I was going to write about these Clive Owen photos yesterday, perhaps even see if our Clive had written us a dirty little love note, but I ended up punting on the story until today. Mostly because Clive Owen is just so… aimless lately. Like, I’m still hot for him, and he’s still a gorgeous, amazing man, but where has he been lately? These photos are from the Laureus Sports Awards two nights ago – Clive was the host of the London event. That’s what he does nowadays – he models, he gets paid to show up at events, he hosts sports awards shows. Clive used to be one of the most in-demand English actors out there. Why isn’t he getting more work? Why isn’t Clive making our biscuits tingle on the silver screen every six months?

Clive’s latest is an HBO film. There’s no shame in doing television, especially when it’s a big-budget HBO-style affair. Clive plays Ernest Hemingway in Hemingway & Gellhorn. Nicole Kidman and her jacked lips are playing one of Hemingway’s wives, Martha Gellhorn. Martha Gellhorn was a ballsy, groundbreaking female journalist and war correspondent. Nicole plays Gellhorn like a ditzy romantic heroine. Don’t believe me? HBO released a five minute trailer for the film, and while Clive looks interesting, Nicole looks HORRIBLE. And by horrible, I mean her lips look WORSE than Lindsay Lohan’s. It’s distracting. Plus, there’s a major tone problem. Here’s the trailer – it’s NSFW, by the way. There’s some nudity in there. Unfortunately, it’s not Clive.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen photos of Nicole Kidman with Keith and their two girls. These are new photos of the family from the weekend – the girls went to a play-date or a birthday party or something. Is it just me or do Faith Margaret and Sunday Rose look a lot like Keith? I barely see any of Nicole in either girl, although I guess Faith is a little ginger, right? Blonde-ginger. Strawberry.

Anyway, there isn’t much to say other than this is a cute family. I’m glad Nicole is no longer holding little Faith like she’s a wiggly sack of potatoes. I’m glad that both girls look like normal little girls, and I like that we don’t see photos of them all the time. Nicole has faults, sure, but she’s not dimple-parading her kids around constantly – we can go full-on months without seeing photos of Faith and Sunday. I don’t know if that’s because Nicole and Keith are still calling Nashville their home base or not – I don’t even think they’ve been in Nashville that much over the past year. It’s more likely that Nicole has just learned to keep her kids more hidden than other celebrities manage.

Oh, and how skinny does Nicole look? She looks really, really tiny in these photos.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Here are some photos of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards in LA Friday night. Nicole wore this black-and-white Collette Dinnigan dress which… I like? I think? You know how I feel about lace and stuff, but I think this black lace effect was done beautifully, and Nicole definitely does not look like she’s wearing a white tablecloth with a black lace overlay. Well… the belt helps. I’m a little disappointed that Nicole didn’t do a big bouffant, though. I was one of the few that loved her giant, Southern-style, teased-up look the other day, and seeing her on another red carpet with her hair down (save for one strand pulled back with a tiny clip!) is kind of boring.

I have a quick question – does anyone else think Nicole dresses too “girlie” for her age, or is that not a thing? Like, she’s not Zooey Deschanel, a 30-something woman who dresses like a 6-year-old on a sugar high. And it’s not like Nicole is dressing “too young” in the sense that her clothes are too revealing or too “young startlet”. But there’s something that I find too “precious” about Nicole’s red carpet style over the past year. Her style used to be so much more sophisticated and avant-garde, but now it’s just little lace dresses and frills and stuff. I’m guessing it only bugs me.

As for Keith – STOP FLAT-IRONING YOUR HAIR. Enough. You have the same hair as Cojo.

Shall we even discuss Nicole’s lips? There are a few photos where it seems like her bottom lip is a giant, immovable slug. I’m reminded of that photo Michael K just used the other day – go look at Nicole’s vintage, original lips, and then come back and look at her lips in these photos. Dear God.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Simply take this as evidence of how slow it is this morning. In a few minutes, I’m going to be writing about Peaches Geldof too, so there’s that to look forward to. These are new photos of Nicole Kidman, out to lunch. She’s not in costume. Her big, teased up hairstyle is not part of some stereotypical “Southern” character. I’m not even sure if she’s currently working on any film, is she? Her IMDB says no – she’s got three films in post and nothing coming up.

I say all of that because these days, THIS is how Nicole dresses casually, when she’s out to lunch. This is her style. Do you hate it? My immediate reaction was going to be to hate on it, but as I really looked at the pieces of this look, I think it’s appropriate for her. It’s lady-like, somewhat dainty and fussy, but well-put-together. I like the idea of the trousers, but the tailoring seems off in the hips. The blouse is too frilly for my tastes, but I understand that Nicole loves these lacy, frilly things, and the stuff on the bust makes her chest look bigger.

