“Rabbit Hole,” starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart, is an adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer prize-winning drama about a fraying family.

The story traces the life of a happily married couple that is disrupted by an unexpected tragedy and the emotional journey they must undertake to regain happiness.

Kidman plays a suburban mother dealing with the loss of a child. Eckhart will play Kidman’s husband, who is trying to hold on to the memory of his dead son while dealing with his emotionally removed wife.

With a budget of less than $10 million, a brisk 28-day shoot “Rabbit Hole” is more like an indie than a Hollywood production.

“This is a passion project for Nicole,” Eckhart said, “The reason why I’m in the movie is Nicole. If she wants to work with somebody, then that’s what happens.”

“When I first responded to it, it was because I read it, and it was about grief, which fascinates me,” Kidman said. “Loss and love seem to be themes that run through my work.”

This film is about “a marriage and the way that people fuse through pain, that you can either be pulled apart or you can come together. In the same way that ‘Birth,’ a film that I did, was about loss of the loved one who’s your partner in life, this is the most profound loss, and it’s the worst place to tread. And so my nature tends to be to explore something that I’m terrified of.” [source: NYTimes.com]

The movie is directed by John Cameron Mitchell from the script which Lindsay-Abaire adapted from his own stage play. Sam Raimi was actually attached to direct, but dropped out to do “Spider-Man 4.”

“Rabbit Hole” also stars Dianne Wiest, Tammy Blanchard, Sandra Oh, Giancarlo Esposito and Jon Tenney.

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She’s graced many red carpets but can Nicole Kidman handle the catwalk? Or at least say “Make it work” as effectively as Tim Gunn? Mais oui! A rep for Lifetime confirms that the Australia actress will appear on the reality hit Project Runway.

Her appearance on the special, Project Runway: All-Star Challenge, will air before the sixth season premiere of Project Runway on Aug. 20. She’ll join returning designers such as Jeffrey Sebelia and Santino Rice on the special.

Kidman’s guest stint was first reported by Access Hollywood.

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Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali has wasted no time taking Hollywood’s elite to task.

In her new book, Slumgirl Dreaming: Journey to the Stars, the nine-year-old calls the Australian actress “strange.”

In the 192-page memoir, which was written by a journalist who followed the young star for six months, Ali discussed her recent acting job in which she and Kidman costarred in a Ridley Scott-produced French commercial for Schweppes beverages.

(Ali played a small child captivated with Kidman’s Indian princess character.)

“I really liked her, but she was very quiet and didn’t speak much,” Ali said in the book, adding that Kidman stayed in her trailer during the entire shoot reportedly to avoid sun exposure. “I think she was a bit shy.”

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The Rabbit Hole is about a happily married couple whose lives are disrupted after an unexpected tragedy and the intensely emotional, redemptive journey they must undertake to regain happiness.

Nicole Kidman won’t be joining Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts and Freida Pinto in Woody Allen’s latest film, as had been reported in March, because the Australia star has left the project.

No reason for Kidman’s exit has been announced, reports Variety, just as no replacement has yet to be named. (Pregnant maybe?)

The untitled movie is due to be shot in London this summer. Meanwhile, Kidman, 41, can be seen, albeit in limited release, with Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali, 9, in a new commercial for Schweppes drinks.

In it, Kidman plays a princess en route to a palace in India, where the handsome Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal meets her.

Filmed in India, the commercial was directed by Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) and produced by Ridley Scott (Gladiator), reports Britain’s Daily Telegraph.

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Nicole Kidman and her daughter Sunday Rose out and about yesterday afternoon.

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While enjoying another relaxing Monday morning in Nashville, Nicole Kidman’s form-fitting exercise attire displayed what appeared to be a growing baby bump, reigniting ongoing pregnancy rumors for Kidman and hubby Keith Urban. While both parents have a lot on their plate already with their continuing professional successes and little Sunday Rose to care for, there is always room for another baby in the picture. Kidman has openly discussed her desire to have another child with Keith. Could this be the first glimpse of baby #2?

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