Australia ** When you name your movie after a country, it's pretty obvious that you're not trying to make a grungy little indie about, say, convenience stores. Baz Luhrmann's "Australia" is a big, bold historical epic with sweeping cinematography, grand passions and lots of cattle. Nicole Kidman is the starchy English chick who inherits a big spread, as well as hunky cow man Hugh Jackman. ...more

March 5, 2009

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has confirmed that Hugh Jackman will host the 81st annual Academy Awards. ...more

December 12, 2008

The film camera sweeps across the landscape, taking in flat plains, gushing waterfalls and a dusty country town. The color is brilliant, the emptiness palpable and the soundtrack soars dramatically as warplanes bomb a city. ...more

November 30, 2008

Sure, you love big, sweeping, romantic, epic movies. But the question with "Australia" is: How much? ...more

November 28, 2008

Don't want to stay home and watch the winless Detroit Lions play their traditional Thanksgiving Day football game? Perhaps a local theater is the place for your annual post-turkey nap - or a little romance, action or comedy. ...more

November 27, 2008

Sure, you love big, sweeping, romantic, epic movies. But the question with "Australia" is: how much? ...more

November 26, 2008

Hugh Jackman has been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2008 - just a week before his epic movie "Australia" hit theaters next Wednesday. ...more

November 20, 2008

Hugh Jackman has been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2008 — just a week before his epic movie "Australia" hits theaters next Wednesday. ...more

November 19, 2008

RACHEL GETTING MARRIED ** Ever been to one of those weddings that just will not end? ...more

November 6, 2008

Diaper duty is no sweat for hands-on new dad Keith Urban, the singer tells CMT Insider. In fact, he says, he relishes his role as full-time dad to 2-month-old Sunday Rose while wife, Nicole Kidman, is filming. ...more

September 6, 2008