As I previewed yesterday, Cate Blanchett covers the new issue of Vogue Mag, the January issue. I saw some sites complaining about how “boring” it was for Vogue to give Cate her FIFTH cover, but I like that she’s gotten another one. She’s had a good year and she’s definitely going to get an Oscar nomination for Blue Jasmine, so this cover makes sense. Plus, she’s promoting her supporting role in The Monuments Men, with her buddy George Clooney.
Now, all that being said, I’ve been looking at these Craig McDean photos for a while and… I’m not really feeling this editorial. Cate is flawless – she looks good in nearly anything, she’s aging beautifully and she’s just an awesome person. She’s also one of the most photogenic women in the world. So… is it just me or is this photoshoot really blah? It’s like they were trying to challenge themselves with “Let’s see how boring we can make her look and see if she still pops!” Or maybe I’m overthinking it. Or maybe Vogue needed to think more about it.
You can read the cover story preview here – all I’m getting is that Cate is not good with math or time and that her go-to name of affection is not “honey” or “sweetie” but “Ace”. LOVE IT.
One more thing – Cate is still supposed to do John Hillcoat’s new film, Triple Nine, only the dude actors in the film have changed up. It’s possible that Cate’s next film will star… Christoph Waltz (!), Chiwetel Ejiofor (!!), Michael B. Jordan (!!!) and Casey Affleck. That sounds super-interesting. Chiwetel and Cate? I want to go there.
Photos courtesy of Craig McDean/VOGUE.
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