Air America beta radio has mentioned last friday an unauthorized documentary about Leonardo DiCaprio’s life.You’re probably wondering, “What is this, the 90s?” In a way, yes. All of the footage featured in “Hangin’ With Leo” looks like it’s from the late 1990s, when DiCaprio was riding the wave of “Titanic” ending up on “The Beach.” If you would like [...]
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Leonardo DiCaprio signs on with TAG Heuer
Posted By Marcie on January 25th, 2009
January 20, 2009
TAG Heuer has added Leonardo DiCaprio to its star-studded lineup of brand ambassadors.
As global ambassador for TAG Heuer, DiCaprio will be promoting several of TAG Heuer’s products, including the brand’s 43-millimeter Carrera Day-Date chronograph, a brand spokeswoman said.
DiCaprio replaces Brad Pitt, whose six-year contract ended last month.
While the brand does not disclose contract details, the royalties generated on select TAG Heuer products, as well as a portion of DiCaprio’s own fees, will be donated to support a major environmental organization, a brand spokeswoman said.
New TAG Heuer ambassador Leonardo DiCaprio with TAG Heuer’s global president and chief executive officer, Jean-Christophe Babin.
The 34-year-old award-winning actor has a long history of activism on behalf of environmental issues. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, established in 1998, has actively fostered awareness of environmental issues by partnering with such organizations as the Natural Resources Defense Council, where DiCaprio is on the board of trustees; Global Green USA, where he serves as a board member; and the International Fund For Animal Welfare, where he is on the honorary board of directors, according to the foundation’s Web site.
DiCaprio is the latest star to join TAG Heuer’s “What Are You Made Of” advertising campaign, for which other brand representatives include Uma Thurman and Tiger Woods.
“Leonardo perfectly embodies this call-to-action with his exceptional talent, extraordinary mental strength and unfettered commitment to social and environmental issues,” a statement from the brand said.
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Kissing Kate Winslet’s like ‘kissing a family member,’ gushes Leonardo DiCaprio
Posted By Marcie on January 25th, 2009
Richard Simpson
Last updated at 7:14 AM on 19th January 2009
He says that kissing her on a film set is like kissing a family member - though we assume he means a very distant cousin.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet stood side-by-side in London last night at the premiere of their film Revolutionary Road, in which they play a married couple.
The pair have maintained a close friendship in the 11 years since they made Titanic and DiCaprio, 34, plainly adores his co-star.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet on the red carpet for the European premiere of their film Revolutionary Road at London’s Leicester Square on Sunday night
He told the Mail: ‘We have been a great support mechanism for each other. We both started when we were young and have always been great friends ever since Titanic. We have always been there for each other.
And describing what it was like to kiss his ‘best friend’, DiCaprio added: ‘I was entirely too used to that from doing that film (Titanic) with her, so to me it was very natural.”
Asked what it was like having to film a sex scene with his friend, DiCaprio said: ‘It’s natural and I feel completely comfortable. In a twisted way it’s like kissing a family member.’
Miss Winslet, 33, wowed the thousands of fans gathered in Leicester Square in a black dress by Narcisco Rodriguez and five-inch heels by Roger Vivier.
Winslet and DiCaprio speak to their fans and sign autographs
She also wore a Chopard diamond bangle worth tens of thousands of pounds.
She spent an hour signing autographs before heading inside the Odeon.
Miss Winslet last week won a Golden Globe for her performance in the film, as well as another for her role in The Reader.
The actress dressed in a stunning black Narciso Rodriguez dress
And she wore a pair of vertiginous five-inch heels by Roger Vivier
The pair together at the premiere of Titanic in 1998
On the night she made two very gushing acceptance speeches which lasted seven minutes in total, and in which she forgot the name of one of her fellow nominees, Angelina Jolie.
Last night she said: ‘I’ve been in the U.S. since then and everyone was very complimentary about the speech.
‘I only realised it had caused such a reaction when I got back to the UK.’
She also returned Di Caprio’s warm sentiment, describing him as ‘the greatest actor of his generation’.
