Jamie Lee Curtis ‘Had a Cake’ with Cate Blanchett to Rejoice Oscar Noms: ‘Then We Labored’

PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 05: (L-R) Cate Blanchett, winner of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, and Jamie Lee Curtis pose backstage during the 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on January 05, 2023 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society)

PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 05: (L-R) Cate Blanchett, winner of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, and Jamie Lee Curtis pose backstage through the thirty fourth Annual Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Awards at Palm Springs Conference Heart on January 05, 2023 in Palm Springs, California. (Photograph by Amy Sussman/Getty Photographs for Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Society)

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Jamie Lee Curtis is having fun with the candy style of awards season.

The first-time Academy Award nominee, 64, informed PEOPLE she celebrated the announcement that day with fellow nominee Cate Blanchett whereas on the set of their upcoming film, as she appeared Saturday on the AARP twenty first Annual Motion pictures for Grownups Awards in Beverly Hills.

“It was a stunning morning. Surprising and pleasant,” Curtis recounted, noting that her greatest pal, Oscar-winning documentarian Debbie Oppenheimer, came over at 5:15 a.m. to observe the nominations with herself and husband Christopher Guest.

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Her efficiency in Everything Everywhere All at Once earned a nod for Greatest Supporting Actress, after receiving a Golden Globe nomination for a similar function.

“After which I went to work on the re-shoots for Borderlands with Cate Blanchett, and she or he had been nominated that morning, as [had] our sound designer,” added Curtis. “So, we had a cake, and it was celebratory, however then we labored.”

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Curtis expressed her elation at being nominated on the awards present for the primary time in her greater than 40-year profession. “It’s the thrill of my life, professionally. It’s, as a result of it by no means was one thing I assumed would ever occur,” she stated.

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The Halloween Ends star beforehand shared images from the morning of her nomination, noting that she additionally cheered for her The whole lot In every single place costar Stephanie Hsu, who’s up for a similar class as Curtis.

“After which one of the best factor of all, a loving embrace for my husband,” she wrote within the caption. “No filters. No fakery. Simply the reality of a second of pleasure captured by a pal. Hey @everythingeverywheremovie we went to 11!”

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Blanchett, 53, is nominated for Greatest Actress for her starring function in Tár, which additionally won her a Golden Globe. She’s beforehand received two Oscars from seven nominations.

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From co-writer and director Eli Roth, Blanchett stars in Borderlands as Lilith, an notorious outlaw who leads a workforce on an intergalactic mission to seek out her lacking daughter. Primarily based on the online game of the identical identify, Curtis performs Dr. Patricia Tannis, a scientist grappling together with her personal sanity.

The ninety fifth Academy Awards will happen on March 12 on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and will likely be televised dwell on ABC.

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