Nicole Kidman is no stranger to fashion ads, having posed as the face of Chanel No. 5 for years. But the Aussie actress' campaigns were all about class, subtlety and elegance... none of which come to mind when considering the brash, sexy Jimmy Choo.

And yet Jimmy Choo has cast Kidman for its fall ad campaign, reports Women's Wear Daily. The ads, shot by Mikael Jansson, will hit fashion magazines in August.

Sandra Choi, creative director of Jimmy Choo, said that Nicole was chosen because she is "nuanced and refined." We assume that means the shoe brand is going in a different direction aesthetically -- seriously, can you picture Nicole Kidman's face (and body) in the Choo ads below?

Yeah, neither can we. This should be interesting...

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Bill Hader is leaving "SNL." The comedian made the announcement in an interview with the New York Times. His last show will be the Season 38 finale of "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

“It was a hard decision, but it has to happen at some point,” Hader, who joined the series in 2005, told the New York Times. "It got to a point where I said, 'Maybe it’s just time to go.'"

The futures of Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis are also up in the air as "SNL" breaks for the summer before Season 39. One other departure is certain: Seth Meyers. Meyers will leave "Saturday Night Live" and take over as "Late Night" host when Jimmy Fallon move to "The Tonight Show," replacing Jay Leno. However, Meyers will stay with "SNL" through the fall before he takes over "Late Night."

Last season, Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig left the series. Wiig, who recently returned to host "Saturday Night Live,"got an emotional sendoff during the Season 37 finale. Don't expect that for Hader.

"My joke was, we'll start singing 'Ruby Tuesday' and just say bye to Kristen again," he said. "I can just do a little wave at goodnights, and that signifies it."

Hader's last "Saturday Night Live" episode airs Satruday, May 18 at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

Robyn Lawley's enviable frame has snagged her top-knotch modeling gigs, including a Vogue Italia cover, major lingerie jobs and a role as Ralph Lauren's first plus-size face. And with such clout comes party invitations.

The 23-year-old attended the American Ballet Theatre Spring Gala yesterday, and she looked every part the A-list fashion figure. Robyn's nude bustier dress and matching high-heel booties made for a fresh and elegant look to herald in the sunny season.

Should we have expected anything less from the woman who proclaimed that the "heroin-chic look isn’t my cup of tea"? Check out Robyn's ensemble below and tell us what you think!

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The Middle East is a very difficult stage to play upon. Without doubt, it is a good drama. And on occasion, there are situations so unimaginable, if not ludicrous, as to make them almost comic. But the cast is constantly changing, the audience is often disengaged and it seems at times that no one is actually running the show. So, how does one find their role?

On May 16, I will be joining a panel of experts organized by the OneVoice Movement at 92Y in New York City to explore this very point. We will discuss what civil society can do to rekindle and fuel the hopes for peace between Palestinians and Israelis. I am, by no means, one of those experts. Nor need I be to understand the importance of this cause and the value of participation from people in all walks of life -- both directly engaged in this conflict and supporting from the outside.

I found that looking at the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from an outside vantage point was actually quite distancing. The history of the conflict, the personalities, the violence, the distrust, and the seeming lack of viable solutions made meaningful involvement feel impossible. What changed that, for me, was changing the vantage point.

I've visited the region several times, many with OneVoice during delegation trips, and each time my interest and activism in this conflict increased because I not only saw and heard with my own eyes and ears, but through those living the conflict daily.

Event number one: while visiting a kibbutz in the north of Israel, I learned of an interesting exchange during a security patrol. The kibbutz is situated on a hill at the bottom of which sits an Arab village in Lebanon. Despite the ongoing struggles, the kibbutz and the village had been good neighbors -- sharing resources, celebrating each other's holidays and generally looking out for each other. Then, a fundamentalist group came into the village and forcefully took over day-to-day operations.

To the outside observer, the two environments were now deadly enemies. One night on patrol, the security team for the kibbutz encountered an elderly man from the village who was about to fire two mortar rockets into the kibbutz. The team confiscated the rockets and then realized that they all knew this man. They reminded him of how they had all been such good neighbors, how their children all played together, of how they had spent many happy times together and then asked the man why he now hated them so much that he would attack them. The elderly man answered, "I don't hate you. There is no work. There is no income. The fundamentalists pay me seventy-five dollars for each rocket I fire at an Israeli target. For one hundred and fifty dollars, I can support my family for six months. I cannot say no. But I have no hatred for you. In fact, give me the rockets and give me the one hundred fifty dollars and I will fire at the fundamentalists". This "conflict of ideologies" was no such thing. This was a desperate act of survival.

Event number two occurred in Los Angeles in the mid-90's. OneVoice founders and board members Daniel Lubetzky and Mohammad Darawshe had come to talk about their vision for a new path to peace for Israel and Palestine. I was dubious. I thought this was merely an appeal for money that would be thrown cavalierly at an impossible project. But during their presentation, Mohammad spoke about why he chose to devote himself to OneVoice. He spoke of his young son, Fadi, and of how remarkable this boy's dedication to goals had been. Fadi had promised his father that he would be the top student in his class, and succeeded. He promised he would be captain of the soccer team, and succeeded. And then one day, he came to his father and promised that he was going to be a martyr. He was twelve years old. Mohammad then spoke of how he would stop at nothing to make this goal one that his son would never keep. And as he was weeping, so was I. Mohammad was a father. I was a father. His child was my child. And I had to help.

