FameCrawler : Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton: Usually Mistaken For Her Sons' Father!

Sassy Smith — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:02:00 GMT

Actress Tilda Swinton admits that people often mistake her for a man because of her short hairstyle and she's usually called "Sir!"

Swinton, who has 11-year-old twin boys, Xavier and Honor, is usually mistaken for their dad.

"People call me 'Sir' in American hotels."

She adds, "I'm relatively tall, I don't wear make-up and I often wear my hair short.

"My son wears his hair long and we're often called father and daughter."

But Tilda, 48, takes it in stride. She actually loves playing male characters in movie roles.

"It's fun! Often there are poetic and creative moments in androgyny."

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Tilda Swinton Founds Freaky Film Festival

Karen — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:34:00 GMT

Now I've heard everything. Well maybe not when it comes to Tilda Swinton.

The Narnia actress is starting a small festival in her hometown of Nairn in north-east Scotland. She's named the bizarre festival "The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams." Tickets to films will cost $6 or a tray of baked goods, and everyone will sit on beanbags to take in "films with highly coloured, dreamlike elements," according to the Guardian.

Part of the impetus behind the festival is Swinton and [co-organiser Mark] Cousins' idea that "Money dictates the festival circuit too much, and fogs the pure, romantic obsession with film." He added: "There are too many film festivals all trying to do the same kind of thing - what is there if you pare away all the frocks and the fuss? It amuses me that Tilda Swinton, who has been up all the red carpets, wants to do this - there's a degree of punk about it."

The festival will run from August 15 to the 23rd. Who will she bring? Her husband, her lover and/or her kids?

I wish I lived closer.

Sarah Larson's Biological Clock Ticked Too Loudly For George Clooney?

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:05:00 GMT

If you're like me, you've been unable to sleep at night wondering why George Clooney dumped Sarah Larson. While we may never know (do you know how hard it is to hack into George Clooney's Blackberry?) I have a theory.

Shortly after Larson moved into Clooney's Hollywood Hills home earlier this year, Larson reportedly told friends that she wanted to have children soon because her "biological clock was ticking."

“Sarah feels her biological clock is ticking and wants to get pregnant by the time she’s 30,” the source said at the time.

So Sarah wanted a baby before 30. And how old is she now? 29. Case closed.

That's More Amore: Tilda Swinton, Sandro Kopp, and Two Others

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:25:00 GMT

Just how exactly do these people keep track of all their toothbrushes?

Tilda Swinton has always been open about her unconventional love life - the Michael Clayton actress lives in Scotland with lover John Byrne, 67, and their twin 10 year old boys, but she also has a relationship with Sandro Kopp, 29, a painter from Wellington.

Now it turns out the love triangle is actually a love square, with the revelation that Byrne also has a lover on the side: lighting director Jeanine Davis, 42.

Byrne, an director, playwright and artist, describes their situation as "relaxed and amicable."

"We have not hidden away and Jeanine is very much part of my life. Tilda knows all about it and is more than happy with the situation," he says in a recent interview. "Tilda has Sandro and the arrangement works very well."

Byrne also revealed that Davis has met his family and Kopp, Tilda's other lover. "I wouldn’t say we all socialised together but she has met Sandro and we have all been under one roof together ... I know some people will struggle to understand it, but it works for us.”

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The Curious Case of Brad Pitt (and Possibly Shiloh)

Whit Honea — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:02:00 GMT

Brad Pitt has a movie coming out in December called The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The character of Benjamin Button ages backwards from 80. The trailer below isn't in English, but you get the idea. Fellow FameCrawler staples, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton also star.

BTW, the Superficial is claiming that one Shiloh Jolie-Pitt may be earning her S.A.G. card in this film. That should be interesting.

Here's the clip:

I had no idea that Fitzgerald was such a "Mork & Mindy" fan.

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And To Think, The World Almost Didn't Have Harry Potter To Blame For All Its Evils

HerBadMother — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:50:00 GMT

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling says that she came very, very close to committing suicide in the years before Harry Potter became a global bestseller. What saved her? Her daughter, Jessica.

Rowling says: "We're talking suicidal thoughts here, we're not talking 'I'm a little bit miserable.'"

"The thing that made me face the fact that this was not a normal state that I was in was probably my daughter [Jessica, then a baby].

"She was something that earthed me, grounded me, and I thought, 'This isn't right, this can't be right, she cannot grow up in this state,'" Rowling added.

With her regular doctor away at the time of her depression, she began seeing a therapist who "absolutely saved me."

Rowling said she has "never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never."

"I think I'm abnormally shameless on that account because what's to be ashamed of?"

She urges anybody suffering from depression to "go and get help.

"I went through a really rough time," Rowling added, "and I'm quite proud of the fact that I got out of that."

And Harry Potter fans everywhere are very, very grateful.

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Oscar Winner Says Harry Potter Is Bad For Kids

HerBadMother — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:03:00 GMT

No, it`s not because of the witchcraft and dark arts, or because Dumbledore`s gay or because that naughty Daniel Radcliffe showed his man-parts in that dirty stage play about horses or whatever. It`s because - get this - boarding school f*cks kids up, and the Harry Potter franchise glorifies boarding school.

So says Tilda Swinton, who insists that she would never, ever take a role in the Harry Potter movies for that very reason.

