Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett took on the red carpet together at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in bold blue.
Cate looked like a walking piece of art in that dress paired with Christian Louboutin pumps. She received a Career Achievement Award during the festival.
Brad Pitt (dressed in a Lacoste polo) and Cate Blanchett were spotted filming scenes earlier today in the Caribbean for their new film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Thank goodness Brad’s character ages backwards because all that baldness and that fat suit did not suit him. Plus, it gave him pimples.
A zit for Mr. Pitt? Well, according to Cate, the fat suit and the prosthetic make-up Brad had to wear caused him to break out in a rash. Cate told Scotland’s Daily Record newspaper: “We went through three weeks of make-up tests and he was covered in eczema from it all. We were talking about what we were going to do because our skin was taking a battering. So I had this girlie conversation with him and put these skin creams down, lined them up in front of him and he and Angelina went around the table trying them. Brad is so smart and generous. He’s so wonderful I love him. I don’t love him in the sense that I love my husband, but I adore him.”
A little more about the plot: As Brad’s character (Benjamin Button) regains his youth, Cate’s character (Daisy) grows older. The movie’s million dollar question: Will their love continue to grow? (I also wonder how young Brad’s character will get in the film.)
Brad, 43, and Cate, 37, were also seen taking a lunch break after filming a few scenes on a sailboat named “BUTTON UP.” Below the boat name is “NEW ORLEANS.” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is directed by David Fincher (Panic Room, Fight Club, Se7en) and is set for a release between Christmas 2007 and May 2008. Light years away…
UPDATE :: Apologies, images removed!
Here are some pictures from earlier this month of Cate Blanchett at a Babel premiere down in Australia (again!). Recently, Cate revealed her plan to be the artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company for the 2008 season, working alongside her husband, Andrew Upton.
Cate’s latest film Notes on a Scandal co-starring Judi Dench opened yesterday in limited release and has garnered a decent 78% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Cate Blanchett was honored last night at the Princess Anne Theatre in London by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) with a slideshow presentation, “A Life in Pictures.” Here’s a re-cap of why Cate was honored with a major Academy event:
Since graduating from Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art, Cate Blanchett has worked extensively in the theatre, television and film, winning a host of global awards and critical acclaim.
She will soon be seen in Notes on a Scandal with Dame Judi Dench; in Babel opposite Brad Pitt, and in The Good German, opposite George Clooney.
She is currently in production on The Golden Age, the sequel to Elizabeth, for which she won her first BAFTA for Actress in a Leading Role in 1998. She was also nominated for Actress in a Supporting Role in The Talented Mr Ripley and won a second BAFTA for her role as Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator.
Future projects include Todd Haynes‘ I’m Not There, in which she portrays a Young Bob Dylan, and David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, in which she appears with her Babel co-star, Brad Pitt.
Other pictures include: Notes on a Scandal screening at Cinema 1 N.Y.C. on Monday, Dec. 18 and a NOAS screening after-arty at Osteria del Circo in NYC on Sunday, Dec. 3.
George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Tobey Maguire made their way out for the premiere of their upcoming film The Good German at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood last night. Cate looks absolutely stunning in that dress! Check out the 50+ The Good German stills here. The Good German opens in theaters this Friday.
During the premiere, People’s Sexiest Man shed a few tears for Max, his 300-lb. pet pot-bellied pig who recently went to hog heaven. George shared his feelings: “I’m good. I just got home this morning, or this afternoon, so it’s strange not having him sitting on the carpet in the house, but, you know… sad, actually.” What was his best memory of Max? “Oh, there are plenty of them. He got me in a lot of trouble that pig, in general, (and) scared the hell out of a lot of delivery people, too.” George won’t be getting another pig: “I think Max covered all my pig needs.”
“It was great to have Brad there, to have that buoyancy. Brad’s open and funny, and he makes me laugh. He makes me think about the style of a film in a way I hadn’t thought about it before. He asks questions about the script that I wouldn’t even conceive of asking. He’s a very aesthetic being, and I’m probably quite an emotional being. So for me, selfishly, he brings that out in me.” — Cate Blanchett on working with Brad Pitt on their film Babel
48+ new The Good German stills have arrived! Starring: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire. Risky Biz Blog breaks down all of the Casablanca-esque similarities including the The Good German movie poster reproducing the same elements of the Casablanca movie poster. The Good German is out in theaters Dec. 8. Check out 40+ more pictures in the gallery!
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, The Good German takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) becomes embroiled with Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), a former lover who is trying to escape her past in the aftermath of the war. Intrigue mounts as Jake tries to uncover the secrets Lena may be hiding in her desperation to get out of Berlin. Tully (Tobey Maguire), a soldier in the American army motor pool assigned to drive Jake around the city, has black market connections that may be Lena’s way out – or lead them all into even darker territory.
Wahoo!! Oscars all around!! I present to you the inside photo spread of Babel’s Brad Pitt & Cate Blanchett inside this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly November 3, 2006 issue. Here’s an excerpt from the article (full article after the jump):
Cate Blanchett was marinating in a puddle of blood on a dirt floor somewhere near the southern edge of the Sahara. Brad Pitt sat nearby, slumped over on a rock, sweat pouring off him. The temperature hovered near 112 degrees in the tiny Moroccan village that had become home to the cast and crew of Babel, the politically charged four-part epic from Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams). This place was seriously primitive, beyond the reach of electricity and, for the most part, running water. Air conditioning? Not a chance. Indoor toilet? There’s only one: See the village elder.
