Archive for January, 2007
| Marching to the beat of her own drum Sunday, January 28th, 2007 She’s polite, down to earth, and an open book and at 31, the actress has already chalked up some pretty good chapters. Most notably after last week’s Oscar nomination announcement, Kate Winslet became the youngest performer to receive five acting nominations. The previous record holder was Olivia de Havilland, who was 33 when she received her fifth nomination, in 1950, for The Heiress. |
| My most important role is at home Friday, January 26th, 2007 “The year off was for two reasons, the main one being just wanting to be with the kids. As opposed to being with the kids and work.” She raises an eyebrow for effect. |
| A famous five Friday, January 26th, 2007 Baz Bamigboye from the Daily Mail tells us why British women are dominating the best actress list |
| Reaction to nominations for the 79th Academy Awards Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 ‘’I am going to be screaming and whooping all day long. I really thought I wasn’t going to get a nomination. I am really going to try to enjoy this moment. I’m speechless.'’ |
| 79th annual Academy Award Nominations Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 Congratulations Kate Winslet on your fifth nomination!! |
| “Little Children” Shafted at the Golden Globes Saturday, January 20th, 2007 Those who tuned into the Golden Globes telecast on Monday saw the usual pomp and circumstance of a Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards show. Save for that pesky clip of dramatic Best Picture nominee “Little Children” that failed to make an appearance alongside the other nominated films throughout the evening. |
| Vancouver awards Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 Little Children gets best film and best actress noms. |
| `The Queen’ & Bond Get British Film Nods Friday, January 12th, 2007 Congratulations Kate Winslet on your fifth Bafta nomination for your brilliant work in Little Children! |
| Iowa Film Critics pick “Little Children” Thursday, January 11th, 2007 The Iowa Film Critics Association has picked Todd Field’s “Little Children” as its best picture of 2006. Helen Mirren named Best Actress. |
| Looking good: Mr. Blackwell’s ‘06 worst-dressed list Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 Kate Winslet has again been named a Fabulous Fashion Independent in Mr. Blackwell’s annual list. Congratulations Kate!! We agree. |
| Winslet’s ‘Little’ challenge Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 Whatever connections she felt with this script, Winslet knew it had one thing she loves — risk. It would be risky to revisit her painful, insecure teen years. The film’s subject matter would be even more troubling. |
| Winslet, Pitt Films Win in Palm Springs Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 Winslet said the attention for her performance in the drama “Little Children” has done nothing less than resuscitate the commercial prospects of the $30 million film, which has earned less than $3 million in ticket sales since hitting theaters in early fall. |
| St Louis Film Critics noms Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 Best actress and best screenplay nominations for “Little children” |
| Kate Winslet Vanishes Into Her Roles Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 It becomes easy to understand how Mr. Field felt when, once “Little Children” was done, he took a print to England, where Mr. Mendes and Ms. Winslet have a house, to show his star the movie. Trouble was, he couldn’t quite recognize her. “It was almost disturbing,” he recalled. “I thought: ‘This isn’t Kate Winslet.’” |
| Black Tie Awards Gala Friday, January 5th, 2007 The red carpet will be rolled out in front of The Palm Springs Convention Center on Saturday, January 6, to welcome stars, entertainment luminaries and film aficionados. Kate Winslet will be honored with the Desert Palm Achievement Award. |
| Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist Friday, January 5th, 2007 Kate Winslet made the cut for the first round of voting for the BAFTA nominations. |
| David Poland’s Top Ten Thursday, January 4th, 2007 Little Children is the best film of 2006 because it gets to heart of what all the best movies are after, writ is clean, simple, challenging script. Who are we? Who do we hope to be? What is the truth of how we see ourselves and how others see us? |
| Screen Actors Guild nominations Thursday, January 4th, 2007 Kate Winslet and Jackie Earle Haley get best actress and best supporting actor noms. |
| Dreaming of Oscar Thursday, January 4th, 2007 Four-time nominee Winslet admits disappointment at not being a winner |
| Online Film Critics Nominations Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007 Little Children gets three nominations. Best actress, best supporting actor and best adapted screenplay |
