Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman had a whirlwind romance. Being two very successful and well-known stars in Hollywood, every step of their relationship was public information. From when they first got together, to when Kidman walked away from her divorce feeling more free than ever, the world knew everything there was to know.
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut. | Credit: Warner Bros.
However, the pair parted ways in 2001 and never looked back. Cruise found Katie Holmes, and Kidman found Keith Urban. The question that arises now is, if so much time has passed, why are they making headlines again?
Nicole Kidman Reminisces Past with Tom Cruise
In recent months, Nicole Kidman has been surprisingly reminiscent of her past relationship with Tom Cruise, even though it was rumored that the pair did not end on good terms. During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the actress talked...
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut. | Credit: Warner Bros.
However, the pair parted ways in 2001 and never looked back. Cruise found Katie Holmes, and Kidman found Keith Urban. The question that arises now is, if so much time has passed, why are they making headlines again?
Nicole Kidman Reminisces Past with Tom Cruise
In recent months, Nicole Kidman has been surprisingly reminiscent of her past relationship with Tom Cruise, even though it was rumored that the pair did not end on good terms. During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the actress talked...
- 10/5/2024
- by Ananya Godboley
- FandomWire
Ah, 2004—a year when Friends was saying its final goodbye, mini skirts were the fashion statement, and a celebrity couple lit up the headlines: Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz. Their romance shone bright like a neon sign, but just as quickly, it dimmed, allegedly due to a dash of ex-drama.
Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz in Vanilla Sky | Credit: Paramount Pictures
Now, why would a handsome action star and an Oscar-winning actress go their separate ways after three years of dating bliss, you ask? The Evening Standard reported that Cruz got a little weary of her Vanilla Sky co-star’s lasting friendship with his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman. Can you even blame her? It’s tough to build a relationship when your partner’s ex is still on the scene.
Tom Cruise & Penélope Cruz’s Love Story That Couldn’t Last
The romance between Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz ignited in...
Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz in Vanilla Sky | Credit: Paramount Pictures
Now, why would a handsome action star and an Oscar-winning actress go their separate ways after three years of dating bliss, you ask? The Evening Standard reported that Cruz got a little weary of her Vanilla Sky co-star’s lasting friendship with his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman. Can you even blame her? It’s tough to build a relationship when your partner’s ex is still on the scene.
Tom Cruise & Penélope Cruz’s Love Story That Couldn’t Last
The romance between Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz ignited in...
- 10/1/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson are de-stigmatizing Bdsm relationships with the aptly-titled “Babygirl.”
The “Eyes Wide Shut” star and “Triangle of Sadness” alum both lead “Bodies Bodies Bodies” filmmaker Halina Reijn’s A24 erotic thriller. “Babygirl” centers on a successful CEO (Kidman) who begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). The film was first announced in November 2023.
Kidman’s character Romy is a shipping company exec whose marriage to her husband (Antonio Banderas) is lacking a certain eroticism. Enter new intern Samuel (Harris Dickinson), who has no problem dominating his boss Romy outside of the conference room. The duo embark on a dom/sub dynamic, with “Babygirl” not shying away from capturing the ins and outs of kink.
“It’s about desires, your inner thoughts, it’s about secrets, marriage, truth, power, consent, the language [around] sex,” Kidman said about the feature while at the Venice premiere.
The “Eyes Wide Shut” star and “Triangle of Sadness” alum both lead “Bodies Bodies Bodies” filmmaker Halina Reijn’s A24 erotic thriller. “Babygirl” centers on a successful CEO (Kidman) who begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). The film was first announced in November 2023.
Kidman’s character Romy is a shipping company exec whose marriage to her husband (Antonio Banderas) is lacking a certain eroticism. Enter new intern Samuel (Harris Dickinson), who has no problem dominating his boss Romy outside of the conference room. The duo embark on a dom/sub dynamic, with “Babygirl” not shying away from capturing the ins and outs of kink.
“It’s about desires, your inner thoughts, it’s about secrets, marriage, truth, power, consent, the language [around] sex,” Kidman said about the feature while at the Venice premiere.
- 10/1/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Tom Cruise may be one of the greatest action heroes of this era, pleasing fans from all around the globe with his impeccable charms and incredible acting and stunting chops. But while he seems to have led a successful career spread over the course of many wonderful years, the actor also seems to have pissed off some of his peers while working with them.
Tom Cruise. | Credits: Gage Skidmore/Cca-by-sa-2.0/Wikimedia Commons.
One of these co-stars was none other than Bronson Pinchot, who seemed to have more than just found Cruise annoying while working with him. To say the least, he claimed the action legend pretty much ‘tormented’ everyone while working on their film Risky Business – so much so that when it all came back to Cruise, Pinchot was actually glad about it!
Tom Cruise Reportedly Tormented His Co-Stars On Risky Business
1983’s comedy-crime Risky Business was the film...
Tom Cruise. | Credits: Gage Skidmore/Cca-by-sa-2.0/Wikimedia Commons.
One of these co-stars was none other than Bronson Pinchot, who seemed to have more than just found Cruise annoying while working with him. To say the least, he claimed the action legend pretty much ‘tormented’ everyone while working on their film Risky Business – so much so that when it all came back to Cruise, Pinchot was actually glad about it!
Tom Cruise Reportedly Tormented His Co-Stars On Risky Business
1983’s comedy-crime Risky Business was the film...
- 9/29/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
Is it possible to steal a movie out from under George Clooney and Brad Pitt, two of the matinee idols of our time? With “Wolfs,” Austin Abrams makes the case that you can.
The 28-year-old star, perhaps best known up to this point for dancing shirtless onstage to Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” in a flamboyant musical sequence in HBO’s “Euphoria,” again finds himself in a manner of undress in Jon Watts’ Apple TV+ comedy film. Here, he’s down to only his briefs and a pair of crew socks, running around Lower Manhattan trying to evade two fixers (Clooney and Pitt) toiling until twilight to clean up his mess.
In the big-budget but minor-key comedy written and directed by Watts — in a return to movies-for-adults form after his duties on the Tom Holland “Spider-Man” films — the charismatic Abrams is simply known in the script as “Kid.
The 28-year-old star, perhaps best known up to this point for dancing shirtless onstage to Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” in a flamboyant musical sequence in HBO’s “Euphoria,” again finds himself in a manner of undress in Jon Watts’ Apple TV+ comedy film. Here, he’s down to only his briefs and a pair of crew socks, running around Lower Manhattan trying to evade two fixers (Clooney and Pitt) toiling until twilight to clean up his mess.
In the big-budget but minor-key comedy written and directed by Watts — in a return to movies-for-adults form after his duties on the Tom Holland “Spider-Man” films — the charismatic Abrams is simply known in the script as “Kid.
- 9/27/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Four-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman became the newest member of the National Assocation of Theatre Owners last night on the Sony lot as part of the exhibitor trade org’s opening festivities for their 2024 Fall Summit.
Reitman, who is leading the charge to renovate and manage the 1931 Spanish revival art deco Westwood Fox Village in LA’s UCLA neighborhood, is part of a small group of filmmakers-turned-exhibitors who are NATO members including Richard Linklater who has the Austin Film Society Cinema, Kevin Smith and his SModCastle Cinemas in Atlanta Highlands, NJ; and Insidious actor and filmmaker Patrick Wilson who has The Playhouse on Main Street in New Canaan, Ct.
We spoke with Reitman about the immediate plans for the Westwood Fox Village. After the press tour for his Saturday Night Live origins movie Saturday Night which opens Sept. 27, he’s focusing all of his attention on getting the...
Reitman, who is leading the charge to renovate and manage the 1931 Spanish revival art deco Westwood Fox Village in LA’s UCLA neighborhood, is part of a small group of filmmakers-turned-exhibitors who are NATO members including Richard Linklater who has the Austin Film Society Cinema, Kevin Smith and his SModCastle Cinemas in Atlanta Highlands, NJ; and Insidious actor and filmmaker Patrick Wilson who has The Playhouse on Main Street in New Canaan, Ct.
We spoke with Reitman about the immediate plans for the Westwood Fox Village. After the press tour for his Saturday Night Live origins movie Saturday Night which opens Sept. 27, he’s focusing all of his attention on getting the...
