Nicole And Renee Stick Together

Nicole Kidman is so fond of her Cold Mountain co-star Renee Zellweger, she's even given her the adorable nickname Tweety.

The A-list duo joined Jude Law and Renee's current beau Jack White on the hotly-tipped new movie, and Kidman found she'd made a real friend in Renee.

She gushes, "She's so loose, you know? She'll try anything, and she's just easy to be around. And she has the most adorable lips in the world! She has such a great face, like Tweety Pie. That's what I'd call her - Tweety.

"It's a crazy world out there. So I said to Renee, 'I'm here for you any time. You can call me if it gets too much.'

"And she offered me the same, because we're both kind of alone in the industry."

'Stepford' Director Demands Perfection

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - For those on the set of Nicole Kidman's new movie, "The Stepford Wives," life has been less than perfect. Unlike the lives of perfection they are supposed to be portraying, the cast and crew have had their share of petty arguments, according to industry reports.

Kidman, Bette Midler, Glenn Close and Christopher Walken star in the remake of the 1975 thriller that starred Katherine Ross.

Frank Oz, who is helming the project, confessed that tensions are high.
Oz, also known for voicing Yoda, Miss Piggy and Bert on "Sesame Street," insists that all is Kool and the Gang.

Responding to reports he had clashed with Midler and Walken, Oz says, "Tension on the set? Absolutely! In every movie I do; there's tension. That's the whole point. And working people hard, that's exactly what they expect me to do."

Oz began his career alongside Jim Henson in the late 60's. He went on to become one of the most well-respected directors in the business.

He directed "What About Bob?" "In and Out," "Little Shop of Horrors," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "Housesitter," and "Bowfinger" to name a few.

Oz is somewhat of an expert at managing difficult on-set situations. During shooting for his 2001 picture "The Score," Marlon Brando refused to take direction from Oz, insisting co-star Robert DeNiro direct his scenes. But then Brandon is infamous for being difficult on the set.

Of the reports that he has "had words" with Walken, Oz says, ""Sure, but I've had words with other actors, and then at the end of the day Chris was fantastic. This is like kids fighting for turf and then they're friends again."

Nicole Kidman: Age Doesn't Matter

Screen beauty Nicole Kidman would have no qualms dating an much older man, like her character in new movie Human Stain.

The Oscar-winner 65-year-old Anthony Hopkins on-screen lover in the movie.

And Nicole insists age wouldn't be a barrier for her in real life either.

She says, "I've never been one to think that age matters.

"Be it a 70-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman or a 70-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man, they should be allowed to have a connection.

"There's a huge age difference in this relationship. In the film Anthony Hopkins says to me, 'This is not the first love, or my great love, but my last love.'

"I'm very proud to play complicated women in different kinds of relationships."

Attack scene dogs Nicole

NICOLE Kidman has been left so disturbed by scenes in her film Dogville that she is unable to watch them.

She plays a character who is raped and turned into a sex slave while hiding out from the Mob in a small Colorado town.

Like you do.

But the scenes were so realistic that Kidman, 36, was left badly bruised by Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard, who plays the rapist. They were so awful she couldn't bring herself to sit through the final cut and walked out of a special screening.

"It was hard watching it," she said. "The screen was huge, and the sound and the extremeness of the situation. I was sitting there watching, and I thought, 'This is too exposing', so I left.'

The Oscar-winner portrays a mysterious woman called Grace whose is forced into captivity wearing an iron collar.

That's enough for us.