Nicole Kidman has reportedly quit her Dogville director Lars Von Trier's latest movie project Nymphomaniac.

The actress will not be teaming up with Shia LaBeouf, Willem Dafoe, Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stellan Skarsgard in the film, as was previously reported, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

It is not known why Kidman, who is currently shooting Grace Kelly biopic Grace of Monaco, has bolted from the project, which hit the headlines even before filming begins over reports it will feature explicit sex scenes.

In the movie, Gainsbourg plays the titular nym...

Uma Thurman is the latest A-list star to join the cast of Lars Von Trier's upcoming erotic drama, Nymphomaniac.

The film, which will reportedly feature unsimulated sex scenes from some of its stars, will be split into two movies, the first of which is planned for a 2013 release and is currently filming in Cologne, Germany.

Actor Shia LaBeouf, who signed on to join the cast in August, made headlines after revealing that the film's script called for several of its stars to perform real sex acts.

"There's a disclaimer at the top of the script that basically says we're [having sex] for real....

Kirsten Dunst can't help but search for stories about herself on the internet, despite branding her Google fixation a "very dangerous" habit.

The actress began worrying about saucy pictures of herself surfacing online after she stripped off for full-frontal nude scenes in Lars Von Trier's drama Melancholia.

She says, "I hadn't been that nude in a film before. It's nerve-wracking but at that point I knew everyone pretty well and it was a closed set. Lars and I were making jokes to each other... It was cold, I was lying there. But I knew it was going to be pretty. Doing a Lars Von Trier f...

Two Jews on Flim - By Joan Alperin Schwartz: When 'Melancholia' directed by the always controversial, Lars Von Tier, opens there is a montage of impressionistic stills set to Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde.

Dead birds slowly rain down from the sky, while Kirsten Dunst, dressed in a long flowing white wedding gown, wearing a dazed expression on her face, runs through a lush dark forest. A horse silently falls to the ground as the opera reaches a crescendo. Then we cut to...

Somewhere in Outer Space, where we see Earth and a much larger planet, gradually moving closer and closer to one anothe...

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Todd Strauss-Schulson, the director of last week’s comedy “A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas.” I had fun speaking one-on-one with the fellow Emerson alum about his experiences directing his first major feature length film. Check out my interview here.

Dropping in at the box office this week are the Tarsem Singh Greek epic “Immortals,” the Clint Eastwood biopic “J. Edgar,” the Lars Von Trier apocalyptic drama “Melancholia,” the Adam Sandler comedy “Jack and Jill,” the William Monahan gangster flick “London Boulevard,” the Werner Herzog doc...

Kirsten Dunst's new movie Melancholia is set to be a major contender at the upcoming European Film Awards after landing a massive nine nominations.

The Spider-Man star plays a woman battling depression in the Lars von Trier film and the role has scored her a nod in the Best European Actress category at the European Film Academy prize-giving.

She will compete alongside her Melancholia co-star Charlotte Gainsbourg for the trophy, as well as Tilda Swinton for her role in We Need To Talk About Kevin.

Von Trier also landed a nod in the Best European Director category, while the film will a...

Lars Von Trier apologized to the cast of his movie Melancholia for his controversial Adolf Hitler comments which saw him banned from the Cannes Film Festival - because it stopped them celebrating the success of the film together.

The Danish moviemaker stunned reporters during a press conference at the event in May when he rambled on about his German heritage and declared he could "understand" Hitler.

Von Trier was subsequently banned from the French movie festival, where the film's lead star Kirsten Dunst landed the Best Actress award - and he was saddened to miss out on sharing in her su...

Lars Von Trier is refusing to apologize for the controversial statements he made about Adolf Hitler at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, even though the remarks led to a ban.

He stunned reporters at a press conference for his film Melancholia in May when he launched into a rant about his German heritage and declared he could "understand" the Nazi leader.

Festival officials condemned his remarks, prompting von Trier to backtrack over his comments and personally apologize for causing a stir, even though he was still subsequently banned from the rest of the week's events.

Now, ope...

Kirsten Dunst has defended her "Melancholia" director Lars Von Trier over controversial statements he made at the Cannes Film Festival about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

The Danish moviemaker stunned reporters during a Cannes press conference last month when he rambled on about his German heritage and declared he could "understand" Hitler - as an awkward Dunst sat next to him.

Von Trier has since apologised for his remarks, but it was not enough for festival organizers; they have banned the filmmaker from the French movie event.

Dunst, who was named the Best Actress at Cannes for her role i...

We've been so busy high-fiving Justin Bieber for his PDA with sexy starlet Selena Gomez and his Billboard Music Awards trophies that we forgot to mention his gaudy, gold lame jacket. Well, we just remembered.

Then there's Lady Gaga, who made an appearance on David Letterman in just her underpants. Just say no!

Kirsten Dunst should have left her see-through Little Mermaid frock at home at the Cannes Film Festival. Like Lars Von Trier, it should have been banned.

Check it out in the video below!

Brad Pitt's new movie The Tree of Life has grown on Cannes Film Festival judges - it has won the coveted Palme d'Or prize for Best Film.

The movie, directed by Terrence Malick, follows the fortunes of two young boys brought up by a strict, brutal and demanding father - played by Pitt.

It divided critics at Cannes when it debuted last week, garnering boos and lackluster applause from the audience, but triumphed on Sunday.

Kirsten Dunst took home the Best Actress award for her role in Melancholia - the film in competition from director Lars Von Trier, who was banned from the festival after...

Controversial Danish director Lars Von Trier "fully accepts" his ban from the Cannes Film Festival, according to his producer partner.

