The 36th Annual Saturn Awards were held in Burbank, CA. The Saturn Awards were dominated by James Cameron’s 3D masterpiece “Avatar,” which won ten Saturn Awards. he film not only was named Best Science Fiction Film, but Best Actor and Actress: Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana; Best Supporting Actor and Actress: Stephen Lang and Sigourney Weaver, Best Special Effects, Best Music, Best Production Design and Best Writer and Director for James Cameron — who holds the record for most Saturn Awards wins of all time. Luckily, “Inglorious Basterds” won an award as well!
Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
“Inglourious Basterds” (2009)
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Diane Kruger has been riding a wave of accolades lately, and can now be counted as one of the few models to make a successful transition to acting after her attention-grabbing role in “Inglourious Basterds.” But the sojourn to acclaim wasn’t easy (we know that’s hard to believe about a young woman who was the face of Chanel perfume, but hear us out). Because of her modeling past, Kruger, who was born and bred in a small town in Germany, was pigeon-holed as the pretty face to play opposite Hollywood A-listers like Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom.
The actress told Allure magazine that she understood why critics were underwhelmed with her at first – one NYTimes critic said she “looks too beautiful to play role of any substance – but somewhere around “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” she began to desire roles with a little more heft.
When she heard of a part in “Inglourious Basterds,” she paid her own way to the audition, clad in 40s-inspired clothing and blood-red lipstick. Of course, she landed the part of Bridget von Hammersmark, and the doors to Hollywood opened just a tad wider. She’s signed on to play in “Unknown White Male” alongside January Jones and Liam Neeson, a movie due out in 2011.
Now, Kruger is setting her sights on parts with a little bit of humor to them.
“People look at me and think, ‘Oh, she’s from Germany, she looks so composed…but I think I’m a pretty good joke teller, I like pretty crass jokes.”
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There are a lot of choice quotes from the interview with Diane Kruger in this month’s issue of Allure, but our favorite by far is the story about the time Kruger almost ran over Sharon Stone with a Segway. Kruger explains that the incident occurred at a charity auction last year. She says:
“I was at this auction last year for amfAR — a foundation for AIDS research — and Sharon Stone was hosting. Josh [Jackson] and I were supposed to auction off a Segway. And for some reason I decided to get on it, wearing really high heels. I was totally off balance, and … I nearly killed Sharon Stone. I’m not kidding. I ran over the train of her dress, and she stumbled and almost fell off the stage. Josh had to pull me off. I could see the headlines: Diane Kruger kills Sharon Stone.”
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Diane Kruger has admitted that she loves getting dolled up for her boyfriend Joshua Jackson. The Inglourious Basterds actress has emphasised that it is “important” to maintain her appearance, even revealing that she swaps tracksuit bottoms for make-up at night, reports Music Rooms.
The 33-year-old said: “I still think it’s important to put on some make-up and a nice dress for my boyfriend. I’m not one of those girls who stops working and just throws on sweatpants. At night it’s nice to wear make-up.”
Kruger also insisted that she rarely uses professional make-up artists, adding: “I tend to do my own make-up for red-carpet events and I have an obscene amount of make-up. I really believe that if you even out your skin tone – foundation not too thick, just enough coverage – then you can do anything with the rest of your make-up.”
It was recently reported that Kruger has signed to star in the upcoming drama Special Forces. (Source)
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With such a devotion to fashion and taking sartorial risks, it’s no wonder the 33-year-old actress is a muse to fellow German Karl Lagerfeld.
“I met Diane on a shoot I was doing for Elle in the ’90s, with ten other girls,” the Kaiser tells the magazine of his friend. “Diane was stunning, and the most interesting girl. The others I forgot instantly. One, she can make any clothing, no matter how wild, look right. That alchemy is very hard to explain. And two, she speaks perfect English, French, and German. There is no actress in the world who can handle so perfectly three languages with no accent.”
The two are such close friends that the designer was chosen to present Kruger with an award at The Golden Camera Awards in Berlin.
