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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Nicole Kidman: Oscar made me feel empty

Nicole Kidman felt her life was “empty” after she won an Oscar. The 46-year-old actress picked up the Best Actress prize for her role

in 2002 movie ‘The Hours’ and though she was de-lighted to receive the prestigious accolade, it magni-fied the struggles in her personal life following her divorce from Tom Cruise in 2001. Nicole - who has adopted children Isabella, 20, and Conor, 18, with Tom - told Australia’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine: “[Winning an Oscar] can show you the emptiness of your own life, which is kind of what it showed me. “I was having professional success and my personal life was struggling.” These days, the ‘Grace of Mona-co’ actress is happily married to country singer Keith Urban and she says their quiet life in Tennessee with daughters Sunday, five, and Faith, two, means she much prefers to take on smaller movie roles. She said: “I’m not carrying the whole film, and it’s not six to seven months’ work like ‘Moulin Rouge!’ “I get to come for three weeks and then go home.”—Bang Showbiz

Alec Baldwin

Pink

Simon Cowell

Nicole Appleton and Liam Gallagher

The Monty Python

Kate Moss

Nicole Kidman

Baldwin defended by daughter Ireland

Alec Baldwin has received some social media sup-port from his daughter Ireland - yes, the same one that he famously called a “rude, thoughtless little

pig” when she was 11 years old. “My dad has an INFANT CHILD to protect ... Boundaries have to be made. Paparaz-zi have jobs to do, but some of them jeopardize people’s lives and cross a line,” said Ireland, now 18, in a series of tweets that began Saturday. “My point being, what my dad said was WRONG. What my dad felt WASN’T.... “My dad is far from a homophobe or a racist,” Ireland contin-ued. “For someone who has battled with anger manage-ment issues, my dad has grown tremendously ... Some-times we let our tempers get the best of us. Tempers are like wildfires. Something or someone can easily fuel the fire.” Her comments came in the wake of what’s been a turbulent stretch even by the famously truculent actor’s standards. On Friday, MSNBC put his show “Up Late With Alec Baldwin” on suspension after a video published by TMZ. Subsequently, Baldwin apologized and denied using the word “faggot” in a Huffington Post blog post published on Saturday. He also said “Up Late” may not come back at all. “I never used the word faggot in the tape recording being offered as evidence against me. What word is said right after the other choice word I use is unclear. But I can assure you, with complete confi-dence, that a direct homophobic slur (or indirect one for that matter) is not spoken,” Baldwin wrote. Ireland’s defense of her famous father calls to mind the storm of outrage that descended upon him in 2007 when, during a during a custody battle with his ex-wife Kim Basinger, he left Ireland a voicemail message calling her a “rude, thoughtless little pig.”

Pink’s daughter wants a car for Christmas

Pink’s two-year-old daughter wants a car for Christmas. The ‘Just Give Me a Reason’ hitmaker has shared

little Willow’s wish list for the festive season and the demanding tot is clearly hoping Santa spares no expense on her gifts as she also wants “a small building” and some turkey bacon. Pink quipped on Twitter: “I’ve just been informed by my two year old that she would like a small building, a lake, a hill and a car for Xmas. Oh, and turkey bacon. (sic)” The 34-year-old star gave birth to adorable Willow - her first child with husband Carey Hart - in June 2011 and the dot-ing parent recently reminisced on her daughter’s growth in the last year while joining her on her ‘Truth About Love’ world tour. She tweeted: “Looking thru old photos today..Can’t believe how much this lil woman has grown up on the road #itsbeenayearalready (sic)” The sentimental singer also revealed that she gave up the opportunity to see her favorite band Pearl Jam in concert for the very first time last week in order to spend time with her little girl. She wrote: “I’ve waited my whole life to see Pearl Jam. But when your 2 yr old starts crying at dinner, nose running...’ Please don’t leave me mama’... 2 yr old wins. Hands down. Every time. (sic)”

Cowell selling bachelor pad

Simon Cowell is selling his £12.5 million bachelor pad. The reality TV mogul has placed the home in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, on the market, which many see as him signaling the end of his single

days as he prepares to settle down with his pregnant girlfriend Lauren Silverman. A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “The house Simon has put on the market is the ultimate bachelor pad. It was designed to have fun in. “The house has four huge bedrooms, stunning ocean and city views as well as an incredible swimming pool. “Simon feels he no longer has a need for it now as he is settled with Lauren. He just can’t wait for the baby to arrive.“He has given very strict instructions on what he is looking for and Lauren is excitedly hunting for a place they can live in with the baby. “He will of course still want huge mirrors in the new place though.” Simon has several properties across the world including a second house in Beverly Hills and a huge mansion in central London. Meanwhile, Lauren brought Simon to Miami, Florida, to meet her moth-er over the past weekend, where they ate at Prime Italian’s street-side terrace and were later overheard talking about property, prompting speculation Simon could buy a home in Florida. A source told the New York Post newspaper: “They were talking about property as she was talking about the number of bedrooms they would need.”

