SPIRIT SQUAD

NYC, Nov. 2

CATE BLANCHETT, who’s busy shooting Ocean’s Eight in town, treated sons DASHIELL, 14 (right), and IGNATIUS, 8, to courtside seats for a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. “Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing,” admits the Aussie actress, adding that she tries to “make space for [my] kids like any working parent.”