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26
June 2006
Nicole
Kidman Marries Singer
Keith
Urban
Actress
Nicole
Kidman
has married her singer
boyfriend Keith Urban at
an evening ceremony in
Sydney.
The
Moulin Rouge star
arrived at the cliff-top
gothic church in Manly
dressed in a flowing
white gown and veil and
clutching a posy of
roses.
X-Men
actor Hugh Jackman,
media magnate Rupert
Murdoch and King Kong
actress Naomi Watts were
among the celebrants at
the service in a suburb
of the city.
A
statement released by
the couple thanked
everyone for their best
wishes.
It
said: "We just want to
thank everone in
Australia and around the
world who have sent us
their warm
wishes."
A
crowd of well-wishers
gathered outside the St
Patrick's estate before
the wedding.
The
onlookers cheered when
Nicole Kidman's Rolls
Royce limousine came
past and had to slow
down to avoid hitting
anyone.
Police
moved in to clear a path
for the car.
Nicole
Kidman smiled and waved
to the crowd as the car
pulled into the estate
of the former
seminary.
The
star accompanied by
father Antony, arrived
in a cream limousine
after driving from her
harbour side mansion in
another part of the city
- followed all the way
by media
helicopters.
She
held a long-stemmed posy
and wore drop pearl
earrings and a willowy
veil.
Some
of the observers climbed
trees and the stone wall
outside the compound
trying to catch a
glimpse of activity
inside.
Guards
were positioned around
the church compound,
which is surrounded by a
stone wall and a
high-wire
fence.
Ninety
minutes after the
Oscar-winning actress
entered the church its
bells rang out,
signalling the end of
the service and the
start of her marriage to
Urban.
A
photograph of the couple
enjoying a dance at
their wedding was later
released showing the
pair holding hands and
looking
relaxed.
On
Saturday Urban's manager
said the couple wanted
"a normal wedding with
their friends and
family" - among them
movie stars Naomi Watts
and Russell
Crowe.
He
added: "They're both
just happy to have their
family around them at
this time and both are
really
excited."
The
wedding venue saw a
frenzy of activity in
the days before the
wedding, with a marquee
erected
outside.
Local
newspapers reported on
the event with gusto,
with headlines heralding
"Kidmania" in
Manly.
Pupils
at a Catholic College
opposite the Estate have
erected a sign welcoming
the couple.
Locals
described the venue as
romantic, with an
atmospheric gravelled
carriageway approaching
the
cathedral.
Urban,
38, and Kidman, who
turned 39 this week,
confirmed their
engagement in May
2006.
It
will be Urban's first
marriage. Nicole Kidman
was married to Hollywood
actor Tom
Cruise
for a decade and adopted
two children, Connor and
Isabelle, with
him.
Both
children have travelled
to Australia for the
wedding.
Jesuit
father Paul Coleman met
the couple earlier this
week to discuss their
marriage, and is tipped
to be conducting the
wedding
ceremony.
The
priest said he had a
"good feeling about
their
chances".
"You've
got to rely on their
maturity and knowledge
of each other and I'm
impressed," he told
members of the
Australian
media.
Nicole
Kidman was born in
Hawaii while Urban was
born in New Zealand.
Both were brought up in
Australia.
The
actress won an Oscar in
2003 for her role as
Virginia Woolf in The
Hours. Recent projects
include Fur, in which
she plays photographer
Diane Arbus, and
thriller The
Visiting.
Country
star Urban won a Grammy
Award for best male
country vocal
performance last
year.
Asked
what advice he would
give the couple for
their marriage, Father
Coleman said: "Make time
for each other, do
romantic things together
and never part without
kissing."
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