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News Bulletins To Warn Australians: Nicole Kidman Is Suing Everyone And You Might Be Next!

12:30PM Clem Bastow | She’s been in the midst of another court stoush, but it seems Nicole Kidman can’t get enough of that legalese. You’d recall Our Nic was paid spastically large amounts of money to appear in that nonsense Chanel No.5 commercial that Our Baz made; naturally, she is considered a brand spokesperson for the best-selling perfume, and any suggestion that she isn’t bathing in it and drinking it every bedtime as a nightcap might be injurious to her status as such. Well, if you’re planning on saying she likes a different fragrance, watch out: Nicole Kidman has a legal posse! British broadsheet The Daily Telegraph is seriously on the nose with Kidman’s legal team after it ran an article alleging her favourite scent was Jo Malone’s White Jasmine and Mint – not Chanel No.5, with which Kidman has a sponsorship deal worth $12 million. An item which appeared in the paper’s Spy gossip column last week claimed the actress had jeopardised her position as a celebrity spokeswoman for Chanel No.5 after she allegedly applied the Jo Malone scent while walking the red carpet at the London premiere of new film The Golden Compass. The paper reported Kidman was “dabbing it on whenever she had a moment” during the A-list premiere, which she attended with husband Keith Urban. The article continued cosmetic giant Chanel was allegedly unhappy with the actress, and that her behaviour had apparently constituted a “breach of contract”. Kidman has gone further than turning her nose up at the report – last week she set media law firm Schillings on to the broadsheet. In a statement, Schillings said the allegations were “entirely untrue” and “grossly defamatory”. Bam! You smell that, Telegraph? It’s sure as hell not redolent of “white jasmine and mint”. That’s the sweet, sweet smell of being owned by Our Nic! And if this all fails, she could always just send Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld around to their houses in the dark of night; that’d scare anyone into obeying every word you said. “Yes, Nicole, you can have our firstborn and these five bags of used $50 notes totalling $1.5m, just get Freddy Krueger’s cousin out of our anteroom, please!” More »

Hermione Inspires Girls To Dress Like Their Nannas

1:14PM Busty St Clair | Chanel’s marketing department deserves a round of applause. For surely, if it’s true, this yarn in the Daily Mail is one the slickest moves ever. See, according to “well placed sources” 17-year old Emma Watson, gazzillionaire child-star who’ll never have to work a day in her adult life thanks to JK Rowling, is about to be unveiled as the new face of Chanel. Emma has a burgeoning interest in designer fashion. Some Potter fans may be taken by surprise to discover that she has been quietly signed up by the model agency Storm, which launched the career of Kate Moss. “She is on our books,” the agency confirmed, but would say no more about what work it may have lined up for Emma. KER-CHING. And how Chanel must be salivating at the prospect of harnessing the formidable power that Emma Watson has over the teen market. She was voted Britain’s greatest female role model in a magazine poll earlier this year, ahead of Keira Knightley and Kate Moss. KER-CHING! KER-CHING KER-CHING KER-CHING! Role model, indeed! “Pester Power” just got a whole lot more expensive. Once upon a time it was a pair of Punky Brewster Bubblegummers, now girls will be begging mummy and daddy for a quilted black Chanel monogram bag with chain detailing and a pink and white silk blend, signature boucle three piece suit. On the other hand, Emily Watson in Chanel is a far better role model for girls than those Pussy Cat Tramps Trolls Dolls in their lace garters and pasties whoring around LA. More »