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You'll never catch Revolutionary Road's Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes, the director and her husband, cuddling up on an airplane. That's because the Hollywood power couple takes separate planes when they fly. That way, they reason, if there's a crash, one of them will still be around for the kids, Mia, 8 (Kate's daughter from her first marriage) and Joe, 5.
"Where possible, Kate and Sam do prefer to travel in separate planes," their spokesperson confirmed.
The couple's arrangement doesn't just stem from extreme caution. Mendes, 47, was originally booked on American Airlines flight 77 on 9/11, the airplane that was crashed into the Pentagon killing all 64 people. A late change of his plans saved his life. One month later, Winslet, 33, who is nominated for a best actress Oscar for The Reader, was on board a flight to Texas with her daughter when a man stood up and announced he was an Islamic terrorist and that they were "all going to die."
If you travel on a regular basis, do you ever consider separate flights? Have you done it? And if you don't, what steps have you taken to ensure your kids are cared for in the event of an accident?
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Kate Winslet - Actress in a Leading Role, The Reader
Kate has a daughter, Mia Honey, with director Jim Threapleton, and a son, Joe Alfie, with her current husband, director Sam Mendes.
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Josh Brolin - Actor in a Supporting Role, Milk
Brolin has two children, Trevor and Eden, from his previous marriage to actress Alice Adair.
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Sean Penn - Actor in a Leading Role, Milk
His two children, Dylan Frances and Hopper Jack, are with actress Robin Wright.
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Meryl Streep - Actress in a Leading Role, Doubt
The actress has four children with husband Donald Gummer -- Henry, the eldest, was born in 1979 and Grace Jane, the youngest, in 1986.
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Robert Downey Jr - Actor in a Supporting Role, Tropic Thunder
Robert's has a son, Indio, with ex-wife Deborah Falconer.
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Brad Pitt - Actor in a Leading Role, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Angelina Jolie - Actress in a Leading Role, Changeling
Arguably the world's most famous parents, Brangelina, both nominated for awards, have a total of six children -- most recently twins Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline. The twins were proceeded by Pax Thien (who the couple adopted from Vietnam), Shiloh Nouvel, Zahara (adopted from Ethiopia) and Maddox Chivan (adopted from Cambodia).
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Philip Seymour Hoffman - Actor in a Supporting Role, Doubt
Hoffman's three children, Cooper Alexander, Tallulah and Willa are with longtime girlfriend Mimi O'Donnell.
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Frank Langella - Actor in a Leading Role, Frost/Nixon
The actor has two children.
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Melissa Leo - Actress in a Leading Role, Frozen River
She has a son with actor and former boyfriend John Heard.
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Richard Jenkins - Actor in a Leading Role, The Visitor
Richard and Sharon R. Frederick, his wife of nearly 40 years, have two children -- Sarah Pamela and Andrew Dale.
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"Where possible, Kate and Sam do prefer to travel in separate planes," their spokesperson confirmed.
The couple's arrangement doesn't just stem from extreme caution. Mendes, 47, was originally booked on American Airlines flight 77 on 9/11, the airplane that was crashed into the Pentagon killing all 64 people. A late change of his plans saved his life. One month later, Winslet, 33, who is nominated for a best actress Oscar for The Reader, was on board a flight to Texas with her daughter when a man stood up and announced he was an Islamic terrorist and that they were "all going to die."
Some of us might not even fly again after a history like that. But when you're an A-list movie star and a respected director, you really don't have much of a choice. They travel. A lot.
Parents taking separate planes isn't a new idea, but I'm not sure how common it really is. You tell us.If you travel on a regular basis, do you ever consider separate flights? Have you done it? And if you don't, what steps have you taken to ensure your kids are cared for in the event of an accident?
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 5)
1-29-2009 @ 2:45PM
dominique said...Has anyone in that level of wealth thought of Private Air Travel? Private planes are only sometimes really expensive but the benefits of the whole family flying together and no one else there to worry about. No waiting in 2 hour security lines youre in -up-down and out. I fly people all the time that are afraid of that very thing. Let me know if you need a price quote. dominique at blue star jets dot com.
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1-30-2009 @ 4:38AM
Goresa said...What does it matter? Obammie made terrorism vanish just by "showing up" on Inaug Day. Terrorists are not going to behead us now that Obambro is in charge...all is well. Fly safe and don't worry! Obambro saves all! NOT!
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1-29-2009 @ 3:44PM
Kate said...I've never thought about it before, but that actually seems like a very wise precaution when you have kids or other family that depends on you. I may have to start doing this myself.
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1-29-2009 @ 3:50PM
Kate said...Oh, and to all you people talking about private jets, that's about the most enviornmentally irresponsible modes of travel out there. I applaud rich individuals who don't sucumb to the temptation. Say, doesn't Al Gore routinely use a private jet to get to his talks on Global Warming...
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1-29-2009 @ 4:00PM
worrier said...Although it is far more likely that we would die in a car crash rather than an airplane crash, I was much more comfortable taking separate flights. We did that until our daughters were out of high school figuring that they could take care of themselves if something happened to us then.
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