Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman's new movie Australia has sparked a storm of controversy on location Down Under over plans to use a World War I memorial for a cattle stampede scene. Moviemaker Baz Luhrmann offended locals in tiny Bowen, where the film is shooting, when he continued shooting as his actors clambered all over the statue. The director has been forced to cut the controversial sequence after a film extra and former serviceman threatened to quit the film if Luhrmann didn't rethink his plans. The upset extra, Brian Germain, says, "We were supposed to be standing along the fences watching the cattle come down the main street and we were waving them along. Later on they changed it and had two guys standing beside the replica and they actually climbed on top of it and I told them that was wrong." Germain contacted a local Vietnam Veterans Federation and urged them to help him fight the plans. A spokeswoman for the film tells the Sydney Daily Telegraph the incident was accidental and would not be used in the final cut of the film.

Pregnant actress Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber may have secretly wed. The couple was beaming on the red carpet at the Tony Awards in New York on Sunday, and when reporters quizzed them about their marriage plans, The Manchurian Candidate star Schreiber had a shock in store. He said, "We are married." But the private actor refused to give up any more information as to when and where the pair exchanged vows. The Ring star Watts is expecting the couple's first baby in August.

Former Dawson's Creek actor Joshua Jackson has reportedly beaten some of Hollywood's biggest names to land the title role in Fletch Won. Jackson will play investigative reporter Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher, a part made famous by Chevy Chase in the 1985 comedy Fletch and its 1989 follow-up Fletch Lives, according to website Iesb.net. Among the actors previously linked to the role were Brad Pitt, Jason Lee, Ryan Reynolds and Zach Braff. Director Steve Pink has also signed up for the project, which was originally to be directed by Kevin Smith.

Kate Winslet has been named the new celebrity spokesperson for cosmetics giants Lancome as part of an Internet launch in Paris, France. The Little Children star greeted a crowd of fans in Paris yesterday after she was announced as the new face of the Tresor fragrance. Winslet was chosen as the successor to actress Isabella Rossellini, who appeared in ads for the fragrance last year. Previous star faces for Lancome include Uma Thurman and movie hunk Clive Owen.

Bruce Willis has dismissed reports he is dating Drew Barrymore, insisting just because he gave his friend a kiss doesn't mean they are romantically involved. The Live Free Or Die Hard star was spotted kissing Barrymore at a recent social event. He tells Playboy magazine, "Drew and I are old friends. I hadn't seen her for a long time, and I gave her a kiss. There were other things going on in the room that night that weren't reported, things far racier than my giving Drew a kiss. If it's against the law to kiss a beautiful actress who is a friend of mine, then lock me up and take me to the gulag (prison camp). I'm a single guy, and I'm having a hard enough time in the world of romance without somebody giving me s**t for kissing Drew."

The man accused of conspiring to kidnap David Letterman's son has escaped from prison and may be armed. Kelly A. Frank broke out of Montana State Prison in the Deer Lodge Valley with 22-year-old fellow inmate William Willcutt over the weekend, according to officials. The pair are believed to have escaped in a truck. Prison warden Mike Mahoney says, "We have intelligence that leads us to believe these guys may be armed." In 2005, Frank was accused of conspiring to kidnap the U.S. chat show host's then-infant son Harry from the Letterman ranch in Montana. After the kidnapping charge was dropped, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to felony theft and misdemeanor obstruction.

George Clooney is celebrating after making Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100 list for the first time. The Oscar-winning Syriana star debuts at number 40 on the new list, which will be announced in full later this week. Based on the fame and "clout" of Hollywood's hottest stars the Celebrity 100 list in an annual list of Tinseltown's biggest movers and shakers. Not all stars will be celebrating when the new list in announced, however - funnyman Jim Carrey, who previously topped the list a couple of years ago, doesn't appear on the new countdown. Also missing are Carrey's former girlfriend Renee Zellweger and Cameron Diaz, who both made last year's Celebrity 100. The top 10 power players will be announced later this week.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin star Catherine Keener and her movie star husband Dermot Mulroney have made their split official a year after the breakdown of their 17-year marriage. In court papers, filed in Los Angeles yesterday, Keener cites irreconcilable differences for the split. The couple, who separated last May, have a seven-year-old son, called Clyde.