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| | Cate Blanchett in 'tattoo dress' by Aouadi Paris in NYC: lovely or bizarre' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett must have had so much fun putting together her wardrobe for this past week of promotional work, because she has been killing it. I covered some of her looks on Friday ? go here to see. These photos are from the Friday night screening of Carol in NYC. Cate decided to mix it up in an interesting way with this Aouadi Paris Fall 2015 dress. She doesn?t really have those tattoos and she did not get tattoos painted onto her body. That?s a sheer netting thing with ?tattoos? built in. Thoughts? I like it because it?s different and because it?s interesting to look at. If she had fake tattoos painted on, I wouldn?t have liked it at much. As for Rooney Mara, she wore Chanel. I would have liked her look more if she had done a different hairstyle.
Everyone?s talking about how Cate has delivered two amazing projects this year, Truth and Carol. There?s some talk that she could get Oscar nominations for both, but I?m almost positive that is impossible with the Oscar rules ? an actor cannot be nominated two times in the same category in one year (it is possible to get nominated for Supporting and Lead in the same year though). So if Cate had to choose, for which role would she want to get nominated?
For Truth, Cate and Robert Redford sat down with The Daily Beast to discuss the film, America, gun control and much more. You can read the full piece here. Here are some assorted quotes from Cate:
Cate on America & guns: ?Doesn?t it have to do with the relationship this country has with its Founding Fathers and its Constitution? We?re trying to get changes to our Constitution to finally recognize indigenous Australians who were classified until 1969 as part of ?flora and fauna.? We want to finally get constitutional recognition of them and it?s very difficult for a government to open the door to change the Constitution. But it seems profoundly impossible for this country to reassess that amendment that deals with the right to bear arms.?
Schoolkids & guns: ?It?s also analyzing just how many kids in schools in America are on medication and the FDA and the amount of corn syrup in food, and what that does. There?s a whole intersection of issues apart from guns themselves. Certainly I know my children get nervous about the idea of coming here and going into school, but yeah, it?s an issue.?
On George W. Bush?s legacy: ?I?ll never forget that moment with the second inauguration [of Bush] where, for the first time in American history, the cavalcade up to the White House was completely closed black cars. It was one of the most sinister things I?ve ever seen in my life.?
[From The Daily Beast]
Cate in particular has been doing a pretty good job of not stepping into some massive political controversy while promoting Truth. She and Redford have been getting so many political questions, and Redford answers most of them. He?s old, he doesn?t give a sh-t, and he?s a well-known lefty in political circles, so his statements aren?t that controversial. Cate is asked point-blank if she believes that the documents about Bush?s National Guard service were faked or real and she basically doesn?t say anything other than ?there had long been a question mark over Bush?s service.? You know what would be interesting? If some big media outlets went through the information again now that Bush is out of office. I think a lot of people would still really like to know WTF happened when Bush was supposed to be serving in the National Guard.
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| | Cate Blanchett's NYC promotional fashion looks: fabulous, amazing or meh' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett has been all over the place this week as she promotes both Carol and Truth. I think this week was mostly about Truth, the Dan Rather/Mary Mapes story. Cate?s had a lot of new interviews, so I really haven?t been doing full-on fashion coverage of Cate?s many looks. So that?s what this post is for ? the many styles of Cate Blanchett in New York this week.
Let?s start with this bright, sleeved Armani gown/dress that Cate wore to a screening of Truth this week. It?s got a great ?70s vibe (which is on-trend) and it?s amazing to see her in something bright, because she?s been doing way too many blacks, neutrals and pale shades lately. Basically, I love everything about this. I love the color, the sleeves, the design and the way Cate looks like she really put some thought into her big hair.
Cate wore what is easily the BEST Valentino dress I?ve seen in years for this casual outing (?) in New York a few days ago. Cate?s also been trying to make those Pink aviator glasses work on this trip ? she?s been wearing them on and off for more than a week. I?m still undecided on the glasses (I’m generally not a fan of aviators) but I absolutely LOVE this Valentino.
And here?s Cate last night in a cool black suit. It?s classic and simple.
Here?s Cate heading to a Good Morning America interview wearing a Derek Lam shirtdress. This is maybe my least favorite look of this bunch, but even then? this isn?t bad at all.