The actress, who played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia, told the April issue of Out magazine: "I'm loath to say anything good about going to boarding school, which is one of the reasons why I'm not a believer in Harry Potter. Because I believe it fetishizes boarding school for children."

Oooh. Fetishizes, even. Somehow, that just makes it sound all the more interesting. Which is the whole problem for Tilda, I`m guessing. Whatever. There are worse things to fetishize than studying hard and mastering all sorts of complicated arts at a boarding school, I think. I mean - it`s school. I`d much rather my kids fetishize school than, say, Miley Cyrus`s MySpace page or the cast of High School Musical (which, although it has `school` in the title, has nothing to do at all with school, being almost entirely concerned, as it is, with Zac Efron`s hair.) So, yeah - if my child grows up to devour the canon of Harry Potter novels and develops a hankering to go to boarding school, I`m not exactly going to be fussed about it.

I have every respect for Tilda, but she needs to chill.

Tilda Swinton: Unconvential Mama

Karen — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:02:00 GMT

With winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress on the weekend, Tilda's arrangement with the man with whom she raises her children with may come under further scruntiny, and no one knows that better then her.

67 year old John Bynre and Tilda raise their 10 year old twin sons together in one house, while she also has a lover, 29 year old Sandro Kopp. Kopp joined Swinton at the Oscars, while John stayed home.

She said: "I don't have a husband. I've never been married. I have children with someone else, with whom I'm bringing up my children. And I've lived with someone else, my sweetheart, for the last three years, and maybe it's extraordinary that we're really all friends."

"What is true is that John and I live with our children and Sandro is sometimes here with us, and we travel the world together. We are all a family."

Tilda - who wore a one-sleeved black dress to the ceremony - revealed she was stunned to win.

She added: "I'm still recovering from that moment, and I have absolutely no idea what happened after that. You can tell me my dress fell off and I'd believe you!"

Byrne agrees with Tilda's summation of their unusual relationship: "We're amicably living together in the same house, under the same roof. It's extraordinary.

"We love each other too, in an extraordinary way. We have always been the best of chums and will remain the best of chums for the rest of our lives.

"We love our children and our children love us. The rest is our business."

That's all that matters in the end, isn't it?

FameCrawler Oscar Picks: Where We Demonstrate That We Really Do Have an Opinion on Everything

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:35:00 GMT

Without a doubt one of the things keeping you up late at night is wondering "Who do the FameCrawler bloggers think will win big at the Academy Awards?" (Of course, that along with, "Who will Jamie Lynn take to Lamaze class?)

This must be your lucky day, because here are our completely unsolicited opinions (Sorry, can't help you out with the Jamie Lynn thing):

Sweatpantsmom:

Best Actress: Laura Linney (I love her. Ellen Page was great in Juno, but has no 'body of work.' That there is Academy-speak for "She ain't been in nuthin' else.")

Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee (First time nominated. She's 83, for chrissakes - just give it to her already.)

Best Actor: George Clooney (He's hot. And I still watch ER, hoping for him to make a surprise cameo.)

Best Supporting Actor: Hal Holbrook (See Ruby Dee, above)

Best Picture: Juno (Juno Juno Juno. Has anyone even seen the other movies?)

Whit:

Best Actress: I didn't see any of them, so I'll go with whoever looks the hottest.

Best Supporting Actress: See above.

Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis

Best Supporting Actor: That kid from There Will Be Blood. Oh, he wasn't nominated. Um, how about that rat from Ratatouille?

Best Picture: There Will Be Blood

Best Host: Jon Stewart (Lifetime Achievement to Billy Crystal)

Her Bad Mother:

Best Actress: Prediction: Julie Christie; Wish: Ellen Page

Best Supporting Actress: Prediction: Cate Blanchett (but will be happy if she or Tilda Swinton or that little Irish chick wins it)

Best Actor: Prediction: Daniel Day Lewis; Wish: Viggo (Johnny's hot, but Sweeney Todd? Nope. Viggo's hot AND deserving for that penis-baring knife fight)

Best Supporting Actor: Prediction/Wish: Javier Bardem

Best Picture: Toss-up: No Country For Old Men or There Will Be Blood. Can't call this one.

Karen:

Best Actress: Ellen Page because she is a Canucklehead like me.

Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton because if I could have a celebs life it would be hers and Johnny Depp would be my boy toy. (See below.) Although the step-mom in Juno should have been nominated.

Best Actor: Johnny Depp - because he is my back-up husband and deserves it.

Best Supporting Actor: Phillip Seymour Hoffman because I'm a big fan of his work and he rocks and that's all you need to know.

Best Picture: Juno, hands down has to win because I'm a Mom and I said so.

Sassy Smith:

Best Actress: Julie Christie

Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee

Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis (totally want Johnny Depp to win but whatever..lol)

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is Ready For Her Close-Up

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:05:00 GMT

Lights! Camera! Poop! Looks like Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is having to work to earn her keep in the Brangelina household. The daughter of Not-Breaking-Up stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has her own IMDB page, and even more impressive, a role in Pitt's upcoming movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Shiloh is listed in the credits alongside stars such as Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton. Shame on any of you who think that nepotism played any part in Shiloh's casting; I'm sure she had to audition like everyone else. Drooling, babbling and falling asleep on the set isn't as easy as you think - just ask Lindsay Lohan.

Also in the movie is Elle Fanning, younger sister of ubiquitous actress Dakota Fanning. I can't wait to see the girlfight between Shiloh and Elle over who gets the bigger trailer.