Saturday, April 11, 2009
Justin Timberlake and rapper Lupe Fiasco have been recruited by pop singer Kenna to climb Mount Kilimanjaro this autumn in a bid to raise money for charity.The trio will be joined by a team of adventurers assembled by Ethiopian-born Kenna as they scale the 19,000-foot African peak as part of a fundraising and awareness effort for the worldwide water crisis. The mammoth climb will serve as a personal triumph for Kenna, who almost lost his father to the water shortage.
He tells Elle magazine, "My dad almost died as a child from waterborne diseases in Ethiopia, and he had talked to me about digging a well there, and I thought, 'I have too many friends who would be concerned with the subject of clean water. Maybe I can help out.'"
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Hugh Jackman is happy to get naked on screen.
"I'm not really worried. Probably too many skinny-dipping parties as a young man. Sometimes there can be so much effort when people put on a sock and tape it up here and there. I know they can't have my willy in shot so I just figure, what the hell?"
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Miley Cyrus admits her boyfriend found it "hard" to watch her kiss another guy.
The actress, 16 - who locks lips with costar Lucas Till in Hannah Montana: The Movie - says underwear model Justin Gaston, 20, struggled to watch the steamy scenes.
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Actor Skylar DeLeon has been sentenced to death for murdering Arizona couple Tom and Jackie Hawks.
The former child star and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers regular has been convicted of chaining the couple to the anchor of the luxury yacht they were trying to sell him and throwing them overboard in 2004. Their bodies have never been found.
Deleon then claimed the boat as his own.
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Nicole Kidman is planning to dress up as the Easter bunny.The Golden Compass star -- who is married to country music singer Keith Urban -- says she'll be sporting rabbit ears and a basket full of eggs, but only for her nearest and dearest.
She dishes, "We're doing the whole Easter bunny thing over Easter.
"The whole family is getting together and we'll do the egg hunt and maybe even a sack race!"
Labels: celebrity quote, hugh jackman, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban, lupe fiasco, Miley Cyrus, Nicole Kidman, skylar deleon
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Kal Penn has left House to go work for the White House.Kal, who said he's always aspired to a career in politics, asked to leave the show after working on Obama's campaign, even though he loves acting.
Approaching executive producers David Shore and Katie Jacobs, Penn expressed his desire far in advance, which allowed the writers to craft his exit in an organic way - with a sudden, inexplicable suicide!
In regards to his new job, Penn said he'll be "the associate director in the White House office of public liaison. They do outreach with the American public and with different organizations. They're basically the front door of the White House. They take out all of the red tape that falls between the general public and the White House."
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Eminem is back with a new album and just released his pop culture-driven first single and music video, "We Made You." In true Eminem style he makes fun of multiple celebrities including Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson, Ellen DeGeneres, Amy Winehouse, Bret Michaels, Kim Kardashian, and many others.
Great. Back to putting down everyone else to try and rise above.
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Kate Moss will provide back-up vocals for alternative-rockers the Lemonheads' new album of covers "Varshons." The album, which drops June 23, features Kate Moss singing on the track, "Dirty Robot."
Man that must mean the Lemonheads' are really struggling to get PR.
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While Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox have admitted "trying" Botox, Nicole Kidman has said: "To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything. I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that."
Hmm, I love Nicole Kidman, but I'm not sure I believe her...
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Howard K. Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich have arrived in a Los Angeles courtroom for their arraignments today.
Stern, along with Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, were accused of three felony counts of conspiracy to furnish Anna Nicole Smith with drugs before her death. The docs also face additional charges for writing fraudulent prescriptions.
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"I would just bang my head against the metal locker at school - we had head-butting competitions to see who could buckle the metal." Hugh Jackman on his troubled high school days.
Oh good grief.
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Actress Penelope Ann Miller has given birth to a baby girl.
The Carlito's Way star, 49, and her husband James Huggins welcomed little Maria Adela Huggins on March 23rd in Los Angeles, California. And the couple is delighted with the new addition to the family - a younger sibling for their eight year old daughter Eloisa May.
