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| | Cate Blanchett in Proenza Schouler at the Elle event: stunning or bizarre? | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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These are photos from the ELLE magazine 19th Annual Women In Hollywood Celebration held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills last night. There are going to be several posts devoted to this event, because lots of lots of A-listers and B-listers showed up, and there was some? ?interesting? fashion on display. Let?s start with Cate Blanchett, shall we? Cate is beautiful. Cate is lovely. Cate is amazing. Cate is a role model. Cate can pull off looks that no one can pull off. Take this Proenza Schouler dress (with Roger Vivier shoes). As with most of Cate?s looks, if this was on another woman, I would be yelling. On Cate, it?s stunning and beautiful. Girl is 43 years old, and she looks younger than most of the women at this event.
Elle Fanning in Dolce & Gabbana Calvin Klein. It has straps! So I?m okay with it. It seems slightly too mature for a 14-year-old, but I think the cut of the skirt saves it for Elle ? if it had been tight throughout, I would have a problem. But she looks good!
Emma Stone in Valentino. DISASTER. From head to toe, I really dislike this Pepto-Bismol thing. I don?t have a major issue with young women wearing pink? but don?t do it if the dress is this particular shade of Pepto-pink. The sheer sleeves suck, and I really wish Emma would stone with the blonde. Sidenote: this looks like something Michelle Williams would wear, right?
Rachel Zoe in an unknown designer? it looks a bit like Calvin Klein. You know what? This would have been minimalist and lovely if the dress went to her knees, and it wasn?t full-length. It would have been cute. But this is just a boring sack on a boring skinny girl.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett in a geometric LBD in NYC: stunning, boring or awful? | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Cate Blanchett at the opening night party (on Saturday) for the production of Uncle Vanya. Cate starred in the play in Sydney, and she and her husband Andrew Upton have brought the production to the New York City Center as part of the 2012 Lincoln Center Festival. Upton adapted the Anton Chekhov play for the Sydney production. As for Cate in this geometric dress? I?m not so sure about it. I mean, obviously, ON CATE it?s fantastic. She could make a burlap sack look like a one-of-a-kind couture piece. But I don?t think this dress would look good on anyone else. As for her face? I will literally burst into tears if Cate ever Botoxed or tweaked. Her face is magnificent. Here?s a bit more about the production and some quotes from Cate:
With five Academy Award nominations and one Oscar win to her name, it’s no doubt that Cate Blanchett reigns as one of the world’s most gifted actresses. While she’s widely known for her work on film, the statuesque performer never strays far from the stage.
Blanchett and her husband, writer and director Andrew Upton, are currently in town with the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of “Uncle Vanya.” The pair, who has been serving as the company’s artistic heads since 2008, brings the Anton Chekhov classic to the city after a premiere down under in 2010. Blanchett stars as Yelena in her husband’s new adaptation of “Uncle Vanya,” which is currently part of the 2012 Lincoln Center Festival.
?For me the importance was not so much to play Yelena but to be part of the ensemble. That was my drive,? Blanchett says.
Blanchett and Upton’s journey with “Uncle Vanya” began to germinate after they experienced another Chekhov play at the Lincoln Center Festival in 2009: a production of “Ivanov,” directed by Hungarian artist Tams Ascher, who is now at the helm of “Uncle Vanya.?
?We approached him thinking he?ll never say yes because he doesn’t know us, he doesn’t know the company. And he said yes,? Blanchett says.
?He was very, very insistent that I pay very close attention to the actual structure of the Russian senses,? Upton says.
In recent years, Blanchett has been seen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the New York stage playing Hedda Gabler and faded beauty Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
?They?re not museum pieces and for me, that?s the challenge when you?re doing a classic. It?s through performing it you understand why these things live now,? Blanchett says.
And while the pair will officially step down from their post as Sydney Theatre Company heads in 2013, Blanchett says she hopes to eventually make her Broadway debut.
?I?d love to,? she says. ?Yeah, I?d absolutely love to.?
[From New York 1]
I can?t believe Cate has never actually been in a Broadway production. She?s performed in plays in London, Sydney, and Washington, DC? someone offer her a Broadway play!
I should also mention this ? after barely taking any film roles over the past few years, Cate has a slew of films coming out next year. She?s spent the last six months or so working back-to-back of various projects, including The Hobbit, a Woody Allen movie, that Knight of Cups film with Christian Bale, and something with Terrence Malick.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett: 'shaving off my hair is so liberating' I?m thinking about doing it again' | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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These are some new photos of Cate Blanchett arriving at LAX yesterday. Thoughts on her outfit? Only Cate could pull this off, and even then? just barely. I?m not big into plaids, and I really don?t ?get? why anyone would want to wear a plaid suit, but sure. On Cate, it works. It could also work on Tilda Swinton and Alan Cumming. And that?s about it.
