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| | Nicole Kidman thinks it's 'sexist' that she's still asked about Tom Cruise | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Watching Being the Ricardos, I felt sorry for Nicole Kidman. Yes, it was her responsibility to say ?no? to that part, but I understood why she said yes to it a script by Aaron Sorkin and the belief that playing Lucille Ball would be a great role for her. But holy sh-t, Sorkin did her no favors with the script or the direction. The hair and makeup people did her dirty too. The film is an utter embarrassment at every level, and it?s a terrible reflection of Kidman?s substantial talent. She just never should have been part of it. But here we are, still reading interviews from Kidman and Javier Bardem as they try to put a bow on this mess. Some highlights from Kidman?s interview in the Guardian:
On Being the Ricardos: ?It?s about a creative and romantic relationship that doesn?t work out. But from it come some extraordinary things. And I love that. I love that it?s not a happy ending. This film says you can make an extraordinary relationship thrive and leave remnants of it that exist forever. Yeah, that?s really gorgeous. You can?t make people behave how you want them to, and sometimes you?re going to fall in love with someone who isn?t going to be the person you spend the rest of your life with. And I think that?s all very relatable. You may have kids with them. You may not, but they were very much in love.?
Whether all of that ^^ was about Tom Cruise: ?Oh, my God, no, no. Absolutely not. No. I mean, that?s, honestly, so long ago that that isn?t in this equation. So no.? She is angry. ?And I would ask not to be pigeonholed that way, either. It feels to me almost sexist, because I?m not sure anyone would say that to a man. And at some point, you go, ?Give me my life. In its own right.??
She retired after having Sunday Rose: ?[I decided to] have my baby and sit on a farm. Until my mum said to me, ?I don?t think you should just give up.? I was quite convinced I could grow vegetables and be at home and be very satisfied with that, but was pushed quite substantially by my mum. Friends, too ? I have friendships that have permeated my life? Those relationships are relevant. They?re the threads that pull you through, when people show up and go, ?I know you and I believe in you?, and push you forward. Not always coming from a sense of confidence, like I know what I?m doing. Not at all. A lot of times I?m relying heavily on the people around to say, ?You?ve got more in you.??
She?s surprised by how much success she?s had in television: ?I would never have thought television would be an avenue for growth for me. Television gives you a much stronger connection with an audience, because you?re in their homes. I had a far deeper response than I?d ever had, which just suddenly came hurtling towards me??
She cries a lot: ?But yeah, I cry. I try to keep a lid on that, but everything is deeply sad. There?s a huge melancholia, right? I mean, when you really study melancholy people, we?re very present. I have an enormous amount of that. I think a lot of people walk around with it too, don?t you??
Whether she?s a movie star. ?That term confuses me. Can you define it? It?s too cerebral for me. I can only go to what Stanley Kubrick would say to me, which was, ?Nicole, you?re a character actress.? Usually, I?m resistant to labels. There?s a new generation now, saying, ?No, you don?t get to define me just this way.? I?m hugely supportive of this. And you can also change. I love that.?
[From The Guardian]
I?ve seen the headlines about how Kidman ?clapped back? on the journalist from bringing up Tom Cruise? but it did honestly feel like Kidman was making a not-so-oblique reference to Cruise. Not only that, I think what she said about falling in love with someone knowing that it won?t be forever probably resonated with a lot of people who are in their second or third marriages, you know? Anyway, I like her TV work, and I think the format of episodic television suits her very well in this stage of her career. I would be very happy if she spent the next decade doing cool miniseries where she played mysterious rich bitches with secrets. That is her wheelhouse!! (Lucille Ball was not her wheelhouse).
Photos courtesy of Instar, Amazon Studios.
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| | Nicole Kidman in Armani at the LA 'Ricardos' premiere: icy & frozen' | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Last week was the first screening/premiere for Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin?s take on the real Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Apparently, the ?real story? is that Desi and Lucy looked nothing like that in real life! These are photos from last night?s LA premiere, which seemed a lot bigger than the NYC premiere. Bigger and yet? more sparsely attended? It?s almost as if no one wants to see this movie, weird.
Nicole decided to go for a princess gown this is Armani Prive, in an icy, pale blue. This partly reminds me of those years when Nicole was legitimately a fashionista, and someone who liked to make big, dramatic red carpet appearances. Somewhere along the line, she just didn?t care as much though. It?s nice to see that she?ll still pull out some big look every now and then. My big issue here is that I think the makeup is wrong? That red lip is bad for the rest of the look.
