As you can probably tell from the ads, the new Sherlock Holmesmovie does away with the Victorian sleuth as we know him: Goodbye, deerstalker and calabash pipe; hello, skinny suits and light-speed fisticuffs. The game is afoot, and Robert Downey, Jr.'s version of the clever inspector is a pit-fighting, fast-thinking superhero."I thought it could be rebooted and dusted off," director Guy Ritchiesaid at last night's Lincoln Center premiere. He was referring, in part, to the film's winking humor and dandyish touches: At one point, Holmes and Watson (Jude Law) get into a tiff about a waistcoat. Downey, for one, embraced the film's fashion element: "What I really liked is that Jude is wearing all these starched collars, so the more kind of done-up and stiff he looked, the more I'd be throwing a scarf over an oversized shirt or something like that," he said. "It wasall about contrast."The star showed up sporting winter-ready wingtip boots and Ralph Lauren tweeds, whereas more than a few bare-shouldered ladies (including Rachel McAdamsand Blake Lively) had to dash in to escape the cold. Emma Heming, who arrived with husband Bruce Willis, wasn't afraid to linger, though. What qualities was she looking for in the Holmes update? "Fashion," she said, cozying up against Willis' thick overcoat. "Suave, like my husband."—Darrell Hartman
Apologies to all the Twi-hards out there, but Nine—Rob Marshall's adaptation of the musical version of Federico Fellini's masterpiece 8 1/2—has New Moonbeat for blazing-hot star power. As you may have heard, Daniel Day-Lewis plays a famous Italian film director managing a life full of demanding divas, including, but not limited to, Marion Cotillardas his wife, Nicole Kidmanas his muse, Penélope Cruzas his mistress, Kate Hudsonas a journalist, and Sophia Loren as his mama. Its premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Tuesday night, which also drew a slew of real-life divas (Madonna, anyone?), didn't disappoint."It's just embarrassing to talk about this sort of cast," Marshall gushed. "They are all such unbelievable, amazing, talented women. Look! I'm blushing!" Even the notoriously gruff producer Harvey Weinstein was effusive. "You want to know who the film's biggest diva was? Judi Dench," he smiled. "To get her out of her trailer, we would have to leave a trail of diamonds to the set like bread crumbs."At the film's after-party, mum was the word, literally. Both Fergieand Hudson brought their mothers as their dates. Although she was beaming with pride, Goldie Hawnwasn't taking any credit for her daughter's performance. "Those weren't my moves," she said. "Those were all hers." Hudson was quick with her reply: "Honey, a wind machine can do wonders."—Derek Blasberg