Those are the stories that do not get told in this conflict. We on the outside do not get these glimpses of reality. We see and hear about Israelis and Palestinians only when they are defined by the global media as "occupiers," "terrorists," and "victims." But we forget that they are fathers and mothers and sons and daughters and neighbors and doctors and shop-owners and farmers and students. It is those roles, those definitions that make possible the name of the organization I support -- OneVoice. Because in those roles of family and community and shared interests, we do all speak with one voice -- our voice of humanity.

At 92Y, OneVoice is unveiling its new strategic vision, the "Peoples' Blueprint." OneVoice is creating activists out of everyday people and forging links with local, national, and global stakeholders to create positive facts on the ground toward a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders. They are playing their role by jump starting the political process from the ground-up.

Though we may be actors in an important drama, we do know the difference between dreams and reality. The ever-shifting realities in the Middle East have been altering the plot lines of our story for a long time. But they do not change the ending. The grand finale can and must be a spectacular and happy ending. There is simply no other choice. And we can either play no role or some role. To play none is a dangerous choice and a dishonorable one.

So, with my concluding lines, may I implore you to see beyond the stereotypes and the news bites? Good men and women are struggling for their futures, their dignities, and their security. We have a role to play, no matter how small. I have taken a part, but this cast is large. And the players need you. It is a great story. You really shouldn't miss it.

If you needed more proof that Leonardo DiCaprio is the perfect man, you got it.

Mr. Gatsby himself has never looked better, promoting the latest Baz Luhrmann flick and sashaying down the red carpets at Cannes, and that's probably because he looks exactly the same as he did nearly a decade ago.

The 38-year-old actor breezed through his thirties with such ease, he is a mirror image today of the man you plastered all over the walls of your childhood room.

Take a look below for the definitive proof that Leo has either found the fountain of youth and is letting George Clooney be the only other guy who drinks from it, or he's immortal:

CHICAGO — A sometimes prickly, sometimes boastful Donald Trump testified Tuesday at a civil trial where the developer-turned-TV personality is accused of using false promises to entice an 87-year-old investor into buying condos at his namesake Chicago skyscraper.

The real estate magnate – who gained famed for scrutinizing contestants and firing ones he deemed incompetent on his "Apprentice" TV show – was the one on the hot seat as a plaintiff's attorney grilled him over allegations he had engaged in a bait-and-switch.

Trump, who is scheduled to resume his testimony Wednesday, took the stand Tuesday afternoon for an hour's worth of often-blistering questions about the development of his glitzy Trump International Hotel & Tower.

Pacing the floor, attorney Shelly Kulwin balked aloud as Trump several times described himself as an accomplished executive who valued quality above all else.

Trump, 66, said he didn't like to boast – then went on to boast again and again.

"I don't want to be braggadocios: I build great buildings," he said.

Trump also bragged about raising financing to finish the Chicago building in 2009 despite a real estate market collapse because, he said, "I have a good reputation."

As the hour went by, questioning became increasingly aggressive and Trump more visibly annoyed, frowning as Kulwin raised his voice, stopped Trump mid-sentence and accused him of working "infomercials" into his testimony.

"He's not answering the questions, your honor. He's giving a speech," Kulwin said.

The crux of the case is whether, as the plaintiff alleges, Trump remained hands on in the development of the Chicago tower and planned all along to offer a profit-sharing plan to woo buyers and then to renege on it after they bought in.

Defense attorneys have tried to portray Trump as a big-picture executive who delegated the decision about pulling the profit-sharing plan to others.

But in his questioning Tuesday, Kulwin suggested Trump was so detail-oriented he even insisted that every advertisement for the hotel-condo development had to have a picture of him displayed prominently.

"No, that's not true at all," Trump shot back.

The trial stems from a lawsuit filed by the investor, Jacqueline Goldberg. She agreed in 2006 to buy two condos for around $1 million apiece at the 92-story luxury building. It boasts more than 300 hotel rooms and nearly 500 condominiums in a prime location – along the Chicago River and just two blocks from Michigan Avenue.

The lawsuit alleges breach of contract and deceptive practices. It seeks the return of a $500,000 deposit Goldberg made for the properties and other unspecified damages.

Goldberg's legal team has portrayed the sale of the condos as a bait-and-switch, where Trump and his executives sought to make the properties more attractive investments by telling would-be buyers they would reap a percentage of profits from banquet hall rentals, food sales, laundry, parking and other services.

"`Who better to go into the hotel business with than Donald Trump?' she thought," Kulwin said about his client during opening statements on Monday.

One reason Trump summarily canceled the profit-sharing plan, Kulwin said, was because he had failed to attract a major corporate tenant to rent several floors of the building – cutting into the tower's potential profit. As a result, he decided the profit he'd offered to share was something he now needed to keep for himself, Kulwin said.

By the time Goldberg went ahead with her purchase, Kulwin alleged, Trump and other executives already knew the profit-sharing offer would be withdrawn. It was only formally withdrawn in 2009, a few months before the tower's grand opening, he said.

"They made a deal and then they said, `Surprise! No deal,'" Kulwin said.

Trump attorney Stephen Novack said in his Monday opening that Goldberg was a sophisticated, longtime investor who signed documents explicitly giving Trump executives the power to revoke the profit-sharing offer if they saw fit.

Trump, of New York, didn't comment to reporters who waited for him in the courthouse lobby Tuesday evening after his testimony. But as he climbed into a black SUV, he told bystanders who snapped photographs of him with their cellphones, "I love Chicago."

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Angelina Jolie, your honest, articulate editorial will help women overcome the fear of taking a radical step that can prevent them from dying from breast cancer.

Angelina Jolie, you could have decided to be totally private about undergoing a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgeries.

