WIKILEAKS

(Future AU Senator??) Julian Assange

‘Senator Julian Assange’–Not as Crazy as it Sounds

Head Wikileaker and house arrestee Julian Assange has been pondering a run for the Australian Senate. Before you even quirk an eyebrow at the prospect of a “Senator Assange,” note that a recent survey by Australian Labor Party pollsters indicates Mr. Assange could garner nearly 25% of the vote. Agence France-Presse reports members of “the left-wing Greens party were most likely to be pro-Assange, with 39 percent saying they would vote for him.” Read More

Luminous Kidman Finds Home on the Range With Dirty, Sexy Jackman

Australia
Running time 165 minutes
Written by Baz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brandon Walters, Bryan Brown, David Wenham

Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, from his own original story, and a script written by Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood and Richard Read More

Filming Australia Was Hazardous to Hugh Jackman’s Health

Hugh [Jackman] is so at peace with himself—like a John Wayne or a Clint Eastwood—and she’s like electricity. Together, they are such a classic couple. And, well, he is the sexiest man alive!” said Australia director Baz Luhrmann, glancing in the direction of actors Nicole Kidman and Mr. Jackman (who People magazine recently deemed the Read More

Holiday Movies

Milk

We only needed to see the kick-ass trailer for Milk to slot this Gus Van Sant film straight into Best Picture contention. After all, it has all of those gold statuette elements: a true story—of California’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who was murdered alongside San Francisco Read More

The Big Tease

“Hair is an accessory,” declared Kerry Warn, the designer responsible for the larger-than-life looks on these pages, and the man in charge of Nicole Kidman’s mane on all her films for the past decade, including The Hours, Cold Mountain, Stepford Wives and the upcoming Australia.

“I think people tend not to enjoy their hair Read More