Here are some assorted photos of Nicole Kidman in NYC, following a performance of her play Photograph 51, plus some photos of Nicole in Milan for an Omega event. Nicole has been a brand ambassador for Omega for years, and to promote some new Omega product, Nicole sat down with DuJour Magazine – you can read the full piece here. Much of it is boring, I have to say. I like Nicole and I wish her well, but I wish she would drop some juicier quotes during her promotional tours these days. Here are some of the more interesting highlights from this piece:
What she learned from her partnership with Omega: “There was a time when women weren’t encouraged to wear watches, and there was even a time when the only way they really wore them was hidden in necklaces or underneath things. I love watches, especially those from the 1950s. I’ve always collected vintage jewelry and when I started working with the brand, I asked if they had vintage pieces and they did.”
She’s punctual: “I’m very punctual. I so appreciate punctuality. It’s such a great thing when people actually show up on time and run accordingly. Being on time is a form of respect and good manners.”
She meditates: “With one minute [of free time], I’ll daydream or meditate. I love just sitting quietly meditating. With an hour free, it depends. I love getting down on the floor and playing with my kids. I read an article that says it’s so important to actually get down on their level and play with them for an hour a day. So I do that, and I love that. It brings back the child in me.”
Her relationship with the internet, technology: “I have four children, so to stay in touch with them is very important. I’m definitely engaged in it but I don’t let it rule my life. My husband and I never text each other. We never do. Once in a blue moon, we’ll text. But mainly we say, ‘I want to hear your voice.’ That’s very unusual but we’ve been together for 10 years. We started like that and we haven’t changed it. We don’t email each other either. So it’s about trying to keep it as intimate and personal as possible.”
Oh, I didn’t know that women used to be discouraged from wearing watches!! That’s so weird. That makes me want to wear a watch, although I haven’t worn one in years. I honestly hate watches (for me, I don’t care if anyone else wears one). I’m on the computer for hours and I hate having anything on my wrist, honestly. As for her comments about technology and texting… I’m not much of a texter, which makes me an old fart, I’m sure. So I understand what she’s saying about it just being easier to call Keith rather than text or email him. I also like that she says that she has four kids… because sometimes it seems like she forgets about Connor and Isabella (although to be fair, Connor and Isabella were brainwashed into believing Nicole was and is a suppressive person).
Photos courtesy of WENN.
She looks stunning. Still hope someday she goes back to a red, though. The blonde seems so harsh against her pale skin.
She’s graying. That’s too much maintenance so you’ll likely never see red again. I’m brunette and am at the point now where I’m looking at: graying gracefully (nope), very high maintenance salon visits to stay brown, or going blonde so I can go longer in between touch ups.
Does this mean she has contact with Conner and Isabel now? I cant imagine it would be more than just birthdays and maybe one big holiday but its still better than nothing I guess.
I read in another interview with her the other day, she does mention having contact with them. But she doesn’t see them often. She said they chose to stay with Tom after the divorce, and she respected their choice. She also said she never speaks about Scientology because it’s her children’s religion, and she would never want to cast aspersions on their faith. She was very diplomatic. Wish I could remember where I saw that article.
I think the snippet with these quotes is featured in UsWeekly. I read that part yesterday too.
I love her dress
Wow, she looks amazing in that dress.
I hope she does have some relationship with her older children, but I can’t imagine it’s as much as she wants.
They’re not allowed to contact her unless they want to be thrown out of the church so she probably hasn’t talked to them in years.
They did live in New York with her for while before she met Keith. So they were “allowed” to do that. But the kids decided they’d rather live in CA with Tom. I mean he had all the toys etc. Who knows. Certain other gossip blogs are rough on Nicole. I don’t get it or like it much. I admire her tenacity as an actress and for picking herself up and transforming her life after her horrid divorce.
It was when Tom married Katie that Nicole seem to have been pushed out of their lives. Around the same time Katie went around bragging that the kids call her mommy and Nicole said that they refer to her by her name.
@SillyMilly – I could be wrong, but I think I remember reading that kids – up to a certain age – can still visit their parent/close relative outside the church as they please..though someone correct me if I am wrong about this. IIRC, at a certain age (teens?) they no longer have that privilege.
@Naeh, that was a total bitch move by Katie. Nicole also said it hurt that her children called her Nicole. Katie participated in the parental alienation, which gave her a front row seat of what would happen to Suri.