Angelina Jolie's Brave and Beautiful Decision

No one would have been the least bit critical had you decided that your ordeal was strictly a family matter.

In fact, part of your image as a hugely successful actress has been your enormous sex appeal. So you could have viewed publicity about your surgery as potentially harmful to your career.

But Angelina, that is not the woman you are. No, instead you decided that your commitment to your six children, to the legacy of your beloved mother and your desire to save the lives of other women far outweighed your need for personal privacy.

That is a hugely commendable decision. "Angelina Jolie will 100 percent save lives," says Myra Biblowit, president of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which has raised $440 million for breast cancer research. "She's approached this is such a positive way. Without a doubt she will empower women to ask questions and explore and make knowledgeable, thoughtful decisions for themselves."

Angelina Courageously Put Motherhood First

Your beautifully written op-ed piece in the New York Times on May 14 revealed your terrible grief over losing your mother, Marcheline Bertrand, when she was only 56. You were determined to ensure that your own six precious children wouldn't have to experience that premature loss.

You revealed that you were tested and found to carry a "faulty" gene, BRCA1, which increased your risk of contracting breast cancer by 87 percent, and ovarian cancer by 50 percent.

Your mother died of ovarian cancer -- a particularly aggressive cancer -- after battling it for ten years.

"Once I knew that this was my reality, I decided to be proactive and to minimize the risk as much I could," you wrote. You decided to start with your breasts because your risk was higher and the surgery was "more complex."

You said that you finished three months of medical procedures involving the mastectomies and reconstructive surgeries on April 27.

It has only been two and a half weeks since you finished your procedures, and clearly you feel a sense of urgency about alerting other women who may not realize that they are "living under the shadow of cancer."

"I am writing about it now because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience ... today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action," you wrote.

Angelina, You Are Now Healthier & Happier

Angelina, at 37, you have now reduced your chance of contracting breast cancer to under five percent -- "I can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer," you wrote.

That must give great comfort to your beloved children, who had asked you to explain why "mommy's mommy" had passed away, while also expressing their fears that they could lose you too.

Now, it is true that only about five to 10 percent of all breast cancers are caused by mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

These are genes that are known as tumor suppressors. A woman's risk of developing both breast and / or ovarian cancers is greatly increased if she inherits a mutation of one of those genes, rendering them less capable of acting as tumor suppressors, according to the American Cancer Society.

Families like yours, in which a lot of the woman are struck with breast or ovarian cancer -- or both -- often carry this gene, which greatly increases the risk of developing both breast and ovarian cancers.

Unfortunately, the types of breast cancer that women with these genes are prone to can often be very aggressive as well.

Angelina, just the fact that you have revealed your situation will encourage other women who have a family history of breast and ovarian cancer to get genetic testing.

Angelina, You Reassured Women: I'm Still A Woman & You Will Be, Too

But, you went even further in addressing the fears that women facing this situation would have -- their worries about becoming less attractive, especially to their partners.

"I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity," you wrote. That will be so reassuring to women facing a similar situation and decision.

And Angelina, everyone knows that you are engaged to one of the world's most gorgeous and famous men, Brad Pitt. We're so glad to learn that he has been "loving and supportive" and was with you at the Pink Lotus Breast Cancer in Beverly Hills for "every minute of the surgeries."

"We managed to find moments to laugh together. We knew this was the right thing to do for our family and that it would bring us closer. And it has," you wrote.

Women who have breast cancer certainly worry that their mates will find them less sexy after a mastectomy, so it was very thoughtful of you to address this and to share Brad's support.

However, the fact is that most men are far more concerned about losing their mate and the mother of their children, period. The fact that she will lose a breast!or two is really inconsequential!

A Big Thank You To Angelina Jolie

Angelina, a giant thank you for your courage in writing your very personal and honest editorial in the hopes of saving women's lives.

Although you didn't specifically address it, it seems that you may also have your ovaries removed at some point, to drop your 50 percent risk of developing ovarian cancer to under five percent.

I myself had a friend lose her mother to ovarian cancer, and despite urging, chose not to have her own ovaries removed. Unfortunately, she did develop aggressive ovarian cancer -- before even reaching the age of 40 -- and she also passed away.

Angelina, your editorial will make many women wonder whether they should have genetic testing to see if they are also likely to develop breast cancer.

"Red flags for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer are if women have relatives who had breast cancer at an early age, if multiple female relatives have had breast or ovarian cancer, if a male relative had breast cancer and if you are from Ashkenazi Jewish descent and have relatives who have suffered from breast cancer," explains Jessica Heinzmann, a certified genetic counselor at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center in New Jersey. "You can have testing done once you're 18 and generally we start increased surveillance for breast cancer at 25."

Unfortunately, getting genetic testing for these genes can be costly, but I suspect that with your and Brad's well-known philanthropic generosity, perhaps you will establish a fund which covers genetic testing for financially challenged women. Also, there are some financial assistance programs for testing already, so women should not feel discouraged from having testing even if they don't think they can afford it.

In any case, thank you Angelina, for sharing your personal experience. You will definitely save other women's lives.

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NEW YORK -- Phoenix frontman and singer Thomas Mars says their new album "Bankrupt!" was born out of the negative influences going on in the band after the unprecedented success of their Grammy-winning 2009 album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix."

"At that time, we started talking about success and not music," Mars said. "I guess it was time to protect ourselves and focus on music again."

The band said it took some time to get on track when they began writing songs for the new album, which comes four years after "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" was named a Top 10 album on end-of-the-year lists for Rolling Stone, Time and Spin magazines, among others. The album also reached gold status, a first for the band.

