Kicking off her week with a leisurely stroll, Kate Winslet was spotted out and about in the West Village neighborhood of New York City this morning (November 30).

The “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” actress looked a bit chilly as she chatted with a friend, sporting a black coat/black scarf combo.

In related news, Kate was recently honored with the Best International Actress award at this year’s Bambi Awards.

She garnered the trophy for her work in “The Reader,” in which she played a German woman with a secret Nazi Past.

IF an Oscar, two Golden Globes and a Bafta aren't enough for KATE WINSLET – she's now been bestowed with another honour.

HUGH HEFNER has offered the British actress a spot on the cover of Playboy with a nude spread inside.

If Kate takes Hugh up on his offer she would follow in the footsteps of MARILYN MONROE, SHARON STONE, PAMELA ANDERSON and fellow Oscar winner CHARLIZE THERON.

The 82-year-old Playboy boss told a newspaper: “There’s no question we would be interested in Kate.

“It’s a competitive market, more than it used to be, so she would be a most welcome addition in our pages.”

Kate has been filmed topless in many of her movies, including Academy Award victors The Reader and Titanic.

But she has vowed to never again appear naked on screen again, for fears of being typecast.

She said: “I don’t want to be known as that actress who gets her kit off.”

" Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's hug in the hit movie Titanic has been voted the best movie-hug ever.

The hug beat out the final hug shared by Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in 1987 movie Dirty Dancing as well as Henry Thomas's tight grasp on the incubator holding his extra-terrestrial friend in the 1982 movie E.T, contactmusic.com reported.

Coming in fourth was the hug between Colin Firth and Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones'Diary. And rounding off at the fifth position is convicts Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman's hug in the final scene of the 1994 hit The Shawshank Redemption. "
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