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Nicole (Mary) Kidman (born June 20, 1967) is an Australian actress and singer.
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Starring:
Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan
B...
Review:
If looks were everything, director Baz Luhrmann's epic salute to
his native land would be the movie of the year. But, crikey, a
padded script bloated with subplots and shameless sentimentality
can wear you down. Nicole Kidman pushes way too hard (and the
strain shows) as Lady Sarah Ashley, a Brit snob who comes to
Australia in 1939 to catch her husband cheating and instead finds
him murdered. It's not long before she takes over his cattle ranch,
befriends a half-caste boy, Nullah (cutie Brandon Walters),
victimized by the government's racial policies against Aborigines,
and beds down with the Drover (a lively, sexy Hugh Jackman), the
cowboy who drives her cheeky bulls to market. There's also World
War II, the 1942 Japanese bombing of Darwin and umpteen choruses of
"Over the Rainbow," the...
Rating:
2 Stars
Published: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:44:41 GMT - Source: Rollingstone.Com - Read the articleEuropeAsk Hadley: Hadley Freeman on slaggging off celebrities' outfits and 'credit crunch fashion'
What is the point of all those websites and magazines out there that seem to exist purely to slag off celebrities' outfits? And don't give me that "bringing them down to our level" nonsense.Laurence Driver, by emailLaurence, I wouldn't dream of it. Courtney Cox's daily outfits, anything sported by Rosanna Arquette, well-honed thoughts on Helena Bonham Carter's wardrobe: is this not what journalism was invented for? Certainly, large swathes of the internet - gofugyourself.com, pretty much the entirety of dailymail.co.uk - is dependent on the sturdy bones of celebrity mockery. But this skeleton looks decidedly ridden with osteoporosis if one inspects the reasons for its existence too closely. I have never subscribed to the belief that one talks about celebrity fashion or celebrities in general because it makes anyone feel better or worse: we talk about them because they're there and they are as much a part of popular culture as art, film, music or food. How we talk about them is very much a reflection of the era. When everyone was feeling all mopey and poor in the 30s and 40s, celebrities were treated as the rare bit of glamour in an otherwise depressing existence and therefore venerated and discussed accordingly. However, the irony is that celebrity became so idolised that everyone wanted - and felt they deserved - a piece of that action, regardless of talent. Thus we have somehow gone from Carole Lombard to Kerry Katona. It's not exactly what Darwin would call progress, one suspects. Nonetheless, this quasi-progression is reflected in how we talk about celebrities now which is, in the main, jealously. Oh my God, look at Nicole Kidman's grey hair! Not so hot are you now, Mrs Pensioner? Then there is also the fact that most celebrities nowadays do dress and act like great fools, partly because they earn so much that it would turn anyone a bit Howard Hughes-ish, and partly because anyone who wants to be a celebrity in the first place is obviously a bit of a div. Now, some have levelled the accusation that journalists are having their cake and eating it, too, in this regard: talking about celebrities (thereby attracting the masses' attention) but then sneering at them (thus looking as if they're above such concerns). Fiddlesticks, my friends, fiddlesticks. Celebrities and fashion and, most of all, celebrity fashion (seeing as neither seems able to exist without the other) is just part of life in the western hemisphere these days and it's inevitable that most people talk about it. To affect high-minded ignorance or lack of interest suggests that one doth protest too much.As to why so many websites and magazines criticise celebrity fashion, I'd argue that they are still massively outnumbered by those who slaveringly adore it, spreading the belief that if Reese Witherspoon wears it, It Must Be Good. The sneery ones merely seem so numerous because they are funnier and therefore more memorable - you see? There's no need to be randomly cruel about celebrities, but equally I'm pleased that only the very silly still think that everything they do is great. Plus, I strongly suspect that this is the bridge generation - the one in between the era that adored celebrities and the one that will most certainly not. Some might argue that the constant photos of a clearly ill Amy Winehouse or a "worryingly thin" Madonna are little more than repulsive intrusions. I say that if just two little girls are put off aspiring for fame by one photo of Winehouse, it has served a purpose. And if anyone says this is the immature self-defensive blather of someone who doesn't have a proper job, I say this to you: nyahhhhhh. I keep seeing articles in fashion magazines purporting to discuss "credit crunch fashion". A contradiction in terms, surely?Carolyn Jones, by emailOh, aren't fashion magazines adorable? I love it when they try to come over all current affairs-y, making sweet reference to something they saw on the News at 10. Of course, they are going to have to take the current financial apocalypse into account somehow: even the most blinkered Hoxton magazine editor cannot but see the inherent ridiculousness in bigging up some £17,898 handmade dress by Giles in a month when the London Evening Standard keeps publishing letters from people who claim to be living without heat. It's always interesting to see what these people consider to be sufficiently crunchy. If you work for US Harper's Bazaar, it's a $575 pair of Ralph Lauren gloves; if it's Take a Break, it's something you nicked from your dead nan. Of course, the most crunchy fashion is vintage - your own, that is - which is crunchy in two ways, being both free and probably encrusted with God knows what seeing as you haven't washed it in five years. My goodness, Dove deodorant residue does form a solid shield after a few months, doesn't it? Crunch crunch crunch.? Post questions to Ask Hadley, The Guardian, 119 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3ER. ask.hadley@guardian.co.uk.CelebrityFashionWomenguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Published: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:04:08 GMT - Source: Guardian.Co.Uk - Read the articleSystemsComing Attractions: Australia
On November 26, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman bring Australia to theaters in the U.S. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!), Australia tells a sweeping story of war and romance set against the backdrop of the extraordinary Australian landscape.
Published: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:23:27 GMT - Source: Apple.Com - Read the article
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