Nicole Kidman is still in love with Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman starred together in the film Eyes Wide Shut.
Actress Nicole Kidman has said she still loves
ex-husband Tom Cruise. "To me, he was just Tom," Kidman told US magazine
Ladies' Home Journal. "He was lovely to me. And I loved him. I still love
him." The Oscar-winning star also revealed that her 2001 divorce from Cruise
came as a "major shock". "I always knew the rug was going to be taken out
from underneath me at some stage [but] I didn't think it was going to happen
in the way it happened."
She added: "I had seen my mother battle breast cancer so I had
a fear of my health being jeopardised - that was really where I was thinking
mine would come." Cruise and Kidman married on Christmas Eve 1990 after a
whirlwind romance. The marriage lasted more than a decade and the couple
adopted two children. The Oscar-winning actress said she would support her
children if they decided to trace their natural parents. "I feel enormous
love for whoever my children's birth parents are," she said. "And if my
children choose to go find them at some stage, I can't wait." Three weeks
ago, the children gained a step-sister when Cruise's fiancée, Katie Holmes,
gave birth to a baby girl, Suri. But Kidman is normally more guarded about
her private life than her ex-husband. She said: "I'm pretty careful about
who I share my life with. I surround myself with truthful, kind people, most
of whom are not in the business. "It's the life I want to have when I'm an
old woman with long, grey hair."
Between fiction, theology and Hollywood
Ron Howard's film of The Da Vinci Code opens in the UK on 19 May.
The Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard has rejected calls for his film to carry a disclaimer making clear it is a work of fiction, according to a report. "It's not theology or history," he told the Los Angeles Times. "Spy thrillers don't start off with disclaimers." His remarks have drawn criticism from Roman Catholic group Opus Dei.
"A disclaimer could have been a way to show [Sony Pictures] wants to be fair and respectful in its treatment of Christians," its US spokesman said. Based on Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code claims Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children, which was covered up by the Catholic Church.
'Conspiracy theories' : Last month, Opus Dei called on producers to begin the film with an announcement stating "any similarity with reality is purely coincidental". But Howard said it was clear the film was "a work of fiction that presents a set of characters that are affected by these conspiracy theories and ideas". "Those characters in this work of fiction act and react on that premise," he told the newspaper. Earlier this week, a leading cardinal urged Christians to take legal action against both Brown's book and Howard's film. "Christians must not just sit back and say it is enough for us to forgive and to forget," Cardinal Francis Arinze said. "Sometimes it is our duty to do something practical."
The cream of British TV talent are in central London for the British Academy Television Awards ceremony. Bleak House's Gillian Anderson - who is nominated for the best actress award - was among many TV stars who graced the red carpet. Deal Or No Deal host Noel Edmonds, actor David Jason and Little Britain's Matt Lucas are also at the event.
Coronation
Street's Samia Smith was one of many soap stars who graced the red carpet.
The ceremony, hosted by Davina McCall, is being held at London's Grosvenor House hotel. The BBC's Bleak House is leading the nominations with four nods. The series is up for best drama serial, with Anderson and Anna Maxwell Martin nominated for best actress and Denis Lawson competing for best actor. Anderson, who played Lady Deadlock, said she always knew Bleak House was going to be a success. Continues next
