Nicole Kidman Gossip

Aquaman is so incredibly dumb I don’t know how to review it other than to just tell you what it is and emphasize how extremely likeable it is in the face of its own sheer stupidity. So there will be some spoilers, but also realize that mere words cannot capture the magnificent dumbness of this movie, so in a way, it is impossible to spoil. Full Story

I met up with one of my students last night, Erik. Erik is a cinephile, and he tries to see as many films as possible, as many times as possible. With Erik, as soon as you mention movies, you might get an hour-long monologue. Anyway, I was encouraging him to see Destroyer, and then we started talking about Nicole Kidman or, as I called her, Nicole F-cking Kidman, because MY GOD the quality of her work, it’s almost exhausting watching her continue to not just maintain the quality of her work but keep pushing it to new depths. Full Story

(Lainey: Nicole Kidman is currently promoting Boy Erased. In a couple of weeks she’ll be promoting Destroyer. Gold Derby just asked her about the possibility of being nominated for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress in the same year - it’s rare, but it’s not impossible…and if there’s anyone who could do it, it would be her. Full Story

Keith Urban won Entertainer of The Year at the CMA Awards. He was shocked, and not in a Taylor Swift Surprised Face way. He was genuinely surprised and so was everyone around him, including his “baby girl” Nicole Kidman.  Keith and Nicole love love. They love showing off how much they love their love. Full Story

Aquaman is gearing up for its imminent holiday release with new character posters featured in Entertainment Weekly. Look, I’ve said it before Full Story

Thanks for all your responses last week to Season 3 of our Show Your Work podcast. For those of you who missed and who keep asking me about my Jake Gyllenhaal story from TIFF, check out the episode here Full Story

New York Comic Con is happening right now, and while San Diego is still THE Comic Con, NYCC has been creeping closer in importance for years, with big movie and TV presentations and new trailers released every year. This year, Aquaman brought a five-minute extended trailer that gives a more comprehensive look at the movie. Full Story

For all of the amazing photos of Laura Dern in fishing gear, or a dressed down Nicole Kidman hanging with fellow Aussies Hugh Jackman and Joel Edgerton at the Telluride Film Festival over the weekend, it looks like nobody was having more fun than Melissa McCarthy. Full Story

Ask me why I’m so excited.  Ask me why the news that Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie have joined Nicole Kidman in the cast of a movie about Fox News and Roger Ailes Full Story

We’re used to DC movies being marketed years in advance, but with Aquaman Warner Brothers and DC Films finally showed some restraint, waiting until Comic-Con, five months before the movie is due, to drop the first trailer. That restraint paid off, too, because it gave them a literal stage and Jason Momoa Full Story