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| | Cate Blanchett: "Blue Jasmine" Beauty at the 2014 BAFTA Awards | | Added 11 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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It is one of the most anticipated awards shows of the season, and Cate Blanchett graced the 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards with her presence earlier this evening (February 16) in London, England.
All decked out in a designer ensemble, the ?Blue Jasmine? lady exuded confidence and beauty as she rubbed shoulders with her fellow celebrities before heading inside.
As the awards get underway, the friendly camaraderie among the attendees is sure to turn a bit competitive as everyone?s lust for a trophy takes over.
Those joining Cate in the Leading Actress category are Amy Adams, Emma Thompson, Judi Dench and Sandra Bullock
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| | Cate Blanchett in silver Prada at the Oscar luncheon: lovely or chintzy? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are more photos from yesterday?s Oscar Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton. Several big names weren?t in attendance? like, Jennifer Lawrence. Bedhead says J-Law is probably knee-deep in Mockingjay filming. I don?t see any photos of Chiwetel Ejiofor either, which is depressing. I hope Chiwetel was there and he just didn?t walk the carpet or something. I hate to think that Chiwetel isn?t campaigning at all or enjoying his first Oscar nomination. And of course, no Michael Fassbender either. Fassy?s in England, filming Macbeth. So? he has an excuse, I suppose.
I?m including photos of Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Jared Leto, Christian Bale (and his wife), Matthew McConaughey, Leonardo DiCaprio and Leo?s Oscar-nominated BFF Jonah Hill. Is the Best Actor race a death-match between Leo and Matthew at this point? Ugh, that?s depressing. If it?s a head to head match up? I might have to give it to Leo.
As for fashion, Sandra Bullock wore this absolutely awful Stella McCartney (BELT!!!!). I would yell, but hopefully Sandy is getting this crap out of her system so that she can walk the Oscar red carpet looking stunning in something WAY better than this POS Stella McCartney. As for Cate, she wore Prada. I have a deep love for metallics on the red carpet, and I think this is a good, solid look. I?m not crazy in love with it, but it?s decent. Cate really does seem to have lost her spark, I think that?s what?s been wrong in her recent red carpet appearances. Maybe it was losing her friend Philip Seymour Hoffman, maybe it was the Woody Allen awfulness.
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| | Cate Blanchett Might Not be the Biggest Woody Allen Fan Right Now | | Added 11 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Cate Blanchett gave the safest of responses when asked about Dylan Farrow’s NYT article. It was much different than Alec Baldwin’s response where he just shouted stuff.
“It’s obviously been a long and painful situation for the family,” the actress said when asked about the news-making essay at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. “I hope they find some resolution and peace.”
Unlike Dylan’s brother Moses who’s defending Woody in PEOPLE, Blanchett is just not talking about it at all or even mentioning Allen in the slightest. During her acceptance speech at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, theBlue Jasmine actress conveniently left Woody Allen off her list of thank yous. This despite having thanked him at both the Golden Globes and SAGs.
Read into this however you want. Maybe she just “forgot” about Woody. He’s probably calling her on the phone right now stuttering neurotically, “He-he-hey, Cate. I-I think you, um, think you forgot about me in your speech.”
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| | Cate Blanchett in Proenza Schouler at the 'Monuments Men' premiere: not cute' | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from last night?s NYC premiere of The Monuments Men. I?m not sure why today is so Monuments Men-intensive (we?ve already had posts about Matt Damon and George Clooney), but I guess it?s because this is the biggest film opening this week? unless you count The Vampire Academy, and? um??
Anyway, I was hoping that Cate Blanchett would be the red carpet star of this unmitigated sausage party, but not so much. I tend to think Cate is having a really awful week ? her Oscar campaign got hijacked by the Farrow family and Cate?s friend Phillip Seymour Hoffman passed away, and she spent some time with Hoffman?s widow/partner and children on Monday. That?s what her Proenza Schouler Pre-Fall 2014 dress says to me ? it says grief, sadness, don?t-look-at-me. Obviously, I really dislike the dress. The styling sucks too (her hair!!). It?s like she didn?t even feel like trying.
I?m also including photos of Clooney, Damon (with his wife Luciana), Bill Murray (who wins the red carpet for that ensemble), John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham!) and of course, Jean Dujardin. Who would you rather? I would want to have dinner with Bill Murray, but I would go home with Dujardin.
