And for the first time in a while I find myself feeling genuinely sorry for Nicole Kidman. The lady just can’t catch a break. When she’s not polarizing people over whether she can act, she’s missing out on nominations. When she’s not pissing women off by claiming she’s all natural, she’s pissing of Aboriginal groups by have a jam session on a didgeridoo. It must feel like she just can’t win.
The didgeridoo issue popped up overnight when she was pushed into having a crack on one on a German talk show. While I understand indigenous concerns surrounding an important instrument in Aboriginal culture, I can say with complete certainty Kidman wouldn’t have had a clue that she was offending anyone. Frankly, I wouldn’t have thought twice about it either, especially considering the amount of female tourists who I’ve seen giving a didgeridoo their all, before purchasing one to take home.
I own one. My mother bought it for in Alice Springs. I only ever tried to play it once, but that’s not proof of anything, considering I once signed up for a term’s worth of guitar lessons and only ever played that once as well.
In other news…
- Details of the Madonna/Guy divorce have been revealed. For a quickie divorce, the whole thing still feels pretty damn long. Madge is shelling out over AUS$100 million to her ex. Yawn. Paul and Heather Mills made the whole thing much more interesting.
- Sharon Osbourne has done the only honourable thing, and responded to sledging from a contestant on her latest show, by physically assaulting the woman in question.
- Jennifer Aniston had a back-up plan if John Mayer didn’t come good. She and her publicist were already putting a call out for attractive men to accompany her to premieres for her latest film (Marley & Me). This was to counteract the Brangelina red carpet phenomenon. That must be what Destiny’s Child was singing about in Independent Woman.
- Tom Cruise v Matt Lauer 2.0. Cruise’s re-match with the Today show host was an anti-climax now that Tom is back on the good ship PR. It’s a great reminder to go and check out the original interview from 2005 in which Tom called Matt ‘glib’, among other things. Firstly it shows Lauer’s incredible restraint despite visible, mounting frustration; secondly it gives a pure, unfiltered example of just how ego-centric Cruise is. He may be taking advice from publicists again, but I doubt he’s any less certain of just how right he was the first time around.
