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Hello! Magazine has a new exclusive interview with Nicole Kidman, and she comes across as saccharine sweet as she usually does. It’s all roses and classical music in Kidman’s world, and while I find her as fake as her inflated lips, it’s hard to separate out her personality from her public persona. There’s something real in her fakeness, as if she’s not herself without the carefully constructed mask she presents to the world. Anyway Kidman is starring in a new comedy with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, filming now. She spoke with Hello! about her experiences working in comedy and with her co-stars. She also talked about her home life, with husband Keith Urban and their daughter, Sunday Rose, who turns two in July.
On her fame
“It still blows my mind that I can go to places in the world that I’ve never been and people know who I am. It makes the world feel smaller; it’s a very warm feeling. People love Moulin Rogue! – that always seems to be the movie they mention.”On her role in UNIFEM
“UNIFEM is my passion in terms of women’s rights and gender equality. They work tirelessly to eradicate violence against women, to make sure laws are either implemented or upheld to protect women and to help every girl in the world to receive an education.“I was raised by a feminist mother. I want to give back and protect women because if you do that you protect families – most times, women are the heartbeat of the family.”
On her relationship with Keith
“We are making enormous efforts to never be separated for more than three days, and even that is too long. Life’s short…On her work schedule
“My priority is keeping my family together and not being away from them. We’ve just gone on the road with Keith, and I do a film maybe once a year or once every two years. Before, I used to work non-stop, but I was younger and in a different place.”On living in Nashville
“I love living there. We’re all about keeping life simple and keeping it simple for our daughter. She just goes to the local kindy [kindergarten]. We don’t buy her a lot of stuff and we donate on her behalf to things.”On Sunday Rose’s birthday plans for July
“We’re not into big parties. And Mum here will make a birthday cake, ’cause I don’t think you should buy a birthday cake. Birthday cakes are meant to be handmade.”On her children with Tom, Isabella, 17, and Connor, 15.
“They’ve blossomed into adults now. It is a beautiful thing as a parent to see your children walk elegantly into their adult years.“To have been given the chance to raise a child again at this age is such a gift. I’m just incredibly grateful.” And more children? “Yes, but it just depends on God.”
On working with Jennifer Aniston
“I’ve been friends with Jen for a while and she’s divine. And Adam and I worked on Saturday Night Live when I was 22 or 23. He just called me up and said ‘Would you do this?’ and I said, ‘Yeah, I would love to come to Maui.’”
[From Hello! Magazine, print edition, June 7, 2010]
I guess Nicole’s interview wasn’t what annoyed me about this piece. It was the way that Hello! crawled up her ass with compliments and endless insignificant details of an event she attended. I didn’t include that part in the quoted text above, but here’s a relevant segment. “Nicole fixes you with her cornflower blue eyes, exuding warmth and good humour with no trace of the ice maiden she is sometimes portrayed as. Her hair, far too blonde for the film Australia, is back to its burnt-copper best and she is a study in elegance for the Omega opening and media interviews.”
In October, 2008, Hello! published segments of Nicole’s “personal” diary, written on the set of Australia when she was pregnant with Sunday. It came across as incredibly maudlin and corny, and ever since I read that I’ve thought of Nicole as this big phony who believed her own hype. Maybe she’s just one of those people who feels things deeply and feels that everything is significant. She does seem happy and in love with life. In terms of how much she’s been working lately, and how she only works once or twice a year, that could be more due to the fact that she’s less in demand than her commitment to her family. I do admire her commitment to UNIFEM and she earned praise from their public affairs director, who explained “We didn’t call [Nicole], she called us. And she said ‘I’m in this for the long haul. There’s a level of passion that shows.”
Written by Celebitchy
Posted in Nicole Kidman
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Phony baloney. WHy is it that everyone feels that they have to praise Jen. Does everybody feel sorry for the pathetic rom com queen? Oh and the 3 day rule? Think they don’t follow Brad and Angies lead in everything. God Bless the JP’s and protect them from these kind of people.
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“‘Yeah, I would love to come to Maui.’”
Sounds like she was just looking for a free trip to Hawaii rather than a job!
