http://www.phonebabes.co.uk en-us info@phonebabes.co.uk 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 p http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/kate-winslet-named-best-actress-at-european-film-awards_131.html 09-01-2010 Oscar-winning star Kate Winslet has been named best international actress at this year's Bambi Awards in Germany. The 34-year-old scooped the prize for The Reader, in which she played a German woman with a secret Nazi past. Winslet, who shot the movie in Germany, said: "Ever since we made The Reader I'm always trying to find ways to come back - it was special. " The annual Bambi Awards acknowledge achievement in film, television, music and sports. Earlier this year, Winslet was awarded her fi http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/kate-winslet-named-best-actress-at-bambi-awards_128.html 30-11-2009 Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has been named the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes magazine. The 33-year-old knocked talk show host Oprah Winfrey off the top spot on the annual Celebrity 100 list, which is based on earnings and media exposure. Madonna came third, followed by singer Beyonce and golfer Tiger Woods - the only man in the top five. Coldplay lead the British charge at 15, but chef Gordon Ramsay and Harry Potter author JK Rowling dropped off the list. Jolie, http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/jolie-tops-celebrity-power-list_107.html 04-06-2009 Actress Angelina Jolie was taken to hospital on Friday after suffering a head injury while on set for her latest film, movie bosses have said. The 33-year-old was shooting an action sequence for upcoming thriller Salt in New York when she suffered "a minor bump to the head". Columbia Pictures spokesman Steve Elzer said Jolie was taken to a local hospital as a "precautionary measure". He added she was back on set later that day and production had resumed. Salt sees Jolie star as a http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/jolie-suffers-head-injury-on-set_106.html 31-05-2009 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - the big budget US TV series based on the film franchise - has been cancelled, broadcaster Fox has said. The show, which starred British actress Lena Headey, ran for two seasons and was shown in the UK on Virgin1. It was set after the events of the second instalment of the film series. Meanwhile, US sitcom Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate has also been axed after two seasons, according to trade paper Hollywood Reporter. It said ABC had off http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/terminator-tv-series-axed-by-fox_104.html 19-05-2009 Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz has thanked fans for support after her father's death was announced. Emilio Diaz, 58, passed away on Tuesday from complications due to pneumonia. In a statement Diaz said her family were "deeply appreciative of the overwhelming outpouring of love and support during this difficult time". A spokeswoman for the 35-year-old said it was unclear whether she would go ahead with a UK trip next week to promote film What Happens in Las Vegas. The British premiere of th http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/grieving-actress-diaz-thanks-fans_103.html 19-05-2009 Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet is suing the Daily Mail newspaper for £150,000 over an article which claimed she had lied about her fitness regime. In papers filed at London's High Court, the film star said she was "distressed and embarrassed" by the feature. The 33-year-old added the claims injured her personal and professional reputation, and is seeking a ban on them being republished. The paper has not agreed to a bar on their repetition, documents state. In the story, headlined "Sho http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/winslet-sues-newspaper-for-libel_101.html 14-05-2009   Movie stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio have helped pay towards the nursing home fees of the last Titanic survivor, the fund's chairman said. The actors, along with director James Cameron, are thought to have donated $30,000 (£22,000) after being asked to help 97-year-old Millvina Dean. Miss Dean from the New Forest was nine weeks old when the liner sank in 1912. She is struggling with monthly bills of £3,000 and is in danger of losing her room at her Southampton nursing home. Le http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/movie-stars-help-titanic-survivor_100.html 14-05-2009 By Kevin Maher It started so well. A Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe award for her sterling performance in The Reader drew Kate Winslet to the stage in the Beverly Hilton hotel on Sunday night. She produced a piece of paper and coolly thanked all involved, finishing up with a nod to her children: Mia and Joe, who are watching this on TV. Look! I won! Then calamity struck. A second award, a Best Actress win for Revolutionary Road. With no written speech to guide her, Winslet rashly decided t http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/winslet-joins-the-cast-of-hollywood-howlers_97.html 14-01-2009 By Alastair Jamieson The British actress, who won two awards for her roles in Revolutionary