Labels: celeb baby, celebrity quote, Eminem, hugh jackman, kal penn, kate moss, Nicole Kidman, penelope miller
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired "The B Team," a spec pitch package for an Adam McKay-directed action comedy that will team Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as cops, with Chris Henchy and McKay writing the script.
Pic will be a co-production between Gary Sanchez Productions and Mosaic. Sony has not set a release date on the film, but it is expected to go into production as quickly as the filmmakers can get it ready.
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I'm hearing reports that Jessica Simpson has fired her band, called off her tour and is taking a year off from the music business. I don't have any clear confirmations yet, but I would think this means things are perhaps getting more serious with Tony Romo, perhaps wedding serious.
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Nicole Kidman has sparked pregnancy rumors after she wore a black loose-fitted dress to the premiere of Australia in Tokyo. She had her hands resting on her tummy. Kidman already has a 7 month old daughter Sunday Rose.
The rumors began at the Oscars but I really can't see her and Keith Urban having another kid this early. I mean he is preparing to tour and she's been crazy busy with her upcoming roles. For a bump to be showing now it would mean she's a couple months along, I just don't think this one is true.
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Lisa Rinna likes being naked and thinks she's pretty hot.
"While I'm definitely a product of this mindset, I don't get all the fuss our society has over people's weight," actress Lisa Rinna told PEOPLE Tuesday night during Kate Somerville's skin care launch at the Four Seasons Resort in Palm Beach. "I am more comfortable being nude than hosting an event like this."
The actress believes she looks better now than she did at 34 when she posed for Playboy while pregnant. Well, she WAS pregnant than so I'm not sure she should compare notes.
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Imagine Entertainment spokesperson, Michael Rosenberg, has confirmed to RadarOnline.com that Michael Cera is officially joining the cast of "Arrested Development" for the big screen version of the cult TV series.
The "Superbad" star is joining other series regulars Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale and David Cross, who are all reprising their roles for the film.
And series creator, Michael Hurwitz, is expected to write and direct the comedy.
Pic will be a co-production between Gary Sanchez Productions and Mosaic. Sony has not set a release date on the film, but it is expected to go into production as quickly as the filmmakers can get it ready.
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I'm hearing reports that Jessica Simpson has fired her band, called off her tour and is taking a year off from the music business. I don't have any clear confirmations yet, but I would think this means things are perhaps getting more serious with Tony Romo, perhaps wedding serious.
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Nicole Kidman has sparked pregnancy rumors after she wore a black loose-fitted dress to the premiere of Australia in Tokyo. She had her hands resting on her tummy. Kidman already has a 7 month old daughter Sunday Rose.The rumors began at the Oscars but I really can't see her and Keith Urban having another kid this early. I mean he is preparing to tour and she's been crazy busy with her upcoming roles. For a bump to be showing now it would mean she's a couple months along, I just don't think this one is true.
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Lisa Rinna likes being naked and thinks she's pretty hot.
"While I'm definitely a product of this mindset, I don't get all the fuss our society has over people's weight," actress Lisa Rinna told PEOPLE Tuesday night during Kate Somerville's skin care launch at the Four Seasons Resort in Palm Beach. "I am more comfortable being nude than hosting an event like this."
The actress believes she looks better now than she did at 34 when she posed for Playboy while pregnant. Well, she WAS pregnant than so I'm not sure she should compare notes.
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Imagine Entertainment spokesperson, Michael Rosenberg, has confirmed to RadarOnline.com that Michael Cera is officially joining the cast of "Arrested Development" for the big screen version of the cult TV series.
The "Superbad" star is joining other series regulars Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale and David Cross, who are all reprising their roles for the film.
And series creator, Michael Hurwitz, is expected to write and direct the comedy.
Labels: arrested development, Jessica Simpson, lisa rinna, mark wahlberg, michael rosenberg, Nicole Kidman, sony, will ferrell
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban have donated $500,000 to charity the Red Cross in an effort to help their fellow Australians left homeless by raging bush fires.More than 180 people have been killed in the inferno, which has destroyed more than 1,000 homes.
The couple appeared via satellite link during an Australian telethon to raise money for the country's Red Cross, during which the actress said, "Our hearts go out tonight to all the families that are dealing with the loss of loved ones and having to rebuild their lives again."
