Sixth time lucky! Kate Winslet won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in 'The Reader' at the 81st Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood.
And she was over the moon. Now aged 33 she said she used to practise receiving the award when she was 8 in front of the bathroom mirror with a bottle of shampoo.
Kate was much derided in the British press after her 'Oh my gosh... gather' Golden Globe speech, but she kept it together tonight. Alright, when she made it to the podium she was panting like a dog on heat, but this time she was relatively coherent.
Just before Christmas her mum won a pickled onion competition at their local pub in Reading and got her photo in the paper. Kate joked, after a few celebratory drinks no doubt, that another Winslet would be hitting its pages now.
The nature of celebrity is fascinating isn't it? I believe Winslet was flattered and genuinely overwhelmed at the Golden Globes.
All things considered her rise has been meteoric. A normal English kid from Reading to starring in the most successful film of all time to Oscar success.
Apart from the awards ceremonies, Winslet and her husband, director Sam Mendes (also an Oscar owner), shun media attention and focus on raising their two young daughters.
Compared to Angelina, Brad and Tom she's refreshingly down-to-earth.
Congratulations Kate! You deserve it.
[Review of Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind out soon]
I enjoyed your revue but am still a bit concerned about the nature of your admiration of KW with all your talk of the nature of her pants. But I suppose you must be some sort of guru when it comes to blogs about 'Oscars'.
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