- 9/24/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The foul mouthed holiday film is now, more or less, a cinema tradition. From Terry Zwigoff’s Bad Santa to National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation to Harold Ramis’s The Ice Harvest, there are plenty of these anti-Christmas yet still kinda Christmas movies across all genres. Smart-ass action movies like Die Hard, most of the work of Shane Black, but also gruesome slasher pictures like Black Christmas, edgy Amblin' movies like Gremlins, and even Stanley Kubrick’s unclassifiable psychodrama Eyes Wide Shut. There is something about subverting that supposedly wholesome and giving holiday spirit into some alternate kind of energy that filmmakers keep coming back to. Dito Montiel’s effervescent yet surprisingly violent black comedy noodles around in this this space, to mixed effect. It is set in the...
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- 9/20/2024
- Screen Anarchy
We all know Tom Cruise as the action hero who is willing to push his limits for his roles. But even he was humbled by his ex-wife Nicole Kidman when the duo (still married) appeared in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. While Cruise has long been hailed as the ultimate workhorse, Kidman put the actor to shame with her dedication and ethics in the 1999 movie.
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut | image: Warner Bros.
Although it was speculated that Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were driven towards their divorce after working in Eyes Wide Shut, the actress not only debunked the rumor but also revealed how she was willing to work with Stanley Kubrick for as long as he needed. Willing to extend her work on the project for 5 years, Kidman outshined Cruise in the dedication department.
Nicole Kidman Put Tom Cruise to Shame with Her...
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut | image: Warner Bros.
Although it was speculated that Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were driven towards their divorce after working in Eyes Wide Shut, the actress not only debunked the rumor but also revealed how she was willing to work with Stanley Kubrick for as long as he needed. Willing to extend her work on the project for 5 years, Kidman outshined Cruise in the dedication department.
Nicole Kidman Put Tom Cruise to Shame with Her...
- 9/18/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
It takes, to use a precise technical term, chutzpah, for a filmmaker to adapt the same source material as Stanley Kubrick. Yet that’s exactly what director Florian Frerichs (The Last Supper) has done with Traumnovelle, his film based on Arthur Schnitzler’s classic 1926 novella that also inspired Kubrick’s final film, 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut. Frerichs offers a cinematic take on the story that’s more faithful than Kubrick’s, and also more erotic. (Kubrick, for all his brilliance, tended toward chilliness in his work, even when dealing with racy themes). Nonetheless, it’s hard to avoid making comparisons, which inevitably color your opinion of this film receiving its world premiere at the Oldenburg Film Festival.
The story has been updated to modern-day Berlin, which allows the opportunity for such eyes-wide-opening touches as the one in the first scene, when two beautiful women come on to a man in...
The story has been updated to modern-day Berlin, which allows the opportunity for such eyes-wide-opening touches as the one in the first scene, when two beautiful women come on to a man in...
- 9/14/2024
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sometimes, an interview subject surprises you with something you didn’t see coming at all. “This film is one of the first films to incorporate a fully AI-generated sequence,” Florian Frerichs (The Last Supper), director and co-writer of Traumnovelle, a new adaptation of the Arthur Schnitzler novella that inspired Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, mentions during our Zoom chat.
Nikolai Kinski, the star of the film, about an upper middle-class couple that gets drawn into a secret world of erotic fantasy, which opens the 31st Oldenburg Film Festival on Wednesday, wasn’t fully prepared for the revelation either. “What do you mean?” he asks.
“I think it’s one of the first films that did it,” Frerichs explains, sharing that AI was used for a dream sequence in the movie when the protagonist Jakob, played by Kinski, finds out from his partner Amelia, portrayed by Laurine Price, about her dreams.
Nikolai Kinski, the star of the film, about an upper middle-class couple that gets drawn into a secret world of erotic fantasy, which opens the 31st Oldenburg Film Festival on Wednesday, wasn’t fully prepared for the revelation either. “What do you mean?” he asks.
“I think it’s one of the first films that did it,” Frerichs explains, sharing that AI was used for a dream sequence in the movie when the protagonist Jakob, played by Kinski, finds out from his partner Amelia, portrayed by Laurine Price, about her dreams.
- 9/12/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Remember Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick’s exploration of marriage and relationships starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise? Of course you do!
Now, get ready for Traumnovelle, a new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic short story that inspired Eyes Wide Shut and that opens the Oldenburg Film Festival on Wednesday.
The drama, from German director Florian Frerichs (The Last Supper), stars Nikolai Kinski (Vikings: Valhalla, Masters of the Air) and Laurine Price (Phoenix, American Crime Story) as a respectable upper-middle-class couple that gets drawn into a secret world of erotic fantasy. The film also stars Detlev Buck, Bruno Eyron, and Nora Islei, with cameos from Sharon Brauner and Sharon Kovacs. Produced by Warnuts Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg, the movie will hit German cinemas in early 2025, courtesy of Apollo Film.
Before walking the red carpet in Oldenburg, Frerichs and Kinski took time out for a Zoom chat with THR about the film,...
Now, get ready for Traumnovelle, a new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic short story that inspired Eyes Wide Shut and that opens the Oldenburg Film Festival on Wednesday.
The drama, from German director Florian Frerichs (The Last Supper), stars Nikolai Kinski (Vikings: Valhalla, Masters of the Air) and Laurine Price (Phoenix, American Crime Story) as a respectable upper-middle-class couple that gets drawn into a secret world of erotic fantasy. The film also stars Detlev Buck, Bruno Eyron, and Nora Islei, with cameos from Sharon Brauner and Sharon Kovacs. Produced by Warnuts Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg, the movie will hit German cinemas in early 2025, courtesy of Apollo Film.
Before walking the red carpet in Oldenburg, Frerichs and Kinski took time out for a Zoom chat with THR about the film,...
- 9/11/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This is not your father’s Traumnovelle.
Florian Frerichs’ new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic novella — the work that inspired Stanley Kubrick‘s Eyes Wide Shut — promises to be a much more explicit version of the story. The trailer for the film, which opens this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival on Sept. 11, is heavy on the hot and heavy (see below).
Nikolai Kinski (Barbarians) and Laurine Price (Phoenix) star a respectable upper-middle-class couple living in Berlin who get drawn into a secret and dangerous world of erotic fantasy. Detlev Buck, Bruno Eyron, and Nora Islei co-star with cameos from Sharon Brauner and Sharon Kovacs. Warnuts Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg produced.
Frerichs’ Traumnovelle follows many of the plot beats as Kubrick’s adaptation. After his wife, Amelia (Price) confesses to having sexual fantasies about another man, Jakob (Kinski), a doctor to the city’s rich and famous, becomes intrigued...
Florian Frerichs’ new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic novella — the work that inspired Stanley Kubrick‘s Eyes Wide Shut — promises to be a much more explicit version of the story. The trailer for the film, which opens this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival on Sept. 11, is heavy on the hot and heavy (see below).
Nikolai Kinski (Barbarians) and Laurine Price (Phoenix) star a respectable upper-middle-class couple living in Berlin who get drawn into a secret and dangerous world of erotic fantasy. Detlev Buck, Bruno Eyron, and Nora Islei co-star with cameos from Sharon Brauner and Sharon Kovacs. Warnuts Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg produced.
Frerichs’ Traumnovelle follows many of the plot beats as Kubrick’s adaptation. After his wife, Amelia (Price) confesses to having sexual fantasies about another man, Jakob (Kinski), a doctor to the city’s rich and famous, becomes intrigued...
- 9/10/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman, star of the new feature “Babygirl”, poses for “L’Officiel” (USA) magazine, wearing Balenciaga, Omega, Ralph Lauren and a whole lot more, photographed by Matthew Brookes:
Kidman began her acting career in Australia with the 1983 films “Bush Christmas” and “BMX Bandits”.
Her breakthrough came in 1989 with the thriller film “Dead Calm” and the miniseries “Bangkok Hilton”.
In 1990, she achieved international success with the action film “Days of Thunder”. She received greater recognition with lead roles in “Far and Away” (1992), “Batman Forever” (1995), “To Die For” (1995) and “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999).
In 2003, she won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Actress’ for her portrayal of writer ‘Virginia Woolf’ in the drama film “The Hours” (2002).
Among her numerous feature films, Kidman received additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in the musical “Moulin Rouge!” (2001) and the dramas “Rabbit Hole” (2010), “Lion” (2016) and “Being the Ricardos” (2021).
Kidman's television roles include “Hemingway & Gellhorn...
Kidman began her acting career in Australia with the 1983 films “Bush Christmas” and “BMX Bandits”.
Her breakthrough came in 1989 with the thriller film “Dead Calm” and the miniseries “Bangkok Hilton”.
