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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Summer 2008 has been good so far for Bollywood

In spite of high fuel price and economic slowdown, Hollywood has done well in the domestic market. Price of ticket has risen from $6.88 to $ 7.16 in 2008. Still, movies have remained the cheapest source of entertainment for the Americans compared to sports, theme parks and travel.

This year, there were not many block busters like Shrek, Pirates of the Carribbean, or Spiderman. With only two weeks left for the summer to finish, Hollywood’s collection stands at $4.16 billion in the domestic market which is equal to the previous year’s collection. This is a big achievement for the American movie industry.

Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is the dark horse of the summer collecting more than $477 million, making it the second highest grossing movies of all time in USA after Titanic. The Dark Knight alone made a big difference in the overall collection of the film industry this year. Still the movie is attracting audiences around the country and by the Labor day weekend, the movie would collect $500 million.

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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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