Appleton reforming All

Saints to get over Liam split

Nicole Appleton is reforming her band All Saints to get over her split from husband Liam Gallagher. The blonde beauty will reunite with her bandmates - Shaznay Lewis, Melanie Blatt and sister Natalie Appleton - to join the Back-

street Boys on the UK and Irish leg of their European tour next year. Nicole has en-dured a turbulent past several months after it was revealed in July that her husband Liam had fathered a child with American journalist Liza Ghorbani during an affair. The former Oasis singer then moved out of the family home to strike up a relationship with his current band Beady Eye’s ex-manager Debbie Gwyther and filed for divorce from Nicole after five years of marriage. Nicole - who has 12-year-old son Gene with the rocker - is hoping a reboot of her music career will let her start afresh and put the events of 2013 behind her. A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “It’s been a hor-rendous year for Nicole and the only thing that has kept her going is her friends and family rallying around her. It will be great for her to focus on rehearsals with All Saints and to be singing and dancing again. Getting back together with the band that made her famous will be a really positive experience for her.” The concerts will be the first time Nicole, 38, and the rest of the group have performed together for the first time in eight years. All Saints enjoyed success across the world in the 90s, releasing two platinum-selling albums and achieving five number one singles, including ‘Never Ever’, ‘Pure Shores’ and ‘Bootie Call’. All Saints split in 2001 before a failed attempt at a comeback single in 2006, after which they quit again. The girls will now perform at arenas across the UK including Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow, London and Manches-ter in March and April next year.

The MontyPython team to reunite

The Monty Python comedy team are getting back together. The surviving members of the legendary British collective of comedians are set to announce their return 30 years after their

final film, ‘The Meaning of Life’, was released. John Cleese, 74, Terry Gilliam, 72, Terry Jones, 71, Eric Idle, 70, and Michael Palin, 70, are expected to make a high-profile official announcement about their comeback next week, despite John previously saying it would be “absolutely impossible”. A source told The Sun newspaper: “No one ever thought this was possible, but it’s 100 per cent happening. They knew it was a case of now or never. This will be a fully-fledged re-union - it’s huge news for the entertainment world ... It’s a testament to their very significant cultural impact that Python fans have never given up on a reunion, even though it’s decades since they were last together. “Now their wishes have come true. There’s going to be huge anticipation about what they decide to do when they reunite.” Monty Python - which also included the late Graham Chapman, who died in 1989 - were responsible for some of modern comedy’s most surreal moments including the infamous Parrot Sketch, about a disgruntled customer trying to return a dead parrot to a pet shop owner and the film ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’, which followed the exploits of an ordinary man mistaken for a messiah in ancient times. Previous attempts to reunite the group happened in 1999 with a planned US tour, which collapsed after Michael dropped out. Last year, Terry Jones tried to get them to voice alien characters in a film he was directing called ‘Absolutely Anything’, but that project also fell through. After Graham’s death from spinal and throat cancer, Eric once quipped: “We would only do a reunion if Chapman came back from the dead. So we’re negotiating with his agent.”

Kate Moss to be awarded an OBE

The 39-year-old model - who was recently announced at Contributing Editor for British Vogue magazine - is tipped to collect an Order of the British Empire honor from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to highlight her

achievements in the fashion industry. A source told The Daily Star newspaper: “It’s one of Kate’s biggest wishes to be included in the ceremony. She has met the Queen, loves the royal family and has made an outstanding contribution to British fashion. It’s looking good for her. Her friends have all tipped her for the gong.” Kate’s pal British designer Stella McCartney - daughter of Sir Paul McCartney - received an OBE at Buckingham Palace in March this year after she was named Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards and was given the honor of dressing Team Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics. She is said to have told the catwalk superstar that she would be up for one “soon”. The source added: “After Stella was awarded an OBE last year, she told Kate afterwards her time would come soon.” OBE is one of many honors distributed each year to individuals who have achieved excellence in a certain field.

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