Kidman and Urban Set to Wed
June 24, 2006 — -- Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are the newest "it couple" in Hollywood, and they are making it official Sunday with a super-secret evening wedding.
It is so hush-hush that even guests won't know the final details until just hours before the ceremony.
Kidman, 39 and Urban, 38, met in Los Angeles in January 2005. It wasn't long before the Oscar winning actress sported a six-carat, $150,000 diamond engagement ring.
The Australian natives will get married in the home country not far from where Kidman grew up. The wedding will reportedly take place at one of two churches in Sydney -- with Kidman's sister serving as matron of honor and Urban's brother as the best man.
In lieu of wedding gifts, Kidman is asking guests to donate to her favorite charities, including a children's hospital in Australia. A string quartet from Sydney is expected to play at the wedding and a country band will play at the reception. There are some rumors that Urban will perform the song "Better Half," which he wrote for Kidman.
"Nicole and Keith's wedding is reportedly going to be very elegant," said Caroline Schaefer, a senior editor at US Weekly. "Apparently it's going to be a sunset wedding."
Kidman said she plans to get a good night sleep before the wedding, while Urban will be out partying.
According to Nicole Byers, editor of the Australian magazine, Women's Day, said that Kidman is rumored to be wearing a traditional, white, full-length gown made by Balenciaga.
Kidman fans are hoping this walk down the aisle has a happier ending than the last one. She was famously married to Tom Cruise. The two met on the set of "Days of Thunder." In their 10 years of marriage they would star in two more movies together and adopt two kids. Then Cruise filed divorce papers.
"I think Nicole was really blindsided," Schaefer said. "But she said at the time, 'I believe in love and you know what, I'm gonna get back out there.' "
Kidman won't have any religious conflicts with her new husband. They are both Catholics.
