Actor Kate Winslet took a break from starring in dramas to do the Nancy Meyers picture The Holiday. But although the feature was a lighthearted romantic comedy, Winslet asserted it was the hardest role she’d ever done.
Kate Winslet never played a modern English character before ‘The Holiday’ Kate Winslet | Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images
Winslet was aware of how different The Holiday was from her usual pictures. For one, the feature was a romcom, which Winslet seldom starred in. It also focused on a contemporary English woman, which Winslet also never really played before. Whenever the actor did play contemporary characters, like in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, they were usually American. But her Holiday character, Iris, was so similar to her that Winslet was uncomfortable in the role.
“I’ve never played a contemporary English woman. The closest I’ve come is that I did...
Kate Winslet never played a modern English character before ‘The Holiday’ Kate Winslet | Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images
Winslet was aware of how different The Holiday was from her usual pictures. For one, the feature was a romcom, which Winslet seldom starred in. It also focused on a contemporary English woman, which Winslet also never really played before. Whenever the actor did play contemporary characters, like in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, they were usually American. But her Holiday character, Iris, was so similar to her that Winslet was uncomfortable in the role.
“I’ve never played a contemporary English woman. The closest I’ve come is that I did...
- 9/28/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Kate Winslet is often drawn to a wide variety of roles. But earlier in the actor’s career, Winslet found herself gravitating towards smaller parts in films. If only because her husband at the time didn’t want her to be too big of a star.
Kate Winslet thought she wanted to be with her first husband because he was a regular guy Kate Winslet | Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Winslet met her first husband on the set of her 1998 drama Hideous Kinky. Jim Threapleton worked as an assistant director on the feature, and quickly hit it off with the Oscar winner. Threapleton and Winslet would marry in 1998, and share a daughter in Mia Threapleton. Their marriage would last a couple of years before the two would officially part ways in 2001.
Winslet has always kept her relationships very private, so she’d never divulged the source of her divorce from Threapleton. But...
Kate Winslet thought she wanted to be with her first husband because he was a regular guy Kate Winslet | Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Winslet met her first husband on the set of her 1998 drama Hideous Kinky. Jim Threapleton worked as an assistant director on the feature, and quickly hit it off with the Oscar winner. Threapleton and Winslet would marry in 1998, and share a daughter in Mia Threapleton. Their marriage would last a couple of years before the two would officially part ways in 2001.
Winslet has always kept her relationships very private, so she’d never divulged the source of her divorce from Threapleton. But...
- 3/19/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Kate Winslet almost became an A-list celebrity overnight after her role in Titanic. But she felt her passion for acting may have been compromised as a result of her newfound stardom.
Kate Winslet wished she had support during her ‘Titanic’ fame Kate Winslet | Mike Marsland/WireImage
Winslet once confided that the amount of attention she received from Titanic was a bit difficult to navigate through. At the time, she wasn’t even living in Hollywood, but instead had a modest lifestyle in London. But the attention of her newfound stardom quickly began to influence her regular way of life.
“It isn’t easy going through that level of exposure so quickly. What I do wish is that I had had more support going through those early days. It’s genuinely difficult. I was living in my lovely little two-bedroom flat in north London… and suddenly I couldn’t just walk...
Kate Winslet wished she had support during her ‘Titanic’ fame Kate Winslet | Mike Marsland/WireImage
Winslet once confided that the amount of attention she received from Titanic was a bit difficult to navigate through. At the time, she wasn’t even living in Hollywood, but instead had a modest lifestyle in London. But the attention of her newfound stardom quickly began to influence her regular way of life.
“It isn’t easy going through that level of exposure so quickly. What I do wish is that I had had more support going through those early days. It’s genuinely difficult. I was living in my lovely little two-bedroom flat in north London… and suddenly I couldn’t just walk...
