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NICOLE KIDMAN has ruled out a leading role in WONG KAR WAI’s THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI because she doesn’t want to be separated from her husband for months at a time.
The actress was the favourite to land the lead in the remake of the classic Orson Welles espionage thriller, but she has ruled herself out of the picture because she doesn’t like the idea of living in another country - as she has for other foreign films.
She tells WENN, "I’m not willing to go and live in another country for a year. I’m just recently married so that’s my priority.
"So, I’m not going off to be doing The Lady Of Shanghai. It’s not right for my life right now." But the Aussie Oscar winner still has some lofty ambitions: "I really would love to work with (Martin) Scorsese. I’d love him to construct a film around a woman. I still ask him all the time; because I’d be interested in seeing that movie.
"I’d like to work with (Steven) Spielberg. I’ve always said I wanted to work with Steven and I’ve known him as a friend for a long time, so I would like to do that.
"Internationally, if Wong Kar Wai would shoot something a little closer to home, then I would like to work with him as well."

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BRAD PITT came to his girlfriend ANGELINA JOLIE’s rescue at the European premiere of her new film BEOWULF on Sunday (11Nov07), by helping her cover-up when her leather trousers split at the back.
Pitt and Jolie were on the red carpet in London’s Leicester Square when the actress’ skin-tight black leather trousers started to unstitch around her bottom.
But quick-thinking gentleman Pitt shielded Jolie’s embarrassment from photographers by covering the exposed area with his hand.
Jolie didn’t have the best entrance to the event - she also stepped in a piece of chewing gum which stuck itself to the heel of her $1,200 (£600) Christian Louboutin stilettos.

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Actress NICOLE KIDMAN only talks publicly about her experiences coping with husband KEITH URBAN’s stint in rehab to help others who may be in a similar situation.
Urban checked into the Betty Ford Clinic in California last year (06) after confessing he’d relapsed in his efforts to beat alcoholism.
The scandal happened just months after Urban and Kidman were married last summer (06), and presented a big test for the newlyweds.
And now the couple hopes talking about the difficult period will prove an inspiration to others.
Kidman says, "Obviously, when your life has been scrutinised and written about, and people are aware of the most private parts of your life, it’s awkward to sit on TV and talk about that.
"But at the same time, there’s a lot of people that are struggling right now with addiction and with problems. And so part of what (Keith) has done is talked about some of our very, very private moments in an effort to reach out to people."

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RON WOOD left out details of bandmate KEITH RICHARDS’ near-fatal 2006 fall in Fiji from his new autobiography - because he didn’t feel it was his tale to tell.
Wood was with Richards when the guitarist fell from a tree, seriously injuring his head, but intentionally left the freak accident out of his tome, Ronnie.
Wood says, "I figured that’s his thing and I figured if he’s doing a book, he can tell us about that. It’s none of my business.
"I just happened to be standing nearby with my back to him when I heard a thump… It was more complicated than anyone realised… He should be the one to tell that story."

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Rocker ROD STEWART wowed fans at a recent benefit concert in Los Angeles when he took to the stage to pay tribute to his guitarist DON KIRKPATRICK, who is battling cancer.
The Maggie May singer, who has worked with Kirkpatrick since 2000, took the stage at the Key Club halfway through a two-and-a-half-hour show on Friday night (09Nov07) to play a handful of numbers, including his smash hit The First Cut Is The Deepest.
All proceeds from the fundraiser gig, which cost $100 (£500) to get in to and also saw 1980s pop singer Debbie Gibson perform, will help pay for Kirkpatrick’s cancer treatment.

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Veteran crooner BARRY MANILOW is "heartbroken" by BRITNEY SPEARS’ current troubles, because the pop superstar’s new album proves she has real talent.
The 64-year-old hopes Spears can overcome her current troubles, which surround a child custody battle with her ex-husband Kevin Federline, so she can continue making music.
He says, "I love Britney Spears’ new album. I do. Though I fear for her as a person, somebody took care of her (with the album). The album was wonderfully produced. With this new technology, I don’t know how much of that she really sang, but she’s OK on it.
"She has talent - that’s why (her current state) is heartbreaking. I hope she pulls herself together."

