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...with his novel The Hours. While a reader can imagine Woolf and the others, a movie must literally flesh out fictional creations, and so a certain unfortunate literalness of presentation creeps into the picture. Watching The Hours, one finds oneself focusing excessively on the unfortunate prosthetic nose Kidman affects in order to look more like the novelist. And wondering why the screenwriter, David Hare, and the director, Stephen Daldry, turn Woolf, a woman of incisive mind, into a hapless ditherer. Gentlemen, she was only a part-time madwoman. Most of the time, she possessed one of the most interesting sensibilities...
Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) published Mrs. Dalloway in 1925. Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) reads it in post--World War II Southern California, and it reshapes her life. In present-day New York City, Clarissa Vaughan (Meryl Streep) lives a version of the day Woolf imagined for her protagonist in distant London...
...Natasa Micic looks set to become the first women head of state in Serbian history. At 37, she is also the youngest. As the Speaker of parliament, Micic will take over as acting President until successful elections are held. Red-haired and green-eyed, Micic has been nicknamed Nicole Kidman by some of her male colleagues. She resents the name. "It just shows immaturity and disregard for women on the part of our politicians," she says. "I'd rather be likened to Margaret Thatcher or Indira Gandhi." Still, she's been more than happy to invoke other Hollywood icons...
...emergency room, in a chronic state of shock." Pearson, the wife of New Yorker writer Anthony Lane and mother of two young children, has sold her novel to 16 other countries. Miramax has bought the film rights. Who would she like to play Kate Reddy? "Maybe Nicole Kidman or Tea Leonie," she confides...
Some divorced couples stay civil for the sake of the children. TOM CRUISE and NICOLE KIDMAN are doing so for the sake of a lawsuit. The two claim that while they were still married (as they were in this photo), a perfume ad for cosmetics-store chain Sephora USA featured their picture, making it look as though they endorsed the product. Claiming that they served as "involuntary models without pay," they are suing for $15 million and say they hope the award will be tripled. They are also seeking unspecified punitive damages in light of what their lawyer called...