You might not believe this, but this Nicole Kidman-Keith Urban story relates to Bedhead’s story about Rupert Murdoch’s divorce filing. When Rupert married Wendi Deng, it was widely believed that Wendi had a “civilizing” influence on Rupert. Wendi liked to hang out with celebrities. Wendi wanted Rupert to move into media outlets with more legitimacy (like the Wall Street Journal). Wendi wanted Rupert to go to big society parties and have friends and have fun. Wendi and Rupert became very close to Nicole Kidman – Nicole is actually godmother to one of Wendi and Rupert’s daughters. Some believe that this friendship helped Nicole weather the divorce from Tom Cruise, and some credit this friendship with Keith Urban’s placement as a judge on American Idol.

So what happens when Wendi and Rupert get a divorce and their friends have to choose sides? Who does Nicole choose? And if Nicole chooses Wendi, does that mean Rupert gives Keith the axe on Idol? So far, no one knows if Keith is going to renew his contract or if he’ll even be offered a new contract. So maybe Keith is already looking to see what his next career move will be? And what if his next career move is… acting?

They may be madly in love, but Nicole Kidman has boundaries when it comes to Keith Urban: she will never work with him. Now that Keith’s future on American Idol is iffy, he’s pursuing acting. Keith, 45, auditioned for a role in a Universal Studios romantic comedy and hoped to improve his chances of landing the part by getting Nicole, 46, as his costar, but she refused.

A friend reveals that while Nicole supports Keith’s acting ambitions, she has zero desire to work with him because she feels her marriage to Tom Cruise began to unravel when they costarred in Eyes Wide Shut.

“Nicole loves her husband too much to work with him on a movie,” her pal explains. “She wants him to pursue his dreams but is adamant about not working together.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Yes, because everyone knows that the REAL problem in Tom and Nicole’s marriage was Stanley Kubrick, right? Ha. I mean, I get it. Eyes Wide Shut really was the beginning of the end for Tom and Nicole, but their problems weren’t about “working together”. If Nicole and Keith want to work together, they should, but the real problem might be the perception of nepotism. Nicole can’t blatantly get her husband a big job in a movie because a lot of people will be turned off by that.

OK, now I can’t stop thinking about Keith’s flat-ironed hair in a rom-com beside Kate Hudson. HELP!

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These are photos from last night’s CMT Awards, yet another country music awards show. Since I don’t keep up with country music, I have to ask: is it just me or do they have like five country music awards shows within the span of two months?! At last night’s CMTs, Carrie Underwood won “Video of the Year” while Miranda Lambert took home “CMT performance of the year”. Miranda also won best female video while her husband Blake Shelton took Best Male Video. You can read more about the awards here.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were there, of course. And they looked loved up and I actually think Nicole’s face is looking less jacked than it looked at the Cannes Film Festival. Nicole’s inflating and deflating “facial work” always makes me think that she’s making a conscious choice over and over, month by month, to get work done. Ugh. Nicole wore Christian Dior – a nice enough LBD, kind of plain. Keith looked decent (for him) – I just want him to button one more button and STOP WITH THE FLAT-IRON. Oh, would you like a better look at Nicole’s Dior shoes?

I love that Carrie Underwood wasn’t wearing a giant ball gown. Her Editions by Georges Chakra outfit is really cute!

Lenny Kravitz?!

Sheryl Crow looks tired and that dress is not flattering at all.

Kelly Pickler looks pretty glam for this event. I love the dress, I’m just not sure it’s right for the CMTs.

Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood. Fedoras are not “country”!

Dog the Bounty Hunter and his wife Beth Chapman. Elegant.

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Here are the last photos from this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Most of the pics are from the closing ceremony, which was last night. Would you like to know who took home the top prizes? Of course you would. The Palme d’Or went to Blue Is the Warmest Color, a French film about a young woman’s sexual awakening (spoiler: she’s a lesbian and there are some very explicit lesbian sex scenes). The two young actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, were also called out for special recognition, although neither was given the “Best Actress” award, which went to Berenice Bejo for her role in Le Passe. The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis won the Grand Prix, Bruce Dern won best actor for Alexander Payne’s Nebraska. You can read more about the awards handed out here.