Joining the A-list couple in rallying public support were Russell Crowe, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson, Rachel Griffiths, Orlando Bloom and his model-girlfriend Miranda Kerr, Ellen DeGeneres and a host of musicians like k.d. lang, politicians and sports legends, all of whom sent appeals asking for money on behalf of the Nine Network's Australia Unites telethon.
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Jade Goody is planning to marry boyfriend Jack Tweed after being told she has only months left to live.
Jade, 27, was diagnosed with cervical cancer last year. She was recently told that the disease had spread to her bowel, groin and liver. On Friday (Feb. 6), Goody underwent emergency surgery to remove a "golf-ball sized" tumor from her bowel.
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M.I.A has given birth to her first child, reports Desi Hits.
The Paper Planes singer - who performed on her due date at the Grammy Awards (Feb. 8) - welcomed a baby boy on February 12.
In a recent interview, the star, real name Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, revealed she thought her child would be a boy: "It doesn't matter to me if it's a boy or a girl," she said. "If it's a girl she will be a tough girl, but I think I may have a boy because I have a pointy stomach."
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It looks like Mickey Rourke might be up for a new career in comedy. That, or he's actually completely sane. A photog caught up with Rourke in NYC and asked if he was going out with Courtney Love? Rourke responded: "I'd rather be on a deserted island with a gorilla."
Oh my.
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Quite possibly Hollywood's newest vegan couple, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi will be honored for their efforts to improve care for animals at the Humane Society's Genesis Awards next month.
The Wyler Award, named after the late Genesis Award founder, Gretchen Wyler, is given to celebrities or other public figures who have made the most noise in standing up for the better treatment of animals.
Looks like they've made the right choice. Where do we start?
Portia and Ellen both became vegans this year, saying no to every animal product, whether flesh or a byproduct. They both were active in getting the word out on Prop 2, the measure which passed in California to allow certain farm animals to move around freely.
They even share their lifestyle with people who are fortunate enough to be in their presence. The wedding reception menu was completely vegan. Ellen has given out vegan items quite a few times on her television show.
Labels: celeb baby, celebrity quote, ellen DeGeneres, Jane Goody, Keith Urban, MIA, mickey rourke, Nicole Kidman
Friday, January 30, 2009
Country cutie Taylor Swift has just announced that she is set to embark on her first-ever solo headlining tour of the U.S. and Canada this year.
The ambitious Fearless trek will see Taylor hit 54 cities and - smartly - ticket prices start at a very affordable $20.
Swift promises big production and spectacle.
Her friend, Kellie Pickler, will open for her on all shows.
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Carrie Underwood is a vegetarian and she is not keen on revealing that information.
"I'm a vegetarian and there are some parts of the United States where you do not announce that to the audience. And while the crowd might be kind of playing with me, sometimes if I do let that slip, I do get booed. So it's something I'm working on-keeping me vegetarianism to myself."
Who cares if they boo you? You should be proud of our choices and stand by them!
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Jennifer Aniston was reportedly offered a record-breaking $4 million from Playboy to recreate her very popular nude January 2009 GQ cover photo. Playboy reportedly approached Jen after her GQ Cover came out. The National Enquirer reports that:
"Although very pleased that her nearly 40-year-old frame can still turn heads, Jennifer politely declined Playboy's offer, reportedly telling magazine boss Hugh Hefner that GQ was art, but Playboy is SEX."
This photo is from her latest GQ covershoot.
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Dr. Phil has seen the worst ratings drop of any major syndicated talk show, down 27% from last season. Not only that, but the show has lost a third of its core demographic - women 18-49.
Conversely, Ellen DeGeneres' notably chipper show is up 11%.
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Images of Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush have been reduced to the size of a thumbnail in a range of new stamps.
The quartet - famous for show stopping silver screen performances in films such as Gladiator, Moulin Rouge and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - have been honoured in a new stamp collection in their native Australia.
The ambitious Fearless trek will see Taylor hit 54 cities and - smartly - ticket prices start at a very affordable $20.
Swift promises big production and spectacle.
Her friend, Kellie Pickler, will open for her on all shows.
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Carrie Underwood is a vegetarian and she is not keen on revealing that information.
"I'm a vegetarian and there are some parts of the United States where you do not announce that to the audience. And while the crowd might be kind of playing with me, sometimes if I do let that slip, I do get booed. So it's something I'm working on-keeping me vegetarianism to myself."
Who cares if they boo you? You should be proud of our choices and stand by them!
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Jennifer Aniston was reportedly offered a record-breaking $4 million from Playboy to recreate her very popular nude January 2009 GQ cover photo. Playboy reportedly approached Jen after her GQ Cover came out. The National Enquirer reports that:"Although very pleased that her nearly 40-year-old frame can still turn heads, Jennifer politely declined Playboy's offer, reportedly telling magazine boss Hugh Hefner that GQ was art, but Playboy is SEX."
This photo is from her latest GQ covershoot.
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Dr. Phil has seen the worst ratings drop of any major syndicated talk show, down 27% from last season. Not only that, but the show has lost a third of its core demographic - women 18-49.
Conversely, Ellen DeGeneres' notably chipper show is up 11%.
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Images of Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush have been reduced to the size of a thumbnail in a range of new stamps.
The quartet - famous for show stopping silver screen performances in films such as Gladiator, Moulin Rouge and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - have been honoured in a new stamp collection in their native Australia.
Labels: carrie underwood, Cate Blanchett, celebrity quote, dr phill, ellen DeGeneres, Geoffrey Rush, jennifer aniston, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, taylor swift
Saturday, January 10, 2009
"I wanna make popular music, but I want less fans. I want the freedom of having less fans. It's like the freedom of having less money. If you have less money, you have less responsibility. It's like Bjork. If she wanted to pose naked, you'd be like, 'Oh, that's Bjork.' But if I wanted to pose naked, people would draw all type of things into it. I definitely feel like, in the next however many years, if I work out for two months, that I'll pose naked. I break every rule and mentality of hip-hop, of black culture, of American culture." - Kanye West in the new issue of Vibe*~*~*
Michael C. Hall, 37, the star of Showtime's Dexter, has married Jennifer Carpenter, 29. The couple have been dating for a little over a year and a half and tied the not in Big Sur, CA on New Year's Eve.
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At the Craft & Hobby Association 2009 Winter Convention & Trade Show in Anaheim later this month, Miss Hilton will be unveiling her own line of craft kits called "Paris Hilton, the Creative Collection."
The collection is touted as "a multi-faceted line of fashion crafting kits from some of the most popular craft segments including scrapbooking, jewelry making and fabric embellishment."
Paris will be on hand January 25th for an hour between 2 and 3:00 for photos and autographs, of course!
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Will Ferrell says audiences should expect the unexpected from his upcoming one-man Broadway show and HBO special about President George W. Bush.
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Bryan Fuller is back on Heroes and as promised, the writer-producer-genius behind the show's acclaimed first season will try to get Heroes back to its groove even if it means killing off some beloved characters. And his timing couldn't be better. Word on the street is that one of the show's major stars has asked to leave the series at the end of the current season.
Apparently, the Heroes cast member is upset with not getting enough screen time and is asking to be let go of his or her contract at the end of the season. And in order for that to happen, a death scene has reportedly been written for the actor's character at the conclusion of season 3.
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Nicole Kidman isn't happy with her performance in "Australia," which pulled in just $47 million at the US box office. "I can't look at this movie and be proud of what I've done," the Oscar-winner recently told a radio station in Sydney. As soon as the film opened in November, Kidman fled her native land to avoid the critics: "We ran because I didn't want to read anything. I didn't want to know."
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No wonder Drew Barrymore broke up with Justin Long, the personification of a Mac computer in the long-running ad campaign where he constantly bests his co-star, PC. "I'm at the bottom rung of technology - even text messaging freaks me out," Barrymore tells Ladies' Home Journal.
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We're starting the weekend with some sad news: Patrick Swayze, who is receiving chemotherapy to treat his pancreatic cancer, checked himself into the hospital this morning with pneumonia.
