Breaking Baz: Nicole Kidman & Ariana DeBose Reunite At Glittering Chanel/Charles Finch Pre-Oscar Soirée; ‘Creed III’ Team, Jerry Bruckheimer & More
deadline.comNicole Kidman arrives at the Chanel/Charles Finch Pre Oscars soirée and dinner at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills and makes clear that she’s just stopping by to say hello. ”I have two daughters at home, and they’ll be up all night unless I put them to bed!” Kidman was referring to Sunday Rose, 14, and Faith Margaret, 12. RELATED: Pete Hammond’s Final Oscar Predictions: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’, ‘Elvis’, ‘’ Could Be Multiple Winners “The 14-year-old wants to accompany me to parties, but I have to be strict about that,” Kidman tells me as we chat in the Polo Lounge garden. RELATED: Best Picture Oscar Winners Through The Years – Photo Gallery I swerve to my right and greet Ariana DeBose, who won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award last year for her marvelous performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s version of West Side Story.
Suddenly, Kidman realizes that Ariana is the Ariana she worked with on Ryan Murphy’s The Prom in 2020. “Ariana!” “Nicole!” RELATED: Best Actress Oscar Winners Through The Years – Photo Gallery They hug and hug some more.
There would have been tears, but you can’t cry at these events because, you know, the makeup runs. I have no personal experience of this, you understand, but I have observed such instances over many years.
DeBose tells me she’ll be heading to London for various projects including a one-night-only concert at the fabled variety house The London Palladium on April 1. “Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey, and Adele have performed on that stage,” says DeBose. “So there’s no pressure.” London has been a home away from home of late for DeBose, having filmed Sony’s Kraven the Hunter and Apple’s spy thriller Argylle at studios there. RELATED
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