Nicole gains curves for new film - Oct 23 2007
Nicole Kidman has been piling on the pounds - but the star has denied baby rumours, revealing that it's all in aid of her latest movie role.

Nicole, 40, has been eating four or five meals a day to put on weight for her part in The Reader, the Daily Mail reports.

The star has already gained 10 lb, and plans to double that over the course of filming to play the character of Hanna Schmitz over a period of many years.

"Nicole has said that this is one of the most challenging roles of her career," a friend apparently said.

"The part she plays demands that she gets fatter throughout the movie as her character slips into middle age."

The Aussie actress is reportedly enjoying her enhanced bosom, but is less keen on being made sleepy and lethargic by all the extra food she's munching on.

"She has been eating about four meals a day," the insider revealed. "She has quite enjoyed putting on the first 10 lb and has been having lots of her favourite puddings as well as chocolate."



Nicole’s new film starts shooting - Oct 2 2007
Principal photography on Nicole Kidman and Ralph Fiennes’s new film The Reader has started, it has been announced.

The flick is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink and is directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay written by David Hare.

The Weinstein Co feature, which will be shot in Germany and New York, is being produced by Mirage Enterprises partners Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack.

Set in post-war Germany, it tells the story of a man whose life has been shaped by an illicit affair with a passionate, elusive older woman during his youth.

The behind-the-scenes team includes five-time Academy Award-nominated director of photography Roger Deakins and Oscar-winning editor Claire Simpson, as well as Academy Award-winning costume designer Ann Roth.

Nicole’s upcoming films include Margot At The Wedding and The Golden Compass, alongside Daniel Craig. She is currently filming Baz Luhrmann’s Australia.

 

Nicole building farm? - Sept 21 2007
Nicole Kidman and her hubby Keith Urban could be swapping their glad rags for wellies, after reports that they want to build a farm.

The celebrity couple have apparently bought some land in Nashville, Tennessee, and are selling their old home for a reported 2.45 million dollars, according to E Online.

Country singer Keith’s agent, Paul Freundlich, reportedly told The Tennessean: "They have found land within Nashville, and they’re very excited about moving into their new place."

Meanwhile, Nic, 40, recently told Vanity Fair magazine that she wanted to have children and apparently said that the couple planned to buy land so they could accommodate horses and any new additions to the family.

Their old home, in the Green Hills area of Nashville where singer LeAnn Rimes also lives, is said to have four bedrooms, five baths, a pool, a gym and a spa.
 

Charges dropped against Nicole snapper - June 28 2007
Australian prosecutors have dropped charges against a celebrity photographer accused of planting a listening device outside Nicole Kidman’s mansion.

Jamie Fawcett was charged in January 2005 with possessing and using a listening device after he was allegedly spotted planting the bug near a sidewalk outside the actress’ lavish Sydney home.

But the New South Wales state prosecutor’s office have withdrawn all charges against the 46-year-old in Sydney’s Local Court. The reasons for the decision were not immediately clear.