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Kate Gives Birth to <strong>Baby Joe</strong>
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Kate Winslet had an extra special gift this Christmas - a baby boy. The Titanic actress gave birth to her second child, Joe, on December 22. The baby, who weighed in at seven pounds 13 ounces, is Winslet's second, but her first by new husband Sam Mendes . The couple, who wed in May, are "overjoyed" according to Winslet's publicist. Winslet, 28, also has a three-year-old daughter from her first marriage to movie- maker Jim Threapleton.

Weepy Winslet Breaks Down on American TV
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Newlywed actress Kate Winslet has stunned American television host James Lipton by breaking down in tears while talking about life with husband Sam Mendes and their new son Joe. The Titanic beauty, 28, only recorded the interview weeks after giving birth to the couple's first child together in December, and was clearly overcome by her emotions as she talked about how happy the American Beauty director has made her. Winslet was talking about her life and work on program Inside The Actor's Studio for America's Bravo TV network, which was broadcast Monday night. She gushed, "I had a baby. His father is Sam Mendes . He is a wonderful... I will start crying in a minute because I'm so emotional because we just had the baby. He is really wonderful and this is an amazing emotional time and I see him being a wonderful father. Excuse me. I'm very, very happy right now. Oh God, have you got any gin? He is a wonderful, wonderful man." Oscar winner Mendes is Winslet's second husband. She was previously married to British film producer Jim Threapleton, with whom she has a three- year-old daughter Mia.

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If you are becoming profoundly disturbed by this new trend of plastic surgery as reality-TV entertainment KATE WINSLET feels your pain. She recently heard that some you girl was going to have plastic surgery to look like her for MTV's popular new series, "I Want a Famous Face". Kate said, quote, "duty bound" to watch it... but when she saw the girl getting breast implants and a tummy tuck it reduced her to tears.

Kate says, quote, "This girl has collected magazine covers with me on the front. She was saying, 'I really want Kate Winslet's breasts. Just look how well-shaped they are, pert, and soft. And I thought, 'No darling, my breasts don't look like that. I've had two kids. It's a digitally altered image.'... I don't have breasts remotely like those. Trust me. She had slabs of her stomach taken out. What the (eff) is going on?"

I saw that episode on MTV with the gal that wanted to look like Winslett. She kept referring to that magazine cover that was blantantly airbrushed ..think it was the GQ cover. The girl was a plus size model and had lost alot of weight so the tummy tuck did help with the excess skin.

Maybe it's like when you take a picture of a haircut into your hairdresser to show what kind of hair you want? I don't think she wanted to look like Kate Winslet. She wanted to look like the digitally-altered KW. It's like saying "I want this cut but a little longer in back, a little fuller here..." But I do worry about the young kids who have no idea who they are on the inside and don't even try to find out until the outside looks like someone they want to be on the outside.

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READY, SET ...: An unbuttoned and very pink Kate Winslet preps for a scene in her new movie, Romance & Cigarettes, while filming in New York. The musical, directed by John Turturro, is about a two-timing husband (played by James Gandolfini) who must choose between his wife (Susan Sarandon) and mistress (Winslet).

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Winslet and Mendes Infuriate Neighbors
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Hollywood couple Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes have offended their neighbors by stepping up security measures at their British mansion. Cotswold residents have already accused the Titanic star and the Oscar-winning American Beauty director of ruining community life and failing to integrate with others, and are now furious the couple plan to erect reinforced gates, walls and fences around their luxurious home. But Mendes' spokeswoman Sarah Keene insists, "They want to replace existing walls to the same height. They are certainly not trying to turn their home into some kind of celebrity fortress with high walls and high-security gates."

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Actress Kate Winslet won't have plastic surgery despite saying her boobs look like 'the ears of a dog'.

OCEAN'S TWO
Life's a beach for Kate Winslet and her 10-month-old son, Joe, as they frolic in the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica on Thursday. After dying her hair bright red for her role in the movie musical Romance & Cigarettes, the actress is back to blonde.

Kate Winslet donates her panties

By Angela Baldassarre

British actress Kate Winslet has decided to help a friend win a competition by offering to give away her underwear.

Winslet, 29, was persuaded by the friend to call Xfm radio station in London as part of their competition where listeners track down celebrities and get them to call the show.

