Kate Presents at NBR Awards Gala
January 16, 2008
Curvy Kate Winslet wows on the red carpet at a New York gala
Kate Winslet has long criticised Hollywood’s size zero obsession and last night she proved car-crash curves really are hot property.
The stylish actress dazzled in a strapless black gown, which was cinched at the waist by a stylish satin bow, as she sashayed along the red carpet at a New York gala.
Red carpet goddess: Kate Winslet dazzled in a strapless black number
Kate, who thrilled fans as she stopped to sign autographs, arrived alone with her husband Sam Mendes opting to sit the night out.
Still, she wasn’t short on good company.
An A-list crowd turned out at the affair to mark the Motion Pictures Annual Awards, including Jennifer Garner, Julie Christie, George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, who was honoured with a lifetime career achievement award.
Meanwhile, Kate is rumoured to be preparing to replace Nicole Kidman in Stephen Daldry’s post-World War II drama The Reader.
Kidman pulled out of shooting on the drama, which was scheduled to begin filming this month, after falling pregnant.
Kate recently finished filming Revolutionary Road, which will sees her back on the big screen alongside her Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
Source: The Daily Mail
A Red Carpet at Last
The National Board of Review Awards drew an award-hungry crowd.
Based on the crowd at Tuesday night’s National Board of Review awards, it seems Hollywood can be divided into two camps: those who love award ceremonies and those who hate them. George Clooney (Best Actor for “Michael Clayton”) falls into the former category— no surprise— as does Michael Douglas (Career Achievement Award), Josh Brolin (Best Ensemble Cast, “No Country for Old Men”) and Phil Donahue (Best Documentary, “Body of War”). Denzel Washington (who accepted The NBR Bulgari Award for NBR Freedom of Expression with the incredibly poised “Great Debaters” star Jurnee Smollett) looked like he was happy enough to be there, but his ensemble (a sloppy, untucked button-down shirt) seemed to say otherwise. And Kate Winslet, who presented Joel and Ethan Coen with the prize for Best Film, gleefully introduced the brothers, but then again, she is an actress. Before the ceremony, held at Cipriani 42nd Street, she said to a pal approaching her table, “I don’t get up because then people start taking pictures of me.”
Indeed Winslet slipped in without too much of a media maelstrom, as did quiet Ellen Page, who was awarded Breakthrough Performance by an Actress for her role in “Juno.” Page, 20, is getting used to the schmoozing an award-winning performance requires. The only thing, said the actress, whose acceptance speech was peppered with words like “awesome” and “friggin”: “I wish I was more articulate.”
Casey Affleck, who received Best Supporting Actor for “The Assassination of Jesse James by Robert Ford,” was plenty articulate when he razzed his older brother Ben before presenting him with the Best Directorial Debut prize for “Gone Baby Gone.” But the younger Affleck, unlike his brother it appears, definitely considers himself among those for whom award ceremonies are the ugliest part of the business. “What would I rather be doing? I’d rather be doing anything other than talking about what I’d rather be doing,” he said.
But leave it to Clooney to get the biggest laugh of the night and use his friends’ unease to his advantage. “Here’s the most fun thing,” he said with a wide grin before presenting the Coen brothers with the Best Adapted Screenplay trophy, their second award of the night. “These guys hate this. They’re the worst you’ve ever seen at this. They’ll come up here, they won’t look at you, they’ll look at each other, shuffle around, it’s like ‘March of the Penguins.’ Ethan won’t talk and Joel’ll say something like ‘Thanks, man.’ So enjoy yourselves.”
You’ve got to give them credit, the boys didn’t disappoint, following Clooney’s prediction to a T. “Thanks, man,” said Joel Coen before he and his sibling were finally free to leave the spotlight.
Source: Womens Wear Daily
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