25 Oct Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman will no longer be playing a role in Danish director Lars von Trier's "The Nymphomaniac", according to Hollywood Reporter. Kidman, 45, had decided to depart from the controversial film that focuses on a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac's erotic experiences with a man who saved her after a beating, but the reason the Australian star left the production was not confirmed. Sources suspected that Kidman, who filmed a sexual scene with Zac Efron in the recent Lee Daniels' film, "The Paperboy", was trying to avoid shooting real sex scenes for Lars's erotic film. Meanwhile, "Transformers" male lead Shia LaBeouf is eager to take part in "The Nymphomaniac", and has already sent in a sex tape of him and his companion to the director. As to everyone's speculations on whether there will be real and explicit sex scenes in the filming of the controversial project, LaBeouf remarked, "The movie is w...

Stanley Kubricks final film "Eyes Wide Shut," about a bizarre night-long sexual odyssey, still baffles many. And according to star Nicole Kidman, the legendary director preferred to preseve some of the movie's mystery. In a piece she penned for The Hollywood Reporter , Kidman writes that people have asked me if Stanley ever told us what Eyes Wide Shut was about and the answer is no. He didn't believe in interpretation. Kidman also dismisses rumors that the film contributed to the demise of her marriage with then-husband and Eyes Wide Shut co-star Tom Cruise. Warner Bros. Nicole Kidman as Alice Harford in Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" "People thought that making the film was the beginning of the end of my marriage but I don't really think it was. Tom and I were close then, and it was very much the three of us, she writes about her relationship with both Cruise and Kubrick. The film came out in 1999 and the couple officially divorced in 200...

Paris, Oct 24 (IANS) Nicole Kidman , who plays legendary actress Grace Kelly in " Grace Of Monaco ", looked her elegant best as she stepped out to shoot for the biopic in France . Directed by Olivier Dahn , "Grace Of Monaco" is said to have a budget of $30 million and tells the story of the Philadelphia-born star who made it big in Hollywood before she married Price Rainier of Monaco in a fairy-tale wedding in 1956, reports dailymail.co.uk. Kelly was also considered one of the most beautiful and stylish women. To play her, Kidman sported a cropped curled hairstyle and carried a bread basket as she shot in Menton, France . Kidman has also shot on a yacht in France and was seen riding horses for the movie. The film also stars Tim Roth, Parker Posey and Milo Ventimiglia and is slated to release in 2014.

Nicole Kidman is the perfect choice to play Grace Kelly, says a friend of the late princess. Lynn Wyatt, a close friend of Princess Grace until her death in 1982, says Kidman is beautiful inside and out and has endorsed her in the role of Kelly in upcoming biopic Grace of Monaco. "There is nobody more gorgeous," Wyatt told People magazine on Monday while at the 30th Anniversary Princess Grace Awards Gala hosted by the Princess Grace Foundation-USA in New York City. "She's beautiful inside and out, and she's very sweet. She's very nice - and she's caring. I think she would be perfect," Wyatt said Although Lynn thinks Kidman is fantastic, she misses her friend Grace. "But there was nobody like Princess Grace. I think it's flattering to have somebody play you like that - and of all people, Nicole would be the right one - but I remember I was at the Monte Carlo Beach Club, and she had all her hair up under this big hat, and I said, 'Excuse m...

By Ann Pride PUBLISHED: 16:54 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 18:06 EST, 23 October 2012 Nicole Kidman was the model of elegance as stepped on set in Menton, France, wearing a vintage floral dress for her upcoming biopic Grace of Monaco. The 45-year-old star was costumed as the late actress-turned-princess in the colourful design as she arrived to film her scenes on Tuesday. Stylists had accessorised the Oscar winner's look with a large hat, long white gloves and flat shoes. Turning back the clock: Nicole Kidman was costumed in a vintage floral dress on Tuesday as she film scenes for her upcoming film Grace o Monaco in Menton, France They styled Kidman's cropped blonde hair in loose curls which were tucked under the hat. The superstar was spotted carrying a basket of bread during her scenes as she walked across a bridge. The crew also filmed her on a sprawling yacht that had been docked in Nice, France a day earlier. Channeling a style icon: Nicole wore a similar dress to on...

By Sara Hammel 10/23/2012 at 12:50 PM EDT Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly (left) and the real Grace Kelly FameFlynet; Everett Nicole Kidman , who will play Princess Grace in an upcoming biopic , has the seal of approval from at least one important figure in the late royal's life. "First of all, I know Nicole Kidman. There is nobody more gorgeous," Lynn Wyatt, a close friend of Grace until her death in 1982 , told PEOPLE Monday at the 30th Anniversary Princess Grace Awards Gala hosted by the Princess Grace Foundation-USA at Cipriani 42nd Street. "She's beautiful inside and out, and she's very sweet," Wyatt a trustee of the foundation and an honoree Monday night added of Kidman. "She's very nice and she's caring. I think she would be perfect." All that said, however, Wyatt does wistfully recall a moment when she realized her close friend, the former Grace Kelly, was especially breathtaking. While acknowledging Kidman looks great dressed a...

Nicole Kidman has quit 'Nymphomaniac'. The 'Moulin Rouge' actress was initially linked to the controversial film, which looks back at a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac's erotic experiences with a man who saved her after a beating, but she has reportedly pulled out, according to The Hollywood Reporter. While a reason for Nicole's departure has not been confirmed, it is thought she is not keen to star in the project since director Lars von Trier revealed he is planning to use real sex scenes. Fellow star Shia LaBeouf seems keener about the nature of the feature and even sent Lars sex tapes of him and his girlfriend as part of his audition to be in the film. Back in August he supported Lars' choice to shoot the risque film as real as he possibly could, saying: "is what you think it is. It is Lars von Trier, making a movie about what he's making. For instance, there's a disclaimer at the top of the script that basically says we're doing it for real....