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Nicole Kidman Divorces Keith Urban After 18 Years

8/14/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Nicole Kidman married Tom Cruise on December 24, 1990 despite warnings it would hurt career.
The couple adopted Isabella and Connor, co-starred in Days of Thunder, Far and Away, and Eyes Wide Shut.
They announced separation in February 2001, finalized divorce later that year, and saw Kidman's career surge, winning Academy Award for The Hours in 2002.
Kidman married Keith Urban in 2006, had daughters Sunday and Faith, and divorced him in 2025.

History

Historical Context

On October 6, 1991 Elizabeth Taylor married construction worker Larry Fortensky at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, a $1.5-million-plus ceremony that drew 160 guests and intense paparazzi. The wedding echoed earlier Hollywood scandals, notably Taylor’s 1959 marriage to singer Eddie Fisher—an affair that ended Fisher’s TV show and reshaped celebrity-marriage coverage for decades.

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Story summary

Nicole Kidman married Tom Cruise on December 24, 1990 despite warnings it would hurt career.
The couple adopted Isabella and Connor, co-starred in Days of Thunder, Far and Away, and Eyes Wide Shut.
They announced separation in February 2001, finalized divorce later that year, and saw Kidman's career surge, winning Academy Award for The Hours in 2002.
Kidman married Keith Urban in 2006, had daughters Sunday and Faith, and divorced him in 2025.

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