“Karl never goes out to give awards, but he came out for me,” Kruger says. “He gets very flustered speaking on TV, and he just goes on and on. And in the course of presenting me with this, he said, on live television, that we were neighbors — and then gave our addresses. I’m backstage, like, Oh, my God! Thanks, Karl! For making it easy for the crazy people!”
To read more of Kruger’s most fashionable memories and her beauty and workout advice, head over to Allure.com and pick up the July issue on newsstands tomorrow in Los Angeles and New York City, and nationwide on June 22. (Source)
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Model turned award-winning-actress Diane Kruger is Allure’s gorgeous July cover girl, which makes sense given her past. The German-born stunner, who graced the pages of Allure back in her days as a model and was once the face of Giorgio Armani’s Acqua di Gio perfume, dons a thick navy cashmere Michael Kors sweater for the magazine, and, naturally, a flawless face painted by Gucci Westman. Inside the issue, Kruger, who also wears an off-the-shoulder taffeta and tulle gown by Jason Wu, gives her beauty and fashion tips.
“I must be very careful with my skin from modeling and working under hot lights,” says Kruger, who will be the new face of Calvin Klein’s Beauty fragrance come this October. “I break out easily. I never go to sleep without taking off my makeup.”
As for style versus comfort, Kruger says the former wins out every time.
“Two years ago, I wore an haute couture gown to the Venice Film Festival, and it had a full-on corset — it was gorgeous, but it was a runway piece and it hadn’t been made for life,” she remembers. “The bodice didn’t have one of those openings at the bottom. I nearly fainted because it was so tight, and I had to go to the bathroom so badly, but it would have taken an hour to get out of that dress. But! It was soooo gorgeous!”
Head over to Allure.com and pick up the July issue on newsstands nationwide on June 22. (Source)
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Actress and former model Diane Kruger has spoken of her realisation about exactly what foundation can do for your make-up. The star of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds told Stylist Magazine that she does believe beauty can come both from the outside, ie healthy hair, perfect face and body, but also that some people possess beauty that radiates from within.
Although the latter must surely apply to the beautiful actress, she did go on to say that her flawless looks on the red carpet are down to foundation, and it is the base of creating any good look.
“If you even out your skintone – foundation not too thick, just enough coverage – then you can do anything with the rest of your make-up,” she told the magazine.
She went on to admit that she does buy her own concealer but never manages to get the tone right, normally picking a shade too light which is just “ugly”, but refuses to have all her make-up essentials picked by a stylist. (Source)
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Diane Kruger has revealed that she has always dreamed of having a “Beyoncé butt”, but is resigned to the fact it will never happen. Kruger, 33, who is dating actor Joshua Jackson, admitted she would like a curvy rear end, but said that it is unlikely she will achieve it.
She said to Britain’s Stylist Magazine: “I used to be a ballet dancer, so sometimes I go overboard. I once signed up to the gym and got a trainer – he was an ex-Olympic ice-skater. All of a sudden, I went from doing no sport to doing two hours of exercise every day. I’ve always dreamed of having the bubble butt – the Beyoncé butt.” She added: “I’m a white girl, it’s just not gonna happen. I tried really hard. We always want what we can’t have.”
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Diane attended the Hugo Boss Launches New Yacht, photos have been added to the gallery.
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Diane Kruger last night spoke of her close relationship with Chanel legend Karl Lagerfeld.
“He is like a stepfather to me. We’re very close- we just get on so well,” she told VOGUE.COM. “He is a very curious person, he’s very interested in people in general. I’ve known him since I was 16-years-old, ever since I first started modelling and he has always been so kind. We go way back. People have said I am his muse but I don’t think I’d call myself that. It’s not how I think of our relationship. That’s big. It’s hard to describe Karl, he really is one of a kind.”
Kruger has previously modelled as the face of Chanel’s handbag campaigns and has been dressed by Lagerfeld himself on numerous occasions. She recently joined Lagerfeld, alongside Vanessa Paradis and Georgia May Jagger, at the Saint-Tropez unveiling of his latest endeavour, a film named Remember Now.
“What’s not to love about Chanel?” she said. “It’s timeless, it’s chic. I don’t know many people that don’t like it. I love it.”
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