It puzzles me how JLo can still hang out with Leah when her father still is in the church. They were even photographed together at a premiere. All 3.
That’s interesting about the history of women and watches. I love watches & consider them wearable art, but they are aggravating when you’re on a computer a lot. Nicole looks good in these pics!
I was born in 1956, and it was fashionable for women to wear watches, but I was always taught not to look at my watch in public, or wear it to a social event. “A lady is unaware of the time.” That’s what I was told, but I think it was just the idea that it seemed rude to look at your watch as if you wear checking to see how soon you could leave.
Thanks for the info GNAT! I’ve learned a lot from this site today 😀
Now everyone just looks at their phone and that is totally accepted. 🙂
Nicole looks amazing, Botox or not, she is so beautiful.
I wonder if class levels have anything to do with it? My mother was born in 1939, and in pictures of her female relatives in the 30s, 40s and 50s they often wore watches. My grandmother ALWAYS wore a watch (often with a tissue tucked into the underside of the band). My mum comes from a very blue-collar family, so maybe it was more frowned upon in the upper classes?
I think the relationship with her children might be better than we think.
I don’t think she forgets her older children, it’s just a case of what can she say? They’ve cut her out because they’re in a cult. Speaking about that opens her and those two children up to a lot of public scrutiny, drives them even further away and makes her a target of Scientology again. Her only choices are to avoid the topic or lie and make up stories about the kids she never sees.
It’s safe to acknowledge them up in a glorified advertisement like this because the interviewer isn’t going to press the issue. If she did it in a proper profile, the writer then has an excuse to ask invasive questions and write about the situation, which may make for good gossip, but it’s no good for her or her kids.
oh no! texts are fine!
i wouldn’t be in a relationship if it wasn’t for them! my bf lives in another country and it’s our basic way of communication.It’s just nice receiving a text out of the blue. it really can’t brighten my day, especially because I hate talking on the phone.
Wow, women were discouraged from wearing watches?! Very interesting — must research that history!
Good for them that they don’t text and aim for intimacy — I have grown to dislike texting. I think it is lazy and can become a way of avoidance. More talking and face to face communication please!
DH and I text all the time. I love it. It’s intimate and a bit subversive to send off a message in the middle of all the other things we have to do, unnoticed.
Us too. Not for any real reason other than we both loathe talking on the phone. Plus then we can both respond when it’s convenient. I’d hate to be stuck on the phone all day, we have work and things to do!
I’m in love with her dress. Only a woman like her can wear it with such elegance. I have soft spot for Nicole but I’m concerned about her over processed hair.
I’m glad her lip is not all wonky anymore.
Yeah, but what the heck is going on with her hands? She looks like she’s got arthritis and/or she stuck them in ice water for an hour!
Can’t wait to see her in a couple of weeks in London at Photograph 51! Wanna see if she can move her face at all in real life! 😛
Lol she seems to have gotten a handle on the Botox were lately, it seems she only Botox the top half of her face. Like around her eyes and forehead, so able to show expressions on her face.
I wonder if she is communicating with Connor and Isabella via phone or text..
argh wrong thread. sorry.
My husband and I talk on the phone two or three times a day, but we also email. I like both.
This is smart. Technology is so easy yet it can take a lot away from intimacy. As soon as there was email, I missed telephone conversations. Because they are conversations. A back and forth where you respond to the nuances in the sound of the voice. So many men I know use text and email exclusively as a way to keep a distance and to not get too close. Sad.
Photograph 51 is being produced in London, not NYC.
And they don’t text? Not according to Keith, who said on the Ellen show that they do sext.
I really like Nicole. I loved the way she literally blossomed after getting rid of the short weirdo she was previously married to. It was like she was released from prison! She always seems kind and funny. I also love the way she and Keith interact. They seem genuinely happy. Loved the video of them last Christmas singing Amazing Grace together at a Children’s hospital.
http://on.aol.com/video/nicole-kidman-and-keith-urban-sing-with-staff-at-childrens-hospital-518272685
This is my favorite celeb couple out of anyone. I genuinely believe they are so in love, which I wouldn’t say about many celebs. He ADORES her which is clear by the way he looks at her when they are together and talks about her when they are apart…and their little videos of them together they post sometimes are so adorable, they are like lovesick puppies. They are so lucky to have found each other. Nicole and Keith forever!!
Aren’t the older kids adults now?