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| | Cate Blanchett: Menopausal women still consume cultural products, just FYI | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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A few weeks ago, we discussed Cate Blanchett?s Vogue Australia cover and some early excerpts. The cover is? odd. I still think it?s weird. Cate doesn?t look like Cate. She looks like Elizabeth Banks to me, but some of you got Robin Wright vibes. Anyway, I didn?t think the interview was all that noteworthy, quite honestly. I expect more from Cate, although she?s not really famous for giving amazing interviews, preferring instead to keep some mystery about her life. But some new quotes came out, and Cate is talking about the female audience and the market is changing.
Cate Blanchett recently spoke to Vogue Australia about gender inequality in Hollywood, giving her opinion on how women’s roles are changing. Interviewer Anna Funder asked Blanchett, “Tina Fey wrote in Bossypants that any woman in Hollywood who’s no longer considered f–kable is ignored. In the era of Judi Dench and Meryl Streep and other actresses we love, can this really be true, or are they exceptions?”
“Female audiences are driving the change, I think,” responded Blanchett. “Women don’t stop consuming cultural product once they stop menstruating.”
Funder spoke with Blanchett about people being surprised to learn about the wage equality gap for women. “People were surprised?” said Blanchett, “There are countless industries around the world where women in top positions are not equally remunerated for equal work.”
[From Vogue Australia & THR]
I think that?s a good quip ? ?Women don’t stop consuming cultural product once they stop menstruating? ? but the problem is actually worse than that. Cate is right to a certain extent that young women (or girls, really) are being targeted by Hollywood with franchises like Twilight and The Hunger Games. But what about those young women on the cusp? Where are the quality films for a woman of 20, too old for Twilight and the like? The superhero films from Marvel and DC are so clearly aimed at guys aged 12 to 60. But what do the ladies have once they?ve outgrown the PG-13 rated films?
Oh, and Cate wants a part on Downton Abbey?s final season. She?s serious about it too ? she says that she?s spoken to some of the Downton people AND her agent about doing a guest role. My opinion: Paul Giamatti was so bizarrely cast, surely they can make room for La Blanchett.
Photos courtesy of Vogue Australia.
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| | Cate Blanchett reveals style rule: 'Listen: Don't wear tie-dye. Ever.' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This cover is crazy, right? This is supposed to be Cate Blanchett on the April cover of Vogue Australia. It looks nothing like her. Well? it looks like a hybrid of Cate, Elizabeth Banks and Patricia Arquette. Is it the hat? Is it the lighting? Is it Photoshop? Or has Cate had some work done? She looks consistently un-Cate-like in all of the photos from the shoot, so I don?t know what to tell you. I hope she hasn?t had work done. She looked normal enough when she was promoting Cinderella a few weeks ago, so I have to think it?s a combination of hat, Photoshop and lighting. As for the Vogue interview, there are a few highlights:
Being a mother: ?Children certainly teach one about compromise. I think before having children the idea of compromise rubbed shoulders with weakness or deception in some way. Children are spirited, passionate, political, demanding. They are also heartbreaking. They constantly extend parents and so parents are constantly confronted with their failures, don?t you think? I?d rather presently live life this way than not.?
Her love of the theater: ?Right before going on stage I stand on my toes [and] focus on finding a physical balance. I remember my first line and focus on the other actors. The rest is chance. That?s what?s exhilarating about it. You honestly risk not knowing which way it?s going to fall out there. I have a profound sense of audience: who is this for? Is it reaching them? Is it connecting or having any resonance? But when making a work I cannot, simply cannot, care what people think, or how the work will be perceived, if it will be considered ?good? or ?bad?.?
Her style rule: ?Listen: Don?t wear tie-dye. Ever.?
[From Vogue Australia via News.com.au]
Hm? ?don?t wear tie-dye? is a decent enough style rule. But I suspect Cate has many more rules to live by and she?s just keeping them to herself. What can we learn from Cate?s style? ?Never be afraid of bold jewelry.? And ?Take the time to properly tailor your clothes.?
As for her kids? as we learned more than a week ago, Cate and her husband Andrew Upton adopted a baby girl. They named her Edith Vivian Patricia Upton (I have to think those are family names). Cate just confirmed that Edith was actually adopted in America, not Australia. She was given a chance to speak out about Australia?s seemingly arcane adoption laws and regulations and she said, ?I think it is … well I haven’t been through it here. It was in the United States. There’s a lot of children out there that don’t have the good fortune of our biological children so it’s lovely to welcome a little girl. We’re besotted.? I love the word ?besotted?. Americans don?t use that word enough.