The person with the best celebrity accomplice wins 10,000 pounds, reports British newspaper the Mirror.

The actress, who's married to director Sam Mendes (“American Beauty”), stunned presenter Christian O'Connell when she phoned the station and asked: "Is there anything else I can do to win this 10 grand for my friend? I could send you my pants.. do you want them clean or dirty?"

Other show callers included Billy Nighy and Judi Dench.

Winslet, who’ll be starring next in Marc Foster’s “Finding Neverland” opposite Johnny Depp, recently finished shooting John Turturro’s “Romance & Cigarettes” with James Gandolfini.

So, I wonder who won?

CHILD'S PLAY
Kate Winslet puckers up for 4-year-old daughter Mia (with ex-husband Jim Threapleton) while out shopping Wednesday in New York City.

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Winslet and Mendes Move Into Fairytale Mansion

Titanic actress Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes are finally settling down in the $5.9 million English country mansion they bought three years ago. Westcote Manor, hidden in the tiny village of Church Westcote in a secluded part of the Cotswolds, boasts eight bedrooms and 22 acres of ground. A local builder estimates the couple will have doubled their $2.1 million budget to renovate the mansion, which comprises of two buildings and a 1950s extension. The couple had to squeeze into a tiny stone cottage next door while the lengthy work was completed on their home.

Kate and her kiddies take a stroll in New York City in August 2005

Winslet Goes on Holiday

Cameron Diaz is already set to star in the Nancy Meyers-helmed romantic comedy.


By Mark Umbach




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Winslet heads off on Holiday

According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, final negotiations between Kate Winslet and Columbia Pictures have resumed for Winslet to star with Cameron Diaz in the Nancy Meyers-helmed romantic comedy Holiday. Negotiations had stalled last week after Winslet encountered scheduling conflict arose, but that problem has been side-stepped and negotiations are now once again underway.

Penned by Meyers, who'll also produce, Holiday centers on an American woman (Diaz) who is having man troubles. While vacationing in London, she crosses paths with a British villager (Winslet) who is having similar problems, and, after their meeting, the American woman finds her luck beginning to change.

The project will go before cameras early next year in both Europe and the U.S. Amy Baer, an executive at Columbia, will be spearheading for the studio.

Repped by CAA, Winslet has been keeping herself busy in recent months. She's now shooting Todd Field's Little Children and will be providing voice work on DreamWorks Animation's Flushed Away, currently scheduled for release in 2006. Winslet is a four-time Oscar nominee having received nods for her work in Sense and Sensibility, Titanic, Iris and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Holly Molly

A long time ago there was a little very drunk mole in a grot hole pub in Covent Garden. At the bar, our mole was standing next to a woman whose face looked very familiar.

Deciding it must be someone from school, she launched into introductions, catches up conversation and conned the woman into getting her a drink. Meanwhile all her friends were standing back aghast and asked how she knew Kate Winslet.

Our mole went a bit red and went back to apologise, only to find Kate literally eating the face off her male companion. The bloke wasn't Jim Threapleton, her make-do husband who she married a couple of weeks later.

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Kate Winslet insists she hasn’t lost weight and says that recent shots of her looking slim were thanks to computer magic. . . .

I think she's a very, very pretty woman. Just so much more sensual and real and stunning than horse-faced Julia Roberts or Barbie-Dollish Gisele. Hubba hubba, Kate!

I agree, Freck...But, I don't like the photos...they did a slim job on her.

Let her be in a natural form. It's true she has married two Directors(good career move)...but don't hear much gossip about her.

It's not just that she's pretty ~ it's that she's a natural pretty. So far at least, she hasn't bought into the lip injections, anorexia, etc., that so many others have . . . the so-called naturally beautiful Angelina comes to mind. Kate has it naturally, including her real talent of acting.

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Sprinting across 9th Ave. at 14th St. was Kate Winslet, holding her daughter’s hand. Hair in a pony, not a speck of makeup, couldn’t have looked more normal. Had that frazzled "I can’t believe we’re late to school again!" look.

Yea, and the kid HAD to wear party shoes to school...I remember those days. She looks like a normal Mom with a cute kid who wouldn't sit still for pigtails. I like her a lot.

