Less is more for Kate Winslet

Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet, a mother of two, says her beauty rule is to go simple and minimal.

"I like to do my own make-up. I believe in less is more," dailymail.co.uk quoted Winslet as saying.

"Recently, I wore a simple, black Victoria Beckham column dress with long sleeves and small, gold belt detailing on the front. I knew that a curly hairdo would have completely gone against the dress, so we went for a high sculpted ponytail with a little bit of height in the front. It pulled the whole look together," she added.

The 36-year-old looked stunning in a recent photoshoot.

"Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated. For example, with very bold lip colours, you can't overdo the rest of your face. With a bright-red party lipstick, just go with lots of mascara and keep everything else clean," she said.

Kate Winslet wins best actress in mini-series Emmy

LOS ANGELES: British actress Kate Winslet won the best actress in a mini-series Emmy on Sunday, for her role in period drama "Mildred Pierce."

The Oscar-winning star plays a divorcee single mother who opens a restaurant to survive in the Great Depression in the drama, for which her English-born co-star Guy Pearce won best supporting actor Emmy moments earlier.

Winslet gave a short acceptance speech saying she "didnt think we were going to win anything" - until her gong it had been having a disappointing night - before thanking her mother.

Winslet's success came on a big night for another British period drama, "Downtown Abbey."

The show won the best mini-series Emmy, while veteran Maggie Smith won best supporting actress and Julian Fellowes, who wrote the British period drama, best writer of a mini-series.

Brian Percival also won best director for "Downtown Abbey," which tells the story of the aristocratic Crawley family in the stately home of the show's name. (AFP)

Kate Winslet escapes fire at Branson holiday home

British Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet was among the guests who escaped unhurt from a fire which swept through Richard Branson's Caribbean holiday retreat overnight.

Branson said the blaze was caused by a lightning strike on The Great House on Necker Island, and that the building was completely destroyed.

Branson, his wife Joan and son Sam were staying in a nearby property, but among those who fled the affected building were 35-year-old Winslet, her boyfriend and family, Branson's mother Eve and his daughter Holly.

"Around 20 people were in the house and they all managed to get out and they are all fine," Branson said in comments released to the British media.

"We had a really bad tropical storm with winds up to 90 miles per hour. A big lightning storm came around 4 a.m. and hit the house.

"My son Sam rushed to the house and helped get everyone out. Kate Winslet, her boyfriend and her family were there and Holly and some of her friends were also staying. My mother was there and they managed to get her out and she is fine."

He said his office was based in the main house, and that he had lost thousands of photographs in the fire.

Branson added that he planned to rebuild the property, which British media said had been expected to be the venue for the marriage later this year of Holly to fiance Fred Andrews.

Necker Island is part of the British Virgin Islands and is privately owned by Branson. (Reuters).  Kate Winslet' Pictures

Kate Winslet and Jennifer Lopez nominated for Hollywood stars

LOS ANGELES: Kate Winslet and Jennifer Lopez are among nominees announced to get their star on Hollywood's storied Walk of Fame next year.

Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson and Malcolm McDowell can also get their names on the Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk in 2012, while actor Richard Burton along with soul legend Barry White will get posthumous stars.

"The committee has selected a fabulous slate of stars to add sparkle and luster to the Hollywood Walk of Fame over the next year," said John Pavlik, chairman of the Hollywood Walk of Fame Selection Committee.

"Simpsons" creator Matt Groening was also nominated, along with John Lasseter and Sumner Redstone from the film world, and musicians Boyz II Men and Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart.

The selection committee is part of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the golden stars on the stretch of Hollywood Boulevard near Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Kodak Theatre, home to the Oscars.

The nominees were chosen from hundreds of applicants considered at a June 17 meeting of the committee, whose decision was ratified by the Chamber's board of directors.

While the nominations are for 2012, those chosen have up to five years to schedule ceremonies to unveil their stars, after which their selection will expire. (AFP)

Winslet strips for exhibition

Kate Winslet has bared it all again as she posed naked in front of the camera for photographer Mario Testino''s new exhibition ‘Todo o Nada’ in Rome.

The Titanic star, who had previously stripped off for Lancome cosmetics campaign, admitted that she could not say no to Testino when he appro ached her to feature in his upcoming art show.

“You know that his biggest strength without fail is making women look beautiful. When Mario turns to you and says, It’s beautiful, but I think it would work better naked, no?' How can one refuse?” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted the actress as saying.

