Nicole Kidman and country crooner Keith Urban married

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Congratulations to Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban who got married last Sunday, 25 June 2006 at a clifftop church in her hometown of Sydney in an intimate ceremony attended by close family and friends. Kidman, 39 was born in Hawaii but was raised in Heroine, Sydney. Urban, 38, was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, and raised in Queensland state. He moved to Nashville in 1992 and has acknowledged struggling with cocaine abuse. When they return to the United States, Nicole Kidman has said she will leave Hollywood to make a home with Urban in Nashville.

An Oscar winner who commands more than 10 million dollars (8 million euros) per movie, Nicole Kidman has indicated a strong desire to tone down the spotlight on her personal life. The low-key nature of her relationship with Urban, an up-and-coming Nashville singer-guitarist with rock star good looks, stands in stark contrast to the Cruise-Kidman celebrity melodrama that played out on cinema red carpets, the Oprah Winfrey show and supermarket tabloids.

The ceremony was a traditional Catholic affair, held in private but after Kidman rode across Sydney in a limousine, waving to the crowds. Kidman wore a white Balenciaga gown, draped in a veil and clutching a bouquet of white roses. About 90 minutes after arriving, the bells of the church rang out, indicating the ceremony was over.
The Roman Catholic wedding ceremony also marks a break with the Church of Scientology Cruise brought Kidman into, and is a childhood dream, friends have reportedly said.

However, with friends like Kidman’s, making a return to humble origins is a tall order. Helicopters buzzed over the gothic-style church full of media hoping to snap an exclusive photograph that could be worth a fortune in gossip-magazine sales.
Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and Naomi Watts - all of whom are antipodean expatriates made good in Hollywood that Kidman has known for years - were among guests on the bride’s side of the church. Fox Studios owner and media magnate Rupert Murdoch also attended.

Nicole and Keith, who won a Grammy this year but whose celebrity glow is far outshone by Kidman’s, kept their relationship secret for months, and only confirmed the wedding this week after arriving in Australia, saying they wanted their celebrations to be close to home. It was Urban’s first marriage. Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise divorced in 2001 after 10 years of marriage.

Nicole Kidman had a meteoric rise in Hollywood, marked in part by her willingness to take on challenging roles that defined her as not just Cruise’s wife. Kidman and Cruise fell in love on set and they married in December 1990.
Kidman was careful to protect her reputation as an actor in her own right, taking on a mix of roles with blockbuster appeal in movies such as “Batman Forever” with edgier work, including Gus van Sant’s “To Die For,” which won her rave reviews. Her roles have included a singing turn in the caberet-like “Moulin Rouge” and comedy roles such as “The Stepford Wives.” She starred in the art-house drama “Dogville” and won the best actress Academy Award in 2002 after donning a large prosthetic nose to portray Virginia Woolf in “The Hours.”
The couple adopted two children, and Kidman joined the Scientologists.
Their last film together was Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 sexual thriller “Eyes Wide Shut,” in which they played a wealthy couple in a troubled marriage.

After the wedding, Urban serenaded Kidman with an acoustic rendition of his song, Making Memories of Us, which reportedly brought tears to the actor’s eyes. “We just want to thank everyone in Australia and around the world who have sent us their warm wishes,” the newlyweds said in a brief statement accompanying the photo. The reception was held in a giant marquee erected on the grounds of St. Patrick’s College, next to the chapel where Kidman and Urban were wed.

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