Cate Blanchett

By stuntdouble Hayao Miyazaki is a god among Japanese animators. His 2001 film, Spirited Away, was the first anime movie to win an Academy Award, which is almost as impressive as the fact that it beat out Titanic for the highest grossing film in Japanese history. So it's no surprise that he had his choice of a...

By Vera Sienna Miller says Cate Blanchett will make a "better" Maid Marian. The British star - who was initially lined up to appear in the forthcoming Ridley Scott blockbuster 'Robin Hood' - is not bitter about losing the part because she believes the 40-year-old actress is "more suitable".

 Canada Last year's Lincoln Center Festival in New York featured Alan Cumming doing Euripides while Cate Blanchett performed Shakespeare at the Sydney Festival earlier this year. Your correspondent went out of his way to see both: Star power grabs attention. ...

 Australia When I mention an article suggesting she'd beaten Cate Blanchett to the job, she is genuinely scandalised. "I know, it's dreadful," she whispers. "I think that interview went terribly wrong. I would never say that I could beat Cate Blanchett in ...

 Canada Cate Blanchett (Daisy) also delivered an excellent performance. I was also very pleased that she did not carry over any of her Katherine Hepburn character she portrayed in The Aviator with Leonardo DiCaprio. Not one of my favourite characters. ...

 UK He lives his life backwards, growing younger, having a dalliance with Tilda Swinton and falling in love with Cate Blanchett. wvalkyrie (12) has a stellar cast, some of whom come out of it better than others. Tom Cruise feels out of his depth (as does ...

New York Times Blogs  NY The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has announced its programming for the 2009 Next Wave Festival, which will kick off with Oscar winner Juliette Binoche's collaboration with Akram Khan, In-I (September 15-20). The two will perform a series of ...

By Rob Directed by David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club), and featuring outstanding and critically acclaimed performances from Brad Pitt (The Assassination of Jessie James…, Ocean’s 13, Fight Club) and Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Aviator, The Lord of the Rings) this is an ep...

 PA This is, after all, the man who created "Valentino red" and who dressed a constellation of style and beauty icons, from Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Elizabeth Taylor to Princess Diana, Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett. ...

By Paul Howlett A rifle is fired in Morocco, and the shockwaves reverberate around the world: Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are the American tourists at the centre of the storm, when the latter is badly wounded by the random bullet. The contrived plotting is hard to swallow, but it's a powerful drama that ev...

By Anne Andrew Upton’s adaptation, which is currently being developed by Michael Attenborough and Artistic Associate Jenny Worton with a view to a full production at the Almeida Theatre in 2010, will be directed by Attenborough and performed by John Bowe (David), Alex Jennings (Martin), Luk...

By Rob She’s made a strong comeback recently though, starring alongside Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and now Jennifer Lynch’s serial killer movie Surveillance. She talks about the experiences of both, why Brad’s a great guy and why Hollywood and cinema-...

By tomoneil Sienna Miller was attached to this project but exited last fall. Cate Blanchett is much better matched to hold her own against Russell Crowe. And her presence increases the profile of the picture with Oscar voters. It was a surprise this year when Cate Blanchett — the darling of the Oscars — fa...

Benjamin Button begins with an old woman (Cate Blanchett in some seriously good makeup that becomes a staple of the film) in a hospital bed in New Orleans reminiscing and asking her daughter to read her something to keep her awake. ... Interview: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett & director David...

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By rss@youtube.com (MovieMotherTrucker) MovieMotherTrucker.com = It's probably not a good idea to see Benjamin Button until after you've seen this video. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond, Eric Roth, F. Scott Fitzgeral, David Fincher

Cate Blanchett, the Academy Award winning actress and star of this holiday season’s film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” turns 40 next May and one ... Blanchett: 'I won't work with Pitt' Digital Spy Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Advance Titan

By herculesrob The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a marvelous and peculiar film about a man who ages backwards.  Based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the screenplay really doesn’t withhold anything from the short except the reverse-aging aspect.  That being said, screenwriter Eric Roth (Fo...

