Nicole Kidman

How Scientology Has Wreaked Havoc On Nicole Kidman’s Life, And She’s Not Even A Member

... was never declared, and both celebrities have refused to comment on their personal issues as well as the effect Scientology had on their marriage. However, media reports point to the fact that Cruise was much more dedicated to his religious beliefs than he was to his spouse. In fact, Going Clear, an anti-Scientology film, accused Scientology of sabotaging their once-perfect marriage. Over the years, Tom Cruise has been accused of various behaviors that show him in a bad light. Alex Gibney, the director of Going Clear, criticized the actor for remaining silent about the rumors that he misused Scientology for his personal gain. These rumors also suggested that Scientologists tapped Nicole Kidman’s phone when she was married to Cruise. He’s also been accused of misusing the Church’s unpaid workers to take care of his motorcycles and private jet. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s children are both Scientologists and, as per Scientology instructions, they maintain ...

Nicole Kidman Reveals She Had ‘this Sense’ That She Would Adopt

... Nicole Kidman revealed during a panel talk on Wednesday, January 4, that she had “this sense” that she would adopt before she and ex-husband Tom Cruise adopted their daughter, Isabella, and their son, Connor. Nicole Kidman attends Caryl M. Stern & the U. S. Fund for UNICEF in 2017. Sean Zanni/Patrick Mc Mullan via Getty Images. “I hadn’t had an exact vision at the same time as she had,” Kidman, 49, said during a panel talk hosted by Tina Brown, in reference to her character in upcoming film Lion, “but I had a similar feeling and an idea and this sense that I was going to adopt, and I could see the child I was going to adopt.”. PHOTOS: Nicole Kidman's Best Red Carpet Moments. In Lion, Kidman plays Australian mother Sue Brierley who, with her husband, John Brierley (David Wenham), adopts a young boy from India, Saroo ( Dev ...

It's About The Simplicity Of Love

... through her tears why the role was a perfect fit for her – and how it led her to reflect on her own experience of adoption. Nicole Kidman: ‘It is always nerve-racking to play a real person.’ Photograph: Venturelli/Getty Images. Thursday 12 January 2017 16.04 GMT. Last modified on Thursday 12 January 2017 22.00 GMT. Share on Messenger. When she first saw the script for Lion, Nicole Kidman did not know she was reading a true story. It is easy to see why she didn’t guess. The plot, for a start, is too fantastically outlandish for real life, and her part such a perfect fit that she probably imagined it had been written specifically for her. Even after the producer had enlightened her: “I still couldn’t quite believe it. Then I thought, maybe they’d fudged some of it. But no. It really is all true.”. Lion tells the story of a boy called Saroo, who was born into an impoverished but close family in rural India. His mother laboured in a quarry carrying rocks, and at night his older brother would catch a train to a nearby town to ...

Nicole Kidman Shares A Sweet Moment With Lion On-screen Son Dev Patel

... a black T-shirt and a black jacket with faux fur around the collar. Lion is based on the true story and book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley, played by Dev. Arriving in style: The pair cut casual figures in warm attire, while Nicole wore her blonde bunched ringlets in a messy-but-chic updo. Sharing her fondness for the cast and crew who she worked alongside on the incredible true story production, Nicole was seen hugging the director Garth Davis. They were in Los Angeles to conduct a Q&A session for the film, in which Nicole plays Dev's (Saroo's) adoptive mother Sue Brierley. The story retells the tale of a boy who was lost from his birth mother at the age of five and was adopted by an Australian family, and begins his search for his long-lost family using Google Earth. Sharing the love: Nicole clearly had a fondness for the cast and crew she worked alongside on the incredible true story production, as she was also seen hugging the director Garth Davis. All laughs: The Lion cast and crew were in high spirits at the film screening and ...