In 1990, she achieved international success with the action film “Days of Thunder”. She received greater recognition with lead roles in “Far and Away” (1992), “Batman Forever” (1995), “To Die For” (1995) and “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999).
In 2003, she won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Actress’ for her portrayal of writer ‘Virginia Woolf’ in the drama film “The Hours” (2002).
Among her numerous feature films, Kidman received additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in the musical “Moulin Rouge!” (2001) and the dramas “Rabbit Hole” (2010), “Lion” (2016) and “Being the Ricardos” (2021).
Kidman's television roles include “Hemingway & Gellhorn...
- 9/8/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Amid the successful premiere of her new film, Nicole Kidman grapples with the loss of her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, who passed away on September 7, 2024. The actress received the devastating news during the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where she was in attendance for the premiere of her new film Babygirl.
Nicole Kidman | Credit: Gage Skidmore/Cca By-sa 2.0/Wikimedia Commons
The emotional weight of this loss is heavy considering Kidman’s previous experience with losing her father, Antony Kidman. His demise profoundly impacted her, as she revealed in a candid interview while reflecting on her intense emotional response.
Nicole Kidman is Heartbroken With Her Mother’s Sudden Demise
Nicole Kidman, who recently won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for Babygirl at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, received the devastating news of her mother’s demise while at the film festival.
She had to leave the event early due...
Nicole Kidman | Credit: Gage Skidmore/Cca By-sa 2.0/Wikimedia Commons
The emotional weight of this loss is heavy considering Kidman’s previous experience with losing her father, Antony Kidman. His demise profoundly impacted her, as she revealed in a candid interview while reflecting on her intense emotional response.
Nicole Kidman is Heartbroken With Her Mother’s Sudden Demise
Nicole Kidman, who recently won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for Babygirl at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, received the devastating news of her mother’s demise while at the film festival.
She had to leave the event early due...
- 9/8/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Legendary actor Alan Cumming’s Hollywood journey reads like a thrilling screenplay of ambition and defiance. With a career spanning decades, Cummings even came across an opportunity to star in the billion-dollar Harry Potter franchise as Gilderoy Lockhart. Until of course, the actor had a fallout with the producers.
Alan Cumming in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut | image: Warner Bros
Later on, as Alan Cumming reflected on the casting process and his feud with the producers, his anecdote revealed a stark reality of the industry’s cutthroat nature. Yet, as fate would have it, Cumming’s refusal to appear in the Harry Potter films led him to a new pinnacle, as the actor recently broke RuPaul’s 8-year Emmy streak with The Traitors.
Alan Cumming Refused to Appear in Harry Potter After a Fall Out with Producers
While the Harry Potter franchise found global success with its famed stars,...
Alan Cumming in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut | image: Warner Bros
Later on, as Alan Cumming reflected on the casting process and his feud with the producers, his anecdote revealed a stark reality of the industry’s cutthroat nature. Yet, as fate would have it, Cumming’s refusal to appear in the Harry Potter films led him to a new pinnacle, as the actor recently broke RuPaul’s 8-year Emmy streak with The Traitors.
Alan Cumming Refused to Appear in Harry Potter After a Fall Out with Producers
While the Harry Potter franchise found global success with its famed stars,...
- 9/8/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Success and heartbreak can sometimes collide in the most defining moments of our lives, and leave us questioning the bittersweet nature of such experience. Australian actress Nicole Kidman has recently been subjected to one such moment, possibly for the second time in her career.
Nicole Kidman in Expats (2023-24) | Prime Video
The joy of someone’s personal achievements being overshadowed by devastating news is truly heartbreaking to watch. Kidman has been a remarkable actress, and an inspiration for many, as she grapples with personal loss, she has only received kindness and words of affirmation from everyone.
Nicole Kidman’s Tragic Loss While Winning Best Actress Nicole Kidman, Joey King, and Kathy Bates in A Family Affair (2024) | Image via Netflix
At the Venice Film Festival, Nicole Kidman won Best Actress in Babygirl, and her victory was celebrated by many, but her absence on the stage told a different story.
The timing is crappy for Nicole.
Nicole Kidman in Expats (2023-24) | Prime Video
The joy of someone’s personal achievements being overshadowed by devastating news is truly heartbreaking to watch. Kidman has been a remarkable actress, and an inspiration for many, as she grapples with personal loss, she has only received kindness and words of affirmation from everyone.
Nicole Kidman’s Tragic Loss While Winning Best Actress Nicole Kidman, Joey King, and Kathy Bates in A Family Affair (2024) | Image via Netflix
At the Venice Film Festival, Nicole Kidman won Best Actress in Babygirl, and her victory was celebrated by many, but her absence on the stage told a different story.
The timing is crappy for Nicole.
- 9/8/2024
- by Sonika Kamble
- FandomWire
The experience of watching Anora is akin to a spontaneous and unexpected invite to a epic house-wrecking party. It starts off with surprise and wonder, plunges into drunken euphoria, loses all your friends, projectile vomits on you in a car ride around town, lands you in court after dawn, and eventually, a stranger dumps you, broken, at your doorstep. Maybe the experience leaves a silver-lining, where you learn to never do that again. These are not plot spoilers. They are the inevitabilities of maturing into an adult human. Not all of us make it through the ringer. Sean Baker’s Palme D’Or winner at one point name-checks Cinderella. Its visual language and layered bedlam evoke a re-envisioning of Pretty Woman (or perhaps more interestingly the 0.01% of Eyes Wide Shut)...
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- 9/8/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Country superstar, Keith Urban has just suffered a tragic death and it has impacted his whole family. The former American Idol judge is getting ready to release his new album on September 20th. Unfortunately, all of the excitement has been put on hold due to an emergency that has taken precedence. What has happened exactly? Keep reading for more details.
Keith Urban Suffers Tragic Death
The one thing about Keith Urban is that he is very passionate about his family. He married Nicole Kidman in 2006 after she divorced Tom Cruise and together, they had two children. They have two daughters, their first was born in 2008 and the second arrived two years later. She has been by his side through whatever he needed and they have had a love story that is so beautiful. Her marriage to Tom Cruise appeared glamorous but it was all for show. They adopted two children and then,...
Keith Urban Suffers Tragic Death
The one thing about Keith Urban is that he is very passionate about his family. He married Nicole Kidman in 2006 after she divorced Tom Cruise and together, they had two children. They have two daughters, their first was born in 2008 and the second arrived two years later. She has been by his side through whatever he needed and they have had a love story that is so beautiful. Her marriage to Tom Cruise appeared glamorous but it was all for show. They adopted two children and then,...
- 9/7/2024
- by Amanda Lauren
- TV Shows Ace
Nicole Kidman has never shied away from going to extremes for her role, then be it doing her own stunts or baring herself for the screens. Irrespective of her age, her passion for undertaking projects across multiple different genres is anything but dying down. This is especially true when recognizing the fact that her next project is actually an erotic thriller.
Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies. | Credits: HBO.
Even at the age of 57, the actress is all set to push the boundaries of “female sexuality” by starring in her upcoming project for the big screens, Babygirl. What’s more, is that she is as embracing of this project as ever irrespective of the criticism. If anything, Kidman is actually proving that she’s deserving of the same respect that Tom Cruise gets for jumping out of planes.
Nicole Kidman is Pushing All ‘Female Sexuality’ Boundaries with Babygirl
Nicole Kidman...
Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies. | Credits: HBO.
Even at the age of 57, the actress is all set to push the boundaries of “female sexuality” by starring in her upcoming project for the big screens, Babygirl. What’s more, is that she is as embracing of this project as ever irrespective of the criticism. If anything, Kidman is actually proving that she’s deserving of the same respect that Tom Cruise gets for jumping out of planes.
Nicole Kidman is Pushing All ‘Female Sexuality’ Boundaries with Babygirl
Nicole Kidman...
- 9/7/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
The animated action series South Park has long been infamous for giving some of the most bizarre episodes of all time, pulling off parody stuff that would seem a bit too risky to most others. In fact, through one episode, the animated series seems to have allegedly made enemies with none other than the king of action and one of the greatest stars of all time, Tom Cruise.
South Park. | Credits: Comedy Central.
This happened in an episode that featured the Church of Scientology, the religion that the renowned Mission: Impossible alum follows, and their alleged practices in the eyes of the people who wrote the script. However, this episode was so bursting with criticism and mocking reactions to the actor and his religion that the episode was reportedly forced to hide all names in the credits!
