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Starting the week off with a trip to the toy store, Cate Blanchett was spotted heading into Toys R Us with her two boys in New York City.
Stepping out of a taxi, the “Elizabeth” actress looked cute in jeans, high boots and a gray coat while hurrying her kids along to avoid the rainy weather.
In other news, the 40-year-old recently told press she doesn’t mind living in a male-dominated household – she has three sons with her playwriter husband, Andrew Upton.
Blanchett tells People magazine, “Having boys is great. It’s a neat position to be in and I love the high energy that comes along in raising boys. It’s fun.”
Something else she loves? Vacuuming. The actress says, “It can be quite therapeutic!”
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Tending to her all-important motherly duties, Cate Blanchett was spotted out with her adorable young sons in New York City on Wednesday morning (November 25).
The 40-year-old Aussie actress pushed her youngest son, Ignatius Martin, along in a stroller with his big brother Dashiell John carefully following along.
As for her work duties, Miss Blanchett is gearing up for her lead role as Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire” - which premieres at New York’s BAM Harvey Theater on Friday, November 27th.
Of the stage endeavor, Cate recently told ABC News, “We were incredibly apprehensive and slightly nervous but in the end that anxiety was the flipside of excitement. And in the end, we were just incredibly excited about bringing this work here; this Australian/Norwegian hybrid interpretation of one of the great masterworks, a great American classic, and bringing that back to its homeland where it originated from.”
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(photo from WireImage)
Cate Blanchett suffered a head injured during a live performance of A Street Car Named Desire in Sydney yesterday when she was hit by a radio. The script calls for her to be hit by the radio, but for some reason something went wrong according to what an audience member told Adelaide Now.
“She had blood streaming down the back of her head and blood on the back of her neck,” she said.
“She acted for about another 30 seconds, then ran into what we thought was the next scene, but before we knew it the lights were turned on and we were told there were technical difficulties and everyone had to evacuate the Sydney Theatre Company.”
The Oscar winner is doing better and as they say, “The show will go on.” Maybe Cate should stick to movies for her health?
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| | Cate Blanchett: Recovering from Head Injury | | Added 15 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Tending to her family, Cate Blanchett was spotted returning to her home in Sydney, Australia earlier today (September 3).
Joined by her husband Andrew Upton and youngest son Ignatius, the “Curious Case of Benjamin Bratt” actress was decidedly camera shy as she made her way inside her house.
Ms. Blanchett has had quite a week as she sustained a head injury in the middle of her performance of “A Streetcar Named Desire” when costar Joel Edgerton accidentally hit her when he threw a prop radio in her direction.
Thankfully the injury wasn’t too serious and she’s expected to continue performances as scheduled. A rep from the show said “Cate’s just fine.”
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| | Cate Blanchett suffered head injury during play, 'streaming blood' | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett was injured in the middle of a stage performance of A Streetcar Named Desire in Sydney, Australia. This just happened a few hours ago, because the performance was on Wednesday night. Apparently, during the course of a scene, one of Cate?s castmates threw a radio and it hit her in the head. According to eyewitness reports, Cate had blood ?streaming? out of some kind of gaping head wound. It was so bad that the play ended just seconds later and the audience was basically told to go home. They must have had to rush Cate to the hospital to get her checked out:
Cate Blanchett suffered a head injury Wednesday after she was hit by a prop during a live performance in her native Australia, according to reports.
The actress, 40, was performing in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Sydney Theatre Company when cast member Joel Edgerton threw a radio, as per the script, and it hit Blanchett on the head.
An audience member tells the Sydney Morning Herald that “she had blood streaming down the back of her head and blood on the back of her neck.”
Adds the witness, “She acted for about another 30 seconds, then ran into what we thought was the next scene, but before we knew it the lights were turned on and we were told there were technical difficulties and everyone had to evacuate the Sydney Theatre Company.”
A rep for Blanchett has yet to issue a statement.
[From Us Weekly]
Damn, this concerns me. I hope we get a ?she?s fine? message soon. I?ve had simple head injuries before (don?t ask, it involved a shovel and that?s all I?m saying) and one thing is for sure - they always look terrible. Head wounds are gushers. I hope that in Cate?s case, she just needed stitches and some bed rest - she’s one of our greatest actresses.
