Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman Misses Venice Film Festival Awards Due to Mother’s Death
Nicole Kidman arrived in Italy for the Venice Film Festival awards but had to leave shortly after landing due to the sudden death of her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman. The Perfect Couple star took home the prize for best actress for Babygirl at the Italian festival but was not in attendance to accept the award. […]
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Venice Film Festival Awards: Pedro Almodóvar Wins Golden Lion for ‘The Room Next Door’
The 2024 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony has wrapped up after a sweltering week and a half on the Lido. The prestigious Golden Lion award for best film went to Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door. The Spaniard’s first-ever English-language feature received a whopping 17-minute standing ovation when it premiered at the festival. Almodóvar said […]
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How the ‘Perfect Couple’ Director Talked Her Mutinous Cast Into That Choreographed Dance
As unexpected choices go, few in recent TV memory approach the opening title sequence to The Perfect Couple. Netflix’s six-part adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s Nantucket-set novel kicks off with a suspicious death on the eve of a wedding — casting doubt on every have and have-not in the deceased’s orbit. But before they get to the […]
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‘The Perfect Couple’ Changed Lead Character’s Name to Avoid ‘Big Little Lies’ Similarities After Nicole Kidman Signed On
Readers of Elin Hilderbrand’s The Perfect Couple are familiar with the story of Celeste, the book’s main character who is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket. In the Netflix adaptation, though, the character — played by Eve Hewson — is instead named Amelia, and it turns out that change can […]
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‘The Perfect Couple’ Review: Nicole Kidman Plays Yet Another Miserable Rich Lady in Netflix’s Turgid Murder Mystery
A young couple's wedding weekend in Nantucket is derailed by the discovery of a dead body, in the Susanne Bier-directed adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand's novel.
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Netflix’s ‘Perfect Couple’ Trailer Serves Up Wealth, Death and Nicole Kidman
An opulent coastal setting, a dead body, a bunch of quick shots of police interrogations, and Nicole Kidman. It’s not Big Little Lies season three — it’s The Perfect Couple, the star-studded Netflix limited series that has released a full trailer just a couple of days ahead of its Sept. 5 premiere date. The trailer (watch […]
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Nicole Kidman Steamy Pic ‘Babygirl’ Wows Venice Film Festival Crowd at World Premiere
The Venice Film Festival finally got to meet Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. The erotic thriller from A24 had its world premiere inside Palazzo del Cinema on Friday evening on the Lido. The capacity crowd seated inside Sala Grande responded with a wild standing ovation for star Nicole Kidman and her cast of collaborators Harris Dickinson, Antonio […]
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See Every Angle of Nicole Kidman’s Schiaparelli Couture Gown at ‘Babygirl’ Premiere in Venice
At a Friday afternoon press conference, Nicole Kidman said that the anticipation of presenting the world premiere of her new erotic thriller Babygirl had her feeling “exposed and vulnerable and frightened.” But those emotions certainly were not on display as the Oscar-winning actress hit the red carpet at Palazzo del Cinema in Venice later that […]
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‘Babygirl’ Review: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson Embrace Every Dangerous Turn in a Dark Thriller About Unruly Desire
A tightly wound CEO finds release through a torrid affair with an intern in director Halina Reijn’s second English-language feature, following 2022's ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies.’
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Nicole Kidman Dishes on Sex-Positive Thriller ‘Babygirl’ in Venice: “This Definitely Leaves Me Exposed and Vulnerable”
Filmmaker Halina Reijn’s sex-positive erotic thriller Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman in a characteristically bold performance, may have just changed the, errr…mood…at the Venice Film Festival. Babygirl‘s first press screenings in Italy received rapturous applause Friday morning, and the movie’s many sexual moments and thematically subtle message could be overheard sparking animated discussions among festivalgoers up […]
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Halina Reijn on Bridging Hollywood’s “Orgasm Gap” With Nicole Kidman Thriller ‘Babygirl’
Halina Reijn wants to bridge Hollywood’s “orgasm gap.” “It’s huge! Huge!” the Dutch actress-turned-director exclaims, gesticulating wildly over our Zoom call to discuss her new film, Babygirl. “In Hollywood movies, we still see women having orgasms that are physically just not possible, at least for 99 percent of women!” The orgasms in Babygirl, which premieres […]
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Nicole Kidman Says She Took ‘Batman Forever’ Role So She Could “Kiss Batman”
Nicole Kidman has a peculiar reason why she decided to star in Joel Schumacher’s 1995 film, Batman Forever. In a L’Officiel profile, Kidman looked back at her first DC Comics Universe cinematic role, admitting that many were baffled by an actress of her caliber taking on the role of Dr. Chase Meridian, Batman’s love interest, […]
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