This South Park Episode Allegedly Picked Beef With Tom Cruise
Back in 2005, episode...
South Park. | Credits: Comedy Central.
This happened in an episode that featured the Church of Scientology, the religion that the renowned Mission: Impossible alum follows, and their alleged practices in the eyes of the people who wrote the script. However, this episode was so bursting with criticism and mocking reactions to the actor and his religion that the episode was reportedly forced to hide all names in the credits!
This South Park Episode Allegedly Picked Beef With Tom Cruise
Back in 2005, episode...
- 9/6/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
This year’s Venice Film Festival lineup was not only the starriest in recent history, it was also the steamiest. Literally and figuratively. Aside from the brutal heatwave that plagued festivalgoers, the roster was filled with sexually charged movies, ranging from “Babygirl,” starring Nicole Kidman, to Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” with Daniel Craig. Elsewhere in the festival circuit, Audrey Diwan’s “Emmanuelle” is kicking off San Sebastian, while Alain Guiraudie’s “Misericordia,” which opened at Cannes, is playing at virtually every major fest this fall.
But like Kidman’s character in “Babygirl” who only gets triggered when something is at stake, erotic movies in 2024 aren’t created as mere entertainment as they once were; they exist to push boundaries and break down clichés revolving mainly around female and gay protagonists.
“Babygirl,” directed by Dutch helmer Halina Reijn (“Bodies Bodies Bodies”), tackles the complexity of female sexuality and the issue of...
But like Kidman’s character in “Babygirl” who only gets triggered when something is at stake, erotic movies in 2024 aren’t created as mere entertainment as they once were; they exist to push boundaries and break down clichés revolving mainly around female and gay protagonists.
“Babygirl,” directed by Dutch helmer Halina Reijn (“Bodies Bodies Bodies”), tackles the complexity of female sexuality and the issue of...
- 9/6/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy, Nick Vivarelli and Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
After witnessing the master at work, the director of Mission: Impossible 7 Christopher McQuarrie declared, “Tom’s not still here by accident.” Truer words couldn’t have been spoken. The movie star career of Tom Cruise exists on a multitude unachievable by any who came before him and can never be replicated again even if one tried. Therein lies the audience’s fanatical fascination with Cruise.
Tom Cruise flies off a cliff in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning [Credit: Paramount Pictures]
After spending 40+ years in the movie-making business, the actor has hardly slowed down at all. In fact, Cruise’s ambitions since turning 60 seem to have accelerated and grown even further. But long before he began driving motorbikes off a cliff and dangling upside-down from helicopters, Tom Cruise was known for delivering Oscar-worthy spectacles that would make the greatest directors vie for his attention.
Tom Cruise Saved Jerry Maguire from a Cringey Fate
Tom Cruise,...
Tom Cruise flies off a cliff in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning [Credit: Paramount Pictures]
After spending 40+ years in the movie-making business, the actor has hardly slowed down at all. In fact, Cruise’s ambitions since turning 60 seem to have accelerated and grown even further. But long before he began driving motorbikes off a cliff and dangling upside-down from helicopters, Tom Cruise was known for delivering Oscar-worthy spectacles that would make the greatest directors vie for his attention.
Tom Cruise Saved Jerry Maguire from a Cringey Fate
Tom Cruise,...
- 9/4/2024
- by Diya Majumdar
- FandomWire
The Oldenburg International Film Festival, often dubbed Germany’s Sundance, will this year pay tribute to one of the country’s most revered filmmakers, Dominik Graf, with a special retrospective.
The 31st edition of the festival, running from Sept. 11 to 15, will spotlight Graf’s prolific career, as one of Germany’s few masters in genre filmmaking.
Graf, 71, began his career in the 1970s, inspired by American indie directors like Sam Fuller and Robert Aldrich and French auteurs such as Jean-Pierre Melville, using arthouse techniques and storytelling for crime, comedy and other genre tales.
The festival’s retrospective will showcase six of Graf’s most influential films, including thrillers Die Katze (1988) and Die Sieger (1995/2018 director’s cut), both of which have become genre-defining in German cinema and exemplify Graf’s distinctive, taut, economical approach to plot and character.
Alongside his feature film work, Graf is credited with setting new standards for...
The 31st edition of the festival, running from Sept. 11 to 15, will spotlight Graf’s prolific career, as one of Germany’s few masters in genre filmmaking.
Graf, 71, began his career in the 1970s, inspired by American indie directors like Sam Fuller and Robert Aldrich and French auteurs such as Jean-Pierre Melville, using arthouse techniques and storytelling for crime, comedy and other genre tales.
The festival’s retrospective will showcase six of Graf’s most influential films, including thrillers Die Katze (1988) and Die Sieger (1995/2018 director’s cut), both of which have become genre-defining in German cinema and exemplify Graf’s distinctive, taut, economical approach to plot and character.
Alongside his feature film work, Graf is credited with setting new standards for...
- 9/4/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nicole Kidman’s diverse portfolio is proof of why she is counted among the best A-list actresses in Hollywood. From superhero to horror, sci-fi to action-thrillers, Kidman has made a mark in every genre. Her latest movie will be dabbling in eroticism, A24’s Babygirl.
The Perfect Couple. (L to R) Liev Schreiber as Tag Winbury, Nicole Kidman as Greer Winbury in episode 101 of The Perfect Couple. Cr. Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Netflix © 2024
Babygirl is the kind of movie Nicole Kidman has never done before. The 57-year-old’s new venture explores women’s sexuality and touches on the concepts of kink and social norms. It might be her best movie yet, even surpassing her 1999 erotic mystery Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise.
Nicole Kidman has not seen her own movie yet Nicole Kidman in Just Go with It (2011) | Credits: Columbia Pictures
Nicole Kidman isn’t someone who shies away from a...
The Perfect Couple. (L to R) Liev Schreiber as Tag Winbury, Nicole Kidman as Greer Winbury in episode 101 of The Perfect Couple. Cr. Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Netflix © 2024
Babygirl is the kind of movie Nicole Kidman has never done before. The 57-year-old’s new venture explores women’s sexuality and touches on the concepts of kink and social norms. It might be her best movie yet, even surpassing her 1999 erotic mystery Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise.
Nicole Kidman has not seen her own movie yet Nicole Kidman in Just Go with It (2011) | Credits: Columbia Pictures
Nicole Kidman isn’t someone who shies away from a...
- 9/4/2024
- by Sayantan Choudhary
- FandomWire
Tom Cruise, the action star who’s practically synonymous with Hollywood blockbusters, gave us all a masterclass in acting with his $354M movie. Yet, despite delivering what some might call his finest performance, the Oscars committee seemed to look the other way. Can you believe it? The guy who usually outruns explosions and jumps out of planes was finally showing off his dramatic chops—and they didn’t even give him a nod.
Paul Thomas Anderson (and audiences) want to see Tom Cruise return to more dramatic work like Rain Man | MGM
It’s like training for the Olympics, only to find out you’re competing in a backyard talent show. As we dive into this snub, one thing’s clear: Cruise was at his absolute best, and this one’s gonna sting.
Tom Cruise’s Hidden Depths in Rain Man: A Role Beyond the Glamor Tom Cruise | Photo by Gage Skidmore,...
Paul Thomas Anderson (and audiences) want to see Tom Cruise return to more dramatic work like Rain Man | MGM
It’s like training for the Olympics, only to find out you’re competing in a backyard talent show. As we dive into this snub, one thing’s clear: Cruise was at his absolute best, and this one’s gonna sting.
Tom Cruise’s Hidden Depths in Rain Man: A Role Beyond the Glamor Tom Cruise | Photo by Gage Skidmore,...
- 8/31/2024
- by Heena Singh
- FandomWire
Stanley Kubrick’s final film, Eyes Wide Shut, seemed to have owed a lot to the marriage of Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, the two leads of a film that revolved around the themes of infidelity and unfaithfulness.
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) [Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures]
While there has been a lot of discourse around the film’s completion and the changes that it made to the source material, Nicole Kidman revealed to the Hollywood Reporter how Kubrick was quite concerned with how the relationship looked on screen.
Stanley Kubrick was ‘mining’ Tom Cruise’s marriage to Nicole Kidman Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 Eyes Wide Shut | Warner Bros.
Nicole Kidman, in a conversation with the Los Angeles Times, revealed how Stanley Kubrick handled dealing with their marriage and depicting them as a couple with designs for an affair out of wedlock. Kubrick was very attentive to the...