Kate Winslet - Harper's Bazaar December 2005

Lol, she's great. She comes over as so sweet and down to earth. There's rarely a bad story about her (unless you're the Holy Moly mole!). She has a great singing voice too. I wished she'd done more singing or release something else. She seems like a very cool fun mum.

Kate Winslet and Ron Howard in New York (05/13/2006)



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Kate Winslet Shopping in London (08/22/2006)



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Wow. She looks stunning on that last shopping trip.

STAR SECRETS

JUDE LAW gets an earful from KATE WINSLET as the duo premiere 'All the Kings Men' in Toronto.

COURT OF APPEAL

Kate Winslet makes a red-carpet splash at the Toronto Film Festival premiere of her movie All the King's Men on Sunday. Later, she and costar Jude Law (who brought along girlfriend Sienna Miller) shared a close-up moment before the screening.

Kate and Leo Are Back

Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio once stood on the bow of the Titanic and waved their arms in the air to much money, acclaim and acting awards.

Now, some nine years later, they may be back at it, just with different partners.

On Friday, Kate and Leo each have movies opening, respectively "Little Children" and "The Departed."

I've already told you how good "The Departed" is, and that Leo, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and a terrific supporting cast make Martin Scorsese's latest endeavor a possible Best Picture nominee.

Now comes Todd Field's "Little Children," which opened at the New York Film Festival on Saturday night. This is Field's first film since the acclaimed "In the Bedroom" put him on the map.

But unless you read Tom Perrotta's novel, nothing prepares you for Field's very, very dark take on suburban life.

Just to give you an idea, by the time "Little Children" is winding up, you find yourself rooting for a former sex offender (played beautifully by Jackie Earle Haley, one of the stars of the classic film "Breaking Away").

Ironically, "Little Children" most clearly echoes "American Beauty" (a film directed by Winslet's husband, Sam Mendes) in its clear-eyed cynicism.

The main difference is that Mendes' Oscar-winning film verged on satire, while "Little Children" is absent of all humor as its various plots unfold toward its climax.

The principal story of "Little Children" is about two couples, but the way the script is written, only Winslet's character really stands out from the foursome.

This is the odd part of "Little Children," because Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly has taken the relatively small yet integral part of a woman whose marriage is in trouble. And the two men, Patrick Wilson and Greg Edelman, while strong actors, come off as a little bland.

"Little Children" is really all Winslet's movie, and the result is that she now throws her hat in the ring for what will be a very exciting Best Actress race that already includes big names: Judi Dench, Renée Zellweger, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Annette Bening, Sienna Miller and front-runner Penélope Cruz.

Kate Winslet's Revolutionary Idea

It’s all about done. Kate Winslet and director-husband Sam Mendes are going to make a film version of Richard Yates’ amazing and often forgotten 1961 novel, “Revolutionary Road.”

Kate will star, Sam will direct and apparently some actor has already agreed to play Frank, the husband of Kate’s April.

Of course, some might think that Mendes and Winslet have already made “Revolutionary Road.” Two of their most notable projects — Mendes’ “American Beauty” and Winslet’s current “Little Children” — are amazingly similar in tone to the older work.

“Revolutionary Road” is about an unhappy couple in the Connecticut suburbs whose marriage implodes.

For two people from England, the Mendeses are certainly interested in New York suburban life — at least on screen. In real life, Kate and Sam and their two kids live an unpretentious life in very urban Manhattan.

Last night, at the premiere for “Little Children” at the Museum of Modern Art, Winslet said she had to get home once the movie started so she could relieve Mendes from babysitting duties. “He has a meeting at 8:30,” she said. “We have to trade.”

But don't Hollywood folks hand off their kids to nannies and others, seeing them only on holidays and graduations? I asked Winslet. She looked at me as if I’d lost my mind (just kidding, Kate!)

Watch for Winslet to be a strong contender for Best Actress in the Oscar race.

“It’s amazing to me that Sarah, the character I play, has no idea how she got to the suburbs, wound up in this marriage or got this child,” Winslet said last night.

Winslet cannot relate, thank goodness. As she said, there’s nothing suburban about her. “My parents were adventurers,” she said. “We went everywhere.”

The glittering premiere also featured director Todd Field (“In the Bedroom”) with his 17-year-old daughter, plus Winslet’s castmates Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Phyllis Somerville as well as Mary McCann.

