed, I kind of like it. Mostly because I love her and her vivacity makes this ensemble really cute.
And here?s Polina Pushkareva in a dress I wish I could fix the skirt should be black, and then the whole look would greatly improve, right?
Photos courtesy of WENN, Backgrid.
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