Just a few days after the Cannes Film Festival unveiled its 2012 slate, one competition title has already gotten an early P.R. push thanks to comments made by cast member Zac Efron and a few surprisingly risqué photos of his-costar, Nicole Kidman, in character. The film: The Paperboy, Lee Daniels’s follow-up to Precious, stars Matthew McConaughey and Efron as a pair of journalist brothers who investigate a Florida murder case involving a death-row inmate (John Cusack) in hopes of exonerating him. The brothers are enlisted by Nicole Kidman’s character, a woman who has fallen in love with Cusack’s inmate without ever meeting him. And judging by both Efron’s spoiler-y comments and the film’s racy stills—which show Kidman pouting, posing in a diaphanous negligee, and spreading her legs provocatively for the camera—her character is an unabashedly sexual creature who beds Efron on-screen.
On two occasions in recent months, Colin Firth has met for lunch with an elderly couple from Berwick-upon-Tweed. The pair had a story to tell, one that Firth has struggled to comprehend.
In Edinburgh today the Oscar-winner spoke of his admiration for Eric Lomax, a survivor of the Burma railway, who he will play in the new film The Railway Man, alongside fellow Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman as Lomax's wife Patti.
The film, directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, starts filming in Scotland on Monday. It is based on Lomax's book of the same name, which tells of his suffering as a young Scottish POW on the Burma railway and how, with the help of his wife, he travelled back to Asia to meet one of his torturers in an attempt let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate.
Speaking at a press conference in the Scottish capital today alongside Kidman and co-stars Stellan Skarsgård and Jeremy Irvine (who will play the young Lomax), Firth said he had been struck by the old soldier's story and how it still has relevance today.
"Just about any era you could name could be held to be famous for its brutality and devilish tortures," said Firth. "Sadly, I can't envisage a time when it won't be relevant. I think what is not often addressed is the effect over time. We do sometimes see stories about what it's like coming home from war, we very rarely see stories about what it's like decades later. This is not just a portrait of suffering. It's about relationships… how that damage interacts with intimate relationships, with love."
Lomax, now 92, was in his early 20s when he was captured during in fall of Singapore in 1942 and was transported to Thailand to work on the notorious railway. When guards discovered a radio he had helped make to bring news to the inmates, he was interrogated and tortured.
"He was horribly punished," said producer and co-writer Andy Paterson. "You are left after that messed up for many, many years. Then decades later he got on a train and met a beautiful woman who made him laugh for the first time and she had the strength to try and find out what was happening to him."
Paterson first read Lomax's book more than 13 years ago and knew it was a film he wanted to make. "It's a story that will never let you go." He was introduced to Bill Curbishley, manager of The Who, who owned the rights to Lomax's books, but the story's epic scale and their plan to follow the structure of the book exactly was difficult to fund.
A reshaping of the story to highlight the role of Patti Lomax proved more attractive. Teplitzky was signed to the project, and the script was sent to Firth, fresh from The King's Speech, who loved it.
Firth said it was important to him that he meet Eric and Patti Lomax before he started preparing for the role. "They are both incredibly engaging," he said. "He's incredibly approachable, as much as a person can be on a subject like that. He is 92 and not really demonstrating that at all. He is mentally far more agile than I am. I have to keep up with him really. He has a tremendous sense of humour that can be a little dark at times. I found him nothing but a delight and you do feel a little overwhelmed by the enormity of the story you are trying to tell."
Kidman has yet to meet Patti Lomax, but will spend some time with her during the shoot. "I wanted to form the character first and then meet her, so I was not trying to force myself into being her," she said. "I have to find my own way."
Like Firth, Kidman had been struck by the story when she was sent the script. "I just found the subject matter very moving, that's what drew me to it and the power of somebody loving someone through trauma. I found that inspiring and I can relate to it." The day after she signed up for the film she read an article in an American newspaper about a woman falling in love with a man who had just returned from Afghanistan. "I thought, there's a sign that this is still incredibly relevant."
It is not Kidman's first visit to Scotland. She revealed at the press conference that she had visited the country as a teenager and had taken a road trip with her then boyfriend as far north as Ullapool.
The film is a joint UK and Australian production, backed by, among others, Creative Scotland and Lionsgate UK, who will be releasing the film in the UK. The 10-week shoot will move from Scotland to Thailand in late May and then Australia in early June.