As for the hair – how much would you love it if this was Nicole’s new hair style from here on out? I would love it. She lives in Nashville now (sort of), and it’s good to see some of “the bigger the hair, the closer to God” philosophy rubbing off on her.

I can’t see much of Nicole’s usually jacked face, so I’m declaring this outing a style “win.” I’m not even being assaulted by her lips (except for in that one profile photo). YAY for Nicole!

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News.

Maybe it was just the light, maybe it was just some extra-glossy lipstick, but whatever it was, Nicole Kidman’s lips looked out of control at last night’s Golden Globes. What’s weird is that I actually think Nicole has eased up somewhat on the Botox – her face was moving, she didn’t seem to be made of unbreakable porcelain, she was emoting… and then the lips. Did she just get them done (again) for the Globes? Does she have some kind of permanent lip implant in there? I‘m including some closeups of her face so you can decide.

So, Nicole was at the Globes with her husband Keith Urban. Nicole was there to present – with Clive Owen!! – and promote Hemingway & Gellhorn, the HBO movie she and Clive did together. Nicole wore this studded Versace gown which… on one hand, I like it. It flatters her body, it’s not a sack, it’s not a lace doily, and it’s not overly frilly, which it what Nicole does too often. I like the idea of Nicole in studded Versace – she used to be more rock n’ roll, and studded Versace is always a good idea. That being said, it’s still too light for Nicole. It washes her out. And the bust on the dress makes her tatas look super-fake and bolt-on-y. Which they very well might be, but still.

As for her hair and makeup – just shoot me because I think her hair looked fine. I would complain about another woman with her long hair worn down and worn simply, but it kind of works on Nicole, and I’m not hating it. Her makeup is fine… except for the lipstick, which just draws attention to her lip-jacking.

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We’ve heard in the past that Nicole Kidman is not the most pleasant person to work with or for. The 20080 Andrew Morton Tom Cruise book painted her as cold and moody, and described how demanding and particular she could be. He wrote “If the jet wasn’t stocked with Beluga caviar and all the trimmings she appeared deeply irritated, exhibiting a jaded petulance. Nicole often seemed bored or disenchanted with her life as a Hollywood star, expecting a luxurious lifestyle as her birthright. She had no sense of wonderment about the world. So many wonderful things happened to her, but she had an enduring sense of boredom.” Nicole seems to be genuinely happy in her current marriage to Keith Urban and to have taken the stick out of her butt now that she’s a two time mother. If this article is accurate, and it probably is, I’m somewhat surprised to hear that she’s still as much of a pain in the ass as ever. According to a source on set quoted in the Enquirer, Nicole won’t even let crew members talk to her.

Nicole Kidman’s shooting her new horror film “Stoker” in Nashville, but crew members swear the real horror is Nicole! Reports [a] backstage spy…”Nicole is a real witch, and they’ve nicknamed her ‘Ice Princess.’ No one’s even allowed to speak to her, except for primary cast members, the director or producers. The other day she requested a glass of water and was furious when the person brought her water with ice in it. ‘I don’t drink ice water,’ Nicole bellowed, demanding a room temperature refill. Everyone’s walking around on eggshells to make sure ‘Her Majesty’ is not displeased.” In another bizarre incident, a prop person moved an umbrella she was using in a scene from one side of a table to the other. When they began to rehearse the scene, Nicole threw a fit over the minor re positioning and read the poor guy the riot act!

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, Mike Walker's column, December 12, 2011]

Nicole’s career is floundering. The last movie she was in was was that Trespass clunker with Nicolas Cage. So you would think she’d tone it down a little now that she’s no longer a huge star. Not so much, old habits die hard. They’re even filming in her current town and she can’t manage to be civil to the people she relies on.

Nicole’s husband, country singer and fellow Aussie Keith Urban, has just signed on to be a judge and mentor on the Australian version of The Voice. Urban lost his own voice temporarily after undergoing surgery for a vocal cord polyp. Polyps are common in singers and Urban is expected to make a complete recovery.

Photos courtesy of WENN & PR Photos.

Nicole Kidman’s lips are attacking the world. I swear, the lip injections are getting out of control. What’s worse is, like Botox, lip injections are something you have to maintain, correct? Like you have to go in once a month and get your lips re-inflated. So Nicole Kidman makes a conscious choice, month after month after month to not only have a forehead that resembled marble, but to get THAT done to her lips. Rough.

But her body looked good. And I really do like this Jean Paul Gaultier gown, even though it looks heavy as hell and she sort of resembled a steel beam. Maybe that was the look she was going for? “I want to look like an embellished steel beam. With inflated lips!” Yes, Ms. Kidman.