Road and The Reader, was described by the Los Angeles Times as a "study in restraint" for her appearance at the ceremony in Beverly Hills Miss Winslet, 33, took to the stage to deliver a breathless acceptance speech in which she implored herself to "Gather!" and managed to forget the name of fellow nominee Angelina Jolie. The actress, who wore a YSL black column dress, was groomed by celebrity make-up art http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/kate-winslet-cosmetics-cost-less-than-45_96.html 14-01-2009 By Ron WynnLeonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslets celebrated reunion in Revolutionary Road, which opens Friday, proves to be that rare event that actually exceeds expectations. First, the former Titanic stars are now accomplished actors, and both are outstanding in this film. Second, they are working with great source material. Richard Yates acclaimed novel Revolutionary Road was a finalist for the National Book Award. Justin Haythe has done a solid job of transferring the essence of Yates masterpi http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/road-paves-way-for-titanic-dicapriowinslet-reunion_95.html 14-01-2009 WITH a range of provocative outfits matching an array of looks, Scarlett Johansson certainly is nothing like you've seen her before in her new film. The beautiful actress plays a sexy 1940s femme fatale in her upcoming comic-book film The Spirit in which she appears in many different guises. In shot she is seen pouting coldly in a pair of black-rimmed specs with a Nazi uniform on and Adolf Hitler projected behind her. In another, she wears a tight-fitted black nurse's uniform, with a shock of pe http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/scarlett-johanssons-different-guises-in-the-spirit_92.html 22-12-2008 ANY privacy Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban had hoped for at their new $6.5 million rural retreat is looking unlikely with 100 motel units set to be built next door. Now their names are being used in a fight over the 100-building conference and accommodation centre, which they were unaware was likely to be built over the back fence of the Southern Highlands mansion.The pair bought the 1878 Georgian Bunya Hill property in Sutton Forest for $6.5 million in July after initial council approval had bee http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/nicole-kidman-keith-urban-sutton-forest-home-near-motel_89.html 22-12-2008 Katie Holmes knows a thing or two about juggling a movie career, motherhood, and marriage to a superstar. So who does she consider a role model? "Jada is so strong," Holmes tells PEOPLE of her friend Jada Pinkett Smith, 37. "She is a rare woman a phenomenal friend, mother, wife. She inspires me." Adds her husband, Tom Cruise: "Jada tells it like it is. She creates art in her life ... She's effortless. She just has such class." Pinkett Smith, who once described Holmes, 29, as a tigress who "runs http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/katie-holmes-jada-pinkett-smith-inspires-me_84.html 01-12-2008 Imagine my surprise to learn, via a recent front-page New York Times article, that Angelina Jolie is attempting to control her public image. I put down the paper, and mustering my best impression of Casablanca's Capt. Renault, declared, "I'm shocked, shocked to find that manipulation is going on in Hollywood!" Seriously, though, was this front-page news? I studied the story to see if Jolie had discovered some diabolical new way to strong-arm journalists into giving her and her rapidly expanding http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/a-sign-of-the-times-angelina-jolie-makes-page-one_82.html 28-11-2008 When those eyes rest on you, the pyramids seem to melt. Forget the noseless Sphinx, the manicured mummies and the unending Nile, Charlize Theron is the hottest thing in the house of sand and fog this November. The 10-day film festival in Cairo has hosted talent and beauty from all over the planet but She is special. A t2 tryst with Charlize... It was Sunday. The venue was Sofitel El Gezirah hotel, where the Oscar-winning Monster star was to come and talk about her latest film Battle in Seattle, http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/whew_78.html 27-11-2008 Baz Luhrmann's outback epic Australia has opened overseas to scathing reviews, with one British columnist describing Nicole Kidman as "the kiss of death in practically every movie she has starred in". In a review headlined ''Nicole Kidman drifts about like a lost porcelain doll", Melanie Reid, of The Times of London, said Luhrmann made a "fatal error" in casting the star. "Australia the movie ... has one huge problem. It stars Nicole Kidman. Big mistake. Big, big mistake. At a stroke, the world' http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/australia-star-kidman-the-kiss-of-death_75.html 26-11-2008 Sarah Jessica Parker has confirmed that there will be a sequel to the hit movie Sex and the City. However, she and writer/director Michael Patrick King are struggling with the storyline. Parker told U.S. news show Access Hollywood that there are plans to shoot the new instalment next summer (09), once a script has been selected. "I think it's a realistic timetable... But that means we need to figure