"cate-blanchett" Articles & Blogs:
You Give Me One Dollar, I’ll Earn You $44
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Sometimes I don’t know how Forbes comes up with all these lists that they run. Here is their latest. Actresses who provide the biggest bang for the buck.
The woman who provides the biggest bang for the buck is Naomi Watts. She doesn’t star in b...[Read on] |
Kristin Scott Thomas lets loose
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While being interviewed by the Guardian for her film Nowhere Boy about the teenage years of John Lennon, Kristin Scott Thomas talked about her life and her career and had some very interesting things to say.
The moment that Kristin Scott Thomas knew she ...[Read on] |
Cate Blanchett & Feminism in Robin Hood
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[Spoilers below]
I watched Robin Hood this past weekend with the boo and I LOVED it! Man oh man, the story of Robin Hood just hits me right in the core! I mean, Guru's Robbin Hood Theory is one of my favorite songs of all time! Best lyrics ever: Now tha...[Read on] |
The Next Hit Girl
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Looks like we’re going to be talking about girl assassins for a while longer. While we can probably agree that Saoirse Ronan won’t be uttering the c-word in her new film Hanna (but then again, who knows) we do know that she will be kicking a little ...[Read on] |
Animal Kingdom’s Jacki Weaver on Her National Board of Review Victory
| Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdon. Photo by Narelle Sheean, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. When the Australian indie film Animal Kingdom made a splash at Sundance in January, everyone couldn’t stop talking about veteran actress Jacki Weaver’s spine-...[Read on] |
Women actors make way less money than men
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I’m sure this is no shock to anyone but the new Forbes list of top earning actresses is out and while some women earn a ton of money from acting and endorsements, they make way les than their male peers.
The top female earner was Angelina Jolie with $2...[Read on] |
Pale male fail – Who makes the most in Hollywood
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Vanity Fair has put together a list of Hollywood’s highest film earners and not surprisingly, at the top of the list are all white men. The highest female on the list is Emma Watson who made $30 million for the latest Harry Potter films. ($15 million ...[Read on] |
Theatre Watch: Life pretty much sucked for women on Broadway this year
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Even though women buy the lion’s share of theatre tickets, it still seems that it is virtually impossible for women playwrights to get their shows mounted on Broadway. Usually there are great roles from women in male written shows, but this year there...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: NY Post’s VA Musetto
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It seems that the fact that Abbie Cornish keeps her clothes on in Bright Star has so upset the NY Post so they had to remind readers that she has played other roles where she shows more skin.
If you just have to see the 27-year-old farmer’s daughter in...[Read on] |
Remembering Elizabeth Edwards, Power Mom
| Elizabeth Edwards with her daughter Cate at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston. By Elise Amendola/File/AP Photo. I will remember Elizabeth Edwards first and always as a mom. I think that’s the role she cherished most among the breathtak...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: Publishers Weekly Top Ten Books of 2009
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The editors of Publishers Weekly have thrown down the gauntlet picking the top 10 books of the year and SURPRISE they are all by guys.
Here’s what Louisa Ermelino said about how they chose the books:
From more than 50,000 volumes, we valiantly set out...[Read on] |
Celebrating Earth Day: Celebrities, Authors & Supporters
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It seems celebrities support everything nowadays, from classy New York restaurant openings to their hometown baseball teams. But perhaps the most significant celebrity-approved concept is the green movement.
After all, the staggering facts regarding glob...[Read on] |
Where we are as women (in Film)
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There must be something in the water because over the last week there have been several substantive pieces and one panel (which I will blog about later) discussing women and film. These discussions are not new, they happen all the time, but having two p...[Read on] |
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