Kate Winslet

Fashion Icon: Kiss Me Kate

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Although her first film role was in the darkly disturbing and critically acclaimed “Heavenly Creatures”, Winslet began truly attracting attention with her role in 1995’s “Sense and Sensibility”. With the monumental release of “Titanic” in 1997, she retreated from the limelight a lit...

Published Sat, Aug 29

Young love - Marianne and Willoughby

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In a romantic frame of mind today – here’s a description of young love at its most besotted! The photo is from the film Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet (a perfect Marianne) and Greg Wise (Emma Thompson, you are such a lucky girl!) as Willoughby.

Published Tue, Jul 28

Kate Winslet extra cautious after Oscar win

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The British actress had won the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance in ‘The Reader’ in 2009, after almost 12 years since she was first nominated for the coveted gong. Kate got an Oscar nomination for ‘Sense and Sensibility’ in 1996 and ‘Titanic’ in 1998.

Published Mon, Jul 20

Sense and Sensibility

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garnered several nominations and awards.  The marvelous cast includes Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant in the leading roles.  The supporting players are also outstanding.  It is notable that the adapted screenplay was written by Emma Thompson over a period of yea...

Published Mon, Jun 15

The Sense and Sensibility estate, Saltram House, Devon: Walk ID 339

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 UK Saltram features heavily in Ang Lee's 1995 film of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, as Norland Park, the lost home of the Dashwood girls (Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet). The interiors are the work of Robert Adam, often described as the greatest ...

Published Sun, Jun 7

Sense and Sensibility - Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet

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Scenes from the movie "Sense and sensibility" with Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and others www.up-video.com

Published Wed, Jun 3

Kate Winslet’s Oscar’s nerves

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With just days to go until Oscar night, Hollywood A-lister Kate Winslet’s mum Sally has told the Evening Post her girl is nervous. The couple have been to the Oscars before – in 1995 when Kate was nominated for Best Supporting actress in Sense and Sensibility. SOURCE: Reading Evening Post

Published Thu, Feb 19

Jane Austen: Sense Or Sensibility?

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As you watch Sense and Sensibility once again, look closer at Elinor and Marianne.  Mind you, if you have a chance, watch the 1995 movie too, then you’d appreciate Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in bringing out the differences between sense and sensibility even more clearly I think.

Published Sun, Feb 1