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I like both these women, even if I do find Nicki to be a bit, um, frozen. However, they don’t – on the surface – seem like they would mesh.
Jen: Oh, you should try Yoga – it’s so natural.
Nic: I’d rather freeze myself, thanks anyway!
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Cee, have you considered people praise Jen A because they like her and enjoy working with her.
The Pitts are supposedly the most powerful couple in Hollywood, so surely it would make more sense for them to be praised if people were a*** licking and being fake.
Personally I don’t believe everything I read on blogs and mags. I’m more inclined to believe the people who have first hand knowledge of Jen rather than a jealous, spiteful blogger (beginning with an L) who never felt Jen was good enough for Brad because she’s a ‘tv girl’.
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@Cee
How does this have anything to do with Brad, Angelina or God? Nicole likes Jen, lots of people like Jen.
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Oh yeah, can’t we all just picture Nicole in her kitchen, up to her elbows in flour and butter, whipping up a birthday cake? I think this broad’s obsessed with portraying herself as Donna Reed- it’s ALWAYS the road she tries to go down, and no one buys it.
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I love her.
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@ Cee
What does this have to do with the Pitts?
No one mentioned them in the story. Not sure why everyone compares or assumes everything about Jen has anything to do with the Pitts. Im sure Jen is as sick of the constant comparisons as much as the readers of her stories are.
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And here I was thinking she looked unfrozen in these pictures. LOL!
Granted she got herself some new veneers but that top lip finally deflated a bit. But I have always like her.
And Nicole is meant for auburn hair color. It just warms up her whole look to be a red head.
After all those years with the Xenu Queen, I think she comes off incredibly sane. And lucky to have escaped from his tiny grip.
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Seriously, here I am reading an article on Nicole Kidman and she mentions someone she is currently working with JA, and here we go with the AJ/BP Loonies! Are you so desperate to think of them every waking moment that you invent ways to throw them into conversation?? No really, I am asking a serious question because, wow….its just creepy to see that kind of blind dedication to people who you never have and probably never will meet! Go adopt a shelter dog or sign up for a charity so you can put that energy into something positive!
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@ cee : Irrelevant much? Methinks someone is projecting their own overwhelming obsession with the J-Ps. They are rich celebrities who really don’t need your spirited defense, especially when they aren’t even at issue. Or is this a joke, to see who responds? Ok, ya got me…
On another note, whoever is responsible for Nicole’s boobies should never work again.
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Nicole’s boob job is terrible. Looks like someone plopped two dollops of frozen yogurt on her birdcage. Sorry #10. Didn’t cee you mentioned it already.
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@ Eileen Yover: ITA
@ Marjalane: Why couldn’t she make a cake for her daughter?
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@ Kaiser:
“‘Yeah, I would love to come to Maui.’”
Sounds like she was just looking for a free trip to Hawaii rather than a job!
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hey, don’t hate tha playa! lol
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It still amazes me how people can allow their hatred or dislike of someone to blind them from factual reality. Nicole commented on Jennifer Aniston probably because she was asked about working with her since they just filmed together. And why would she be asked about Jennifer? Well let’s see…could it be because every media outlet/blogger/etc. grasps onto any little nugget of information about her to publish because the public (fans and haters as evidenced by the first post to this story) clamour for it? I mean look at the headline accompanying this post – it’s meant to drum up hits. The whole headline is the sum total of Kidman’s commenting on Jennifer, yet it is used to headline a piece on an interview she gave that covered a wide variety of other topics. Jennifer is a popular subject – if there are quotes or pics or stories about her they are immediately run, and if not, then the rags start inventing a story on her to push.
As for Kidman…I agree with Celebitchy that she can sometimes come across like she is trying too hard to show herself as the perfect woman/wife/mother. However, in this article the quotes themselves aren’t offensive, but I do agree that it could have done without the hyperbole by Hello!
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@kevin “Looks like someone plopped two dollops of frozen yogurt on her birdcage.”
you are fantastic.
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And somewhere Kelly Bensimon is exclaiming “Help, help someone stole my boobs!”
