From onions to Oscars Kate wins it at last...and dedicates the moment to her mum's pickles [Edition 3]

'My mum won a pickled onion competition in the local pub just before Christmas and the Reading Evening Post sent me a picture of her holding her jar,' she told the best actress Oscar for her role in The Oscars audience as she clutched her best actress statuette. 'Well, Reading Evening...

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Published inDaily mail (London, England)
Main Authors Baz Bamigboye, Simpson, Richard
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Solo Syndication, a division of Associated Newspapers Ltd 24.02.2009
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Winslet, Kate
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Summary:'My mum won a pickled onion competition in the local pub just before Christmas and the Reading Evening Post sent me a picture of her holding her jar,' she told the best actress Oscar for her role in The Oscars audience as she clutched her best actress statuette. 'Well, Reading Evening Post, here's your next [Kate Winslet] picture.' She held back tears as she spoke of practising her acceptance speech as a child. 'I'd be lying if I haven't made a version of this speech before,' she confessed. Despite more than ten years as a Hollywood A-lister, Miss Winslet later said she felt like 'an unlikely hero' and just 'a little girl from Reading'.
ISSN:0307-7578