Oscar winning-actress Kate Winslet, who turns 49 on Saturday, says she doesn't want a "big" birthday celebration and instead wants to spend the year doing 50 “remarkable things.” "I don’t like big parties, and I can’t stand surprises. I want to spend the year doing 50 remarkable things, whether that’s a particular hike I’ve never done, or a place I’ve never been, acts of kindness — I’m gathering a little list," she told people.
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One of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Winslet feels women should be able to "stand with pride" and look back on the things that they have achieved in life without coming across as arrogant, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
She said: "The pride I feel is enormous in the things that I have been able to do. And to be able to say that I'm proud of myself matters, because I think that that's something else I hope to put out there — that women should be able to stand with pride and acknowledge that and not feel like they are bigging themselves up. "It's a self-acceptance and an awareness of doing something that is challenging and that feels im.