Andy Paterson said there had been some qualms among the Japanese acting community when it came to casting the roles of the Japanese soldiers. "The initial reaction to a film about the Burma railway was that people were scared of it and ran away from it," he said. "But when we said it's the Railway Man, the actors turned around and said we would be honoured to be part of that story."
Nicole Kidman's hairstylist says "moist beach buns" are the perfect style for the summer season.
Kerry Warn - who boasts an A-list clientele - regularly keeps an eye out for the latest hair trends from the catwalk.
The beauty pro says structured hair, which still boasts an element of freedom is the perfect way to style locks this coming season.
"I'm really into 'contained' hair at the moment and I love the freshness of this beach bun [from Bottega Veneta's Spring/Summer 12 fashion show.] It's moist without looking stiff and although it has a laid-back ease to it, it's still incredibly stylish," he told the latest issue of Marie Claire magazine.
Kerry has explained how to re-create the style at home. He says the key to perfecting the look is to use products sparingly.
"To re-create, towel-dry the hair, working through just a touch of styling gel. The key is not to overload the hair with product so it still feels organic and tactile," he advised.
"Then, using the fingers to rake it back, simply twist into a messy bun and secure with a couple of long pins."
With her previous release the birth of a strange and controversial, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman has proven to be unpredictable, and too many people own country, not unlike the character she plays in her latest film, and the translator, directed by Sydney Pollack and the first four annual Tribeca Film Festival. Even in interviews, she declares independence from the mentality and lifestyle and Hollywood in this film her character displays a report of conviction seems to be very similar to Nicole Kidman.
I was very high on the translator, such as what it was like to work in this film?
I got to work with Mr. (Sean) of Pennsylvania, which was great. Excitement and put it at the United Nations until we got there to shoot for a month. We were sitting in the General Assembly a few weeks later we were a little bliss for it. Can you believe it? I was like lying down, sleeping on a chair, and went "Whoa, I'm in the General Assembly." When we have done is a peace-maker did not allow us even at home. For this, we were at home.
Since your divorce [Tom Cruise] has taken you to the movies is far more dangerous than you and the roles before.
I was not interested, really, to expose myself in advance. I was in a relationship strong. I did not need any other way to express myself. It does not interest me.
Now, [representation] is the thing that I give the whole way too. I think that working with noted director Stanley] Kubrick really took me and shook me. He was saying to me: "Nicole, you have to have this honor, and honor, not art for wasting it," that I am very grateful for. He said to [director] Jane Campion me; Stanley told me. When someone you admire to this degree, which believes in and wants you, then listen. Stanley really encourages me to be bold. So I hope that I get to continue to do so.
Your options seem very smart. Simply is that the instinctual?
It's just completely instinctual. I mean, I have people around me who say, "Do not do it" or "do not do this." But in the end it's my [decision]. I am a huge mistake. I think I kind of weaving my way through the move across my way.
You can just snap out of this role, or to exit from the scene immediately? Or is the character stay with you when you get home?
I think you exist in a vacuum. After that ...? It depends. It's different every time. There are times when they get sick physically. There are other times when I have only to escape and be full of myself or with my children and just put the perspective of everything. There are other times when ... I wish there was rhyme or reason to it. That's why when I do I make choices I never have any idea what I want to do next.
You seem so much stronger and happier now than it was at the time of Portrait of a lady says. You are stronger and happier?
I am happy at this moment. I am very happy at the moment. I do not know how strong. I can feel very weak, but I hope that there are internal strength. I have two children. You have to be [strong] when I was responsible for killing two other people.
You seem to work non-stop now ...
Yes, but in the past year, I had two months in Australia, where I went and swam and some things just not fun. I disappeared. I left a message on my cell phone, saying: "I am divorced from the United Nations and to contact him. Does not even try." I put on my email, "I will not be available until ..." This is a great thing to do, and I would recommend really. We are all available so far.
There seems to be such a fuss about you, you have become so huge. Do you feel like your life to you or they do not get too overwhelming?
There are times when you get surprised at that. I went to Paris and stayed at the Pavilion of Coco Chanel herself, in bed, and went, "Oh, my God." I called my sister and said, "I wish you were here, and we can really enjoy this." But at the same time I have a little hut just outside of Sydney where I go, and I spend the happiest times of my life there. I can walk on the beach, be with my children. If I did not have, I feel quite different. There is something about when you're alone and you do not share it with someone else, when you do not have a partner, so then you kind of struggle at times to go, "Whew, I've just got to keep it." I've got a very, very close friends and I have a large family, side by side who are very ready to get on the plane and be with me. This is rare. When you say, "Hey, I need someone to hold my hand" [There will be a person. It looks really, really simplistic, but sometimes that strength is normal.