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| | Cate Blanchett makes a statement about Dylan Farrow's open letter | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Cate Blanchett at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival over the weekend. Cate was being honored with the ?Outstanding Performer of the Year? Award for her work in Blue Jasmine. Cate wore this Maison Martin Margiela Spring 2014 dress. Thoughts? I think it?s an interesting design, just enough sparkle to be glamorous but not too much where she looks like Vanna White. I love the dress with that cream-colored coat ? that?s a great look! My one complaint is the I think she should have pulled her hair back. Then this would have been perfect.
Cate made her appearance at Santa Barbara just as the NY Times published Dylan Farrow?s essay about Woody Allen. Dylan name-checked Cate Blanchett specifically, I believe in attempt to call out Cate and all of the actors who work with Woody. Cate did address Dylan?s essay specifically, telling THR: ?It?s obviously been a long and painful situation for the family and I hope they find some resolution and peace.? It’s worth noting that Cate is not a Woody Allen regular – Blue Jasmine was her first time being directed by Woody, and he wrote the part specifically for Cate. He’s been campaigning for her too.
THR had an analysis piece on the timing of Dylan Farrow’s essay, and this THR writer seems to think that the Farrow family is specifically targeting Cate and her Oscar chances:
Is Cate Blanchett’s best actress Oscar for her performance in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine as assured as most people believe? Probably — but being called out on the New York Times’ website for associating with an alleged child molester certainly won’t help her cause.
?The question of the minds of many is why Farrow, who has heretofore maintained a low public profile, would choose to publicly discuss her history with Allen now? The timing and focus of her piece certainly suggest, to me, that she would like to derail any chance that Allen or those associated with him on his latest film, Blue Jasmine, have of receiving additional awards recognition at the Oscars on March 2. The film was nominated for three Oscars — best actress (Cate Blanchett), best supporting actress (Sally Hawkins) and best original screenplay (Allen) — on Jan. 16, and the final round of voting will take place from Feb. 14-25.
? Last month, Allen was presented with a lifetime achievement Golden Globe Award, in absentia. Kristof writes of Farrow, “She says that when she heard of the Golden Globe award being given to Allen she curled up in a ball on her bed, crying hysterically.” On the night of the presentation, Ronan Farrow, her 26-year-old brother and the host of a new show on MSNBC, tweeted, “Missed the Woody Allen tribute – did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7 before or after Annie Hall?”
But Dylan Farrow, who described herself now as “happily married” (Kristof mentioned that she lives in Florida under a different name), noted that she has managed to handle Allen’s other recent awards recognition better. “Last [month],” she wrote, “Woody Allen was nominated for his latest Oscar. But this time, I refuse to fall apart.”
However, she then proceeded to rather provocatively target those who have professionally associated with Allen: “But others are still scared, vulnerable, and struggling for the courage to tell the truth. The message that Hollywood sends matters for them. What if it had been your child, Cate Blanchett? Louis CK? Alec Baldwin? What if it had been you, Emma Stone? Or you, Scarlett Johansson? You knew me when I was a little girl, Diane Keaton. Have you forgotten me? Woody Allen is a living testament to the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse.”
Only Farrow herself can say what her objective was in writing this piece when and how she did. But, whether intended or not, the byproduct of her actions may well be that some Academy members will think twice before supporting Allen or those who have chosen to associate with him on Blue Jasmine when they fill out their Oscar ballots. And while that won’t matter much for Allen and Hawkins’ prospects — they were both considered to be long shots well before this brouhaha — it could, conceivably, make the road to victory for Blanchett, who is a heavy favorite — having already won best actress Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe and SAG, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and National Society of Film Critics awards — a little bumpier.
[From The Hollywood Reporter]
While I found Dylan Farrow’s essay powerful and moving, and I’m at the point where I believe her claims and wish that there was some way to make Woody pay for his crimes, I’m uncomfortable with this idea that we should hold someone like Cate – or any actor who has worked with Woody – responsible for his actions. I’m also uncomfortable with the idea that Dylan Farrow’s op-ed comes in the heat of this year’s Oscar season, and I think THR is right that it seems targeted at Cate’s Oscar campaign. Just think… it was just two years ago when Woody won yet another Oscar for Original Screenplay for Midnight In Paris. Why not then? While I think Dylan has gotten to a point in her life when she’s ready to discuss what she’s been through right now, it does feel like the Farrow family is trying to make a point to target the actors who have worked with Woody in recent years when I believe this should all be on Woody. No moving targets.
Also, Ronan Farrow has tweeted his support for his sister and Woody’s lawyers are still scrambling to issue statements.
