And another exciting picture: a promotional still featuring the leading ladies of “Nine” - including Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Penelope Cruz - has been released! Click the picture on the left to view it.

• News about rehearsals for Nine … kind of
• A night out for the “Nine” ladies
• Cast members of ‘Nine’
• Marion in “The Rivals”?

Ms. Cotillard is back in London. London’s Cipriani restaurant hosted a dinner for the upcoming movie musical Nine cast members last night. Harvey Weinstein the producer gathered together Dame Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren, Marion Cotillard and Fergie for dinner. They will start to shoot in a few days time.

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• News about rehearsals for Nine … kind of
• Cast members of ‘Nine’
• A night out for the “Nine” ladies
• ‘Nine’ delayed & possible cast changes?

Think of the Daily Mail what you want, but when it comes to news about movies they’re mostly pretty accurate. Last week they reported the following:

Sophia Loren arrived Tuesday, Judi Dench joined up last weekend. The leading ladies of Rob Marshall’s film musical Nine are now all in London, rehearsing like crazy and taking singing and dancing lessons.

Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, R&B star Fergie and leading man Daniel Day-Lewis have have been working solidly, preparing to shoot at Shepperton Studios from next month.

There’s no truth to the rumour that producer Harvey Weinstein is learning tap so he can be in the male chorus line.

• Dance/Drama Boot Camp
• Cast members of ‘Nine’
• First still of “Nine”
• Daniel Day-Lewis

Nine director Rob Marshall is setting up a drama school where his stars, including Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cotillard, can work exclusively on their high notes, dance steps and even their dialect.

Cruz reveals, “We have a camp in London where you go from the dancing room to the singing room, to the acting room to the dialect coach.

“It’s all day like that and I can’t wait to get started.”

Source: Hollywood.com

On another note, Fergie has joined the film’s all-star line-up and is very excited about it.

“I’m speechless. I’m definitely going to be a sponge on set,” the Black Eyed Pea was quoted by stv.tv as saying. “I want to pick up on everything that all these brilliant actors are bringing to the table. I’m probably going to be the quietest that I’ve ever been while working just because I want to watch and learn.”

Of her lady of the night character, Fergie said: “(I’m) just thrilled I get to play a character. I’m singing, but I’m not singing as myself. I’m going to be singing as a character, and that’s what’s really exciting to me.”

• News about rehearsals for Nine … kind of
• A night out for the “Nine” ladies
• Golden Globe’s Best Actress Marion Cotillard: ‘It Was Like Fireworks’
• Cast members of ‘Nine’

Over the past few weeks there were quite a number of news about the cast members of the upcoming musical ‘Nine‘ directed by Rob Marshall. Here the news round-up: Unfortunately, Javier Bardem had to pull out due to exhaustion. Good news however is that the great Daniel Day-Lewis is confirmed to take over the role. Not only is he one of the most talented actors alive but he’s also an admirer of our Marion Cotillard.

In addition the cast includes Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench and the musical is scheduled to shoot this fall.

• News about rehearsals for Nine … kind of
• London dinner for “Nine” ladies
• ‘Nine’ delayed & possible cast changes?
• Marion Cotillard to star in ‘Nine’?