Nicole’s Date With Mendes

The soon-to-be-ex Mrs Cruise is busy signing deals left right and centre this week. Hot on the heels of news that Nicole Kidman finally inked a deal for Lars Von Trier's Dogville comes a report that she will be back in the UK next year to perform on the London stage. A Sydney newspaper which spoke to Kidman this week said that she confirmed that she would be returning to work for British director Sam Mendes again, this time starring in two different plays at Mendes' Donmar Warehouse theatre in London. Theatrical London is still reeling from the last time Kidman and Mendes teamed up for The Blue Room; the actress's brief nude scene ensured that the play was the hottest-selling ticket in town. In addition, Kidman also told reporters that she was in talks with Alan Parker about replacing Cate Blanchett in The Life of David Gale - Blanchett had to withdraw when she became pregnant.