Who's afraid of Nicole Kidman? (the Buzz).IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO TALK Oscars, especially with an A-list project like the long-delayed movie version of out novelist Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize--winning The Hours. The stellar cast--Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf Noun 1. Virginia Woolf - English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941) Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, Woolf , Julianne Moore Julianne Moore (born December 3, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress. She has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Biography Early life Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, North Carolina,[] as a rebellious housewife in 1949, Meryl Streep Noun 1. Meryl Streep - United States film actress (born in 1949) Streep as a modern-day lesbian--completed filming a year ago, but the movie remains under wraps, recently bowing out of a prestigious spot in August's Venice International Film Festival. (Theatrical release is set for Christmastime.) "It may seem as if The Hours is taking years to reach the screen, but [distributor] Paramount wants its top Oscar pony to be perfect," says openly gay awards handicapper hand·i·cap·per n. Sports & Games 1. One who assigns handicaps. 2. One who predicts the winners in a horserace, especially one who publishes such predictions as a guide for bettors. Noun 1. Tom O'Neil Tom O'Neil is a showbiz journalist and television critic who often appears as a pundit on TV shows featuring pop culture content. He has also worked as a producer for the TV Land network, editorial director of magazine development for the Hearst Corporation, freelance writer for of GoldDerby.com. "Hours really was yanked from Venice because of production problems--smoothing out those three overlapping plots from different eras." O'Neil tells The Buzz that insiders say Kidman, Moore, and Streep "are all perfection and sure to score Oscar bids--if Paramount can get one of them to agree to step down to the supporting category. But which one? And worse, who's going to tell her?" |
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