Golden boy

Celebrities, take note: It brings you good luck when you're on the cover of Cowboys & Indians. Latest example of this phenomenon: Hugh Jackman, who graced our December issue, has just gotten the plum job of host for the 81st annual Academy Awards.

Sexiest Cowboy Alive

Congratulations to Hugh Jackman for being named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive." But, of course, Cowboys & Indians readers already knew he had fair claim to that title.

Next stop: Australia

A very pregnant Nicole Kidman appeared on the red carpet (alongside husband Keith Urban) at Sunday's 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Fans may not get another up-close look at the actress until November, when she'll be seen opposite co-star Hugh Jackman (above) in Australia, an epic drama about a World War II-era cattle drive across hundreds of miles of the most unforgiving land in The Land Down Under.