Easter Bunny Comes Early To Australia

Us very lucky Aussies can expect Mr and Mrs Urbanski any day now when they arrive for an Easter vacation, and to inspect recent renovations to their Bunya Hill mansion. This mansion, also known as a vile display of wealth, will accommodate the Urbans and their Sydney relations during the chocolate eating season. If any Sutton Forrest locals feel like a peep at Nicole on her Easter egg hunt around the homestead, just remember to climb the newly erected dirt hill that is aimed at keeping prying eyes out.  You won't need hiking boots as the wall is apparently only one metre high. Once you reach the summit, listen out for the new Keith CD playing (if Nicole allows this to be played).

You may remember an earlier post where their were murmurs that Nicole had given this homestead to sister Antonia to live in/rent (click here to see). Antonia is a keen horse rider, and apparently wants a quieter life style for herself and children. You may be surprised to learn that Antonia is not an attention seeker like others we know.

On behalf of the Easter Bunny, Australia would like to thank Nicole and Keith for visiting our shores this Easter.  We missed you when you quickly fled the country after the Australia premiere. We can't wait to catch up at the Sutton Forrest Tea House to discuss Keith's new CD, Nicole's ginger ale commercial, and her possible new roller-girl attendant career. 

Nicole, I've already phoned Jacki and Kyle, so there is no need for you to ring them tomorrow morning OK?

Most overpaid actor gets a Woody

It has been reported today that Nicole Kidman has signed on for an upcoming, yet untitled, Woody Allen film. Apparently other cast members include Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Antonia Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Freida Pinto.  

There are some impressive names in there.  Some of these actors may not have signed their contracts yet, and may even pull out when they realise a certain person, who was titled the most overpaid actor last year, has joined the cast. A person whose last seven films have been flops and is also known as box office poison. Perhaps Woody feels sorry for this person, or hasn't kept up to date with her lack of talent. Perhaps Woody is only planning to give her a small part as an extra. Still, there may be no film at all.  Naomi might stick around seeing as though she is 'best friends' with this person. But you know what is strange about all this? Nicole Kidman in a Woody Allen film. Just doesn't seem right, does it. Most of his films are quite classy, like Annie Hall, Hannah and her Sisters, and Alice.  You may wish to think more about this, Woody. It's not too late, perhaps.

When movies flop, try overseas commercials

Nicole arrived in Jaipur, India yesterday (above far left) to begin filming a commercial for a sparkling water/ginger ale company.  The commercial will be directed by Sir Ridley Scott, known for films such as Alien and Blade Runner. Nicole jumped at the chance to do some work since discovering that early retirement and trying to fit into the Nashville community wasn't as much fun as she first thought. 

Early reports said Nicole arrived in India to begin filming "The Eighth Wonder", an Indiana Jones type adventure film.  This was probably a deliberate error to remind everyone that Nicole's 'own' production company plan to make this title one day. There was some talk of this title last year, but if you check IMDB there is no real mention of it anymore.  A pity really, I think it would be fun to see the Ice Queen running through jungles with stilettos, wigs and no dirt on her. In other words, I can't imagine her playing an Indiana Jones type role, can you?

Nicole has dabbled in commercials before, starting with the Chanel commercial, and then recently Nintendo. You may recall Chanel ended their contract with Nicole in 2007 - possibly when the botox allegations hit fever pitch.  Nicole's return to commercials could mean that she is trying different ways to get noticed again. What happened to the lady who was desperate to have a baby and stay home and make goat cheese? 

Joining Nicole for this commercial will be Bollywood star Arjun Rampal. Apparently India is ecstatic to have Nicole on their shores. That's the interesting thing about places like India,China and Japan. They go GOO GAA over Hollywood stars even when they are box office poison back home. 

Rollergirl Nic

Nicole is continuing in her effort to be part of the Nashville community, and was seen at the Nashville Rollergirls Bout at the Fairgrounds last Saturday night (see above photo). She was also there to learn some tips. Why? To pick up other types of work since the acting offers have died off. Some Nashville fast food drive-in joints are expecting to bring back rollergirl service to patrons, and Nicole is believed to be getting her Resume ready. In times of recession, people cannot always be too picky with their careers, can they! "Would you like ketchup with that, Sir?"