- 3/15/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
"He's an old man, I'll pay for his ticket!" Parkland Pictures has released the first trailer for The Last Bus, a film from the UK made by Scottish filmmaker Gillies MacKinnon. The film is about an elderly man named Tom whose wife has just passed away, and he decides to use only local buses on a nostalgic trip to carry her ashes all the way across the UK to Land's End, where they originally met, using his free bus pass. This is a story that, obviously, got the attention of everyone he met along the way and has been turned into a film. Timothy Spall stars as Tom, along with Phyllis Logan, Grace Calder, Celyn Jones, Brian Pettifer, Colin McCredie, Iain Robertson, and Marnie Baxter. It looks quite charming and very sweet, even though it's a simple story. Here's the official UK trailer (+ two posters) for Gillies ...
- 6/23/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Kate Winslet didn’t hold back. Okay, she wouldn’t admit to actors who were difficult. “We’re not going there,” she told Variety’s Jenelle Riley with a laugh. But the lively half-hour exchange on October 9 covered her early career; the tough moments of her latest film, “Ammonite”; and promoting movies during Covid. The Zoom interview began streaming on the second day of the Hamptons International Film Festival, a scaled back, makeshift drive-in affair that runs through October 14.
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Working in Philadelphia for an upcoming HBO series, Winslet said she doesn’t mind the cyber world. “It’s just wonderful, actually. I prefer the longer conversations. Sometimes when you do press for a movie it’s these quick sound bites for journalists from all over the world and it’s quite frantic.” From there it was a...
SEEDavid Fincher returns with red-hot awards contender ‘Mank’ starring Oscar winner Gary Oldman
Working in Philadelphia for an upcoming HBO series, Winslet said she doesn’t mind the cyber world. “It’s just wonderful, actually. I prefer the longer conversations. Sometimes when you do press for a movie it’s these quick sound bites for journalists from all over the world and it’s quite frantic.” From there it was a...
- 10/9/2020
- by Bill McCuddy
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Ralph Fiennes is in talks to join Rebecca Hall, Mark Strong and Saïd Taghmaoui in The Forgiven, the next movie from The Guard and Calvary director John Michael McDonagh, I can reveal.
The English Patient star Fiennes and Vicky Cristina Barcelona star Hall would lead McDonagh’s adaptation of the well-received novel by Lawrence Osborne, about the dramatic fallout following a random accident on the lives of an English couple (Fiennes and Hall), their friends and the local Moroccans who all converge on a luxurious desert villa during a decadent weekend-long party. Production is slated to start early next year in Morocco.
Elizabeth Eves will produce alongside McDonagh through their production company House of Un-American Activities. CAA packaged and is repping U.S. rights, with Imr International handling foreign sales and introducing the film to buyers in Cannes next week.
This was a hot prospect going into the market and Imr,...
The English Patient star Fiennes and Vicky Cristina Barcelona star Hall would lead McDonagh’s adaptation of the well-received novel by Lawrence Osborne, about the dramatic fallout following a random accident on the lives of an English couple (Fiennes and Hall), their friends and the local Moroccans who all converge on a luxurious desert villa during a decadent weekend-long party. Production is slated to start early next year in Morocco.
Elizabeth Eves will produce alongside McDonagh through their production company House of Un-American Activities. CAA packaged and is repping U.S. rights, with Imr International handling foreign sales and introducing the film to buyers in Cannes next week.
This was a hot prospect going into the market and Imr,...
- 5/5/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Whisky Galore! (2016) will be available on Blu-ray December 12th from Arrow Films
Based on the novel by Sir Compton Mackenzie and with a star-studded cast lead by Eddie Izzard (Victoria & Abdul, TV’s Hannibal) and Gregor Fisher (TV’s Rab C. Nesbitt) heart-warming comedy, Whisky Galore!, is out now on Digital and VoD and on Blu-ray & DVD on November 7th.