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) [Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures]
While there has been a lot of discourse around the film’s completion and the changes that it made to the source material, Nicole Kidman revealed to the Hollywood Reporter how Kubrick was quite concerned with how the relationship looked on screen.
Stanley Kubrick was ‘mining’ Tom Cruise’s marriage to Nicole Kidman Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 Eyes Wide Shut | Warner Bros.
Nicole Kidman, in a conversation with the Los Angeles Times, revealed how Stanley Kubrick handled dealing with their marriage and depicting them as a couple with designs for an affair out of wedlock. Kubrick was very attentive to the...
- 8/31/2024
- by Anuraag Chatterjee
- FandomWire
Like a sheep in wolf’s clothing, Halina Reijn’s surprisingly genteel “Babygirl” might bare the occasional fang, but it doesn’t have much bite. For all the superficial similarities to “50 Shades of Grey” — here too setting a lightly sadomasochistic relationship within a world of affluence, all while tacking on a much dreaded age-gap imbalance to send social media’s most ardent moralists into a tizzy — this dom-com plays more like an outré spin on “Working Girl,” updating Reagan-era wishcasting for the social set that has decided Kamala Is Brat.
Premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival and set for release this December, “Babygirl” could easily emerge as a holiday season guilty pleasure, a sexy-but-never-dangerous star romp that streamlines kink for maximum commercial play. Teasing out fantasies of power exchange in the safest possible space, audiences can have their cake and eat it too — even if the...
Premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival and set for release this December, “Babygirl” could easily emerge as a holiday season guilty pleasure, a sexy-but-never-dangerous star romp that streamlines kink for maximum commercial play. Teasing out fantasies of power exchange in the safest possible space, audiences can have their cake and eat it too — even if the...
- 8/30/2024
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Film among host of sexually explicit features on this year’s lineup as erotica returns to screens after years of chastity
It’s been 25 years since Nicole Kidman starred in Stanley Kubrick’s erotic classic Eyes Wide Shut opposite her then husband, Tom Cruise.
Although the Oscar-winner has evaded sexually explicit roles in recent years, she is making a comeback to the genre by playing the lead in one of the most risque feature films to premiere at the Venice film festival this year.
It’s been 25 years since Nicole Kidman starred in Stanley Kubrick’s erotic classic Eyes Wide Shut opposite her then husband, Tom Cruise.
Although the Oscar-winner has evaded sexually explicit roles in recent years, she is making a comeback to the genre by playing the lead in one of the most risque feature films to premiere at the Venice film festival this year.
- 8/30/2024
- by Nadia Khomami in Venice
- The Guardian - Film News
Filmmaker Halina Reijn’s sex-positive erotic thriller Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman in a characteristically bold performance, may have just changed the, errr…mood…at the Venice Film Festival.
Babygirl‘s first press screenings in Italy received rapturous applause Friday morning, and the movie’s many sexual moments and thematically subtle message could be overheard sparking animated discussions among festivalgoers up and down the Lido. The awards chatter around Kidman’s performance has officially begun, and the commercial winning streak for A24, which produced the film and is releasing it in the U.S. on Dec. 25, appears fully secure.
Babygirl stars Kidman as a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern, played by Harris Dickinson (Triangle of Sadness, Iron Claw). Without revealing spoilers, the playful and propulsive film’s real themes are power dynamics, female gratification...
Babygirl‘s first press screenings in Italy received rapturous applause Friday morning, and the movie’s many sexual moments and thematically subtle message could be overheard sparking animated discussions among festivalgoers up and down the Lido. The awards chatter around Kidman’s performance has officially begun, and the commercial winning streak for A24, which produced the film and is releasing it in the U.S. on Dec. 25, appears fully secure.
Babygirl stars Kidman as a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern, played by Harris Dickinson (Triangle of Sadness, Iron Claw). Without revealing spoilers, the playful and propulsive film’s real themes are power dynamics, female gratification...
- 8/30/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nicole Kidman's latest film is so erotic she is scared to watch it when it premieres in Venice next week.Mega
She starred in one of the most erotic and controversial pieces of cinema ever.
And now RadarOnline.com can reveal Nicole Kidman's new film Babygirl is so raunchy she is scared to watch the X-rated movie when it premieres at the Venice Film Festival next week.
The 57-year-old actress said: "I'm not sure I have that much bravery. I've made some films that are pretty exposing, but not like this."
Babygirl is said to be Kidman's most risqué movie yet.Mega
Babygirl stars Kidman as a high powered New York City business executive named Romy who gets into a steamy extramarital affair with a young intern named Samuel played by The Iron Claw actor Harris Dickinson, 28.
The erotic thriller is said to be Kidman's most risqué work to...
She starred in one of the most erotic and controversial pieces of cinema ever.
And now RadarOnline.com can reveal Nicole Kidman's new film Babygirl is so raunchy she is scared to watch the X-rated movie when it premieres at the Venice Film Festival next week.
The 57-year-old actress said: "I'm not sure I have that much bravery. I've made some films that are pretty exposing, but not like this."
Babygirl is said to be Kidman's most risqué movie yet.Mega
Babygirl stars Kidman as a high powered New York City business executive named Romy who gets into a steamy extramarital affair with a young intern named Samuel played by The Iron Claw actor Harris Dickinson, 28.
The erotic thriller is said to be Kidman's most risqué work to...
- 8/28/2024
- by Connor Surmonte
- Radar Online
Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan is returning to the trenches with Zoe Saldaña for Lioness Season 2, premiering Sunday, October 27. The espionage thriller is filming in Texas, with MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios leading the charge. Zoe Saldaña leads the drama as Joe McNamara, the hard-lined chief of the CIA’s Lioness program. With her female undercover operatives willing to embrace any mission, the group assassinates the world’s most dangerous terrorists. Today, Paramount is thrilled to share the premiere date for Lioness Season 2 alongside a gallery of first-look photos from upcoming episodes.
Here’s the official synopsis for Lioness Season 2 courtesy of Paramount+:
As the CIA’s fight against terror moves closer to home, Joe (Saldaña), Kaitlyn (Kidman), and Byron (Kelly) enlist a new Lioness operative to infiltrate a previously unknown threat. With pressure mounting from all sides, Joe is forced to confront the profound personal sacrifices she has...
Here’s the official synopsis for Lioness Season 2 courtesy of Paramount+:
As the CIA’s fight against terror moves closer to home, Joe (Saldaña), Kaitlyn (Kidman), and Byron (Kelly) enlist a new Lioness operative to infiltrate a previously unknown threat. With pressure mounting from all sides, Joe is forced to confront the profound personal sacrifices she has...
- 8/28/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman poses for “L’Officiel” (USA) magazine, wearing Balenciaga, Omega, Ralph Lauren and a whole lot more, photographed by Matthew Brookes:
Kidman began her acting career in Australia with the 1983 films “Bush Christmas” and “BMX Bandits”.
Her breakthrough came in 1989 with the thriller film “Dead Calm” and the miniseries “Bangkok Hilton”.
In 1990, she achieved international success with the action film “Days of Thunder”. She received greater recognition with lead roles in “Far and Away” (1992), “Batman Forever” (1995), “To Die For” (1995) and “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999).
In 2003, she won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Actress’ for her portrayal of writer ‘Virginia Woolf’ in the drama film “The Hours” (2002).
Among her numerous feature films, Kidman received additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in the musical “Moulin Rouge!” (2001) and the dramas “Rabbit Hole” (2010), “Lion” (2016) and “Being the Ricardos” (2021).
Kidman's television roles include “Hemingway & Gellhorn” (2012), “Big Little Lies” (2017–2019), “Top of the Lake: China Girl...
Kidman began her acting career in Australia with the 1983 films “Bush Christmas” and “BMX Bandits”.
Her breakthrough came in 1989 with the thriller film “Dead Calm” and the miniseries “Bangkok Hilton”.
In 1990, she achieved international success with the action film “Days of Thunder”. She received greater recognition with lead roles in “Far and Away” (1992), “Batman Forever” (1995), “To Die For” (1995) and “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999).
In 2003, she won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Actress’ for her portrayal of writer ‘Virginia Woolf’ in the drama film “The Hours” (2002).
Among her numerous feature films, Kidman received additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in the musical “Moulin Rouge!” (2001) and the dramas “Rabbit Hole” (2010), “Lion” (2016) and “Being the Ricardos” (2021).
