CATE, GWYNETH CATCH UP BETWEEN COLLECTING TROPHIES.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith What a moment - Gwyneth Paltrow skirting the stage of the grand ballroom of the Beverly Hilton hotel to get to the table where Cate Blanchett Catherine Élise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969), better known as Cate Blanchett, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. She has also won various awards, most notably including two SAGs and two BAFTAs, making her one of a few actors who won all was stationed at the Academy Awards nominees luncheon this week. The fellow Oscar-nominees embraced like long-lost sisters, then, ``Shakespeare in Love's'' Gwyneth crouched next to ``Elizabeth's'' Cate for more than five minutes, chatting. So much talent, so much blond beauty, so much star power - and they were both wearing outfits with dark leather and bulky knit sweaters. We were seated with Blanchett at the affair that's an annual favorite of nominees. She explained that she and Gwyneth ``saw each other briefly at the Golden Globes, but other than that - she's been busy shooting her film (`Duets') in Vancouver, and I've been in London. You come to events thinking you'll have a chance to see people you want to talk to, but then you're separated by all the cameras and activity. This was a chance to talk.'' As far as competing against her friend (and co-star in the upcoming ``The Talented Mr. Ripley''), the gifted Aussie actress notes, ``There's a lot of silliness surrounding the awards - but I think Gwyneth and I are really proud of each other.'' Fresh from winning critics' honors in London and Chicago - and losing the Screen Actors Guild Award to Paltrow Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. - Blanchett (who won the Golden Globe, by the way) returns to London this week to resume rehearsals for ``Plenty.'' She stars in the 20th anniversary revival of the play, which is set for an April opening. She'll be back for the Oscars. At this stage of the Oscar hoopla hoop·la n. Informal 1. a. Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement. b. Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla. 2. , she's feeling ``it's surreal, incredibly fantastic.'' Predictions? If applause at the nominees' luncheon provides any clues - and occasionally it does - Oscar handicappers will find it interesting to note that Ian McKellen drew outstanding response when his name was called. So did supporting-actress nominee Kathy Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. , and so did triple ``Life is Beautiful'' nominee Roberto Benigni. Stanley on Stanley Legendary film director Stanley Donen is ``still in shock - stunned'' over the death of his close friend Stanley Kubrick Noun 1. Stanley Kubrick - United States filmmaker (born in 1928) Kubrick this week. He says of the 70-year-old film master - who migrated to England in 1960 to have the total control over his movies he didn't feel he could have in Hollywood, ``He was without a doubt one of the great moviemakers, a brilliant man who managed to find a way to do things his way, and he should be applauded for it.'' Donen directed the ABC-TV adaptation of A.R. Gurney's ``Love Letters'' that airs April 12, but hasn't made a theatrical release since the mid-'80s. ``The studios are only interested in aiming for reasonably unsophisticated and young audiences,'' he says. ``They won't make films for any other age groups - though statistics keep telling us that people are living longer.'' He points out that ``Love Letters,'' with Laura Linney and Steven Weber Steven Weber may refer to:
downpour doesn’t dampen singer’s spirits. [Pop. Music: Fordin, 355] See : Cheerfulness ,'' ``Funny Face'' and ``Charade''), ``I'm not going to change the structure of the movie business as it is today. I have to learn to make movies in the face of what they do.'' `Starr Struck' Noah Wyle was on hand with fiancee Tracy Warbin at the 2nd Stage Theatre in Hollywood for the premiere of ``Starr Struck: A Musical Investigation'' - in which Tricia Leigh Fisher Tricia Leigh Fisher is an American actress and singer. Early life Fisher was born on December 26, 1968 in Burbank, California to singer Eddie Fisher, and actress Connie Stevens. Her older sister is actress Joely Fisher. does a knee-slappin' turn as Monica Lewinsky Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted (after initially denying) to having had an "inappropriate relationship"[1] while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. . There to cheer Tricia on were her mom, Connie Stevens Connie Stevens (born August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. Biography She was born Concetta Rosalie Anna Ingoglia in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of Peter Ingoglia (known as musician Teddy Stevens) and singer Eleanor McGinley. , and her sister, Joely. Don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how much longer there will be interest in the Clinton sex scandal, but as long as there is, this satire, which features a terrific cast and clever material, should pack 'em in. Incidentally, ``ER's'' Wyle - who dated Tricia in high school - is one of the producers of ``Starr Struck,'' and a power behind the gentrification gentrification, the rehabilitation and settlement of decaying urban areas by middle- and high-income people. Beginning in the 1970s and 80s, higher-income professionals, drawn by low-cost housing and easier access to downtown business areas, renovated deteriorating of an East Hollywood neighborhood where 2nd Stage is part of a cluster of small playhouses. With reports by Stephanie DuBois. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) BLANCHETT (2) DONEN (3) FISHER |
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