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| | Cate Blanchett on wage inequality: 'It's boring. I mean, equal pay for equal work' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett is one of us. Meaning that Cate is kind of tired of the earnest and well-meaning discussions about wage inequality, the dearth of quality roles for women in Hollywood and whether she actually needed to have romantic relationships with women to play a lesbian in Carol. Cate is finishing up her whirlwind two weeks of nonstop promotion and she’s exhausted from the same old conversations. Cate was asked about wage inequality by the Wall Street Journal and her reaction was basically, ?Enough already, pay women the same as men, full stop.? Then she chatted with Yahoo UK and you could really tell that she?s done with answering these questions.
On wage inequality: ?It?s boring, it?s boring, boring, boring. Let?s just get on with it, it?s not just the film industry, it?s across all industries. I mean, equal pay for equal work.?
On complicated heroines on film: ?Every time there?s interesting, complex roles played by actresses on screen, someone says, ?do you think this is a breakthrough?? and ?does this mean there?s going to be more of the same?? We seem to find ourselves in the same conversation and that?s somehow remarkable. I think there?s a swath of great roles for women and certainly, there?s some wonderful female performers. It?s just time to get on with it really.?
The language around same-sex relationships: ?I think even if this film had been made five or 10 years ago, it would have been perceived as being more political. The landscape and the conversation around same-sex relationships has advanced in many countries? so the universality of the love story comes to the fore, rather than the political agenda.?
The story, earlier this year, that she?s had ?many? relationships with women: ?If I was playing someone who had an affair, I think there would be a moment of pause before a journalist asked me how many affairs I have had. And if I was playing an axe murderer, they wouldn?t necessarily ask me how many people I?ve murdered. I probably answered in a way that was a bit facetious and they took it literally. No offence, but I?m busy and I?ve got four kids.?
[From WSJ & Yahoo UK]
The ?many? relationships with women thing is from her Variety interview, where she was asked if she had relationships with women and she said, ?Yes. Many times.? She later offered a clarification that she had never had sexual relations with any woman but that it didn?t matter anyway because who gives a f?k? I can see how she might have said ?yes, many times? with an eyeroll and didn?t really care that much if people thought she was bisexual.
This is the only part I really took issue with: ?I think there?s a swath of great roles for women?? Nope. That?s only the case if your name is Meryl Streep or Cate Blanchett or Jennifer Lawrence. Most actresses are fighting over the girlfriend role in the latest grunting-action movie.
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| | Cate Blanchett in Esteban Cortazar & Givenchy at LFF: tragic or amazing? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It really has been a spectacular few weeks of non-stop fashion p0rn from Cate Blanchett. It?s sort of crazy ? even when I?m not totally in love with what she?s wearing, I appreciate that she?s still making some bold style choices. These photos are from Cate?s appearance at the BFI London Film Festival. Cate and Rooney Mara were there to promote Carol. For the big premiere, Cate wore this Esteban Cortazar gown in navy and white. It sparkles, it?s DRAMA, it?s fun and it actually looks nice on her. Meanwhile, Rooney wore this utterly cloying and twee Alexander McQueen gown to the premiere. Pink/nude ruffles = the worst.
Also pretty bad? Cate?s photocall look earlier in the day ? she wore an ensemble by Givenchy and that cheap satin and lace jumpsuit is absolutely horrid. WTF?
Before she left for London, Cate was doing the media rounds in New York, which included a stop by Watch What Happens Live (only I don?t think Cate?s interview was done live). Andy Cohen had Cate and Julie Andrews on his couch, which is pretty amazing. He also made Cate play Plead the Fifth, and one of the questions was ?Marry F?k Kill, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood and Orlando Bloom.? Cate chose to f?k Viggo, marry Elijah and kill Orlando. Bless her. She was also asked who she was most annoyed with after losing an Oscar to them. As in, she?s lost Oscars to Tilda Swinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Hudson and Marion Cotillard. After she heard the list out loud, she happily declared: ?I hate them all!”
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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.
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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.
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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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