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• CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST
• FROM TROYE SIVAN TO PADAM PADAM: ATRALIA IS S GAY ERA AND THE WORLD SHOULD THANK
• CATE BLANCHETT ON PLAYG INIC LBIANS: ‘I’M NOT INTERTED AGPROP’ON THE LIDOTHE OSR-WNG ACTRS DISCSED HER BUZZY TURN AS GERMAN NDUCTOR LYDIA TáR NEW FILM “TÁR,” AS WELL AS HER CELEBRATED PERFORMANCE “CAROL,” AT THE VENICE FILM FTIVAL.MARLOW STERNUPDATED SEP. 01, 2022 6:25PM EDT / PUBLISHED SEP. 01, 2022 8:24AM EDT DANIELE VENTURELLI/GETTYONE OF THE MOST HOTLY-ANTICIPATED TL AT THIS YEAR’S VENICE FILM FTIVAL IS TÁR, A DARK DRAMA THAT STARS THE GREAT CATE BLANCHETT AS LYDIA TáR, A TRAILBLAZG FEMALE NDUCTOR AND POSER, AND THE FIRST-EVER FEMALE NDUCTOR OF A MAJOR GERMAN ORCHTRA. THE FILM, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE 2022 VENICE FILM FTIVAL, MARKS DIRECTOR TODD FIELD’S FIRST PICTURE SCE 2006’S LTLE CHILDREN, AND HE PENNED SPECIFILLY FOR BLANCHETT.“IT WASN’T WRTEN WH CATE BLANCHETT MD— WAS WRTEN FOR CATE BLANCHETT,” SAID FIELD AT THE FILM’S VENICE PRS NFERENCE.TÁR EXPLOR ALL FACETS OF THE NDUCTOR’S LIFE, CLUDG HER LOVE AFFAIRS WH TWO FEMALE MICIANS UNR HER. IT MARKS THE SEND TIME OF LATE, AFTER 2015’S CAROL, THAT BLANCHETT WILL BE RIDG A WAVE OF OSR BUZZ FOR A LAYERED PORTRA OF A GAY WOMAN. WHEN THE DAILY BEAST ASKED BLANCHETT AT THE PRS NFERENCE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BREATHG LIFE TO DYNAMIC GAY WOMEN ONSCREEN AT A TIME WHEN LGBTQ RIGHTS ARE UNR ATTACK, SHE LNCHED TO A LENGTHY EXPLANATN AS TO WHY.“I THK ’S IMPORTANT ON A SOCIETY LEVEL. HOMOGENEY ANY ART FORM IS ATH,” SHE SAID. “BUT I’M VERY WARY OF BUTTG UP THE WORD ‘IMPORTANCE’ WH THE WORD ‘ART,’ BEE I DON’T SEE THAT ARTISTIC PRACTICE IS AN TNAL TOO. I THK WHAT PEOPLE DO WH AFTER THE FACT THE THG—AFTER ‘THE THG,’ AS TODD LIK TO LL —IS MA N BE POLICIZED, OR DISSEMATED, OR DISCSED, OR PEOPLE N BE DISGTED WH , OR OFFEND BY , OR SPIRED BY . BUT THAT IS OUTSI OF OUR NTROL.” SHE NTUED: “IT FELT URGENT, FELT UNNIABLE. BUT STRANGELY, I DIDN’T THK ABOUT THE CHARACTER’S GENR—OR HER SEXUALY—AT ALL. AND I THK I LOVE THAT ABOUT THE FILM. IT JT IS. IT’S A VERY HUMAN PORTRA, AND I THK THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS MATURED ENOUGH AS A SPECI THAT WE N WATCH A FILM LIKE THIS AND NOT MAKE THAT THE HEADLE ISSUE. IT JT IS.” “IT’S A VERY HUMAN PORTRA, AND I THK THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS MATURED ENOUGH AS A SPECI THAT WE N WATCH A FILM LIKE THIS AND NOT MAKE THAT THE HEADLE ISSUE. IT JT IS.” DCRIBG TÁR AS “A FAIRY TALE,” GIVEN THAT THERE’S STILL NO FEMALE NDUCTOR LEADG ANY OF THE GREAT GERMAN ORCHTRAS, SHE STRSED, “I DIDN’T THK OF OUR FILM AS BEG IMPORTANT. I THOUGHT OF AS BEG UNNIABLE AND HUMAN.”BLANCHETT THEN SPOKE ABOUT THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF TODD HAYN’ CAROL, WHICH IS NOW REGARD AS ONE OF THE GREATT LGBTQ FILMS EVER. “CAROL, WHEN WE MA , NOW I LOOK BACK ON —NO OTHER FILMS LIKE THAT WERE BEG MA, AND PATRICIA HIGHSMH’S STORY WAS THE FIRST STORY WHERE A WOMAN WHO LOVED OTHER WOMEN WASN’T REEMED BY THE LOVE OF A MAN OR KILLED HERSELF, SO ’S A SEMAL PIECE OF WORK THAT AND MANY OTHER RPECTS,” SHE EXPLAED. “BUT AT THE TIME CAROL WAS MA, I SUBSEQUENTLY REALIZED JT HOW IMPORTANT BEME TO PEOPLE. AND AT THE TIME OF MAKG , WAS JT SOMETHG THAT WE HAD TO MAKE, AND SO I’M NOT TERTED AGPROP. WHILST THERE’S A LOT OF HOT-BUTTON TOPICS THAT E UP [TÁR], IS NOT ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THGS. THEY’RE PLOT VIC.” MARLOW STERN