"I guess we're perfectionists in the way that when we make an album, we know it's going to last. It's important that it's exactly how we want it to be," Mars said. "But when the record is done, it's all about imperfection. It's all about playing live."

Ironing out things worked for the French-based band: "Bankrupt!" – Phoenix's fifth album – debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart this month. "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" peaked at No. 37.

Part of the anticipation behind the critical darlings in America can be attributed to the ubiquity of their song "1901," which appeared on their last album and was used in a Cadillac commercial. The platinum-selling track, a Top 5 jam on the rock and alternative songs charts, is the group's biggest hit in the U.S.

"Back when we did this Cadillac commercial, we were unknown here. The idea of doing something for such an iconic (car) was really funny to do," bassist Deck d'Arcy recalled (brothers Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz round out the foursome).

Phoenix is on a world tour that wraps Nov. 22 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Mars said not having a hit before "1901" took off proved to be an advantage for the band on the road.

"We're lucky that we didn't have a hit single for a while, so when we play live, people are not expecting just one song and we don't tour as a greatest hits band, which can be sad I'm sure," said Mars, who is married to Sofia Coppola. "It's always the new album, and some from the last one, and less and less from the older ones."

D'Arcy feels the band attained gradual success over their 14-year career, but said they weren't prepared for the overwhelming reception they received in America.

"The U.S. was a surprise. ... We never expected the big bang," d'Arcy said. "The rest of the world we kind of experienced success on a smaller scale."

While both d'Arcy and Mars agree the band doesn't need to do another TV commercial to promote their music, they don't believe that commerciality devalues their sound. That may be a result of the way things work where they grew up.

"There's a weird law in France where they could use pretty much anything, any song on anything as long as it's less than 40 seconds – so we grew up with this," Mars said. "We grew up discovering (Prince's) `Little Red Corvette' on a weird Cheerios commercial, and I didn't mind it. I thought it was awkward, but I liked the song."

The members of Phoenix, who have been friends since attending school together, hail from Versailles, the posh section outside of Paris. Oddly enough, they're not very known in their homeland.

"We have a more underground success in France, which we feel keeps it cool. We are considered French, but not French because people don't think we are," d'Arcy said, smiling. "It's a funny one in France."

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"Homeland" actress Morena Baccarin is pregnant! The 33-year-old actress -- who plays Nicholas Brody's frustrated wife, Jessica, on the hit Showtime series -- confirmed she was expecting her first child with her husband of two years to People magazine.

The veteran television actress married writer-director Austin Chick, 41, in 2011 after dating for four years. "You have to talk ... a lot. Which guys love," she told the Daily Mail in 2012 about keeping a long-distance relationship with her husband. "You have to keep checking in, being aware of what is happening in each other's worlds, otherwise you miss things, and then it becomes very hard to go back and connect the dots."

Baccarin is currently shooting the third season of "Homeland."

LOS ANGELES — For most of the last three decades, ABBA was but a memory for Agnetha Faltskog. She made concerted efforts to leave behind her past as one of two principal singers of the best-selling 1970s Swedish quartet, best known for the pop classic "Dancing Queen."

"There was several years after I had stopped with the group that I couldn't listen to the music," Faltskog said.

Once the group stopped recording in 1982, and her post-ABBA solo career slowed to a crawl, she happily stepped out of the limelight and settled into domestic life on a small Swedish island near Stockholm. She did just a handful of interviews, wrote an autobiography, only made a few ABBA-related appearances and was so reclusive, she developed a reputation as being the new Greta Garbo.

But Faltskog is back. This week she's releasing a new solo album called "A." It is the 63-year-old's first album since 2004's "My Colouring Book," which, at the time, she assumed would be her last release.

"I'm also that kind of person that I don't want to close any doors," Faltskog said in a recent interview from London. "So when this opportunity came up to do another one, I just couldn't say no."

Credit producer Jorgen Elofsson (Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson) for getting Faltskog back in the studio. She said all it took was hearing demos of the album's first three songs, including the first single, the `80s synth-pop ballad "When You Really Loved Someone."

The album title was suggested by Elofsson, in part as a nod to Faltskog's first name and also to ABBA. The album is crammed with ballads custom-built for Faltskog's strong soprano, boasting the sort of lyrics the singer is known for: songs about the sensitive, complicated nature of relationships.

While the album's material covered familiar ground, Faltskog feared she was vocally "rusty" and actually consulted with a coach – twice.

"Who needs more?" Faltskog asked, with a laugh, adding: "I found I was getting tired easily. And I wanted to find that old feeling when you work with the stomach muscles. Suddenly, it was there."

Faltskog said she no longer lunges toward her radio-preset buttons at the first strains of ABBA's Top 40 evergreens such as "SOS," "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes it All."

"And now when (the music) comes back, (I remember) the hard work behind it," she said. "The quality was very good."

ABBA, which included Anni-Frid Lyngstad-Reuss, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (Faltskog's ex-husband), has sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. The group is celebrated in ABBA The Museum, which opened last week in Stockholm.

While there aren't plans for ABBA to reunite, Faltskog said band members do keep in touch.

"I met Frida last summer on vacation, and we got very nostalgic," she recalled. "And Bjorn and I see each other rather often with the children and grandchildren."

Faltskog even went over to Andersson's studio to give him an advance listen to "A."

"He was thrilled," Faltskog said.

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Baz Luhrmann populated his blockbuster adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" with some of biggest stars in the world, but it's newcomer Elizabeth Debicki who almost steals the entire film from the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire. Debicki portrays Jordan Baker in "Gatsby," a professional golfer and essential element of the social circle at the film's core.