Cate also covers the Summer issue of Gotham, but from what I can see from the interview, it?s all about her theater in Sydney. While I?m happy for Cate and her husband and their commitment to bringing quality theater to Australia, I find all of that stuff kind of tedious. Maybe I?m just sad because I miss seeing Cate in movies. In any case, you can read some excerpts of her Gotham piece here.
In addition to the Gotham article, Cate recently spoke to an Australian newspaper, and these quotes were much more interesting. I didn?t know she was just cast in Woody Allen?s new movie! That?s something. Also, she?s considering shaving her head again! She says, “Shaving off my hair is so liberating. I had to do it once for a film role, but I’ve done it periodically too. At school it was probably to rebel, but I cut my hair short a few years ago and I’m thinking about doing it again.” Have you ever seen Cate with a shaved head? She looks amazing.
Cate also says she hates working out: “I try to be healthy but I find exercise deathly dull. It tends to be easier to get outside in Australia, but the rain and floods have been atrocious in the past few years which limits things? Luckily, work keeps me fit and I’ve just been on stage with a show that’s very physical, which staves off the gym for a bit longer.” Eh? I believe her. I think she keeps active without being a gym rat. She seems like she has a really awesome metabolism too.
Oh, and she’s 43 years old. This is why she should be the poster girl for good skin care.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, Gotham.
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| | Cate Blanchett & Florence Welch: 2012 Met Gala Girls | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Showing off some serious style, Cate Blanchett and Florence Welch were both spotted at the 2012 Costume Institute Gala in New York City last night (May 7).
Ms. Blanchett arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art sporting a beautiful black feathered McQueen gown as she posed for a few pictures.
Meanwhile, Florence also turned heads in an Alexander McQueen creation, flashing a big smile to onlookers and shutterbugs.
Ms. Welch and her band Florence and the Machine will be hitting the road this September for a one-month tour.
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| | Cate Blanchett in black, feathered McQueen at the Met Gala: absolute perfection? | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett to Beyonce: GIRL, THIS IS HOW YOU DO FEATHERS.
My girl Cate Blanchett is just perfection, isn?t she? Blanchett wore a Fall 2012 Alexander McQueen – which surprises me a little bit, because Cate was really close to the late Alexander McQueen, and if she was going to wear something McQueen, I would have thought it would be something vintage. But now we know – Cate supports Sarah Burton, the line?s new head designer. Cate was Burton?s first choice, apparently. They were each other?s dates.
Look, on another woman, this look would have been a total disaster. But I love this on Cate. As it always with Cate, it?s simply about how she wears it. She can pull off the strangest thing, and she never lets a dress wear her. Look at the detailing on this dress too – the whole thing is made of those rich-looking feathers. You seriously need to go back and look at Beyonce?s tacky monstrosity of a dress, then come back and look at this. Beyonce = Busted, Budget, Las Vegas Diva. La Blanchett = Beautiful, Perfect, Classic, Amazing Style Icon.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett spends the day sightseeing in Paris with her rowdy, adorable boys | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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These photos are a rarity. Cate Blanchett is in Paris with her husband and her three boys, and the paparazzi got lots of photos of the family while they were sightseeing yesterday. The photos are AMAZING! You know how I feel about Cate and how I find her to be an extremely inspirational woman, right? Part of my love for her is that she?s not constantly talking about motherhood for some kind of profit, angle or relatability. She?s an Oscar-winning movie star, she runs a theater, AND she?s the loving mother of three boys – she doesn?t bash us over the head with tales of motherhood and stuff.
I had to actually look up the boys? names and ages because I didn?t know them off-hand. The names? Roman Robert Upton, Ignatius Martin Upton, and Dashiell John Upton. Don?t ask me which is which. If you ask me, they all look like Cate. They seem to have all gotten her coloring and I can see a definite resemblance. The littlest one – Ignatius (I hope they call him Iggy or Nate) – is not happy to be spending a day in Paris. Iggy is all ?FML.? Iggy seems to be bored, tired and over it. I love the look on Cate?s face as she?s soothing him too. She has a great Mom-Face. It?s basically the look of, ?You think I haven?t seen a tantrum before? I have. Now behave.?
