DL Fave Cate Blanchett says she is retiring from acting.

Bitches will say anything to win an Oscar.

What's she gonna do, wait tables?

Wow. Is she that desperate for this Oscar?

Has she had enough with acting because the award show system is so patriarchal?

You should stick to your word and do it bitch. I’m sick of everybody fawning all over her like she’s the second coming and her stupid, unfunny sense of humor.

Good! We have plenty of other very dull actors and actresses already!

R4 As far as her category (Best Actress) is concerned, white supremacy has always been the much more glaring problem than patriarchy. Curious how none of the outspoken white feminists of Hollywood, including herself, have ever spoken out against it.

R7: She refers to an award show as a patriarchy and they STILL throw awards at this cunt.

R7: I can take her place in the Best Actress category and solve the white supremacy and patriarchy!!!

Link, lazy scrote OP?

Buh bye

R9 You're the token black woman that's exempt from white supremacist treatment to make Hollywood look progressive. Shut up and be grateful.

R9 It really was hilarious to watch a two-time Oscar winner who's about to win a third in her sleep telling a room full of women of color how it was patriarchy's fault that they all had to work their asses off for her scraps.

That was meant for R8.

Why are so many actors retired/or retiring while still in middle age/late middle age (at least at an age where they can believably play a patriarch/CEO/pilot/author/professor/general, etc? ) Jim Carrey, Daniel Day Lewis, rumors of Brad Pitt - I am sure there are others I am missing.

Most of the musicians who are retiring are close to 70 (or over) so that I understand.

I don't care, she's hot as fuck and can say anything she wants. I'll lust for her till the end of time.

Link to this made up story?

R7 exactly. The glaring issue in Hollywood and particular in regards to these award shows, is systemic raxism/ white supremacy yet the coward chose to talk about the PaTrIaTcHy, and SJW/ white feminists are praising her for a SuPpOrTiNg WoMeN. Typical

R17 it's on the dailyFail

R16, I'm curious, what about this woman is "hot as fuck'? Is that a thing? Are lezzies lusting after her?

She has talked about this retirement nonsense several times over the years. Never gonna happen.

She's so addicted to her own press, her elevated status (becoming less deserved imo) and her own words. Scary woman.

Cate Blanchett doesn't 'ever want to work again' after making Tár

You shouldn't outstay your welcome.

R7, she and many other white feminists have spoken out about racism. You should know, you're the kind of person who calls them "woke" when they criticize racism

R12 is a Republican who hates Hollywood for being progressive then says Hollywood isn't really progressive.

She always says she's done with acting. Please my ass. She gets first dibs on all roles for women of a certain age and she's never going to say no to that.

R8, well it is a patriarchy. Most Academy voters are male, everyone knows that.

Please retire so I don't have to look at your Play-Doh looking face anymore.

Systemic racism is a greater issue than than patriarchy. History has shown that white feminists would quicker side with this " oppressive patriarchal system" than fight against racial injustice as long as they remain comfortable:

R13 exactly. The looks on viola and Michelle's faces said it all

Don't speak for us, OP.

I don't care for that talentless lesbian.

She's NOT young!

She's too much of an attention whore like Meryl ever to retire.

I'll believe it when I see it.

She talks too much shit

I don't find her in the least bit attractive and never have.

And I am absolutely certain there's no CEO of lesbians, even here on DL. Nor is there any need for one.

Just sayin'.

Oh Boo Hoo racism. Black men have done a fuck load more to repress black women than white men.

I liked that lesbian film she did - Carol, I think. She was very good and I liked the way she spoke about it when she was promoting it, the lesbian angle, she was cool.

I have liked some of her work and have nothing bad to say about her, but if she is really interested in retiring rather than, say, taking a long break or being more selective and infrequent in taking on roles, why not channel any frustrations with patriarchy into taking a hand on the producer end of things?

Her name behind a project could help remedy some in some small way a problem that's less easily addressed in performing a role

Just keep cashing these cheques and STFU. She is a greedy bitch, she won't retire

If any of you bothered to read the interview transcript you would see that she was joking.

With a chuckle, she continued: ‘And so I don’t ever want to work again.’

