Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Penelope Cruz, and Marion Cotillard grace the cover of Vogue’s November issue in various shades of red to promote their highly anticipated Nine movie.

• Penelope on her tortured character in the film: “Luckily I don’t have to identify with my roles, because if I did I would be dead by now! I’ve been working since the age of seventeen, and I really haven’t stopped. I want to balance it a little more. Instead of making three or four movies a year, I will do one.”
• Nicole on coming back to work after Sunday Rose: “I had no desire to work after I had my daughter, but to lure me back, this movie was the only way. [But] I’m not playing Claudia Cardinale. Even when I played Virginia Woolf I didn’t take the real woman into account.”
• Kate on getting a role: “I spent most of my childhood singing and dancing and just never had the chance to do it professionally. So when I got the chance to work with Rob, I was so excited, I was out of my mind.”
• Marion on musicals: “It’s been my dream to do an American musical. When I was a child, Annie was my favorite. I just never thought I would get to do it.”
• Penelope on living with Kate and Fergie: “I’ve had some very long dinners with Kate, because she loves eating. I mean four-hour dinners. We are exercising so much we don’t feel guilty at all.”
• Nicole on Kate’s acting: “Kate should be on Broadway. She should be the lead.”

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After a private Mediterranean cruise with 12 pals that sailed from Aug. 12 through 16 along the French Riviera, Leonardo DiCaprio got an early jump on Labor Day by going back to work Monday in Paris for his latest movie, Inception, directed by Dark Knight’s Christopher Nolan and which started shooting in London last month.

Trade reports have described Inception as a contemporary sci-fi action thriller set within “the architecture of the mind.” But for DiCaprio and his costars, La Vie En Rose Oscar winner Marion Cotillard and Juno Oscar nominee Ellen Page, the setting was one of the more recognizable bridges on the Seine.

The bridge itself – the Pont de Bir-Hakeim – is no stranger to the screen, having recently been seen in 2007’s National Treasure 2. Steven Spielberg also used it and its above-ground Metro line and distinctive view of the Eiffel Tower in his 2005 Munich, while Marlon Brando walked across it in the groundbreaking 1973 Last Tango in Paris. Now it’s DiCaprio’s turn.

After 7 a.m. makeup and wardrobe call, the star was on the Bir-Hakeim by 8:15 and worked until 12:15, as did Page. Cotillard was into makeup and wardrobe at 7:30 and at the bridge by noon.

Monday’s scene on the closed set utilized two giant mirrors, each the size of a storefront and slowly rotating and reflecting each other. The leading man – dressed in a grey-green Armani jacket, black trousers and looking very tanned and blond – stood between them, creating a funhouse-mirror effect of a thousand reflections before the mirrors pulled away to reveal him walking the bridge with Ellen Page amid a sea of extras.

An argument develops between them and Page turns violent, shoving him, knocking him down. What followed were shots of the extras, standing as still as statues, as though they were frozen in time.

Shooting will continue in Paris through Thursday.

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Academy Award winning French actress Marion Cotillard stars in a short film titled The Lady Noire Affair, which serves to promote the Christian Dior’s iconic Lady Dior handbag.

John Galliano, head designer for Dior since 1996 said: “We wanted to capture the glamour, the intrigue, the heroine and the mysterious allure that radiates around her.

According to The Cut, the six-and-a-half minute thriller film will debut on May 20, and is directed by Oliver Dahan and will feature a stylized, gangster Paris featuring clothes by Galliano .

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Marisa Tomei wore Versace Atelier.

Anne Hathaway wore Arman.

Amanda Seyfried wore Valentino.

Freida Pinto wore John Galliano.

Evan Rachel Wood wore Elie Saab.

Marion Cotillard wore Dior.