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| | Cate Blanchett: Talking about my father's death would be 'grossly opportunistic' | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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These are photos from Cate Blanchett?s appearance yesterday on the cover of the New York Times? Style Magazine. Lovely, beautiful, epic Cate. Cate makes every photo shoot special. Cate can pose her ass off. Cate looks unique and different in every photo, ever.
I haven?t gotten a chance to read every word of Cate?s interview with the mag - it?s a really long article! You can read it here, and I?ll probably get a chance to read the whole piece later today. I?m looking forward to it! Surprisingly, Cate is not really what I consider to be a ?good interview.? She?s not dumb, and she doesn?t say stupid things because she can?t help herself. She?s not full of herself, and she consistently comes across as a normal working mom who is a bit eccentric. She doesn?t enjoy talking about herself, she?s not a self-obsessed narcissist, and she seems to insist on keeping areas of her life private. All of that makes her a good person, a role model, a wonderful actress, but a boring interview. Here are some quick highlights:
*She?s a dignified, pre-red-carpet star caught in a celebrity-tweeting culture, with the result that she?s learned how to promote her role of the moment ? in this instance, that of a ruthless C.I.A. agent in the thriller ?Hanna,? directed by Joe Wright ? without seeming to be promoting anything, least of all herself. I dutifully bring up the subject of the film and mention that I found it beautiful looking but disappointing. Blanchett says she took ?Hanna? on ?because it was the best first 20 pages of any script I?d read ? brutal, terrifying and suspenseful.? And then she?s happy to move on to other matters. It?s an art all its own, this straining toward the shadows of self-effacement when you?ve been shoved into the limelight, there?s no doubt about that.
*Blanchett does admit to liking clothes ? ?I love dressing up,? she says, ?although that doesn?t mean necessarily on the school run?.
She goes through her paces like a trouper, despite her fatigue and having suffered through a spider bite, investing each shot with a narrative arc, calling on the skill she puts into delivering information on screen about characters as diverse as Queen Elizabeth I, Charlotte Gray, Veronica Guerin, the elf queen Galadriel, Katharine Hepburn and Bob Dylan. Blanchett seems patient and unfussy but also keeps at a slight remove from the proceedings in her regally self-possessed way. (When I asked her whether she felt nervous about giving an award at the Oscars, she answered with a simple ?No.?)
So, over soft-boiled eggs (Blanchett orders a side of spinach) the next day, I bring up the biceps issue and the more general one of her svelteness. Blanchett doesn?t admit to dieting (wouldn?t it be nice if someone other than Carrie Fisher did?) but does avow how she doesn?t have a big sweet tooth. She also explains that she and her husband gave each other running shoes for Christmas and have renewed their commitment to exercise; Blanchett spends a half-hour on the elliptical trainer four days a week. ?I don?t enjoy it,? she says, ?but I certainly have more energy.? We go on to talk of other things, of the perils of performing versus writing (Upton is a writer as well as director), the limitations of psychotherapy (she?s never been in ?very intensive? therapy), how death doesn?t solve anything (?I?m not interested,? she says, striking a rare note of annoyance, ?in using my father?s death as some touch point for why I?ve become an actor ? it?s grossly opportunistic?) and the crucial importance of timing, especially when it comes to romance. ?Don?t you think like most things, like comedy, like sex, like anything, it?s about timing? I think we collided with each other,? she adds, referring to her husband, ?at what turned out to be the perfect time. We knew each other socially and we didn?t get on and we played poker one night and I don?t know how we ended up kissing but we did and he asked me to marry him about three weeks later and we got together in the same spirit. . . . Maybe I?ve got a lack of consequence,? she adds, ?a healthy lack of consequence.?
[From The New York Times]
Ooh, she works out! I would love to work out with her. I imagine she would be a cool workout buddy. And I love what she says about her father?s death - it?s so refreshing to see an actor who is unwilling to whore out personal tragedy for the benefit of their ?craft?. I love her.
NYT Style photos courtesy of The Fashion Spot.
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| | Cate Blanchett defends her Oscar dress: 'You?ve got to wear what you like' | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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God, I miss Cate Blanchett when she?s not around. Last night there was a big NYC screening of Blanchett?s new film, Hanna, and Cate wasn?t there! Boo!! But Eric Bana was there, and he was looking delicious - I?ll have those photos up in a short while. For now, however, I need my Blanchett fix. I?m getting it from an exclusive interview Cate did with InStyle Australia, where she discussed her Givenchy Oscar gown/boob frame (the one in these photos). As you may remember, I loved the gown. I loved the gown mostly because Cate wore it, and because Cate can pull off looks that mere mortals couldn?t dream of. That being said, on anyone else, the dress would have been hated. Well, Cate has seen the criticism, and she has an answer. It?s a good one too.