"Can we all agree that the breakout star of the film was Aussie newcomer Elizabeth Debicki as the droll Jordan Baker?" asked Vulture in a recent post on "Gatsby." "She's got the gangly limbs, close-cropped dark hair, and sloe eyes of Rooney Mara, but in a much more fun package. Why is she not signed up for a thousand new Hollywood movies immediately?"

Perhaps that will happen soon enough, not that Debicki is counting on anything. "I don't know what to expect," Debicki told HuffPost Entertainment from her hotel in Australia last week. "For me, that's the best thing about being an actor; when you're on the edge of something and you're not quite sure what it is. It's a motion that's going under you and it's exciting."

The 22-year-old actress had only one prior credit to her name before winning the role of Jordan in Luhrmann's new film: an Australian comedy called "A Fest Best Men." Before "Gatsby," she had never even been to Los Angeles.

"I flew to L.A. for about 48 hours, met Baz, did an audition with Tobey at the Chateau Marmont and then I went home," Debicki said about her audition process. "A month later, Baz called me up and said, 'Would you like to be in our little show?' Very Baz."

Luhrmann's "little show" has become a surprise box-office sensation since its release; the film has earned $54 million so far in ticket sales, a success that Debicki herself seems to have predicted.

"I was in a cafe in Sydney and I remember picking up a paper that had Carey's face on the cover," Debicki recalled about her pre-"Gatsby" life. "It was the first time I heard Baz was making 'Gatsby' and I thought it was a brilliant idea."

Luhrmann spent three years preparing for "The Great Gatsby," even convincing Warner Bros. to allow him to shoot the film in 3D. That enhancement, Luhrmann explained to HuffPost, was done to give an even greater depth to the film's performances.

"The noise, the razzle-dazzle, it's in the book," Luhrmann said of the early scenes of decadence and excess in the film. "But [the whole novel] strips down to five people in a room going, 'You loved him? But I thought you loved me.' It's absolutely pure, simple five-handed drama. And I thought, seeing actors at top click in 3D, just acting, what would that be like?"

That scene, which takes place at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, brings Jordan, Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio), Daisy Buchanan (Mulligan), her husband Tom (Joel Edgerton) and Nick Carraway (Maguire) together for a moment that forever alters the story's key relationships. DiCaprio and Edgerton, in particular, crackle as their characters almost come to blows, something Debicki knows all too well.

"Jordan has one line in that scene and I forgot it about eight times because I was completely enthralled," she laughed. "There would be these awful silences and I would think, 'What's going to happen next? Who's going to say something?' Then I'd realize it was my line."

For now, those hungering to see more of Debicki on screen will have to wait a little bit longer. The actress is at the Cannes Film Festival in France this week to support "The Great Gatsby," and stars on stage in Sydney with Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert in a production of "The Maids." The play runs through the end of July.

"I still pinch myself," Debicki said of her experience on "Gatsby." "There's times in your life where you think, 'I have nothing to lose, so I'm going to completely do this thing and just enjoy it.' Which is probably the essence of Jordan in a funny way."

The "Arrow" season finale airs on Wed., May 15 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW, and no one is safe as Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) prepares to destroy the poorest part of Starling City, The Glades, by setting off a man-made earthquake. The finale episode summary hints that Thea Queen (Willa Holland), the sister of vigilante Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), will put herself "directly in the line of fire for Malcolm's devious plan" while racing to find her boyfriend Roy Harper (Colton Haynes), who lives in The Glades.

In The Huffington Post's recent interview with shfowrunner Marc Guggenheim, he previewed that "everything [the show has] been working up towards since the pilot all comes to a head [in the finale]," which includes "Oliver, Tommy [Colin Donnel] and Laurel [Katie Cassidy]; Tommy’s dad; Tommy’s choice -- does he choose to join with his dad or join with Oliver? [And] Moira [Susanna Thompson] and her relationship with her children as all of her demons come to light."

Cassidy herself confirmed that "you'll see everyone at some point in danger ... Everybody has to fight for themselves and everyone is experiencing something close to them or something that has been important to them that is in jeopardy."

With that in mind, we turned to Willa Holland to find out exactly how much danger Thea might be in during the "Arrow" season finale, her favorite part of her relationship with Roy, and whether we might see her embracing the comic book legacy of Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy any time soon.

The episode description is pretty overt in saying that Thea's in serious danger in the season finale, so how dire is her situation?
Thea definitely gets herself in the line of fire, as they say. It’s kind of known that after the last episode that aired, what's going to happen is most likely something majorly catastrophic. It's not going to be just one isolated event between a few people. It's going to be containing a mass amount of people. So she just throws herself into the line of fire and risks herself to go and find Roy and try and save him.

What have you most enjoyed about their relationship and the new maturity it's added to Thea as a character?
I love Colton so much. He's amazing and I’ve been asking the writers to bring in a very good-looking boyfriend for Thea, but also something to take her out of the house, something for her to do. And they definitely have done that and it's helped her grow up a lot in the last couple of episodes. She's on what I like to call a virtuous path now. She's finally getting her head slowly screwed onto her shoulders. It's not completely tight yet, but it's been getting on there and it's nice to see her finally grow up and actually hone herself as a woman and make her own decisions -- which are very hard decisions, and she's making them quite properly.

Can you preview anything about who else, besides Roy, Thea might have scenes with in the finale?
Most of my scenes are with Roy. There is actually one of my favorite scenes in the entire season that's in the finale. I don't want to spoil it to much, but let's just say there's been a lot of hints towards "Speedy" and my character turning kind of vigilante-esque along with Ollie and The Arrow. I'm not 100 percent sure that's going to be happening in the next couple of seasons, but there's definitely a nice large hint in the last episode. Kind of like a little fun spoof. It was a lot of fun to film.