Nicole Kidman Joins Keith Urban On Stage, Khloe Kardashian Snuggles Tristan Thompson And More

... Jermaine Dupri, Terrance J, Kevin Durant, Belly, T Pain, Machine Gun Kelly and Mr. Brainwash to name a few. Photo: Mark La Shark. Over in New York City, Busy Philipps was spotted celebrating the launch of Campbell's new Well Yes! Soup, and encouraging everyone to embrace a small, positive #Well Yes Moment. Photo: Nicholas Hunt/ Getty Images for Campbell’s Soup. Model Keleigh Sperry, meanwhile, stunned on set with Buxom Cosmetics at Milk Studios in the City That Never Sleeps. Photo: C/o BC. There's no rest for Kidman during the holiday season, as the actress rushed over to NYC on Jan. 4, joining Lion co-star Dev Patel at Times Talks, where they spoke about their critically acclaimed film at the Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center. Photo: Griffin Lipson for The New York Times. The next day, singer songwriter Kehlani gave a special performance of her hit song "Gangsta" from Suicide Squad, along with her Sweet Sexy Savage album single, CRZY, at the Kiehl's Pure Vitality Skin ...

It's Time To Support Trump

... America or Australia. I’m issue-based,” Kidman told the  BBC  while promoting her new movie, Lion. “So I just say, he’s now elected, and we as a country need to support whoever is the president because that’s what the country’s based on.”. She added: “Whatever, however, that happened, he’s there, and let’s go. For me, I'm very, very committed to women's issues.". Kidman was born in Hawaii to Australian parents and holds dual citizenship. Robert de Niro on Meryl Streep's speech: It needed to be said. Social media promptly debated Kidman's comments, which hit the news cycle almost a week after Meryl Streep dedicated her Cecil B. De Mille award speech to condemning Trump. "Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence," said Streep from the stage. "When the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose. This brings me to the press. We need the principle press to hold power to account, to call him on the carpet for every outrage.". In a follow-up interview with  Access Hollywood , Kidman clarified her initial comments. "I was trying ...

Nicole Kidman And Keith Urban Put On A Loved-up Display At Globes

... everything that has happened in my life, being a mother has been the overriding thing that has changed everything and made it better,’ she said in an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday’s Event magazine. The actress adopted her oldest children, Isabella, now 25, and Connor, 21, when she was married to Tom Cruise. Then, ‘against the odds’, she conceived daughter Sunday Rose naturally with her second husband, country music star Keith, giving birth eight years ago. Flawless: Nicole dress flattered her stunning alabaster complexion. Their second child, Faith was born through a surrogate five years ago. But Nicole does not want to stop there. ‘I still have the faintest hope that something may happen to me this year,’ she said. ‘Keith and I would love to have more babies. My grandmother gave birth to my mother at 49. I would be beyond happy and just welcome it with open arms.’. The look of love: The pair couldn't take their eyes off each other as they walked around inside the event. Close: The couple kept close during the entire event. 2017 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS WINNERS - TELEVISION. Best Performance by an Actress in a ...

Awards Chatter' Podcast

... which paved the way for many of the great opportunities that she would get and seize after she and Cruise separated and divorced in 2001. "Stephen Daldry [who would direct her in 2002's The Hours] came and saw that, Baz Luhrmann [who would direct her in 2001's Moulin Rouge!] came and saw that, and out of The Blue Room and all of those characters I played, I suddenly was given these chances." She sang her way to her first Oscar nom for Moulin Rouge!; for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours, she won the best actress Oscar, in the words of Denzel Washington, "by a nose"; and she went on a run of other great performances — in love story Cold Mountain (2003), avant-garde Dogville (2003), mystery Birth (2004), biopic Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) and dramedy Margot at the Wedding (2007). Kidman has had her share of misses, too, including 2004's The Stepford Wives, 2005's Bewitched, 2007's The Invasion ...

Nicole Kidman Clears Up Reports That She Wants More Kids

... Globes. There won't be quite so many giggles on-screen when Big Little Lies debuts on Feb. 19 on HBO. Witherspoon and Kidman play Madeline and Celeste, respectively, in the small screen adaptation of Liane Moriarty's twisty novel about a big murder in a small town. "I don't think there's a division between television and film anymore," Witherspoon, who, along with Kidman, serves as an executive producer on the series, told ET. "There's such a beautiful blur between - art is art and content is content. So we had a choice to make, this as a movie or a TV show. We chose together to make this an HBO show.". Earlier in the night, Kidman talked fashion with ET's Nancy O'Dell. The Lion star stunned on the red carpet in a silver sequin Alexander Mc Queen gown, fresh off the runway, with a feathery hem and billowy off-the-shoulder sleeves. See ...