Link of this didn’t happen.

She's such a homely, unconvincing imitation of an actress.

She's carbon copy Cate.

R15 They're probably just bored. They have tons of money, also.

Her mother lives with her. How sweet. She wants to retire to live out the rest of her days gardening with her mawmaw, aww, that's admirable

Cate Blanchett suggests acting retirement, says she’s ‘profoundly homesick’

Another white woman taking recognition away from an Asian woman.

R48 how so?

Michelle Yeoh would be the first Asian woman to win an Oscar. And yet Cate is relentlessly campaigning for herself.

Actors can't stop talking, so eventually they say everything. None of it has meaning.

I wonder what kind of research she did to play a middle aged lesbian so convincingly

Ive seen her on publicity tours. I think she's full of crap. I don't mind her on screen, however.

If I remember correctly Cate said she studied Susan Sontag in preparation for Lydia Tar.

She explained to the Associated Press that her biggest source of research was documentaries on figures like Carlos Kleiber or Herbert von Karajan. These offered her intimate glimpses into the lives and psyches of conductors, which proved very useful in mapping out the worldview of Lydia Tár.

She would.

I wish she'd studied Sontag's hair.

So pompous , oh I studied Susan Sontag. Puh-leeeze she probably watched tons of L word and Bette Potter was her main character study.

I'm still waiting for her to start acting.

R50, she wouldn't be the first Asian woman to win an Oscar, just the first to win the best actress Oscar (if she prevails over Cate, that is).

[quote]Oh Boo Hoo racism. Black men have done a fuck load more to repress black women than white men.

Black men do not run Hollywood.

Enough with the Cate B slander. I know someone who knows someone who knows Cate and they have said she is a really nice person. Top notch.

[quote] Black men do not run Hollywood.

Who runs Hollywood?

Once again, because it’s much easier to click on a headline than read an actual article (“oh, too many words! I’m frightened!”), if any of you bothered to read the interview transcript you would see that she was joking.

Her unfunny jokes. Humorless Brit. Typical

“Just” the first Asian American woman to win best actress? It’s a bit more important than that. It’s never happened in the history of the Oscars. The privileged white women need to take a break and let others win.

I won.

Unfunny to you, R65? Maybe her humour went over your head.

She’s not a “Brit”, by the way - get your facts straight before sharing your opinion.

[quote] I know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone

Did Cate preface her statement with a land acknowledgment?

What does the mean r70?

That *

R71, R72 That is the daily prayer that every Australian is forced to make whenever they meet and whenever they do something. Even the non-believers are forced to utter this sacred prayer.

Won't be missed at all.

R71 In Australia now before all their TV shows, they have a thing where a card and voice over says 'The maker of this show pays tribute to the Indigenous people on whose land we filmed, and we apologize for being white'.

She is just an actress.

R75 The only place where I hear this frequently is in the lecture halls, led by professors at the start of lecture, or at some governemntal ceremony

Cate is a pretentious fool if she recites land acknowledgment before her interviews

Australia is only now doing land acknowledgements??

We should get her a cake. Maybe someone could pick up a card?

YAY! She's going away!

I can never finish any of her movies. I always fall alseep. I try the next day and same thing happens...

[quote] The maker of this show pays tribute to the Indigenous people

This was brought to Australia by the powerful Catholics in the powerful Australian Labour Party.

They lost their faith in Jesus so they replaced their old pious religious mantra (shown below) and replaced with a new pious religious mantra.

According to the IMDB she has one TV show in production, one film in pre-production, and another TV series in development. She aint retiring.

Maybe she was only joking?

I've seen her in person, she is very full of herself

I've seen her in person, and she looked right through me!

R85, you came to this conclusion with just a glance?

The people claiming she needs to step aside to allow Yeoh to win are delusional. That move would be incredibly condescending, and cheapen the value of the award itself. Diversity will improve at the award level when it improves in high quality projects. I'd be happy to see Yeoh win (although I prefer Blanchett's performance) but she should win through merit and real competition

I wish we could get to the end of this "(Blank) would be the first (Blank) to play/win the (Blank).