I?ve called this film cursed several times and people have yelled at me because apparently people attending early screenings have enjoyed the film, and Nicole is still on a lot of people?s Oscar short-lists for the Best Actress Oscar. Both things can be true: Nicole might get an Oscar nomination, and the film looks like a fking messy, cheap joke. One doesn?t preclude the other.
Javier Bardem recently spoke to the Today Show about his reaction to seeing Nicole in her Lucy drag for the first time: I was doing my test with wardrobe, the hair, the makeup, and then she came in and there was a silence. They really nailed the look of Lucy Ricardo, no? And I felt, Well, here is my wife. Hi. This is your husband. Whether you like it or not, this is your husband.?? LOL, I wonder if the silence was because SHE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE LUCY.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Nicole Kidman wore Chanel to the 'Being the Ricardos' premiere | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from Thursday night?s premiere of Being the Ricardos, one of the most cursed films of the year. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are trying to muster up some chemistry for the cameras, which is funny because I tend to believe that Javier can have chemistry with anyone or anything. He could have chemistry with a lamppost. He could have sexual energy with a plant. If anything, I believe that his Spanish-accented take on Desi Arnaz will be accepted by audiences because Javier will coast on his own charisma. All of the negative energy is going towards Nicole as Lucille Ball.
As for fashion, Nicole wore Chanel. It?s not the best thing she?s worn but it?s far from the worst. RCFP posted the dress as it appeared on the runway, and I think Chanel actually improved it for Nicole. It was way too drapey and art-project-y on the runway. I mean, it?s still an ugly dress. But Nicole wore it better. Nicole is famous for being a fashion icon, and she?s someone who knows how to harness the power of fashion to help sell her projects. So doesn?t it feel like she?s already phoning this one in?
I?m reminded of how hard Nicole sells the projects she produces and puts together, like Big Little Lies. On Ricardos, Nicole was an actress for hire, and she?s indicated in interviews that she basically said yes to the project because she liked Aaron Sorkin?s script. It didn?t really occur to her that she was about to play one of the most iconic redheads in modern history, and that she might need to do some research and work into sounding and looking like Lucille Ball. On a recent TV appearance, Nicole said she wasn?t ?initially? anxious when she took the role but ?When the reality of playing her hit me, I went, What I have said yes to? To which I then went, Oh no, Im not right. Everyone thinks Im not right, so Im going to try to sidestep this.' Then Aaron Sorkin convinced her to stay on. Ugh. Nicole is giving us someone to blame when this mess blows up in her face.
The character posters are terrible too!! Why does everything about this cursed film look so low-budget?
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| | Nicole Kidman wore Rodarte to the AMMP opening gala: Halloween chic? | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Saturday night was the opening gala for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA. They got a better A-list turnout than this year?s Emmys and Oscars combined. And yes, everyone was vaxxed and Covid-tested! Since it was a night of Hollywood types celebrating themselves and the history of Hollywood, the fashion was great! This definitely counts as ?early Oscar campaigning? too, especially since a lot of the attendees will likely be up for Oscars next year. Nicole Kidman wore this Rodarte which really stood out. I like the tea-length although I definitely think the bottom hem could be cleaner. And it feels very? Halloween? It?s the orange-and-black combo. I?m okay with her curly hair this is the texture of her natural hair before she fried it and dyed it blonde for years. I suspect this is either a wig or she?s getting significant help from a weave.
Meg Ryan wore Ulyana Sergeenko. The dress is fine, the hair needs a significant update though. I also think she?s stopped messing with her face as much as she used to, and that?s a welcome relief.
Marlee Matlin in Armani. Black velvet feels so wintery to me and I?m not sure we?re there yet! She looks nice but I wish the neckline was just a tad lower. Still, it gives off a vintage flapper kind of vibe, which fits with the event.
Camila Moronne in Louis Vuitton. This is awful for the event! She looks like she?s going to an album release party. At least wear full-length pants for the love of God.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Nicole Kidman got an exemption on Hong Kong's mandatory 3-week quarantine | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Nicole Kidman worked during the pandemic, and she continues to work through? whatever we?re still experiencing. Like, the Phase 3 of the pandemic, where millions of people are vaccinated but highly contagious variants are exploding through the population. Most countries still have travel restrictions in place, and most countries also have mandatory quarantines set up for the few travelers coming in. Hong Kong has a mandatory three-week quarantine for every person entering the country, regardless of vaccination status or nationality. Except that Nicole Kidman arrived in Hong Kong for work and she was exempted from the quarantine procedures.