Directed by Gillies Mackinnon (Hideous Kinky) from a script by award-winning writer Peter McDougall, Whisky Galore! also stars Naomi Battrick (TV’s Waterloo Road and Ripper Street), Sean Biggerstaff (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2), Ellie Kendrick (An Education, Game of Thrones), James Cosmo (T2 Trainspotting, Wonder Woman) and Kevin Guthrie (Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them) and follows the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday in the Outer Hebrides who are largely unaffected by wartime rationing, until their supply of whisky runs out! Then...
Based on the novel by Sir Compton Mackenzie and with a star-studded cast lead by Eddie Izzard (Victoria & Abdul, TV’s Hannibal) and Gregor Fisher (TV’s Rab C. Nesbitt) heart-warming comedy, Whisky Galore!, is out now on Digital and VoD and on Blu-ray & DVD on November 7th.
Directed by Gillies Mackinnon (Hideous Kinky) from a script by award-winning writer Peter McDougall, Whisky Galore! also stars Naomi Battrick (TV’s Waterloo Road and Ripper Street), Sean Biggerstaff (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2), Ellie Kendrick (An Education, Game of Thrones), James Cosmo (T2 Trainspotting, Wonder Woman) and Kevin Guthrie (Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them) and follows the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday in the Outer Hebrides who are largely unaffected by wartime rationing, until their supply of whisky runs out! Then...
- 10/17/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Remake of classic Scottish comedy set for world premiere as 2016 Edinburgh closing night gala.
The 70th edition of the Edinburgh Film Festival (Eiff) (June 15-26) will close with the world premiere of Scottish comedy remake Whisky Galore!.
A remake of Alexander Mackendrick’s 1949 feature of the same name, the story follows a group of Scottish islanders who enjoy a windfall of whiskey during the Second World War.
The original was based on Sir Compton Mackenzie’s novel of the same name, which was inspired by the shipwreck off the Scottish coast of a ship sailing for America with a cargo of export-only alcohol during World War II.
The home-grown production was filmed on location in Scotland and features Scottish actors including Gregor Fisher (Love Actually), James Cosmo (Braveheart), Kevin Guthrie (Sunset Song), Sean Biggerstaff (Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets), and Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie).
Gillies Mackinnon (Regeneration, Hideous Kinky) directed from Peter McDougall’s screenplay. Iain Maclean...
The 70th edition of the Edinburgh Film Festival (Eiff) (June 15-26) will close with the world premiere of Scottish comedy remake Whisky Galore!.
A remake of Alexander Mackendrick’s 1949 feature of the same name, the story follows a group of Scottish islanders who enjoy a windfall of whiskey during the Second World War.
The original was based on Sir Compton Mackenzie’s novel of the same name, which was inspired by the shipwreck off the Scottish coast of a ship sailing for America with a cargo of export-only alcohol during World War II.
The home-grown production was filmed on location in Scotland and features Scottish actors including Gregor Fisher (Love Actually), James Cosmo (Braveheart), Kevin Guthrie (Sunset Song), Sean Biggerstaff (Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets), and Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie).
Gillies Mackinnon (Regeneration, Hideous Kinky) directed from Peter McDougall’s screenplay. Iain Maclean...
- 4/21/2016
- ScreenDaily
Kate Winslet prides herself on her privacy. The actress met her first husband, director Jim Threapleton, on the set of the indie film Hideous Kinky. By 23 she was married, by 25 she was a mother to Mia Threapleton, and by 26 she was divorced. She married director Sam Mendes and welcomed to a son, Joe Mendes, in 2003, and the two split in 2010. In 2012, Winslet married Ned Rocknroll, with whom she had a son, Bear Winslet, born in 2013. Decades ago, Kate tells WSJ. Magazine she struggled with attention on her love life. "No one teaches you, and also no one particularly helps you. It's a very specific thing to ask people to understand. 'So-and-so was mean about me in the newspaper.' 'Oh, just ignore...
