Melbourne, Dec 19 : Aussie actress Nicole Kidman and her new movie `Australia' have missed out on being nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The nominations were announced in West Hollywood on December 19, with the Guild being seen as the paving stone to Academy Awards, reports News. com. au.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Australia failed to secure even one nomination, with Kidman, Hugh Jackman and 13-year-old acting newcomer, Brandon Walters, not being considered for any award.

London, Dec 19 : It seems that David and Victoria Beckham are finding it difficult to decide where to spend their Christmas this year.

While Becks is willing to celebrate it in Britain, Posh is adamant to spend it in Los Angeles.

The Beckhams moved to Beverly Hills in summer, last year when David signed with LA Galaxy.

"Victoria has said she has had so many British Christmases and wants to have the Hollywood -version," the Daily Express quoted a source as saying.

London, Dec 19 : English actress Kate Winslet has been shortlisted for two categories at the 2009 Screen Actors Guild awards.

Winslet, 33, has been nominated for best actress for Revolutionary Road, and for supporting actress in post-war drama The Reader.

The Titanic star, who is a five-time Oscar nominee, had been nominated at the Golden Globe awards too for the same films, and she received another two nominations from the London Film Critics'' Circle on December 18.

Dublin - A Dublin-based think tank issued its gloomiest outlook yet for the Irish economy Friday, forecasting a drop in economic activity of 4.6 per cent in 2009 and a jump in unemployment to almost 10 per cent.

"The Irish economy is in the midst of a contraction that is large by both historic and international comparisons," the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) said in a statement.

Ireland's gross national product, which does not include net investment from abroad, is expected to fall by 2.6 per cent this year before slumping by 4.6 per cent next year.

Investment in Ireland would drop by 19.3 per cent in 2009, the ESRI forecast, while consumption would drop 3.6 per cent.

Melbourne, Dec 19 : Australian novelist Kathy Lette has offered some advice to alleged adulterous celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's wife Tana.

The 40-year-old author has asked Tana to take out a "philandering husband" cookbook.

"Wouldn''t it funny if she put out a cookbook at Christmas, a philandering husband cook book," News. com. au quoted Lette as saying.

"She could be boiling him alive in extra virgin olive.