Star Bores – the worst celebrity onscreen couples

As if things weren’t bad enough for Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen, they’ve recently been voted the worst screen couple of all-time in a recent poll which rated screen couples who had the worst on-screen chemistry.

1. Natalie Portman & Hayden Christensen - Stars Wars: Episode II
2. Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck - Gigli
3. Keira Knightley & Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribbean
4. Madonna & Adriano Giannini - Swept Away
5. Catherine Zeta-Jones & Sean Connery - Entrapment
6. Andie MacDowell & Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral
7. Kate Bekinsale & Ben Affleck - Pearl Harbor
8. Nicole Kidman & Tom Cruise - Eyes Wide Shut
9. Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain (hey, they were hot in this!!)
10. Kate Winslet & Leonardo DiCaprio – Titanic

Hey, forget about Tom and Nicole. What about Tom Cruise and his lack of chemistry with just about any female? On or offscreen!

Nicole Kidman keeping her brain young with her Nintendo DS

Nintendo have decided to use Nicole Kidman in their ad campaign this summer:"Known for her starring roles in films as varied as The Hours and Moulin Rouge, Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman will demonstrate it’s her brain as much as her beauty that matters when she appears in the pan–European campaign for Nintendo’s Brain Training series. Nicole will be seen across print and television in Europe keeping her brain in shape as part of a 60 day brain exercise programme for More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? which launches across Europe on the Nintendo DS on 29th June.

Ms. Kidman comments: "I love the concept that Nintendo is reaching out to new audiences with their self improvement products like Brain Training. Most importantly, I’ve quickly found that training my brain is a great way to keep my mind feeling young." In the adverts, fans will see Nicole as they’ve never seen her before. We see Nicole in a home setting, relaxing and training her brain. She is seen speaking into the Nintendo DS to complete the exercises and memorising numbers.

Nintendo feel that working with the award winning actress as the personality of this campaign reflects a long-term pioneering philosophy from Nintendo. The aim of this philosophy is to broaden the gaming audience with software that isn’t just fun but also enriches your life, whether training your brain or practicing language skills. The software is relevant and accessible for everyone from the age of 9 to 99. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? is the latest in a series of titles from Nintendo DS called Touch! Generations. Touch! Generations is a unique range of software designed to be enjoyed by everybody, even if they’ve never played a game before. These titles, like that played by Nicole Kidman, are disrupting the video games world and changing the perceptions of millions worldwide who previously thought gaming was just for 16-24 year old males.

Well, I guess she's an appropriate choice. She's clearly been spending time (and money) getting her face looking young so it's about time she spent some time on her brain. Well, her face doesn't have any wrinkles (or expression left) but I don't know if she really looks young. Nicole Kidman has ended up having this weird puffiness in her face, contrasting with a shiny forehead that's as tight as a drum. She denies she's had anything done of course, it's all down to healthy eating and exercise. Ahem.

Dame Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren won the Academy Award for Best Actress! She said in her brief speech: "All kids love to get gold stars and this is the best gold star I’ve had in my whole life. I want to share my gold star with all my fellow nominees." Yeah right, sure she wants to share.. She wants to share the news that she's better than the rest of 'em!

I love her, a great actess who isn't afraid of ageing and it was cool to see her allegedy unworked face, wrinkles and all, in contrast with all those US actresses with their frozen, sweaty, expressionless faces. I dunno though, her eyes do suddenly look a little different, a bit "pulled", but her faces sure does have plenty of "character lines". Maybe she'll inspire some other good actresses to lay off the botox and brow lifts.. I'm looking at you Nicole Kidman!