- 9/30/2015
- E! Online
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Check here for a complete list of our essays. Just one glance at the Oscar nominees for 1998 might make it seem less a questionable choice for “best year in film” — and more an insane one. Instead of a 1974 – The Godfather II, The Conversation, Chinatown, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, etc – or even a 1994, where Shawshank, Quiz Show, and Pulp Fiction lost to Gump – you choose a year where the Oscars would allow Roberto Benigni to climb atop both the figurative and literal chairs of the Shrine? Fine, step away from the Oscars. Would you still celebrate a year that saw not one, but two movies about asteroids threatening the Earth? A year that saw such scars carved across cinematic history as Patch Adams, My Giant, Stepmom, and Krippendorf’s Tribe? It bears repeating: Krippendorf’S Tribe?...
- 4/27/2015
- by Michael Oates Palmer
- Hitfix
As problems go, it’s a pretty First World one to be saddled with. You’re a movie star pocketing obscene paychecks to appear in Hollywood blockbusters. But something is missing. Fame and box office success alone aren’t why you started making movies. You are an actor If only your fans could see just how cool and fearless and devoted to the craft you really are. What to do? Worry not. There’s a well-trod path laid out that will put this plight behind you once and for all: You will make a boldly uncommercial art film. The weirder,...
- 4/10/2014
- by Chris Nashawaty
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: 40 Canadian and international producer teams selected for Omdc’s eighth annual Toronto co-financing market.
New films by Donald Petrie, Timo Vuorensola, Baltasar Kormakur [pictured], Nick Broomfield, Gillies Mackinnon are some of the 40 selections for the eighth Omdc’s International Financing Forum. (Full list below)
The Ontario Media Development Corporation’s feature film co-financing market will be held Sept 8-9, running concurrently to Tiff.
The two-day event includes one-on-one producer meetings, a top-level panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a networking reception.
The initiative focuses on English language feature film projects being developed by international and Canadian producers, who meet with executives including sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents and executive producers – from companies including Beta Cinema, Big Beach, Cinetic, eOne, Film4, Film Nation, TF1, Wild Bunch and William Morris Endeavor.
The Canadian-produced projects selected this year include Nick Broomfield’s fiction feature film debut The Catastrophist to star Freida Pinto and John C Reilly and to...
New films by Donald Petrie, Timo Vuorensola, Baltasar Kormakur [pictured], Nick Broomfield, Gillies Mackinnon are some of the 40 selections for the eighth Omdc’s International Financing Forum. (Full list below)
The Ontario Media Development Corporation’s feature film co-financing market will be held Sept 8-9, running concurrently to Tiff.
The two-day event includes one-on-one producer meetings, a top-level panel discussion, roundtable meetings, a networking luncheon, and a networking reception.
The initiative focuses on English language feature film projects being developed by international and Canadian producers, who meet with executives including sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents and executive producers – from companies including Beta Cinema, Big Beach, Cinetic, eOne, Film4, Film Nation, TF1, Wild Bunch and William Morris Endeavor.
The Canadian-produced projects selected this year include Nick Broomfield’s fiction feature film debut The Catastrophist to star Freida Pinto and John C Reilly and to...
- 8/27/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Judge stopped publication of partly naked photos of Kate Winslet's husband because of risk children would be bullied
Read the full written judgment
A high court judge banned the Sun from printing pictures of Kate Winslet's husband that showed him partly naked at a fancy dress party because of the "grave risk" that the film star's children would be teased and bullied at school.
Mr Justice Briggs granted a privacy injunction brought by Ned Rocknroll against the Sun last week and explained his reasons in a written judgment published on Thursday.
David Sherborne, for Rocknroll, told the high court on Thursday that the case had now been settled. News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the Sun, has signed an undertaking agreeing not to publish the information, which also binds other media groups.
The judge ruled there was no public interest in allowing the Sun to...