I have said before that every time I saw you with a man feel sorry for him because he suddenly thought of her boyfriend ... Under the microscope of the media as a result.]
I do not know if I feel sorry for them! I feel, Oh my God, it's like he has to feel
his way through. I'm very exposed in the movies so far I do not believe, especially in my own life. The division is so very strange to exist within. But at the same time I love to act. It's something in my blood I need to do. For this period of time, you really need it. He saved my life almost, in some cases. I understand what it is, I am willing to give a huge amount of that, and I hope to find someone strong enough to understand that.
Do you see your work permanent, such as Catherine Deneuve, who, like you, is the great beauty and great actress?
If you are lucky enough son. Much of this is that if enough of protecting yourself that you are still able to give part of yourself. Seems to be a very strange statement. If I am able to do that [I will probably continue for a long time, otherwise I think it might just be getting a lot, and you can not do my best.
You seem as comfortable in jeans and do in glamorous gowns. The importance of clothing for you? I wear nice clothes in your film Last] birth. Do you ever go to the couture shows in Paris?
No, I do not. I love the beauty of clothes. In terms of personality, I am only what is necessary for the character. Basically, I put my trust in the fashion designer, because I want to work with the director and fashion designer and create a character. But in my own life, I would like to dress in some cases. I do not mind set on something beautiful. I went to Paris for Chanel No. 5 campaign. It's got a little crazy. I remember looking and there were more than one person looking at me, going, 'Is this your life? "I got a little out of control. The Karl Lagerfeld said:" Does everyone sit down!
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian actress, singer, film producer, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm. Following several films over the early 1990s, she came to worldwide recognition for her performances in Days of Thunder (1990), Far and Away (1992), and Batman Forever (1995). Kidman followed this with other successful films in the late 1990s, it was her performance in the musical, Moulin Rouge! (2001) which earned Kidman her second Golden Globe Award and first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Her performance as Virginia Woolf the following year in the drama film The Hours (2002) received critical acclaim and earned Kidman the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Kidman's other successful films include Cold Mountain (2003), The Interpreter (2005), Happy Feet (2006), and Australia (2008). Her performance in 2010's Rabbit Hole (which she also produced) earned Kidman further accolades including a subsequent Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Kidman has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1994 and for UNIFEM since 2006. Kidman's work has earned her a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, three Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA, and an Academy Award. In 2006, Kidman was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, Australia's highest civilian honor, and was also the highest-paid actress in the motion picture industry. As a result of being born to Australian parents in Hawaii, Kidman has dual citizenship in Australia and the United States.
Early life
Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Since her parents were in the United States on educational visas, Kidman could claim both U.S. and Australian citizenship. Her father, Dr. Antony David Kidman, is a biochemist, clinical psychologist, and author, with an office in Lane Cove, Sydney, Australia. Her mother, Janelle Ann (née Glenny), is a nursing instructor who edits her husband's books and was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby. Kidman's ancestry includes Scottish and Irish. At the time of Kidman's birth in 1967, her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He soon after became a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. Opposed to the War in Vietnam, which was causing social unrest in both Australia and the United States, Kidman's parents participated in anti-war protests while they were living in Washington, DC. The family returned to Australia when Kidman was four and her parents now live on Sydney's North Shore. Kidman has a younger sister, Antonia Kidman, a journalist and TV presenter.
Kidman attended LaneCovePublic School and North Sydney Girls' High School. She was enrolled in ballet at three and showed her natural talent for acting in her primary and high school years. Kidman revealed she was timid as a child, saying, "I am very shy – really shy – I even had a stutter as a kid, which I slowly got over, but I still regress into that shyness. So I don’t like walking into a crowded restaurant by myself; I don’t like going to a party by myself". In 1984, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, which caused Kidman to temporarily halt her education and help provide for the family by working as a massage therapist at age 17. She studied at the VictorianCollege of the Arts in Melbourne, and at the Phillip Street Theatre in Sydney, with actress and friend Naomi Watts who had attended the same high school as she did. This was followed by attending the Australian Theatre for Young People. Here she took up drama, mime and performing in her teens, finding acting to be a refuge. Due to her fair skin and naturally red hair, the Australian sun forced the young Kidman to rehearse in halls of the theatre. A regular at the Phillip Street Theatre, she received both encouragement and praise to pursue acting full-time.
