Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett is on the cover of the current issue of InStyle magazine (the Australian edition). She is looking amazing with her youngest son, Ignatius , being just one year old! Cate says that Ignatius just started walking too. That is such an exciting age. In the interview she talks about parenting her three children, Ingnatius, Roman , 5, and Dashiell , 7, and if she plans on adding more children to the family. Here are the highlights : On parenting : They develop differently. You work as hard as you can to not only foster, but protect your children. You want to encourage ... Read Full Story

There aren't too many big red carpet events in the spring. Perhaps the April showers keep people away. But come May, there's one event that always has us checking out the fashion disasters: The Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The "Oscars of Fashion" always bring out the most bizarre clothing choices. Bizarre in a good way though. In a you can only wear this kind of thing to a costume gala kind of way. It's always great fun to check out the A-listers and decide who pulled off the most daring looks and who flopped like a dead fish on ... Read Full Story

LONDON - Cate Blanchett has urged global business leaders to cut down their carbon emissions and invest in eco-friendly schemes to save her native Australia from suffering more devastating bush fires. The stunning actress made the plea at the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen on May 25. The Elizabeth star referred to the life shattering Victoria bush fire earlier this year to drive home the urgency to save the planet. “Political failure at Copenhagen in December is quite simply unacceptable and this powerful room must play a major role in preventing this failure,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying in ... Read Full Story

Native Australian Cate Blanchett graces the cover of her motherland's version of In Style this month discussing life, love and of course, fashion. The Oscar winner, who say she grew up with very strong female influences, says she is natually drawn to complex, flawed female leads. "It's not women who succeed in a conventional sense I find inspirng, but the women who move through failure and mistakes and just keep on going." Perhaps it is this inspiration that has lead Ms. Blanchett to flawlessly portray icons like Queen Elizabeth and Katherine Hepburn with so much dignity and dimension. Source Read Full Story

Here's something we don't see very often. Anna Wintour not wearing Prada or Marni . As I said in my earlier post Marc Jacobs is the honorary chair of tonight's "The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" Costume Institute Gala , with Anna Wintour as one of the co-chairs. This afternoon they both attend the press preview of this event, with Anna wearing a Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 ensemble. The look included paisley print top, with a black trim, and a modified skirt from the runway, because lets face it, Anna was never going to wear the presented skirt. Apparently it's raining in New York, ... Read Full Story