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All The Winners From The 2009 Oscars!
The 2009 Oscars took place in LA last night with our fellow Brits taking home a huge number of awards! Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner with eight gold statues including Best Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle, while Kate Winslet won Best Actress for her role in The Reader — here's what she had to say in the press room following her win! Sean Penn won Best Actor for his role in Milk, beating out Mickey Rourke to the gong, while Penelope Cruz and Heath Ledger won the Best Supporting trophies, with Heath's award being picked up by his family.
Sugar Bits — Sophie Ellis-Bextor Gives Birth Nine Weeks Early
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor has given birth to a son, who weighed just 2lb 10oz, nine weeks early. Sophie had pre-eclampsia, and also suffered from the condition with her first child, Sonny. Her mum, Janet Ellis, said Sophie and husband Richard Jones's new son "is doing fine.
Brad Pitt Delivers as the Curious Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a marvel of storytelling, special effects and acting, with an awesome performance from Brad Pitt as the eponymous character who is born an old man and becomes physically younger as the years pass by. The interiors and locations beautifully evoke the different eras the tale charts, from the First World War to the twenty-first century, but it's the film's moving portrayal of mortality that held me captivated.
Cate Blanchett gives a subtle performance as Benjamin's love interest, Daisy, and is as convincing in her portrayal of a dancer in her twenties as she is in old age.
PopUK's New Release Roundup!
It's time to let you know all the new releases that I recommend this week! First up I have a couple of DVDs for you — Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla came out yesterday and I very much enjoyed this fun-filled crime caper. It has some amusing performances in it, especially from Gerard Butler and face to watch Tom Hardy.
PopSugar UK's Must Haves For February
It's a new month so it's time for some of my Must Haves yet again! I'm turning my attention to goodies released this month, including many many DVDs, a couple of movies coming out at the cinema and a few albums to listen to as well. Don't forget to check out Fab UK's too!
Brad Breaks From the Kids to Attend to Button Business
After arriving to lots of screams at Tokyo Airport yesterday with Angelina and all their adorable kids, Brad Pitt joined director David Fincher for a more sedate experience at The Curious Case of Benjamin Button press conference at the Grand Hyatt. As the film opens here in the UK on 6 Feb., I'm hoping Brad and Ange will be bringing their gorgeous family to our shores before they discover if all those Oscar nominations convert to wins at the ceremony on 22 Feb. The Jolie-Pitt clan will then be getting ready to settle in to their new £40million mansion in Long Island in March.
Link Time!
- Ange & Brad are tres chic in Paris — InStyle UK
- Kanye's "open" to bisexual porn — Handbag
- A-list go for Global Traveller — Elle UK
- Lady GaGa's girl power — Cosmopolitan UK
- Heath's Oscar honour — Get Lippy
- Paula Abdul is inspirational — Holy Moly
- D&G reveal all about Posh — Grazia
- Which Posh headband is best? — BellaUK
- Dakota Fanning in Twilight 2 — Hecklerspray
- Tom Cruise receives Nazi teddy — Scandalist
Oscars 2009: The Nominations!
The nominations for the 81st Academy Awards have just been announced in Hollywood, with The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button heading up the nominees with thirteen nominations!
Slumdog Millionaire matched Doubt with ten nominations each, Kate Winslet has been nominated for Best Actress, and on the anniversary of Heath Ledger's death, he's been awarded a posthumous nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
So without further ado, check out all the nominees!
Benjamin Button Brings Out Brad And Beautiful Women
Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett's new movie The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button premiered last night in Westwood, California, and a whole host of glamorous stars showed up to the black tie event. Angelina Jolie walked the press line in a simple but stunning long black dress to support her man, Jennifer Lopez showed up in anything but innocent white, and Tilda Swinton wore a long muted stripy number. Julia Roberts' actress niece Emma Roberts also wore black, and looked demure and elegant in her lace dress — love those shoes!
Future Reads For the PopUK Book Club
I've been looking ahead to what we could read together in our PopUK Book Club. Several film adaptations are coming up, so I've selected a range of such titles as possible future reads. Some have been published recently while some are classics, and different genres are represented, from the short story to children's fiction to chick lit.
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