奥斯卡影后凯特·温丝莱特与丈夫分手

Oscar-winning couple Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes announced on Monday that they have separated after less than seven years of marriage.

"Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year," Keith Schilling of London law firm Schillings said in a statement.

"The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children. They ask that the media respect the privacy of the family," the statement added.

The marriage was the second for Winslet, 34, who won a best actress Oscar for her role in the 2008 Holocaust-themed movie "The Reader". She was divorced from her first husband, assistant director Jim Threapleton in 2001, after three years.

Winslet also won critical praise and a Golden Globe for "Revolutionary Road" in 2008, a heart-wrenching portrait of a failed 1950s marriage that was directed by Mendes.

Mendes, 44, who like Winslet is British, is well-known for both his stage and film work. He won a best director Oscar for his 1999 movie debut "American Beauty".

The announcement of the separation took Hollywood watchers by surprise as there were no published reports of trouble in their marriage. Yet, when Winslet appeared in Los Angeles for the March 7 Oscars, she was not accompanied by Mendes.

The pair married in 2003 and split their time between New York and England. They have one son together, and Winslet has a nine-year-old daughter, Mia, with Threapleton.

Winslet's big Hollywood breakthrough came in blockbuster "Titanic" in which she starred with Leonardo DiCaprio. She and DiCaprio reunited on screen in "Revolutionary Road."

奥斯卡影后凯特．温斯莱特和其丈夫、同获奥卡斯奖的导演萨姆．门德斯于本周一宣布，两人在结婚近七年后分手。

伦敦希林斯律师事务所的基思．希林在一份声明中说：“凯特和萨姆沉重宣布，他们已于年初分手。”

声明中还提到：“两人经协商后和平分手。双方均表示将尽到父母责任，共同抚养子女，并希望媒体尊重他们的家庭隐私。”

萨姆是温斯莱特的第二任丈夫。温斯莱特于2001年在结婚三年后与其第一任丈夫、助理导演杰米．塞普莱顿离婚。2008年，34岁的温斯莱特凭借纳粹大屠杀题材影片《朗读者》斩获奥斯卡影后。

同年，温斯莱特还凭借在影片《革命之路》中的表现获影评人盛赞，并摘得金球奖。该片由门德斯执导，讲述了上世纪50年代一桩令人扼腕的失败婚姻。

44岁的门德斯和温斯莱特都是英国人。门德斯以执导舞台剧和电影著称。1999年，他凭借其执导的首部电影《美国丽人》摘得奥斯卡最佳导演奖。

两人分手的消息让好莱坞观察家们大吃一惊，因为此前并没有传出两人婚姻出现问题的报道。但3月7日温斯莱特出席在洛杉矶举行的好莱坞颁奖礼时，门德斯并未陪伴左右。

这对奥斯卡夫妇于2003年结婚，主要在纽约和英国两地居住。他们育有一子。温斯莱特还和第一任丈夫塞普莱顿育有一个9岁的女儿米娅。

温斯莱特因出演大片《泰坦尼克号》而在好莱坞一炮走红。她和该片中的搭档莱昂纳多．迪卡普里奥在《革命之路》中再度联手。

Vocabulary:

blockbuster：a motion picture, novel, etc., esp. one lavishly produced, that has or is expected to have wide popular appeal or financial success（一鸣惊人的事物；尤指非常成功的书或电影）