Photos courtesy of Vogue Australia.
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| | Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton reportedly adopted a baby girl, Vivienne | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton have three sons, Dashiell, Roman and Ignatius. I always wondered if Cate and Andrew were trying for the girl at some point, just because Cate is such a fashionista and she seems like she would simply enjoy having a daughter. I guess Cate and Andrew did have some regrets, because word is that they have adopted a baby girl. They named her Vivienne!
Cate Blanchett and husband Andrew Upton have welcomed a beautiful baby girl into their family. Cate, 45 and Andrew, 49, have welcomed a baby girl into their family, their management confirmed today to The Australian Women?s Weekly.
The news came after Cate was seen arriving at her sons? school to pick them up with the newborn strapped close to her chest.
“She’s really excited and clearly besotted,” a parent at the school reportedly told The Weekly. The new bub is believed to be named Vivienne.
Cate and her theatre director husband Andrew are reported to be deliriously happy with their new addition. The couple already have three children together ? all boys. Dashiell, 13, Roman, 10 and Ignatius, six were all conceived naturally but choosing the adoption route is becoming a more common and viable option in Australia.
[From Woman?s Day]
As Andrew confirmed a week ago, he and Cate are actually going to be uprooting their family from Australia, where they?ve lived for a decade, so they can move to America for a while. It?s believed that they?ll be living in LA, although I wouldn?t think a move to NYC would be out of the question either. Andrew said Cate wanted to do more film and TV work, but I don?t see how she could stay away from theater work, you know? In any case, we?ll probably be seeing more of this family of? SIX!
As for the name Vivienne? I like it! I like it on Vivienne Jolie-Pitt too. It?s a cute name for a little girl, especially with ?Viv? and Vivy? as nicknames. Cate is actually quite friendly with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, so? I mean, I doubt anyone cares about a ?stolen? (!!) baby name.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett will be moving her family to LA, after years in Australia | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett has been in LA for more than a week. She came to LA during Oscar weekend, attended a few events and presented at the Oscars. She stuck around to promote Cinderella, and I?m including some photos of Cate outside of the ABC Studios at the bottom of the post (in addition to the header pic, from Sunday night?s Cinderella premiere).
Here?s something interesting: Cate and her family are moving to LA permanently. Isn?t that weird? Cate and her family have never lived permanently in America. For a while, early in Cate?s film career, they lived in London. Then they moved to Australia and made Sydney their homebase. But Cate?s husband, Andrew Upton, told the Sydney Morning Herald that they will move to LA later this year, when their joint tenure at the Sydney Theatre Company comes to an end. He makes it sound like Cate wants to do more TV and film projects (and less theater) and he wants to do more freelance writing ? go here to read his interview.
Meanwhile, Cate was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Here?s one part, where she talks about playing a wicked character and how fun it is:
And she finally sort of explains why she told Julia Roberts to ?Hashtag Suck It? at the 2014 Oscars:
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| | Cate Blanchett in John Galliano at the Oscars: perfection or too undone? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As the returning Best Actress winner, attending just to present Best Actor, Cate Blanchett was under no obligation to wow us. But still, she?s Cate Blanchett, a goddess walking among us. Of course we believed that she was going to look amazing. And I think she did! Cate wore this Maison Margiela by John Galliano. Galliano is one of her favorite designers, and she has a history of wearing Galliano?s designs to the Oscars in particular. Even after Galliano?s troubles several years ago, he?s kept the loyalty of several big-name fashionistas, and I have to say? this dress makes me miss Galliano?s designs. The gown is understated without being boring. It suits Cate perfectly. The details are interesting (the fringe at the shoulder!) and the cut is flawless.
Cate paired her simple black gown with a big turquoise statement necklace from Tiffany?s. That was it. That was her only piece of jewelry. I kind of like how undone it is, but I wouldn?t have minded seeing some earrings. The big necklace was a trend last night too, and I think Cate was one of the best examples of it. Also: she seemed almost tender and motherly with Eddie Redmayne. She gave him such a big hug when he won!
Meryl Streep wore this custom-made Lanvin which is kind of boring, but it?s Meryl and she?s done this literally fifty million times, so she probably just wanted to be comfortable. I?m sort of surprised that her husband Don came out!
