Dibs

Authored by noted film scholar David Thomson, the brand-new bio Nicole Kidman is being described as “explosive” as it portrays the actress “as a power-hungry fame seeker who used her 10-year marriage to Tom Cruise to hit the Hollywood big time,” according to Sydney Confidential. Kidman never even met Thomson, according to her agent Wendy Day, who told the press that the actress “has only spoken to him briefly on the phone about her acting processes and various films.” Ouch! A quote from the book: “She realised she could be as big as him if she became as strong and self-centred. He wanted a beautiful, bright, obedient consort. She wanted a teacher. It worked. Then it stopped.” Ouch again! … It was in fact a bit surprising to see this new book. Thompson’s previous work was on such a high level that one can only wonder what persuaded him to pen a celebrity bio … especially of someone he hasn’t even met. A disaster? Or a huge advance?