I also love the way the boys pose for their mom?s camera. This family is adorable. Those boys must be super-rowdy – I wonder if Cate ever feels outnumbered?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Cate Blanchett appears on a magazine cover without retouching or Photoshop | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett appears on the cover of a magazine called Intelligent Life. You can read the interview with Cate here – it?s a lovely piece, albeit a bit boring. It?s all about how she put her Hollywood career on hold to focus on her great love, the theater, and how hard she works running the Sydney Theater Company. But what is getting the most press for this cover story is the actual cover – an un-retouched photo of La Blanchett, wrinkles and pores and all. Isn?t it refreshing? Obviously, Cate is a 42-year-old woman who looks great for her age (or any age). But it?s just nice to see a woman in her 40s on the cover of magazine without her looking like a victim of excessive Photoshopping (or plastic surgery, since Cate eschews tweaking).
It could go without saying, but here’s confirmation that a host of Hollywood actresses – Demi Moore included – are cut from a different cloth to Cate Blanchett. In the same week that Moore’s new ad campaign for cosmetics brand Helena Rubinstein showed her looking closer to 20 years of age than her almost-50, Australian Blanchett has eschewed all post-production magic for her Intelligent Life cover.
The magazine’s editor, Tim de Lisle, explained the reasoning behind the un-retouched image in his editor’s letter: “When other magazines photograph actresses, they routinely end up running heavily Photoshopped images, with every last wrinkle expunged. Their skin is rendered so improbably smooth that, with the biggest stars, you wonder why the photographer didn’t just do a shoot with their waxwork.”
Oscar-winning Blanchett talks of her job as joint artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company and return to Europe to star in an Australian production of a German play. She posed for the cover quite simply, in her working clothes.
“She looks like what she is” continues de Lisle, “a woman of 42, spending her days in an office, her evenings on stage and the rest of her time looking after three young children.
‘We can’t be too self-righteous about it, because, like anyone else who puts her on a cover, we are benefiting from her beauty and distinction. But the shot is at least trying to reflect real life. It’s a curious sign of the times that this has become something to shout about.”
The result is most certainly ‘real’, with the odd line visible here and there, but Blanchett’s luminous complexion and enviably clear skin are certainly nothing to be sniffed at.
[Via The Telegraph]
I wish more magazines would do this. And I wish more actresses were up for it. I look through red carpet and candid photos all day, nearly every day, and let me tell you something, ladies: you almost always look younger and fresher when you?re photographed ?naturally?. Yes, in candids, we can see your wrinkles, the bags under your eyes, and maybe you feel naked without a face full of makeup – but I almost always think that you look younger.
Cover courtesy of Intelligent Life, photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton: '2 One Another' Lovers | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Stepping out for a special event, Cate Blanchett was spotted at the opening night of the Sydney Dance Company?s ?2 One Another? production today (March 13).
Joined by hubby Andrew Upton, the ?Curious Case of Benjamin Button? babe looked to be in good spirits as she posed for the paparazzi outside the Sydney Theatre.
On the topic of Hollywood?s obsession with plastic surgery, Cate recently told press she?s not interested in going under the knife anytime soon.
?I?m not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn?t do. I just know what works for me. I?d be too frightened about what it means long-term. Looking at women in their 20s doing this stuff, in the end all you see is the work. It doesn?t fill me with admiration; it fills me with pity.?
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| | Cate Blanchett on plastic surgery: 'You just see the work' it fills me with pity' | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ve always said – if I have any excuse to write about Cate Blanchett, I?ll take it. So here we go – Cate has a new interview with Fashion Etc! I believe this interview is just a promotional piece for Cate?s long-standing contract with SK-II, the beauty brand that Cate reps and the brand she uses (if you believe that, which I do). Cate discusses a new skincare line that SK-II is coming out with (called LXP), and she also discusses her tips on diet and traveling and all of that good stuff. Note how normal she sounds – and it doesn?t seem like she?s trying so hard to be peasant-y, either. She just seems like a well-adjusted woman who spends most of her time with her family or working, someone who has lived a full life at 42. You wouldn?t know she?s a famous actress.
On her skin care regimen: The thing I definitely always do is the [SK-II]Essence, and then I used to use the Repair-C, but now I use the LXP range more. It?s really all hydration and moisturizing?and sunscreen. I?m really lazy, so if it works I just keep using it.
On other products she likes: I use essential oil, like emu oil. [Ed. Note: She had to repeat this one for us a few times. Yes, that's emu. Like the bird.] In indigenous Australian culture, that?s the first oil they put on a baby because it?s so hydrating. If you?ve got sunburn or you?ve got a scar or something it?s incredible. And papaw ointment.