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CBS and the show producers are rewarding the cast of How I Met Your Mother with a well-earned raise.
After months of renegotiations, Neil Patrick Harris and the four other main cast mates will now be earning $90,000-$120,000 per episode.
The Hollywood Reporter says that - on average - that's between two and three times what they made before.
Wowzers!
Labels: bryan fuller, drew barrymore, heroes, how i met your mother, kanye west, michael hall, Nicole Kidman, Paris Hilton, Patrick Swayze, will ferrell
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Seriously, 2008 has been the year for celebrity babies!I'm super behind on my celebrity baby posting so let's get right down to it.
Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban had their baby girl on Monday and named her Sunday Rose. Their daughter takes her first name from Sunday Reed - an early 20th-century artist's muse- and her middle name from Urban's late grandmother, Rose.
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Matthew McConaughey and model Camila Alves' baby boy Levi was born on Monday evening.
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Ashlee Simpson might be having a boy. The baby boutique she has been perusing has just reportedly outed her baby's sex. Apparently, she went in there shopping recently for boy stuff.
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Skater Tony Hawk, 40, and wife Lhotse Merriam Hawk, 35, have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl. Daughter Kadence Clover Hawk was born Monday, June 30th at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA. She weighed 8 lbs, 8 oz and was 21 inches long.
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Singer and former 7th Heaven actress Joy Enriquez, 29, and her husband, music producer Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins, 30, welcomed their first child, son Rodney David Jerkins Jr., on Wednesday, May 28th at 2:44 pm in Los Angeles, CA. He weighed 8 lbs, 9 oz and was 20.5 inches long.
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Mark Wahlberg was happily rockin' his goofy jean shorts and Notre Dame t-shirt as he and pregnant Rhea Durham shopped around LA yesterday. Judging from the size of that baby bump, Mark's next little one will be joining his already adorable family soon.
Labels: ashlee simpson, camila alves, Jamie Spears, Joy Enriquez, Keith Urban, mark wahlberg, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Tony Hawk
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
No one listens!Miley Cyrus signed a seven-figure book deal with Disney this week. The 15 year old will work on her autobiography for publication in 2009.
I have nothing more to say...but apparently she does. Whatever. She says she'll talk about how her family keeps her grounded since she has become an international star.
::::hold one moment while I vomit::::
Roll out the red carpet for Angelina Jolie: Two of her films will debut at the 61st Cannes Film Festival next month.
Her 1920s kidnap thriller, Changeling (directed by Clint Eastwood), is already building buzz to take home the top prize, the Palme d'Or, according to Variety.
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Pink divorcing from motocross-racing hubby Carey Hart, has already moved on to a musician.
His name is Todd Morse. He's in Juliette Lewis' band....I did not know that being a member of her band would classify anyone as being a musician. lol.
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And lastly, just because she is pregnant doesn't mean she is forgetting her causes. Nicole Kidman's duties as a UN Global Ambassador, in fact, they mean more to her than ever. She made an appearance at the UN in NYC yesterday to kick off a new UNIFEM Campaign to end violence against women. Go her!
Labels: angelina jolie, cannes film festival, clint eastwood, Miley Cyrus, Nicole Kidman, pink
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
You know me, I can't resist celebrity baby talk. And this news makes me gleeful! Oh yes, I said gleeful. The rumorville has been busy calling out baby bumps, but this time they were right. Nicole Kidman is pregnant!The news was confirmed yesterday by Kidman's publicist, Catherine Olim. It was also posted on Keith Urban's site.
I had thought they were planning on waiting, but we all know the best of plans sometimes change. Reports state that the couple are thrilled! They have been married, happily but with trials and tribulations, since June of 2006.
She was due to start filming for Stephen Daldry's post-World War II drama, "The Reader," but since finding out she is pregnant she has dropped out of the movie. I think that is best honestly, she and her husband should enjoy this time together with as little extra chaos you know...? Who wants to be a leading actress in a war movie when they're pregnant!? Good move Nicole!
I'm excited for them and I hope all goes well. I know she has had trouble in the past so I'll send up well wishes and prayers. =o)
Labels: Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman
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