LOS ANGELES — Oscar winning-actress Cate Blanchett feels Hollywood’s most
glamorous award nights should go back to being not televised.
During an appearance on Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang‘s Las
Culturistas podcast, the trio discussed the invasive nature of social media and
phones.
Blanchett said of the issue, “There’s so few spaces that
you can go now, where you are private. That’s what I loved about the late ’80s,
going to all of the dance parties in Sydney for Mardi Gras. People were just
there.”
“They were so present, you know, they were just together,
collectively, having a great time. It was non-aggressive. No one was being
recorded. No one cared what anyone did.”
The conversation shifted to the litany of celebrity
annoyances at award shows, like photographers and “lip readers,” reports
variety.com.
“Lip readers?” Blanchett questioned..
The hosts went on to explain that there is a segment of
social media dedicated to reading stars’ lips while they are having private
conversations on red carpets.
“That’s really, what? I mean, do something. Learn Ikebana
or something, like a skill that’s actually beautiful,” Blanchett said.
“I mean, I say, I know it’s blasphemy, go back to the day
when it wasn’t televised. Bring that back and just have a great party where
people can just let go.”
She continued, “I mean, the fashion is great, and all of
that stuff. We’ll find out in the end who won or who didn’t win. But it would
be so nice that that happened behind closed doors. Absolutely a very different
evening.”
Recently, the actress shared that doesn’t have too many
photos from her wedding to Andrew Upton, but she affirms that she has great
memories.
Appearing on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ to discuss her
upcoming thriller ‘Black Bag’, the 55-year-old actress revealed why there’s
only one photo in existence from her 1997 wedding, reports ‘People’ magazine.
“When I got married, which is a very long time ago, 27
years ago”, Blanchett began before getting distracted by a more recent photo of
herself and Upton, 59, that appeared on the studio screen.
The Australian actress continued, “I'm still married for
27 years. When we got married we had absolutely no money. We couldn't have a
photographer and we had two friends who were photographers”.
“One guy who got so drunk he forgot to load film in the
camera and the other one had such a good time that he didn't take any pictures,
and as a result, we have one picture of our wedding”, the actress told
Barrymore, 50.
She then described the one wedding photo they do have,
which is “a blurry picture of the two of us getting in the car, but I really
remember the night as a result”.
