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12 June 2008 12:58 PM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Watch the latest movie trailer for the upcoming film “Australia” from director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!) and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). Plot: The film set in Australia before World War II and centers around an english aristrocrat (Kidman) who works with a cattle driver (Jackman) in their journey to drive 2,000 cattle across Australia. Unfortunately they face a bombing of Darwin, Australia by the Japanese forces.

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5 May 2008 6:37 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

John Leguizamo fought to keep his clothes on for awkward sex scenes in his new film The Babysitters - because he didn't like the idea of himself or his young co-star appearing naked on the screen.

The Moulin Rouge star teamed up with Sam Waterston's young daughter Katherine in her first big screen role, and he was dead set against either of them getting naked.

He says, "I was mortified about the situation because, in the script, she's underage - 16 - and in high school. Luckily it was Katherine and she's legal.

"I wanted it to be more in your mind. I didn't want to do nudity in the film, maybe it's my ex-Catholic nature but I found it too much, so we kept our clothes on and the sex was in your own dirty mind."

But the film, about an enterprising babysitter who launches an escort agency for sex-starved dads, has prompted the actor to think long and hard about his own daughter's future dating games.

He says, "I hope my daughter is a lesbian because that would be a lot easier. That's not a joke.

"Everything is sexualised in our society. It's great that it's free but then there's no code of ethics or how does this all get worked out when everybody is so stimulated with the young folk and even the older folk are on Viagra. It's all such a mess."

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5 April 2008 7:16 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Liv Tyler has longed for years to show off her singing abilities - and even auditioned for the musical movie Moulin Rouge!

The Armageddon star, daughter of Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler, was brought up in a musical household - but admits she has always been shy about showcasing her own vocal talent.

And the 30-year-old hoped the 2001 movie would be the perfect opportunity to debut her voice - but lost out on the lead role to Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman.

She says, "I sat on a piano and sang Big Spender, but I didn't get the role. When I was a little girl, I always wanted to be a singer, but never pursued it. My mom was a singer in a band, as was my dad and my stepdad Todd - I loved watching them perform.

"I can sing, but I don't know how good I am."

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4 April 2008 9:09 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Nicole Kidman and Dame Judi Dench are reportedly in talks to join the all-star cast for the film adaptation of hit Broadway musical Nine.

The movie, based on the 1982 stage production, will be directed by Rob Marshall, who was in charge of 2002's critically-acclaimed Chicago.

Actors already signed up to the project include Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, and Sophia Loren.

And, according to the Hollywood Reporter, Kidman and Dench are the latest stars to be courted for roles in the film.

Kidman previously showed off her singing and dancing skills in 2001 hit Moulin Rouge! while James Bond star Dench played the lead role in the original West End production of Cabaret in 1968.

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3 April 2008 10:35 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

John Leguizamo has exploded Oscar winner Javier Bardem's reputation for being super serious by revealing the Spaniard is a fun-loving party animal.

The Moulin Rouge! star worked with Bardem on the movie adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love In The Time Of Cholera and insists the Spanish star is nothing like the dark character he portrayed in No Country For Old Men, which earned him an Academy Award.

Leguizamo also dismisses reports that Bardem is too serious on film sets to have fun with his co-stars and crew.

He says, "He throws the best parties ever, crazy theme parties.

"The first party (he threw on the set of Love In The Time Of Cholera) was a Jamaican themed party and you had to come dressed as a Rasta.

"He had a Rasta doing stuff for everybody, hooking everybody up (with marijuana).

"He shipped in sand... (it was) all over his house."

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3 April 2008 7:00 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The first two days of filming on Rosie Perez and John Leguizamo's new movie The Take was all drama - guns were pulled on caterers, police shut the set down and an eight-year-old actor was fired.

The incident-pact shoot began with a thug attacking the set cook after he was refused free food that was set aside for the cast and crew.

Leguizamo says, "We shot in East L.A... and some hood wanted to get craft services, so he got on line and he said, 'Y'all want the chicken, man,' and the caterer said, 'No way.'

"So he slapped the caterer, the caterer started choking him and then the hood took out a gun... so the cops came and shut down our set."

And the second day on set wasn't exactly smooth either.

The Moulin Rouge! star adds, "We had to fire the kid who was playing my son because he sucked... He's gonna be traumatised for life (but) it was either the movie or his future."

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