On getting plastic surgery and other interventions: There?s been a decade or so of people doing intervention with their face and their body. Now that we?re emerging from that people are seeing that long term it?s not so great. I?m not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn?t do, but I know what works for me. I?d just be too frightened about what it means long term. In the end if you have all that stuff done..in the end you just see the work. It doesn?t fill me with admiration, it fills me with pity.
On her red carpet beauty routine: Usually I just fly in and fly out. When it gets dark on the plane I?ll put on a whitening mask. [SK-II]?s also got great eye masks. I?ll have an oxygen facial. Or a vodka and tonic!
On the best beauty advice she?s received: Usually it?s ?don?t do this? and it?s usually from women who have done it. Don?t curl your eyelashes, and don?t overpluck your eyebrows. There are certain things I won?t do. I think blue eye shadow should only be applied by professionals.
On her other rituals: I do the old glass of lemon juice in water in the morning. It just keeps your system going. I think it?s like people who get into colonic therapy?there?s a logic behind it. The French have been doing it, the Egyptians did it. There are certain things in ancient practices that [I won't do]?I?m not going to bathe in my own urine.
On eating healthy: It comes and goes. I?m pretty stable. You end up eating more with 3 boys in the house. You end up having a bit of garbage in the house. But then you end up running after them, so it balances out.
[From Fashion Etc]
Lemon juice in water as a morning ritual? Interesting. If Gwyneth Paltrow had suggested it, I would roll my eyes, but since it?s Blanchett? yes, I?ll try that. I had to look up ?oxygen facial? though – you can read about it here. Apparently, it?s been popular in celebrity circles since 2006-ish, when Madonna recommended it. So I probably won?t try that. But I?ll definitely do the lemon juice in water thing. As for over plucking – define ?over plucking?. I don?t have a scouse brow, or a chola brow, but I do like my brows to be well-groomed. So on that, I will debate Madame Blanchett. Cosign about blue eye shadow, cosign about eyelash curlers (I stopped because of my contacts, though). Cosign her thoughts on plastic surgery. Amen to that!
And why doesn?t anyone ever recommend St. Ives Apricot Scrub? I still use that junk. I love it. I love how smooth and exfoliated I feel. Maybe Jennifer Love Hewitt will talk about it. I bet she uses it.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett covers Bazaar UK, says she?d play a Bond villainess 'in a heartbeat' | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett covers the April issue of Harper?s Bazaar UK. Give ALL the covers to Cate! Please! Even though I?m not completely in love with these two covers (a subscriber?s and the newsstand), it?s always a pleasure seeing Cate?s magnificent face on a magazine cover. As for the interview – Cate is charming and lovely. She?s rarely controversial or headline-grabbing. She?s just a cool woman with a great career. So? her interviews are sometimes slightly boring. No offence to Cate! I?ll take Boring Cate over just about everyone.
Cate is a ?huge fan? of the 007 franchise: She says Rosa Klebb in From Russia with Love was her favourite baddie of all time. “Oh God! Yes! I’d be there in a heartbeat,” she told the magazine when asked if she would consider playing a Bond villain. “I love Lotta Lenya. She had a club foot and a limp. I’m not a purist in that way.”
Her husband, Andrew Upton, wants her to have hobbies: “My husband went through a phase of giving me vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and Mixmasters. It’s ironic. He is encouraging me to develop a hobby, I think.”
Advice: “An actress once advised me, ‘Make sure you do your own laundry – it will keep you honest,’” she explained.
Possibly becoming a director: ?There is a film I?d love to direct, but I just don?t know if I?ve got the patience. In theatre, you can have an idea and get on with it. In film, you hear of people sitting on an idea for eight years, by which time the idea has changed and evolved and become something else.?
Being directed by Terrence Malick: ?I can?t guarantee I?ll end up in [the final cut], as is his wont.?
[From The Belefast Telegraph, Film News]
I?m laughing at Cate?s love for the villainess in From Russia With Love. Lotta Lenya was a great villain, and now that I know Cate?s love for that character, you can see how Cate maybe used that as an inspiration for her villainess in that horrible Indiana Jones movie. But yes, the Bond producers really need to get on this. Blanchett needs to be a Bond villainess!!! PLEASE. I want to see her handcuff Daniel Craig and beat the hell out of him. PLEASE.
Photos courtesy of Bazaar UK, via The Fashion Spot.
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