Winslet and Mendes separate after 7 years

BRITISH movie star Kate Winslet has separated from her film director husband Sam Mendes after nearly seven years of marriage, their law firm has said.

The surprise split puts an end to a golden couple of Britain’s show business world, buttressed by matching Oscars and a host of commercial successes and artistic accolades. The pair’s law firm, Schillings, said the split was “entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement”.

Winslet, 34, shot to international stardom on the back of her appearance opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in James Cameron’s Titanic, and sealed her reputation with an Academy Award for best actress for her role in The Reader in 2009.