HUGH JACKMAN EASY ON SEXY NICOLE KIDMAN

Sexy Oscars host Hugh Jackman is giving friend Nicole Kidman a pass at the Academy Awards. The star say's he won't be poking fun at her. Jackman, who teamed up with Kidman in Australia, is insisting the actress can rest assured she won't be facing any embarrassment at the Oscars, because he knows she'll be mortified if he picks on her. He explains, "Nic is notoriously shy. ... At the (2004) Tonys, Nicole was sitting in the front row, and she looked up at me and mouthed, 'Don't you dare!'" But the famous actor insists other stars should be prepared to take the stage at the Oscars and play along with his pranks. Jackman, who performed pelvic thrusts on a embarrassed Sarah Jessica Parker when he hosted the Tony Awards, tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, "I do love things going off script. I hope there'll be some spontaneity. If people know what to expect, then your party's dead."

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