Career
In 1983, aged 16, Kidman made her film debut in the Australian holiday season favourite, Bush Christmas. By the end of 1983, she had a supporting role in the television series Five Mile Creek and began gaining popularity in the mid-1980s after appearing in several film roles, including BMX Bandits, Watch the Shadows Dance, and the romantic comedy Windrider (1986), which earned Kidman attention due to her racy scenes. Also during the decade, she appeared in several Australian productions, including the soap opera A Country Practice and the miniseries Vietnam (1986). She also made guest appearances on Australian television programs and TV movies. She also appeared in Sesame Street.
In 1988, Kidman appeared in EmeraldCity, based on the play of the same name. The Australian film earned her an Australian Film Institute for Best Supporting Actress. After appearing in the Australian miniseries Bangkok Hilton, Kidman starred in Dead Calm (1989) as Rae Ingram, playing the wife of a naval officer. The thriller garnered strong reviews and brought Kidman to international recognition; Variety commented: "Throughout the film, Kidman is excellent. She gives the character of Rae real tenacity and energy." Meanwhile, critic Roger Ebert noted the excellent chemistry between the leads, stating, "Kidman and Zane do generate real, palpable hatred in their scenes together." She moved on to star alongside her then-boyfriend and future husband, Tom Cruise, in the 1990 auto racing film Days of Thunder, playing a young doctor who falls in love with a NASCAR driver. This was Kidman's American debut and was among the highest-grossing films of the year.
In 1995, Kidman appeared in her highest-grossing live-action film as of 2011, playing Dr. Chase Meridian, the damsel in distress, in the superhero film Batman Forever, opposite Val Kilmer as the film's title character. That same year Kidman appeared in Gus Van Sant's critically acclaimed To Die For, earning praise for her portrayal of murderous newscaster Suzanne Stone Maretto.
Kidman next appeared in The Portrait of a Lady (1996), based on the novel the same name, alongside, Barbara Hershey, John Malkovich and Mary-Louise Parker. The following year she appeared in the action-thriller The Peacemaker (1997) as White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly, opposite George Clooney. The film received mixed reviews but grossed some $110,000,000 worldwide. That same year she appeared opposite Sandra Bullock in the poorly received fantasy Practical Magic as a modern-day witch. Kidman returned to her work on stage the same year in the David Hare play The Blue Room, which opened in London.
In 1999, Kidman reunited with then husband, Tom Cruise, to portray a married couple in Eyes Wide Shut, the final film of Stanley Kubrick. The film opened to generally positive reviews but was subject to censorship controversies due to the explicit nature of its sex scenes. The film received further attention following Kubrick's death shortly before its release. After brief hiatus and a highly publicized divorce from Cruise, Kidman returned to the screen to play a mail-order bride in the British-American drama Birthday Girl.
In 2004 she appeared in the film, Birth, which received controversy over a scene in which Kidman shares a bath with her co-star, 10-year old Cameron Bright. At a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, Kidman addressed the controversy saying, "It wasn't that I wanted to make a film where I kiss a 10-year-old boy. I wanted to make a film where you understand love". Though the film received negative to mixed reviews, Kidman earned her seventh Golden Globe nomination, for Best Actress – Motion Picture. That same year she appeared in the black comedy-science-fiction film The Stepford Wives, a remake of the 1975 film of the same name. Kidman appeared in the lead role as Joanna Eberhart, a successful producer. The film, directed by Frank Oz, was critically panned and a commercial failure. The following year, Kidman appeared opposite Sean Penn in the Sydney Pollack thriller The Interpreter, playing UN translator Silvia Broome. Also that year she starred in Bewitched, based on the 1960s TV sitcom of the same name, opposite Will Ferrell. Both Kidman and Ferrell earned that year's Razzie Award for "Worst Screen Couple". Neither film fared well in the United States, with box office sales falling well short of the production costs, but both films fared well internationally.