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| | Cate Blanchett on Quentin Tarantino's shade: 'That's just his opinion. I guess.' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In August, Quentino Tarantino gave a rather epic interview to New York Magazine, which was some kind of preview of the fall and winter movies, including his film The Hateful Eight. It was a long-winded conversation about the industry, celebrities, the cycle of independent-versus-studio films and all of that. In the middle of one of QT?s monologues, he dropped in an insult towards Cate Blanchett. Here are his words in context:
The movies that used to be treated as independent movies, like the Sundance movies of the ?90s ? those are the movies that are up for Oscars now. Stuff like The Kids Are All Right and The Fighter. They?re the mid-budget movies now, they just have bigger stars and bigger budgets. They?re good, but I don?t know if they have the staying power that some of the movies of the ?90s and the ?70s did. I don?t know if we?re going to be talking about The Town or The Kids Are All Right or An Education 20 or 30 years from now. Notes on a Scandal is another one. Philomena. Half of these Cate Blanchett movies ? they?re all just like these arty things. I?m not saying they?re bad movies, but I don?t think most of them have a shelf life. But The Fighter or American Hustle ? those will be watched in 30 years.
[From QT?s NY Magazine interview]
While Notes on a Scandal is not something that can be watched over and over again, it?s an incredible movie and both Cate and Judi Dench give brilliant performances in it. It really wasn?t the film to name-check, you know? Anyway, Cate sat down with Vulture/New York Magazine to promote her movies, and of course they asked her about Tarantino?s words. I love her more for her response. Some highlights from the piece:
Whether Cate reads criticism of her performances: ?There?s a difference between being accountable to your audience and becoming obsessed with how you?re received, and with the latter, that way lies creative death. But being accountable to your audience is really important, and I think maybe that comes from years and years of doing theater: You can tell when you?re losing an audience, just as you can tell when they?re really with you and surfing the same wave ? which is thrilling. It?s taken me a long time to accept that you?re never going to quite have that same visceral understanding of your audience in the cinema. Initially, I thought I?d be able to get that from critics, but you can?t.?
Whether people criticize her to her face: ?Except if someone stops you in the supermarket! Sometimes people say, ?Oh, I?m really sorry, I don?t want to bother you,? but I’m like, ?No, I?m interested!? And they don?t always like my films. Sometimes they say, ?I didn?t like blah blah blah,? and I?m like, ?Okay, and ? ?? But you?ve got to know, and you probably feel the same way, that there are around five people you should really listen to, and you want them to tell you the hard sh-t in addition to, ?That was really good.? In the end, the praise is far more difficult to handle than the criticism. The criticism I know what to do with.?
On Tarantino?s criticism: ?Well, he?s entitled to his opinion?.It?s like horses for courses, not everyone?s gonna like what you do. Was it Louis Malle who said, ?It takes as much effort to make a bad film as it does to make a good film?? That?s just his opinion. I guess.?
[From Vulture]
I like that she gave the impression that she was aware of what Tarantino had said and had already shrugged it off. It?s not like she?s going to beef with him about his words when ultimately, QT was just talking out of his ass. She knows that. Plus, anyone who dismisses Cate?s films while in the same breath praises David O. Russell deserves to be shrugged off. Different strokes, etc.
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| | Cate Blanchett's husband proposed to her after only knowing her 21 days | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Cate Blanchett at Monday night?s LA premiere/screening of Truth. Cate wore a Proenza Schouler Spring 2016 dress which? I do not like. I usually find Proenza Schouler stuff to be overworked and badly in need of some edits, and this is no different. It?s not that she looks bad ? she does not. I just think she might need to stick to Armani, Gaultier and those kinds of designers.
Anyway, Cate is still talking. We?re in prime pre-Oscar campaign season right now, and Cate has two potential awards-bait roles in Truth and Carol. So Cate has been hitting the promotional trail, sitting down with Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel, Yahoo, People Magazine and more. Here are some assorted quotes I enjoyed:
She knew she wanted to marry her husband after three days: ?No, actually after three days. We were in bed, as you are after three days, and he said, ‘Cate,’ and I thought, ‘S— he’s gonna ask me to marry him and I’m gonna have to say yes. And then he said, ‘No, I’m hungry, do you want to go get something to eat?’”
When did Andrew Upton propose? “Then he asked me after about 21 days and I said yes. I cooked him the worst meal. I somehow decided that to stuff a trout with walnuts and goat’s cheese would be a good idea. He ate it and then he asked me to marry him, so clearly he was, I don’t know, hallucinating. He realized I couldn’t cook. You give them food poisoning. They’re delirious, and then you’ve got them!”