The writers have been dropping fun hints and teases about Speedy all season long. Are you itching to pick up a bow and arrow?
I am ready and waiting to go. I have told the archery coach that whenever she is free, I'm totally down to get lessons. I've been going to the gym a lot trying to get myself physically fit, to prove to them that I can kick some ass. [Laughs.] But I've had talks with writers and our producer Marc [Guggenheim] and I definitely agree with this theory of theirs that in order to do justice to everything that Oliver went through on the island that made him turn into the Arrow, we wanted to develop all of our characters a little bit stronger. We just wanted to do justice to what we believe could take somebody into that place [of becoming a vigilante]. We don't want to just throw them into [being a crime fighter] just willy nilly. We kind of want to build them up a little bit and give them reasons to get that way.

So your favorite scene involves a little ass-kicking, but not a bow and arrow?
I wish it involved a bow and arrow. I can say it doesn't involve a bow and arrow, but it's so awesome. It was just so fun to film. That's all I can say. It was one of those things that we were filming at 5:30 in the morning. We had to be finished at 6 a.m. It was the last shot we could do. Normally everybody would be like, "Oh, God, let's get out of here -- finish it, finish it!” But the entire crew and all of us were just like, “Oh my gosh, finally we get to do this part!”

The show has been great about throwing us curveballs and putting an interesting twist on things we think we can predict. Is the finale the same? Even though we think Thea's the one most at risk, could it pull the rug out from under us?
Oh, there's definitely a lot of twists in the finale. Obviously, I can’t spoil anything, but when I read Episode 22, let's just say ... we knew that we were doing 23 episodes, but when I read 22, I was like, “How is this not the finale? Where can we go with this? This is going to be insane. This is going to be the most insane episode ever." And literally, when I got 23, we were all shaking in our boots. I stole a sneak peek of it before I was even allowed to and I just skimmed to one page and saw something awesome and I was like, “Oh my God, yes!” It's so jam-packed. It's so awesome. All I can say is tune in, because it's worth it.

Does it end with a cliffhanger? Are fans going to be screaming, "Noooooooo!" at their televisions by the end of the hour?
There's definitely going to be some “nooooooo!” moments. There were for me when I read the script. The show is definitely “Arrow" -- it's definitely revolving around Oliver -- but it is kind of ensemble-based, so for some characters, there will be cliffhanger-esque things. There will definitely be those “Oh God why? Oh God no!” kind of moments. That is all over it. And there are also those gripping-the-person-you're-sitting-next-to or digging-your-fingernails-into-your-couch moments. It's awesome.

Thea and Roy have been on a quest to find out The Hood's identity for the past few episodes, but how would Thea actually feel if she was faced with the truth about Ollie?
I think it really depends where Thea is at the time when she finds out. It really depends how steady things are going in her own life, as well as how her relationship with Oliver is doing at that moment.

We've definitely talked about it, me and the writers, and we're all on the fence about whether or not she can be completely accepting -- which I think is the lesser chance, because I really think she would be resentful of him for keeping this secret from her because the whole reason why she was reluctant around him [when he got back from the island] was just because he was being not open and completely distant and they used to be so close. This is obviously a major secret, but I think it may even create a wedge between them ... I think it all just depends on where she is in her life at that moment.

You're no stranger to shows with passionate fanbases after "The OC" and "Gossip Girl," so how do "Arrow" fans compare to your previous experiences. Is there a difference in the interactions?
There definitely, definitely is. I have to say, If am quite happy and so very honored every single time somebody comes up to me about this show. It’s something so unexpected. “The OC” and “Gossip Girl” were cult hits -- I had a feeling that they were going to make their waves. “The OC” was already a huge hit when I hopped on to it and then “Gossip Girl,” because it was coming from the creators of “The OC,“ I knew it was going to be a huge thing. But “Arrow” was something I hopped onto in the beginning and it was like this little baby and we had no idea. We obviously worked our asses off on the pilot and it took 17 days to shoot and then, before we started actually shooting the series, we knew we had to squeeze 17 days into eight days. But it became this amazing thing so quickly and it's been an honor to be a part of it. I'm so excited when people come up to me about it and the fans are so very enthusiastic about the show, because they’ve been fans of Green Arrow and the comic books for so long. It's amazing.

The "Arrow" season finale Wednesday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.

We've been seeing an awful lot of Miley Cyrus lately -- an awful lot. A Disney star no more, the 20-year-old is amping up her fashion presence with a healthy dose of exposed skin, and now the equally outrageous Jeremy Scott is teasing an upcoming campaign that might star the singer. The designer posted a photo to Instagram of Miley wearing underwear and some of his edgy skull-print designs alongside noted stylist Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele.

When compared to her display of sideboob and upper rump in this month's V Magazine, Miley's styling for Scott seems downright demure. Sure, she's not wearing pants. But Cyrus models thigh-high "voodoo skull" stiletto boots and a heavy biker jacket, which is basically bundling up for the notoriously naked star.

Sex appeal aside, we can't imagine a more perfect spokesgirl for Jeremy Scott. Miley makes a great punk, and we think Scott's graphic street sensibilities would suit a wild girl-about-town well.

Take a look at Jeremy Scott's Instagram photo below. Do his designs suit Miley Cyrus?

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"Smash" star Megan Hilty told The Huffington Post that the series goes out on a high note, thanks to a big musical number.

