Kate Winslet, Richard Branson to visit Titanic wreck in 2012
Published Sunday, Nov 20 2011, 1:17pm EST | By Daniel Sperling |
Richard Branson has revealed that he plans to visit the wreck of the Titanic with Kate Winslet.
The Virgin boss said that he was “very keen” to take Winslet, who starred in the 1997 movie about the doomed ship, on a planned 12,500ft dive in the North Atlantic next year.
“It is something I am very keen to do. I’m deadly serious about this and I would love to invite Kate to come with me,” the Mail On Sunday quotes him as saying.
“Wouldn’t it be something if the star of Titanic really got to go down to the real ship? I’m going to talk to her but I’m sure it’s an opportunity she will jump at.”
If plans succeed, Branson and Winslet will be expected to join Titanic director James Cameron on the first of five submarine trips to the wreck, organized to mark the 100th anniversary of the disaster.
“Richard and Kate would likely go on that first trip with James,” a source said. “Richard is talking to Kate about it. He also wants his kids to go on the expedition.
“Richard loves a great adventure and what bigger adventure is there than diving two-and-a-half miles down to see the resting place of the most famous ship in history?”
Tickets for the Titanic dives are priced at £38,000 per person, though Deep Ocean Expeditions, the company running the trips, claim that three-quarters of the positions available have already been filled.
Winslet and Branson became closer over the summer when the actress saved his elderly mother from a massive fire at his holiday home. She has since been reported to have started a relationship with his nephew Ned Rocknroll.
The first trailer for next year’s 3D re-release of Titanic was unveiled this week.
http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news….ck-in-2012.html
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Denette Wilford Nov 18, 2011Kate not only wants to move in with boyfriend Ned Rocknroll, but she also wants to marry him.
Rock ‘n’ roll is here to stay — and so, too, is Rocknroll. In a shocking turn of events, Kate Winslet is getting serious with her latest boyfriend… Ned. Rocknroll. Ned Rocknroll. I know, it still baffles.
Ned, whose one thing going for him is that he’s Sir Richard Branson’s nephew, and Kate have been dating since September, when they were at Necker Island and that fire broke out and Kate became a superhero. Turns out Kate used her superpowers to save Branson’s mother, but in the chaos and confusion, she somehow lost her marbles.
Since that fateful weekend, Kate kicked her model boyfriend to the curb and began dating Ned. Kate and Ned’s relationship has moved fast and furiously because not only are they looking to shack up, but marriage may soon be in the cards. Too bad he still has to get a divorce from his estranged wife.
According to the Daily Mail, Kate and Ned are house-hunting. Kate currently shares a NYC apartment with ex-husband Sam Mendes, but she now wants her own place with Rocknroll.
“Kate and Ned have barely spent a day apart since they met,” said a friend. “They have been travelling together recently but are hoping to find a base that they can call home.
“Sam isn’t keen on them moving into the New York place, which they own jointly, so Kate is looking for something else, either in the States or Britain.”
But Star magazine (via Cele|Bitchy) is taking it one step further, and an insider claims that they are “soulmates” and friends are expecting an engagement announcement soon.
“Kate says she’s found her soulmate,” reveals the insider, who also noted that Kate’s daughter, Mia, 11, and son Joe, 7, are wild about Ned. “She wants to be his wife, and he’s keen on the idea.”
“Keen” doesn’t exactly translate to super-enthusiastic, no? Maybe because a dude who filled out a form and registered to change his name from Abel Smith to Ned Rocknroll doesn’t sound like the most romantic of guys. I wish I could get past the name. Sure, Ned could be sweet, delightful, donate to charities, feed and clothe the homeless, but I just don’t expect that from a guy who goes from Smith to WTF. He is still married and he changed his moniker from normal to bizarro — a real winner. Just… no, Kate. NO.
http://www.dramarama.ca/2011/11/will-winslet-change-her-name-to-rocknroll.html
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I looooove Kate winslet!! She is so elegant and classy.