Cate Blanchett?s 2011 Oscars dress?a couture lilac gown by Givenchy?was one of the most fashion-forward looks of the evening, and Blanchett had no qualms wearing something so avant garde, despite the hit-or-miss reaction from fans after her appearance.
?People get so worried about dressing for other people, but you?ve got to wear what you like,? Blanchett told InStyle this week while promoting her new film Hanna. ?If people get it, they get it. If they don?t, then it doesn?t matter. There are so few houses that can afford to do couture, and since the red carpet is such a wonderful showcase, we should be celebrating that.?
So what did she love most about the dress?
?It was so architectural, and the breast piece is made all out of elastic,? she explained. ?The color combination, I couldn?t believe it when I saw it in real life. I was tempted to wear it two ways, because if you take the top part off, it?s a really simple halter dress underneath. I thought the external piece was so unusual.?
Does the transformational element mean we might see her in this again?
?You could wear it again because it becomes a completely different dress, so, possibly,? she said.
[From InStyle Australia]
I love her. I love her justifications for wearing Givenchy couture. I love that she made it about representing High Fashion, and how it?s not for everybody, and that?s fine. La Blanchett doesn?t judge you for not liking it, she?s just saying that she liked it, and you should respect the craftsmanship. I love her. MORE BLANCHETT.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett has a movie coming out: why hasn't she been promoting it' | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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These are some new photos of Cate Blanchett launching ?The Oasis: Homeless Short Film Competition? in Sydney, Australia yesterday. It?s a funky name for a competition, right? It makes it sound like the homeless people are making the films? But they?re not. The competition is actually for young, aspiring Australian filmmakers to create three-minute movies about the plight of homeless youths. The winner gets $25,000 - for their school. Blanchett told the media:
?Film and theatre and the visual arts I really strongly believe have an exceptional and unique capacity to spread important social issues and help produce change in our community. I’d like to encourage school students - both primary and secondary - to not only pick up a camera and participate in the competition but to use the education resource and to delve into the issues and make outstanding films. Films that raise awareness, tell really inspiring stories and provide solutions that not only touch our hearts, but provoke us into making real action… These kids who pick up these cameras will be the strategists and policy makers and artists of the future.”
[From Contact Music]
Sure. I guess there are worse things, totally. But I?m just saying: funky name.
In other Blanchett news, she has a new film coming out! It?s that weird/cool looking one called Hanna, with Eric Bana doing a German (?) accent and Blanchett doing a Southern accent and Saoirse Ronan as Hanna, the teenage assassin. I actually want to see it, just because I like everyone involved. And it actually looks like a solid action-thriller. But I?m worried about it too - the movie opens on Friday and Cate has barely done anything to promote it. I can?t even find any premiere photos - will there even be a premiere? I need a heavy dose of Blanchett boob frame!!! Here?s the trailer:
So I?ll have to settle for that and these weeks-old photos of Cate in a fabulous red suit.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett Partakes in City Talk 2011 | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Doing what she can to give back, Cate Blanchett attended the City Talk 2011 at the town hall in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday (March 8).
The ?Curious Case of Benjamin Button? star looked radiant in a red suit and heels as she shared her ideas about fostering a more ?green and vibrant culture precinct? at Walsh Bay.
Meanwhile, it was recently announced that Blanchett will return to the Sydney?s Kennedy Center in August to play a woman named Yelena in Chekhov?s play ?Uncle Vanya.?
The show is put on by the Sydney Theatre Company and will run from August 4-27.
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| | Oscar Fashion: Cate Blanchett's lilac Givenchy boob frame | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Look, I know there will be many people who hate Cate Blanchett?s lilac and yellow Givenchy gown. I get it. It?s not a standard-issue ?pretty? gown. Maybe I don?t even ?get? this dress. But I know one thing: I love Cate, and I rarely think that she can do wrong. Cate isn?t always ?Wow, that?s gorge? on red carpets, but you will always talk about what she?s wearing. Cate makes you think. Cate is beautiful and ethereal and she actually gives a crap about true fashion, true craftsmanship, and truly looking unique on a red carpet. So? the ?portrait boob? dress. I LIKE Cate?s boobs in an old-timey photo frame. I like the idea of this dress. I even like some of the bead work, and I love the skirt. The back is? complicated. I do not care for this from behind, but whatever. She?s La Blanchett, bitches. She?s like my favorite alien, Tilda Swinton, only Tilda?s Alien Brain doesn?t compute ?normal fashion? while Cate?s actually does.