Nicole Kidman in a white Armani gown… it’s okay. It really shows off her bolt-ons.

Uma Thurman in Versace, with her baby-daddy Arpad Busson. The gown is pretty showgirl for Uma, right?

Berenice Bejo in Elie Saab… kind of boring, but a beautiful shade of teal.

Zhang Ziyi in Dior. WTF is with this dress? It looks like the top part was dropped in Gatorade.

Laetitia Casta in Dior FEATHERS. OMG.

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Here are some extra photos from various Cannes Film Festival premieres over the past few days. Sorry, I sort of got overwhelmed by the magnificence of Tilda Swinton (and to a lesser degree, Tom Hiddleston). Here is Nicole Kidman in Chanel at the Saturday premiere of Venus In Fur. I don’t like the overall look, but I’ll admit that it looks better depending on the angle. In motion, it looks decent, and from the side… that’s probably the best look. But straight-on, not so much. The plates or whatever at the bottom of the dress sort of resembles deconstructed peacock feathers, I guess? Also: Nicole’s styling sucks here. Her hair is a mess!

Marion Cotillard in Dior at the Friday premiere of The Immigrant. This Dior gown reminded me a lot of Jessica Chastain’s Versace “High Priestess of Sapphires” gown earlier last week, although I guess I sort of like this Dior better. It has a ruffle on the side and it looks really beautiful in the back view. But I hate the oversized bust thing.

Zhang Ziyi in Elie Saab. Boring dress is boring.

Emmanuelle Seigner (Roman Polanski’s wife!) in a custom Alexandre Vauthier low-cut silk jersey gown at last night’s premiere of Venus In Fur, which was directed by Polanski. God, is this the trashiest thing you’ve ever seen?

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Here are some photos of Nicole Kidman and Heidi Klum at last night’s Cannes Film festival premiere of Nebraska. I’ve been surprised by Nicole – she’s been surprisingly withholding during the film festival. I thought we were going to get multiple costume changes every day, but as it is, these are the first photos we’ve had of Nicole since the weekend. Maybe she didn’t bring enough gowns? Or maybe she just wanted to make every red carpet count? I don’t know.

Anyway, Nicole wore this Valentino Spring 2013 Couture gown. Does it look familiar? It should. It should look VERY familiar. First off, Amanda Seyfried wore a very similar looking Alexander McQueen gown to the Oscars this year. Secondly, this is the very same Valentino that Anne Hathaway was supposed to wear to the Oscars until she discovered that Amanda was going to wear the similar McQueen gown. And so Anne went with the nipply pink Prada gown which looked terrible on her. Do you wish Anne had worn this, her first choice, to the Oscars this year? I’m kind of happy she didn’t wear it, even though I hated the Prada. This dress would have washed her out so much. She would have looked like an old doily. But on Nicole? It’s pretty decent. Nicole – much like Cate Blanchett – can pull off some stuff that would make lesser fashionistas look like giant doilies.

And here’s Heidi Klum in Versace. Note that she almost flashed her beav. That’s been happening a lot during the Cannes Film Festival! Eva Longoria, Rosario Dawson and several other women have flashed their panties (or more) at Cannes. I blame the recent influx of dresses with slits up to the crotch. I also blame Anne Hathaway, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina “The Leg” Jolie and Duchess Kate for making beav-flashing and high slits the new “thing”. Also, I really don’t like Heidi’s dress in general.

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For several years in a row, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie dominated the Cannes Film Festival. They would always walk the red carpet together, and it seemed like they made an effort to give photographers a variety of sexy/interesting poses to choose from. Sometimes Brad would grope Angelina on the carpet, something Angelina’s dress would so diaphanous it seemed like she was naked, and on and on… it was always a good show. But for the past two years, no Jolie-Pitt drama at Cannes (Brad was there solo last year, no Angie). So will Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban (and his flat-ironed hair) take their place?

