Katie Holmes has narrowly escaped injury during a mishap on the set of her upcoming film, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, currently in production on Australia’s south coast.

The actress, who recently made her dancing debut on American reality show So You Think You Can Dance?, was shooting a scene inside a car at Victoria’s Docklands when the vehicle’s battery exploded over the weekend.

The battery allegedly sparked a couple times before emitting dangerous fumes and smoke, which eventually turned into a fire that engulfed the entire car.

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is a Miramax remake of the 1973 ABC made-for-television film of the same name, in which Holmes’ character is stalked by evil gnomes. Sounds thrilling.

Unfortunately, the exploding battery isn’t part of the film.

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The fashion world’s cutest couple, Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom, just got cuter, with the Hollywood actor flying into Australia for the day just to watch his model girlfriend sashay down the catwalk at the David Jones autumn runway show in Sydney.

Bloom smiled, winked and blew kisses to his Victoria Secret love as she pranced up and down the catwalk in the coming season’s latest fashions, and at one point, was seen “enthusiastically” mouthing the words to You Give Me Fever as Kerr passed him.

As soon as the show was over, however, Bloom was no where to be found, with Kerr cheekily telling photographers hoping to get a snap of the pair together, “He’s gone home [now].”

“He just came to see me, not you,” she added.

Bloom’s appearance started a bombardment of questions for Kerr on her relationship with the Lord of the Rings star, but the model was her usual coy self, and would say nothing more than that it was “a nice surprise” to see her beau at the show.

Kerr laughed off claims that she would be engaged by this Valentine’s Day, and said, “Oh don’t be silly!

“I’m not a girl that expects much, I’m happy with where I’m at.”

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If looks could kill, Nicole Kidman’s icy stare would surely bore a hole through even the toughest of souls.

At the Paris premiere of new movie Australia, Kidman let loose the full force of her Ice Queen-iness on her unsuspecting – dare I say it – fans.

All I can say is, it’s no wonder Australia it’s breaking records at the box office…

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This week is starting to appear a little like Bag A Kidman time, but I can assure you it is purely a coincidence that there are so many negative posts about Nicole.

Actually, that may not be entirely true, the reason there are so many negative posts about Nicole Kidman, is because she has been in the news a lot lately, with her promotional work for the movie Australia and frankly, she has made a few gaffs, hence, there really hasn’t been a lot of positive press going around.

While the male lead of the movie was awarded the title of World’s sexiest man, Nicole has inherited the unoficial title of Miss Grumpy after her performance on Letterman.

Unfortunately (for her), the news is not getting any better, with ‘Australia’ having a 7th place opening Wednesday, taking only $2.5M from 2,642 theaters. This continues Kidman’s record of poor box office returns, with many already having labeled her box office poison.

Nicole Kidman has hit a snag in her suffocating press campaign for new movie Australia, showing her true “Ice Queen” colours during an interview with David Letterman.

The Australian actress was “greeted warmly” by Letterman, but things quickly turned icy, with Kidman letting off a string of cutting, sarcastic comments that left fans across the globe disgusted.

Obviously sick and tired of hearing about Australia (the movie, not the continent; although these days it’s pretty hard to tell the two apart), Letterman “insisted” on talking about anything but the movie, and at one point even brought up the subject of our closest neighbours, New Zealand.

“I made a film called Australia – not New Zealand,” Kidman reminded the host a little tensely.

“Right,” Letterman replied. “Are they making a film called New Zealand?”

This comment didn’t go down well with Kidman, and it was at this point that the interview started to go even further southward.

After pursuing several questions about Kidman’s country music-singing hubby, Keith Urban, the botox-ed starlet snapped, “Why are you so obsessed with him?”

“Please, let’s talk about the film!” Kidman begged at one point.

When Australia did finally get a mention, it didn’t improve Kidman’s mood any, with Letterman’s compliments about her appearance causing the actress to spit back: “You were talking about horses and you suddenly went to me face?”

I don’t know that I’d compare Kidman’s appearance to that of a horse, but there is something not entirely human about her appearance… those disgusting puffy, immobile lips – for a start – aren’t normal… and don’t even get me started on the rest of her taut, expressionless face!!

The interview – Part 1 and 2 – is available below.

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If ever there was a movie hyped to the max, Australia is it.

Heck, I live in the country, and even I’m sick to death of hearing “Australia” this and “Australia” that for the past six months. The movie might be fantastic, but I’m pretty “Australia-ed” out right now.

Speaking of which, those crazy folk behind the blockbuster – Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman – brought Australia to New York City, in all its sunburnt glory.

They even wore matching outfits in a fitting nod to our rugged landscape.

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HUgh Jackman and Nicole Kidman had a busy day today, ahead of tonight’s World premiere of their new Baz Luhrmann movie, Australia.

The stars are in Sydney, to attend the premiere with an audience of 3,000. Simultaneous screenings will be held in Darwin, Queensland’s Bowen and Western Australia’s Kununurra.

Luhrman is under pressure to deliver, after rumors of last minute changes to the movie’s ending to make it more palatable for audiences. I guess tonight will tell all.

You can catch up with Hugh on the following dates and locations.

• LA Press Junkets Nov- 20, 21
• NYC Premiere Nov- 24 subject to change
• AUS – Nov 26
• USA – Nov 26
• ITALY – Dec 19
• SPAIN – Dec 26
• UK – Dec 2

Watch out, Australia! The Parisite and her tattooed lover, Benji Madden, are heading Down Under this New Year’s Eve!

The professional partier and her rocker beau will be hosting a New Year’s Eve party at a secret Sydney location, it has been confirmed.

“I can’t wait to be partying with the Aussie and Benji deejaying by my side,” the Hiltonite said from her Los Angeles base.

Australian entrepreneur William Scott – the man behind Facebook look-a-like The Bongo Virus – is behind Hilton’s trip to Oz. He will be streaming Hilton’s New Year’s appearance live on www.bongoparis.com, so anyone with a few dollars to spare will be able to watch the blonde bimbo in action on their mobiles and computers.

Paris said in a statement: “I love the idea… Sydney is going to go off this New Year’s Eve with The Bongo Virus.”

Mr Scott said he is expecting “millions of people” to tune in to Bongo to watch Hollywood’s biggest parasite in action this December.

For those of you who didn’t quite catch Pam Anderson while she was in Australia, here’s the Baywatch star’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance on reality show Big Brother.

She was paid over half a million dollars for this?? What a waste of good money!

More videos from her time in the house available after the jump.

Pamela entering the Big Brother house on Australia’s Gold Coast for the very first time.

Her interview with the show’s hosts, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O, prior to entering the house.

Ms. Anderson’s finale interview with Jackie O after leaving the Big Brother compound for the last time.

Big Brother in Australia is no more.

The once popular reality television series has been canned after a disappointing eighth season, which saw the nightly number of viewers slip by 1.8 million.

The decision to cancel the show was made by Ten programmers last last week, something that was heartily backed by the network’s board of directors. Endemol Southern Star, the producers behind Big Brother, were informed shortly after the decision was made official, but opted to keep the axing secret over the weekend while former Baywatch star Anderson – who was reportedly paid over half a million dollars for her few hours of footage – was injected into the mix.

Ten’s chief programmer David Mott said in a statement last night: “This decision has been going back and forth for sometime and we have been having a very close look at it.

“But it has still been a tough call, and while the numbers are still working it is now time for us to move forward.”

Rove McManus first announced the axing on his Network Ten variety show Rove, commenting that “not even Pamela Anderson” could “resuscitate” the floundering reality series.

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