Nicole Kidman

video platform video management video solutions video player Ellen DeGeneres is going to Australia -- as are all the members of the audience from her Friday show, with additional winners to be selected weekly . Ellen made the announcement Friday during a sit-down with Nicole Kidman, who's in town not only for the Golden Globes but for the 10th anniversary of G'Day USA, also known as Australia week. "I'm going in March and I'm going to shoot a bunch of stuff in Melbourne and in Sydney, and we're going to do taped pieces and meet the fans and hang out," the talk-show host told Kidman before the two started talking about all things Australian.

The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, affectionately known as the nerd prom, attracted a bevy of stars to Washington, D.C., on Saturday night, including Nicole Kidman, Sofia Vergara, Hayden Panettiere, Jessica Pare, Katy Perry and Olivia Munn. But when it came to fashion, all eyes were on Michelle Obama, as they always are. The first lady chose a stunning black chiffon, fitted and draped, goddess-like gown with a high neckline in delicate Chantilly lace and jet black beads by Los Angeles designer Monique Lhuillier . The dress struck the right note between glamour and fun, which is just what the evening called for. Lhuillier said in an email that it is the first time she has dressed the first lady, and that "it was a dream come true.

The storm rages over Scientology and Tom Cruise, as a Vanity Fair article makes further allegations that the religion and its star frontman alienated Cruise's kids from their adoptive mother, Nicole Kidman. A much-discussed October cover story from the magazine claims that in the wake of Cruise and Kidman's 2001 split, the church held auditions seeking a replacement bride for the "Top Gun" actor, and further more marked his ex Kidman as a detractor. A "suppressive person," as the organization calls it, is an "antisocial" personality with a goal to block the mission of Scientology.

If you ever found yourself thinking that Sonia Braga or Scarlett Johansson had a sexy chin, or were oddly attracted to the mandible of George Clooney or Brad Pitt, you may be a victim of your genes. Or not, as it turns out. Some anthropologists believe sexual selection has driven the evolution of faces toward an ideal set of characteristics -- perfect shape, eyes, chin -- common across many cultures. The face, according to the theory of universal facial attraction, serves as a “reliable signal of mate quality” in our evolutionary drive to replicate our genes in future generations.

Nicole Kidman scored a pair of Golden Globe nominations Thursday for two divergent performances that showcase the Oscar winner's versatility and willingness to tackle challenging - even potentially degrading - roles in the name of drama. Drafting on her dual Screen Actors Guild award nominations Wednesday, Kidman scored a Golden Globe nod for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture for her turn as a hot-to-trot Southern belle in “The Paperboy” and one for best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television portraying a war correspondent in the HBO biopic “Hemingway & Gellhorn.” In director Lee Daniels' “The Paperboy,” which divided critics when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and has grossed less than $700,000 at the box office, Kidman plays a sexed-up Southern Barbie with a beehive bouffant and a penchant for steamy correspondence with prison inmates.

Among the biggest surprises in the Screen Actors Guild nominations Wednesday morning was Nicole Kidman's best supporting actress nod for the little-seen movie “The Paperboy.”  In the film, set in late-1960s Florida, Kidman plays Charlotte Bless, a mess of short skirts, tight pants, tall hair and smudgy eyeliner, who becomes involved in a dangerous romantic entanglement with a man jailed for murder (John Cusack). Kidman has long been notable for her bold choices in roles. But her trashy turn in “The Paperboy” seems particularly at odds with her image both as a fashion icon and a dedicated wife and mother living a quiet life outside Nashville.

Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen were together for the lengthy three-and-a-half month San Francisco shoot for the HBO movie "Hemingway & Gellhorn," but on Emmy nomination morning they were worlds apart. Owen was vacationing in the English countryside with his family while Kidman was sweltering at home in the punishing heat of Nashville. Kidman, who was nominated for lead actress in a miniseries or movie for playing journalist and wife of Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, wasn't expecting the call to tell her about the nomination.

Talk about a good week. On back-to-back days last week, Nicole Kidman received two nominations each from the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes. Both organizations cited her performance in the television movie "Hemingway & Gellhorn" opposite Clive Owen, but what caught many by surprise was the pair of supporting actress nominations she received for her role in Lee Daniels' "The Paperboy. " The simmering noir film has been a point of controversy and conversation since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, with audiences buzzing over Kidman's fearless, bold performance as Charlotte Bless, a Florida woman who falls for a convicted murderer (John Cusack)

Nicole Kidman has been pushing in some unusual directions lately. But that adventurousness takes on an entirely new dimension in Chan-wook Park's “Stoker,” a movie focusing on an unstable woman who lives in a Gothic house (Kidman), her moody daughter (Mia Wasikowska) and her mysterious brother in-law (Matthew Goode), who shows up after her husband passes away. Kidman plays Evie, a woman who is hardly an ideal mother and may be overlooking or even enabling some pretty macabre behavior.

NEW YORK -- By his own admission, Lee Daniels sets out to "discombobulate" actors on set. But he made his star Nicole Kidman actively uncomfortable when he asked her to say the N-word during a scene in their new movie, the period melodrama "The Paperboy. " The polarizing film, about a journalist and a murder in 1970s Florida, is a simmering pot of race and class, with Kidman's Charlotte Bless a vixen who speaks her mind. In one scene, Daniels wanted her to aim an N-word at a black costar.