Why going ?makeup free? is a big deal: ?I think it?s because people constantly are taking pictures of ourselves to send them to people to see if they like me, ?do they like me?? It?s pathetic, the whole thing about people worrying about what other people are going to think.
On selfie culture: ?I just can?t handle it. Of course you want people to go see the films that you make, of course you want them to enjoy them. But I?m not out there saying, ?Do they like the way I look? Do they like that look on the red carpet?? You have to say, ?This is what I?m doing right now.?
On the red carpet, Ask Her
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| | Cate Blanchett still has/wears underwear that her mom made her in high school | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here?s a photo of Cate Blanchett backstage after she watched the smash Broadway musical Hamilton. Incidentally, Hamilton?s writer/director/star Lin Manuel-Miranda just won a MacArthur Genius Grant last week (HUZZAH!). Cate was in NYC for another reason though ? she attended a pop-up shop for SK-II, the skincare and beauty brand that she represents. She chatted with People Magazine about skincare ? which I actually found interesting because Cate usually doesn?t bang on and on about her endorsements ? plus she discussed something that amused me to no end: apparently, Cate never throws out old underwear.
On her underwear: ?[People] would be horrified if they could see my underwear drawer. I swear to God, the only reason I take jobs and do photoshoots is so I can get more underpants. I still have underpants my mother made me in high school. I just ? something about going to the lingerie section, I don?t know what ? I get overwhelmed, I never know what to buy. So I have the most embarrassing, embarrassing underwear. It?s so old at this point, it?s like, ?prison gray?.?
She used to try to get a tan: ?I have such fair skin and I used to go onto the rooftop covered in baby oil to try and tan. I did it for one summer and my mum said, you?re never going to be that girl, you?re only going to damage your skin. She was talking to me about skin cancer. So I then went goth instead. I went the other way: dyed my hair ? the whole thing.?
What she learned on the set of ?Carol?: ?I love a girdle.?
[From People]
Is the underwear thing gross? I?m really asking because my frame of reference is skewed. Mostly because I still have underwear from my college days. It?s not that I still WEAR underwear from my college days, I just have difficulties throwing out articles of clothing that are still ?good? (i.e., not completely falling apart). I still have t-shirts and pants from that era as well. Those old articles of clothing hang out in the back of the closet, or in the case of more-than-a-decade-old underwear, at the very bottom of the underwear drawer. My rationale (which makes no sense, I know) is that YOU NEVER KNOW when you?re going to have an underwear emergency and need your cheap panties from when you were 20.
Additionally, Cate is going to receive the BFI Fellowship at this year?s BFI London Film Festival. From what I can tell, the fellowship is like a lifetime achievement award. THR had a good write-up about how this year?s London Film Festival was going to be dominated by female filmmakers and films about women. Here?s hoping!
Here are some photos of Cate at LAX over the weekend. Those are some really frightening pants.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Cate Blanchett Covers Fall 2015 Issue of T Magazine | | Added 9 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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She?s a woman of many talents, and Cate Blanchett proves her posing prowess on the front page of T Magazine's Fall 2015 edition.
The ?Curious Case of Benjamin Button? star looks picture perfect in a series of sartorial selections from the likes of The Row, Celine and Hermes, photographed by Karim Sadli and styled by Joe McKenna.
In addition to her film pursuits, Cate says she?s gained a wealth of wisdom from running the Sydney Theatre Company with the help of her husband Andrew Upton- ?I learned to not feel responsible to other people?s perceptions of who you are. I suppose I?ve gone through a process of maturation, in a way, because running the company is a public position.?
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| | Cate Blanchett in Armani Privé at Cannes 'sicario' premiere: beautiful or basic' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from Tuesday?s Cannes Film Festival premiere of Sicario, the cop/FBI drama starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro. Cate Blanchett came out for the premiere, which was nice because I figured she would only hang around for her own promotional work for Carol. But I guess Cate came to Cannes to have fun, hang out and wear pretty clothes. I think Cate can wear pretty much anything, and I?m totally fine with this Armani Priv gown. It?s fine. It?s not groundbreaking and it?s not going to set the world on fire, but it?s pretty, flattering and beautifully detailed. Incidentally, many people believe Carol will earn Cate another Oscar nomination, so we will probably have another excellent Blanchett fashion show this awards season. Yay?
Doutzen Kroes in Dior ? this is very similar to a Dior gown that Jennifer Lawrence wore a few years ago. Basically, Doutzen could do better.
