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Anne Hathaway Talks Oscars in Harper’s Bazaar

Anne Hathaway won’t exactly go down as the top Academy Awards host of all-time. She and James Franco were universally panned for their performance on March 2011.

“In the grand scheme of things, I got to have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Hathaway says in the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar. “I met great people, wore beautiful clothes. And I got to put on a show. I don’t see a downside. Anyone who disliked my personality probably disliked my personality before the Oscars.”

The gorgeous actress certainly isn’t hurting professionally as a result: she’ll portray Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises. “I’ve always thought that skinny was the goal, but with this job I also have to be strong,” she says in the interview.

Taylor Swift Remains Hopeful

In a new interview with InStyle, Taylor Swift is asked about her take on romance and the fact that she pens so many songs about ex-boyfriends.

“There are no rules when it comes to love,” she says. “I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who you’re going to fall in love with. You never know who’s going to come into your life—and for me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don’t think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I’m with them.”

But have the failed relationships taken a toll on her outlook? No way, she says.

“I’m really a daydreamer...When it comes to ‘happily ever after’, I always have a tendency to write a happy ending to my songs. That’s probably wishful thinking on my part.”

Penelope Cruz: Vogue Vulnerable

She’s on the cover of the new issue of Vogue magazine, and Penelope Cruz wasn’t afraid to be real while talking about her venture into motherhood.

The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides actress got teary when asked how having a baby changed her life.

Penelope started, “One second... This has never happened to me. This is really funny. I’m sorry. It’s unexpected. From the first second, you feel so much love. It is a revolutionary experience.”

“That’s the best way I can describe it. It transforms you completely, in a second. Nature is very wise and gives you nine months to prepare, but in that moment, when you see that face, you are transformed forever.”

“Even if you have heard from all your friends and family, ‘This is what’s going to happen,’ until it happens to you, it’s hard to understand in your soul.”

Vocabulary

downside 下降趨勢

gorgeous〈口〉漂亮的，艷光四射的

Harper's Bazaar 《時尚芭莎》，全球最為著名的時裝雜志之一，創刊于1867年，是全美第一本時裝雜志，也是全世界歷史最悠久的時裝雜志之一，擁有19個國際版本

James Franco 詹姆斯?弗蘭科，好萊塢男影星，于今年2月份與安妮?海瑟薇一起主持了2011奧斯卡頒獎禮

once-in-a-lifetime 一生才有一次

outlook 觀點，看法

pan〈口〉嚴厲批評

pen 用筆寫

portray 飾演（角色）

put on 上演，演出

skinny 極瘦的，皮包骨的

take 反應

take a toll 造成損失（或危害）

teary =tearful 流淚的，滿含淚水的，哭泣的

tendency 傾向，意向

The Dark Knight Rises 《蝙蝠俠前傳3：黑暗騎士崛起》，安妮?海瑟薇在片中飾演貓女；該片預計于2012年7月份上映

venture 冒險，冒險行動

vulnerable 脆弱的，敏感的

wishful thinking 癡心妄想，一廂情愿

（來源：英語學習雜志）