Keith was in LA for the American Idol final last week, but he came quickly to Cannes once that whole ordeal was over. And last night was Keith and Nicole’s first red carpet walk at Cannes this year (she’s on the jury, so we saw her all last week). They posed and fondled and kissed each other all over the carpet for Inside Llewyn Davis, the new Coen Brothers film. Is this gross? Or funny? Or just… Keicole? Niceith? I don’t know. It’s not sexy. It’s kind of weird. But I’m enjoying it. I won’t buy what they’re selling, but it’s entertaining to watch.

Nicole’s dress is L’Wren Scott, one of her favorite designers these days. L’Wren is one of my favorites too, although I’m not crazy about this dress. The fabric looks like someone glitter-bombed an ugly Hawaiian shirt. And Nicole’s hair is terrible. She’s having HUGE hair issues at Cannes. Is it an issue of humidity? As for Keith… he always has terrible hair.

I’m also including a photo of Keith and Nicole earlier in the weekend, just going out for a meal or something. I LOVE her peasant blouse in that photo.

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Here are some photos from last night’s IFP and Calvin Klein party at the Cannes Film Festival. I feel like this used to be a bigger event…? Although I could be mistaking it for one of the other big fashion events that happen every year at Cannes. Anyway, all of the ladies we’ll discuss wore Calvin Klein, obviously, to this event. To varying degrees of success. Let’s start with Nicole Kidman in this Fall 2013 look – it’s interesting to see her in black leather, and even when Nicole doesn’t look completely amazing, she’s still interesting to look at. I think the full skirt is throwing me off here – this would seem more “Kidman” if it was a straight pencil skirt. Also: I want Nicole to go back to a darker red for her hair. This blondish shade is wrong.

Carey Mulligan wore a pretty straight-forward strapless LBD. I’m not sure if this was supposed to be a bustier and she’s just too small or whatever. It’s cute, but now I want her to wear her hair down more often.

Rooney Mara is too aloof to wear an actual color. Rooney wants to be washed out. She is not your Fashion Girl!! (Even though she’s at a fashion event at one of the biggest fashion-friendly film festivals ever.)

I like Naomie Harris so much and I think she’s gorgeous but OMG she should not wear cut-out dresses. Maybe it’s been too long since I was truly skinny (if I ever was truly skinny), but I feel like Naomie’s rib cage is especially pronounced and it’s kind of… too much. Or too little, shall we say.

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Once again, I kind of think Nicole Kidman deserves her own post. Hopefully this will be a preview of coming attractions for Nicole’s Cannes Film Festival fashion. This is Nicole at last night’s premiere of The Great Gatsby. Her dress is Dior.

What I love:
*I love that she didn’t go with a full-length gown.
*I love that she’s showing off her beautiful shoulders.
*I love that Nicole attempted an old-school fashion moment, and it did work – she really dominated a lot of the fashion coverage.
*I love the design of the dress, even though I kind of think it belongs on someone younger (don’t yell at me, but imagine this on Carey Mulligan!)

What I hate:
*Her hair. She was aiming for high-fashion fauxhawk and she got a Granny helmet.
*Her lipstick. She matched it to her shoes. Ugh.
*The way her upper lip bulges when she smiles.

So, all in all – Nicole had a victory. Can she keep it up? I wonder how many pieces of luggage she brought to Cannes? I wonder if she’s going to wear all-new gowns, or if she’ll pick and choose some vintage pieces? I’m so excited!

Here are some more photos from last night’s event. Naomi Harris wore Calvin Klein. It’s a beautiful, clean look and it suits her, although she doesn’t really stand out in this dress.

Fan Bingbing in Louis Vuitton. I find this whole look to be rather cloying.

Florence Welch in MiuMiu. Eh. I would have loved it if she had worn an impeccable tuxedo. This is hideous.

Freida Pinto in Gucci. I love an Indian girl in hot pink! It’s a weird love to have, I know, but she looks amazing.

