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Nicole Kidman to take a break from acting

Despite her success with the box office hit “The Golden Compass,” Nicole Kidman isn’t interested in finding new roles.
/ Source: msnbc.com contributors

Despite her success with the box office hit “The Golden Compass,” Nicole Kidman isn’t interested in finding new roles. In fact, after she finishes filming her current projects (including Baz Lurhmann’s “Australia” and a co-starring role with pal Naomi Watts in “Need”), the Australian actress plans to leave Hollywood behind — at least for a while.

“Actually, I’m not that interested in working right now,” Nicole told The Times UK. “I think that a lot of my wish to work was about wanting to get lost, not wanting to be in the world.”

Over the last year the actress spoke openly about her plight with depression, but following the rocky start of her marriage to Keith Urban, she’s left her dark days behind. “I have a reason to be in the world now and that reason is Keith.”

The part of the world Nicole wants to be in is the “spiritually satisfying” farm she and hubby bought in Tennessee. “We just have our own little bubble that we exist in. And I can completely disappear. I’m really good at it and I don’t need much.”

Hiatus-lust isn’t new for Nicole. People magazine reported that it took two persuasive letters, one from “The Golden Compass” director Chris Weitz and one from the book’s author Philip Pullman, to convince Nicole to appear in her latest film. “I actually just didn’t want to work,” the actress said in a press conference. “I was just in a place in my life where I was in Tennessee and I was just feeling a little lazy and wanting to hang out.”

Posh’s body issues
Something’s going on with the omnipresent body belonging Victoria Beckham, and frankly people are starting to talk.

For one thing, it’s those unmoving balloons floating around her upper torso — you know, the ones that generally precede her when walking into a room. The Daily Mail reports that many wonder whether she surgically reduced them especially for the Spice Girls reunion.

“There is speculation she had her implants taken out for the tour so she can fit into the costumes without the risk of them falling out during some of the more energetic routines,” said one newspaper source.

While those bumps are noticeably smaller, rumor has it another part of Posh may expand in the very near future. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Mrs. Beckham may be pregnant with a fourth little Becks.

Allegedly, co-Spice Ginger (Geri Halliwell) let the secret slip at a recent Los Angeles concert. During “Wannabe,” the redheaded minx “pointed at Posh’s tummy” and announced, “She’s pregnant.”

Cops question Steven Tyler about catfightDon’t come between Steven Tyler and a camera unless you want to risk getting your eyes scratched out. A recent catfight between the Aerosmith singer’s gal pal, Erin Brady, and a female fan resulted in Steven receiving the third degree from cops, Page Six reports.

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While partying at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on a Seminole reservation,  “A woman from the tribe was trying to take a picture of Steven Tyler,” one witness told Page Six. “At the same time, Steven’s girlfriend was coming back, I think from the restroom. Apparently, Erin got in the way of the picture or something, and some words were exchanged.”

“Next thing everyone knows, the two girls are going at it,” the witness continued. “Scratching, hair-pulling, hitting. It lasted about six seconds, then security broke it up.  Steven got up to try to pull them apart, but it happened so fast, he really didn’t have time to do anything. Security was right on top of it.”

Then the cops came. “They questioned Steven and his girlfriend in back of the club for about an hour,” said the source.

No one was arrested, and Steven kept his cool. “The police wouldn’t let his limo leave,” another witness said. “Steven was being a pretty good sport about it.”

Dish on the flyBeing a successful singer-songwriter doesn’t open every door for John Mayer. According to OK! Magazine, the troubadour can’t get past the doorman at Soho’s Bar Martignetti. His ex-gal pal Jessica Simpson didn’t impress the locals. “She seems to rub the owners the wrong way,” an insider explained. But even in these post-Jess days, John can’t get past the sidewalk. … There’s trouble brewing for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, or “Hairy-Kate” and “Trashley” as they’ve now been dubbed by PETA. Us Weekly reports the animal-rights group has its sights set on the “Trollsen Twins” for wearing fur and featuring pelts in their fashion lines. “No one would argue that Mary-Kate and Ashley could use some meat on their bones, but the last thing they need is hair on their backs,” said Dan Shannon, PETA’s Assistant Director of Youth Campaigns.

Tabloid Tidbits is compiled by Ree Hines and Helen A.S. Popkin.