‘The Paperboy’: Nicole Kidman is used to audience discomfort

Nicole Kidman was willing to risk looking like a fool for ‘The Paperboy.’ Surprised by audience reaction? Hey, this is the star of ‘Birth’ and ‘Dogville.’

Talk about a good week. On back-to-back days last week, Nicole Kidman received two nominations each from the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes. Both organizations cited her performance in the television movie “Hemingway & Gellhorn” opposite Clive Owen, but what caught many by surprise was the pair of supporting actress nominations she received for her role in Lee Daniels’ “The Paperboy.”

The simmering noir film has been a point of controversy and conversation since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, with audiences buzzing over Kidman’s fearless, bold performance as Charlotte Bless, a Florida woman who falls for a convicted murderer (John Cusack) after writing him in prison. Zac Efron also stars, and there’s a scene in the film, in which Kidman uses ahome remedy of sorts to heal his character after a jellyfish sting, that gets people talking. But it’s her intense no-touching prison sex scene with Cusack that leaves audiences speechless.

Kidman was in Belgium last week filming “Grace of Monaco,” in which she plays Grace Kelly, when she learned of her nominations, but she was happy to discuss “The Paperboy” during a break in shooting.

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I thought I posted this article last week, but it seems not. This is an interesting article from Yahoo! Movies about the 5 Golden Golden Supporting Actress nominees:

Adams on Reel Women: A tale of five actresses — Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, Sally Field, Helen Hunt, and Nicole Kidman

For leading ladies, a supporting role can prove an actress’s range — and validate her talents — without requiring her to carry a movie’s box-office load. The Golden Globes’ list of five supporting actress nominees — Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, Sally Field, Helen Hunt, and Nicole Kidman — offers insight into the transformative power of supporting roles for actresses trying to repackage their onscreen images.

Amy Adams: From fetching Disney princess to confident adult

Adams, 38, came naturally to America’s sweetheart roles, like her people-pleasing fairy-tale Princess Giselle in “Enchanted,” and her darling and dashing Amelia Earhart in “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.” But there are a lot of shades of gray to this woman, something she proved last year as the tough Boston cookie Charlene Fleming, capable of a hair-pulling fight in “The Fighter,” also Globe- and Oscar-nominated. Adams returns this year for a key performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” as Peggy Dodd, the pregnant power behind the throne to Philip Seymour Hoffman’s cult leader. While the movie itself has slid from its early high as a double award winner at the Venice Film Festival, the performances have considerable awards traction. At the Toronto International Film Festival, the three-time Oscar nominee told me: “It’s funny that you mentioned Amelia Earhart earlier, because that was the first time that I can remember playing a character that was confident. Afterwards, I said to my agent, I loved playing a confident character — let’s look for more.”

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Nicole’s Magic would like to wish our lovely visitors, as well as Nic and her family and loved ones, a very Merry Christmas! We hope your holidays are filled with lots of Christmas joy!

Many years ago (2003-2005 to be exact) I did an Advent Calendar here at Nicole’s Magic to celebrate the festive season. Unfortunately I haven’t had time to keep it going, but earlier this month I was reminded of some of the Christmas goodies I made back in the day to post for our Calendar. So I thought it would be fun and festive to repost them! At this point in time – December 22nd & 3 days before the big day – I’ve just added some gift tags, which you can print off and attach/stick to the presents you are giving (or get people to use them for your presents ). I think we had some Christmas cards which I will re-add next year. I may also add some festive icons later today/tomorrow.

So I hope you enjoy these and they help sparkle up your Christmas

For the last of this batch of exclusive rare old Aussie magazine scans, I have two old covers for you from New Idea in 1994, and Women’s Weekly in 1997. The New Idea cover features a little seen photo on their cover, and Women’s Weekly features a more popular and seen photo from that time. Both have tabloid-tastic over-the-top headlines for the Nicole stories … but unfortunately April doesn’t have the pages inside anymore, so we will have to be left teased by the headlines on the covers! Again, these are a great addition to the site, especially for those of us that love old-school Nicole, so another big thanks goes to the lovely April for them.

• New Idea (Aus) – April 16th 1994
• Woman’s Weekly (Aus) – February 1997

Another of the film blogs Nicole has given an interview to recently is IndieWire, and you can watch their Skype chat in two parts below:

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Hemingway & Gellhorn airs tonight in the UK on Sky Atlantic at 9pm – tune in if you can!! It will air again this coming Wednesday at 10pm.

Hollywood royalty is heading to Sky Atlantic HD, as HBO Films’ Hemingway & Gellhorn will air exclusively to the channel in December.

Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Clive Owen will team up with Academy Award and three-time Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman to star in the title roles of Hemingway & Gellhorn, under the direction of fellow Academy Award nominee Philip Kaufman.

Hemingway & Gellhorn tells the story of one of the greatest romances of the last century – the passionate love affair and tumultuous marriage of literary master Ernest Hemingway and trailblazing war correspondent Martha Gelhorn – as it follows the adventurous writers through the Spanish Civil War and beyond.

The combined magnetism of this incredible couple ushered them into social circles that included the elite of Hollywood, the aristocracy of the literary world and the First Family of the United States. As witnesses to history, they covered the great conflicts of their time, but the war they couldn’t survive was the one between themselves.

Here’s another rare magazine treat from the 90′s – albeit a shorter read this time. This scan is from the January 1995 issue of Women’s Weekly, and in the short interview Nic talks about her body, diet and fitness regime. Props to our Aussie friend April for the scan – we’re super grateful for all of her contributions!

Back to our super fabulous rare old magazine scans, and here some scans from a January 1997 issue of Australian tabloid New Idea. It features a ‘report’ on Nicole and Tom’s recent trip Down Under and has some candid shots of them out and about there. I really like reading what tabloids were reporting on to do with her all those years ago! Big thanks to our lovely April for these scans again ♥

The new January 2013 issue of UK magazine Easy Living has a short feature on Nicole within its pages, to promote the airing of Hemingway & Gellhorn this month here in the UK. There is a short interview (not sure if it’s new, maybe someone could enlighten me!) and a nice pic from the W magazine photoshoot from earlier this year. Here are the scans for you: