Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

	The Sparkling Diamond
A FEW OTHER PEOPLE YOU MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED THAT WE'VE LOOKED OVER	by jim Nicole Kidman is one hard woman to peg down. For years, she was looked upon as merely Mrs. Tom Cruise, however, after almost twenty years making movies in a dizzying array of genres and what is now becoming a large handful of roles for which she either was or should have been nominated for Oscars, Kidman has truly become an A-List actress. The fact that she kicked Tom's ass in the public relations tidal wave that followed their abrupt separation in 2001 only adds to her ever growing appeal. Nicole's physical attributes are awe inspiring, she's curvaceous despite being rail thin; she's exotic, yet porcelain white; she has eyes and a mouth to die for. Speaking of TO DIE FOR, she happens to be one hell of an actress, who at the same time is perfectly willing to show off her slender form. Her career began unimpressively, and the "Mrs. Tom Cruise" title almost seemed appropriate. There were glimmers of hope in the underrated films MY LIFE and MALICE, but for everyone of those, she had a DAYS OF THUNDER, a BILLY BATHGATE and a WINDRIDER. Her and hubby Cruise had no chemistry when they worked together. This helped tank THUNDER and FAR AND AWAY and lended to the media's perception of her as an Ice Princess to his gay super-star. Her work without him would eventually set the record straight. She shocked the critics with TO DIE FOR and was given a heavy dramatic role in Jane Campion's ill-conceived PORTRAIT OF A LADY. She displayed eager comic chops hosting SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and carried those over into PRACTICAL MAGIC and her comic/tragic turn in her current career centerpiece MOULIN ROUGE. Kidman has already left her past stigmas behind. Her Satine could make even her most ardent detractor ditch the "Ice Princess" notion and the box office that both MOULIN ROUGE and THE OTHERS racked up proves that she doesn't need little Tommy to have a film career. Doing fine without him? Hell, she's doing better! She may have been beaten out on Oscar night, but here she is, immortalized with the highest honor an actress can receive, induction into the Hall of Hot.
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