CATE BLANCHETT RPONDS TO MOURS SHE HAS A GAY PAST

She explaed exactly why shouldn’t matter and tells that we have a lot of work left to do on the sexual orientatn ont, sayg, “What happens the days is if you are homosexual you have to talk about nstantly.

Cate Blanchett rponds to mours she has a gay pastCATE Blanchett — Cann for the world premiere of her lbian romance ‘Carol’ — has addrsed media speculatn she has a real-life gay Cate Blanchett — Cann for the red-rpet world premiere of her latt movie about a lbian romance — has opened up about media speculatn she has a real-life gay reviews of Carol, set New York the 1950s and directed by Amerin filmmaker Todd Hayn, have been so glowg that the film is already generatg Osr buzz and is a leadg ntenr for the top Cann prize, the Palme d’Or. Speakg to the prs on Sunday ahead of the premiere, Blanchett found herself forced to ny that she had had any gay experienc herself.

FROM TROYE SIVAN TO PADAM PADAM: ATRALIA IS S GAY ERA AND THE WORLD SHOULD THANK

The answer is no, ” Blanchett told reporters at a media actor said speculatn about possible gay episos had spng om an terview she had given to publitn had reported that asked Blanchett whether she’d had “past relatnships wh women” and got the rponse: “Y.

CATE BLANCHETT ON PLAYG INIC LBIANS: ‘I’M NOT INTERTED AGPROP’ON THE LIDOTHE OSR-WNG ACTRS DISCSED HER BUZZY TURN AS GERMAN NDUCTOR LYDIA TáR NEW FILM “TÁR,” AS WELL AS HER CELEBRATED PERFORMANCE “CAROL,” AT THE VENICE FILM FTIVAL.MARLOW STERNUPDATED SEP. 01, 2022 6:25PM EDT / PUBLISHED SEP. 01, 2022 8:24AM EDT DANIELE VENTURELLI/GETTYONE OF THE MOST HOTLY-ANTICIPATED TL AT THIS YEAR’S VENICE FILM FTIVAL IS TÁR, A DARK DRAMA THAT STARS THE GREAT CATE BLANCHETT AS LYDIA TáR, A TRAILBLAZG FEMALE NDUCTOR AND POSER, AND THE FIRST-EVER FEMALE NDUCTOR OF A MAJOR GERMAN ORCHTRA. THE FILM, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE 2022 VENICE FILM FTIVAL, MARKS DIRECTOR TODD FIELD’S FIRST PICTURE SCE 2006’S LTLE CHILDREN, AND HE PENNED SPECIFILLY FOR BLANCHETT.“IT WASN’T WRTEN WH CATE BLANCHETT MD— WAS WRTEN FOR CATE BLANCHETT,” SAID FIELD AT THE FILM’S VENICE PRS NFERENCE.TÁR EXPLOR ALL FACETS OF THE NDUCTOR’S LIFE, CLUDG HER LOVE AFFAIRS WH TWO FEMALE MICIANS UNR HER. IT MARKS THE SEND TIME OF LATE, AFTER 2015’S CAROL, THAT BLANCHETT WILL BE RIDG A WAVE OF OSR BUZZ FOR A LAYERED PORTRA OF A GAY WOMAN. WHEN THE DAILY BEAST ASKED BLANCHETT AT THE PRS NFERENCE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BREATHG LIFE TO DYNAMIC GAY WOMEN ONSCREEN AT A TIME WHEN LGBTQ RIGHTS ARE UNR ATTACK, SHE LNCHED TO A LENGTHY EXPLANATN AS TO WHY.