"It's me and Katharine McPhee and a bunch of dancers. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman wrote it -- it's amazing," Hilty said at the Gersh Upfront party in New York City. The song, appropriately titled "Big Finish," caps the two-hour series finale airing Sunday, May 26 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

"Of course I'm sad that I won't get to work with all these amazing people, but I learned a long time ago that there are a lot of things out of my control. This is just one of them," Hilty said of the network's decision to cancel "Smash" last week . "All I can really do is be grateful for the time I had and all these amazing people and look to the next thing."

Hilty's character, Ivy Lynn, took the role of Marilyn Monroe in "Bombshell" and is well on her way to the Tonys. But the May 11 episode featured Ivy getting some unexpected news: She's pregnant.

"I was very happy with that story because it's a very delicate subject," she said. "I was really happy with how they ended the whole series." Hilty added that she thinks fans will also be satisfied with the way the show ends.

"I'm not speaking out of turn because I read something Josh Safran said in an interview," she said. "He wrote it so that it could be possibly the series finale. I think people will be satisfied with it. There are no major cliffhangers and it could have continued."

"Smash" will air its two-hour series finale on Sunday, May 26 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

"Real Housewives of New York City" made headlines after Bravo and the cast had a salary standoff.

The network threatened to cancel the show -- or replace the ladies -- if the six women didn't sign new deals. Four of the cast members -- Ramona Singer, Carole Radiziwill, Sonja Morgan and Heather Thomson -- signed new contracts, but Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Aviva Drescher have yet to put pen to paper for "Real Housewives of New York" Season 6.

"'The Real Housewives of New York City' will return on Bravo for Season 6," a Bravo spokesperson said in a statement, noting that "at this point," the cast includes Ramona, Sonja, Carole and Heather.

HuffPost TV asked LuAnn about her future with the show at the Gersh Upfront party in New York City on Tuesday.

"Well, my name is always on the list, darling," LuAnn said when asked about the Bravo statement. "But they have to make me happy."

LuAnn, who recently launched a QVC line, said she's still in talks with Bravo. "It's been a journey. I've been there from the beginning. I've been the driving force behind 'Housewives of New York' with my castmates," she said. "I hope it's going to work out. I really do."

The "Money Can't Buy You Class" singer had this message to "Housewives" fans: "I love the show and I hope to be back so hang in there and keep rooting for me."

No return date for "Real Housewives of New York" has been set.

Acclaimed actor Martin Sheen dished out some jokes when he gave the commencement address at La Roche College in Pennsylvania on May 4, but he didn't shy away from politics either.

Sheen is well-known for playing President Josiah Bartlet on television show "The West Wing," but during his acting career he was in feature films "The Departed," "Wall Street" and "Apocalypse Now," and voiced a character on the television show "Captain Planet," to name a few.

Sheen, 72, has a history of activism too, supporting the 1960s farm worker movement, supporting environmental causes and openly opposing the Iraq war, which he discussed in the speech.

"In the days and weeks leading up to the invasion, I spoke out repeatedly against that war at a series of nonviolent demonstrations, peace rallies and press conferences, all of which only served to isolate me to a small minority of fellow Americans," Sheen said. "Then on the feast of St. Joseph, I watched helplessly in despair as a horrible bombardment of Baghdad commenced. And I wrote these words: 'Choose your enemy well, for he is what you will become.'"

Sheen also described the gross difference between the riches of first-world countries and the American standard of living compared to the rest of the globe.

"The more the world changes, the more it remains the same, I believe, because the most important needs of every human being on Earth are not only food, clothin, and shelter, but equally the need for justice, healing and mercy," Sheen said. "Without the latter, the former are useless."

On the lighter side, Sheen joked about people recognizing him in public, recalling a woman at the airport who he heard say "No, no, no. He is not Emilio Estévez' brother, he is Charlie Sheen's son." (Martin Sheen is the father of both Estévez and Sheen. Martin Sheen's real name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez.)

"It's not easy being Sheen," he joked, as someone in the crowd shouted that they still love him.

Sheen received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from La Roche at the ceremony during which 302 students graduated, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Watch the full speech in the video above.

If you're an avid online or print magazine reader you are no stranger to the news of Kim Kardashian and Kate Middleton's highly publicized pregnancies.

For months, fans and media have debated who looked better pregnant, who looked more fashionable pregnant and some have even gone as far to debate if Kate was too thin and Kim was too fat to be pregnant. Two women that for years have been portrayed by the media as the "American Woman's Dream" are now facing scrutiny because of their weights, their pregnancy weights. Amazing.

So what exactly does it mean to be too fat and or too skinny in today's society? Is this definition based on the sizes of the world's most famous actresses and models? Is there a weight requirement floating around the Internet or the world that I somehow overlooked? Now, don't get me wrong -- I am a strong advocate for living a healthy and fit lifestyle; however, how a woman looks doesn't always dictate how healthy she is. We're all different and we shouldn't embrace those differences by comparing ourselves to other women around us and wishing we were them. Instead, we should be able to look in the mirror and be willing to love not only the person staring back at us but love the skin we are in.

I know it's not particularly easy to just wake up one morning and suddenly love who you are, especially if no one has ever encouraged you as a woman to do so but, it's relatively easy. Michael Jackson had a song years ago that said: "I'm starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways." I'm sure Michael had no idea how inspiring and motivating those few words would someday be but we should all take heed to Michael's advice especially as women. From one woman to another woman I encourage you to start with the woman in the mirror. Look in the mirror daily and tell yourself that you're beautiful. Don't wait for society to tell you something you should be telling yourself on a daily basis. Years ago I took the initiative to write my own personal mission statement to remind me of who I am on days I lost my direction. If writing down on a sheet of paper telling yourself how beautiful you are works, do it. Do whatever it takes to love yourself rather big, small, light, dark, short or tall you owe it to yourself.