Here are Cate Blancett and her husband Andrew Upton as they leave the Sydney Opera House on August 3rd. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .
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Causing quite a bit of concern to onlookers and fans, Cate Blanchett has reportedly suffered a head injury after being hit by a prop while performing in Australia on Wednesday (September 2).
According to breaking reports, the 40-year-old actress was onstage for “A Streetcar Named Desire” at The Sydney Theatre Company when a radio hit her in the head.
An onlooker told press that Miss Blanchett “had blood streaming down the back of her head and blood on the back of her neck.”
The audience member adds, “She acted for about another 30 seconds, then ran into what we thought was the next scene, but before we knew it the lights were turned on and we were told there were technical difficulties and everyone had to evacuate the Sydney Theatre Company.”
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She’s no stranger to high-profile affairs, and earlier today (July 27) Cate Blanchett was spotted arriving at the Helpmann 2009 Awards in Sydney, Australia.
Joined by her playwrite and screenwriter hubby Andrew Upton, the “Curious Case of Benjamin Button” babe looked lovely as she meandered around outside the Sydney Opera House, sporting a black v-neckline floor-length dress.
On the professional front, Cate has plenty of upcoming projects all vying for her attention and expertise in front of the camera.
She’s been working on Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” with Russell Crowe (due out May 14th, 2010) and will then move on to “The Dangerous Husband” and “North of Cheyenne.”
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| | Cate Blanchett gets Robin Hood role originally slated for Sienna Miller | | Added 16 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Remember how Sienna Miller was ?too young?, ?too thin? and ?too beautiful? to be starring as Maid Marian to Russell Crowe?s Robin Hood in Ridley Scott?s Nottingham? All of that was according to Sienna?s strategic leaks in the on-going debate over was-she-fired or did-she-jump? Some sources (Sienna?s) claimed that Russell Crowe was bloated and overweight, and they just didn?t compliment each other physically. Some say (me) Sienna was just fired and had to say something to save face.
So the Nottingham film production was in desperate need of a new Maid Marian. Allegedly, the first actress that was asked was Kate Winslet. Coming after the revelations that Sienna was too ?young and thin?, some saw Winslet?s name being mentioned as a possible replacement as a bit of an insult, as if Winslet was ?old? and ?not thin?.
Cate Blanchett?s name was also mentioned as a replacement, but the initial word was that Cate had no interest in doing another big-studio picture after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Plus, Cate has obligations in Australia now with her theatre work. But word is coming out that Blanchett will be the replacement Maid Marian. Good. They should have gone to Blanchett first and not even messed around with Sienna. The Telegraph has details, including a bitchy back-handed insult from one of the actors about Sienna Miller. Hurray!
Cate Blanchett looks more and more of a certainty for the role of Maid Marian in Sir Ridley Scott’s forthcoming film Nottingham after Sienna Miller was apparently deemed too slim and youthful for the part. “I think Cate Blanchett is set to take the Maid Marian part,” says Mark Strong, who has already been signed up to play Sir Guy of Gisbourne, at the London Film Critics’ Circle Awards, at the Grosvenor House hotel, in Park Lane. “She is a wonderful actress and it would make it a much classier film if she was in it.”
From The Telegraph
Haha, ?classier?. Everything is classier with Blanchett, but methinks that comment was about Sienna Miller. After being ejected from Nottingham, Miller is in talks to do a Broadway play, which I guess means that all of the married men in New York better watch themselves. Sienna Miller is still doing the on-off thing with Balthazar Getty, so who knows?
Sienna Miller is shown on 11/7/08 at the launch of Hollywood Domino in London. Cate Blanchett is shown on 12/10/08 at the Benjamin Button premiere in Sydney with her husband, Andrew Upton. Credit: Frame
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| | Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe get Australian stamps | | Added 16 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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When I was a kid, I used to collect stamps for a brief time. ?Brief? because stamp collecting is very time-consuming and deserves a lot patience, patience which is difficult for a child to muster. I had some really beautiful stamps, though, and I learned a little about how and why each country puts certain things or people on their stamps. Many of Great Britain?s old colonies still put members of the royal family on their stamps, even after gaining independence. In America, we never put living people on stamps - people have to be dead for a certain number of years before they can be considered ?stamp worthy?. Many other countries feel differently.