Read the full written judgment
A high court judge banned the Sun from printing pictures of Kate Winslet's husband that showed him partly naked at a fancy dress party because of the "grave risk" that the film star's children would be teased and bullied at school.
Mr Justice Briggs granted a privacy injunction brought by Ned Rocknroll against the Sun last week and explained his reasons in a written judgment published on Thursday.
David Sherborne, for Rocknroll, told the high court on Thursday that the case had now been settled. News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the Sun, has signed an undertaking agreeing not to publish the information, which also binds other media groups.
The judge ruled there was no public interest in allowing the Sun to...
- 1/17/2013
- by Josh Halliday
- The Guardian - Film News
Winslet Thrills At Titanic London Premiere After Missing Out 15 Years Ago
Kate Winslet took to the red carpet for the premiere of Titanic 3D in London on Tuesday night - 15 years after a bout of dysentery caused her to miss the original U.K. launch.
The actress was joined by Billy Zane and director James Cameron at the Royal Albert Hall event and she was all smiles at finally attending a big premiere.
Winslet missed out on the Los Angeles launch of the film in 1997 to mourn the death of her ex-boyfriend Stephen Tredre, who lost his battle with cancer.
She was subsequently forced to skip the U.K. premiere because she was in hospital after contracting dysentery while filming Hideous Kinky in Morocco - but 15 years on, she has finally hit the red carpet for a Titanic launch.
Producer Jon Landau told reporters, "I'm so excited that we're here with Kate Winslet because she wasn't here the first time we premiered the movie. So that fact that she's here to support the film is very exciting."
Cameron flew into London for the premiere from Guam, where earlier this week (begs26Mar12) he performed the deepest ever solo submarine dive.
The actress was joined by Billy Zane and director James Cameron at the Royal Albert Hall event and she was all smiles at finally attending a big premiere.
Winslet missed out on the Los Angeles launch of the film in 1997 to mourn the death of her ex-boyfriend Stephen Tredre, who lost his battle with cancer.
She was subsequently forced to skip the U.K. premiere because she was in hospital after contracting dysentery while filming Hideous Kinky in Morocco - but 15 years on, she has finally hit the red carpet for a Titanic launch.
Producer Jon Landau told reporters, "I'm so excited that we're here with Kate Winslet because she wasn't here the first time we premiered the movie. So that fact that she's here to support the film is very exciting."
Cameron flew into London for the premiere from Guam, where earlier this week (begs26Mar12) he performed the deepest ever solo submarine dive.
- 3/28/2012
- WENN
Kate Winslet is seen by many as one of the greatest actresses Britain has ever produced. While for some she will always be Rose DeWitt in Titanic, she has never rested on her laurels and has constantly picked interesting and challenging roles. February sees her appear in Roman Polanski’s latest film Carnage. Based on the play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, it’s a savage, hilarious comedy about two couples who are drawn together when their respective sons get into a fight – and end up squabbling more than the kids! Winslet is excellent (as is the rest of the all-star cast), and received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in Carnage, giving us the perfect opportunity to look at some of the greatest performances of her career…
Heavenly Creatures
Between making splatter comedies in his native New Zealand and changing the history of cinema with Lord Of The Rings,...
Heavenly Creatures
Between making splatter comedies in his native New Zealand and changing the history of cinema with Lord Of The Rings,...
- 1/31/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Charlie Kaufman is one of the half-dozen greatest scriptwriters working in Hollywood today and every actor who gets to utter his words should count themselves lucky. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, now available on Blu-Ray, won him what will, I have no doubt, be the first of many Oscars and it isn’t even his best work.
Yes, I know Aaron Sorkin writes better individual lines and The Coen Brothers create richer characters and Allan Loeb is, well, busier … but no one gets into the foundations of narrative and deconstructs a story whilst telling it quite like Charlie Kaufman.
His films are clever and they make you feel clever while you’re watching them!