By Anthony Miccio Photo: Getty] Cate Blanchett wants us to know that her husband, theater director Andrew Upton, loves her just the way she is. “I haven’t done [any plastic surgery], but who knows. Andrew said he’d divorce me if I did anything,” the star of Benjamin Button explained to Us Magazine. “I’m not a tr...

By Laff at the Movies Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett lead a great cast of actors that capture their characters so well, you forget you’re watching actors. Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Tilda Swinton, Jared Harris

By Jessica Cate on meeting her husband, Australian playwright, screenwriter, and director Andrew Upton: It was kind of animosity at first. It was a bit like Beatrice and Benedict. A Hollywood Elusive [Vanity Fair] Reigning Cate [Vanity Fair]

By Sameer Barkawi I’ve been seeing reviews touting the acting of the film, and it’s all true for Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett and the rest of the supporting cast. They made me wish the movie was about them, rather than Benjamin. Nothing Brad Pitt said stuck with me after I left. The movie never connects you wi...

By Brad Brevet Roger seems to have gotten caught up in physical appearances, but forgets when Daisy (Blanchett) and Benjamin get together they are meeting in the middle. Both of them look similar in age and I believe are the exact same age (or only a year or two off). When Roger asks, "Does he remember her as a...

By James Rocchi I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button weeks ago, and yet every time I tried to think about it -- whether it was to contemplate a decision in David Fincher's direction, a deviation from F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, a moment in Eric Roth's script or a note in the performances of Brad Pitt and...

By Colin Boyd The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a better experience and a better production than it is a singularly entertaining movie. You're better for having seen it, it's definitely something to discuss further, but there's not as much to enjoy about it as you might think. It can leave you wantin...

By Brad Brevet Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By Brad Brevet Photo: Paramount Pictures Well, the second attempt at screening The Curious Case of Benjamin Button down in Los Angeles went off without a hitch as the first one abruptly ended 25 minutes in due to technical difficulties. Already two Oscar bloggers have weighed in with brief opinions and...

By Brad Brevet Photo: Paramount Pictures I have no idea who Robert Abele is, nor do I know why Variety has him reviewing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and not their resident critic Todd McCarty (perhaps McCarthy didn't run out of the screening fast enough and jot down a story), but Abele, to my knowl...

By Brad Brevet Whole bunch of Oscar noms across the board in all the major and tech categories, would seem almost certain noms for Pitt and Blanchett, Fincher, Roth, Dp, editor, etc etc. There are so many supporting roles that it will be hard to sort out noms in those categories, but if I had to call out one, i...

By Christopher Campbell It happened last year for Cate Blanchett. The actress starred in a biopic that critics ripped to shreds, a film that basically bombed at the (American) box office, and yet she managed to score a Best Actress nomination for her reprised performance as the titular monarch of Elizabeth: The G...

By tomoneil Kate Winslet may very well emerge as a double Oscar-nominee this year, for best lead actress in "Revolutionary Road" and best supporting actress in "The Reader." However, there's also a very real possibility that her name could go unannounced on nomination day.

By tomoneil Only two gals get six votes for best actress: Kate Winslet ("Revolutionary Road") and Angelina Jolie ("Changeling"). Five contenders muster only a single vote: Kate Beckinsale ("Nothing but the Truth"), Cate Blanchett ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), Sally Hawkins ("Happy-...

By matt tobey 7. Kevin Spacey 5. David Duchovny 3. Cate Blanchett Pros: If she can effectively pull off both Bob Dylan and Elizabeth I, she can pull off goddamn anyone. Cons: She's extremely pretty, which would make listening to Rant in E Minor a troubling experience for my wiener. 2. Robert Downey Jr.

