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Monday, June 26, 2006
Kidman, Urban tie the knot
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wearing a flowing white Balenciaga gown and veil, a beaming Nicole Kidman married country music star Keith Urban at a clifftop chapel Sunday in Manly, Australia. The intimate ceremony was attended by close family members and a few A-list stars, including Australians Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Naomi Watts and media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
The couple released a photograph of Kidman in her gown and Urban in a black suit, white vest and black necktie with a white rose on his lapel, both smiling.
“We just want to thank everyone in Australia and around the world who have sent us their warm wishes,” the couple said in a brief statement released with the picture.
Clutching a bouquet of white roses and accompanied by her father, Antony, the Oscar-winning actress arrived at the Roman Catholic church in Manly in a cream-colored Rolls-Royce limousine after driving from her harborside mansion across the Sydney Harbor Bridge, followed all the way by media helicopters.
She wore drop pearl earrings, her face partly obscured by a veil. She smiled and waved to well-wishers. Her blond hair hung around her shoulders.
Australian Associated Press reported that the wedding gown was designed by Nicolas Ghesquière for Balenciaga.
The Gothic-style St. Patrick’s College building was floodlit for the dusk-to-evening ceremony, held in a small chapel. The guests then moved to a marquee erected on the grounds for the reception.
Kidman’s adopted daughter with ex-husband Tom Cruise, Isabella, 13, and sister Antonia arrived in a separate limousine, dressed as bridesmaids. The former couple’s adopted son, Connor, 11, also reportedly took part in the ceremony.
Urban reportedly was attended by his brother Shane and friend Marlon Holden.
The event was in contrast to Kidman and Cruise’s wedding ceremony, which was held in private according to the rites of the Church of Scientology, to which Cruise belongs. The couple divorced in 2001 after 10 years of marriage. It’s the first marriage for Urban, who is based in Nashville.
Helicopters buzzed overhead and hundreds of people, including a throng of paparazzi, lined the streets outside the compound in the beachside suburb as guests arrived in black luxury sedans and minibuses.
Kidman was born in Hawaii but raised in Australia, and Urban was born in New Zealand but raised in Queensland. She held low-key celebrations in Sydney last week marking her 39th birthday. Urban is 38.
‘Housewives’ wedding
“Desperate Housewives” star Marcia Cross and stockbroker Tom Mahoney were married Saturday in San Gabriel, Calif., People magazine reported. About 200 guests attended the wedding at the Church of Our Savior Episcopal Parish.
Cross, 44, and Mahoney, 48, became engaged last August.
Half again as much
The AtlanTix half-price ticket booths have sold 100,000 tickets, according to the Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts. The Southeast’s first half-price ticket booth service has helped arts and cultural institutions raise more than $1.25 million that they might not have otherwise gotten.
The first booth, at Underground Atlanta, opened in 1998. The second opened at Lenox Square mall last year, helping increase overall sales 40 percent.
New blood for ‘Law’
The “Law & Order” revolving door has brought in Alana De La Garza as the latest cast addition to the long-running NBC television drama, the network confirmed Friday. De La Garza, who played Horatio Caine’s now dead wife on “CSI: Miami,” will join the series next fall, replacing Annie Parisse, and will be the sixth woman paired with Sam Waterston’s assistant district attorney character.
Stork report
Diana Krall, 41, and husband Elvis Costello, 51, announced Sunday that the jazz singer is pregnant and due in December — just in time for their third wedding anniversary. Costello is touring with Allen Toussaint in support of their album, “The River in Reverse.”
Celebrity birthdays
Singer Billy Davis Jr. of the 5th Dimension is 66. Rock singer Chris Isaak is 50. Rock singer Patty Smyth is 49. Actor Sean Hayes (“Will and Grace”) is 36. Actor Chris O’Donnell is 36.
Contributing: Kirsten Tagami and news services. If you have a tip, call 404-526-5688 or e-mail: buzz@ajc.com.
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