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BEN AFFLECK, REESE WITHERSPOON and JOAQUIN PHOENIX are among the stars calling for affordable, quality healthcare for all Americans in a new U.S. TV advertisement.
Directed by actor/filmmaker Tony Goldwyn and featuring music by avant-garde composer Philip Glass, the public service announcement also features Garth Brooks, Morgan Freeman, Eva Mendes, Dakota Fanning and Jeremy Piven.
The commercial asks viewers to log onto website DividedWeFail.org and join the organisation calling for its members to only vote for political candidates who endorse cheaper healthcare and lifetime financial security.

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SYLVESTER STALLONE and LEONARDO DiCAPRIO are to team up for MARTIN SCORSESE’s next film, SHUTTER ISLAND, according to internet reports.
News website AintItCoolNews.com claims Scorsese has offered Stallone a co-starring role in the mystery thriller, which already has DiCaprio attached.
Sources state Stallone is considering the role offered him.

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Former BAYWATCH star DAVID CHARVET is celebrating after learning his fiancee BROOKE BURKE is pregnant with the couple’s second child.
Charvet and model Burke are expecting their new baby in the spring (08).
They already have a daughter, Heaven Rain, who was born in January (07), and Burke already has two girls from a previous marriage.

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Veteran actress LARAINE DAY has died at the age of 87.
Day, best known for her role in the Dr. Kildare movies of the 1940s, passed away on Saturday (10Nov07) at her daughter Gigi Bell’s Utah home.
Day is also remembered for her appearance in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 film Foreign Correspondent, and she starred alongside Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Spencer Tracy and Kirk Douglas in other movies.
Her last role was in 1960 movie The 3rd Voice.
Day is survived by three daughters, a son, a twin brother and numerous grandchildren.

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GIRLS GONE WILD creator JOE FRANCIS is planning his revenge on the women who sparked his recent legal woes, by claiming they were minors when they appeared topless in one of the director’s films.
Speaking from jail in Reno, Nevada, where he has spent the past seven months on tax evasion charges, Francis reveals he’ll address the dismissed civil suit upon his release.
He tells U.S. news show Extra, "Trust me, I’m going after the people that have done this to me. I’m not going to sit back. This is criminal what they’ve done to me." Defiant Francis declares he is the victim of a miscarriage of justice, claiming the Florida judge who first jailed him for failing to settle a civil suit with the seven women, made a big mistake.
He adds, "He put me in jail for not settling a civil lawsuit, civil not criminal. I am enduring one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in this country… I’m being persecuted for my stance on the First Amendment."

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ROSANNA ARQUETTE, KERI RUSSELL and EDIE FALCO are among the stars auctioning lunch with themselves in an online fundraiser for the charity set up to honour murdered filmmaker ADRIENNE SHELLY.
Prizes on the eBay auction include lunches with Arquette, Russell, Falco and Cheryl Hines and memorabilia signed by Matt Dillon and the late Richard Pryor.
All proceeds will go to The Adrienne Shelly Foundation (ASF), a non-profit organisation that awards film school scholarships and grants to women filmmakers.
The ASF is also holding its inaugural fundraising gala in New York City on Monday (12Nov07) night, where singer Alanis Morissette will perform and stars including Dillon, Falco, Mary-Louise Parker and Ally Sheedy are expected to attend.
Shelly was murdered in New York in November 2006. Construction worker Diego Pillco was arrested days later and claims he killed the actress/director after she complained from noise coming from his apartment downstairs. He is currently awaiting trial for the slaying.

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GLORIA ESTEFAN will hit the dancefloor on U.S. reality show DANCING WITH THE STARS on Tuesday (13Nov07) after postponing a recent appearance to care for her ailing mum.
The Latina cancelled a performance on the show last month (Oct07) after cancelling all her commitments to spend time with her sick mother, but she has rescheduled the appearance.
She says, "I’ll be on to fulfil my commitment. I was really sad that I had to cancel. But I had to be with my mom, no two ways about it. She was really, really ill." The singer’s mother, Gloria Fajardo, was at one point fighting for her life in an intensive care unit in a Miami, Florida hospital after emergency surgery.
Doctors discovered an intestinal rupture that had caused a severe infection and opted to operate on the 78-year-old.

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Country duo THE JUDDS are to play their first full-length concert in seven years at the second Stagecoach country music festival in California next year (08).
The group, fronted by mother-and-daughter singers Naomi and Wynonna Judd, became a big ticket act in the 1980s and early 1990s.
They reunited for a tour in 1999 and 2000 and have since performed brief sets together a couple of times, including a gig at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. last year (06).
Aside from The Judds reunion, Stagecoach 2008 will also feature performances from Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Gretchen Wilson, Dwight Yoakam, George Jones, Taylor Swift and Ryan Bingham.
May’s (07) inaugural Stagecoach festival drew a two-day attendance of 55,000 people to the desert near Indio, where stars including Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Drive-By Truckers entertained the crowds.