This is going to sound rude but I honestly mean it as a compliment: I love Oprah when she?s bigger. Truly. I think she looks so beautiful these days. Oprah was one of the producers on Selma, so she got the Oscars invite and she came out in this petal-pink Vera Wang gown, custom-made. I think she looks great, right?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett in heart-covered Schiaparelli at the Spirit Awards: yay or nay? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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God, I?ve missed Cate Blanchett so much during this awards season. I have actually had fashion pangs for Cate and for Lupita. We were so blessed last year!!! Anyway, Cate came out to the Independent Spirit Awards yesterday. Cate hasn?t been around at all during this awards season, which makes sense because she?d rather be in Australia, with her family. But she flew in to present at the Oscars (as the reigning Best Actress winner, she?ll present Best Actor this year) and I?m assuming she just stopped by the Spirit Awards for fun, to see her friends and hang out a bit. Cate wore this heart-covered Schiaparelli Couture dress. I would loathe this on anyone else. If Julianne Moore wore it, I would be SO MAD. If Lupita wore it, I would think she was insane. But on Cate, it looks sophisticated and lovely. How does she manage to do that?!
I think we should start calling Scarlett Johansson ?The Body.? If anything, she looks even better since giving birth. Yes, I?m not crazy about her stupid Miley hair and yes, this LBD by Bec & Bridge isn?t anything special. But she still looks pretty and glowing.
Carmen Ejogo in Roksanda. I hate this. But all I can see is a beautiful woman who got really unfortunate bangs, so that?s clouding what I think of the jumpsuit.
Ewan Mcgregor arrived at the Spirit Awards on a motorcycle. Because he?s dangerous (to your pants).
Matt Bomer is perfection. I?m not sure about his high-heel boots though. Did he borrow them from Tom Cruise or something?!
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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| | Cate Blanchett feels judged by the 'mummy mafia' for being a working mum | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett covers the new issue of Porter Magazine (it?s #6 for those of you who care). I?ve been DYING to see some Blanchett. I?m been missing her so much. I got spoiled last year, seeing her at so many events while she supported what turned out to be her Oscar-winning turn in Blue Jasmine. But since the Oscars, Cate went back underground. We?ve barely seen her in months! So, yes, let?s end our year with some Blanchett Love. As for the Porter photoshoot? it?s not great. I need to see more of her face! And that rose petal photo just looks weird. Some highlights from the interview:
She feels judged by the ‘mummy mafia’ in Sydney: ?You know there?s an extra judgment. You know they?re really observing how you parent. They don?t know that you cram everything in to make space for your kids like any working parent. Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing for me when my children are in school and my husband is running a theatre company. They assume you have a nanny and a driver and a chef. Who gives a sh-t whether I do or not? The fact is I don’t, but you know there is a certain circle of people – and we all get insecure – who then ask, ‘Why can’t she brush her hair?’ You just have to shrug that off.?
But she?s not a big tabloid target: ?We?re really boring. We?ve got three kids; I?m not married to an actor. No one?s interested in us, and that?s part of the reason why we live here ? because nobody gives a s–t.?
On Emma Watson?s UN speech about feminism: ?I was so f–king proud of Emma Watson’s speech at the UN. It was brilliant, such an incredible use of her airspace, and really passionate. It was fantastic.?
On the hacking of private photos: ?It’s horrendous. But there’s hope. There are a lot of things happening in an international sphere, and there are enough women with enough clout to make those shifts happen. Enough is enough. And I hope the Emma Watsons of this world are going to say, ?F?k it.??
Social media: “I’m really fascinated by what we accept and what we ignore and how we process the white noise being shoveled down our throats. It used to be you’d go to the hairdressers and pick up those evil magazines and feel dirty. It’s like watching too much p0rn, I guess.”
[From Porter via The Daily Mail]
Wow, Cate cursed up a storm in this interview. Even though she?s the picture of untouchable elegance on the red carpet, I?ve always sort of imagined that Cate is a fun person to be around. Like, she probably enjoys a good steak and a beer and she loves talking sh-t about people. I would assume that the Mummy Mafia of Sydney isn?t so much ?judging? Cate as worshipping her from a distance. Like, if I saw Cate with unkempt hair and dirty jeans, I would just assume that look was going to be HUGE in the coming months.
