Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Cate Blanchett and Coco Francini.Photo:John Phillips/Getty John Phillips/Getty While on a movie set recently,Cate Blanchettcame to a shocking realization. “I had assumed, because things have shifted, and we’re all talking the big talk about the way the industry has changed, that the set that I was going to walk onto would be diverse,” the actress, 54, tells PEOPLE. “I was not only the only woman in front of the camera, I was the only woman on set....

Cate Blanchetthopes her kids are doing their research when getting information from social media. In this week’s cover story forPorter, Net-A-Porter’s digital title, the 52-year-old actress says that social media is a major discussion with her four kids, whom she shares with husband Andrew Upton, and that she tries to teach her children the importance of knowing where their news comes from. “[We talk about it] a lot,” Blanchett says of discussing social media and public discourse with her sons, Dashiell, 19, Roman, 17, and Ignatius, 13, as well as her daughter, Edith, 5....

Dr. Evan Atar Adaha won the 2018 Nansen Refugee Award from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Switzerland on Monday — andCate Blanchett, a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, was on hand to honor him.Atar, a South Sudanese surgeon who has experienced displacement himself, won the award for offering medical care to people escaping from strife in Sudan and South Sudan for two decades, according to a press release.He operates a hospital for 200,000 people in Bunj in South Sudan, including 144,000 refugees from Sudan’s Blue Nile State....

Cate Blanchettis a dancing queen! TheTáractress, 54, appeared at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival on Friday night, where she made a surprise appearance during The Sparks’ performance of “The Girl is Crying in Her Latte." “We did a video for this song recently, and we had the amazing honor of having Cate Blanchett join us in that video. We give you, Cate Blanchett,” he said, as the star — wearing ayellow suit similar to one from the music video— walked out from behind the stage....

Sometimes good isn’t good enough. In the new trailer for her upcoming film,Where’d You Go, Bernadette,Cate Blanchettplays Bernadette Fox, a Seattle mom to a smart teen (Emma Nelson) and a loving wife to her caring husband (Billy Crudup). “Something unexpected has come up,” Blanchett — who rocks a brunette bob and bangs as Bernadette — says in the debut trailer, released on Tuesday. “There’s much more explanation coming. I have this one shot....

Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Cate Blanchetthas some notes about awards season. On Sunday, the two-time Oscar winner won best actress at the 28th annualCritics Choice Awardsfor her performance inTár. “I can’t believe I’m up here. This is ridiculous,” Blanchett, 53, said in her speech with a laugh. “I’m so old!” The actress then suggested awards season overall get a makeover: “I would love it if we would just change this whole f—ing structure....

Photo: Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images; Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Cate Blanchettcouldn’t help but admire Bradley Cooper’s movie star eyes while the actors worked together on Oscar-winning directorGuillermo del Toro’s latest filmNightmare Alley. “He has very long eyelashes, which is what you get to see as a psychoanalyst, as you look down and see how long the eyelashes are,” Blanchett, 52, recalled during an episode ofSiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show. “He has lovely eyelashes, Bradley,” the actress continued....

Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for FLC Cate Blanchett’s kids don’t take much of an interest in their mom’s stardom.While being honored with the Chaplin Award at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on Monday, the actress, 52, toldPage Sixthat her four kids are “disinterested” when it comes to how famous she is.However, theBlue Jasminestar says their lack of amusement is “in the best possible, healthiest way.“Blanchett, who shares sons Dashiell, 20, Roman, 18, and Ignatius, 14, plus daughter, Edith, 7, with husband Andrew Upton, added that her children have “no idea” as to why she’s getting her prestigious honor....

Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Cate Blanchettis recalling one of her most difficult roles: playing her daughter’s teacher.The actress, 52, appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the Australian talk showThe Projectwhere she discussed her experience homeschooling her kids during lockdown.Blanchett, who is mom to sons Dashiell, 20, Roman, 17, and Ignatius, 13, as well as daughter, Edith, 7, said while she was “amazing for two weeks,” things quickly took a turn when it came to teaching her youngest child....

The ladies ofOcean’s 8are maybe having alittletoo much fun. Instead, Blanchett and Paulson took Kotb on the wildest interview that eventually ended with the host’s mascara running and cohostSavannah Guthriecoming in for backup. “You guys clearly have a thing going on,” Kotb says to start the interview. “No, it’s over,” Blanchett replies while Paulson adds that “it ended about an hour ago, just so you know. We’re having a hard time....

Cate Blanchettins’t just a two-time Oscar winner – she’s also a champion when it comes to reimagining past fashions. Mike Coppola/Getty “What I love about film is the way it draws us into compelling human themes to uncover the connective tissue that binds us all,” Blanchett tells PEOPLE in a statement. “Whenever I have met refugees — in places such as Lebanon, Jordan or Bangladesh, in the U.K., or back home in Australia — what has struck me has not been their ‘otherness’ but how many things we share in common....

Cate Blanchett.Photo: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images The Oscar-winning actress, 52, is set to receive the 47th Chaplin Award at a gala in her honor at the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on April 25. The event will celebrate Blanchett’s career, featuring notable speakers, film clips and a career-spanning conversation culminating in the presentation of the Chaplin Award. “We are thrilled to welcome Cate Blanchett back to Film at Lincoln Center, where three of her films have previously screened as part of the New York Film Festival,” said Lesli Klainberg, Executive Director of Film at Lincoln Center....

Cate Blanchettamplified the message of the night and shared her appreciation for the attention given to the ongoingAustralia wildfiresduring the 2020Golden Globes. Blanchett — whoreceived a nominationfor best actress in a motion picture comedy for her role inWhere’d You Go, Bernadette?— also expressed how the fires’ devastation reaches beyond Australia. Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images “When one country faces a climate disaster, we all face a climate disaster,” she continued. “So thank you very much....