"Few TMZ notifications have hit group chats as pointedly and dramatically as "Nicole Kidman Files For Divorce From Keith Urban" - floods of "what" and "no" and "no way" texts pinged off cell towers all around the country, if not the world. The two had been married for 19 years - a long time, especially by Hollywood standards - when the news broke that they were separating on September 30."
"It's hard to figure out why people who don't know them - myself included - have taken it so personally. For one, perhaps, they did seem genuinely in love. His video for "The Fighter" features the two of them in the car together, singing and blushing, clearly embarrassed to be so earnest in front of a camera but swept up in each other."
"Despite her years of acclaim and success, Kidman still feels like an everywoman, despite being anything but. Her post-Tom Cruise divorce press run is the stuff of legend: With the photo of her in sheer ecstasy that was purportedly for an unrelated movie (mystery still unsolved), she came to embody a certain type of self-empowered freedom. And despite a number of supposedly happy years with Urban, Kidman continued to play suffering women."
Nicole Kidman filed for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. Initial reports indicated Kidman wanted to save the marriage while Urban did not. The announcement prompted widespread surprise and emotional public reaction. The couple had appeared affectionate and publicly engaged, including a blushing appearance in Urban's "The Fighter" video. Media coverage often framed Kidman as committed and Urban as less so, shaping public sympathy for her. Kidman's image mixes high acclaim with an everywoman quality, bolstered by a famed post-Tom Cruise moment of self-empowered freedom. She has repeatedly portrayed suffering women on screen, creating cognitive dissonance with reports of a happy home life.
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