Oh, and Cate plays the evil stepmother in the new live-action Cinderella. This movie looks like such a mess, but Cate as the evil stepmother? Funny.
Photos courtesy of PORTER Magazine.
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| | Cate Blanchett's NYC street style involves drop-crotch pants: fab or fug' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Cate Blanchett has been in NYC for several weeks, having brought the Sydney Theatre Company?s production of The Maids to Broadway. As such, the paparazzi have gotten lots of street-style photos of Cate entering the theater every day. Cate, as we all know, enjoys clothes. She enjoys high-fashion and she has a wonderful ability to make simple, inexpensive pieces look like haute couture.
Many theater actors just wear jeans to and from their jobs, but not Cate. Cate puts some thought into it. Take those drop-crotch pants Cate wore a few days ago. Lainey has been praising the drop-crotch for a while but I always associate (fairly or unfairly) the drop-crotch with Justin Bieber and his droopy drawers. I think the drop-crotch always looks ill-fitting and yes, sort of juvenile. Like you need extra room for a diaper or something. So, I?m kind of disappointed in Cate?s drop-crotch. But I am obsessed with her too-big tote. THAT is amazing.
As for Cate?s play, The Maids, every critic has praised the production and Cate specifically. Professionally speaking, Cate can do no wrong. She?s the Meryl Streep of her generation, able to hit it out of the park every time, in theatre, film or television (although Cate doesn?t do TV!). Cate just won the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor this week for the play. And every single actress has made a pilgrimage to NYC to see Cate in the play. This is the list of women who have gone to see it: Meryl Streep, Marlo Thomas, Nicole Kidman, Taylor Schilling, Rachel Weisz, Anne Hathaway, Naomi Watts, Blythe Danner, Bernadette Peters? and I?m sure, so many more. Page Six says it will probably be adapted into a movie.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
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| | Cate Blanchett's favorite food is 'cheese & Vegemite on toast?: disgusting' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?m not sure what Cate Blanchett is promoting in this new Marie Claire interview. She doesn?t have a film coming out in the immediate future, although she will have some new releases in the fall/winter. Perhaps she?s promoting her endorsement deal with Armani? That could be it. That?s the new thing for celebrities ? they promote their modeling contracts like they promote their films. The pay is probably about the same too, and it?s much less work. Anyway, La Blanchett?s ?20 Questions? with Marie Claire is charming. Up to a point. She crosses a line into utter grossness though when describing her favorite food.
1. What brings you the greatest joy? Watching my children sleep.
2. What brings you the greatest satisfaction? Surviving opening night.
3. What is the best gift you’ve ever received? A painting by Mavis Ngallametta.
4. What charities do you support? The Australian Wildlife Conservancy, the Australian Conservation Foundation, Sydney Children’s Hospital, and Biennale of Sydney.
5. What is your greatest indulgence? Fragrance.
6. What is on your perennial to-do list? Tackle the mess in our attic.
7. What is on your bucket list? Take up figure drawing; visit the Antarctic and Greenland.
8. What is on your bookshelf? Anne Summers’ The Misogyny Factor and Roland Barthes’ A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments.
9. Who is on the guest list for your ideal dinner party? Amy Poehler, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, Tim Flannery, Hillary Clinton, Christine Lagarde, and Elaine Stritch.
10. What makes you laugh? This question.
11. What makes you cry? The missing schoolgirls in Nigeria.
12. What item in your closet do you wear the most? My Acne boots.
13. What is your beauty secret? Sunscreen.
14. What splurge is well worth it? A kayak.
15. What do you never leave home without? Lipstick and wet wipes.
16. What is your favorite food? Cheese and Vegemite on toast.
17. What movie has the greatest ending? Brief Encounter.
18. What song instantly puts you in a good mood? “Proof” by I Am Kloot.
19. How did you make your first dollar? Working in the kitchen of an old-age home in high school.
20. What is the best advice you’ve ever been given? Follow your nose.
[From Marie Claire]
Cheese and Vegemite on toast? NOOoooo. That sounds so gross. I guess that?s where Cate gets her Aussie cred though ? Aussies love their Vegemite. Is that a controversial statement? Is it bad form to make some kind of sweeping generalization about what one nationality likes to eat? Italians love pasta. The Brits love fish & chips (and Indian food). The Swiss love chocolate. The French love croissants. And Aussies love Vegemite. I feel like the Aussies got the short end of the stick, national-food-wise.