Australian actor Nicole Kidman was exempted from quarantine in Hong Kong last week, the government appeared to confirm even as the Asian financial hub braced for more draconian COVID-19 travel restrictions to take effect from midnight Thursday. The citys government did not directly identify the 54-year old Hollywood star but said it had granted foreign overseas film personnel permission to skip quarantine for the purpose of performing designated professional work.
The exemption contrasts sharply with entry rules for residents that are some of the most stringent coronavirus requirements globally, sparking online criticism from residents in the special administrative region of China.
Many travellers to Hong Kong have to do up to 21 days mandated quarantine in a hotel, even those who are vaccinated. The measures have led to many residents not being able to visit relatives and travel overseas for nearly two years.
Kidman was in the former British colony to film an Amazon television series called The Expats, online news site HK01 reported. She was spotted shopping and filming after arriving from Sydney last week, according to HK01.
Australia is battling an outbreak of the fast-moving Delta strain and reported its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 infections on Thursday. Hong Kongs government has upgraded 15 overseas places including the United States, Spain and France to high risk effective Thursday midnight, meaning only vaccinated people from those countries will be allowed to enter. The measures have sparked chaos for travellers who are desperately trying to rebook hotel quarantine and flights with limited supply available.
[From Reuters]
I knew that Nicole spent a good chunk of the past year in Australia, working on various projects in an almost entirely Covid-free area, but I thought she was filming the Lucille Ball movie in the US? So has she been able to move freely between Australia and the US this whole time, with minimal quarantines? Variety says that Nicole flew to Hong Kong from Sydney on a private plane, and that she?s in Hong Kong for The Expats, which she?s executive producing. Hong Kong, like Australia, has some of the strictest border controls in the world right now because of the raging Delta Variant. Anyway, the people who actually live and work full-time in Hong Kong are pissed. As they should be. It?s astounding to me that Kidman has been able to travel so freely this whole time. Australia also made a huge exception for her last year, remember?
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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| | Nicole Kidman wore Armani for the brief SAG Awards: lovely or blah? | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The SAG Awards were held last night. The actual ?handing out of awards? happened virtually, over low-quality Zooms and video link-ups around the world. The ceremony was a brief one-hour long and it was pretty chill. I?m honestly surprised that more people didn?t just wear pajamas or sweats, but a lot of women did dress up, like Nicole Kidman. Kidman was nominated for her work in The Undoing (she did not win). She did a rather great backyard photoshoot in this lovely Armani look. Her pandemic/backyard style is better than her red carpet style in recent years, I have to say.
Cate Blanchett wore Givenchy and she really had her hair and makeup done! These people are so extra!
Vanessa Kirby in what looks like McQueen, although it?s actually Givenchy. She?s very much a fashionista, but I?m still not going to watch that movie where she loses a baby (that?s what she was nominated for).
Mindy Kaling in Alex Perry. One of my favorite looks of the evening.
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| | Nicole Kidman: I wish I hadn't 'screwed up my hair by straightening it all the time' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I have previously been accused of ?hating curly hair.? I do not! I just don?t like that permed-hair look (especially in 2020), but natural curls are lovely. I wish my hair had more curl or wave to it. Even when I?ve tried to curl my hair, it will only stay that way for about ten minutes. So not only am I jealous of women with curl and wavy hair, I?m jealous of women who can curl their hair and have it stay that way. Nicole Kidman always had curly, red hair. As she became more and more famous, her hair got strawberry blonde-to-flat-blonde and straight. Her hair often looked overprocessed and just kind of not-great. But slowly, she?s been bringing back the old-school red and the old-school curls. She spoke about that in an interview to promote The Undoing (where her character has red curly hair, as seen above).
Nicole Kidman is hiding her curls no more. In a new interview with The Sunday Morning Herald, the Academy Award-winning actress admitted that while she may only have a few regrets in her life, one is damaging her naturally curly hair with repeated heat.
Do I wish that I hadnt screwed up my hair by straightening it all the time? Sure, Kidman told the outlet.
In the past few years, fans of the Big Little Lies star, 53, have often seen the actress rocking straightened hair or a blowout. Recently, however, Kidman has been making a transition back to her naturally curly locks, and fans have been loving it.
Aside from reminiscing about her hair, Kidman also told the Herald that she wished she had been more careful with the sun after previously facing skin cancer.
But am I grateful to be around? Oh, yeah. And am I willing to share my knowledge, what Ive learnt along the way? Absolutely, Kidman added.
