Nicole Kidman Welcomes Baby Girl

Nicole Kidman gave birth to a baby girl this morning (July 7, 2008).

The actress delivered her first child with husband Keith Urban in Nashville, Tennessee, it has been confirmed.

The couple have named their daughter Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, and the tot weighed a healthy 6 lbs 7.5 oz.

Spokesman for the pair Paul Freundlich said: "Keith was by Nicole's side, and mother and baby are very well."

Nicole - who also has two adopted children, 15-year-old Isabella and 13-year-old Connor, with ex-husband Tom Cruise - recently revealed she cried the first time she saw her baby on an ultrasound scan.

The "Moulin Rouge" star, who celebrated her second wedding anniversary with Keith on June 25, said: "When I first saw the baby on the ultrasound, I started crying. I didn't think I'd get to experience that in my lifetime. I like the unpredictable nature of it."

"To feel life growing with you is something very, very special, and I'm going to embrace that completely. The whole experience is so primal. But I'm glad I've learned to let things flow."

"I'm now so much more capable of receiving love and giving it in a far different way. So to be given the blessing of a child at this stage of my life, you just say, 'Wow, this was meant to be.'"

Keith, 40, added he was also excited about becoming a father, saying "The unknown excites me a lot."

"What kind of feelings will fatherhood bring? I'm sure I can't even imagine, but I am really looking forward to finding out."

Nicole, 41, reportedly compiled a special soundtrack to accompany the delivery.

Source: BANG Showbiz

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Dusty Springfield role for Nicole Kidman

NICOLE Kidman is set to play 1960s singing sensation Dusty Springfield in a new movie.

Newspaper reports in Britain say Kidman will team up with screenwriter Michael Cunningham, who wrote her Oscar-winning role as Virginia Woolf in The Hours, for the film project. The movie will chronicle Springfield's rise to fame, her battle with drink and drugs as well as her bisexual affairs.

Springfield is famous for a string of catchy hits including I Only Want To Be With You, I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, You Don't Have to Say You Love Me and Son of a Preacher Man.

"It will be the real Dusty, a great artist who no one knew what to do with," Cunningham said.

"But she is going into history with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones."

The 59-year-old Springfield died of breast cancer in 1999.

Source: www.news.com.au

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Nicole Kidman Upcoming Movie: Australia (2008)

Nicole plays Lady Sarah Ashley

CURRENTLY Nicole is in Australia. Filming for the new Baz Luhrmann film 'Australia' has now started, and will last up to 10 months. Nicole plays Lady Sarah Ashley, an English aristocrat who must battle against cattle barons to protect her land. Australia is set for release in 2008.

The Untitled Noah Baumbach Project tells the story of Wendy Pews and her family. Wendy takes her 12-year old son with her to visit the upstate home of her sister, Cindy. It is set over one weekend, and is described to be a "multigenerational" story. Jack Black plays Cindy's husband, John Turturro plays Nicole's. Nicole's character Wendy is rumoured to be uptight and straight-laced, and her sister Cindy an alcoholic.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Status: Post-Production
Released: US- 12th October 2007 (limited); UK- 16th November 2007; Belgium- 28th November 2007
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
Written by: Noah Baumbach
Co-stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh (Cindy Buff), Jack Black (Tony Pews), Flora Cross (Ingrid), Zane Pais, John Turturro, Halley Feiffer
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Filming: Filming started April 4th and ended in June. Filmed in Long Island, New York
Budget: $10m
Box Office: -
Runtime: mins / hr mins

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Nicole Kidman New Film: The Invasion (2007)

Nicole plays Carol

The Visiting tells the story of Carol, a Washington D.C. psychiatrist with a practice overlooking Freedom Plaza. She has a young son, Oliver, but is no longer involved with his father. Ben (Craig) is her companion and colleague. Not long after a national tragedy has occured, a mysterious "bug" spreads across the globe. Carol's skills as a psychiatrist soon help her recognize a strange pattern that has developed. People are becoming almost emotionless, "oddly somber," and their loved ones all have the same panicked refrain: "He no longer seems like my husband/son/brother, etc." After people she knows begin to change, Carol learns from a doctor that there is actually something inside them, "something completely foreign," that is altering human DNA. Although it has thus far proven resistant to treatment, Carol discovers that the key to combating this otherworldly invader may lie with someone close to her. [filmforce.ign.com] // The movie centres on an epidemic sweeping the human race, which is greatly altering their behaviour. After discovering that aliens are behind the invasion, Carol battles to protect her son, who may hold the key to halting the takeover.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Released: US- 17th August 2007; UK- 14th September 2007; Germany- 1st November 2007; Russia- 8th November 2007; Japan- 22nd December 2007;
Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Written by: Dave Kajganich
Co-stars: Daniel Craig (Ben), Jeremy Northam (Tucker), Jackson Bond (Oliver), Alexis Raben (Danila)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action, Drama
Filming: Filming started on the 26th September and ended 18th December 2006. Filmed in Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington
Budget: $50m
Box Office: -
Runtime: mins / hr mins


TRIVIA
[1] Nicole is reportedly earning $16 million for this film
[2] Project was initially called 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', then they changed it to 'Invasion' before deciding on 'The Visiting'
[3] Contact address: Invasion, 1301 S. Baylis Suite #425, Baltimore, MD 21224.
[5] Nicole was involved in an accident whilst filming a car scene - read about it here.

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