“No matter what insecurities about oneself a subject may have, Mario makes them go away like a magician.

“One moment you are in the hair and make-up chair fully clothed and wishing you had smoother skin, longer legs and smaller feet and then Mario comes in and, in that charming way, he takes you by the hand and says, 'Don't worry it's going to be amazing,” she added.

Kate Winslet struggled with 'tough' break-up scenes in 'Mildred Pierce'

Kate Winslet has revealed that she struggled to portray the breakdown of a relationship in new TV mini-series 'Mildred Pierce', because the scenes reminded her of splitting from husband Sam Mendes.

The 'Titanic' star announced the end of her seven-year marriage to the 'American Beauty' director last year (10).

"It was tough. There were moments like that one where I was using things from my own life in my performance," the Daily Express quoted Kate as saying.

"There were days when I'd almost feel comatose."
But the actress found a delicious distraction during filming in the form of male model Louis Dowler, whom she dated for eight months.

In 'Mildred Pierce', a remake of the 1945 Joan Crawford film, Winslet plays an American in the Thirties who refuses to be a victim of the economic downturn and works hard to make something of herself.

"I connected with Mildred. I share her survival instinct. My parents didn't have any money. I know what it's like to work hard to get by and make something of yourself," she said.

Winslet, Dicaprio voted most romantic onscreen couple

LONDON: Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have been voted the most romantic movie couple ever.

The 36-year-old US heartthrob and the stunning British actress, 35, appeared opposite each other in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic, which was based on the tragic sinking of the infamous ship in 1912.

More than 500,000 movie fans offered their opinions in a poll for ABC TV and People magazine, with the results airing on US TV.

According to statistics, almost a quarter of voters considered the ill-fated destiny of Rose and Jack to be the most passionate, as the couple's love blossoms while one of the most horrific maritime disasters in history plays

Exercise keeps me sane

Kate Winslet has credited exercise with helping her to feel good about herself following her split from ex-husband Sam Mendes.

The actress - who divorced from the American Beauty director in 2010 after seven years of marriage - admitted that she engaged in more physical activity after becoming single in order to feel healthier for her two children.

"That's the main reason I took it up... But I do feel... I don't know... part of, I suppose, my way out of everything, has been really taking care of myself," she explained to Vogue.

"I think that comes from an awareness that my children really need me, and they need me to be the healthiest version of myself that I can possibly be."

She went on to say that she feels good about her place in life now, adding: "I actually keep saying it out loud. Last night I went out for a drink with two friends and, as we were walking, I said, 'God, you know, I feel so good'.

"Not in a, 'Wow! I feel so good!' way, but just in that quiet centred way. I'm almost surprised by it. I feel well, I feel healthy. I feel clear. I feel centred."

Winslet also insisted that she is happy to be single.

Kate Winslet says no to plastic surgery

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has no intention of going under the knife – because she is satisfied with her body.

“No, I have never tried any of that stuff. I don’t have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else’s or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are,” she said.

The star was talking to the April edition of U.S. Glamour magazine, for which she posed in a figure-hugging Victoria Beckham dress, reports the Daily Mail.

The 35-year-old admitted that she hadn''t always been as confident in her looks.

“When I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, ''You''ve got such a beautiful face.''”

“In the way of, like, ''Oh, isn''t it a shame that from the neck down you''re questionable.''”

Kate Winslet gives tips to bare-all on screen

Hollywood actress Kate Winslet turns adviser to co-star Evan Rachel Wood on sets of their new film Mildred Pierce. Winslet gave tips to Wood on how to face the camera while filming a nude scene.

Wood admitted she was worried about baring all for her role in Mildred Pierce but was reassured by her co-star, Winslet who has stripped on screen several times.

"I was quite nervous about it and Kate looked at me and said 'Listen to me alright. I've done everything, alright. And one day you're going to look back on this and you're going to be so happy you've done it. And it'll be great, just do it. OK?' I couldn't really say no," contactmusic.com quoted Evan as saying.

The 22-year-old actress also revealed she was recently shocked to discover she has fans.

"I've started to get fans now. It's weird, I was on set and there were all these girls lined up on the sidewalk and I assumed they were all there for Kate and they all shouted at the same time, 'Evan Rachel Wood, we love you' and I didn't know what to say so I just said, 'I love you too!'. I was so shy, that had never happened to me before."

