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Jewish Groups Condemn Kate Winslet For Nazi Oscar Role In ‘The Reader’

Kate Winslet is the hot favorite to win the Oscar for ‘Best Actress’ tonight at the 2009 Academy Awards. She’s nominated for her role as female prison camp guard Hanna Schmitz, and it is indeed a startling performance. But is it, and the film as a whole, too sympathetic to Nazis? According to Digital Spy,...
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Kate Winslet Named Bookies Favorite For ‘Best Actress’ Oscar

We’re now less than a month away from the 81st Academy Awards on February 22, 2009. The nominations have been announced, and Kirsten has detailed her opinions on them as well as the reactions from the nominees themselves. But what do the bookies think? The bookmakers make their money by being correct so bookies opinions...
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Kidman Too Pregnant to Read: Winslet Steps In

Kate Winslet gets a trip to Germany, thanks to Nicole Kidman and her worst-kept-secret-pregnancy in the entire world. Now that Nicole Kidman’s publicist has found out that Nic is pregnant, I guess everyone knows. That means we’re also free to acknowledge that the Oscar-winning Aussie actress (no! Not you, Cate Blanchett!) is dropping out of...
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