By brocknroll Don't get fooled by the advertisements of this film, although the film was advertised as a "Bob Dylan" biopic with many different actors playing Bob Dylan, it is NOT a biopic film. It is not really about Bob Dylan. None of the actors, Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, etc play Bo...

On reading my last week’s review of ‘Atonement’, a friend of mine recommended another British film, ‘Notes on a Scandal’ starring Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett. Based on a novel of the same name by Zoë Heller, the film is directed by Richard Eyre and was released in 2006.

By Courtney Cate Blanchett was recognized for leading- and supporting-actress performances, and Into the Wild earned four top nods as the nominations for the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Thursday. Just as she did at the Golden Globe nominations, Blanchett earned SAG nods...

By Alex Billington ACTRESS Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age Julie Christie - Away from Her Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart Ellen Page - Juno SUPPORTING ACTRESS Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There Ruby Dee - American Gangster Catherine Keener - Into the Wild

Nominated for best actress were Cate Blanchett as the British monarch in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," Julie Christie as a woman fading from Alzheimer's in "Away From Her," Marion Cotillard as singer Edith Piaf in "La Vie En Rose," Angelina Jolie as journalist Mariane Pearl in "A Mighty H...

The British historical romance film ‘Atonement’ lead the competition in nominations for the 2008 Golden Globe Awards with nods in seven categories. Keira Knightley has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for the romantic epic and her co-star Jam...

By Erik Davis Filed under: Awards, Newsstand, Oscar Watch Charlie Wilson's War Hairspray Juno Aaron Sorkin -- Charlie Wilson's War Tom Hanks -- Charlie Wilson's War Best Actress (Drama) Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age Angelina Jolie -- A Might Heart Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

By Rob Cate Blanchett: My husband wasn’t put off by it – he thought it was hilarious to see me dressed as Dylan! He didn’t particularly want to kiss me with stubble all over my face – it felt a bit odd! But I think he’s used to it [the make-up process].

By Rob Incredibly, when Blanchett and Kapur last united for the original Elizabeth nine years ago, the film garnered six Oscar nominations (including Best Picture and Actress) and one win (for make-up). It’s an achievement unlikely to be replicated by The Golden Age, which fails to stand up to...

By James Rocchi Following up 1998's Elizabeth, Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age falls on a double-edged sword; it's both overly familiar and bizarrely strange. The familiarity comes in how well, and how faithfully, Elizabeth: The Golden Age recreates the look and feel of its predecessor; th...

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By Rachel Sklar Lists! Magazines love 'em, and The Time 100 is a biggie. Today it is released, as the mag runs down its unabashedly arbitrary list of the Most Influential People in the World, including people like Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Condoleeza Rice, Elizabeth Edwards (but not John - eep!), Ro...

By Chris Beaumont It tells the story of Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett), a new schoolteacher who is spied in a compromising position with one of her young students. The spy is Barbara Covett (Judi Dench), a woman who sees this as an opportunity to ingratiate ...

By Chris McVetta Whatever the case, the best news of all is that Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford are teaming up - together again - to take Indiana Jones on one last amazing adventure before riding off into the collective sunset. Here's hoping that they give the character and the final act o...

Cate Blanchett Supermodel Kate Moss and boyfriend Pete Doherty were thrown out of the NME awards at the Hammersmith Palais on Thursday for allegedly trying to enter the toilets together. They were later caught in an alleyway at the back of the building. Kate won an award for Sexiest female b...

By Film School Rejects I went into the theaters to see Babel not knowing anything about it, mainly because it is an independent film and advertising for this picture has been minimal. I only knew that it starred Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal, but I knew nothing of the plot. So that you have a better...

By Playgoer What Ibsen may have done for womankind has been much debated, but for women in the theatre his gifts do keep on giving. As victimized and oppressed as Hedda Gabler and Nora Helman may be in their fictional worlds, stage divas have dominated the stage in their names ever since Ibsen's ink drie...