Kidman's television roles include “Hemingway & Gellhorn” (2012), “Big Little Lies” (2017–2019), “Top of the Lake: China Girl...
- 8/28/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Nicole Kidman played the role of a damsel in distress in Joel Schumacher’s first of the two least-favorite Batman movies, Batman Forever. Before Kidman was chosen, the producers wanted Rene Russo to star opposite her One Good Cop co-star Michael Keaton. However, Keaton dropped out of the project and Val Kilmer replaced him, making Russo too old to be paired with Kilmer.
Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies | Credits: HBO
Kidman’s role didn’t make much impact and the film didn’t receive good reviews. Nevertheless, the Eyes Wide Shut actress had her own reasons for accepting a DC role. She revealed that it was more about her trying out different roles than about the hefty paychecks for such movies.
Nicole Kidman Opened Up About Her Role As Batman’s Love Interest Nicole Kidman in a still from Batman Forever | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
After parting ways with Rene Russo,...
Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies | Credits: HBO
Kidman’s role didn’t make much impact and the film didn’t receive good reviews. Nevertheless, the Eyes Wide Shut actress had her own reasons for accepting a DC role. She revealed that it was more about her trying out different roles than about the hefty paychecks for such movies.
Nicole Kidman Opened Up About Her Role As Batman’s Love Interest Nicole Kidman in a still from Batman Forever | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
After parting ways with Rene Russo,...
- 8/28/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Nicole Kidman just might shut her eyes when upcoming erotic A24 thriller “Babygirl” premieres at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
The Oscar winner and “Eyes Wide Shut” alum told Vanity Fair that “Babygirl,” which is written and directed by Halina Reijn, is the most “exposing” film of her career.
“I’ve made some films that are pretty exposing, but not like this,” Kidman said. “I just work with abandonment. […] A lot of the themes in my movies have been explored through the lens of sexuality. I’ve not eliminated that or tried to pretend it isn’t there. […] That’s vulnerable, but I’m never going to shy away from that to my dying day. I’ll place myself in a vulnerable position, and see where that takes me.”
Kidman plays a CEO whose marriage to a theater director (Antonio Banderas) is on the rocks. She finds passion with a new...
The Oscar winner and “Eyes Wide Shut” alum told Vanity Fair that “Babygirl,” which is written and directed by Halina Reijn, is the most “exposing” film of her career.
“I’ve made some films that are pretty exposing, but not like this,” Kidman said. “I just work with abandonment. […] A lot of the themes in my movies have been explored through the lens of sexuality. I’ve not eliminated that or tried to pretend it isn’t there. […] That’s vulnerable, but I’m never going to shy away from that to my dying day. I’ll place myself in a vulnerable position, and see where that takes me.”
Kidman plays a CEO whose marriage to a theater director (Antonio Banderas) is on the rocks. She finds passion with a new...
- 8/26/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Tom Cruise is undoubtedly one of Hollywood’s most successful and enduring actors whose career spans over four decades! A feat that only a few could accomplish in a cut-throat industry. His early roles in the 1980s made him the face of blockbuster franchises and he’s delivered several memorable performances.
Tom Cruise | Photo by Gage Skidmore, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Despite his impressive body of work, the actor never won an Academy Award. This glaring omission was enough for him to switch gears and revamp his filmography. Cruise’s journey reflects his decision to prioritize his longevity over traditional accolades, enabling him to secure his legacy in cinema.
Tom Cruise’s Decade-Long Iconic Performances Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man | United Artists
The late 1980s and 1990s were perhaps the most critical years of Tom Cruise’s career in terms of success because,...
Tom Cruise | Photo by Gage Skidmore, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Despite his impressive body of work, the actor never won an Academy Award. This glaring omission was enough for him to switch gears and revamp his filmography. Cruise’s journey reflects his decision to prioritize his longevity over traditional accolades, enabling him to secure his legacy in cinema.
Tom Cruise’s Decade-Long Iconic Performances Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man | United Artists
The late 1980s and 1990s were perhaps the most critical years of Tom Cruise’s career in terms of success because,...
- 8/25/2024
- by Sonika Kamble
- FandomWire
Throughout his action-studded career, Tom Cruise has never once hesitated to take that extra step to deliver the ultimate realistic experience to viewers and fans that has them seated at the edge of their seats. Be it doing death-defying stunts or pulling off real-time Gs for his aviation projects, he has never once shied away from doing things others would consider “crazy” to do.
Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 7. | Credits: Paramount Pictures.
That said, when people fail to properly acknowledge the work he has done by intentionally choosing not to have that ultimate viewing experience as opposed to his wishes, Cruise really does get batsh-t crazy. Just like the times he did when Miles Teller and James Cordon tried to get under his skin by watching his films exactly the way he told them not to.
The Time Miles Teller Got Under Tom Cruise’s Skin
Besides being exceptionally famous...
Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 7. | Credits: Paramount Pictures.
That said, when people fail to properly acknowledge the work he has done by intentionally choosing not to have that ultimate viewing experience as opposed to his wishes, Cruise really does get batsh-t crazy. Just like the times he did when Miles Teller and James Cordon tried to get under his skin by watching his films exactly the way he told them not to.
The Time Miles Teller Got Under Tom Cruise’s Skin
Besides being exceptionally famous...
- 8/25/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)
1999 is widely considered to be one of the best years in cinema history. Truthfully, 25 years later, it's not remotely hard to see why. It saw the release of groundbreaking films like "The Matrix," which remains one of the most important sci-fi hits ever made. The likes of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," "Toy Story 2," "The Blair Witch Project," "American Pie," "Sleepy Hollow," "Deep Blue Sea," "Eyes Wide Shut," "Fight Club," "The Mummy," and so much more. It's an embarrassment of riches.
Unfortunately, even the best year is going to have its share of misfires. As far as 1999 goes, the biggest misfire of them all (at least by reputation) is unquestionably "The 13th Warrior." Directed by John McTiernan, of "Die Hard" and "Predator" fame,...
1999 is widely considered to be one of the best years in cinema history. Truthfully, 25 years later, it's not remotely hard to see why. It saw the release of groundbreaking films like "The Matrix," which remains one of the most important sci-fi hits ever made. The likes of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," "Toy Story 2," "The Blair Witch Project," "American Pie," "Sleepy Hollow," "Deep Blue Sea," "Eyes Wide Shut," "Fight Club," "The Mummy," and so much more. It's an embarrassment of riches.
Unfortunately, even the best year is going to have its share of misfires. As far as 1999 goes, the biggest misfire of them all (at least by reputation) is unquestionably "The 13th Warrior." Directed by John McTiernan, of "Die Hard" and "Predator" fame,...
- 8/24/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
There have been several successful filmmakers in Hollywood, but talents like Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg are a rarity. The two are cemented as the epitome of class and creativity, and stand tall in their respective genres.
Jack Nicholson in The Shining| Warner Bros
However, the two greats did not always agree with each other’s opinions, but the difference only led to something greater. Kubrick, being the pioneer in film adaptations of several written works, once gave an important lesson to Spielberg with the help of his movie, The Shining.
Steven Spielberg didn’t like The Shining on his first watch
Steven Spielberg is counted among the legends of the film industry today. In his career spanning decades, he has learned from some of the best in the field, including Stanley Kubrick, an expert in the psychological thriller genre. The Shining is often considered his magnum opus in that field.
Jack Nicholson in The Shining| Warner Bros
However, the two greats did not always agree with each other’s opinions, but the difference only led to something greater. Kubrick, being the pioneer in film adaptations of several written works, once gave an important lesson to Spielberg with the help of his movie, The Shining.
Steven Spielberg didn’t like The Shining on his first watch
Steven Spielberg is counted among the legends of the film industry today. In his career spanning decades, he has learned from some of the best in the field, including Stanley Kubrick, an expert in the psychological thriller genre. The Shining is often considered his magnum opus in that field.
- 8/18/2024
- by Sayantan Choudhary
- FandomWire
Traumnovelle, a new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic short story that inspired Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, will open this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival, premiering on Sept. 11.
The drama, from German director Florian Frerichs (The Last Supper), stars Nikolai Kinski and Laurine Price as a respectable upper middle-class couple who get drawn into a secret world of erotic fantasy. Detlev Buck, Bruno Eyron, and Nora Islei co-star with cameos from Sharon Brauner and Sharon Kovacs. The producers are Warnuts Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg.