What would happen if a psychopath fell for a sociopath? The short answer in "Stoker" is people die. The longer answer in the new thriller from South Korean director Park Chan-Wook is a bizarrely perverse, beautifully rendered mystery that you may or may not care to solve. It has fine performances from Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode and Nicole Kidman - we'll leave you guessing who's the more twisted of that trio. And an out-of-nowhere script from rising British-born, Brooklyn-raised actor Wentworth Miller, best known for starring in the edgy TV drama series "Prison Break.

Nicole Kidman has been pushing in some unusual directions lately. But that adventurousness takes on an entirely new dimension in Chan-wook Park's “Stoker,” a movie focusing on an unstable woman who lives in a Gothic house (Kidman), her moody daughter (Mia Wasikowska) and her mysterious brother in-law (Matthew Goode), who shows up after her husband passes away. Kidman plays Evie, a woman who is hardly an ideal mother and may be overlooking or even enabling some pretty macabre behavior.

video platform video management video solutions video player Ellen DeGeneres is going to Australia -- as are all the members of the audience from her Friday show, with additional winners to be selected weekly . Ellen made the announcement Friday during a sit-down with Nicole Kidman, who's in town not only for the Golden Globes but for the 10th anniversary of G'Day USA, also known as Australia week. "I'm going in March and I'm going to shoot a bunch of stuff in Melbourne and in Sydney, and we're going to do taped pieces and meet the fans and hang out," the talk-show host told Kidman before the two started talking about all things Australian.

Talk about a good week. On back-to-back days last week, Nicole Kidman received two nominations each from the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes. Both organizations cited her performance in the television movie "Hemingway & Gellhorn" opposite Clive Owen, but what caught many by surprise was the pair of supporting actress nominations she received for her role in Lee Daniels' "The Paperboy. " The simmering noir film has been a point of controversy and conversation since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, with audiences buzzing over Kidman's fearless, bold performance as Charlotte Bless, a Florida woman who falls for a convicted murderer (John Cusack)

Nicole Kidman scored a pair of Golden Globe nominations Thursday for two divergent performances that showcase the Oscar winner's versatility and willingness to tackle challenging - even potentially degrading - roles in the name of drama. Drafting on her dual Screen Actors Guild award nominations Wednesday, Kidman scored a Golden Globe nod for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture for her turn as a hot-to-trot Southern belle in “The Paperboy” and one for best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television portraying a war correspondent in the HBO biopic “Hemingway & Gellhorn.” In director Lee Daniels' “The Paperboy,” which divided critics when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and has grossed less than $700,000 at the box office, Kidman plays a sexed-up Southern Barbie with a beehive bouffant and a penchant for steamy correspondence with prison inmates.

Outside of "Braveheart," no film has won the Academy Award for best picture without also winning a Screen Actors Guild ensemble nomination. That's good news for front-runners like "Lincoln," "Argo," "Les Miserables" and "Silver Linings Playbook" and a sobering piece of trivia for Kathryn Bigelow's hunt-for-Bin-Laden procedural "Zero Dark Thirty. " Times movie writer Steven Zeitchik and I hashed out Wednesday morning's SAG Awards nominees, covering the snubs (No "Master" in this house)

I'm not sure what Patrick Goldstein has against Nicole Kidman, but his bombastic column about her career was too extreme ["Sorry, She's No Star," Dec. 6]. Ask most movie marketers, or studio heads for that matter, which movie stars can open a movie domestically -- regardless of genre -- and they will have only one answer: Will Smith. Sure, Kidman has had unsuccessful films in the past few years, but at least she's made interesting choices along the way. I don't seem to recall Goldstein devoting an entire article to Jodie Foster after "The Brave One" and "Nim's Island" both underperformed.

Actress Nicole Kidman was among eight people injured on a movie shoot in downtown Los Angeles early Thursday when a car struck a light pole, police said. The Jaguar, which was being towed by a camera truck, spun out of control about 1 a.m. as it took a corner in the 300 block of West 6th Street and its rear left side slammed into a light pole, LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon said. "Eight people complained of injury, including Nicole Kidman, and went to the hospital and were later released," Vernon said.

Anne Hathaway, in her much-talked about role as Fantine in Tom Hooper's adaptation of "Les Misérables," will compete for a Screen Actors Guild award against Helen Hunt ("The Sessions"), Sally Field ("Lincoln"), Nicole Kidman ("The Paperboy") and Maggie Smith ("The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel") in the supporting actress category.  With its nominations Wednesday, the guild rewarded a diverse group of women for their varied performances, though some seemingly likely contenders such as Amy Adams ("The Master")

Among the biggest surprises in the Screen Actors Guild nominations Wednesday morning was Nicole Kidman's best supporting actress nod for the little-seen movie “The Paperboy.”  In the film, set in late-1960s Florida, Kidman plays Charlotte Bless, a mess of short skirts, tight pants, tall hair and smudgy eyeliner, who becomes involved in a dangerous romantic entanglement with a man jailed for murder (John Cusack). Kidman has long been notable for her bold choices in roles. But her trashy turn in “The Paperboy” seems particularly at odds with her image both as a fashion icon and a dedicated wife and mother living a quiet life outside Nashville.