“I THK ’S IMPORTANT ON A SOCIETY LEVEL. HOMOGENEY ANY ART FORM IS ATH,” SHE SAID. “BUT I’M VERY WARY OF BUTTG UP THE WORD ‘IMPORTANCE’ WH THE WORD ‘ART,’ BEE I DON’T SEE THAT ARTISTIC PRACTICE IS AN TNAL TOO. I THK WHAT PEOPLE DO WH AFTER THE FACT THE THG—AFTER ‘THE THG,’ AS TODD LIK TO LL —IS MA N BE POLICIZED, OR DISSEMATED, OR DISCSED, OR PEOPLE N BE DISGTED WH , OR OFFEND BY , OR SPIRED BY . BUT THAT IS OUTSI OF OUR NTROL.” SHE NTUED: “IT FELT URGENT, FELT UNNIABLE. BUT STRANGELY, I DIDN’T THK ABOUT THE CHARACTER’S GENR—OR HER SEXUALY—AT ALL. AND I THK I LOVE THAT ABOUT THE FILM. IT JT IS. IT’S A VERY HUMAN PORTRA, AND I THK THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS MATURED ENOUGH AS A SPECI THAT WE N WATCH A FILM LIKE THIS AND NOT MAKE THAT THE HEADLE ISSUE. IT JT IS.” “IT’S A VERY HUMAN PORTRA, AND I THK THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS MATURED ENOUGH AS A SPECI THAT WE N WATCH A FILM LIKE THIS AND NOT MAKE THAT THE HEADLE ISSUE. IT JT IS.” DCRIBG TÁR AS “A FAIRY TALE,” GIVEN THAT THERE’S STILL NO FEMALE NDUCTOR LEADG ANY OF THE GREAT GERMAN ORCHTRAS, SHE STRSED, “I DIDN’T THK OF OUR FILM AS BEG IMPORTANT. I THOUGHT OF AS BEG UNNIABLE AND HUMAN.”BLANCHETT THEN SPOKE ABOUT THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF TODD HAYN’ CAROL, WHICH IS NOW REGARD AS ONE OF THE GREATT LGBTQ FILMS EVER. “CAROL, WHEN WE MA , NOW I LOOK BACK ON —NO OTHER FILMS LIKE THAT WERE BEG MA, AND PATRICIA HIGHSMH’S STORY WAS THE FIRST STORY WHERE A WOMAN WHO LOVED OTHER WOMEN WASN’T REEMED BY THE LOVE OF A MAN OR KILLED HERSELF, SO ’S A SEMAL PIECE OF WORK THAT AND MANY OTHER RPECTS,” SHE EXPLAED. “BUT AT THE TIME CAROL WAS MA, I SUBSEQUENTLY REALIZED JT HOW IMPORTANT BEME TO PEOPLE. AND AT THE TIME OF MAKG , WAS JT SOMETHG THAT WE HAD TO MAKE, AND SO I’M NOT TERTED AGPROP. WHILST THERE’S A LOT OF HOT-BUTTON TOPICS THAT E UP [TÁR], IS NOT ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THGS. THEY’RE PLOT VIC.” MARLOW STERN

”That triggered sdg speculatn that Blanchett had revealed past gay enunters.