Ironically, the first three are sort of the heart and soul of the movie — Haley is a pedophile, Somerville is his mother and Emmerich is obsessed with Haley. Still, the trio is almost self-contained, and their work is outstanding.

“I always thought our characters were a couple,” Emmerich said, with a laugh.

Haley is tipped for a Best Supporting Actor nomination, along with Chazz Palminteri from “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” Adam Beach from “Flag of our Fathers,” Jack Nicholson from “The Departed” and one or two of the actors from “Bobby” like Laurence Fishburne or Freddy Rodriguez.

But where’s Haley been? Until last year, when he made “Children” and “All the King’s Men,” Haley had been absent from films since 1993. His most famous roles came during his teen years, in “Breaking Away” and the “Bad News Bears” movies.

“I moved to San Antonio, when I met my wife, and just cooled out,” he said. “Now I’m back.”

Just in the nick of time.

GROWN-UP GLAMOUR

The film may be called Little Children, but sartorially speaking, Kate Winslet makes a mature statement at its premiere as part of the 50th Annual London Film Festival. So what's it all about? Winslet plays a suburban mother who has an affair with a neighboring parent (Patrick Wilson).

LEAP OF FAITH

Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman take the plunge (into a gigantic toilet) Sunday during the New York premiere of their animated film, Flushed Away, opening November 3.

Winslet's Titanic-size Heartache
Posted Nov 1st 2006 2:22PM by TMZ Staff

Today, four-time Oscar nominee Kate Winslet is "genuinely happy" with two beautiful children and loving husband director Sam Mendes. But just as her career was enjoying a meteoric rise, her personal life was sinking to new lows.



Prior to the red carpets and acting accolades, Kate tells Parade magazine she grew up being called "blubber" and sought comfort in the arms of her first love Stephen Tredre.

Regarding Tredre, Winslet says, "He was the most important person in my life. My life revolved around him." In 1994, Tredre was diagnosed with bone cancer and Kate rushed to his side.

In late '97, the same week that the movie that would make her a household name, "Titanic", opened, Tredre died. Kate says it was "unbelievably heartbreaking."

Winslet managed to pick up the pieces and, after a failed marriage to James Threapleton which produced her daughter Mia, eventually fell in love with Mendes. In 2003, the NY-based couple had a son, Joe.

With her career and personal life now at the top of their game, Kate's life couldn't be better. "I love being married to Sam and I love motherhood more than anything."

Check out the entire interview with Kate Winslet in Sunday's Parade Magazine.

Kate Winslet: I Was Teased About My Weight
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 02, 2006 08:40AM EST
By Stephen M. Silverman

As an overweight teen in England, Kate Winslet says, "I was shy. I was vulnerable."

The other kids called her "blubber," she tells Parade in its upcoming issue. "Other girls teased me terribly. I was bullied, I would just put my head down and get on with it. This was my means of survival."

But when she was 15, she reveals for the first time, she met her first love: 28-year-old television actor and writer Stephen Tredre.

"Stephen made me feel secure and embraced," says the Little Children actress, 31, who now lives in Manhattan with her husband, director Sam Mendes, 41, and kids Mia, 6, and Joe, 2.

"Stephen was very inspiring," Winslet says. "He had this extraordinary zest for life. My life revolved around him."

By 16, Winslet had dropped out of high school and was working in a deli when she landed her first film role: the lead in 1994's Peter Jackson-directed Heavenly Creatures.

But shortly before Winslet began filming 1995's Sense and Sensibility, Tredre was diagnosed with bone cancer.

"There was no point to his suffering. No rhyme or reason to it," she says. "When Stephen had gotten better and his cancer was in remission, we broke up. I don't know why. I was so young, when I look back on it. Only 19. How could I have left a person who was so unwell? I thought Stephen was going to be all right."

After their split, "He got ill again. Stephen and I talked every day. This was not somebody I'd turn my back on."

Tredre died in 1997, the week Titanic opened. Winslet missed the movie's Los Angeles premiere to be at his funeral.

"Looking back," she says, "I see what I was dealing with when Titanic came out. I had a lot of pain, and I was confused about who I was."

Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet Dish on Skinny Jeans, Botox and More
People.com, 12.6.06



In the January issue of Harper's Bazaar, co-stars and friends Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet open up to their Holiday director Nancy Meyers on everything from their favorite undies (Cameron loves Hanky Panky) to whether they'd go under the knife. Sounds like the stars wouldn't mind switching closets -- the ever-elegant Kate wishes she could pull off "skinny jeans," while self-described "tomboy" Cameron wants to be "a gown-wearing kind of gal. I know that people love to see their celebrities in gowns at red-carpet events, and I really want to be able to do it. But I just get so self-conscious when I wear a flowy gown." Luckily, her favorite jeans are from William Rast , co-designed by boyfriend Justin Timberlake, so at least she doesn't have to worry about getting another pair! On the subject of aging not-too-gracefully, Kate says "It is hard for me to talk about Botox with out getting angry," while Cameron rues that "Botox really freaks me out. . . Believe me, I wish that I liked it. Who doesn’t hope for a little help every once in a while?" In addition her medicinal nose job, Cameron admits that "I do believe in tummy tucks and boob lifts. Just for the record." Something to watch out for, no doubt.

Photo: Courtesy Harper's Bazaar

Reactions to the nominations
Nominees spill on the thrill of being honored
By VARIETY STAFF

"I've been laughing, crying, hollering, whooping and leaping around," "Little Children" star Kate Winslet said.

"My husband, Sam (Mendes), called me. He's in London, I'm in New York. I had just dropped my daughter at school and I was taking my son. There was some serious fist pumping, pounding the ceiling of the car."

"This isn't supposed to happen to a girl who grew up in a tiny town. I was told the only way I'd have a career as an actress would be if I could settle for playing fat girls."

And what did Winslet have to say about co-star Jackie Earle Haley's nod?

"It's not just a whole new career, it's a whole new life. It's gonna change him and his self esteem.

Former 'Bad News Bear' now up for Oscar

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- "Jubilation. Pure unbelievable joy. This is a day of all days," said Jackie Earle Haley, who secured an Oscar nomination Tuesday for his supporting role in "Little Children."

The actor, who lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, said he was an emotional daze after getting a nod for his first work in 13 years; his previous movie was "Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence."

Haley was the child star of 1976's "The Bad News Bears" and appeared in 1979's "Breaking Away" and 1983's "Losin' It," but he found the transition to adult roles difficult. He spent the past several years working in the Alamo City as a limo driver, security guard and pizza deliverer. Haley was lured back by director and screenwriter Steve Zaillian for "All the King's Men," which is where he first worked with fellow "Children" nominee Kate Winslet.

"I knew him from 'All the King's Men,' and when ('Children' writer-director) Todd (Field) said, 'What do you think of Jackie Earle Haley for Ronnie?', I said, 'Oh my God, fly him in,' " Winslet recalled. "We read together; he gave the most breathtaking audition I've ever seen in my life. And Todd gave him the job on the spot.

"I'm so thrilled for him. I can't imagine what planet he must think he's on."

Haley, who described Winslet "like a big sister," talked to the actress in the morning but could hardly get a word in edgewise. "She was screaming and was so giddy," he said. "I kept trying to say congratulations, but she was more concerned and happy that my name showed up on that list."

Haley was awakened at 7:30 a.m. by his wife, who had just watched the announcement. "She came running in the room, just crying and screaming, 'You got it, you got it!' Dude, I sat up and was consumed with emotion. We hugged each other for five minutes just crying."

Haley said he is reading scripts and mulling offers for his next role, though he has yet to make a decision.

Among the many emotions he felt was "this wonderful sense of validation. It makes me want to give every Academy member a big hug ... I'm just going to walk around high as a kite, on cloud nine. No matter what, it's going to be a good day."

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IN STEP

Kate Winslet – who's a SAG nominee for her role in the drama Little Children – guides her own little boy, 3-year-old Joe, through the busy New York City streets on Thursday.

James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet Musical Heads Straight to DVD
Thursday, March 08, 2007

By Roger Friedman

James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet Musical Headed Straight to DVD

What has more than 30 producers, several A-list stars and no chance of ever being released in theaters?

That would be "Romance and Cigarettes," a 2005 musical directed by John Turturro, one of our favorite actors. But Turturro's film has been trapped in a fight between its producers and the movie studio that didn't make it for the last two years.