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LATEST: Former ROLLING STONES manager ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM has blasted reports MICK JAGGER’s son JAMES will play the rocker in the upcoming adaptation of his book STONED - because he has only just completed the screenplay.
The revered music mogul was astonished to read an article in British newspaper The Times, in which his former secretary Andy Melchoir revealed all about a film project he’s reportedly producing.
Oldham insists there is no Stoned movie, a director or a potential cast because he has only just started circulating his 120-page screenplay to his Hollywood contacts.
The former svengali says, "I’m very pleased with the screenplay and I’m amazingly over-sensitive about my legacy, heritage, relationship… with The Rolling Stones. The managerial spark doesn’t die.
"And one just gets p**sed off that someone could read this and think, ‘Oh my God, another one (film).’ "I’m really concerned by what Mick (Jagger), Keith (Richards) and Charlie (Watts) think." Loog Oldham insists he doesn’t have a cast in mind and he’d like to direct it himself.
He adds, "Let’s just say it’s not going to be the next Will Ferrell film…
My screenplay goes back to the time when people were getting it right - That’ll Be The Day and Quadrophenia. Those are my models."

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LATEST: LED ZEPPELIN guitarist JIMMY PAGE has hinted the legendary band may play more gigs following their upcoming reunion concert.
The Stairway To Heaven rockers will reform for a rescheduled one-off show at the O2 Arena in London on 10 December (07), but Page is already considering taking the band on the road.
He says, "It’s a bit silly (not to) because there is such massive demand.
It’s a bit selfish to do just one show. If that’s it, we probably shouldn’t have taken the genie out of the bottle." Page also recently revealed he has plans to record a new Led Zeppelin album, their first studio release since 1979’s In Through The Out Door.
He said, "I’d be really surprised if there wasn’t (an album)… We’re musicians. As we’re playing we’ll probably be coming up with all manner of things.
The comeback gig was scheduled for 26 November (07) but had to be moved back after Page broke his finger. The concert is being held to honour the memory of late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, and raise funds for a charity the mogul founded.

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Actress NICOLE KIDMAN has been subpoenaed to testify against a photographer in Sydney, Australia, after a judge insisted she appear in court in person to give evidence in the defamation case.
Paparazzo Jamie Fawcett, 41, is suing John Fairfax Publications, the publishers behind local newspaper the Sun-Herald, after they ran a January 2005 article accusing Fawcett of allegedly planting a listening device outside Kidman’s Sydney home. The article was found by a jury to be defamatory last year (06) and the current hearing aims to determine whether John Fairfax Publications are liable for damages.
Fawcett was charged with possession and use of a listening device in early 2005, but the charges were dropped in June (07) after the New South Wales state Supreme Court ruled there was no evidence to suggest he had violated any law.
Kidman, who is currently filming Baz Lurhman’s Australia, was due to give evidence for the defence about her at-times controversial dealings with Fawcett, in the publishing house’s effort to avoid a payout.
Kidman had requested to testify via video link or at a weekend hearing because of her busy shooting schedule, but the appeal was rejected by Sydney’s Supreme Court’s Justice Carolyn Simpson on Monday (12Nov07), reports Fox News.
She told the courtroom: "I think we should make enquiries about a time that will occasion the least disruption and it seems there is going to be co-operation on the part of all the parties involved to accommodate Ms Kidman." The hearing continues.

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Director WES ANDERSON has denied a connection between OWEN WILSON’s character in new movie THE DARJEELING LIMITED and his real-life suicide attempt.
Anderson is furious with film critics for likening Wilson’s character - who is recovering from a failed suicide attempt - to his real-life crisis in August (07).
He says, "The fact is that Owen’s - what do we call it? - experience over the past few months cannot be connected to this film in any way.
"The whole thing is just beyond bad timing. But that character is not based on Owen. People just say, ‘Oh, this character tried to kill himself and look, there’s Owen Wilson in real life.’" The Wedding Crashers star is in recovery after he was rushed to hospital after slashing his wrists at his home in Santa Monica, California, this summer (07).

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