Oh, and I did love Cate?s hair and makeup. Bitch is flawless from the neck up! Even my mom called to say that she loved Cate?s hair. It?s very Helen Mirren, isn?t it?
Cate also had one of my favorite moments from the ceremony - her little aside, ?That?s gross? when viewing the scenes from the ?Best Makeup? nominees. It?s still cracking me up.
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Representing Australia with pride, Cate Blanchett was seen arriving at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards this evening (February 27).
The ?Curious Case of Benjamin Button? babe looked absolutely fabulous in a lavender Givenchy haute couture dress from the Spring 2011 collection.
And while she?s not up for an Oscar this time around, Cate told press she?s proud that there are 10 Aussies in contention for an Academy Award tonight.
Ms. Blanchett gushed, ?We are a very small industry and to have so many recognized is fantastic.?
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| | Cate Blanchett in Balenciaga: impeccably gorgeous or too matronly? | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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WooHoo! This is just what the doctor ordered. New Cate Blanchett photos! Huzzah! Cate got all dressed up and dolled out in New York last night. She attended an event for Van Cleef & Arpels. It was a gala called Set In Style: The Jewelry Of Van Cleef & Arpels. She wore Balenciaga, and jewelry by Van Cleef, of course. The dress is? slightly boring, but I love it. The fit is good, and Cate could make a potato sack look fashion-forward, so I?m not really complaining. I love a good v-neck/cap-sleeve ensemble. It?s a cut that flatters many women, especially us busty ladies (which Cate is not). I think Cate probably wanted to wear something simple and elegant so that people would pay attention to the jewels. And they are fabulous.
Here?s my complaint, though: Cate?s hair and her lipstick. Remember Cate in Switzerland last month? She wore a meanswear-inspired suit and too-bright coral lipstick. And now this lipstick, which is still an awful shade of coral. I am worried that Cate is developing a mid-life lipstick trauma.
As for her hair? well, Cate isn?t a hair person. I would have love to see her do a shaggy Mick Jagger thing in a dirty blonde. I think she would look years younger like that. This style is much too matronly. But I will say this - in these photos, she?s looking like the love child of My Favorite Alien, Tilda Swinton, and My Forever Biscuit Emma Thompson. And that?s wonderful.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett in Dries Van Noten: classic elegance, or too androgynous? | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It?s been forever and a day since we?ve had new Cate Blanchett photos. She?s been in Australia for a while, doing plays and being a mom and running a theatre with her husband. So these photos are so wonderful - she was in Switzerland to shill a watch, just like Gwyneth was. But notice the difference in style - where Goopy looked like a greasy mess clinging to youth through Botox and a frilly, girly dress, Cate looks stylish, classic, mature-yet-ageless and impeccable. The outfit is Dries Van Noten - I love when she wears a menswear-inspired look. So chic.
A few more people were there for this watch launch or whatever. Matthew Fox is rocking new facial hair. I kind of hate it.
And Elle Macpherson overdressed completely. She?s trying to draw attention away from La Blanchett, and it?s just not happening. You have to be a delusional, narcissistic bitch to think that you can draw attention away from Cate.
Photos courtesy of Fame.
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| | Kevin Spacey & Cate Blanchett's Swiss Excursion | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Showing up for an all-important evening, Kevin Spacey and Cate Blanchett attended the IWC Schaffhausen at the Palexpo Hall in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday (January 18).
The ?Casino Jack? actor and the ?Hot Fuzz? actress happily posed together on the red carpet at the swanky International Watch Co. soiree.
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Signing up for what?s sure to be a hit flick, Cate Blanchett will be reprising her role as Galadriel in Peter Jackson?s adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien?s ?The Hobbit.?
The casting comes as a bit of a surprise, however, as Galadriel doesn?t actually appear in Tolkein?s novel, but perhaps Jackson is looking to balance out the male/female ratio.
Blanchett?s role is that of the ethereal elf that she played in Peter?s ?Lord of the Rings? trilogy.
The adventure/fantasy film is rumored to be released in December 2012.
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