4 h. ago Holland review – twisty Nicole Kidman thriller is a disappointing mess

SXSW film festival: Fresh director Mimi Cave delivers an underwhelming follow-up that can’t make the most of its hard-working leading starNicole Kidman is, in general, providing a public service with her seemingly inexhaustible energy. She’s been working consistently with female directors – 19 in the last eight years – while also attempting to rescue the tight domestic thrillers of yore and consistently probing the gap between women’s placid public facades and private turmoil. The quality of Kidman’s performances – and she is almost always delivering something a little weird, a little off and very magnetic – does not indicate the quality of the project, which can range from the provocative (if underwhelming) Babygirl to her personal beach-read cinematic universe of mediocre TV roles.Holland, Kidman’s latest film as a star and producer (under her Blossom Films banner), finds Kidman in a familiar groove: a suburban housewife with secrets and suspicions, beset by paranoia and straining...

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5 h. ago Nicole Kidman to take break from acting after filming six projects in one year

Nicole Kidman has starred in six different acting projects in 2024 alone, and the Oscar winner has now revealed that she will be taking a break from acting after the promotion tour of her upcoming film Holland

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51 h. ago Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise's 'estranged' daughter shares rare insight into family

Bella Kidman-Cruise liked a photo that her younger sister Sunday Rose Kidman Urban posted to Instagram, an unusually public gesture of affection from the artist, who now lives in Croydon with her Scientologist husband

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4 d. ago Ange and the Boss: the Australian title and ties that bind Postecoglou and Puskás

There is emotional and cultural heft to the story revealed in a film about the Hungarian football great’s time as coach of South Melbourne HellasBased on a blur of childhood memory that hardly equals sociology, Australia in the 1980s and 90s was a place obsessed with celebrity. A small population at the far end of the world, a gap unbridged by cheap flights and eternal internet: when famous people came to visit, it was a huge deal.When Australians got involved in major events overseas, even bigger. There were years when Nicole Kidman just showing up at the Oscars felt like a national event. So it’s a hell of a story that one of the world’s greatest footballers coached a local soccer team in 1991, and hardly anybody noticed. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Taylor Swift fans mock Joe Alwyn's career at Oscars red carpet over his new 'job'

Joe Alwyn was in attendance at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, representing his latest film project The Brutalist, which has been nominated for 10 Oscars - but that didn't impress fans of his ex, Taylor Swift.

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8 d. ago Rob Lowe questions why Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl sex scenes were hailed as ‘brave’

The West Wing star suggested that sex on screen never used to be a big deal

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8 d. ago People only just realising where they've seen Oscars nominee Cynthia Erivo before

Cynthia Erivo has become one of the world's biggest actresses, and this weekend will attend the Oscars where she is up for Best Actress – but people are just realising where the star got her break

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8 d. ago And the winner is ... the rising generation of older female actors

With this year’s Oscars about to be handed out, Hollywood women of a certain age have never been more bankable or in demand. What’s behind the cultural shift?Something seems different about Hollywood awards ceremonies. At the Golden Globes in January, at the Screen Actors Guild awards last month and in the list of nominees for Sunday’s Academy Awards, there’s a sense of cultural readjustment. There are not just women working the red carpets and in the running for gongs: there are successful, prominent and, crucially, prospering older women.Demi Moore could win an Oscar to go with her Golden Globe for her leading role in the dark modern parable about cosmetic surgery The Substance. Isabella Rossellini is also nominated for an Oscar for the Vatican drama Conclave. Elsewhere there’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths, Pamela Anderson in The Last Showgirl, Nicole Kidman in Babygirl – and more. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Horror, Crime and Thriller Projects Anchor Narang Films’ International Slate at Mip London (EXCLUSIVE)

Horror, Crime and Thriller Projects Anchor Narang Films’ International Slate at Mip London (EXCLUSIVE)  Variety

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1 week ago Girl boss! Leggy Nicole Kidman looks chic in a power suit as she is crowned one of TIME's Women of the Year and reveals why Baz Lurhmann made her 'swoon'

Nicole Kidman has been crowned as one of TIME's Women of the Year - and she certainly dressed the part on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Zero Day is a political thriller without a political position or even point

Netflix’s new Robert De Niro-led hit series toys with real-world references but hasn’t got the faintest clue what to do with themSpoilers aheadFor decades, movies and TV shows that feature the president of the United States as a character have tried, often playfully, to keep pace with the headlines. Sometimes they even managed to move a little faster than real-life progress; Morgan Freeman was chosen to lead the nation in Deep Impact a decade before the election of Barack Obama, and plenty of women have occupied the on-screen Oval Office, anticipating a glass-ceiling break that has yet to actually happen.So at first, the new Netflix series Zero Day comes across like a slightly and understandably mistimed attempt at topicality by focusing on George Mullen (Robert De Niro), a former US president known for bipartisan cooperation, who only served one term before stepping down to deal with the death of his son, and who later works closely with the current president, Evelyn Mitchell (Ange...

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2 w. ago Jodie Foster's son makes rare appearance alongside her at SAG Awards 2025 red carpet

Jodie Foster and her son Charlie made a rare appearance together at the 2025 SAG Awards in Los Angeles. The 62-year-old star was joined by her 26-year-old son who hopes to break into acting,

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2 w. ago Kym Marsh stuns at glam dinner with daughter following split from 'toyboy'

Kym Marsh took her lookalike teen daughter out for a dressy dinner in London, just days after revealing her break up from actor boyfriend

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2 w. ago Four Just Stop Oil activists convicted over plot to break into Manchester Airport with bolt

Four Just Stop Oil activists have been found guilty of plotting to break into Manchester Airport .

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2 w. ago Nicole Kidman recalls being ‘terrified’ after being unable to breastfeed following birth

‘Where’s my milk?’ the Hollywood star asked

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2 w. ago Babygirl star Harris Dickinson reveals shocking encounter with older woman who admired his raunchy sex scenes with Nicole Kidman

In Saturday's upcoming episode of The Jonathan Ross Show, the actor, 28, discussed how his performance alongside the Australian icon, 57, led to more people recognising him.

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2 w. ago Nicole Kidman reveals medical news that left her 'terrified' after she gave birth to daughter Sunday, 16

The 57-year-old movie star and her country singer husband Keith Urban share two daughters - Sunday Rose, 16, whom Nicole carried herself, and Faith Margaret, 14, who was born via surrogacy.

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2 w. ago Roxy Shahidi 'to take break from acting' after heartbreaking Emmerdale exit

Emmerdale legend Leyla Harding was confirmed dead during Wednesday's emotional episode following the devastating limo crash but what is next for actress Roxy Shahidi?

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2 w. ago Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s Los Angeles home reportedly burglarised on Valentine’s Day

The couple were not home at the time of the burglary

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