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Peacock has announced the premiere date for the reality competition series, The Traitors. Host Alan Cumming revealed the news during an appearance on Today. Notably, Cumming’s appearance was made on Halloween, with the actor getting into the season during his appearance.

Alan Cumming Showed Up In Costume

The series is based on the Dutch reality series De Verraders. Similar to the Dutch series, the show sees a group of contestants must work together all the while eliminating other contestants to win the game.

Some players become the titular “Traitors.” Others become “Faithfuls,” who must vote out the “Traitors.”

Alan Cumming on ‘The Traitors’ – YouTube

Scottish actor Alan Cummings serves as the host of the American series. Cumming recently appeared on Today to talk about the upcoming season with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager.

As his appearance occurred on Halloween, Cumming arrived on the set dressed up like King Kong.

Action hero legend Tom Cruise has proven that he isn’t scared of many things, considering how he has pulled one too many death-defying stunts just for the sake of authenticity and some adventure. This includes his most-talked-about stunt for Mission: Impossible 7, where he drove off a cliff on a motorbike after practicing with 500 skydives and jumping over 13,000 motocross times.

Tom Cruise. | Credits: Frankie Fouganthin/Cca-by-sa-4.0/Wikimedia Commons.

But while the 62-year-old actor is inevitably not scared of falling to his death or meeting death some other way while performing his deadly stunts, Cruise seems to be absolutely ‘terrified’ of going under the knife. Per inside reports, the actor is trying to find a way to fix his eye bags but is reportedly not opting for cosmetic surgery as he fears it might make him a ‘caricature’ of himself.

Tom Cruise is Reportedly ‘Terrified’ of Going Under the...

Tom Cruise has done some crazy and daring things over the years. From jumping off a motorcycle in a valley to hanging off a plane, he has done it all and is considered to be fearless by millions of people.

Tom Cruise in a still from Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Credits: Skydance

However, an unnerving report claims that there might be one thing that Cruise is allegedly quite afraid of. That being going under the knife, and Cruise fears how it will affect his looks.

Tom Cruise is Allegedly Afraid of This One Thing

Cruise is 62 years of age. Despite the actor not looking old at all, the body starts to change as people get older. Some of the visible changes are wrinkles around the eyes, and allegedly, Cruise might be having a similar problem.

Tom Cruise in a still from Collateral | Credits: Edge City

A report...

Tom Cruise. Nicole Kidman. The two lovers that fell apart in the folds of 2001 have still got fans and paparazzi curious about their personal lives. Well, how about some controversy about Kidman and Salma Hayek?

Nicole Kidman in Expats (2023-24) | Credits: Prime Video

The two were recently spotted at the Balenciaga show where they had a noticeably awkward exchange. Well, it seems that the so-called “acquaintances” aren’t so comfortable with each other’s presence.

Nicole Kidman And Salma Hayek’s Awkward Exchange

So, Nicole Kidman (the ex-wife of Tom Cruise) and Salma Hayek (a good friend of Tom Cruise) met at the recent Balenciaga show. The two posed for a photo alongside iconic singer Katy Perry.

Salma Hayek in a still from Eternals | Credits: Marvel Studios

What’s so weird about that? Well, the weird thing about that is the awkward poses and camera eyes that were watching them.

While Tom Cruise is known for his action films, he has also experimented with his stardom. He has worked with acclaimed directors like Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael Mann, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and more. Cruise was also legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick’s final leading man.

Kubrick’s final film Eyes Wide Shut was touted as an erotic thriller when it was first announced but the final film seemed to be a more surreal look into the world of secret societies, cults, and the elite. While the film polarized viewers, Cruise later defended the film saying that the expectations of the audience clouded their judgment.

Tom Cruise Defended Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut | Credits: Warner Bros.

Tom Cruise played the role of Dr. Bill Harford in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. The film also starred his then-wife Nicole Kidman and was reportedly the longest shoot ever,...

Tom Cruise has always been a very vocal person. Be it about his relationships or his belief in the Church of Scientology, he has always been very candid about things that he believes in. Due to this, he has naturally had some very controversial moments in his career.

Tom Cruise | Credits: Dr Lovell via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

However, none have been as loud as the time that Cruise went on a very critical rant about psychiatry. On top of criticizing Brooke Sheilds for how she chose to deal with her postpartum depression, he also criticized using medication for mental illness as a whole.