Emily Blunt in Stella McCartney. I really like this. I?m surprised it?s by Stella because I really do enjoy this on Emily. I love the pop of green with her emerald earrings too.
Antonio Banderas and his girlfriend (?) Nicole Kempel. She sort of gives off a Melanie Griffith vibe, right?
Alicia Vikander in Louis Vuitton Resort 2016 collection. I strongly suspect that Alicia just came to Cannes to spend time with her boyfriend Michael Fassbender. That makes my eye twitch. But this dress? This dress just bores me. The skirt layers look like a vinyl shower curtain on top of a white shower liner.
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Petra Nemcova wants attention in this Zuhair Murad Spring 2015 Couture. I would have liked this more on A) someone else and B) without the belt.
Photos courtesy of Getty, Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett sort of retracts, says she's never had sexual relations with women | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from the Cannes Film Festival premiere and photocall for Todd Haynes? new film, Carol. It?s a drama set in the 1950s about a woman, Carol (played by Cate Blanchett) who sort of embarks on a love affair with a young woman (played by Rooney Mara). It?s supposed to be a rather beautiful, striking film and it?s already getting rave reviews at Cannes, with many critics already claiming that Blanchett will pick up her seventh career Oscar nomination for the performance.
As for fashion? at the photocall, both Cate and Rooney wore McQueen. I wonder if they planned that out? Because it worked out perfectly ? Cate was the black-clad badass and Rooney looked ethereal and virginal. They were like yin and yang. For the premiere, Cate wore this over-the-top Giles Fall 2015 gown. I?m not really into it. Like, I could have gone with her on the whole HUGE skirt/ball gown thing, but the fabric is killing it for me. Rooney wore a Rochas gown from 2005 to the premiere. I?m not really into her look either.
Last week, we discussed how Cate had apparently told Variety that she had been in intimate relationships with women ?many times? ? go here to recap that interview. Cate was asked about that in Cannes, and she sort of took it back, telling journalists:
?From memory, the conversation ran: ?Have you had relationships with women?? And I said: ?Yes, many times. Do you mean have I had sexual relationships with women? Then the answer is no.? But that obviously didn?t make it.?
?But in 2015, the point should be: who cares? Call me old fashioned but I thought one?s job as an actor was not to present one?s boring, small, microscopic universe but to make a psychological connection to another character?s experiences. My own life is of no interest to anyone else. Or maybe it is. But I certainly have no interest in putting my own thoughts and opinions out there.?
[From The Guardian]
The journalist was Ramin Setoodeh, the same guy I recently complained about with that awful Michael Fassbender interview. So? I mean, it?s perfectly possible that Setoodeh misquoted Cate or misrepresented the context of her answer. For what it?s worth, Setoodeh tweeted: ?When I asked Cate Blanchett if she’d had lesbian relationships in real life, she said: ?Many times.? She was accurately quoted.? Blah, whatever. I don?t think Cate really cares if you think she?s bisexual, so either way? blah, it?s no big deal.
Last thing ? at the photocall, there was a lot of butt-grabbing between Todd Haynes, Rooney and Cate. I think Haynes grabbed some booty first (from both ladies) and they responded by grabbing him right back.
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| | Cate Blanchett on whether she's been intimate with women: 'Yes, many times' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some assorted photos of Cate Blanchett from the Giorgio Armani 40th Anniversary party in Milan on April 30 (the white Armani suit), plus some photos of Cate opening the new Australian pavilion in Venice on May 5th (the green dress). We haven?t talked about Cate since I went HAM on her a month ago when she pissed me off about the #AskHerMore crap. Is all forgiven and forgotten? Not really. But I am looking forward to seeing her at this year?s Cannes Film Festival. Cate will be promoting Carol, a film by Todd Haynes. It?s about a lesbian relationship (between Cate and Rooney Mara) in the 1950s. It?s actually in competition this year, which means Cate could conceivably win a Best Actress award. So, Cate was an obvious choice for the cover of Variety this week, which serves as a preview of Cannes (starting today). Some highlights from Cate?s profile:
Women have to help women: ?We have to push forward. What industry has parity pay for women? None. Why would we expect this industry to be any different??
The dominance of men?s stories: ?It?s not serving the audience. People want to see good films. We should have equal access to the multiplexes.?
The difficulty in making Carol: ?It was so hard. Midrange films with women at the center are tricky to finance. There are a lot of people laboring under the misapprehension that people don?t want to see them, which isn?t true.?