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| | Cate Blanchett in sparkly Givenchy at the AACTA Awards: fantastic or tragic? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from the AACTA Awards in Sydney, Australia yesterday (today? No, yesterday, that?s right). Obviously? Cate Blanchett. Goddess. Perfection. Lovely. Pale. Fantastic. Amazing. Gorgeous. Aspirational. She?s wearing Givenchy, which isn?t my favorite, nor do I think it?s particularly flattering, but still? a mediocre dress (designed by Kanye West?s BFF) on Cate Blanchett is still WAY better than almost everything else. I didn?t even know she had that kind of cleavage ? I always thought she was rather small-breasted. Will investigate.
While I?m studying her boobs, take a look at these close-ups of her face. Note the natural crow?s feet and laugh lines, note the natural nose crinkles. And it works. She?s perfect and ridiculously beautiful. I even love her rock n? roll hair. PS? I love her for that shade of lipstick.
I?m also including some photos of CB?s former crush Sam Worthington and his current girlfriend Lara Bingle (I think she just looks pregnant, I don?t think she IS pregnant), Delta Goodrem (in Michael Costello) and Geoffrey Rush (they?re not dating or anything, they just posed together for fun) and little Bindi Irwin.
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| | Cate Blanchett admits she was 'a couple of sheets to the wind' at the Golden Globes | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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One of the reasons to love Cate Blanchett: she will never be Norbited. Norbit was the Eddie Murphy film that was released in the middle of his Oscar campaign for Dreamgirls ? Norbit was such ?trash? to the Academy voters that Alan Arkin ended up winning the Oscar that year. I?m just saying, that would never happen to Blanchett. She?s run a quietly effective Oscar campaign for Blue Jasmine and now, smack-dab in the middle of her campaign, she gets to promote The Monuments Men with George Clooney, Matt Damon and Bill Murray. If anything, this film promotion should HELP her Oscar chances.
So, Blanchett has been giving interviews on behalf of her supporting part in The Monuments Men. It?s clear that the men all love her and view her as one of the boys, but not in that cloying, center-of-attention way that Julia Roberts is ?one of the boys.? During the first press conference for the film, Cate shaded the crap out of Matt Damon, complaining that Clooney didn?t tell her that she?d have to film all her scenes opposite Matt: ?Can you imagine my disappointment? I thought I was going to be working with Bill Murray ? I think we’ve aged relatively well. The last time we were together was in [The Talented Mr. Ripley], which was an entirely different endeavor, then in-between times he went and made Behind the Candelabra. Fortunately I hadn’t seen that before we started working.” Classic. Cate also has a great new interview with The Telegraph, which you can read in its entirety here. Some highlights:
On winning the Golden Globe: ?Unfortunately my category came up rather late in the evening so I was a couple of sheets to the wind. Once your name is read out it?s a high like no other so I can?t remember a lot. I hope I didn?t do too many things I?ll regret. The Globe is in the hotel room and my sons made a little shrine for it with all the flowers that I have been receiving for the past week that are now dead.?
On the success & awards: ?Look, when you are proud of something you have done and you have made a film you feel has merit and it?s found an audience, and is critically well received, that?s a pretty pleasurable place to be. I mean, you don?t want it to end up gathering dust at the bottom of someone?s DVD collection.?
Why she agreed to work The Monuments Men: ?I knew a lot about the works of art but I didn?t know much about this particular pocket of the history of the war,? she says. ?What George and his producing partner Grant Heslov have done is used so much iconography of the war ? the vats full of glasses and shoes and gold fillings, all those things that we know are the horrors of the holocaust ? to open the door to the history of the Second World War in a particular way. It follows a group of men and a woman who are fighting for something that is infinitely more noble and greater than themselves. That was something I was very interested in being a part of. I was very struck by the courage and conviction and fortitude of Rose Valland, who performed incredible, quite lonely acts of heroism.?
Working with Clooney on another WWII film: ?My husband said, ?What is it with you and George and the Second World War???
Working with Matt Damon again: ?We talked a lot about the intervening years, during which I have been raising three sons and he has been raising three daughters. There are several arranged marriages waiting to be put into action.?
Her future work: ?I have three boys so I take things on a case-by-case basis. There are a couple of things I am interested in directing, and there?s a novel that I am trying to bring to the screen, so we?ll see if that comes to pass. I also have something in development with HBO at the moment which I?m hoping to do with Julie Delpy, whom I greatly admire, so hopefully that will come to fruition. But these things take time.?
How she really feels about winning: ?It?s a joy and I?m enjoying it immensely,? she confesses. ?Probably disproportionately and indecently so.?
