... Aug. 4, 2008
Pete Mariner/Retna Ltd.
Quickies: Educating Keira, Kidman Nixes Sunday Pic

"I am completely uneducated." That's Keira Knightley, talking to Tatler about how her lack of higher learning has made her more determined to expand her knowledge base. "Not going to university did give me an incredible driving force because it leaves you with a slight chip on your shoulder," she admits. "It makes me feel I am going to read absolutely everything so I can prove that I am not stupid." Among the highbrow tomes currently on the actress's bookshelf: a history of the Vietnam War, a biography on Hitler's go-to architect Albert Speer and Germaine Greer's "The Female Eunuch." Meanwhile, Keira also has a chip on her shoulder about being a favorite shutterbug target, explaining that she doesn't quite buy their argument for taking her picture. "I am told by a lot of the paparazzi who follow me that they are helping my career," she says, "but, by that logic, Paris Hilton should be the biggest box office catch in the world, and she isn't."

If the debut of Vivienne and Knox has left you jonesing for more celebrity baby pictures, don't expect Nicole Kidman to give you your fix. Australia's Sunday Telegraph reports that the Oscar winner and her hubby, Keith Urban, currently have no plans to release a photo of daughter Sunday Rose, who made her debut in Nashville on July 7. "There are no negotiations at this point," Nicole's rep tells the paper. "She and Keith have decided that they don't want to release a picture. That may change later but, at this point, that's the situation."

©
Katie walks carefully, knowing that one false move will undo the hours of work it took to make her pegged jeans look totally tubular.

Throughout her relationship with Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes has been touted -- without much luck -- as a tough cookie (or, as Jada Pinkett Smith so succinctly put it, she "ain't no little wimpy kitty cat"). In Touch takes it a step further with its latest "Out of My House!" cover, which alleges that Mrs. Cruise, who in between rehearsing for her Broadway debut is unsuccessfully trying to revive the horrific pegged jeans trend, gave her hubby's mother, sister and two nephews the heave-ho from their new $35 million Beverly Hills estate. "It's about time for Tom and Katie to live alone," says a source of restricting the mansion to kids Suri, 2, Connor, 13, and Isabella, 15. "They never have before." But a rep for the hit-needing actor insists to Metro UK, "This has nothing to do with Katie." Tom's mom and sis are now supposedly ensconced in the same deluxe apartment at the Scientology Centre where the whole family stayed while the expansive 90210 digs were being renovated.

Anyone who says warbling to men in uniform while straddling a cannon doesn't pay dividends need look no further than Cher. The Wall Street Journal reports that the ageless icon is selling her massive Malibu estate for -- holy gypsies, tramps and thieves! -- $45 million smackers. The three-story, 14,000-square-foot Italian Renaissance-inspired property is situated on a bluff and comes with six bedrooms, seven baths, a gym, tennis court, pool, guest house and fabulous ocean views. Cher, who is currently bringing joy to the masses with a regular gig at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, built the palatial residence in 1992.

Next: Brad & Angelina in Shock, Awe and Hysterics Over Twins

Comments (62)
E-mail
Digg
Facebook
Blog it
advertisement
Brad & Angelina in Shock, Awe and Hysterics Over Twins
Romance Rumblings: Christmas I Dos for Reese & Jake?
Kate Hit With Oodles of Rumors Post-Lance
Quickies: Educating Keira, Kidman Nixes Sunday Pic
advertisement