Nicole Kidman Won't Say The N-Word

While shooting The Paperboy, a period piece about race, class, and murder in 1970s Florida, director Lee Daniels (Precious) demanded that Nicole Kidman use the N-word against her Black costar. 

She refused. And continued to do so when Daniels complained to producers.

At a press conference last week at the New York Film Festival, Kidman seemed annoyed at his request and insistence. 

"I didn't feel like it was right for the character. I have a son who's African American and I just didn't feel it was right. It wasn't right," she said referring to her adoptive son with ex-husband Tom Cruise. 

It's good to see that Nicole Kidman is unwilling to say the N-word when there are so many celebrities who will say racist things just to fit the part. More here.

Did Rick Santorum Almost Say the N-Word? Aka Is Rick Santorum Dumb Enough to Almost Say the N-Word With Cameras Rolling?

Last week, a video surfaced of GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaking at a rally in Janesville, Wisconsin.  Santorum said, "We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like - the anti-war government nig..."

Come again, please?

What other words start with 'nig' besides besides the n-word?  Niggardly, perhaps and a few other non-racist words.  But most of them don't start with a hard 'nig'.   

Of course, Santorum is denying he made such a faux pas.

Is this 'nig' incident like Santorum's infamous "I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money..." comment that he later took back and said that he said "bla" as he started to say another word?

"Bla" people?

"nig" Obama?

Could be. 

You be the judge. Watch here.