Cate Blanchett was left stunned after a clairvoyant correctly predicted a movie role she went on to accept. Only when she was on the set of 2003 film Veronica Guerin - the real life story of a murdered Irish journalist - did the Australian actress realize the spookily accurate forecast.

Cate Blanchett's new movie The Golden Age is the subject of a UK animal welfare investigation into claims a zebra was beaten during filming. The treatment of animals in the follow up to 1998 epic Elizabeth has caused concern for its stars, who contacted police and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).