Originally published in 1926, Schnitzler’s Traumnovelle got its most-famous adaptation courtesy of Kubrik’s 1999 feature starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The production famously shot over a record-breaking 400 days. Shortly after finishing the film, and just six days after screening his cut for Kidman and Cruise, Kubrick died.
Frerichs and his cast will attend the Traumnovelle world premiere in Oldenburg on Sept. 11. The...
The drama, from German director Florian Frerichs (The Last Supper), stars Nikolai Kinski and Laurine Price as a respectable upper middle-class couple who get drawn into a secret world of erotic fantasy. Detlev Buck, Bruno Eyron, and Nora Islei co-star with cameos from Sharon Brauner and Sharon Kovacs. The producers are Warnuts Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg.
Originally published in 1926, Schnitzler’s Traumnovelle got its most-famous adaptation courtesy of Kubrik’s 1999 feature starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The production famously shot over a record-breaking 400 days. Shortly after finishing the film, and just six days after screening his cut for Kidman and Cruise, Kubrick died.
Frerichs and his cast will attend the Traumnovelle world premiere in Oldenburg on Sept. 11. The...
- 8/16/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Die Weltpremiere von Florian Frerichs‘ Schnitzler-Adaption „Traumnovelle“ mit Nikolai Kinski und Laurine Price in den Hauptrollen wird am 11. September das Internationale Filmfest Oldenburg feierlich eröffnen.
Nikolai Kinski und Laurine Price in „Traumnovelle“ (Credit: Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg)
Mit der „Traumnovelle“ von Arthur Schnitzler wagt sich der Filmemacher Florian Frerichs an eine cineastische äußerst spannende Adaption eines Buches, dessen Bekanntheit vor allem auf „Eyes Wide Shut“, der Verfilmung von Stanley Kubrick aus den 1990er-Jahren beruht. Frerichs‘ „Traumnovelle“ mit Nikolai Kinski und Laurine Price in den Hauptrollen, wird als Weltpremiere am 11. September das Internationale Filmfest Oldenburg feierlich eröffnen.
Nikolai Kinski und Laurine Price verkörpern das bürgerliche Ehepaar Jacob und Amelia. Als Jacob von seiner Frau erfährt, dass in ihren heimlichen sexuellen Träumen ein fremder Mann eine Rolle spielte, will er sein eigenes sexuelles Verlangen erforschen. Eine bürgerliche Fassade voller Einengung und unterdrückter Sehnsüchte bricht in dieser Nacht zusammen.
Nachdem niemand geringeres als Stanley...
Nikolai Kinski und Laurine Price in „Traumnovelle“ (Credit: Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg)
Mit der „Traumnovelle“ von Arthur Schnitzler wagt sich der Filmemacher Florian Frerichs an eine cineastische äußerst spannende Adaption eines Buches, dessen Bekanntheit vor allem auf „Eyes Wide Shut“, der Verfilmung von Stanley Kubrick aus den 1990er-Jahren beruht. Frerichs‘ „Traumnovelle“ mit Nikolai Kinski und Laurine Price in den Hauptrollen, wird als Weltpremiere am 11. September das Internationale Filmfest Oldenburg feierlich eröffnen.
Nikolai Kinski und Laurine Price verkörpern das bürgerliche Ehepaar Jacob und Amelia. Als Jacob von seiner Frau erfährt, dass in ihren heimlichen sexuellen Träumen ein fremder Mann eine Rolle spielte, will er sein eigenes sexuelles Verlangen erforschen. Eine bürgerliche Fassade voller Einengung und unterdrückter Sehnsüchte bricht in dieser Nacht zusammen.
Nachdem niemand geringeres als Stanley...
- 8/16/2024
- by Michael Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
It’s rare when a ripped-from-the-headlines adaptation fails to capitalize upon the wilder, weirder aspects of its real-life counterpart. Yet that’s what happens in the case of director Austin Peters’ “Skincare,” which, to be fair, only claims to be a fictionalized version of the true-crime story of a successful celebrity aesthetician who allegedly hired a hitman to take out her competition. What’s there borrows from the real scandal to lightly explore the feminine rage, jealousy and paranoia festering underneath a girl-boss gloss so prevalent in the early 2010s. Through slick aesthetics bolstered by a sensational soundscape, the filmmakers build an entrancing, atmospheric mood piece. But given a few of its omissions, it’s questionable why the storytellers didn’t go in for the kill.
Skin is fragile (it’s the largest organ in the human body), tasked with keeping us healthy and in one piece. It’s no...
Skin is fragile (it’s the largest organ in the human body), tasked with keeping us healthy and in one piece. It’s no...
- 8/15/2024
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film at Lincoln Center
An essential series of Jacques Rozier restorations begins.
Roxy Cinema
Fidelio, our four-film program with Chapo Trap House’s Movie Mindset, has an encore with Eyes Wide Shut on a spectacular 35mm print this Friday and Saturday, the latter day also bringing The Ghost Writer on 35mm; Nathan Silver presents Crossing Delancey on 35mm and Mike Leigh’s Meantime; “City Dudes” returns on Saturday.
Bam
Films by Spike Lee, Chantal Akerman, Lucrecia Martel, and more play in “Sweat!“; recent restorations are given a showcase, including a special premiere of The Spook Who Sat By the Door.
Museum of the Moving Image
70mm prints of 2001, Tenet, and Far and Away screen.
Film Forum
A Blaxploitation series, featuring classics and discoveries alike, begins; Army of Shadows continues.
Anthology Film Archives
Buñuel and Dalí play in “Essential Cinema.”
Museum of Modern Art...
Film at Lincoln Center
An essential series of Jacques Rozier restorations begins.
Roxy Cinema
Fidelio, our four-film program with Chapo Trap House’s Movie Mindset, has an encore with Eyes Wide Shut on a spectacular 35mm print this Friday and Saturday, the latter day also bringing The Ghost Writer on 35mm; Nathan Silver presents Crossing Delancey on 35mm and Mike Leigh’s Meantime; “City Dudes” returns on Saturday.
Bam
Films by Spike Lee, Chantal Akerman, Lucrecia Martel, and more play in “Sweat!“; recent restorations are given a showcase, including a special premiere of The Spook Who Sat By the Door.
Museum of the Moving Image
70mm prints of 2001, Tenet, and Far and Away screen.
Film Forum
A Blaxploitation series, featuring classics and discoveries alike, begins; Army of Shadows continues.
Anthology Film Archives
Buñuel and Dalí play in “Essential Cinema.”
Museum of Modern Art...
- 8/15/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Venturing from cult classic dramas like Eyes Wide Shut to preparing for incredible stunts in Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise has long been a cinematic icon who has notably been evaded by the Academy Awards throughout his illustrious career. However, the Paris 2024 Olympics provided him with a stunning new achievement that few could have anticipated.
Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | image: Paramount Pictures
At the closing ceremony of the Olympics, Tom Cruise appeared to perform a breathtaking stunt, when he surprisingly descended from the roof of the Olympic Stadium. Not only dazzling audiences but also marking a unique milestone in both Olympic and entertainment history, Cruise coupled his unforgettable performance with his historic touch of the Hollywood sign.
Tom Cruise Made History at the Paris 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony
Despite his extensive career and numerous iconic roles, Tom Cruise has notably been the Hollywood star to have never won an Academy Award.
Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | image: Paramount Pictures
At the closing ceremony of the Olympics, Tom Cruise appeared to perform a breathtaking stunt, when he surprisingly descended from the roof of the Olympic Stadium. Not only dazzling audiences but also marking a unique milestone in both Olympic and entertainment history, Cruise coupled his unforgettable performance with his historic touch of the Hollywood sign.
Tom Cruise Made History at the Paris 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony
Despite his extensive career and numerous iconic roles, Tom Cruise has notably been the Hollywood star to have never won an Academy Award.
- 8/15/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has played lots of notable roles in his career: the nerdy computer programmer in the James Bond film “GoldenEye”; the Master of Ceremonies in Sam Mendes’ 1990s revival of “Cabaret” on London’s West End and on Broadway; the flirty desk clerk in Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut”; all the parts in a 2012 theater production of “Macbeth”; King James in “Doctor Who”; campaign manager Eli Gold in “The Good Wife”; and a 32-year-old man who goes back to secondary school in the documentary “My Old School,” in which Cumming does an uncanny job of lip-syncing a recording of the real subject, who declined to appear on camera.
None of this was preparation for “The Traitors,” the Peacock reality show in which Cumming struts through a Scottish castle in fabulous outfits and presides over a game in which contestants, many of them veterans of other reality shows,...