Tom Cruise Explained His Interaction With Brooke Shields

Many years ago, Tom Cruise gave an interview with Today where he addressed his very public interaction with Brooke Shields. According to The New York Post, the pair got into a very public spat where he...

In the ever-expanding landscape of Hollywood, the tales of two friends—Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, Seth Rogen and James Franco—starring in films together have become a staple. So changing the story a bit, let’s talk of the duo who became close friends after sharing the screen. If you do not know, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman apparently became friends after starring together in Practical Magic.

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic (1998) | image: Warner Bros.

Well, to be specific, one particular scene in the movie acted as a catalyst in bringing Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman together. According to the Bird Box star, it was Practical Magic’s famous margaritas scene starring Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest that turned Bullock and Kidman into real-life friends.

Sandra Bullock Cherished Her Moments with Nicole Kidman While Filming

Appearing together in the 1998 American romantic fantasy film Practical Magic, based...

Cast as opposing love interests in their 1990 motorsport movie Days of Thunder, neither Tom Cruise nor Nicole Kidman knew that fiction would quickly transition into real life and they would fall harder than ever for each other. Within less than a year of meeting, the couple tied the knot in an intimate Christmas Eve ceremony in Colorado.

Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut | image: Warner Bros.

Two years later, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman adopted their daughter Isabella in 1992 and completed their family by adopting their son, Connor, in 1995. Thereafter, the Kidman-Cruise family were often photographed together, until the couple’s infamous 2001 divorce. Since then, Isabella and Connor have been almost non-existent. So let’s take a look into where they are now.

Bella Kidman Cruise and Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise’s Early Life

Shortly after Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise‘s wedding in 1990, the couple...

Tom Cruise is regarded as one of the most iconic action stars in Hollywood, and his movies have grossed billions worldwide. While he may have never won an Academy Award, he has numerous other accolades to solidify his status in the industry. But on the other hand, his personal life and choices have always been a topic of contention online.

Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire | Credits: TriStar Pictures

After his high-profile divorce with actress Nicole Kidman in 2001, the actor got married to Katie Holmes in 2006. This marriage resulted in the birth of his only biological child, Suri, in the same year. While initially, Cruise did share a special bond with his daughter, after his divorce from Holmes in 2012, this dynamic changed drastically.

How Tom Cruise Completely Ruined His Bond With Daughter Suri?

Being one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood is not an easy feat, as every part of...

Nicole Kidman’s upcoming film Babygirl seems to be a little heavy on mature content, which might have worked well in the past but seems to be not something younger audiences want to see. While the film is R-rated anyway, it seems that even older audiences are drifting away from s*xual content in films as well.

Babygirl || Credit: A24

According to a report by Variety, audiences, especially young adults and new adults, would rather watch content that has less explicit and mature themes, instead leaning toward platonic relationships and friendships, which are seldom seen in films aimed towards mature audiences.

An overwhelming number of young and new adults want more platonic relationships in films Nicole Kidman in Babygirl | Credit: A24

Nicole Kidman‘s Babygirl already has an uphill battle, given its rating. An R- rating for any film usually means that its audience size is already dwarfed, given that a large section of movie-goers,...

Prior to the Oscar race of 2025, Brad Pitt is making headlines for reportedly supporting Nicole Kidman, to get back at his ex-wife Angelina Jolie. But while his sudden support for Kidman is raising eyebrows, insiders spilled to In Touch Weekly that Pitt’s compassion for the Big Little Lies star isn’t something new.

Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life | image: Cottonwood Pictures

Stating how Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman used to be good friends during the early 90s, sources claimed that the actress’ association with Tom Cruise is what got in the way. Stating how Pitt had an alleged feud with Cruise, Kidman’s marriage to the latter thus affected her friendship with the Fight Club star.

Sources Blamed Tom Cruise for Ruining Nicole Kidman and Brad Pitt’s Friendship

As per an insider’s report to In Touch Weekly, Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman had been close friends during the early 90s.

Throughout her extensive career in Hollywood, Nicole Kidman has portrayed a range of characters, from showing off her comedic and dramatic talents in To Die For to her powerful, emotional performance in The Hours, and her daring, provocative side in films like Eyes Wide Shut and The Paperboy.

Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut | Credit: Warner Bros.

However, the actress has revealed that the role that got the best of her has been that of Romy, a businesswoman, in the upcoming erotic thriller Babygirl. Kidman recently shared that filming the movie, particularly the more intimate scenes, was at times overwhelming and difficult to manage.