I do love her answer about ideal dinner party guests ? who knew she was a fan of Amy Poehler? Hollywood needs to make that happen ? a buddy film with Cate and Amy.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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| | Cate Blanchett to star in a movie about George W. Bush's National Guard records | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Back in 2004, CBS News anchor Dan Rather was already known as something as a wild card. But his decades of journalistic integrity got turned around within the span of a week when he and CBS News producer Mary Mapes did a story on then-first-term president George W. Bush?s National Guard records. The scandal was known by many names ? ?The Killian Documents Controversy? or ?Rather-gate.? The crux of the scandal was that Rather used some old documents from the early 1970s to show that Bush?s National Guard records were less than stellar, that his father had used his political influence to keep Dubya out of Vietnam and that Dubya had been very close to getting kicked out of the National Guard for insubordination, going MIA, failure to report for duty and on and on.
Conservative blogs and many mainstream outlets questioned the authenticity of the documentation used by CBS. Many said the documents looked forged and there was a lot of Twihard-proofing (before Twihard-proofing was a thing) of the whole situation. Mary Mapes ended up being fired by CBS and Rather?s career took a major hit. But, for what it?s worth, Rather stood by the story for the most part, and over the past years, he?s even double-downed on the reporting, save for the questionable documentation. Long-term, Rather and Mapes might have been (mostly) correct too. So, why this trip down memory lane? Because they?re making a movie about this whole situation. Starring Cate Blanchett as Mapes and Robert Redford as Rather. YES TAKE MY MONEY NOW.
Robert Redford is attached to play CBS News icon Dan Rather and Cate Blanchett is attached to play his producer Mary Mapes in Truth, a film that will mark the directorial debut of James Vanderbilt, the A-list screenwriter behind the first two installments of The Amazing Spider-Man. The film will explore the scandal that erupted after Rather reported on 60 Minutes II that George W. Bush had gotten preferential treatment that put him in the National Guard to avoid the Vietnam War draft. The ensuing scandal during Bush?s reelection campaign left Mapes fired and Rather?s storied reputation in tatters.
Vanderbilt is adapting Mapes? 2005 memoir Truth And Duty: The Press, The President, And The Privilege Of Power. They are eyeing a fall start, so this is all moving on a fast track. The project has not yet been set at a studio, but I expect it will not take long.
Shortly after they uncovered evidence of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, CBS News producer Mapes and former CBS News anchor Rather thought they found the story of their careers as Bush?s reelection campaign was getting underway and he was facing competition from Democratic candidate and Vietnam vet John Kerry. The story, based on documents purportedly from the files of Bush?s deceased National Guard commanding officer, alleged that the president?s powerful father, then an ambassador and future president, made calls to put him atop the list for the Texas Air National Guard. The aim was to keep his son from having to fight in Vietnam after he graduated from Yale in 1968. The docs came from a retired lieutenant colonel with the Texas Army National Guard. The story prompted an outcry of criticism from Conservative corners and the pressure spurred an internal CBS investigation into whether the documents were forgeries.
Mapes, who?d worked in TV news 25 years and won the Peabody Award, was subsequently fired for what the network called lapses in judgment. Strangely, the Bush campaign actually benefited from the scandal. His campaign exploited Kerry?s military service by getting some of his former soldiers to speak against him?a move now called ?Swiftboating? in campaign circles?and it helped Bush win reelection. Mapes maintained her belief that the documents were real, and that she and Rather were done in by a right-wing internet smear campaign that put the focus on ?Rathergate? instead of the issue of whether the president benefited from his father?s powerful relationships to avoid service in Vietnam.
[From Deadline]
Putting aside the politics for a moment, can I just say? damn, this sounds like a great movie? Robert Redford as Dan Rather is a brilliant stroke of stunt-casting and Cate Blanchett as a tough and maligned news producer? YES. She?ll be doing an American accent again. Just like she did for the roles that got her two Oscars. Perhaps I?ll be the first to say it: Cate Blanchett is totally going to get an Oscar nomination for this.
Incidentally, this whole thing reminds me of another great movie about CBS?s newsroom culture ? The Insider. That?s another great movie with another great actor playing an iconic CBS newsman: Christopher Plummer as Mike Wallace. Perfection. And, oh yeah, Pacino and Crowe, both of whom act their asses off.
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