But she denied having prepared any acceptance speech for the Bafta awards for which she is nominated.
‘My sister had a baby this weekend so my family, we’ve been completely preoccupied with my sister’s little girl. I haven’t thought about it at all,’ she said.
Revolutionary Road, adapted from a novel by Richard Yates, tells the story of an American couple in the 1950s who decide to escape suburbia and head to Paris.
Winslet said she had spent four years waiting to see it get made.
‘It was extremely important to me. It’s very close to my heart,’ she said.
Other celebrities attending the premiere included presenter Dermot O’Leary and singer Sophie Ellis Bextor.
Mendes was absent from the premiere as he was working on a theatre production in New York.
The film goes on general release in Britain on January 30.
The actor is an ambassador with a heart
Posted By Marcie on January 23rd, 2009
Source: Gala.FR
For the past several years, Leonardo DiCaprio is using his celebrity for a good cause. Fervent défenseur de l’écologie, il a tourné un documentaire à propos de défectueux écosystèmes mondiaux en 2007 (La 11e Heure, Le Dernier Virage), est arrivé au volant d’une voiture hybride à la cérémonie des Oscars, a des panneaux solaires sur le toit de sa maison… Aujourd’hui il s’associe à la marque de prestige Tag Heuer pour ne pas perdre de temps. A fervent advocate of ecology, he shot a documentary about defective global ecosystems in 2007 (The 11th Hour, the last turn), arrived driving a hybrid car to the Oscars ceremony, has solar panels on the roof of his house … Today he joined the prestige brand Tag Heuer for not wasting time.
Pour sur, Leonardo DiCaprio ne fait pas d’économie d’énergie (physique et financière) pour promouvoir l’écologie. Alors quand la luxueuse maison d’horlogerie Tag Heuer a fait appel à lui, l’acteur n’a pas hésité une seconde avant de signer un contrat de trois ans pour mettre en avant le superbe Chronographe Carrera 43mm day date. «Nous sommes tous des consommateurs, et je n’ai pas l’intention de mettre fin à la consommation. To be sure, Leonardo DiCaprio is not saving energy (physical and financial) to promote ecology. So when the luxurious house of Tag Heuer watches turned to him, the actor did not hesitate one seconds before signing a contract for three years to highlight the superb Carrera Chronograph 43mm day date. “We are all consumers, and I do not intend to end consumption. Nous votons avec notre argent» confiait un jour le beau blond. We vote with our money, “confided one day the beautiful blond. Et pour mettre ses propos en pratique, les royalties qui seront engendrés par la collaboration de Leo et Tag Heuer seront reversés à d’influentes organisations environnementales. On parle là de millions de dollars… And to put his words into practice, royalties will be generated by the collaboration of Leo and Tag Heuer will be donated to influential environmental organizations. We are talking here of millions of dollars …
Alors quand le craquant défend bec et ongle son statut de star internationale, on applaudit, il ne fait que contribuer à une meilleure information écologique. D’ailleurs la publicité réalisée pour l’horloger suisse est fort bien coordonnée dans ce sens: le journal pour s’informer, l’eau pour la vie, la montre pour le temps qui passe… Et ce grain presque sépia, avec l’allure quelque peu vintage de Leonardo… Non vraiment, si le temps ne semble pas avoir de prise sur l’éternel jeune homme qui nous avait fait frémir à bord du Titanic, il en a sur Dame Nature.
Et avec le blondinet comme chef de file, l’engouement, voir la mode pour la protection de l’environnement ne risque pas de s’éroder. Il suffit de comprendre que «c’est un jeu de publicité pour la planète», selon les termes de l’acteur, qui, pour sûr est ravi de son partenariat avec Tag Heuer. «Le temps, c’est la possibilité. Celle de faire des choix responsables qui mèneront vers un meilleur avenir pour les générations futures. On espère que nos donations aideront à défendre les organisations qui travaillent pour assurer la postérité des ressources de notre planète» proclame DiCaprio. A vos chéquiers!
Marion Buiatti
Mercredi 21 janvier 2009