Nanny's Day Off

Good to see Nicole has got over the "you can't see my baby" routine and is happy to be photographed with Sunday Rose more often now. Or is it because it is Nanny's day off and Nicole had a hair appointment with no choice but to bring Sunday along? Whatever the reason, it's good to see the baby getting lots of fresh air on an outing with Mum this week in Nashville. And yes, the black gym gear gets an outing too. Also spotted out and about with baby son this week was Australia's classically trained actress Cate Blanchette, in Perth, Western Australia. See bottom right photo.
So, tell me ... who does Sunday look more like now? Keith, Nicole or Antonia?

Smoking, drinking & plastic surgery mixed into one

Isn't it amazing how stars think they can have their cake and eat it too. Many of them smoke and drink for years and damage their skin in the process, but think that plastic surgery/botox will hide it all. Remember years ago when Melanie Griffith was the Revlon lady? Back then she had some airbrushing help for that venture, but suddenly things really started to catch up with her looks. She is a classic example of how plastic surgery cannot hide years of substance abuse. Melanie is a big smoker and drinker, and is well known for going under the knife (possibly in an attempt to keep fellow smoking hubby Antonio Banderas from roaming). As the photos reveal, plastic surgery just can't hide it anymore!  A certain Madam living in Nashville may wish to take note of Melanie's sad experience. Or is it too late?

Australia, Sushi Style

Globetrotting Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman were in Japan yesterday for the premiere of Australia. The lucky Japanese will get the dubbed version, and will miss out on Nicole's bad acting in the process. It is understood that the Japanese actress who dubbed Nicole's voice has added much needed spark. The only problem is, the Sushi eating public will still need to see Nicole's lack of facial expression. That's right, the frozen face can't be removed from their screens.

Nicole looked quite elegant in this black dress. I have to say I am pleased she is moving more away from the dyed blonde hair and returning to a red shade. While the recent Vogue photo-shoots were clearly red wigs, these pictures above from Sushi World indicate that Nicole has dyed some of her own locks a shade of red. Nicole is finally listening! Blonde does NOT work with your stark white skin, OK!

Don't forget to vote on the Poll regarding the upcoming USA and Down Under DVD release of Australia (which won't be dubbed, sorry!).

Keith: Do not speak to anyone without my permission!

Nicole Kidman tore strips off hubby Keith Urban at the Vanity Fair Oscar after-party for congratulating Penelope Cruz on winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Why? Two reasons, my dears. 

1. Nic was jealous of Penny winning, and didn't want her hubby making Penny feel any better about her award than she already was. For anyone who hasn't seen Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Penny did a pretty good job of the psycho ex-wife who hates to chuck a tantrum. Did she deserve an Oscar? Who really cares, as long as it pisses off Nicole, that is pretty funny! But poor Keith being told off just for being nice to someone is as off as ten day old custard. Who wears the pants in that family, pray tell? By the way, I loved the way Penny wouldn't let go of her Oscar all night. Well, probably not a bad thing with a jealous person running around.
   
   
2. Secondly, Nic ripped into Keith because Penny is Tom's ex lover, and is the first woman he hooked up with after he gave Nic her marching orders to join a nunnery in Sydney. 
   

It certainly makes you realise how tense the set of Nine must have been with these two cats going for it.  Here kitty, kitty ...

Nicole Wins 'Worst Actress' Award: OSCARS 2009

The Oscars are over for another year. Congratulations to Kate Winslet for winning the Best Actress award for The Reader.  What a brilliant film!

For the first time this year, the Academy have created a new category for Worst Actress. The reason? They were shocked by Nicole's dreadful performance in the flop Australia, and felt they needed to send a message to the industry that crap acting will not be tolerated. Nicole was so embarrassed that we can only show you the photo of her from behind walking up the stairs to collect her prize. Congratulations Nicole on winning this award, it's better than nothing!

At the after-party, Nicole was spotted without a glass of white wine in her hand.  It is believed she quickly hid it under the table when the photographers walked by. It's OK Nicole, you are not pregnant at the moment ... or are you?  Keith on the other hand enjoyed a glass of dry ginger.

