KATE GETS 'NINE'

New York Post - 14th Jul 2008

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Kate Hudson: Kate Hudson has beaten out Sienna Miller and Anne Hathaway for the role of Stephanie in "Nine," the movie version of the Broadway musical, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as a man who loves women. Hudson joins a stellar cast, including Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren and Judi Dench. A new song, "Cinema Italiano," was written for Hudson's character, a journalist for Vogue who also gets a sexy dance number with Lewis.

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Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard will be pulling on their leotards for dance practice when they arrive in London to star in a big Hollywood musical. The award-winning actresses will be joining Judi Dench and Sophia Loren (although I somehow feel those two stars don't rehearse in a leotards these days). They all play the numerous women in the life of a top film director going through a personal and professional crisis. It's based on Federico Fellini's classic 1963 film 81/2.

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