Posts filed under 'Nicole Kidman'
Mere days after the Oscars in Los Angeles Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman were back to work attending the red carpet premiere of Australia in Japan on February 26th.
This is the last major premiere scheduled for the films global release. In other parts of the world, such as the USA, the DVD is already due out in less than a week on March 3rd.
You can view all the red carpet premiere pictures from the roll out of Australia around the world in our gallery. We’ve also just added a collection of images from the latest premiere in Tokyo, with more on the way!
February 26th, 2009
Baz Luhrmann and Nicole Kidman feature in a stunning photographic spread for the Vanity Fair March 2009 issue. The piece is entitled Hollywood Portfolios. Some of the actor-director teams featured have a history together, while others produced their first mind-melds in 2008. Nonetheless, in each case the chemistry was profound, the effect exponential.
This most recent photographic session was undertaken by none other than legendary photographer
Annie Leibovitz. If that name sounds familiar to you, it should. Not only have Annie’s past photographs left their mark on hollywood history, but more recently she visited the sets of
Australia and produced some stunning shots for the film
as reported in June 2008.
For more insight, view a behind the scenes video with Baz and Nicole …
February 3rd, 2009
Time for a revisiting, all the way back to November 2008. Seems so long ago now, which is why it is particularly strange to have an interview released then, but all of a sudden make headlines now. In November, Australia was being premiered and the stars were out doing their usual media interviews.
Nicole Kidman took part in an interview with Australian radio hosts Kyle Sanderlands & Jackie O. Those who have listened to their show in our media section or from the 2dayFM website know that it carries a candid, friendly and jovial atmosphere. Amongst other things she discussed how she is self conscious watching her own performances in all her films, a known trait of this shy but accomplished actress.
It’s interesting to see the amount of times this very site has had to point out the lack of research conducted by the present day media. With all the eyes of the world on this film, Australia still stands tall despite taking many hits to the chest throughout its run, most of them undeserved, particularly the latest in regards to Kidman. The internet is a very powerful tool for spreading information, unfortunately there’s no one to separate fact from fiction. All it took was one small foreign site to mis-translate and state Nicole’s words grossly out of context and before you know it reputable news outlets were actually carrying fanciful stories about Kidman not being proud of her work in Australia, or unable to look at it.
“It is quite ridiculous for anyone to believe the reports if they listened to the actual interview,” a spokeswoman for Kidman said. “It’s hard to believe some of the world’s media have fallen for it.”
But eagerness to tear down a Hollywood star has yet again prevailed over the ability of many to convey a simple act of journalism. Fact checking. For this reason we encourage everyone to listen to the interview in question. Fan of Kidman or not, you’ll quickly see how misrepresented and out of context her alleged statements are. It also serves as a reminder to the consuming public, don’t believe everything you read.
We also recommend this insightful NY Times blog, stemming from the debacle about “The Perils of Candor” and how stars are just going to become more closed up when giving interviews in the future. After the hand that Kidman has been recently dealt with blown out issues from her TV and Radio appearances, one couldn’t blame her from shunning them altogether. Thankfully she’s a professional and continues to allow us insights into her career.
January 13th, 2009
A round up of video interviews and appearances, compiled over the last few weeks with the help of our wonderful forum members. Hope you’re all having a lovely holiday break and spending time with loved ones.
AMC Shootout: Baz Luhrmann and Hugh Jackman
Rome Press Conference: Nicole Kidman
Paris Red Carpet: Nicole and Hugh – Gala tv
Glamour Magazine: London Premiere / Hugh Interview
Vogue Magazine: Catherine Martin
MovieWeb: Great Set of Cast Interviews
CondeNastTraveller: Hugh Jackman
Movies.ie: Hugh Jackman
Empire Magazine: Baz Luhrmann
The Fabulous Picture Show: Jackman & Luhrmann
Film24: Jackman & Luhrmann
Croatian TV: Hugh Jackman
Be sure to visit our own multimedia section as we’ll be adding a few gems. Please join our forum for detailed reviews, videos, images and if you’ve gained some money over the holidays why not spread the wealth and donate to australiamovie.net?
December 24th, 2008
On the road again, the cast and crew of Australia have braved the extreme London cold on the 10th of December to premiere their film at The Odeon Leicester Square in the United Kingdom. Looking stunning in a white sequined dress Nicole Kidman battled against the frosty weather before finally succumbing to her warm designer jacket. The Aussies clearly needed more time to acclimatise.
Providing some assistance to Nic and grateful female television reporters was Hugh Jackman sporting great big bear hugs, though he admits they were for his own benefit also!
Australia will be released on December 26th in the UK.
MEDIA:
29 Red Carpet Images from Leicester Square
ITV Red Carpet with Hugh Jackman
Kidman, Luhrmann and Jackman Make the Red Carpet Rounds with ITN
Footage from the Frontlines
December 11th, 2008
Due to the recent and unscheduled downtime of this site, we need to get everyone caught up with some videos that came about during this time. Here’s a quick re-cap of some important TV appearances and online footage! Please let your friends and fellow fans know that we’re back!
To view a massive stash of video clips, click >>
Good Morning America:
Nicole Kidman PtI, Pt II // Hugh Jackman Pt I, Pt II
MySpace: Artist To Artist
Hugh Jackman and Baz Luhrmann
60 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Pt I, Pt II
The Merrick & Rosso Show:
Hugh Jackman – How To Act Good
Entertainment Tonight:
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman
Access Hollywood:
Nicole Kidman
The Today Show:
John Butler – All Night Long (AU Soundtrack), Acoustic Waltzing Matilda
Australia, Sydney Red Carpet Premiere:
NineMSN.com.au:
Reactions – John Butler, Lilian Crombie, Peter Garett
Premiere Report: Sydney, Kununurra, Bowen
Hugh Singing at The Ivy, after party
tv.com from the red carpet
Unseen TV from the red carpet
Press Conference: Sydney, November 18, 2008
Item 1, Item 2
The 7.30 Report:
Baz Luhrmann Pt I, Pt II
Jay Leno:
Hugh Jackman
RADIO:
Kyle & Jacki O Show: Hugh Jackman, Audio – three parts.
Hamish & Andy: Hugh Jackman, with alternate endings…like the film
LiveNews: Hugh Jackman
Radio Australia: Hugh Jackman
Merrick & Rosso: Nicole Kidman / Hugh Jackman
November 21st, 2008
Previous News Updates
Unfortunately Catherine Martin did not come away with an Academy Award this year but Australia definitely was in the spotlight, and host Hugh Jackman certainly couldn’t let them forget that mentioning the film in his opening dialogue and generally doing the movie and the country proud as a great host. In addition to Catherine Martin’s nomination, Australia star and Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman was on hand to help pass torch in the Best Actress category.