Focused On "Mildred Pierce"

Back for the second day of work on her new gig, Kate Winslet was in full costume on the New York City set of "Mildred Pierce" on Monday (April 19).

The recently divorced Oscar-winning actress looked focused as she plugged away at the five-hour miniseries being directed by Todd Haynes.

As previously reported by Gossip Center, the HBO production is about " a divorced single mom named Mildred Pierce, who decides to open a restaurant business during the depression, which threatens to damage her already-strained relationship with her ambitious eldest daughter, Veda."

Also starring Evan Rachel Wood and Guy Pearce, the series is scheduled to hit HBO sometime in 2011.

Mendes denies cheating on Winslet

Amid claims that Rebecca Hall was the reason behind the split of Sam and Kate, friends and representatives of both Rebecca Hall and Sam Mendes have rubbished the rumours.

A representative for Sam Mendes has denied the allegations that the split happened because of Rebecca Hall. "There is absolutely no truth to this. Sam and Rebecca are professional colleagues. That's it." he said.

Rumours are rife that Kate was upset with Mendes' growing fondness for actress Rebecca Hall. According to the Daily Mail, Mendes was charmed by her after working with her in his 2006 flick "Starter for 10," and even more so when she starred in his Bridge Project theater company shows in New York and London.

"Yes, they know each other, but that's about it," says an insider close to Hall, who insists, "Rebecca has absolutely nothing to do with their split."

Sam and Kate met in August 2001 when they got together to discuss a theatre project. and tied the knot on May 24, 2003 at Barnes Bay in Anguilla, West Indies in a low profile marriage.

Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes separate after seven-year itch

Oscar-winning British film actress Kate Winslet and her filmmaker husband Sam Mendes, have separated after nearly seven years of marriage, their lawyers said in London on Monday.

The announcement of the split by London law firm Schilling came as something of a surprise following the pair's portrayal as the ideal show business couple for many years.

Winslet, 34, who likes to refer to herself as "Kate from Reading" - outside London - married the successful British filmmaker and stage director in a Caribbean wedding in 2003.

They have one son, Joe, 6, while Winslet has a daughter, Mia, from her first marriage to film director Jim Threapleton.

"Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year," said a statement by Schillings.

The split was "entirely amicable and by mutual agreement" and both parties were fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children.

Winslet began her career as a teenager in BBC television, but shot to international stardom with her role as Rose Dewitt Bukater in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic.

Last year she won an Oscar for Best Actress for her highly acclaimed lead role in the German postwar drama The Reader. Other films include Enigma, Jude and Hamlet.

Mendes, 44, won a best director award for his movie American Beauty in 2000. The pair worked together on his fourth film, Revolutionary Road, in 2008.

"It was very exhilarating to finally work with my wife and I saw a side of her I just didn't know," he said of the experience.

Kate Winslet named best actress at European film awards

Kate Winslet was named best actress at the European Film Awards this weekend for her Oscar-winning performance in Holocaust drama The Reader.

Director Stephen Daldry collected the prize on her behalf at the ceremony, held in the German city of Bochum.

British film-maker Ken Loach received a lifetime achievement award, while Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire picked up a People's Choice prize.

Austere German drama The White Ribbon was named best European film of 2009.

The film - winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or at Cannes - received additional awards for its direction and script, both collected by Austria's Michael Haneke.

Prison drama

Tahar Rahim, a French actor of Algerian descent, was named best actor at Saturday's event for his role in prison drama A Prophet.

French star Isabelle Huppert, meanwhile, received a special award for "European achievement in world cinema".

Katalin Varga, a UK co-production made in Romanian and Hungarian by British director Peter Strickland, was named "European discovery" of 2009.

Hosted by Germany for alternate years, the awards have been bestowed by the European Film Academy since 1988.

Last year's ceremony, held in the Danish capital Copenhagen, saw Italian mafia drama Gomorra won five prizes including best film.

Kate Winslet has perfected art of doing sex scenes

Hollywood actress Kate Winslet has revealed that with age she has mastered the art of doing sex scenes in her flicks.The Hamlet actress says that she does believe in the saying “practice makes perfect”.“Just doing it again makes it easier. When you’ve done it once you’re not really having sex with these people, you’ve got some little covering thing,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.Kate also revealed that she has no apprehensions enacting sex scenes because she thinks it’s a part of her job, and with age she has become more comfortable with it.“Actually, I didn’t have that much in The Reader ­– but you do usually and it’s not pornography. It’s acting and it’s just a part of this job. As I get older I really don’t care what people think of me or how I look,” she said.