The standard you set for yourself as a woman today will pave the way for the girls of tomorrow. As women the time is now to stand up for you. Our society teaches us that we must look a certain way (pregnant or not) in order to be accepted as beautiful. Society teaches us this yet I am a firm believer that if you can't love who you are in your own skin what makes you think you'll love yourself in someone else's?

On Thursday night, "The Office" will finally say goodbye to NBC after eight years on the air.

While viewers and cast members alike are getting emotional over the end of the NBC comedy, Ricky Gervais -- who held the title role of David Brent on the UK version of "The Office"-- isn't feeling quite as sentimental.

"You know, it wasn't my baby. It was my rights, so I cashed the checks. I think it was good, but I didn't have the same emotional attachment to it," Gervais told GQ of the US version of "The Office." He added, "Honestly? I don't think I've seen much of it ... it doesn't feel like it's mine."

Gervais' David Brent, who was equally as obnoxious as Michael Scott (Steve Carrell), graced BBC for two seasons with his quirks and questionable management style. And while he left the character behind in 2003, Gervais revived him earlier this year with a mini episode titled "The Office Revisited."

“He is passing on his wisdom to younger would-be rock stars now and is living vicariously through a young performer, Dom Johnson,” Gervais said in a statement in February. “Well, really he is trying to worm his way back into rock and roll. Fans of 'The Office' will be excited to know we finally get to hear the whole of ‘The Serpent Who Guards the Gates of Hell’ and an amazing Brent self-funded video, ‘Equality Street.’ Horrendous.”'

For more on Gervais, check out GQ's June Comedy Issue, on stands May 21.

The series finale of "The Office" airs on Thurs., May 16 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

Kanye West is having a bad month -- his $750,000 car just crashed into Kim Kardashian's gate.

LONDON -- David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that made him a global celebrity.

The 38-year-old midfielder, who recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain, said Thursday he will retire after the season.

"I'm thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level," the former England captain said in a statement.

Beckham, whose curling free kicks became his signature as a player, has two more matches left at PSG – against Brest on Saturday and at Lorient on May 26. He has been giving his salary to a children's charity.

Beckham started his career with Manchester United and also played for Real Madrid and the Los Angeles Galaxy, winning titles with all those clubs. He also spent time with AC Milan.

"If you had told me as a young boy I would have played for and won trophies with my boyhood club Manchester United, proudly captained and played for my country over one hundred times and lined up for some of the biggest clubs in the world, I would have told you it was a fantasy," Beckham said. "I'm fortunate to have realized those dreams."

On the international stage, Beckham made 115 appearances for England's national team – a record for a player other than a goalkeeper.

"To this day, one of my proudest achievements is captaining my country," Beckham said. "I knew every time I wore the Three Lions shirt, I was not only following in a long line of great players, I was also representing every fan that cared passionately about their country. I'm honored to represent England both on and off the pitch."

Beckham is now living in London with wife Victoria, a former "Spice Girls" singer, and their four children.

"I wouldn't have achieved what I have done today without my family. I'm grateful for my parents' sacrifice, which made me realize my dreams," he said. "I owe everything to Victoria and the kids, who have given me the inspiration and support to play at the highest level for such a long period."

With United between 1992 and 2003, Beckham won six Premier League titles, the Champions League, two FA Cups and the Intercontinental Cup.

Beckham left United in 2003 shortly after manager Alex Ferguson accidentally struck Beckham's eye with a football boot. Ferguson announced his retirement from Manchester United last week.

Beckham spent four years in Madrid – winning the 2007 Spanish title before making the surprise move to Major League Soccer, where he won the title twice.

There were highs and lows in Beckham's international career. He was blamed for England's elimination from the 1998 World Cup for his petulant red card against Argentina, but scored the winning goal against the same team at the World Cup four years later.

Beckham responded to jeering at the 2000 European Championship with an obscene hand gesture to England fans, but was lauded by the same supporters a little more than a year later when his last-minute free kick against Greece secured a place at the 2002 World Cup.

England dropped Beckham in 2006 in an effort to renew the team with younger players after a quarterfinal exit at that year's World Cup. England coach Steve McClaren recalled him the following year after a poor run of form, and he returned for the remainder of England's unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2008 European Championship.

His last England appearance came against Belarus in October 2009, and he missed the 2010 World Cup because of an Achilles tendon injury. He still went to South Africa as part of Fabio Capello's backroom staff.

"I want to thank all my teammates, the great managers that I had the pleasure of learning from," Beckham said. "I also want to thank the fans who have all supported me and given me the strength to succeed."

Beckham had already started planning for his post-playing career earlier in the season, becoming an ambassador for Chinese soccer.

"Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead," Beckham said. "I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back."

Beckham played a key role in England's unsuccessful bid to host the 2018 World Cup ahead of the 2010 vote, and the English Football Association wants to capitalize on his influence and star power in the future.

"He is an iconic figure in the game and produced wonderful performances for his clubs, particularly Manchester United," FA chairman David Bernstein said. "When you look at his playing and work for England, no one would ever accuse him of being unpatriotic and not giving everything for his country.

"He is a real loss to the game and I am sure the FA will want to embrace him and to get him closely associated with the organization."

Beckham's retirement comes a week after the 71-year-old Ferguson ended his managerial career.

"In the week following Sir Alex Ferguson retiring, which came as a bit of a shock, now we have the iconic David Beckham coming out of the game," Bernstein said. "It's unexpected even though he is getting to mature years for a footballer."

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