this out in the next couple of months, Contactmusic quoted her, as telling. "We've had very gener http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/parker-confirms-sex-and-the-city-sequel_69.html 25-11-2008 Demi Moore says she'd never have traded her career off against her daughters.The "Flawless" actress devoted herself to raising her three children after her marriage to Bruce Willis fell apart in the mid 90s, but says she has no regrets about her decision to retire from the spotlight of Hollywood.Demi, 46, said: "I don't feel bitter or angry. At the time I wasn't thinking of whether it was bad for my career. It just didn't matter. I just knew that my children needed to be grounded.""I wouldn't tr http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/demi-moore-has-no-regrets-trading-off-her-career-for-her-daughters_66.html 24-11-2008 Nicole Kidman revealed she never thought she could fall in love again after splitting from Tom Cruise in 2000 just after their 10th wedding anniversary.She said: "I didn't foresee that you can meet somebody who you have a deep and more profound love with."I want to be really careful, because I don't want to take away from 11 years with Tom that were really important. Really, for our kids, they were amidst a lot of love. And now we're amidst a more evolved love. Keith is the greatest man besides http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/kidman-finds-better-love-after-cruise_59.html 20-11-2008 Actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the New York Film Festival premiere of "Changeling" in New York October 4, 2008.[Agencies]Angelina Jolie was reduced to tears while talking about her late mother Marcheline Bertrand yesterday.The 33-year-old beauty - whose French-Canadian mom died in January 2007 - couldn't contain her emotions when she was asked about the late actress at a press conference for her new film 'Changeling' in London.Angelina said: "She was really sweet and was never angry - she co http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/angelina-jolies-tears-for-late-mother_56.html 19-11-2008 The actress is surprised by hit song and is tight-lipped about how she met her husband.You would think that you couldnt miss being the inspiration behind one of the sultriest, smash hit songs of the summer, but somehow Scarlett Johansson did, reports People.com.In fact, Allure magazine, in their December issue, reports that until their interviewer pointed out Katy Perrys I Kissed a Girl to her, she had no idea about the song.As far as her lips being the inspiration behind the platinum song, Joha http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/scarlett-johansson-is-flattered-by-i-kissed-a-girl_55.html 18-11-2008 Being a geek is what I do. Some people are bank robbers, some people are geese-jugglers ­ Im a geek. As you might imagine, around here, I am but one of the many, which makes for heated, mostly-intellectual discussion about subjects that normal people would consider beneath their consideration. Those pretentious normal people. Bah.Out of the 31 flavors of geek available for assimilation, comic book movie connoisseur easily falls in the top five most responsible for debates verging on throw-downs. http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/brouhaha-rhythm_52.html 18-11-2008 Jessica Alba is set to wear a $47,000 gown to her wedding party.The 'Sin City' actress, who married Cash Warren in an intimate ceremony earlier this year, is planning a lavish belated celebration next month for her friends and family.Jessica has also ordered a stunning custom-made off-white Chanel dress trimmed with lace for the bash.A source said: "Jessica first wanted to wear a traditional gown with a veil, but then she changed her mind because she thought it would be over the top."Instead she http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/jessica-albas-second-weddingjessica-albas-second-wedding_49.html 17-11-2008 Angelina Jolie has been using her children's video games to lose weight.The 33-year-old actress - who raises six kids with partner Brad Pitt - has been burning off her post-pregnancy pounds with a Nintendo Wii console, which requires players to use their body to control their games' characters.A source said: "Angelina's kids were convincing her that video games were more than just fun. 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After the Charlie's Angels S http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/cameron-diaz-ferrari-in-charlies-angels-fails-to-sell_47.html 09-11-2008 Cameron Diaz upset guests by refusing to share her cigarettes at a party.The 'In Her Shoes' actress, who was attending a lavish Halloween bash hosted by her close friend Drew Barrymore at her Hollywood Hills home, managed to annoy other partygoers by spending most of the evening smoking.A source told the New York Post newspaper: "Cameron was outside smoking the whole time, but when a couple of people asked if she had a cigarette, she always said no. It was so rude."Other famous faces who attende http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/cameron-diazs-smoking-upset_46.html 09-11-2008 By Sarah Brealey The 1963 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder was driven by Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu in the film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and is estimated to fetch up to £3.5 million. It will be auctioned on Wednesday alongside the work of Dorset mechanic Andy Saunders, who has spent his life creating bizarre cars.The most unusual is a 1983 Citroen 2CV which Mr Saunders spent six months turning into an asymettrical Cubist work of art inspired by Picasso's Portrait of Dora Maar. He hopes http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/picassoinspired-car-and-cameron-diaz-ferrari-go-under-the-hammer_45.html 09-11-2008 Cameron Diaz reportedly upset guests of her close friend Drew Barrymores lavish Halloween bash by refusing to share her cigarettes.Diaz spent most of the evening smoking along with many of the other guests but when approached by a couple for her cigarettes, the actress bluntly refused."Cameron was outside smoking the whole time, but when a couple of people asked if she had a cigarette, she always said no. It was so rude," the New York Post quoted a source, as saying.Other famous faces who atten http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/cameron-diaz-doesnt-like-sharing-cigarettes_44.html 09-11-2008 Hollywood stunner Cameron Diaz and beau Paul Sculfor are nowadays busy hunting for a Hollywood love nest.The actress has been seeing the Essex-born model for some months.And now the hunk has become a permanent fixture at her home.But now, it seems, that they are planning to take things forward and are looking for a new place together where they can both put their mark on the decor.Earlier this month Cameron, 36, viewed four houses near Sunset Plaza, just off Sunset Boulevard. Its believed Paul, http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/cameron-diaz-paul-sculfor-hunting-for-hollywood-love-nest_38.html 31-10-2008 Sure, Britney Spears is getting her body back.But at what cost?It may be five days before one of the most important elections in this country's history, but in Hollywood, decision 2008 is not Barack Obama vs. John McCain. Rather, it's one hour of exercise vs. three or more.It's a fact of fame that celebrities, with few exceptions, have to be svelte and sleek both on the red carpet and in whatever endeavors they pursue to warrant A-list status.Spears, on the verge of releasing her sixth album and http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/intense-celeb-workouts-ideal-or-overthetop_36.html 30-10-2008 Courteney Cox, welcome to "Cougar Town."ABC has ordered a comedy pilot in which the former "Friends" star will play an attractive newly single 40-year-old mom with a 17-year-old son. It comes from "Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence."Forty-year-old women on TV are so beautiful and perfect and wrinkle-free," said Lawrence, who first worked with Cox when he was a writer on "Friends." "People don't do the reality of it, and there is a real comedy area about a woman who is talking about Botox, about havi http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/courteney-cox-playing-sexy-mom-in-cougar-town_35.html 30-10-2008 Angelina Jolie does not travel light.A few weeks ago, when she arrived for the New York Film Festival premiere of "Changeling," the new Clint Eastwood drama in which she stars and which opens Friday locally, she brought along her partner of three years, Brad Pitt, and their sons, Maddox, 7, and Pax, 4, daughters Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2, and 3-month-old twins Knox and Vivienne. The eight of them had flown in from Germany, where the family has settled while Pitt shoots Quentin Tarantino's World W http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/on-the-mommy-track-with-angelina-jolie_34.html 30-10-2008 Halle Berry is looking forward to expand her family plans with boyfriend and the couple have found their home nest. Halle Berry has invested in a multi-million dollar property in Canada to share with her model boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.The couple, whose daughter Nahla was born in March (08), has spent on a house that sits on 63 acres of land in St. Hippolyte, a small town in Quebec.Canadian born Aubry is excited about moving back to his native country, where his parents still live."It feels great. http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/halle-berry-invests-multi-million-dollar-on-her-house_30.html 28-10-2008 Its starting to look as if Ugly Betty has killed Lindsay Lohans career for good - dear God, why her and not Victoria Beckham? Why?Everyone knows what supposedly happened - Lindsay Lohan went to guest star in six episodes of Ugly Betty, but she was like really mean to the Ugly Betty girl and she totally smoked a lot of cigarettes and she ended up only doing four episodes because nobody liked her - but that might not be the case.Vanessa Williams, who were told is also on Ugly Betty, says that Lind http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/lindsay-lohan-defended-by-woman-from-rubbish-tv-show_27.html 27-10-2008 Angelina Jolie forced herself to confront her biggest nightmare while filming her latest movie role as the grieving mother of a kidnapped son in Changeling."It was very hard for me," said the actor, who gave birth to twins three months ago and has six children with her partner Brad Pitt."I read the