Kate Winslet vows never to bare

Kate Winslet has vowed never to bare-it-all in films again, for she thinks that stripping off in movies is earning her a bad reputation.

The British actress has already flashed her skin in over 10 films, including Titanic, Hamlet, and 2008's The Reader.

Although Kate’s not afraid of going nude in front of the cameras, she fears that the skin-show is actually ruining her reputation. And the Golden Globe-winning star has admitted that she might not ever strip off for a role again.

"I think I won't. I can't keep getting away with it, and I don't want to become that actress who always gets her kit off,” Contactmusic quoted her as telling Time magazine.

As a child I lived hand to mouth: Kate Winslet

Actress Kate Winslet, one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood, says she had a difficult childhood and her family lived hand to mouth.Thesun.co.uk quoted her as saying: "We didn't get a VCR until I was 12 and it was second-hand from some friend of my dad's down at the pub.I come from a family of actors who lived their lives, and still do rather stubbornly, on a shoestring. It was very hand to mouth."I remember my dad getting up and going to do the postal route, as well as being the guy who helped tarmac the roads. He would drive a minivan.He did whatever he needed to do to make ends meet. He was a jobbing actor, like most actors - that was my father."Winslet is the the daughter of Sally Ann and Roger John Winslet; both her parents were actors. The actress, who recently bagged the best actress award for her role as a frustrated housewife in "Revolutionary Road" and the best supporting actress award for her portrayal of a former Nazi guard in "The Reader", gives credit to her father for teaching her work ethic.She said: "My father taught me the work ethic. He would always say to me, 'You know what, baby? You have got to keep on keepin' on. You can only do your best, and your best is good enough, kid.' He still says it to me now. It's wonderful to have that."It was always about the love of the work. It was about how you were going to be lucky if you got the episode of 'Casualty' you were up for. Or 'Wow. Did you hear? Kate's got a voice-over.' It was the joy in the small moments. I was taught that from an early age. You have to work for it."

Kate Winslet gets sick of stripping on screen

British actress Kate Winslet insists stripping off for sex scenes in movies leaves her feeling terribly sick.

In her new film “Little Children”, which portrays Winslet as a reluctant mother and housewife who cheats on her husband and has little interest in her kids, the actress had to expose her all while filming a raunchy session with co-star Patrick Wilson.

But the Titanic beauty, who looked dazzling at the premiere of her upcoming film, admits she detests getting naked in front of the cameras, as they make her feel disgusted.

“As an actress, when you have to take your clothes off and get naked it’s really, really terrible,” The Daily Mail quoted her, as saying.

“It’s a terrible day and when you wake up you feel sick and you think to yourself, ‘I must be absolutely mad and I must remember not to do this ever again’,” she added.

The film had its British premiere as part of the London Film Festival.

Sex scene with DiCaprio was weird: Kate

Kate Winslet has confessed that her steamy scene with Leonardo DiCaprio in new movie ‘Revolutionary Road’ was ‘too weird’ and she couldn't wait for it to end.

The 33-year-old actress, who first starred opposite DiCaprio in 1997 epic Titanic , revealed that the reason wasn't her shyness or the crew members, but it was her husband, the film's director Sam Mendes, shouting instructions in the background, reports the China Daily.

"Sam was saying, 'OK, Leo, press your fingers right into her back, hard. Grab her butt, Leo.' All I could think was, 'Please let this be over soon'", Kate said.

The actress also revealed that she was afraid that her spouse would be upset seeing her simulating sex with another man.

"You know, 'What if we had a row at home and have to go to work the next day?' But if we have a disagreement, we are quite good at getting through it quickly and being very honest and married about it," she added.

Kate Winslet battles acne

Oscar nominated British actress Kate Winslet revealed she battles body issues the way other normal women do.

According to contactmusic.com , Kate features regularly on most magazines' "most sexy" list. But she hates being put on such a pedestal and reveals how she has the same problems as pretty much everyone else her age. Speaking to a magazine, she said: "Since I turned 30, I've had an acne problem on my chin. I'm just like everybody else - I just know how to cover it. There's no big secret - I have make-up on."