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Daddy Mendes- 25/07/03
Belsize Park residents Sam Mendes and Kate Winslet are expecting their first child together.

The couple are said to be "utterly delighted" the baby is due early in the New Year.

The Titanic star already has a two-year-old daughter Mia from her first marriage to Jim Threapleton.

Director Sam Mendes and Kate married in May at a ceremony in the West Indies.

A spokeswoman for the couple said: "She was expecting when they got married but they didn't know at the time. The pregnancy was in its very early stages."

Sam and Kate are currently enjoying a holiday in Tuscany.

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Country living - 03/07/03
Newlyweds Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes have finally been given the go ahead to start work on their Cotswold country manor.

The pair bought the house last year but Cotswold District Council initially turned down their planned renovations preventing them from moving in.

A spokesperson for the council said that amended plans had now been passed but there was "certain conditions" attached to the approval.

Mendes must wait - 04/04/03
Belsize Park residents Sam Mendes and Kate Winslet and are facing a wait of two more years before they can move into their £3.3 million country home...

The mansion is plagued with damp and local authorities are concerned that renovation of the listed building may breach rules.

Titanic star Kate had hoped to be ensconced in the Cotswolds, with boyfriend Sam by the end of the year.

But the council insists the famous duo's plans could mean losing "some historical fabric" of the building.

More accolades for Mendes - 26/11/02
Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes' final series of plays at London's Donmar Warehouse has earned him accolades at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

Mendes was named best director for his productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya, which marked his farewell as artistic director after a decade.
Mendes is credited with attracting a host of Hollywood stars to the West End, including Kevin Spacey and Nicole Kidman.

Kate Winslet's partner Mendes, won an Evening Standard best director award in 1992 for The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, which went on to become a successful film.

The 37-year-old is bowing out of the Donmar after directing 70 plays at the 250-seat theatre, but he will continue his association with the theatre under the title founding director.

Sam and Kate step out - 19/09/02
Sam Mendes and Kate Winslet have appeared together in public for the first time in the UK. The pair who have been seen together in New York, LA and Paris made attended the London premiere of Mendes' second film, The Road to Perdition.

Looking stunning in a body-skimming black Dolce & Gabbana dress and stilettos, Winslet laughed-off speculation that she was heading to the altar. "Get out of here! We're just happy as we are at the moment," she said.

Titantic love nest - 01/08/02
It seems that Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes's relationship is going from strength to strength, the loved up couple have just splashed out £3.3 million for an 8-bedroom country house in the Cotswolds.

The rambling house is set in 20-acres of land. The couple apparently outbid Liz Hurley for the house. The property requires a further £1.5 million to return it to its former glory.

Sam Mendes Samuel Alexander Mendes was born 1 August, 1965 in Redding, He is the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse. Despite scraping into Magdalen College School in Oxford, he graduated from Peterhouse College, Cambridge, with a first in English.

He was directing for the RSC in his 20s, and made the Donmar London's hippest (it was he who unveiled Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room). His cinematic debut, American Beauty, won him the Oscars for best picture and best direction.

Has stepped out with a string of beautiful women including Rachel Weisz and Calista Flockhart, he is now married to Kate Winslet.

 

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