So Nicole Kidman might have already proven she can sing (a little), but is she really good enough to tackle the White Queen of Soul? Michael Cunningham, writer of The Hours and A Home at the End of the World, told NY Magazine that Kidman will star as singing legend Dusty Springfield in a music biopic that he is currently writing the screenplay for.

Springfield began her career at the tender age of 11, and by 1963 she had recorded her first major hit, I Only Want to Be With You. By 1967, the star had tired of show business and proceeded to record a string of flops from 1971 to 1986. Her comeback came in 1987 when The Pet Shop Boys asked her to sing on their hit What Have I Done to Deserve This? Springfield passed away from breast cancer in 1995 at the age of 60.

I will say it's about time that some more female vocalists got the biopic treatment (because Lady Sings the Blues and Coal Miner's Daughter are just not cutting it). Springfield had a tumultuous life full of addictions to drugs and alcohol, not to mention the pervasive stories of her struggles with her sexuality -- plenty of fodder for a juicy biopic. Considering working with Cunningham earned the actress her first Oscar, this project seems like a slam dunk for Kidman. Lord knows, she could use a hit.

A little blurb has appeared in the British press trumpeting coke fiend Kate Moss' Hollywood debut - and as a lesbian, no less! According to the report, Moss' appearance will take place in Ang Lee's biopic of Dusty Springfield, in which she'll play one of the singer's (to be played by Charlize Theron) lovers. Ok, got it. Wait - what?! Since when has Ang Lee been making a movie about Dusty Springfield? The last we heard about a Springfield movie was last spring, when Kristin Chenoweth was said to be playing her under the direction of Jessica Sharzer. But since that movie was supposed to end with the recording of Dusty in Memphis and the Lee one is expected to cover Springfield's entire life, they appear to be two entirely different things.

The lack of any other mention of this project anywhere online (that I can find, anyway) leaves me assuming that Kate Moss' handlers have completely made it up in an effort to get her some non-crappy press. At the same time, though, the rumor is so bizarrely specific that it's hard to dismiss it entirely. Anyone have Ang's number?

Oh, and don't forget - Kate Moss! Lesbian!