The film stars "The Sopranos" leading man James Gandolfini; Oscar-winner Susan Sarandon; Oscar nominee Kate Winslet; plus the amazing Steve Buscemi and a raft of heavy hitters including Christopher Walken, Elaine Stritch, Mary-Louise Parker, Bobby Cannavale, David Thornton, Amy Sedaris, Eddie Izzard and Cady Huffman.

Ironically, "Romance and Cigarettes" has been screened a lot at film festivals, reviewed by the trades and even distributed on DVD in Britain. American film buffs have had to get themselves a universal DVD player if they wanted to see it.

But come May, that may change. The word is that Sony Home Video may finally release it.

And, yes, there are about 30 names listed as producers of one kind or another — executive, associate, or just, uh, producer — including writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen of "Fargo" fame.

It's a good thing this film won't be considered for an Academy Award. Can you imagine the fight over who would go on stage?

Yesterday, I found one of the 30 producers, Jana Edelbaum, who told me at least some of the story. She confirmed that "Romance and Cigarettes" got lost when Sony bought into MGM two years ago. Once that happened, Sony refused to release the movie even though, Edelbaum says, several executives supported it, including COO Michael Lynton.

"Everyone went to bat for this movie," she said, including the Coen brothers. "The studio didn't care that it was taking them on."

Edelbaum says the producers made numerous offers to buy the film back from Sony, only to be rebuffed.

"Every attempt was made," she said.

She wouldn't confirm the film's costs, only to say it was under $20 million and closer to $15 million. Nevertheless, Sony wouldn't budge.

"We played in 1,000-seat theaters all over Europe and in San Francisco to standing ovations. People love this movie. It's a crowd-pleaser," Edelbaum said.

Not all reviewers agreed. Some loved it but many others called it a mess. Edelbaum concurred.

"Some thought it was incandescent. Kate Winslet gives an Oscar-caliber performance. But a lot of reviewers wondered what the heck was going on."

Still, she said, "it's sexy and cutting edge."

"R&C" is a musical, which is always a hard sell, particularly when the actors aren't really singers and the songs weren't written for the movie.

In that regard, "R&C" has a smattering of songs performed by the stars, including hits by Tom Jones and Janis Joplin. Unfortunately, there will be no CD soundtrack, so fans will have to make their own from the film.

"This could have been the cult film of all time," Edelbaum told me.

It sounds like it will be anyway.

"Romance" isn't the only feature with big names considered not worthy of release. Mike Binder, who has got the much-buzzed-about "Reign Over Me" opening shortly, made an independent film last year with Ben Affleck called "Man About Town."

For a while there was a lot of talk about this one being Affleck's comeback project. But no distributor ever anted up, and about a month ago, "Man About Town" quietly sneaked out on DVD.

It's also available for downloading on Amazon's Unbox for $14.99. I bought it over the weekend, and it's pretty amusing. Worth a trip to the video store.

Actress Winslet wins damages over diet story

British actress Kate Winslet, an outspoken critic of what she sees as Hollywood's obsession with being skinny, has won a public apology and undisclosed libel damages from a magazine that reported she visited a diet doctor.

Winslet's lawyer, Rachel Atkins, told the High Court in London on Friday that the article in Grazia magazine was wrong.

The weekly glossy, published by Britain's Emap Plc, had reported that Winslet discussed treatments at the Chinese Healing Institute in California.

Atkins said Winslet did receive treatment from a doctor there, but it was for a neck injury and not for weight.

Winslet immediately complained to the magazine, saying that the article suggested "she had lied to the public when she had said that she refused to bow to pressure to be skinny and celebrated her curves."

"Grazia magazine have apologized to me in full, and admitted that their story was incorrect, which gives me tremendous peace of mind," the Oscar-nominated star said in a statement released by her solicitors.

"I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real. I shall continue to hope that women are able to believe in themselves for who they are inside, and not feel under such incredible pressure to be unnaturally thin."

Winslet will donate the settlement to an eating disorder charity, and the publishers will also pay her legal costs.

The 31-year-old said last year she refused to have magazines in her home because she was worried about her young daughter Mia reading them.

Outside Hollywood, pressure has been growing on the fashion world to promote a healthier look, with critics calling for a ban on ultra-skinny models.