Kidman portrayed photographer Diane Arbus in the biography Fur (2006), opposite Robert Downey Jr.. Though the film was released to mixed reviews, both Kidman and Downey Jr. received praise for their performances. She also lent her voice to the animated film Happy Feet (2006), which grossed over US$384 million worldwide. In 2007, she starred in the science-fiction movie The Invasion directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, a remake of the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers that proved a critical and commercial failure. She also played opposite Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jack Black in Noah Baumbach's comedy-drama Margot at the Wedding, released to positive reviews and earning Kidman a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy. She then starred in the commercially successful fantasy-adventure, The Golden Compass (2007), playing the villainous Marisa Coulter. In 2008, she reunited with Moulin Rouge! director Baz Luhrmann in the Australian period film Australia, set in the remote Northern Territory during the Japanese attack on Darwin during World War II. Kidman played opposite Hugh Jackman as an Englishwoman feeling overwhelmed by the continent. Despite the film's mixed reviews, the acting was praised and the movie was a box office success worldwide. Kidman was originally set to star in the post-World War II German drama, The Reader, working with previous collaborators Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella, but due to her pregnancy prior to filming she had to back out. The role went to Kate Winslet, who ultimately won the Oscar for Best Actress, which Kidman presented to her during the 81st Academy Awards.
Personal life
Kidman has been married twice, first to actor Tom Cruise, and then to singer Keith Urban. She has an adopted son and daughter with Cruise, as well as two biological daughters with Urban.
She met Cruise in December 1989 on the set of their 1990 movie Days of Thunder. Kidman and Cruise were married on Christmas Eve 1990 in Telluride, Colorado. The couple adopted a daughter, Isabella Jane (born 22 December 1992), and a son, Connor Anthony (born 17 January 1995). They separated on 25 May 1998. Kidman was three months pregnant at the time; shortly afterward, she suffered a miscarriage. Cruise filed for divorce in February 2001, and the marriage was dissolved that year, with Cruise citing irreconcilable differences. In Marie Claire, Kidman said she had an ectopic pregnancy early in their marriage. In the June 2006 Ladies' Home Journal, she said she still loved Cruise: "He was huge; still is. To me, he was just Tom, but to everybody else, he is huge. But he was lovely to me and I loved him. I still love him." In addition, she has expressed shock about their divorce.
Kidman met her second husband, New Zealand-born country singer Keith Urban, at G'Day LA, an event honouring Australians, in January 2005. They married on 25 June 2006, at Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in the grounds of St Patrick's Estate, Manly in Sydney. They maintain homes in Sydney, Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Los Angeles, California, and Nashville, Tennessee. The couple's daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, was born on 7 July 2008, in Nashville. Kidman's father said the daughter's middle name was after Urban's late grandmother, Rose. On 28 December 2010, Kidman and Urban welcomed his second daughter and her third daughter, Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, via gestational carrier at Nashville's Centennial Women's Hospital. The child is biologically Kidman and Urban's. Faith's middle name is after Kidman's late grandmother.
She's already married to country singer Keith Urban but yesterday Nicole Kidman walked down the aisle again.
The 44-year-old was filming scenes for upcoming movie The Railway Man which saw her say 'I do' to British actor Colin Firth.
The famous pair managed to remain composed as they filmed outside the Scottish church despite crowds of fans watching nearby.
On the first day of filming the movie earlier this week Nicole couldn't hide her unhappiness as she already appeared fed up, but it seems that all it took was a wedding scene and some familiar faces to get her back on track.
The set became a family day out as Nicole's husband Keith turned up with their three-year-old daughter Sunday Rose.
The Australian star couldn't hide her delight as she cuddled and carried the youngster while still dressed in character in the Scottish setting.
Nicole made sure that she spent some quality time with her family in between takes of the wedding scenes.
She even comforted Sunday, who looked like she needed cheering up after being separated temporarily from her famous mother.
Keith smiled widely as he passed their daughter over to Nicole, who was still dressed in period costume.
And she warmed herself up as she took a break by wearing a large black coat and Ugg boots, before Keith took her back so mummy could get on with her day job.
Just a few days earlier Nicole appeared to be fed up of Scotland's dreary weather already.
The actress was spotted sitting on an old-fashioned train as she filmed scenes for the upcoming period drama.
Perhaps it was the fact that she was dressed in dowdy clothes or maybe she was feeling the cold being up North, but once the sun made an appearance, the Australian star perked up a bit.
Sitting next to the window, Kidman was wearing the same wartime clothes that she sported on set at Perth station yesterday.
The pale green cardigan, white shirt and frumpy skirt is a far cry from the Hollywood star's usual look.
The redhead is also sporting a short brown bob for her latest movie, which makes her appear pale and washed-out.
Kidman was later seen filming a scene on the station platform at Bo'ness station in Falkirk wearing a khaki green jacket and bright Winter scarf.
As she walked through the crowd of extras, the film star had a huge smile on her face and was then joined by her co-star Colin Firth who plays her onscreen husband Eric Lomax.
Kidman - who portrays his wife Patti - was also spotted taking in the breathtaking scenery of Scotland in between takes as she strolled with a member of the crew.