script and I couldn't put it down, but I didn't want to do it. I didn't want to touch something that had to do with children being kidnapped. It scared me because anything happening to my kids is my b http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/film-role-forced-jolie-to-face-her-biggest-fear_24.html 24-10-2008 Burberry is a fashion house that has been alive and kicking since 1856. The traditional clothing line has always been in tune with its British heritage, but ever since Christopher Bailey took over as Creative Director, the line has gotten a face-lift.Bailey has successfully given the classic British lines a modern twist. Hollyscoop was on the red carpet at the Burberry store re-opening in Beverly Hills where Bailey and renowned fashion photographer Mario Testino hosted a private soiree.The event http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/celebs-attend-burberry-reopening-in-beverly-hills_21.html 23-10-2008 Initiatives by celebrities like Beyoncé Knowles, Christina Aguilera and Sean "P.Diddy" Combs to persuade young people to vote have been successful, U.S. research showed yesterday."Celebrities have the power to motivate civic engagement regardless of their own grasp of the issues at hand," according to a study by Washington State University published in the Mass Communication and Society journal.The study, based on a survey of 305 students at the university, contrasted with a number of other poll http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/star-power-has-pull-at-the-polls_20.html 22-10-2008 Keira Knightley is happy to reign as Hollywood's current queen of the costume drama. She just wishes that playing dress up in period outfits could be a bit more comfortable.Knightley delivers her latest historical pageant with "The Duchess," a saga of the 18th-century equivalent of a tabloid celebrity who happens to be an ancestor of Princess Diana.The story of Georgiana Spencer holds notable parallels to the tragedy of Princess Diana. Both were adored by the public. Both saw their fairy-tale ro http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/keira-knightley-reigns-as-costumedrama-queen_19.html 22-10-2008 Taking a break from promoting her upcoming movie Changeling, Angelina Jolie hosted a symposium on international law and justice Friday at the Council on Foreign Relations headquarters in New York."Over the past seven years, I've worked with UNHCR and I've travelled around the world trying to bring attention to refugees," she said. "It's been a remarkable education."Jolie, who has visited dozens of war-torn countries around the world, spoke passionately on behalf of the victims she's met."I've se http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/angelina-jolie-speaks-passionately-about-refugees-children_16.html 20-10-2008 Mayerston? Johnnifer? Jehn Anistayer? Manny Man Maniston? We need to think up a cute compound name fast, because Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are back on.Thats right - Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer, the celebrity couple that you know nobody cares the slightest sniff about, presumably not even Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer, who get shoved into your face around the clock regardless - are back on, with Aniston apparently being the guest of honour at Mayers 31st birthday party.Whats more, Joh http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/jennifer-aniston-john-mayer-somewhat-tediously-back-on_15.html 20-10-2008 New mum Halle Berry is set to send temperatures soaring with candid comments about her sex life in men's magazine Esquire.The actress has just been voted the Sexiest Woman Alive by the publication and, in an interview to accompany her front-page photo spread, the confident Oscar winner insists she's red hot in the bedroom.Berry says, "You know that stuff they say about a woman being responsible for her own orgasms? That's all true, and, in my case, that makes me responsible for pretty damn good http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/halle-berry-i-control-my-orgasms_14.html 20-10-2008 But look around. There's nary a snowflake in sight and scarves are gracing the necks of everyone from the woman who lives down the street to celebrities such as Victoria Beckham, Mischa Barton and Jessica Alba.That's because these days, the scarf has reinvented itself from something that merely keeps your neck warm to one of the it accessories of the season. And with good reason: Scarves are simple, chic and an affordable way to liven up the look of any outfit.Scarves are incredibly inexpensive, http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/easytowear-fall-scarves-perfect-for-day-or-night_9.html 17-10-2008 THOSE out there who've experienced the embarrassment of a tanning mishap, this story will give you some comfort.At first glance Lindsay Lohan looked stunning when she arrived for the Diesel xXx party in New York on Saturday (see pic).That was until you looked at her feet ARRRRGHA recent Daily Mail report suggests that Lohan's girlfriend Samanatha Ronson feels "smothered" by the popstar is keen the shed the celebrity spotlight that has followed her."Sam needs her space away from Lindsay and real http://www.phonebabes.co.uk/lindsays-tan-sinks-to-new-lo_5.html 16-10-2008