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Nicole Kidman is apparently man enough for Gwyneth Paltrow. (The jury's still out on whether a certain Coldplay frontman can lay claim to the same.)

Her Goopness has signed on to play the wife of the world's first postoperative transsexual in The Danish Girl, the long-in-the-works film adaptation of the same-named novel by David Ebershoff.

She replaces Charlize Theron in the role of Greta, a portrait painter in the 1920s who encourages her husband to dress up and sit as her female model. The resulting artwork becomes wildly popular, her husband realizes he has more than a penchant for his womanly alter ego and, presto, big-time change-o, Kidman's man turns into a woman.

Oscar, are you listening?

Let the Right One In's Tomas Alfredson directs the film, which has yet to set a start date pending financing.

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If what you wear says a lot about who you are, someone might want to get Joey Fatone to therapy, stat!

The former member of 'N Sync donned a rather pessimistic—although arguably valid—shirt that read "Has Been."

Of course, it probably didn't make him feel any better when former bandmate J.C. Chasez told MTV the group would never get back together.

Or maybe all of Justin Timberlake's success has him down in the dumps. Still, we can't help but feel a little bad for Fatone. Anyone got a smiley face T-shirt we can borrow?

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Mark Twain famously said, "Clothes make the man." See what other potentially self-fulfilling prophecies stars are wearing these days in our new Fashion Statements gallery!

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George Clooney is making a Sideways move. The creator of Sideways, meanwhile, is making a George Clooney move.

The star is teaming up with Sideways' Oscar-winning writer-director, Alexander Payne, for The Descendants, a no doubt Academy-baiting dramedy due out in 2010.

Per Variety, the film (Payne's first since 2004's wine-soaked statue collector) will follow a wealthy landowner who, in attempt to keep his family together, picks up sticks with his two daughters on a quest to find his wife's new lover.

The hard part will be getting the audience to believe anyone would leave Clooney in the first place.

Cameras roll this February in Hawaii (it's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it).

Meanwhile, honing his craft in a much less idyllic locale is Owen Wilson, who's looking to reprise his dog-day success of Marley & Me by voicing the titular canine Marmaduke in Fox's live-action/CGI adaptation of the long-running comic strip.

The film, which also features the pipes of Fergie, Steve Coogan, George Lopez, Damon and Marlon Wayans, is due out next June.

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Katie Holmes is The Romantics lead.

Mrs. Tom Cruise will temporarily cease being joined at the hip hands with her hubby to replace fellow raven-haired thesp Liv Tyler in the increasingly star-studded indie flick. (Tyler left the film for undisclosed reasons and, no, we don't know what they are.)

Per Variety, the movie centers around eight college friends who reunite for the wedding of coed pal Anna Paquin. Holmes plays the maid of honor who also happens to have had a romantic past with the groom (Josh Duhamel). Malin Akerman, Elijah Wood, Adam Brody and Jeremy Strong also star.

The Romantics, which in a bit of creative contracting Holmes will also boss people around on executive-produce, starts shooting this week in New York City.

Now all they need is a killer soundtrack and we're looking at The Big Chill: The Next Generation.

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In the movies, Tom Cruise defines excellence.

Whether he's playing an auto racer, fighter pilot or profane movie executive, he's simply the best.

So you gotta believe Cruise is going to be looking for the most awesome potential jack-o'-lantern there is for his Halloween honeys Katie Holmes and daughter Suri, right?

Or...maybe he'll just get whichever one Suri picks. Hard to say.

But if you're like us, you enjoy looking at celebs as they choose large orange gourds, so let's get to it, shall we?

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Matt Damon's family emergency appears to have found a happy resolution—and not a moment too soon. After the briefest of Damon dry spells, he's back to fulfilling all of our paparazzi-catching, movie-acquiring needs.

Wasting no time getting back in the saddle, the Oscar winner is in talks with Josh Brolin—who knows from both Academy Award nominations and Westerns himself—to star in a reimagining of the iconic 1969 cowboy flick True Grit (which, incidentally, earned John Wayne his only Oscar).

According to Variety, the duo would star alongside Jeff Bridges in the Joel and Ethan Coen flick. Should discussions turn to done deals, it would mark a reunion for everyone but Damon; the brothers Coen previously toiled with Bridges The Dude on The Big Lebowski and clocked hours with Brolin on the Academy lovefest No Country for Old Men.

The remake would follow Damon and Bridges joining forces with a teenage girl to track down her father's killer; Brolin would play the bad guy. The testosterone-heavy flick is due out in late 2010.

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When you've already got your Halloween costume ready to go, what else is a girl to do? Get a pumpkin, of course!

Which is just what little Honor did on Thursday as she hit up a Hollywood patch in search of a glorious gourd—well, with a little help from her mommy, Jessica Alba.

While we're not really sure what size pumpkin Honor ended up with, seeing how she had her sleeves rolled up and all, you can definitely tell the kid meant business and probably didn't settle for anything too tiny. 

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It's easy to forget that not everyone in Hollywood is an Ed Hardy-wearing, paparazzi-courting, kid-pimping, twittering oversharer. In fact, for every Jon Gosselin (OK, every five Jon Gosselins, happy?), there's an Orlando Bloom.

Bloom confirmed today he was stepping up to become UNICEF's latest goodwill ambassador, furthering his commitment to supporting children's rights worldwide.

"I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children," Bloom, who previously visited Nepal, Russia and Sarajevo on behalf of the organization, said.

"UNICEF doesn't just deliver humanitarian aid, which is what they are known for all over the world. They also educate and provide tools which help women and children face challenges specific to their own lives. I responded to how UNICEF works as much as I did to the work itself. I look forward to learning more and to supporting UNICEF any way I can."

First up for Bloom: Filming a PSA on the importance of clean and accessible drinking water, which will begin airing this week.

What an elf guy.

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Orlando's not the only one spreading goodwill. Check out Angelina, Brad, Oprah and—yes—R. Pattz doing their part in our Do-Gooder Gallery!

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She solves crimes, she dons bikinis, she pisses off Christina Aguilera—is there nothing the suddenly omnipresent Kristen Bell can't do?

The former Veronica Mars will do battle with the ex-Mouseketeer in the musical-drama Burlesque. (No offense to Bell, but we're guessing the competition may be more dancing than singing based, because, well...because it's Christina freaking Aguilera we're talking about.)

Per the Hollywood Reporter, the film follows small-town, big-voiced Aguilera (in her big-screen debut) as she becomes the star attraction in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club. Accordingly, the club's previous golden girl begins to spiral out of control.

The movie—directed by Steve Antin, who as brother of Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin knows of what he helms—already boasts an intriguing band of players, with Cher playing the nightclub owner and Stanley Tucci as the man behind Aguilera's country-to-city mouse transformation.

Production begins next month, with the film due out next Thanksgiving.

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