Cate?s lesbian relationships: ?On film ? or in real life?? she asks coyly. Pressed for details about whether she?s had past relationships with women, she responds: ?Yes. Many times,? but doesn?t elaborate. Like Carol, who never ?comes out? as a lesbian, Blanchett doesn?t necessarily rely on labels for sexual orientation.
She?ll never join Twitter: ?I think I?d end up in rehab. That stuff is addictive.?
People need to know too much: ?We need to get into people?s private lives now. If they are hiding something, they are dishonest.?
Carol?s sex scenes: ?It?s not ?Blue Is the Warmest Color.? That?s not the ambition of the film.?
Her craziest visit to Cannes, with Harrison Ford in 2008: ?I?d never seen so many people. It was like Harrison was the pope.?
[From Variety]
Most of the Variety story focuses on how Carol was made and financed and the struggle to get it financed, cast, made and released. It took well over a decade and many, many directors came and left the project. Which is weird, because it seems like Todd Hayes would have been the obvious choice from the start, right? Rooney Mara said no to her part at first, and she only came on board after Mia Wasikowska signed on and then dropped out of the role. Anyway? I?m looking forward to the Cannes photos of Cate? and even Rooney.
Photos courtesy of WENN, cover courtesy of Variety.
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| | Cate Blanchett: The red carpet has gone too far, we need to #AskHerMore | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?m in love. WITH THIS COAT. This coat is amazing, right? It?s Armani. It looks like Game of Thrones-meets-Star Trek. I don?t even want to look up the price. Don?t even tell me, I?m sure it?s thousands of dollars. Anyway, Cate Blanchett covers the new issue of Harper?s Bazaar Australia. It?s a great cover because A) Cate actually looks like herself and not some Elizabeth Banks fem-bot, B) the coat and C) Cate looks sassy. In the Bazaar interview, Cate talks a bit about the #AskHerMore campaign, which was introduced during this past awards season. I?ll rant about it after we read Cate?s thoughts:
Cate on the way the red carpet has changed: “Since I’ve been struttin’ the red carpet, things have changed a lot. The way women are asked about those red-carpet moments. Oh my God. It’s just a dress! People forget the fact that women are up there [at the Academy Awards] because they’ve given extraordinary performances. It’s a wonderful excuse to dress up and have F.U.N. But let’s not forget the work.?
On E!?s now-defunct mani-cam: ?Next it will be, ‘What brand tampon are you wearing? How much more intimate can they get? ‘Show us your knickers’? There is a line.”
[From Bazaar Australia via TooFab]
I ranted about #AskHerMore during the Oscars recap this year and I?ll do it again here. I think it?s fine for a woman on the red carpet to refuse to answer certain questions or to hit back and say ?Are you asking the men the same thing?? Do some red carpet interviewers cross the line into sexism? Sure. It?s not acceptable to ask an actress to ?twirl?. But having watched the red carpet shows recreationally and professionally for years, I tend to think most of the red carpet interviewers are just trying to create interesting, watchable moments in between ID-ing the dresses. Most will just get the dress ID out of the way quickly (and believe me, the actresses are trained at this point to list all of their IDs at the top of the interview) and then ask some fun questions.
I also think that the Oscars are a HUGE international deal that can make or break designers, and millions of dollars are on the line every time an actress walks on a red carpet that significant. Most of those actresses are wearing borrowed clothes and borrowed jewelry too ? part of the now-standard give-and-take system, where the celebrities get to keep or borrow thousands of dollars? worth of clothes and jewelry because it?s worth millions? in advertising for the designers/jewelers when the actress says ?This dress is Armani, the jewels are Neil Lane.? If you don?t want to be part of that, fine. No one is forcing you to walk the red carpet!
Oh, and having watched hundreds of hours of red carpet coverage, let me tell you: there?s nothing that ruins a fun night more than an actor who wants to give a ten-minute lecture on their ?process? in the middle of the red carpet. The red carpet is not Inside the Actor?s Studio. Lighten up and have some fun. But I take Cate?s point. The next time she comes onto the red carpet and says her gown is Galliano (like at the Oscars this year), ask her about Galliano?s hate speech conviction and whether wearing his clothing is her way of implicitly aligning herself with anti-Semitic hate speech. Then ask her about Woody Allen and the accusations made by Dylan Farrow. I mean, she wants to talk about something deeper, so let?s go deeper.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Bazaar Australia.
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