Organizers of the annual French event declared von Trier a "persona non grata" on Thursday, a day after he shocked reporters and critics at a press conference for his new release Melancholia by rambling on about his German ancestry and admitting he could "understand" Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

He subsequently apologized for his remarks to Cannes officials, who explained that he felt he had "allowed himself to be egged on by a provocation" during the screeni...

Danish director Lars Von Trier has been banned from the Cannes Film Festival in France after he made controversial comments about Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.

The moviemaker shocked reporters and critics at a press conference for his new release Melancholia on Wednesday when he went off on a tangent about his German ancestry and how he can "understand" and "sympathize with" Hitler. He went on to claim he's "not against Jews" but then launched a rant about Israel, branding it a "pain in the a**."

Von Trier - whose new film premiered to great acclaim from journalists - was forced to apologi...

Cannes Film Festival organizers have accepted an apology from director Lars Von Trier over controversial statements he made about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

Von Trier stunned reporters at a press conference for his new film Melancholia on Wednesday when he launched into a rant about his German heritage and declared he could "understand" Hitler.

Festival officials subsequently condemned his remarks and admitted they were "disturbed" by the Danish filmmaker's outburst, prompting von Trier to backtrack over his comments and personally apologize for causing a stir.

According to festival or...

Veteran actor Robert De Niro will head the jury at this year's Cannes International Film Festival.

Cannes organizers announced on Thursday the star will serve as the chairman of the festival's competition jury, which will select the winner of top awards, including the prestigious Palme d'Or.

The 64th annual event is expected to feature new work from Pedro Almodovar ("The Skin That I Inhabit") and Lars Von Trier ("Melancholia"), as well as Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life," although official film selections have yet to be announced.

De Niro is the third American chosen to lead the Cannes j...

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro are planning a sequel to their hit 1976 movie Taxi Driver, according to industry gossip at the Berlin International Film Festival.

The new movie is rumored to be a collaboration between Scorsese and Danish director Lars Von Trier, and will see De Niro reprise his role as troubled New York taxi driver Travis Bickle.

Von Trier and Scorsese, whose new movie Shutter Island premiered at the German festival on Saturday, have yet to confirm any plans.

But the rumors have been fueled by Von Trier's production partner Peter Aalbaek, who has revealed an ann...

Last Tuesday, I had a chance to see "Where the Wild Things Are." Visually the film is stunning; it integrates handheld camera shots in the appropriate moments to take viewers into the action. Jim Henson's Creature Shop makes the monsters of the movie look incredibly convincing, and the composite animation of their faces matches up well.

Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers do a fantastic job of stretching a 10 page children's book into a movie that doesn't distort the message of the book, but still gives audiences something fresh. One of the most fascinating aspects of the creatures the hero M...

Bjork's Palme d'Or winning movie Dancer In The Dark is to be turned into a new opera. The acclaimed 2000 film, which was a sensation at the Cannes Film Festival, is to receive an opera adaptation in filmmaker Lars von Trier's native Denmark, according to Daily Variety.

In the film, Bjork played an immigrant factory worker in America, who becomes blind because of a congenital disease.

The opera will open at Denmark's Royal Theater in 2010.

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Happy Birthday To "Elizabethtown" actress Kirsten Dunst (1982), Jamaican musician Barrington Levy (1964), Danish film director Lars von Trier (1956), film and TV actor Perry King (1948), "Running With Scissors" actress Jill Clayburgh (1944), pop singer Bobby Vee (1943), "Rocky" actor Burt Young (1940), and country legends Willie Nelson (1933) and Johnny Horton (1925; d. 1960).

Legendary filmmakers including Roman Polanski, The Coen Brothers, David Cronenberg and Lars Von Trier have all signed up for a Cannes Film Festival project to reveal what it means to go to the movies.

The initiative pulls together 35 directors from around the globe who have each been allotted three minutes to screen short movies on the theme.

After being packaged together to make a single film, the work will premiere on May 20 to mark the 60th anniversary of the French Riviera festival. Festival director Gilles Jacob says, "None of the directors has learned anything about the ot...

Newlywed Nicole Kidman is set to star as Mrs. Coulter in "The Golden Compass," the film version of the first of Philip Pullman's bestselling "His Dark Materials" trilogy. Movie-maker Chris Weitz will direct the $150 million production at London's Shepperton Studios this autumn.

The film is a fantasy about the adventures of a precocious young girl called Lyra Belacqua, who travels to a parallel universe to save her friends who are kidnapped by dark forces. Kidman will play the sinister scholar and socialite with a mysterious past who has a secret link to Lyra.

Paul Bettany is in...

Since leaving The Sugarcubes almost 15 years ago, Björk has charted a musical course as unpredictable and challenging as it is inspiring and beautiful. Rhino Records follows the artistic adventures of the mercurial singer/songwriter/sonic sculptor with Surrounded. Presented in deluxe "brick" packaging, the seven-DualDisc collection contains 5.1 remastered versions of Björk's six studio albums expanded to include each album's videos. The box also includes the DualDisc release of Drawing Restraint 9, the soundtrack to a film Björk and her life partner, avant-garde artist Matthew Barney collab...

Happy Birthday To "Elizabethtown" actress Kirsten Dunst (1982), Jamaican musician Barrington Levy (1964), Danish film director Lars von Trier (1956), film and TV actor Perry King (1948), "Running With Scissors" actress Jill Clayburgh (1944), pop singer Bobby Vee (1943), "Rocky" actor Burt Young (1940), and country legends Willie Nelson (1933) and Johnny Horton (1925; d. 1960).