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'Was told to settle for fat girl parts'

'Was told to settle for fat girl parts'
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Actress Kate Winslet, the best supporting actress winner at the Bafta this year, dedicated her award, which she won for playing Apple marketing executive Joanna Hoffman in “Steve Jobs”, to women who are the subject to criticism. “When I was younger, when I was 14, I was told by a drama teacher that I might do OK if I was happy to settle for the fat girl parts,” Winslet said in her acceptance speech. “So, what I always feel in these moments is that any young woman who has ever been put down by a teacher, by a friend, by even a parent, just don’t listen to any of it, because that’s what I did “ I kept on going and I overcame my fears and got over my insecurities.”

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Everybody wants Rita Ora

The Goan Network
Published Feb 16, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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Everybody wants Rita Ora

​Rita Ora has claimed that both The X Factor and The Voice UK are fighting over her. Having judged on both shows, she said that she's quite content with the rival series apparently battling it out to get her back on their panels. "I hope they keep fighting over me, I don't mind that at all. I don't know what is going on but I like it,” she said. However, she hasn't decided which show she would pick - if either - as she's been busy recording new music. Ora was triumphant in…

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