Tag Archives: Kate Winslet

Name That Chest: A Hollywood legend who has 65 costume changes in this film

And she’ll be featuring in my Top Women in the World of Film list next Tuesday to celebrate the International Women’s Day Centenary. A necklace was the clue to last week’s mystery chest. Click here to find out the film … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Wedges – Dipping into some lesser-known Love Actually trivia

Teaser: Love Actually features the lead actors from another well-known movie. I’ll leave you pondering that thought. More on that later… Cameos Can you name all of the Love Actually cameos? No doubt you can reel off Claudia Schiffer, Rowan … Continue reading

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News Muse Special – The Oscars Experience

News Muse is wishing she belonged to the Hollywood glitterati and could get a seat next to some hottie at the Oscars ceremony. Instead, the reality is that she got rejected off the bleachers and doesn’t have access to the … Continue reading

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How to win an Oscar – some simple rules

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Regardless of how you might take Kate Winslet’s risqué tips on bagging that Academy Award, there are some simple rules to securing an Oscar. Let’s look at the … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Changeling – are true crime movies more powerful than fictional ones?

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. It is of course difficult to say whether true crime movies are … Continue reading

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Sly gets busted up, Gerard gets off and Sam Mendes goes into Bondage (maybe)

News Hound’s stand-in Houndette sniffs out some astounding New Year’s stories on the internet and keeps you in the frame. Sam Mendes, the director of deep-thinking dramas such as Revolutionary Road and American Beauty, shocked the movie world – and … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | A Christmas Carol Top 10

For me, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without viewing at least one movie version of A Christmas Carol. You know the story – a miserly grump is visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve and learns the errors of his ways. … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Titanic, and other fact-based disaster movies

  Is it just me, or has it been difficult to avoid the 9/11 programming on TV in the UK this week? As recent years have shown, when the anniversary of the 2001 September 11th atrocities approaches, the schedules respond. … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Player, and movie cameos

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Do you have a favourite movie cameo moment? It’s the slew of cameos from dozens of  stars that make this Robert Altman satire on Hollywood the memorable movie … Continue reading

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The Best view | Frozen River – Melissa Leo keeps it real in gripping blue-collar thriller

Melissa Leo. Who? No idea? I thought as much. If, though, the name of this 48-year-old American actress does ring a faint bell it’s probably because she was the odd one out among this year’s Oscar nominees; the little known, … Continue reading

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