Hello Naomi fans! Things have been super busy offline for me recently hence the lack of updates here, so I apologise for that. I have now found time to get everything caught up here, and have added around 200 photos from the recent events Naomi has attended. She’s been quite busy continuing her awards season promotion, attending the Academy Award Nominees Luncheon, celebrating her friend Simon Baker receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, and walking the red carpet at some Hollywood parties. I really love the photos of her and Simon Baker at his Walk Of Fame Ceremony – she looks really happy for him, and it’s nice to see her supporting him like this! (Some people may wonder why Naomi hasn’t been given a star on the Walk Of Fame yet and I will explain – agents/’official people’ need to apply for their celebrity to be considered for a star, so we can presume Naomi and her people haven’t wanted to do this yet, which is understandable given how low key Naomi likes to keep). Thanks goes to DeA for the Walk Of Fame HQs!

Enjoy browsing through all the new photos in the Gallery, and check back over the weekend for more – culminating in the Oscars tomorrow night!!!

• “Escape From Planet Earth” Premiere x3
• Academy Award Nominees Luncheon x41
• The Hollywood Reporter Nominees’ Night 2013 x35
• Visual Effects Society Awards x14
• Conde Nast Traveler Celebrates The Leading Hotels Of The World 85th Anniversary x5
• Simon Baker Honoured With Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame x86
• Bvlgari Celebrates Elizabeth Taylor’s Magnificent Collection Of Bvlgari Jewelry x28

Eva Marie Saint Praises Naomi Watts’ ‘Impossible’ Performance

The Oscar winner for 1954’s “On the Waterfront” tells THR earlier awards seasons were less hyped than they are today.

Screen legend Eva Marie Saint has a high opinion of Naomi Watts and her Oscar-nominated turn in The Impossible.

Sitting next to Watts, Saint recalled watching the film with her husband, director Jeffrey Hayden.

“I’m into that movie. It’s a beautifully, beautifully directed movie,” Saint said of the film, which also stars Ewan McGregor and centers on a family ripped apart during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

She also reminisced about her best supporting actress win for 1954’s On the Waterfront, noting there was significantly less hype surrounding awards season in those days. There was also a smaller emphasis on one’s Oscar speech.

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Oscar-nominee Naomi Watts on pressure of playing real-life survivor in ‘The Impossible’

Naomi Watts admits she watched the Oscar nominations announcement live to find out she was nominated for Best Actress for her role in “The Impossible.” “I planned on not watching it,” she explains, “and in fact, I really was quite sure that it wasn’t going to happen … but I ended up having a really sleepless night anyway … I was completely shocked, and extra shocked because my name was read first.”

Last year, to increase suspense, Oscar presenters began to announce nominees in random order instead of alphabetically, which meant that Watts got to hear the good news first this time around. “It’s a nice break for those whose names begin with a W,” she says. Considering those actors who come earlier in the alphabet but had to wait to hear their names called, she adds, “That’s how the W’s have lived their whole lives!”

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Fandango introduces “The Frontrunners” featuring Chief Correspondent Dave Karger! Tune in for an inside look at The Oscars.

Naomi Watts sits down with Dave Karger to discuss her upcoming role in The Impossible.

A new original series from Fandango, “The Frontrunners” gives you unprecedented access to this year’s nominated movies, actors and actresses with exclusive interviews and scene breakdowns with the actors and actresses in the nominated movies in the upcoming awards season.

Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts Say Red Carpet Is No Date Night

Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts do enjoy stepping out to an awards show – but it’s not exactly a romantic evening away from the kids.

“It’s not really what I would call a date night. It’s a good room of people,” Watts, 44, told PEOPLE Sunday on the red carpet at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where she was a nominee for outstanding female lead actor for her role in the film The Impossible.

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“It’s great seeing my wife dressed up,” Schreiber, 45, said, after being asked about how fabulous she looked, sparkling in a strapless gown by Marchesa, set off with Christian Louboutin heels, a Salvatore Ferragamo clutch and Fabergé earrings.

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Check out the first international trailer for Two Mothers!

Sorry for the complete lack of updates here in the past few weeks, the day job has taken over. I will be working my hardest to get everything caught up in preparation for the Big Night next weekend

SAG Awards celebrity beauty tricks: Naomi Watts’ green juice and Jennifer Garner’s Oxygen facial

The SAG Awards were another excuse for the A-list to parade their perfect beauty looks to the masses, from fresh-faced skin to loud lips with Anne Hathaway, Lea Michelle and Jennifer Garner leading the way.

Most looks on show were ones we’re keen to recreate in the real world. So, to help you on your way we enlisted the expertise of beauty guru and facialist to the stars, Abigail James whose client list includes Sarah Jessica Parker.

Today she hosted a Twitter master class with Marie Claire to share the A-list beauty secrets she knows all about, as well as the best products to purchase for your own red-carpet make-up.

The first revelation featured Naomi Watts clear-skin secret, Abigail tweeted: ‘Naomi Watts’ skin secret? Skin juice! Alkaline: cucumber, lemon, ginger, celery and apple. Super-boost with avocado!’

- Marie Claire

Naomi Watts Reflects on an Odds-Defying Career (Exclusive Video)

The actress, being celebrated for her work in “The Impossible,” laughingly recalled that after “King Kong” she vowed to “never do something that physical again.”

On Jan. 5 I moderated the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s special tribute to Naomi Watts, just hours before the fest presented her with its Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award for her performance in The Impossible, for which she since has received her second career best actress Oscar nomination. Her previous nomination, for 21 Grams, came nine years ago, shortly after she received another honor from the Palm Springs fest. She is the only person in the event’s history to be honored twice.

Over the course of about 35 minutes, I asked Watts about her life and career, and, as you can see in the video at the top of this post (provided by the fest), she couldn’t have been more lovely or candid.

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Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts Want to Work Together, Can’t Find Right Movie Project

The last and only time Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts appeared in a movie together was in the 1991 indie Flirting.

Considering what besties they are, one would think they would have reunited on the big screen by now.

Sadly, they haven’t. But it’s not like they don’t want to.

“We’re looking,” Kidman told me at the Producers Guild of America Awards.

In fact, Watts added, “We’ve been looking for a long time now. But both of us have…picky tastes. It has to be the right piece.”

Kidman pleaded with a smile, “Somebody think of something, please!”

Not that the two aren’t busy enough. Both just wrapped films in which they play two of the most iconic princesses in modern history. Kidman stars as Grace Kelly in Grace of Monaco and Watts as Princess Diana in Diana.

“You said we were going to have a princess party,” Kidman said to Watts.

Watts quickly responded, “I was joking, but maybe we’ll have a tea party kind of thing.”

- E! Online

Back in late December, HitFix.com posted a great article looking back at the past four months of The Impossible promotion and buzz – it’s a great read, so check it out through the link above or below:

Every season there is a movie or performance that is a head scratcher when it comes to why it does or doesn’t appeal to the Academy. Films and portrayals that will be long remembered after a number of other nominated works are getting their share of the best picture spotlight now. Immediate examples that come to mind include “Do the Right Thing” (one of the greatest films of the ’80s), “The Ice Storm” (ditto for the ’90s), “The Dark Knight” (for the ’00s) and, oh yeah, Stanley Kubrick’s “2001″ (of all time). And as for overlooked actors, last year found both Ryan Gosling (“Drive”) and Michael Fassbender (“Shame”) of the list of Academy omissions gone wrong. With the advent of the 10 nomination option for best picture, however, you would think that overlooking great movies would be a rare occurrence. Ladies and gentleman of the jury, I give you my own best picture of the year, “The Impossible.”

Read the full article at HitFix.com