Nobody cares about the "First Albino Tongan in a wheelchair to win the Pillsbury Bake-Off"!

What a show-off. Oh I'm going to retire just to garden. Do these people think before they speak?

R89.i think you've got the wrong g thread

She's pulling a Daniel Day Lewis. Is she really that desperate to win an Oscar for a film nobody saw and for a performance she's done a million times before?

So every movie should start with the sign of the cross r82? Hey, are you a cultish Catholic like Mel Gibson's father? Are you obsessed with Vatican II and all those anti-Popes since then?

R92 Have you seen the film? This is NOT a performance she’s done a million times. Whereas with DDL he was serious, Blanchett probably just wants maybe some time to herself and some rest after her next projects, then she will come back, if she ever stops working at all. Tilda Swinton has said she wants to retire but hasn’t. Actors get bored after awhile when they have time off, then they get back to it.

Blanchett has an ego, like all multiple Oscar winners, and many in the acting industry. She can’t resist the thought of joining the three Oscar winner club. That’s why I expect to see a turbo charged campaign with her promoting Tar. She knocks Yeoh off the screen in terms of acting, and what she brings to this role.

Shut up Cate sycophant

Can't imagine any retirement would be permanent. If it happens at all, I'm sure she'll re-emerge as old actress playing old actress roles to acclaim and fortune. And good for her.

Old bitch with an accent is an irresistible role.

R95 #suckit. You know what i mean?

Maybe she was joking.

What was ot that Fox news guy said about Le Bron James ? Shut up and dribble? Well Cate should do the same. Shut up and act, or go away. I’ve had enough with her constantly rattling on about things which don't concern her .

With a chuckle, she continued: “and so I don’t ever want to work again”.

“Have you not seem the film?”

Uh, 99.99999% of the population will never watch it

R101 That’s what I thought. Then how can you claim it’s a performance she’s given a million times?

Tomorrow is the Oscar noms. I will be nominated and I will also win. Mark my words.

I've always wondered..is Cate part albino?

Her ancestry includes English, some Scottish, and remote French roots.

Very albinoesque

I just saw her on Graham Norton and she sends her love!

Her last line from Nightmare Alley, "I'll live", was camp heaven.

Australians aren’t as obsessed with ancestry as Americans but if you’re going to include “English, some Scottish and remote French roots” you may as well include her father, who was born in Texas.

What ancestry is being born in Texas called?

American, presumably.

Texas roots or Texas stem?

Retire from what? Playing dress up and pretending to be another person?

Someone should remind her that she is just an actress

[quote] Australians aren’t as obsessed with ancestry as Americans but if you’re going to include “English, some Scottish and remote French roots” you may as well include her father, who was born in Texas.

Since her father is from Texas, I assume she's mostly of English/Scot-Irish stock, as the majority of White southerners.

Her mother is Australian and she met the Texan Navy Chef Petty Officer when his ship broke down in Melbourne.

MAYBE SHE WAS ONLY JOKING!!

We can't hear you say it louder R115

R115 must be a disgruntled lezzie fangurl. I hear L chat is down

Would anyone miss her?

Tar - flop

Nightmare Alley - flop

Where’d You Go Bernadette? - flop

Truth - flop. Even with Robert Redford.

Well she is no Nicole Kidman...

Tomorrow, Cate Blanchett will score her 8th Oscar nomination for TÁR.

She will join the esteemed circle of 8-time Oscar nominees: Judi Dench, Glenn Close, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Geraldine Page and Meryl Streep.

She thinks 'Millions of people" would care if she retires?

Norma Desmondesque delusions?

She farts in her sleep

Michelle Yeoh is 'speaking out'.

She reminds me of Annette Funicello except not quite as dedicated to her craft.

I decided to do a Cate Blanchett movie watch weekend. Watching her old movies like Elizabeth Notes. Etc.. it really is a travesty such magnificent performance as Queen Elizabeth didn't get her an Oscar for best actress

[quote]She's pulling a Daniel Day Lewis. Is she really that desperate to win an Oscar for a film nobody saw and for a performance she's done a million times before?

She's pathetic.

Bitch, sit down!

Lol Cate Blanchett has a scorned fanboi or girl on DL