Two-time Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank goes one-on-one with Walter Scott. WS You’ve played many tough-but-vulnerable characters, as in Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby. What do you look for in a part? HS I like to play women who blaze trails. From Alice Paul, one of the original suffragettes, to Amelia Earhart. It’s a [...]

Thanks to my friend Jawent for scanning Hilary’s interview in new UK edition Cosmopolitan magazine. GALLERY LINKS: – Magazine Scans Cosmopiltan (UK) – May 2010

Hilary Swank is ecstatic. The two-time Oscar-winning actress has another accomplishment of which she can be proud: As ambassador for the Iams Home 4 for the Holidays campaign, she has helped 1.4 million animals find loving homes in the last few months. As the owner of two rescued dogs, Karoo and Rumi, and two rescued [...]

Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank is on the phone, sounding positively chirpy. Or perhaps that’s a parrot in the background. “Yes, that’s my African Grey; I have two parrots,” says Swank. “Let me give you the great news. From October 1st (2009 through January 4th (2010), Iams Home 4 the Holidays adopted nearly one and [...]

When I reach the hotel suite Hilary Swank beams a smile like a politician in election year. “I’d say this is really where my work lies,” she later tells me. “Travelling and talking about the movie.” But this actress has always known the value of good PR. Oscars are a popularity contest, they say, and [...]

Hilary Swank, Helen Woodward Animal Center and More Than 3,500 Animal Organizations Work Together to Promote Pet Adoption and Reduce Pet Homelessness After setting its most aggressive pet adoption goal to-date – Iams Home 4 the Holidays (IH4TH) announced today that 1,363,638 animals were adopted through the global program. Between Oct. 1, 2009 and Jan. [...]

‘Tis the season for giving, and never has that been more evident at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfasts than this year, when THR unveiled its mentorship program in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. The A-list speakers — Halle Berry, Hilary Swank and Eva Longoria Parker — and the [...]

When Hilary Swank walks into a luxurious suite at London’s Soho Hotel, there’s none of the bravado you might expect from a two-time Academy Award winner. If anything, she looks a little nervous as she sits back in the sofa, and places her hands underneath her knees. Uncharacteristically tall for a Hollywood leading lady, she’s [...]

Hilary Swank is one of just 11 actresses to have won two Best Leading Actress Oscars Success has been rapid – she only broke into Hollywood a decade ago, with her acclaimed portrayal of Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry. Since then, she’s starred in challenging parts including Maggie Fitzgerald in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar [...]

She has garnered two Oscars and is tipped to win another for her lead role in the new Amelia Earhart biopic, so why would Hilary Swank be interested in judging an underwear contest? As she tells Jane Gordon, it’s all to do with her passion for fashion.