After five nominations now it's time to win an Oscar for Kate Winslet

It really gets you when you are nominated for one of the most prestigious movie awards for five times but winning not even one. Yes, I am talking about none other than the talented actress, Kate Winslet. This year, it looks like the five time Oscar nominee is definitely going to win two Oscars for her performance in The Reader and Revolutionary Road.

The Reader, which is going to release in 2009, is set in post World War II Germany. Kate Winslet played the character of Hanna Schmitz, a 33 year old woman, who falls in love with a teenage boy, who reads book to her. Ralph Fiennes played the male lead.

Revolutionary Road, which is based on the novel of Richard Yates, tells the story of April (Kate Winslet) and Frank Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio), a suburban couple in the late 1950s. Revolutionary Road is directed by Kate Winslet’s husband, Sam Mendes. The movie also brings together Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio after a long time. Regarding the two characters, Kate Winslet seems to be very happy. She said:

"I'm so lucky to play both of these women in my lifetime, let alone in less than a year," Winslet says. "It doesn't even add up that one person should have gotten to play both of these parts. It truly rocks my world."

At the age of twenty two, Kate Winslet received two Oscar nominations. By the time she was thirty one, it became five making her the youngest actress to receive the highest number of Oscar nominations. Now, it is time to win one.

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Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio's sex scene direceted by Kate's husband Sam Mendes

After giving the all time Hollywood block buster Titanic in 1997, Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio are coming together in Revolutionary Road. Slated to release in the December of 2008, the movie is based on Richard Yates' 1961 novel.

Revolutionary Road is directed by Sam Mendes, Kate Winslet’s husband. Sam Mendes has movies like American Beauty, Road to Perdition, to his credit.

Now, everything is fine till here. Imagine Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio doing a sex scene which is directed by her husband. Isn’t that weird? Well, that what just happened. While shooting the scene, Kate Winslet kept saying it was weird but Leonardo assured her. Anyway, everything finished just fine but Winslet admitted that the spark still remains between her and Leo.

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Hancock actor Will Smith take the top position on Forbes' List of best paid Hollywood actors

Will Smith, the rapper turned actor, made it to the top on Forbes’ List of highest paid Hollywood actors from June 2007 to June 2008. He earned $80 million in this period. Second place was acquired by Johnny Depp. He earned $72 million for his Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Will Smith is among those rare breed of actors who has 8 movies to his credits that earned $100 million. In total, male actors earned $487 million last year compared to $244.5 million by their female counter parts. For Will Smith’s heavy earning, male actors have taken the earning lead in Hollywood over females.

Let’s take a look at the other top earners:

• Third place was taken jointly by Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy each earning $55 million.
• Leonardo DiCaprio takes the fourth position with an earning of $45 million.
• Bruce Willis took the fifth position by dint of his resurrected John McClane in Live Free or Die Hard (2007).
• Comedy veteran Ben Stiller takes the sixth position earning $40 million.