[From The Telegraph]
I feel like Cate is a very sharp person ? she?s clever, she?s fast, she?s always got a good withering quip, sometimes about herself, sometimes about someone else. It?s refreshing. It?s interesting to see that kind of woman ? a woman who still has some hard edges and doesn?t see the need to soften ? in the middle of an Oscar campaign. La Blanchett will never beg for your approval. La Blanchett will never Goop all over you. She will give you a withering glance, tell you to suck it up and go about her business. This, surprisingly, is a winning strategy.
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| | Cate Blanchett Jerked Off Her SAG Award | | Added 11 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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Cate Blanchett won Best Actress at the SAG Awards over the weekend. When she went up to give her acceptance speech, they only gave her 29 seconds. The injustice of it being Matthew McConaughey rambled on about the universe or whatever for an hour beforehand.
Anyway, she jerked off her SAG Award during her speech which hopefully will give way to thousands of photoshops. *Crosses fingers*
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| | Cate Blanchett in pale pink Givenchy at the SAGs: fabulous or unflattering? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This is the heavy-hitters/Best Actress post! Let?s start with Cate Blanchett, who is pretty close to a sure thing now for the Best Actress Oscar. Cate has picked up the Golden Globe, the Critics Choice, a slew of critics? awards and now the SAG Award for her role in Blue Jasmine. Which means that she has a really, really good shot of picking up her first lead actress Oscar, her second overall (she previously won the Supporting Actress Oscar). And you know what? I?m glad. Cate?s performance in Blue Jasmine was wonderful and funny and awful and brilliant. She deserves all of the acclaim.
As for her gown? she wore Givenchy. As in, Riccardo Tisci designed this. It looks like a maternity gown, right? I think I would have loved this if it was on Kerry Washington, but on slender, elegant Cate, it?s not quite right. I love her in pink, of course, and I like the way she styled it, but the design is just too ?maternity? for her. PS? Cate?s shoe game is great.
And here are Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson, both nominated for Best Actress at the SAGs. I feel like Meryl has made her peace with losing the big awards, so she?s not really bothering to get all dolled up. This frumpy black dress is Stella McCartney ? Meryl wore Stella to the Critics Choice Awards too. Blah, she needs to find a new designer, Stella?s designs are doing nothing for her. Emma wore vintage ? 1930s William something. She also wore FLATS! Louboutin flats, but flats none the less. I love her look. It?s the look of someone who knows she?s going to lose to La Blanchett and she wants to be comfortable yet fabulous.
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| | Cate Blanchett in Lanvin at the Critics Choice: sack-fug or sack-fabulous? | | Added 11 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Queen Blanchett deigned to win the Best Actress Award at last night?s Critics Choice. She looked magnificent, per usual, and she also managed to be utterly occasion-appropriate. The Critics Choice went from a super-casual event five years ago to a lower-tier ?dress up? event where most of the ladies where full-on gowns. It?s a difficult event to get ?right? fashion-wise, and Queen Cate shows us how it?s done. She wore a full-length gown by Lanvin, but she wore it casually, like it was a beach cover-up. It?s basically a sack dress (Angelina Jolie is totes jelly) that Cate rescued with a fabulous belt. Cate styled it wonderfully too ? simple hair kept down and a slash of orange-red lipstick, a shade that very few women could work.
I?d just like to say a word about Cate?s speech and her awards victories thus far ? Cate brought her youngest son Roman to the show and when she won, she gave him a big mom hug that he gleefully squirmed away from. When she accepted her speech, she cussed in front of him, saying something like ?thank you to my sons who couldn?t give a s?t what I do for a living.? It was cute and I thought it was great that she brought one of her boys as her ?date?. Roman even got to mingle with big celebs like Sandra Bullock (Sandy seemed jazzed to meet him too). As the Oscar race firms up, I think Cate?s chances are looking better and better, don?t you? And bringing your adorable son to an awards show definitely helps! I love that Cate?s campaigning this year.
I think Cate?s biggest competition will be Amy Adams, who is the only lady in the Best Actress category who doesn?t already have at least one Oscar. Amy wore this hot-pink Roland Mouret gown to the Critics Choice and? I don?t love it. But I don?t hate it either. I think the instinct is right: choose a well-constructed, clean, flattering style in a bold color. That should work. But the execution on the dress is kind of blah. I like her hair down though. So pretty!
I felt sorry for both Oprah Winfrey and Emma Thompson last night. I give the credit for showing up and having fun even though both women got snubbed HARD with the Oscar nominations yesterday. Emma wore a Christmas-y Alexander McQueen ensemble and she brought her daughter Gaia Wise as her date. Oprah wore a great dress by Azzedine Alaia ? the shade of green is matchy-matchy with Cate Blanchett, right? I really liked Oprah?s whole look, and she was one of my picks for Best Dressed.
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