She’s always been the bridesmaid at the awards shows, but on Sunday night British actress Kate Winslet walked away with two Golden Globe statuettes, one for her supporting role in The Reader, the other for her leading role in hubby-directed Revolutionary Road.
Winslet usually escapes the crosshairs of celebrity journalists, but since her overwrought, Angelina-forgetting acceptance speech for her Revolutionary Road win, the British press have been taking aim. Some of the more biting comments:
“There were tears, there was hyperventilation …” The (London) Times
“On Sunday, however, she succumbed dreadfully to awards-itis, responding to her Golden Globe with the kind of tear-stained intensity that some women reserve for the moment they are handed their first-born child.” — The Independent
“After that little stumbling block, Miss Winslet’s triumphant speeches went on. And on. And on.” The Daily Mail
“Yet even when viewed with a sympathetic heart, Kate Winslet’s acceptance speech for her second Golden Globe on Sunday night (snip) raises the occasional wave of nausea, swiftly followed by a rush of hands to eyes in order to block out the spectacle.” The Guardian
I think the British press is mad because Winslet now wears the “Most Embarrassing Acceptance Speech Ever” mantle previously held by American actress Gwyneth Paltrow for her 1999 Oscar speech. I love Winslet as an actress and she comes across as delightfully normal in interviews. But even for this emotional American, I thought her speech on Sunday night was a cringer. Let’s all hope she writes her Oscar acceptance speech on an index card … or better yet, a business card.
(I was digging around for quotes today, and found this one from Gil Cates in this 1995 Washington Post article: “I love it when an English actor wins because their speeches are so classy and precise.” The writer then says, “Attention, four-time nominee Kate Winslet: If you finally get an Oscar this year, the man you hear cheering the loudest could be Gil Cates.” LOL!)
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I think the Moet probably had a lot to do with it!
Yes, she was probably celebrating that first win, never expecting a second then whoops! Oh well, she’s charming enough a person/actress, she won’t pay for this too long — unlike Gwynnie.
The British press is condemning Kate Winslet for getting emotional over winning several acting awards? Are you kidding me? What is wrong with them? Is it really that important that she maintain the “British stiff upper lip”? I have never heard anything so shallow in my life. And they have a nerve to criticize Hollywood for being shallow.
I think the British press is mad because Winslet now wears the “Most Embarrassing Acceptance Speech Ever” mantle previously held by American actress Gwyneth Paltrow for her 1999 Oscar speech.
You mean to say that Gwyneth Paltrow is still being condemned for being emotional over her Oscar win? Hmm . . . shallow! Judging from these condemnations of both Winslet and Paltrow, I can only surmise that human beings – no matter where they come from – are basically shallow. Especially if they are going to bitch and moan over two actresses reacting with emotion over being recognized by their peers.