Can ‘Australia’ Finally Convince Audiences That Hugh Jackman Isn’t Gay?
20th Century Fox sure hopes so! In a story in yesterday's Times, overcompensating executives at the studio hilariously describe Viva Laughlin–toplining, three-time Tony Awards host Hugh Jackman as "rough-hewn" and a "young Clint Eastwood." "There are not many actors who have an ability to pick up a Nicole Kidman, throw her on the bed and ravish her with believability," says Australia director Baz Luhrmann. Additionally: "He is also excellent with a cattle whip." Australia (opening November 26) —

‘Australia’ Delayed
The film was originally set for release on November 14th, but now they’re moving it to November 26th, five days after Harry Potter would have debuted on the 21st, had it not been moved. Without the Potter juggernaut to steal your cash, Australia doesn’t have to worry about trying to get its share before Potter hits theaters. It’ll be easier fending off Bolt and Twilight, which are now opening on the 21st instead.  Makes sense, Potter is such a huge movie, all the others need to scoop up the

"Australia" to Top "Titanic"?
Marcos Oliveira, head of 20th Century Fox in Australia, told the Sydney Morning Herald that he believes the upcoming Australia, starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman and directed by Baz Luhrmann will become “the biggest [film] of all time” in that country. That’s saying a lot, since Titanic came out of that studio, as well. Further fueling my interest in this film is Jackman’s comment at the Australian International Movie Convention. He called his part in the film “the rol

Fox moves 'Australia' release back
Fox is shifting its big-ticket Outback romance “Australia” to Nov. 26. Pic was slated for Stateside release on Nov. 14, about 48 hours after its Nov. 13 world preem Down Under, but now the Oz date will also shift to tally with the U.S. Warner Bros. recently moved its next “Harry Potter” movie from Nov. 21 to next summer. Saga of an English woman (Nicole Kidman) who comes to remote Australia and falls for a rugged cattle driver (Hugh Jackman) is set against the backdrop of WWII. Pic lens

Steamy New Photo From Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia'
''It's romantic, adventurous, and huge in scale,'' says Hugh Jackman of Baz Luhrmann's WWII-era epic Australia (out Nov. 14). Jackman stars as a rough-hewn Aussie cowboy who falls for a prim Englishwoman (Nicole Kidman) while helping her reclaim her dead husband's cattle farm.

THE PRESSURE IS ON NICOLE
New mom Nicole Kidman was snapped with her George Clooney-lookalike bodyguard going into the Kneehigh Theatre in London for a viewing of Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter on Saturday. Nicole recently wrapped re-shoots of the Baz Luhrmann directed epic Australia which costars Aussie hunk Hugh Jackman and is set for release in mid November. The film will mark the A-list star’s return to the big screen since the birth of baby Sunday Rose. There will definitely be a great deal of scrutiny put on Nico

Kidman, Jackman Pic Shifts Dates
The latest change is Baz Luhrmann's Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Fox has shifted the date 12 days -- from November 14 to November 26, which puts the release alongside Jason Statham's Transporter 3 and Four Christmases, starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon. Source: The Hollywood Reporter Next Showing: Australia opens nationwide November 26, 2008. Posted 08/29/2008 by Jeff Nicole Kidman | Baz Luhrmann | A

New Australia Artwork Online
Baz Lurhmann has a history of making things look perty and the director of such lavish eye-candy as Moulin Rouge! and Romeo + Juliet is expanding his pallette with his epic new flick Australia. A love-letter to his homeland set during World War II and concerning the adventures and amour of an English aristo (Nicole Kidman) and a rugged ranger (Hugh Jackman), it's shaping up to be one of the most gorgeous affairs in recent memory. To sate the appetite of romantics around the world, a bunch of new posters

New Australia Posters and Photos
20th Century Fox has provided ComingSoon.net with three new posters and more photos from the Baz Luhrmann-directed epic Australia, opening in theaters on November 14 and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown. In the romantic action adventure, set during the explosive brink of World War II, an English aristocrat (Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land

Paparazzi scrambles for Kidman
Nicole Kidman is usually the centre of attention, but right now there's only one girl the paparazzi care about: her baby daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. The new mother and baby are due to arrive any day in Sydney, where Kidman is to resume work on her upcoming movie, Baz Luhrmann's romantic epic Australia. The film is due out on November 13, but insiders say Luhrmann is still shooting scenes and polishing the film in a scramble to make the deadline, as well as working on Tourism Australia advertis

Baz Luhrmann on his “crushing ambition”
I’ve already expressed my eagerness for Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia,” probably my single most anticipated film of the year. I was thoroughly enraptured by the trailer that had many others passing snide pre-judgments on the film. (Bizarrely, words like “corny” and “artificial” were frequently thrown up as pejoratives, indicating that the self-irony of Luhrmann’s previous work entirely escaped certain audiences.) Now my appetite has been further whetted by

Nicole Kidman the 'most overpaid celebrity'
Nicole Kidman has been named Hollywood's most overpaid celebrity.