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I refused to join the bandwagon of hate towards women who have touched lives and done well in their various careers. When you extol others, God will also uplift you. Nicole and Aniston are great women. Fake or real at-least history would remember them.
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CB I think you’re being way too hard on Nicole. She’s always been pretty upfront about the ups and downs of her life, and now happens to be in an up period.
In the past Nicole has talked pretty openly about dark periods in her life — being devastated by her divorce from Cruise — “Gobsmacked” was the word she used –and about having crying jags and leaning on her sister to stay sane while at Cannes to promote Moulin Rouge was an unforgettable story. She’s also talked about the pain of not being able to get pregnant and of working compulsively after her divorce to ease the pain of being a singleton.
So now is a very happy time for her. She found the right guy (hunky, Australian and Catholic too!), finally had a baby, is the richest woman in Australia. Now that she has a life again, she doesn’t need to work as much. This isn’t PR, it’s for real!
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She doesn’t bug me like some celebs do. For the most part, she seems to stay pretty low key, and it sounds like she’s pretty happy in her life and makes her family her priority.
The red hair looks great on her, and her face is looking a little less frozen. She is so pretty, it’s a shame she ever messed with it.
Whatever is happening in the chest area in the one photo is not good though.
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@P.J.: I love comments like yours. When people are so blindfolded by hate, they refuse to see reality. Women are their own enemies!!! Nicole and Aniston are hated for being achievers.
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The Jolie-Pitt references are getting a bit tired. There really isn’t a war, except in the minds of tab reporters and the Brangaloonies. Get over it.
What is wrong with her baking her daughter’s cake? None of my kids will touch a store bought cake, so I make them all. It’s not that difficult.
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Ha ha, Kaiser, I thought the same thing! “Sure, I’d love to come to Maui! Oh, you’re doing a movie? Well, I guess we can fit that in too…”
I think she looks gorgeous with her hair red. Pity about the implants.
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She looks great and sounds happy and normal. What’s wrong with that?
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My take has always been that Nicole was a quirky awkward child who grew into a beautiful talented actress and wasn’t quite prepared for the mega-stardom that came along with it. She comes across as very shy and private in most interviews I’ve seen. People project a lot onto her b/c she’s kind of mysterious.
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Loved everyone’s responses to Cee.. Ya’ll are funny!
This is the best I’ve seen Kidman look in years. I agree she is happy, healthy and having fun raising her daughter…
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ogechi,u dont have to sound so sanctimonous alllll d time.u make all nigerian girls look stupid!u really should shut your trap or change ur name!thank u!
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What’s wrong with that upper lip?? And you can drive a truck between those boobs?? Dayum!!
I liked Nicole back before all the botox/surgery but now it’s hard to even look at her. Having said that, I do believe she is a nice, shy person who doesn’t want to rock the boat and say bad things about her fellow actors. That’s a good thing. She sounds happy with Keith and Sunday and I’m glad. However, what she said about making only one movie a year in order to be with her child doesn’t ring true. Right after Sunday was born, Nicole trotted off to England to do that musical thing. She evidently couldn’t turn that one down even though she had just given birth. These days, Nicole has no choice but to do only one movie a year. After her last few films especially “Australia”) producers aren’t exactly beating down her door offering roles. But, it’s okay if she wants to be delusional.
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@ogechi – I agree with you about people seeming to blindly hate certain people/celebrities. I happen to really like Jen Aniston, and I respect Nicole Kidman for everything she’s been through. It makes me crazy that people like to hate these women without ever really explaining why.
@laface – you’re being way too harsh with Ogechi. I don’t always agree with everyone’s posts, but please don’t tell people to “shut their trap” (or change their names? Really?) when we’re all just on here to express our opinions.
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@Bananapanda – good point! I think projection plays a big role, especially with people as reserved as Nicole.
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People are way too harsh on Nicole simply because she generally takes the classy approach to the public eye, why does that always translate to “fake”. Give her a break!
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It must be an obligatory requirement in their contracts that Jen’s co-stars must kiss her a$$ during interviews. They never can talk about the film only but they have to always emphasise that Jennifer Aniston is the worlds super buddy to work with.
