comment #1

Rich S. says ...

I'll bite. What, exactly, is she supposed to be captain of?

comment #2

gruver1 says ...

Wells to Rich S.: Good one.

comment #3

Joe Leydon says ...

Captain of the swimming team, of course. Look at her breaststroke.

Thank you, thank you, you've been a wonderful audience. Please remember to tip your waiters and waitresses.

comment #4

corey3rd says ...

she's stealing LaToya Jackson's old look.

comment #5

houmas says ...

I'd buy that for a dollar.

comment #6

MilkMan says ...

David Thomson's Nicole Kidman is one of the best books on acting that I've read since James Naremore's Acting in the Cinema. I know she's looking a little plastic lately, but have some sympathy, she's trying to hold on for as long as she can. But forget about her recent botox escapes; the opening shot of Eyes Wide Shut will remind you of how spectacularly sexy she is, and her performance in Birth is one of the best of the last few years.

comment #7

christian says ...

now i take her that much more seriously as an actress. i couldn't even pick up thomson's book as it was too sticky.

comment #8

lesterg says ...

She does nothing for me in reality, but since when are airbrushed magazine covers "reality"? Fantastic picture.

comment #9

giantman says ...

Who is going to be playing the Captain in the "Captain and Tenille" movie then?

comment #10

christian says ...

nicholas cage, natch.

comment #11

dobois says ...

over at e online I asked why estella warren was doing cover stand in work for Kidman... the only other response was, she is a fighter... aha!...

comment #12

jeffmcm says ...

I thought at first that it was Alicia Silverstone from ten years ago.

comment #13

joncro says ...

I really wish you wouldn't read the Daily Mail. It's the worst daily in Britain. And that's saying something in the land of The Sun.

comment #14

nemo says ...

Eat your heart out, Larry/Lana.

Can we look forward to more of this in "Margot at the Wedding"? This looks like the PG version of Charlotte Rampling in "The Night Porter":

http://tinyurl.com/yu2373

comment #15

Abbey Normal says ...

It's a continual source of amazement to me how closely the covers of these "classy" magazines now resemble those of Playboy/Penthouse. Seriously. If you took out the words "Vanity Fair" and replaced them with "Perfect 10," the shot would look equally appropriate.

Just to be clear: I'm not criticizing. I view this as a positive development in the world of media. But then, I'm a pig.

Oh, and here's a whole slideshow of Kidman images currently up on their site, including a larger image of the shot Wells posted:

http://www.vanityfair.com/fame/features/2007/10/kidman_portfolio200710

comment #16

T. Holly says ...

She said her mother never let her out in the sun, neither should any of you.

comment #17

MickTravis says ...

Holly, I have no control over whether Nicole Kidman goes out in the sun.

comment #18

dobois says ...

But I like my meat a little darker.
...but then again, Thanksgiving is just around the corner!...

(H/t- The Buddy Holly story)

comment #19

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Mmmm, pasty white feminine skin. Me want to lick, want to....biiiiiite?

Oh shit my dick just hit the post button.

Me also NOT want to think about how many scientology larva are infested within.

comment #20

T. Holly says ...

She's got a fake tan on #8, but I'm warnin' ya, the pixs take so long to come up. #9 has her as the bikini clad skinny white chick.

And in case any of you were wondering (and I do love the title of the source):

http://www.londonancestor.com/suntan/tan-bed.htm

Most dermatological groups have come out in opposition of the tanning beds and do not endorse or encourage their use. In fact, the melanin that your skin produces is actually skin damage caused by the ultraviolet rays. An enormous amount of medical research and clinical studies have taken place on the effects of the sun on our skin. They all overwhelmingly show that ultra violet rays are the cause of all three types of skin cancer: basil cell sarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma (the most deadly of the three). It works like this. The ultraviolet rays directly damage DNA and that leads to mutations. Then it produces activated oxygen molecules that also damage DNA along with other cellular structures. Last but not least, exposure leads to immuno suppressions, effectively inactivating the body's natural anti-cancer defenses. Sounds ominous, doesn't it. Still want to use those tanning beds?

comment #21

le corbeau says ...

How I wish Jeff had accidentally switched pictures between this post and the Wachowskis one.

comment #22

dobois says ...

Tanning beds? Its all done with a "tanning" filter lens. There's the Tan, the Bikini Tan Line filter, and the "Theron" Day Glo Orange filter, for that special Award night occasion.

comment #23

nemo says ...

#14 is her soft-core porn version of Jane Austen novel:

http://tinyurl.com/2947vp

#20 is in her Edvard Munch consumptive temptress period:

http://tinyurl.com/3d2qao

comment #24

Craig Kennedy says ...

I don't even like the sound of squamus cell carcinoma. It sounds like the name of the chief when I was in Indian Guides or something. Oh wait, am I supposed to say Native American Guides now?

comment #25

Arizona Joe says ...

Nicole Kidman posing as an albino LaToya Jackson, that's all we need.

comment #26

erniesouchak says ...

I like how they've strategically positioned her hair to cover up her protruding collarbone and Photoshopped in some cleavage. I'd almost think she has a female form.

comment #27

p.Vice says ...

Lindsay Lohan got some big-ass titties
Mariah Carey got some big-ass titties
Halle Berry got some big-ass titties
Angelina Jolie got some big-ass titties

Notice I didn't say mention Nicole Kidman.

comment #28

dobois says ...

"That"s not a woman. That's a man, Man!"

comment #29

Hal says ...

God, she's such a famewhore. In that article she refers to a miscarriage she had 15 years ago and informs us she was engaged to someone Post-Tom and pre-Keith, but won't name the person in question. Who wants to know this? This coy posturing and dribbling out bits of personal information no one cares about is why she she gave me the shits in her "woe-is-me" post-divorce pity party.

comment #30

T. S. Idiot says ...

As long as we're picking on VF, what about http://tinyurl.com/ys7s9t
If this is the future, allah help us.

comment #31

buckzollo says ...

Too bad Margot is as ugly as she is hot.

comment #32

Terry McCarty says ...

Hal wrote:
God, she's such a famewhore. In that article she refers to a miscarriage she had 15 years ago and informs us she was engaged to someone Post-Tom and pre-Keith, but won't name the person in question.

Lenny Kravitz?