If you’re at all interested to read the kind of scripts that writing gurus live in fear of (because they don’t conform to arbitrary rules of structure and style...
Charlie Kaufman is one of the half-dozen greatest scriptwriters working in Hollywood today and every actor who gets to utter his words should count themselves lucky. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, now available on Blu-Ray, won him what will, I have no doubt, be the first of many Oscars and it isn’t even his best work.
Yes, I know Aaron Sorkin writes better individual lines and The Coen Brothers create richer characters and Allan Loeb is, well, busier … but no one gets into the foundations of narrative and deconstructs a story whilst telling it quite like Charlie Kaufman.
His films are clever and they make you feel clever while you’re watching them!
If you’re at all interested to read the kind of scripts that writing gurus live in fear of (because they don’t conform to arbitrary rules of structure and style...
- 11/7/2011
- by John Ashbrook
- Obsessed with Film
London, Sept 9: Kate Winslet has revealed that she dreads the moments when she has to do sex scenes.
Winslet, 35, is no stranger to stripping off after having gone through similar scenes in 'Titanic', 'The Reader' and 'Hideous Kinky'.
But she told V magazine that when the time comes to bare all in front of the camera, she is not very enthusiastic about it.
"I hate it! Listen, make no mistake, I just get on with it. I just go in and say: 'Oh f*** let's do it.' And boom. If you complain about it or procrastinate it's not going to go away," the Daily Express quoted her as saying.
"It's a profoundly.
Winslet, 35, is no stranger to stripping off after having gone through similar scenes in 'Titanic', 'The Reader' and 'Hideous Kinky'.
But she told V magazine that when the time comes to bare all in front of the camera, she is not very enthusiastic about it.
"I hate it! Listen, make no mistake, I just get on with it. I just go in and say: 'Oh f*** let's do it.' And boom. If you complain about it or procrastinate it's not going to go away," the Daily Express quoted her as saying.
"It's a profoundly.
- 9/9/2011
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"ExTerminators" (2010)
Directed by John Inwood
Released by Image Entertainment
Also appearing on VOD, Heather Graham, Amber Heard and Jennifer Coolidge team up to launch a service that will permanently wipe away your exes from your address book (and life) under the cover of Coolidge's bug extermination business in this comedy from cinematographer-turned-director John Inwood.
"Bad Ass" (2009)
Directed by Adamo Cultraro
Released by Well Go USA
A hitman (Tom Sizemore) has a change of heart when his latest job leaves the nurse of an aging mob boss as the prime suspect in Adamo Cultraro's feature debut. Frank Stallone co-stars.
"Centurion" (2010)
Directed by Neil Marshall
Released by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Following "Doomsday," Marshall returns to Hadrian's Wall in England for the story of surviving group of Roman soldiers in 117 A.D., including Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Liam Cunningham among their ranks, who defend...
"ExTerminators" (2010)
Directed by John Inwood
Released by Image Entertainment
Also appearing on VOD, Heather Graham, Amber Heard and Jennifer Coolidge team up to launch a service that will permanently wipe away your exes from your address book (and life) under the cover of Coolidge's bug extermination business in this comedy from cinematographer-turned-director John Inwood.
"Bad Ass" (2009)
Directed by Adamo Cultraro
Released by Well Go USA
A hitman (Tom Sizemore) has a change of heart when his latest job leaves the nurse of an aging mob boss as the prime suspect in Adamo Cultraro's feature debut. Frank Stallone co-stars.
"Centurion" (2010)
Directed by Neil Marshall
Released by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Following "Doomsday," Marshall returns to Hadrian's Wall in England for the story of surviving group of Roman soldiers in 117 A.D., including Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Liam Cunningham among their ranks, who defend...
- 11/1/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
It's "Kate Winslet Day" Pass it on.
