Baz Luhrmann
Met Gala 2023: Nicole Kidman Wears Custom Chanel Dress from 2004 Chanel N°5 Campaign
In the 2004 advertising campaign for the iconic Chanel N°5 perfume, starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Baz Luhrmann, the Australian-American actress wore a custom Chanel pink silk tulle dress, with a lengthy, four-meter round train. At this year’s Met Gala, an homage to Chanel’s iconic designer Karl Lagerfeld, Kidman wore the same dress just […]
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Inside the Costume Designers Guild Awards With Baz Luhrmann, Hunter Schafer and More Stars
On Monday arguably the most creatively dressed awards season crowd gathered at the Fairmont Century Plaza for the 2023 Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA), where winners of the newly dubbed Adrian Awards were announced in eight categories. “I just have to say, this is one of the most stylish crowds I have ever seen ever,” […]
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Why ‘Elvis’ Star Austin Butler Was the “Fitting-Room GOAT”
Renowned costume and production designer Catherine Martin and her husband, director Baz Luhrmann, are known for the bold visual style of their collaborations and, not for nothing, Martin also is a four-time Oscar winner, having earned the costume and production design honors at the Academy Awards for Moulin Rouge! in 2002 and another pair in […]
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Kate Hudson Recalls Losing ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Role: “I Really Wanted That Part”
Kate Hudson opened up about the role that got away. While speaking on the The World’s First Podcast Thursday, the actress was asked which role she auditioned for and didn’t get that she really wanted, to which Hudson revealed it was Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film Moulin Rouge! “I really wanted that part and it was […]
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Austin Butler Says All His Singing for ‘Elvis’ “Destroyed My Voice”
Austin Butler’s voice is still a topic of conversation months after Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis was released. While on Friday’s episode of The Graham Norton Show, the Oscar-nominated actor explained that due to all the singing in the film, he probably “destroyed my voice a bit.” “My vocal cords, it’s a lot raspier now,” he added. […]
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Trevor Noah, Jared Leto, Machine Gun Kelly and More Attend Spotify’s Best New Artist Party Ahead of 2023 Grammys
For the first time since 2020, Spotify’s Best New Artist party returned to celebrate the nominees for the big four Grammy Awards category. Hosted at West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Center, the star-studded event kicked off a busy weekend of celebrations, all leading up to the year’s biggest night in music. The party featured performances from […]
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‘Elvis’ Director Baz Luhrmann Inks First-Look Deal with Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. is staying in the Baz Luhrmann business. The filmmaker has inked a first-look deal with the studio, following his work with Warners on Elvis, which received eight Oscar nominations on Tuesday. Elvis was a box office win as the rare adult drama to succeed in an era in which superheroes and horror dominate […]
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Baz Luhrmann on Austin Butler’s Elvis Voice and Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’
Elvis exceeded many pundits’ expectations when it racked up eight 2023 Oscar nominations Tuesday morning, including for best picture, best actor, production and costume design, makeup and hairstyling, cinematography, sound and editing. That’s largely thanks to the film’s director and mastermind, Baz Luhrmann, and his longtime creative partner: his wife, triple-nominated production and costume designer […]
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Dior’s Haute Couture Show Is All About Josephine Baker
At the Musée Rodin, on a frigid cold Jan. 23 with highs in the 30s, the House of Dior unveiled their Spring Summer 2023 Haute Couture collection. In a packed room of celebrities, buyers, media, top clients, and friends of the brand, creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri unveiled a sartorial story inspired by American singer […]
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Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin to be Honored by Art Directors Guild
Baz Luhrmann and his producing partner and collaborator, Academy Award-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin, will receive the Cinematic Imagery Award during the 27th Art Directors Guild Awards, Feb. 18 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The husband and wife duo’s 30-year collaboration has included Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, Australia, The Great Gatsby, The Get […]
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Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ Vision Board: Graceland, Jewelry and Lots of Jumpsuits
To call Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis “detailed” is an understatement. The Warner Bros. musical biopic, which stars Austin Butler as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, tracks Presley’s life and career from his beginnings as an average boy from Tupelo, Mississippi, with a beautiful voice and great looks to one of the most important figures in […]
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Lisa Marie Presley, Singer, Songwriter and Elvis’ Daughter, Dies at 54
Lisa Marie Presley, the smoky-voiced singer and songwriter who led a soap opera existence as the only child of Elvis Presley and the first wife of Michael Jackson, has died. She was 54. Presley died Thursday at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center after an episode of cardiac arrest earlier in the day at her […]
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