01:23 PM EDT 05/15/2012
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5 Things You Didn't Know About Titanic
Originally posted 04/04/2012 06:45PM
Before Peeta and Katniss broke box-office records, before Edward and Bella set tween hearts swooning, there was Jack and Rose.
Fifteen years ago, the youthful star-crossed lovers in 1997's Titanic – played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet – helped propel James Cameron's epic blockbuster into box-office history. The film earned $1.8 billion worldwide and scored 11 Oscars.
Now Titanic is sailing back into theaters on April 4, this time in 3D. To mark the re-release, which is taking place along with the 100th anniversary of the real sea disaster, PEOPLE spoke with Winslet and Cameron about their memories of the film – including a few surprises:
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Titanic's 100th Anniversary Being Marked Around the Map
Originally posted 04/01/2012 03:00PM
Deep-sea explorer Robert D. Ballard is such a renowned expert in his field that last year he was even parodied on 30 Rock. He's also been scrupulously profiled on 60 Minutes.
One particular accomplishment will place him squarely back into the spotlight this month, when, on April 14, the world marks the 100th anniversary of the one of the most romanticized tragedies of all time, the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic – the remains of which Dr. Ballard discovered on Sept. 1, 1985, at 12:48 a.m., 12,450 feet below.
"It was a very difficult hunt," Ballard, 69, recently said, with great understatement, at the Explorers Club in Manhattan. What he also announced is a soon-to-open interactive exhibition slated for Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium, devoted to his search for the wreckage of the ill-fated, "unsinkable" ship.
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Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012
SAG Awards Honors The Help
Originally posted 01/29/2012 10:50PM
"Dream big, dream fierce." The real-life ladies of The Help would have agreed with Viola Davis, it's worth it.
Accepting the trophy for female actor in a leading role for the period drama, Davis told the audience gathered at L.A.'s Shrine Exposition Center for Sunday night's Screen
Actors Guild Awards: "What is there [in life] but a dream. You can't trade in your dream for another dream. I am so proud to be an actor."
It's an appropriate motto for a cast who were also recognized for their work in the film as an ensemble, the top honor of the night.
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Golden Globes: The Artist, Meryl Streep & Claire Danes Win Big
Originally posted 01/15/2012 11:20PM
Despite an off-color remark or two from host Ricky Gervais, Sunday's 69th annual Golden Globe Awards proved to be something unexpected – family friendly.
Named best actress for the TV drama Homeland, Claire Danes said that when she won her first Globe, for 1994's My So-Called Life, she was only 15 – and was so overwhelmed that she forgot to thank her parents.
She made up for that oversight on Sunday, and pointed out her mother, Carla, sitting in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Danes also thanked her husband, Hugh Dancy, "who keeps me sane and happy."
Throughout the evening, many winners took time to remember members of their families. The Artist's best comedy actor, Jean Dujardin, thanked "my beautiful and talented wife." (The movie was also named best picture comedy or musical.)
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Golden Globes Banquet Menu Revealed
Originally posted 01/14/2012 06:00PM
An embarrassment of dishes: The nominees of this year's Golden Globes have three courses of deliciousity to feast upon, thanks to the Beverly Hilton's executive hotel chef, Suki Sugiura, and executive pastry chef Thomas Henzi.
The evening's culinary fireworks kick off with pistachio-crusted pistou ravioli with wild arugula, smoked tomato, kabocha compote and burrata cheese.
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Kate Winslet Sneaks Kisses with Her Beau in Paris
Originally posted 11/22/2011 05:55AM
After spending time with her kids, Kate Winslet and beau Ned Rocknroll were spotted getting lovey-dovey together in Paris. The duo headed to dinner at L'Avenue where they arrived "hand-in-hand." According to an onlooker, the new couple was upstairs where they shared some kisses before their other dinner guests arrived. – Peter Mikelbank
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Kate Winslet Wax Figure Unveiled
Originally posted 11/09/2011 01:50PM
Oscar-Schmoscar. Nothing says Hollywood A-list status like being immortalized in wax.
Kate Winslet joined an elite group of stars with their own wax figures on Wednesday, when Madame Tussauds revealed her own in London.
The shockingly realistic figure is wearing a red dress identical to the one that the actress, 36, wore to the Emmys this year.
Can you guess which is wax?
– Rennie Dyball
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Kate Winslet's City Stroll with Her Kids – And New Man
Originally posted 11/03/2011 12:30PM
After a heroic, award-winning summer that included saving a life and scoring an Emmy, Kate Winslet enjoyed a much more down-to-earth day out Thursday.
The actress, 36, who rescued Richard Branson's mother from a fire on Necker Island in August and took home TV honors in September, enjoyed a brisk November stroll on the streets of New York City.
Hand-in-hand with rumored new beau "Ned Rocknroll" (Branson's nephew), Winslet walked alongside her children, Mia, 11, and Joe, 7, who showed off his skills on a skateboard.
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Kate Winslet Put On a Bra Before Saving Richard Branson's Mom
Originally posted 10/21/2011 07:45PM
When Kate Winslet was abruptly awakened in Richard Branson's Caribbean home to screams of "fire!", she admits she didn't react entirely predictably.
"It was genuinely very scary. We woke up at 4:30 in the morning to yelling that there was a fire," she told the host of The Graham Norton Show, which airs on BBC America on Oct. 29 at 10 p.m.
"I jumped up and ran immediately towards the fire but then realized we might die so turned around, told my children to go in and shut the door and then thought, 'Now what do I do?' "
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Kate Winslet, Ned Rocknroll Launch a Space Station in New Mexico
Originally posted 10/19/2011 11:15AM
Looks like she's part of the family!
Kate Winslet was on the arm of her new boyfriend, Ned Rocknroll, at Monday's grand opening of his Uncle Richard Branson's commercial spaceport in New Mexico.
The couple, who have been linked since meeting in August at Branson's Necker Island home, were photographed at the opening ceremony, during which Branson repelled from a balcony and swigged champagne, the Associated Press reports.
The British billionaire was launching Spaceport America in a remote New Mexico desert. It's the site from which he plans to stage his commercial space tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, which employs Ned.
Winslet, 35, and Rocknroll, who legally changed his name from Ned Abel Smith, 33, also have been spotted together in London.
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