By the way, Nicole’s lips aren’t just content to attack from cushiony positions in America and Australia. No, Nicole is going to India. Allegedly, maybe. She’s in talks to star in Rumi Jaffery’s Gali Gali Mein Chor Hai, in a role that was originally offered to Shakira. This is what happened the last time Nicole tried to “go Bollywood”:

Photos courtesy of PR Photos.

A few weeks ago, I used this poster for the new Nicole Kidman-Nicolas Cage movie, Trespass, for the lead link. I couldn’t get over what the studio did to poor Nicole’s face, while most of you were downright frightened by Cage, not Kidman. Anyway, Trespass has a brand new trailer, and woo doggie, is it a work of art. Sorry, I meant “a work of fart.” This film will go down as The Epic Battle Of Nic & Nic: Wiglet v. Rubber Lips. I don’t know where to look – it’s like my eyes have no place to settle. Do I stare uncomfortably at Cage’s crazy wiglet and his wild over-acting, or do I watch Kidman’s magically inflating and deflating rubber lips and her breathy “sexy-dramatic” acting?

Okay, I know the Kidman-loonies are going to yell at me, but I think Nicole is WORSE than Cage here. As actors, both of them had potential at one point. Hell, both of them were primed to be the best actors of their generation at one point. But Cage fell to earth and these kinds of dumb movies are basically all he does nowadays. He knows how to “act” in them. Meanwhile, Kidman was hoping for a new career track and THIS is what she gets? Trying to contort her frozen BotoxFace into something resembling fear, and she just ends up looking… odd. Constipated? Confused? Like she’s thinking, “Why did my agent think was a good idea again?”

As for the plot… er… it’s derivative of about a dozen different movies. Like, Firewall, Dead Calm, Hostage, Panic Room, and assorted B-rated also-rans.

Funny story: this film will be released in theaters on October 14. It comes to DVD two weeks later! *headdesk*

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Last night, in New York, Wendi Murdoch (above) hosted a screening of a film she has produced called Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. It’s a film about two women in 19th century China, and it actually seems like it will be an interesting movie. If you don’t know by now, Wendi Murdoch is the current wife of Rupert Murdoch. Rupert very publicly dumped his second wife, Anna, and took up with Wendi. Anna got a divorce settlement rumored to be in the BILLIONS of dollars, which always made me think that Wendi must really be quite a woman, if Rupert was prepared to give away so many of his assets to marry her. Anyway, Rupert is in the center of one of the biggest scandals to ever hit the UK (and we’re importing it in America too), so it’s very interesting to me that Wendi called all of her celebrity friends and they all came running to support her film.

… Like Nicole Kidman, who is reportedly the godmother to Rupert and Wendi’s two daughters, Chloe and Grace. Nicole’s dress is Elie Saab, and that’s quite a lot of red, isn’t it? Red hair, red dress, red lips. I kind of like it, though! And Nicole has officially gained some “happiness and I don’t care anymore” weight. And it looks AMAZING on her. Chica’s got back.

Courtney Love in whatever (I can’t find who made the dress). I feel like her nipples are two seconds away from assaulting me. That being said, the face looks pretty decent. Must be the chanting.

Olivia Munn in an ill-fitting Walmart dress. How budget does she look? Even C-Love looks more pulled together.

Ivanka Trump looks GREAT. She looks really healthy and beautiful. Love this dress on her too.

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

These are some newish photos of Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban and their two girls at LAX yesterday, where they flew in from Sydney. Little Sunday Rose gets to walk all by herself (holding the hands of her parents), but little Faith Margaret gets carried because she’s only 6 months old. That makes sense… except… um, is this the right way to carry a six-month old? I don’t know much about babies, true, but are you supposed to just toss them, face-out, over your forearm like a sack of potatoes? I would only hold a baby like that if I thought the baby was going to barf on me – which might be Nicole’s rationale. Little Faith is all “BAAAAAAARF…” and Nicole was like, “Fine, have it your way.” Do mothers have these kinds of arguments with their babies? I’d really like to know.

Would you like to know why Nicole and Keith suddenly seemed to rush back to LA after only a brief visit to Australia? They’re going to meet Prince William and Duchess Kate! Yes, when Will and Kate come through California, the BAFTA organization (which I believe William is honorary president of) is throwing them a major gala affair Sunday night. And Nicole (and Keith?) have been invited! Also invited: Tom Hanks, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kristin Chenoweth, Derek Hough, and maybe Jennifer Lopez and Jack Black. Er… it’s not really star-studded, is it? I mean, Derek Hough? Seriously? I hope Will and Kate get to spend some time with some true A-listers.

Photos courtesy of Fame.