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I swear, you are going to be sick of Nicole Kidman within a week. Trust me. She’s going to be everywhere during the Cannes Film Festival. But for now, we can enjoy the fashion p0rn. Here are some photos of Nicole Kidman and Steven Spielberg (and Daniel Auteuil) at the photocall for the Cannes Film Festival jury. Spielberg is the jury chairman or whatever. Other jury members include: Christoph Waltz, Vidya Balan and Ang Lee. Do you think Ang Lee and Spielberg get along? I imagine they’re probably friendly and have a great deal of respect for one another, but let’s try to stir up some boy drama anyway.

We already saw Nicole at the Cannes Jury Dinner last night – she wore a sparkly little frock which was okay. I had an issue with her hair (she flat-ironed and did a center-part) and her Botox/lip injections. As you can see in these photos, whatever work Nicole has had done to her face is much less noticeable when her makeup and hair are styled “softer”. The hairstyle really compliments her, and the effect is that her lip tragedy is less noticeable. I really like her dress too – this is a great choice for the start of Cannes. She can do glamour and sparkles for the evening, but I like that she went for a more professional/somber look for the photocall. She looks like a sexy widow. It’s a hot look. Update: finally got the designer ID on the dress, it’s Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen Spring 2013. It’s one of the better pieces I’ve seen from Burton.

Should we say anything about her bolt-ons? CB kind of thinks Nicole’s style went a little bit haywire when she got them, and that’s a solid theory. For years, Nicole was the slim, small-breasted woman who could wear anything. I think she’s struggling with how to dress her bigger boobs now. Also: how GD short is Steven Spielberg?! Or is Nicole just THAT tall?

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OMG. Here are some new photos of Nicole Kidman at the Cannes Film Festival Jury Dinner last night – today is the opening day of CFF, and guess what? Kidman is on the jury! That means for the next twelve days or so, we’re pretty much going to have a Nicole Kidman fashion post. Was Diane Kruger on the jury last year, I think? And remember how many photos there were of her? Remember how everyone was like “seriously, ENOUGH with Diane Kruger”? That’s what it’s going to be like this year with Nicole.

And trust me, Nicole has come prepared, probably even more prepared than Kruger. Nicole will be wearing the best, the most noteworthy, the most headline-grabbing ensembles. At least that’s my hope, because I’m really looking forward to covering some noteworthy Cannes fashion this year. This Jury Dinner ensemble isn’t stunning me – I don’t know the designer ID, but Nicole wears a lot of L’Wren Scott, and this could totally be L’Wren. And I’m pretty sure the shoes are Jimmy Choo, because Nicole has just been named the new face (feet?) of Choo:

NICOLE KIDMAN is the new face of Jimmy Choo. The Oscar-winning actress will star in the brand’s autumn/winter 2013-14 campaign – the first since Sandra Choi took over the helm as sole creative director.

The imagery was shot last month by photographer Mikael Jansson and is described as having “a cinematic feel that hints at the power and seduction of the Jimmy Choo woman”. The adverts will premiere globally in August issues.

“I’ve always loved fashion and often use it as a way to get into character,” said Kidman. “There is a lot of complexity, mystery and femininity to the Jimmy Choo woman.”

The 45-year-old has previously acted as a brand ambassador for Omega watches and Chanel No.5 fragrance.

“I’m such a great admirer and feel enormously honoured to be working with Nicole Kidman,” said Choi. “Nicole is one of the finest actresses in the world, who I knew could convey the empowered glamour of the brand. But she is also so nuanced and refined; she brings an attitude of defiance, strength, sensuality and elegance.”

The Vogue cover girl was recently announced as a member of the Cannes Film Festival jury, so we’re expecting to see plenty of scene-stealing footwear gracing the Croisette.

[From Vogue]

Huh. Now, if you wanted 2001 Kidman to represent your brand, I would completely understand. But I don’t get how 2013 Nicole still manages to score major, lucrative advertising gigs. Her personal branding is “off” these days, and when I think of Nicole, I do not think of shoes. Now, Diane Kruger? I totally think of shoes. Kerry Washington? Shoes. Rachel Weisz? Shoes. But Nicole? Clothes… but not shoes.

More photos of Nicole in Cannes… God, she freshly jacked the hell out of her face for Cannes, didn’t she? Damn it, Nicole.

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