Nicole Kidman Opened Up About the Challenges of Filming Babygirl

Nicole Kidman is set to return to the silver screen in the upcoming erotic thriller Babygirl. The film follows her in the role of a powerful businesswoman, who puts her family and career at risk when...

Sometimes, celebrities clash in amusing ways. Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick might be most widely known today for their work on The Shining. On one level, the two cinematic icons seemed to get along. But Nicholson once made Kubrick extremely upset when Nicholson left the production for a while for reasons that were less than honorable.

Why Jack Nicholson left the set of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’

During a 2016 interview with The Guardian, electrician Bob Tanswell discussed his experiences working on The Shining. “I’d heard of Stanley Kubrick but didn’t realize how special he was,” he said. “He’d do 150 takes of a simple scene.”

“One time, Jack said he had done his back in and needed a few days off,” Tanswell added. “That’s a lot of time when you’re shooting a big film, but Stanley said, ‘Ok.’ The next day, we were in the...

Nicole Kidman found shooting her raunchy scenes with Harris Dickinson for ‘Babygirl’ "liberating".The 57-year-old actress stars in the upcoming erotic movie opposite ‘The Iron Claw’ star, 28, and has explained she felt completely safe performing the intimate sequences due to female director Halina Reijn ensuring neither actor was pushed out of their comfort zones. During a recent Q+A session, Kidman said: "There’s a sort of a jump off the cliff thing where you go, okay, I’m just going to abandon everything and explore this with the people that I trust in a genre that is already set, but hopefully we can explore new territory and especially with the female at the helm."You have your director at the helm going, ‘I will protect you. Nothing that’s going to be in the film will be anything that you are not comfortable with. You are going to be okay.

Although Nicole Kidman is no stranger to a sexually provocative role, 25 years after starring in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, her latest film offered an under-explored onscreen dynamic.

During a recent Q&a about her new film Babygirl, premiering Christmas Day in theaters, the Oscar winner opened up about the “liberating” experience of starring alongside Harris Dickinson in the Halina Reijn-helmed A24 erotic thriller.

“I’ve always been on a quest as an actor, I’m always going, where have I not been? And what can I explore as a human being?” she explained, according to People. “And this was an area I’d never been.”

Babygirl stars Kidman as Romy, a high-powered CEO who puts her life’s work on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much-younger intern Samuel (Dickinson).

Kidman said, “There’s a sort of a jump off the cliff thing where you go,...

The 1980s were a peak decade for horror. My favorite 1980s horror movie transcends the genre and has influenced it profoundly. It’s also one of the few horror movies that routinely appears on lists of the greatest movies of all time.

My favorite horror movie from the 1980s was by the best director of all time

Perhaps the most acclaimed film director of all time was Stanley Kubrick. His most famous films include 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spartacus, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Lolita, and Eyes Wide Shut. Each of these films was a mainstream release that felt more like an arthouse film. These days, the Kubrick film that’s the most popular might be The Shining.

Considering it’s based on a novel by Stephen King and stars Jack Nicholson, The Shining sounds like it should be a good but conventional Hollywood movie. After all, most King adaptations are pretty straightforward.

The entertainment world was shocked in 2001 when Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announced their divorce. The pair looked perfect, and hardly anybody expected them to split after 10 years of marriage. While separations are not new in Tinseltown, fans were stunned when Kidman spoke highly about Cruise during an interview in 2016.

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut | Credits: Stanley Kubrick Productions

Over the years, we have witnessed certain high-profile separations that have permanently ruined bonds in the industry. But fans worldwide were impressed when Nicole Kidman broke the norm and spoke positively about her ex-husband and cherished the positive moments with him.

Nicole Kidman only has good things to say about Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder | Credits: Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman first met on the set of the 1990 sports drama, Days of Thunder. The late Tony Scott’s...

Nicole Kidman is known for taking on different roles throughout her decorated career but her ability to portray characters in drama films has been otherworldly. Back in 1999, Kidman starred in a movie called Eyes Wide Shut, a project that is considered bold in the era it was released.

Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut | Credits: Warner Bros.

This project was unfortunately the last of Stanley Kubrick’s work in the movie industry as he tragically died months before its release. However, Eyes Wide Shut could be considered one of Stanley’s best creations. And as a director, the legend paid great attention to detail which also contributed to the success of his films.