While it may not be my very favourite Kate Winslet moment it was, for whatever reason, the one that immediately leaped into my mind when Nathaniel asked us to share. Perhaps it is residual Avatar love, but the Kate Winslet moment I wanted to highlight was the cold and watery goodbye between Winslet's Rose and Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack. By now I think the pendulum has swung back in Titanic's favour, especially with Avatar reminding everyone just what it is and was that James Cameron does so well so hopefully you guys don't try and bury me in the comments.
This scene in particular is not even the best in the film, but you have to admit that it's probably the moment that solidified Kate as a face that will be forever recognised around the world. Come to think of it, it's...
While it may not be my very favourite Kate Winslet moment it was, for whatever reason, the one that immediately leaped into my mind when Nathaniel asked us to share. Perhaps it is residual Avatar love, but the Kate Winslet moment I wanted to highlight was the cold and watery goodbye between Winslet's Rose and Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack. By now I think the pendulum has swung back in Titanic's favour, especially with Avatar reminding everyone just what it is and was that James Cameron does so well so hopefully you guys don't try and bury me in the comments.
This scene in particular is not even the best in the film, but you have to admit that it's probably the moment that solidified Kate as a face that will be forever recognised around the world. Come to think of it, it's...
- 1/12/2010
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
The BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum will spotlight 'The Colony', from Irish screenwriter Aisling Corristine next week with a workshop co-chaired by fellow Irish-woman, director Farah Abushwesha. The BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum has announced that an extract of new original work from Irish author Aisling Corristine (The Road Less Travelled), will be workshopped in front of an industry audience at BAFTA in London on Monday, November 30th at 7.30pm. 'The Colony' is a new sci-fi feature penned by the Irish writer. Irish writer, director and producer Farah Abushwesha (director, Chicken Soup, producer, Scouting Book for Boys, Micro Men) will co-chair the event in her role as Rocliffe founding member and will be joined in the task by director Gillies Mackinnon (Hideous Kinky, Tara Road, The Playboys).
- 11/26/2009
- IFTN
“Screenspiration”, that’s the new term being used to describe the phenomenon of folks visiting places due to seeing it in a film. Here at Boxwish, we’re trying it on for size and have to say we like the feel of it. Not that the notion is anything novel, we’ve been banging on about visiting places as seen onscreen for ages now. However the craze is sweeping the country as according to new research 34 per cent of Brits have been so inspired, with India voted the most popular destination thanks to Oscar-winner Slumdog Millionaire (learn more about the film’s Mumbai setting here). What other international hotspots made the list? Click over for details.
The survey was conducted by Opinium on behalf of TravelSupermarket.com and over 2,000 British adults answered. The results found that age plays a factor, with 50 per cent of those aged under 30 more likely to...
The survey was conducted by Opinium on behalf of TravelSupermarket.com and over 2,000 British adults answered. The results found that age plays a factor, with 50 per cent of those aged under 30 more likely to...
- 3/11/2009
- Boxwish.com
Winslet: I Love Getting Naked
Kate Winslet loves stripping for movies. Kate says she has no problem getting her clothes off for racey scenes in films like Hideous Kinky and Holy Smoke. She says, "I like exposing myself. There's not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I'm the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself."...
- 4/8/2002
- WENN
Kate Winslet And Husband Split
Actress Kate Winslet and her husband Jim Threapleton are separating, according to the star's publicist. Kate and her husband married in 1998 and celebrated the birth of their first child, Mia, last year. Winslet's spokesman Robert Garlock said Monday, "Kate Winslet and Jim Threapleton announced today that they have decided to separate. No other parties are involved in this amicable and respectful separation. Their daughter Mia will remain first priority for both of them." The curvy screen beauty only recently said that her career came second to her home life, insisting, "An actor's happiness has to come from something other than work. I know we're very lucky." She added that having a baby had "strengthened the relationship although there are highs and lows and at times it's tough". The couple first met during the filming of Hideous Kinky in Morocco in 1997.
- 9/4/2001
- WENN
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