None of this was preparation for “The Traitors,” the Peacock reality show in which Cumming struts through a Scottish castle in fabulous outfits and presides over a game in which contestants, many of them veterans of other reality shows,...
- 8/14/2024
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
This article is part of IndieWire’s 2000s Week celebration. Click here for a whole lot more.
When the 2000s began, Todd Field was a journeyman actor best known for his work in “Ruby in Paradise,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” and a pair of Jan de Bont spectacles.. A year into the decade, he would be recognized as one of the most promising filmmakers of his generation after writing and directing “In the Bedroom” (2001), a low-budget indie that became a surprising commercial success on its way to five Oscar nominations. Looking back now, Field recognizes that it was a unique time not just for him, but for film history in general.
“There are so many advantages now, technically, for young filmmakers starting out,” Field told IndieWire. “But in terms of actually having people see the work, it seems much harder. The idea that this film got made, that it got into Sundance,...
When the 2000s began, Todd Field was a journeyman actor best known for his work in “Ruby in Paradise,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” and a pair of Jan de Bont spectacles.. A year into the decade, he would be recognized as one of the most promising filmmakers of his generation after writing and directing “In the Bedroom” (2001), a low-budget indie that became a surprising commercial success on its way to five Oscar nominations. Looking back now, Field recognizes that it was a unique time not just for him, but for film history in general.
“There are so many advantages now, technically, for young filmmakers starting out,” Field told IndieWire. “But in terms of actually having people see the work, it seems much harder. The idea that this film got made, that it got into Sundance,...
- 8/12/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Tom Cruise is currently one of the most celebrated action heroes that continues to push boundaries in action filmmaking. Unlike most actors, he doesn’t employ stuntmen for physically challenging action sequences or stunts. His work in The Mission Impossible franchise proved that he is ready to take risks that even stuntmen would think twice before committing to.
Tom Cruise continues to be in his action-hero era with Mission Impossible 7 and its upcoming sequel | Paramount Pictures
However, he was not the unparalleled action hero that he currently is in his earlier works. His works in the 80s and 90s established him as an incredible dramatic performer, earning accolades for his versatility in acclaimed films. 1999’s Magnolia presented Cruise as an unhinged, arrogant yet complex motivational speaker, and audiences have not seen that level of performance from him since the 2000s.
Tom Cruise’s Frank Mackey From Magnolia May Be The...
Tom Cruise continues to be in his action-hero era with Mission Impossible 7 and its upcoming sequel | Paramount Pictures
However, he was not the unparalleled action hero that he currently is in his earlier works. His works in the 80s and 90s established him as an incredible dramatic performer, earning accolades for his versatility in acclaimed films. 1999’s Magnolia presented Cruise as an unhinged, arrogant yet complex motivational speaker, and audiences have not seen that level of performance from him since the 2000s.
Tom Cruise’s Frank Mackey From Magnolia May Be The...
- 8/11/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Stanley Kubrick is undoubtedly one of the most influential filmmakers that Hollywood has ever had. The renowned director’s works have been praised for their innovative cinematography as well as their amazing attention to detail. Films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket have been groundbreaking films that have inspired various filmmakers.
Alan Cumming famously played Nightcrawler in X2 | 20th Century Fox
Kubrick’s last film was 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The erotic mystery film also had rising star Alan Cumming, who had made some small roles in some high-profile films. However, before starring in Eyes Wide Shut, he was getting disillusioned with the industry until Kubrick restored his love for acting.
X2‘s Alan Cumming Question His Acting Career Before Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut
Alan Cumming played a hotel desk clerk in Stanley Kubrick...
Alan Cumming famously played Nightcrawler in X2 | 20th Century Fox
Kubrick’s last film was 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The erotic mystery film also had rising star Alan Cumming, who had made some small roles in some high-profile films. However, before starring in Eyes Wide Shut, he was getting disillusioned with the industry until Kubrick restored his love for acting.
X2‘s Alan Cumming Question His Acting Career Before Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut
Alan Cumming played a hotel desk clerk in Stanley Kubrick...
- 8/10/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Friends star David Schwimmer is 6 ft 1 in tall but he had to borrow a trick from Tom Cruise’s book to appear alongside one 6 ft actress in the series. Aisha Tyler played Charlie in the popular sitcom and stood almost shoulder to shoulder with the Band of Brothers actor. However, the duo played a couple and Schwimmer wanted to appear a couple of inches taller than Tyler.
David Schwimmer in a still from Friends | Warner Bros.
Other cast members of Friends are shorter compared to both Schwimmer and Tyler. Matthew Perry was 5 ft 11¼ in tall, while Matt LeBlanc is 5 ft 9½ in tall. Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel opposite Schwimmer, is the shortest among the cast members at 5 ft 4¾ in.
David Schwimmer Did A Tom Cruise Trick To Appear Taller Than Aisha Tyler in Friends David Schwimmer and Aisha Tyler with Matt LeBlanc in Friends | Warner Bros.
During the ninth and tenth seasons of Friends,...
David Schwimmer in a still from Friends | Warner Bros.
Other cast members of Friends are shorter compared to both Schwimmer and Tyler. Matthew Perry was 5 ft 11¼ in tall, while Matt LeBlanc is 5 ft 9½ in tall. Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel opposite Schwimmer, is the shortest among the cast members at 5 ft 4¾ in.
David Schwimmer Did A Tom Cruise Trick To Appear Taller Than Aisha Tyler in Friends David Schwimmer and Aisha Tyler with Matt LeBlanc in Friends | Warner Bros.
During the ninth and tenth seasons of Friends,...
- 8/10/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Tom Cruise is one of the biggest A-list actors today in Hollywood; and naturally, his romantic ventures have often found a significant spotlight in showbiz. While the rumors and speculations of his romance draw great attention, his past relationships and three broken marriages continue to make news.
Tom Cruise [in Mission: Impossible | Paramount Pictures]Having been married thrice, Cruise once opened up about his marriage with ex-wife Nicole Kidman while dating the Spanish beauty, Penelope Cruz.
Tom Cruise Had Only Nice Things to Say About Nicole Kidman
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut | Warner Brothers
Once a power couple of the 90s, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise met on the sets of 1990’s Days of Thunder. And soon, in December 1990, they tied the knot in a small, intimate ceremony. While being married, the duo have always spoken highly of each other, praising each other whenever they could.
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Tom Cruise [in Mission: Impossible | Paramount Pictures]Having been married thrice, Cruise once opened up about his marriage with ex-wife Nicole Kidman while dating the Spanish beauty, Penelope Cruz.
Tom Cruise Had Only Nice Things to Say About Nicole Kidman
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut | Warner Brothers
Once a power couple of the 90s, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise met on the sets of 1990’s Days of Thunder. And soon, in December 1990, they tied the knot in a small, intimate ceremony. While being married, the duo have always spoken highly of each other, praising each other whenever they could.
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- 8/10/2024
- by Maria Sultan
- FandomWire
At the Blink Twice premiere, Zoe Kravitz’s heartfelt shoutout to Channing Tatum has got Hollywood buzzing. Kravitz, stepping into the director’s chair for the first time, gave Tatum major props for his trust and teamwork. This power duo might just break the Hollywood mold and kick off a new era of bold, creative risks.
Zoe Kravitz in a still from The Batman | DC Studios
Keep an eye on this dynamic pair—they could be about to change the game and spark a fresh wave of innovative cinema.
Zoe Kravitz’s Touching Tribute to Channing Tatum at Blink Twice Premiere Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz walk the Red Carpet together | Instagram (justshared)
At the premiere of Blink Twice, Zoe Kravitz delivered a heartfelt tribute to Channing Tatum that left everyone buzzing. In a recent tweet dropped by The Hollywood Reporter, Zoe Kravitz reads a thank you letter to Channing Tatum,...
Zoe Kravitz in a still from The Batman | DC Studios
Keep an eye on this dynamic pair—they could be about to change the game and spark a fresh wave of innovative cinema.
Zoe Kravitz’s Touching Tribute to Channing Tatum at Blink Twice Premiere Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz walk the Red Carpet together | Instagram (justshared)
At the premiere of Blink Twice, Zoe Kravitz delivered a heartfelt tribute to Channing Tatum that left everyone buzzing. In a recent tweet dropped by The Hollywood Reporter, Zoe Kravitz reads a thank you letter to Channing Tatum,...
- 8/9/2024
- by Heena Singh
- FandomWire
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