It would be refreshing is someone said …… Jen tries hard to make me love her and I want her fit body LOL.
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I’m indifferent to both of these ladies, but augh–CHEST!!! Part of hopes she isn’t nice so I won’t feel as bad in saying that it looks like a dessicated corn husk. What sterums these mortals have.
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So far I’ve only seen the one bad pik of Nicole’s boobs, maybe they’re just smushed up in that dress (hope, for her sake).
She def looks better, especially without the bulging forehead & blonde hair. I like her as a redhead.
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Phony baloney. WHy is it that everyone feels that they have to praise Jen. Does everybody feel sorry for the pathetic rom com queen? Oh and the 3 day rule? Think they don’t follow Brad and Angies lead in everything. God Bless the JP’s and protect them from these kind of people.
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“It must be an obligatory requirement in their contracts that Jen’s co-stars must kiss her a$$ during interviews.”
Or maybe she’s just a nice person? When has anyone ever heard anything but nice things said about her? I don’t recall any diva attitude type behavior or cattiness. And the press would jump all over it to satiate the Jen Haters.
I’ve always liked Nicole Kidman. She seems like she’s one of those romance dweebs who got picked on in school for wearing butterfly t-shirts and having super long hair. She also managed to free herself from Tom Cruise and his crazy.
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Yep, 2 fake peas in a pod there.
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I’m just happy that Nicole brought up Conner and Isabella. She talks non-stop about Sunday in interviews but I haven’t seen/heard her mention or oldest kids in a few years.
I love how the Aniston fans are acting like they are innocent victims and claim only Brad/Angelina fans insult Jennifer or make comparisons when anyone of them is brought up. The comments in Brad/Angelina stories are far more disturbing than anything I have ever seen in Aniston threads.
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Everyone is talking about her looks how about some praise for her UNIFEM work thats really the most important thing she does.
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I’m still convinced her pregnancy bump was nothing more than a pillow, but i like her anyway.
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Funny, Jay Moher said he didn’t like working with her. Her ex-roommate called her vain and cold-hearted. Her exboyfriend said she was high maintenance. On Howard Stern, Jim Carrey said she was nice to him, but hinted she wasn’t like that to the crew. My feeling is that she’s only a sweetheart to the people who can get her places or get her good PR.
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Moocow I always thought the same thing!
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Wow, never thought I’d say this, but I agree with her. About the birthday cakes, I mean. I’m actually making cupcakes for a friend who’s having his birthday party at my place on Friday, and my housemate and I are very excited about how we’re going to decorate them. So much more fun, and personal, than store bought cakes.
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Nicole has always seemed super genuine, not full of bs, self aware and just plain cool to me. Not cold. She seems to have a large circle of friends, so she can’t be that bad.
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I feel like the older kids have been treated poorly since their parents have had their own children. Both always talk about the little ones. I don’t even think they hear themselves. For Nicole to say a 17 and 15 year old are adults speaks volumes. They need her now more than a toddler does in someways. I really hope they catch themselves and put their older kids in top priority. It is such a shame. WAKE UP
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Nicole has always seemed very, very authentic to me. A little too shy and sort of a fellow goober. If anything, she lacks that inner editor, she just gushes a little too much and it comes off as being conceited or fake, when it’s just a little overexuberent. I totally can see the joy over baking your kids their own birthday cake, even when you can buy a whopper of one, or of finally finding a husband who fits you so well that you can’t stand being away from him. What’s the big deal?
Why the hate for her being excited to work in Mauii? Even if I had a ton of money but had never been there and was offered a job there, I’d be excited to be asked too.
As for the boobs, she had on a loose, sort of flat front dress at the flood fundraiser in Nashville and.. no big boobies. So a weird support bra and dress will get you oddly shaped cleavage every time.
God, you Jen nutters are crazy. So she likes her. Ooooh. Why is it such a big deal if some people think she’s awesome and will say so when asked?
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@snowball – Isn’t it just great that we can ALL have such different opinions about EVERYTHING. ;o)
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