Keith Urban: Being Mr. Mom Is 'Beautiful'
Diaper duty is no sweat for hands-on new dad Keith Urban, the singer tells CMT Insider. In fact, he says, he relishes his role as full-time dad to 2-month-old Sunday Rose while wife, Nicole Kidman, is filming. "When my wife's working and I've got time off, I'm just Mr. Mom during the day, taking care of the little girl," said Urban, 40, who also called fatherhood "beautiful." The Kidman-Urban family spent time in Australia while Kidman, 40, filmed the Baz Luhrmann epic Australia, and

Famous weddings: Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban
Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman and country singer Keith Urban tied the knot late in the sunny afternoon of 25th July 2006, Australian standard time, in the beautiful beachside suburb of Manly. The couple’s wedding took place in a traditional Catholic ceremony in the sandstone Cardinal Chapel on the grounds of the Saint Patrick’s Seminary. It was Nicole’s second wedding. Her adopted kids with ex husband Tom Cruise attended the ceremony with daughter Isabella acting as bridesmaid and son

September 17th Happy Birthday To….
Happy Birthday to Singer Jennifer Pena (1983), Simple Plan drummer Chuck Comeau (1979), “American Idol” finalist Constantine Maroulis (1975), Red “Power Ranger” Austin St. John (1975), Singer Anastacia (1968), rapper Doug E. Fresh (1966), “Superman Returns” director Bryan Singer (1965), “Moulin Rouge” director Baz Luhrmann (1962), King’s X guitarist Ty Tabor (1961), comedienne Rita Rudner (1956), actor Charles Martinet (1955), actress Cassandra Peterson

One For The Books [Trade Roundup]
· 2008's summer box office has exceeded all expectations. Go get drunk! It's on Hollywood! [THR] · Fox has pushed up the release of Australia two weeks to November 26 to give Baz Luhrmann the time required to finish the film. What say you, Nicole Kidman in a jaunty hat and polka dot kerchief? She approves! [Variety] · After the Burn After Reading boys packed up and sailed off, this year's smaller-scale Venice Film Festival feels kind of...meh? [Variety] · A Nielsen study revea

Hey, Where Is The Australia Push Back Date Outrage?
Harry Potter fans aren't The Only Ones who have to suffer the INCREDIBLE DISREGARD of Hollywood. Now that Warner Bros. has callously pushed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince back 8 months (let's all kill ourselves), FOX is showing the same kind of epic disdain for Baz Luhrmann fans (or Big Luhrmenn, as they call themselves on message boards). Variety reports: SYDNEY - Fox is shifting its big-ticket outback romance "Australia" to Nov. 26. "Australia" was slated to release Stateside Nov. 14, about 48-

Video: First "Australia" trailer
20th Century Fox has finally released the first theatrical trailer for Baz Luhrmann's upcoming epic, Australia. The film stars Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown. A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World War II, Australia centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman) to drive 2000 h

Curl, Interrupted: Do Frizzy Coifs Equal Frazzled Psyches?
In the upcoming film The Women, a remake of the 1939 George Cukor classic that’s been re-imagined by writer-director Diane English, Meg Ryan’s hair could be billed as a supporting character to its gaggle of stars: Annette Bening, Cloris Leachman, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Candice Bergen, Eva Mendes and, of course, Ms. Ryan. When we meet her character, Mary, she’s a kind of superhero suburban mom—stretched violin-string-thin between charitable committees, parenting and grouting her bathroom

Nicole Kidman returns to Australia for Baz Luhrmann
Whichever way you cut it, the land down under is huge. The state of Western Australia alone — the left-hand third — unfolds nonchalantly at 11 times the size of the UK. The difference is, it’s home to a mere 2m people, dwelling largely in southern Perth. Up here, in tiny Kununurram, a thousand miles to the north (the “Top End”, as the locals call it), there’s plenty of legroom. Bar the odd Aboriginal settlement and remote dots like this one, God’s country

Interview: Nicole Kidman for Vogue
Returning home to star in Baz Luhrmann's long-awaited epic "Australia", Nicole Kidman gives an on-set interview to John Powers, who talks with the radiant actress about her biggest role yet - having a baby, and country-music husband Keith Urban. Follow the link for the interview.

New stills from Baz Luhrmann's "Australia"
Some gorgeous stills from "Australia", starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham and Bryan Brown, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Due out November 2008. Follow the link for more, at the official site.

AUSTRALIA becomes a Thanksgiving release
HARRY POTTER delay still causing release date shifting.

Celebrity Birthdays, September 17
Happy Birthday to Singer Jennifer Pena (1983), Simple Plan drummer Chuck Comeau (1979), "American Idol" finalist Constantine Maroulis (1975), Red "Power Ranger" Austin St. John (1975), Singer Anastacia (1968), rapper Doug E. Fresh (1966), "Superman Returns" director Bryan Singer (1965), "Moulin Rouge" director Baz Luhrmann (1962), King's X guitarist Ty Tabor (1961), comedienne Rita Rudner (1956), actor Charles Martinet (1955), actress Cassandra Peterson (1951), "Three's Company" star John Ritter (1948; d. 2

New Images from AUSTRALIA
20th Century Fox has released new images from AUSTRALIA starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. "Australia" is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. In it, an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Hugh Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land she inherited. Together, they embark upon a transforming journey across hundreds of miles of the world's