[From People]
I?m including some photos of Nicole from last year, in the span of June to September 2019, when she was filming The Undoing. She had three different hair colors and haircuts and hair styles, which makes me wonder if her old-school red curls in The Undoing were? just a wig. I hate to think it! But I do wonder if her hair is just too screwed up and overprocessed now, and she?ll never get those curls back! Also: I?ve never believed that blonde or strawberry-blonde looks good on her and I?ve never understood why she keeps insisting on it. It washes her out! The red-red color makes her look younger.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Nicole Kidman adopted her third rescue kitty, Louis, now she's officially a Cat Lady | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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A few years ago, I learned that Nicole Kidman is a cat person. She wasn?t keeping it a secret or anything she posts photos and videos of her two fluffy kitties, Snow and Ginger, quite regularly. But since I rarely checked her Instagram, I only found out about her Cat Person credentials when I read a 2018 interview, where she talked a lot about how much she loves her kitties and how she bought them kitty-carrier backpacks so they can go hiking with her.
Well, it looks like Nicole is officially up to THREE cats. To me, having one cat says that you like cats. Having two cats says you want them to have each other?s company, and two cats are pretty manageable. But three cats is? a lot. Three cats = cat lady. People always say that cats are easier to manage than dogs and while that?s true, you?d be SHOCKED at how much time and energy two cats or three cats can take up.
Anyway, Nicole?s new fur baby is named Louis and he?s a rescue. I love him already. Oh, and Nicole and Keith also adopted a puppy last year! One dog and three cats in Nashville.
Nicole?s ?cat voice? is amazing. I also have a different voice when speaking to or for my cats.
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Meet the newest member of our fur-family, Louis! ?? #rescuecat ?
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| | Are Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban breaking Australia's quarantine rules' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are back in Australia because she?s about to film a movie there next month. They arrived more than two weeks ahead of the production start date specifically so they could follow the Australian government?s quarantine regulations. Australia has been held up as one of the success stories in the pandemic because they locked down early and thoroughly, and as of this writing, they have had less than 15,000 cases and less than 200 deaths. There is a spike in infections in Victoria which has caused concerns of a ?second wave,? but that?s why Australia is still enforcing strict quarantine and travel rules. One of those rules is about quarantining for two weeks when someone arrives in the country, which is what Nicole and Keith are doing. But the rule is that people have to quarantine in specific government-run hotel rooms where (I would presume) they can be monitored and tested regularly. Nicole and Keith aren?t doing that?
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have been caught up in controversy in their native Australia after claims the couple were flouting the country?s ultra-strict quarantine protocols in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Australia, it?s mandatory for citizens arriving from another country to quarantine for two weeks in a government-managed hotel room. According to a report in The Times, the pair were hit with backlash when it was discovered they were able to skip the state-mandated hotel and quarantine at their luxurious home, located 75 miles outside Sydney.
New South Wales Premiere Gladys Berejiklian has stated that there will be ?no exceptions? from the hotel quarantine; however, Kidman and Urban were granted an exemption, even though the published rules state that exemptions will only be granted ?in very limited circumstances on grounds of health or compassion.? New South Wales health authorities, The Times reports, wouldn?t comment on why they couple and their children were allowed to quarantine at their home.
However, Kidman?s publicist, Wendy Day, insisted everything is on the up and up.
?It?s absolute garbage,? Day told The Sydney Morning Herald. ?She is paying for all her own security and following all the rules, they are in isolation.?
Kidman, Day added, is using the time in quarantine to prepare for her new role in Hulu miniseries ?Nine Perfect Strangers?, with the $100-million production scheduled to being production on Aug. 10.
[From ET]
They?re not actually breaking the rules while the local officials have said that ?there will be no exceptions,? it?s clear that Australian authorities are giving exceptions to many high-profile people and celebrities entering the country. I would assume that Nicole and Keith have been told to just stay in their big mansion and not go out at all and that?s what they?re doing. Which is what they would have been doing at a government-run hotel too, although we don?t know the testing protocols and whether or not Kidman & Urban are following those. Basically, Nicole and Keith aren?t technically breaking the rules but they are getting special treatment from the government because they?re rich and famous.
Nicole is also listening to Taylor Swift?s folklore, and Nicole posted this video from behind-the-scenes on the set of Beguiled, a few years ago. Nicole thinks her look on that movie makes her ?folklore sisters? with Taylor. Which is super-cute, honestly.
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On the set of #BeguiledMovie ?#Folklore Sisters Love this album xx
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| | Nicole Kidman: 'I?m a complete random nonconformist, I have no idea what I?m doing' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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