30ninjas.com have a new interview with Trespass director Joel Schumacher, as well as a few new photos from the set! Thanks to Marta for the heads-up on the forum!

• Trespass: On The Set – Misc./Unknown x3 more

Trespass Exclusive Photos and On Set Interview: Joel Schumacher Talks About the Universal Fear of Home Invasion, The Luck Virus of Success and Chasing Demi Moore
- From 30ninjas.com

After twelve straight hours of travel I arrived on the set of Trespass, in scenic Shreveport, Louisiana. As I was driving toward the swampy park that had all of the charm of the languid, rural south, an incomplete skeleton of a housing addition appeared in the distance. I made a pit stop at the “station”, on the outskirts of the property where the trailers were parked, and my contact revealed to me that the housing addition was the set of one of the climactic scenes of the film and that Joel Schumacher was in the process of filming Nicole Kidman and Nicholas Cage. Sweet! Fueled by a hunger wrought from the passion of the final scene of The Lost Boys, I rampaged the set to squeeze all of the information I could out of the director (i.e. I was carefully guided — so as not to ruin the filming of a pivotal scene — to a spot where I could patiently wait for Joel to have a break from filming).

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Another buzz film from this year’s TIFF is John Cameron Mitchell’s adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire’s stageplay Rabbit Hole (Lionsgate), this one based on a play and featuring the return of Nicole Kidman to the type of dramatic fare that helped her win an Oscar for The Hours years ago. It was quickly scooped up by Lionsgate and is getting a suitable campaign to try to get Kidman nominated in the crowded Leading Actress category, and the movie’s also gotten raves for the performance by Aaron Eckhart, who may have trouble getting a nomination going against stronger leading actors. Lindsay-Abaire’s adaptation of his own screenplay may also receive attention from fellow writers much like other play adaptation.

- Read the full Awards Preview article at ComingSoon.net

Award season dominated by stellar leading ladies

When “Cairo Time” star Patricia Clarkson looks at the well of potential female nominees for lead actress, she sees plenty of competition, but feels great about it.

“It’s always the male category that’s so deeply competitive, with so many great actors left behind,” says Clarkson. “So it’s really a beautiful thing to see a lot of films carried by women this year. Both categories should be deeply competitive. That’s how it should be.”

The list of contending women joining Clarkson is impressive: Annette Bening and Julianne Moore (“The Kids Are All Right”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”), Lesley Manville (“Another Year”), Nicole Kidman (“Rabbit Hole“), Natalie Portman (“Black Swan”), Michelle Williams (“Blue Valentine”), Anne Hathaway (“Love and Other Drugs”), Noomi Rapace (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”), Sally Hawkins (“Made in Dagenham”), Tilda Swinton (“I Am Love”), Hilary Swank (“Conviction”) and Naomi Watts (“Fair Game”).

OK, breathe, because there’s more to consider. Now add Halle Berry (“Frankie and Alice”), Gwyneth Paltrow (“Country Strong”), Diane Lane (“Secretariat”), Reese Witherspoon (“How Do You Know”) and Helen Mirren (“The Tempest”).

It’s hard not to ignore that the majority of the pool are performances from indies, and some of these were the arthouse hits of 2010: “Winter’s Bone,” “The Kids Are All Right,” and “I Am Love” to name a few.

“The female audience has always been a big part of the independent film world, no question,” says Magnolia Pictures president Eamon Bowles. “This was a year when there were great female performances in really strong films.”

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Fresh from a set on the New York subway, Keith Urban is planning a slightly bigger stage — the Sydney Opera House during Oprah Winfrey’s Australian show.

He confirmed his role in the December 14 show as rumours circulate Nicole Kidman will be there.

Other Aussies tipped to appear are Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett and Naomi Watts.

I added a bunch of other photos to the Gallery last night after the previous update. A big thanks goes to my lovely friend Lily for sending me some scans from various French magazines, plus a Schweppes advert scan. Thanks also goes to the ever fantastic Hamish for scans of some ‘For Your Consideration’ ads for Australia. I’ve also added screencaps from Omega’s video of the Ladymatic Launch event, in which Nicole looks especially gorgeous!