Congratulations to all the Oscar winners this year, including Heath Ledger, Sean Penn, Penelope Cruz and everyone else.

See Kate Winslet's Oscar speech here.

NEW POLL: Warning, DVD is Coming!

The DVD of Australia will be released in USA in March, and Down Under in April for those who missed it on the big screen. After terrible box office results in USA, I am wondering why they are bothering with a DVD release there at all. Perhaps they are hoping it will find a new market with the home theatre crowd. 

A new Poll on Nicole Kidman's Journey starts today. Let us know if you think all DVD copies should be destroyed. Or perhaps you might be one of the odd few who enjoyed it and plan to borrow the one copy that will be kept in the world. This copy will be used as an example of how to make a bad film.

Vote now on the right hand corner of this Blog!  Also, feel free to comment on the sort of special features a DVD like this should contain. FOR EXAMPLE: 

1. Exclusive footage of Nicole applying Botox behind the scenes
2. Nicole secretly filmed swimming naked in the fertility waters
   
3. Interviews with cast and crew about how they tolerated Nicole's rants and raves
4. Nicole discussing the hot temperatures she had to work in. In this interview, Nicole accidentally reveals that the glue holding her wig in place would often melt because of the hot weather, and run into her eyes and ears.

Any other suggestions?

Exciting Oscars 2009: Fine Actresses

It's been ages since the Oscars have been this exciting. How often do you get a group of female actresses who all deserve the Golden Boy (well, almost all of them). I've been fortunate enough to see these five films. It is very hard to choose my favourite peformances, but if I really had to choose, I'd give a big statue to Kate Winslet, and three smaller statues to the others as follows:

1. Main statue - Kate Winslet in The Reader
2. Second smaller statue - Melissa Leo for Frozen River
3. Third smaller statue - Meryl Streep for Doubt
4. Fourth smaller statue - Angelina Jolie for The Changeling

Ann Hathaway is the odd one out in this list. Sorry, just didn't think she was worthy of a nomination. The film itself was frustrating to watch too with the 'doco, in your face' camera style.

So what does all this have to do with Nicole Kidman? Well alot actually. It shows how many fine actresses have been nominated this year. That is why Australia is not in the nominee list. Maybe they'll let Nicole read out the best actress nominees, since she'll be there. Wouldn't that be fitting?

I See Red

Click on above image for close-up of real horse hair

Before any fans get excited, Nicole has not died her hair red again. On Wednesday, Vogue magazine did a Malibu beach period costume photo shoot featuring a red/crimson theme. Vogue kindly offered to dye one of her many wigs to fit the theme.  Of course there will be fans out there claiming it is her real hair.  Make no mistake, this lady in red never does any publicity without the glued on security.  Did you know many horses have sacrificed their manes for the likes of her? I'm ringing PETA now.

What you should be questioning is why Vogue Magazine are offering her more work when the Green Eyed Monster/Green Dress photo spread they did of Gran back in November 2008 wasn't a big seller. 

So what is the purpose of this photo shoot? Is it to show that getting botox around your eyes helps you from squinting in the sun?  Ah, I see, it is a commercial for Botox. Of course.

Daytona Demons

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(Warning: some people having a good time)

Nicole's ex-hubby Tom Cruise revisited the set of his 1990 movie Days of Chunder last Sunday to attend the Nascar event, a pre-race to the 51st Daytona 500 in Florida. Keith Urban also showed up to perform some songs, including his latest single Sweet Thing. Nicole was spotted in the crowd yawning again as she usually does when Keith performs.  While there is a rumoured feud between Tom and Keith, no punch ups came to fruition. This is possibly because Tom's son Connor was there and both fathers were behaving!

Defying Gravity: The Votes Are In!

The Poll asking your favourite Nicole Kidman nickname has now closed. The top three results are as follows:  

1. Granny Freeze in top spot with 64% of votes
   
2. Ice Queen at second spot (15% of votes)
   
3. Bat Face sitting pretty at Number 3 (8% of votes)
   

The other two nicknames in the Poll were Nikkers and Flat Screen Forehead.

We are pretty sure the nickname Granny Freeze was an inspiration for the name of Keith's new album.  Thanks again for voting.  Stayed tuned for a new Poll soon!