Cate Blanchett

10 Hottest “Cougars” in Movies

source: blog.spout.com

Apparently three-time Oscar nominee Michelle Pfeiffer has been relegated to playing only “cougars.” The slang term has been used heavily to describe the actress’ latest character, a Parisian courtesan who has an affair with a pretty boy half her age (Rupert Friend). But just prior to app...

Published Mon, Jun 29

InStyle Australia June 2009 Cate Blanchett by David Gubert

source: Cate Blanchett Weekly

Published Thu, Jun 18

Blanchett plea wins funds for Sydney Theatre Company in $16m arts ...

source: The Australian

 Australia A PLEA by Cate Blanchett to Nathan Rees has paid dividends for her Sydney Theatre Company, which was a big winner as the arts received a spending boost of almost 7 per cent. The state budget has set aside $244.1 million -- a rise of $16.1m -- for the ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

Ken Burns goes inside 'America's Best Idea'

source: Aspen Times

 CO Gore to Arby's, the designated hitter to “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (the film version; I didn't read the book and, unless it has Cate Blanchett in it, I'm not going to), America has come up with some spectacularly bad ideas. ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

Who do Australians really trust?

source: Adelaide Independent Weekly

 Australia ON THE RISE – Kerry O'Brien (up 23 places to 26th), RBA boss Glenn Stevens (up 16 places to 67th), Thomas Keneally (up 12 spots to 29th), Cate Blanchett (up 10 spots to 19th), Peter Costello (up 8 places to 84th), Hugh Jackman (up 10 spots to 6th). ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Finding Lucy

source: The Age

 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 ...

Published Sat, Jun 13

Abiding appeal of boys in the hood

source: The Age

 Australia Currently popular culture is saturated in Hoodiana, with no shortage of iterations of the legend in fiction and on TV. Soon yet another major film version of the story will appear featuring Russell Crowe in the title role with Cate Blanchett as Maid ...

Published Fri, Jun 12

New kids on block have an edgy agenda

source: Sydney Morning Herald

 Australia The brainchild of artistic directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton, the group of nine replaces the Actors Company, a larger ensemble established by the former artistic director Robyn Nevin. Unlike their predecessors, who performed only in mainstage ...

Published Fri, Jun 12