Finally, we have a new-old and rare photo from an advert Nicole appeared in for Weiss, way back in 1989. I’d never heard anything about Nicole being involved in this campaign until I saw this photo, and I haven’t found any information upon looking since. So I can’t tell you anymore about it! Enjoy the old photo though

All the new additions are listed below, or you can just click the thumbnails below the list to see all new uploads

• Launch of Omega’s ‘Ladymatic’ in Beijing – Omega’s Official Footage x75
• Glamour (Fr) – Misc./Unknown x2
• Glamour (Fr) – January 2009 x2
• Style Papers (Fr) – Misc./Unknown x5
• Tips (Fr) – Misc./Unknown x1
• UGC Illimite (Fr) – February 2010 x2
• Glamour (UK) – Misc./Unknown x1 more
• Schweppes: Print Adverts x1 more
• Weiss (1989) x1
• Australia: For Your Consideration Ads – Exclusive Scans x3

Thanks to our forum member ‘qiyjia’ and awardsdaily.com, we have our first look at a Rabbit Hole ‘For Your Consideration’ ad! FYC ads are used to promote and campaign films during the awards season, and suggest their films for various nominations.

We also have a couple of new stills from the film, and I added the new official theatrical poster for the film to the Gallery a few weeks ago, but never posted about it here (til now )

• Rabbit Hole > ‘For Your Consideration’ Ads x1
• Rabbit Hole > Stills x2 more
• Rabbit Hole > Posters & Artwork x1

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I never got round to adding photos from a few events earlier this year and I was planning to catch up on them. So today I have added a full set of photos from the ACM Awards that Nicole attended with her husband way back in April – that’s another 280 photos, most of which are in HQ!

Nicole wore a black and white dress by her good friend L’Wren Scott and accessorised with Fred Leighton jewellry. I have to say this is not one of my favourite looks of Nicole’s … what do you think? I know some people love it and some people not so much! There are some really sweet photos of her and her husband joking around on the red carpet though :p

I still have to catch up on Just Go With It set photos from earlier this year, and I will also be capping the wonderful Hollywood Reporter discussion video soon!

• Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards x30
• Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards – High Quality x253

Sorry for the delay on these! Earlier this week Nicole accompanied her husband to the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville. Nicole looked pretty in a little white lace Dolce & Gabbana dress, with big red strapped L’Wrenn Scott heels. After the awards show itself the twosome were spotted looking very sweet together at the Capitol Records Party!

Over 80 photos from the event have been added to the Gallery. Sadly not all in as great quality as usual, but you know I’m always on the lookout for better quality versions! Read on below for tidbits and a video from the event.

I like Nicole’s look at this event … what do you think?

Is a country music career in the cards for Sunday Rose, the 2-year-old daughter of Kidman and Urban? “She did come in the studio and sang a little bit,” Urban told CMT. “She was good, with the headphones on,” added Kidman, who also shared news on her daughter’s dual Southern/Australian accent: “She says ‘ya’ll’ and ‘g’dday, mate.’ So she’s a mix.”

- usatoday.com

• Country Music Association Awards x49
• Country Music Association Awards – High Quality x35
• Country Music Association Awards Capitol Records After-Party x8

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Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman calls Yvonne her “sister” at an Omega event in Beijing, where the two are spokespersons for the watch brand.

MediaCorp actress Yvonne Lim and International movie star Nicole Kidman are now “sisters”!

Both Yvonne and Nicole made a special appearance in an Omega event in Beijing as the watch brand’s spokespersons, in which the latter called Yvonne her “sister”.

During an exclusive interview with xinmsn earlier this week, Yvonne exclaimed at how excited she was to see her idol and joked at how she wanted to be the Asian version of the star.

The 34-year-old actress was like a star-struck fan when she talked about Nicole.

“She is really amicable! To me, her elegance and poise make her a true fashion icon of our era.”

Yvonne’s favourite films of Nicole’s include Moulin Rouge and The Hours. She calls her idol the only Hollywood actress that exudes the aura of a timeless star.

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If Nicole Kidman had the chance to live her life again she’d be a director.

The Hours star admits she’s “very thrilled” to be an actress, but she’d have preferred to be a filmmaker.

She tells The Hollywood Reporter, “I’d choose to be a director.

“I think to be a director you have to have a camera in your hand and you’ve got to be looking at the world in a particular way. I didn’t have that upbringing.”