OSCAR-WINNER Nicole Kidman says she doesn’t mind going nude for the cameras — as long as the director isn’t "just getting off".
Having bared all twice in Fur and alongside ex husband Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut, Nicole, 44, admits she is OK with stripping off for a scene.
In the new issue of W magazine, she says: “Maybe as I get older, and now having had a baby, it might be different, but I enjoy not letting my issues get in the way of a performance.
“Once I start putting all my little insecurities in my mind, I’m not actually acting.
"Then it’s about me - and it should never be about me. It should be about the character."
Nicole, who is now married to singer Keith Urban, appears in the magazine in a glamorous Old Hollywood-inspired shoot with her Hemingway & Gellhorn co-star, Clive Owen.
The new film is very sexually charged as it follows the relationship between Ernest Hemingway (Clive) and journalist Martha Gellhorn (Nicole), who was his mistress then wife.
The actress has opened up to W magazine about getting naked on screen: “Maybe as I get older, and now having had a baby, it might be different, but I enjoy not letting my issues get in the way of a performance.
“Once I start putting all my little insecurities in my mind, I’m not actually acting.
"Then it’s about me - and it should never be about me. It should be about the character."
Nicole appears in the magazine alongside her recent cast-mate Clive Owen who she stars with in Hemingway & Gellhorn. Yeah we hadn’t heard of it either.
Anyway, it’s apparently very raunchy indeed. Nicole revealed: “The sex was very important in that relationship because that’s the way she cuts Hemingway off."
But she’s not easy; oh no she won’t take her clothes off just like that. She said: “I kept asking Phil Kaufman, the director: ’Is all this sex important for the story?’
“I wanted to make sure he wasn’t just getting off. But these were two people who could make love when a building was falling down around them. They had passion.”
So there you go, all the sex and nudity is artistic and necessary. Hands up who wants to see Nicole naked, anyone? No? Yeah thought as much.
Official lineup for this year's Cannes Film Festival has been announced. Among the big-screen projects which will get premiered at the upcoming 65th annual festivity are crime movie "Killing Them Softly" which stars Brad Pitt, drama film "The Paperboy" which is led by Nicole Kidman, and adventure/drama flick "On the Road" which has Kristen Stewart on the cast ensemble.
In addition to the "Paperboy", Kidman is also expected to make appearance at the event to screen her other upcoming movie "Hemingway & Gellhorn". Her "Paperboy" co-star Matthew McConaughey will have not just one, but two of his movies, screened at the festival as well. His other new flick is "Mud", which additionally has Reese Witherspoon in the cast ensemble.
Other confirmed movies include Robert Pattinson's "Cosmopolis", "Lawless" which lines such big stars up Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman and Jessica Chastain, and "Holly Motors" which stars Kylie Minogue and Eva Mendes. The only Hollywood big-tent pole movie that joins the lineup is the upcoming 3D animated movie, "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted".
The list, however, lacks of works by female directors. "I was shocked when I found out that there were no women this year," producer/director Eleonore Dailly told The Huffington Post. "I was so happy that there seemed to be progress at the festival last year, so this year's selection is really a shame." On the reason why, she opined, "Every year, there's some worthy movie that doesn't end up in Cannes because it just isn't finished in time."
She's shifting the onus of her movie career towards producing, so perhaps Nicole Kidman is striving for a less glamorous appearance.
If that's the case, the 44-year-old certainly achieved this for her red carpet appearance at the Nashville Film Festival at the Regal Green Hills Cinemas today.
Nicole wore a particularly dowdy cacophony of earth tones, and matched a sharp, sleek leather jacket with an unstructured jersey skirt.
She wore her hair in a strangely unflattering style, with volume and tendrils that aped her husband Keith Urban's country singer hairdo.
The mother-of-four was joined by Famke Janssen, Carrie Preston, and Beth Grant for the discussion on The Evolution of Women Behind the Camera.
Nicole has completed work behind the camera as a producer on her film Rabbit Hole, as well as the Selena Gomez and Leighton Meester flick Monte Carlo.
But she'll have to get back into glamorous mode for her next acting role.
Kidman is set to play screen siren and princess, Grace Kelly in new film Grace of Monaco.
She's in advanced negotiations to play the iconic new film in Oliver Dahan's planned £10 million production, according to industry bible Variety.
Grace of Monaco is set between December 1961 and November 1962 and shows Kelly living as a mother-of-two and wife to the monarch of Monaco.
