Kidman flies into Sydney amid wedding speculation
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-06-19 11:29 In January, Kidman mentioned the chapel as a possible wedding venue, said the
Catholic News Service, adding Kidman, accompanied by her parents, Anthony and
Janelle, attended Good Friday and Easter Sunday services there this year.
Keith
Urban holds his Grammy award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in
this Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006 file photo, in Los Angeles. Urban is country
music's sexiest man, according to a reader poll to be released Friday,
June 16, 2006 in Country Weekly. [AP Photo] | The
other possible venue could be the much larger and more private St Patrick's
Catholic church overlooking Sydney's Manly Beach, reported Australian Associated
Press.
Kidman, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for
Women, ended her 10-year marriage to Tom Cruise in 2001. The couple have two
adopted children.
Kidman and Urban met in January 2005 at an awards dinner held by the
Australian government in Los Angeles honouring the two of them.
Kidman, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 2002 film "The Hours,"
was born in Hawaii but brought up in Australia.
Urban, a singer and guitarist, was born in New Zealand and grew up in
Australia. He won a Grammy in 2005 for best male country vocal performance on
the song "You'll Think of Me".
During her marriage to Cruise, Kidman was introduced to scientology. But
Father Coleman, who advised on Kidman's marriage annulment, said the upcoming
marriage to Urban showed that scientology had not undermined her Catholic faith.
"For Nicole, you know this is a spiritual homecoming, coming back to the
church and her faith in her old parish," Coleman told Catholic News Service
earlier this month.
The lack of a confirmation has not stopped a frenzy in the Australian media,
with weekend newspapers reporting that guests had been sworn to secrecy and
speculating on what kind of gown Kidman would wear.
Guests will reportedly include fellow stars Naomi Watts,
Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman, director Baz Luhrmann, and News Corp. Ltd. boss
Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi Deng.
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