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Oscar Nominee Spotlight: 'Steve Jobs' Star Kate Winslet Hits the Awards Trail
Kate Winslet picked up her seventh career Oscar nomination for her supporting role in Steve Jobs as Apple marketing exec Joanna Hoffman. The 40-year-old, who previously won a Best Actress Oscar for The Reader, has been busy promoting the Aaron Sorkin-penned biopic since its debut in September at the Telluride Film Festival. Here’s a look back at how the star has worked the festival circuit and other red-carpet events leading up to the Academy Awards on Feb. 28.
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Red-Carpet Flashback! Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio Through the Years
Over 18 years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet stole our hearts as the ill-fated lovers Jack and Rose in the blockbuster Titanic. Unlike that tragic romance, their friendship has stood the test of time — so has our love for them. The two actors are both nominated for Oscars this year: he, for Best Actor for The Revenant, and she, for Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs. So while they’re hitting the awards circuit again, we wanted to take a look back at our favorite pals on the red carp
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The 5 Most Surprising Film Wins at the 2016 Golden Globes
While the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is known for having some loose criteria when it comes to the Golden Globes categories — see Ricky Gervais (and Twitter) mercilessly mocking the inclusion of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller The Martian in the Musical/Comedy category (where it won!) — the ceremony doesn’t typically provide many jaw-dropping results on the film side. While that film’s star, Leonardo DiCaprio, was expected to land a Globe, The Revenant’s wins over the movie most pundits
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'Steve Jobs' Director Explains Why Movie Flopped in the U.S.
Danny Boyle has spoken out about his latest film Steve Jobs, which despite solid reviews and an early Oscar-buzz has proved a disappointment in the U.S. box office, taking just $16.9 million so far and only just topping the Ashton Kutcher-led 2013 flop, Jobs. Steve Jobs proved a hit when it had a limited release in just four theaters in New York in L.A. on Oct 9, taking an average of $130,236 per venue, but flopped when it went wide two weeks later, and Boyle said he thought Universal “should h
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Box-Office Massacre: 'Last Witch Hunter,' 'Paranormal Activity 6,' and 'Steve Jobs' Flop
Four new films, including Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension and Vin Diesel’s The Last Witch Hunter, crowded into theaters this weekend and were swiftly pulverized and left for dead. Another, Steve Jobs, expanded after a brisk limited run in a few key cities, only to be given the cold shoulder by the general public.
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Jeff Daniels on Playing a Cad in 'Terms of Endearment,' a Bomb Expert in 'Speed,' and More
Jeff Daniels has played a lot of intense roles, but only one left an actual scar. In his Role Recall for Yahoo Movies (watch it above), the Steve Jobs star reveals that his fight scene with Ray Liotta in Jonathan Demme’s 1986 cult classic Something Wild resulted in some very real pain. For more behind-the-scenes stories from Daniels about Speed, Dumb and Dumber, and more, watch the video. While that was challenging, the toughest part might have been playing a cad who cheats on the mother of h