This attitude that Kubrick carried was probably what led him to cast Kidman alongside her ex-husband, Tom Cruise. It turns out Kubrick not only paid close attention to his stories but also to the...

Actresses Salma Hayek and Nicole Kidman recently made headlines after a video implying an altercation between the two went viral. Captured at the Balenciaga show during Paris Fashion Week, the two starlets seemed to have a heated exchange of words while posing for the photographers, and speculations have been rife about the topic.

However, a source close to Kidman reportedly said that there was no beef between the two starlets and that the Eyes Wide Shut star was still dealing with the death of her mother. Kidman had to abruptly leave the Venice International Film Festival, where she won Best Actress, as she received news of her mother’s passing.

What Is The Beef Between Salma Hayek And Nicole Kidman In Paris? Salma Hayek in Eternals | Credits: Marvel Studios

Salma Hayek and Nicole Kidman are two of the biggest powerhouse actresses working in Hollywood right now. Hayek has risen to...

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) by...

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It's been 25 years since the release of 'Fight Club,' the groundbreaking film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, and IMDb is celebrating the anniversary with a look back at an absurdly good movie year. Director David Fincher’s adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel became an instant classic, but 1999 wasn't just about 'Fight Club' — it was a year that gifted us a plethora of unforgettable movies that continue to resonate with audiences today, including 'The Matrix,' 'The Sixth Sense,' 'Toy Story 2,' 'Eyes Wide Shut,' and many more.

To commemorate this milestone, IMDb has curated a special collection, "The Class of '99," which takes a nostalgic look back at the defining films released that iconic year. Explore the page and rediscover the magic that made these movies so unforgettable, or perhaps even experience them for the first time. Whether you watched these in the theater or are looking to catch up on some classics, this collection is a must-visit for cinephiles. Plus, IMDb staff weigh in on how the movies hold up today, and share recommendations for what to watch next if you're craving more.

Rewind the clock and see the films that defined 1999...

Scarlett Johansson’s perspective on filmmaking has evolved through the years after she has done a variety of projects ranging from heavy drama to superheroes to romantic comedy. Because of this, she realized she wanted extreme reactions from fans rather than lukewarm responses, at least when it comes to the appreciation of her movies.

Credits: Scarlett Johansson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

It was the same experience she had when she saw one of Tom Cruise’s famed films back in the day. Apparently, Johansson didn’t like it — she hated it, but she also watched it three times at the theater.

Why Scarlett Johansson Despised Tom Cruise’s Eyes Wide Shut

While speaking with The Guardian, actress Scarlett Johansson shared her experience watching Tom Cruise’s 1999 mystery thriller Eyes Wide Shut and remembered how much she despised it.

I saw it like three times in the theatre and the first time I saw it,...

Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise’s marriage was a high-profile Hollywood romance that captured public fascination. However, their divorce in 2001 shocked fans and sparked endless speculation about the reasons behind their split. One key figure often mentioned in this context is the iconic director Stanley Kubrick.

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut. | Credit: Warner Bros.

The pressures of their careers and the demands of Hollywood left a lasting impact on their marriage. As Kidman reflects on her experiences, she sheds light on how creative collaboration and personal dynamics can intertwine, shaping the course of relationships.

Nicole Kidman Challenges Misconceptions About Her Marriage to Tom Cruise During Eyes Wide Shut Filming Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 Eyes Wide Shut | Warner Bros.

In a rare moment of candor, Nicole Kidman reflected on her marriage to Tom Cruise and the impact of Stanley Kubrick during their time filming Eyes Wide Shut.

Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were once the golden couple in Hollywood. The pair met on the set of their 1990 movie Days of Thunder, and tied the knot a year later. Despite their striking chemistry, they eventually ended up going their separate ways in 2001.

However, Kidman recalled the magical moment when she first met her former husband. The actress revealed in an interview that she was struck by his appearance on the day of her audition. At the time the Top Gun actor was married to Mimi Rogers whom he divorced a year later.

Sparks on set: Love at first sight?

Nicole Kidman first collaborated with Tom Cruise for their 1990 film, Days of Thunder. The pair later got hitched in just a year, leading people to speculate that their romance began on the set of the film.

Tom Cruise in Taps | Credit: 20th Century Fox

Later, for The Jess Cagle...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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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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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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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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,...

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

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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...

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...

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

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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...

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...

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,...

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...