Vanity Fair, Vogue meet 'Nine'

The women of the upcoming film "Nine" grace the covers of my monthly magazines for November. A barely recognizable Penélope Cruz (Oscar winner) is on the cover of Vanity Fair, while she joins Nicole Kidman (Oscar winner), Marion Cotillard (Oscar winner) and Kate Hudson (Oscar nominee) for the cover of Vogue.

The movie, based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, which itself is based on the film "8 1/2", comes out in December and also stars Daniel Day-Lewis (double Oscar winner), Dame Judi Dench (Oscar winner), Sophia Loren (Oscar winner) and Fergie.

Watch the trailer here. It screams Oscar!

(photos via VF.com, EW.com)

NYTimes Magazine highlights this year's movie greats

NYTimes Magazine captured some of the year's best actors and actresses for "The 6th Annual Great Performers" feature in this week's issue, which came out today. Highlights include Kate Winslet, Frank Langella, Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Kat Dennings, Brad Pitt and Penelope Cruz.

The photos were taken behind the scenes, some without make-up, some in rollers as the get ready for award shows. As I was looking at the photos, I thought they were intimate and illuminated sides of the Hollywood stars we typically don't see. 

For an interactive slideshow with commentary click here. 

(photo courtesy NYTimes)

VF's 'Something Just Clicked'

Vanity Fair has a fantastic online feature with 10 Oscar-nominated partnerships. 

Sam Mendes and Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road), Danny Boyle and Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Meryl Streep and John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), Penelope Cruz and Woody Allen (Vicky Christina Barcelona), and Heath Ledger and Christopher Nolan are just some of the fantastic pairs.

For a behind the scenes video from VF, push play. To see more behind the scenes action click here.