Australia is one of those countries. They have no qualms about putting their biggest exports - their actors - on their stamps. Their current batch features Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe and Geoffery Rush - all Academy Award winners. Australia?s Post released the stamps yesterday.
You?ve seen them on the silver screen, and now Oscar-winners Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Geoffery Rush may soon be starring in a letter box near you after their homeland Australia recognised their achievements by putting them on postage stamps.
The 55 cent (36 U.S. cent) stamps, which went on sale on Thursday, bear pictures of the four Australian Hollywood stars and are part of Australia Post?s celebrations for the January 26 national day, Australia Day.
?The four Academy Award winners were named the 2009 Australian Post Australian Legends in recognition of the outstanding contributions they have made to Australian
entertainment and culture,? managing director Graeme John said in a statement.
In addition to their Oscar gold, the stars will also be presented with a 24-carat gold replica of their stamp in recognition of the honour, the statement added.
[From Reuters]
It?s a nice gesture, but what about Oscar-nominated Aussies? Naomi Watts must feel left out. And what about Heath Ledger? A stamp with Heath would have been a nice way to commemorate his life and work. Out of all of the stamps mentioned, though, I would most want to lick Geoffrey Rush!
Here?s Cate Blanchett on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 5, 2008. Images thanks to Bauer-Griffin.
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| | Cate Blanchett says Brad Pitt is 'annoyingly in love' with Angelina | | Added 16 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate and Brad in a still from Benjamin Button
More grist for the mill, but here goes. Cate Blanchett sat down for an interview with Britain?s Telegraph to talk motherhood, marriage, Brad Pitt and Benjamin Button. In the interview, she slyly references Brad and Angelina?s relationship, which she witnessed first hand while filming Benjamin Button in 2007. She jokingly calls Brad?s love for Angelina ?disgusting? and, with tongue firmly in cheek, she alludes to never wanting to work with Brad again because it?s annoying how much in love he is with Angelina.
Of all the challenges presented by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ? the near three-hour running time, the unusual story structure, the copious amount of make-up ? Cate Blanchett found that her biggest problem came courtesy of her leading man, Brad Pitt.
“Honestly,” she smiles, “to see how in love with Angelina he is, it was really quite disgusting. Awful in fact. It’s in my contract now: I won’t ever work with him again.” She is joking of course.
They were excellent in Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu’s 2006 drama Babel and here they shine once again, playing lovers in director David Fincher’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922 short story about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards.
“We talked a lot about moisturiser,” laughs Blanchett, “because there were so many prosthetics involved for both of us. I really shouldn’t complain, though, because Brad really went through the wringer with make-up and special effects. You work until 10 o’clock at night and then you are maybe up at 4am the next morning because it takes six hours to get the make-up on.”
The film is a love story, of course, although with the director of Seven, Fight Club and Zodiac at the helm, it does not feel overly mawkish.
“When one deals with an epic romance, a film like this could have easily gone into the sentimental, but given that we have got David Fincher, who is the world’s greatest cynic at the helm, we were safe.?
“Also I grew up with my grandmother, so having three generations in one household also makes you more aware of things like [mortality]. I guess that was one of the major challenges. That, and avoiding sentimentality.” She smiles.
“Plus, of course, Brad being annoyingly in love and the fact that we were so tired. We shot in New Orleans and the kids were always waking up in the middle of the night. So we weren’t getting much sleep.”
…In spite of her claims, it seems unlikely that Blanchett will retire any time soon; she has four potential projects on the horizon. Is there anything that might tip her over the edge? “Oh, that’s easy,” she chuckles, “having to work with Brad again!”
From The Telegraph
I?m sure there will be some people who will claim that Blanchett was not, in fact, joking. But from watching Brad and Cate together in a few interviews (like that charming Oprah interview a few months ago), I really do think they have a silly, fun, brother-sister type relationship where they can joke around with each other, even about the personal stuff. And I really enjoyed the part of the interview where Cate discusses how she and Brad talk about skin care - that really rings true, considering I?ve always thought of Brad as pretty high maintenance when it comes to his beauty treatments.
Here are stills of Cate and Brad in Benjamin Button, thanks to
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