Posts Tagged ‘kate winslet’

Oscar Picks (No Surprises Here)

I'm always excited about the Academy Awards — yeah, there are still a few of us left out there — but I'm guessing there won't be a whole lot of thrilling and/or shocking moments this year. (Most any upset would go thusly: Oooh, the frontrunner didn't win! Which means...someone or -thing completely undeserving did.)
But for [...]

The Week’s Lonely Opening: Revolutionary Road

I'm off to see Revolutionary Road in a bit and will be reviewing the cinematic reunion of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate "Just Give Me a Damn Oscar Already" Winslet for Jan. 9's issue.
I'm looking forward to it, despite reports that the film is little more than the former Titanic swooners verbally abusing each other for [...]

The Reader‘s Kate Winslet on the Holocaust: “We Get It, It Was Grim. Move On.”

OK, so that quote is actually from Extras' Kate Winslet, when her character is giving a Tropic Thunder-esque speech on a surefire way to win an Academy Award. The full clip of her appearance on Ricky Gervais' show is here, with the Holocaust talk around the three-minute mark:
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