Nicole Kidman

by Simpson, Paul; Thomas, Ruth

• ISBN13: 9781903111390
• ISBN10: 1903111390
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: TRAFALGAR SQUARE

Summary

A look at Hollywood's brightest star, featuring 60 color photos. From her first faltering steps as an eight-year-old on a Sydney stage to the acclaim that greeted her Oscar-nominated performance in Moulin Rouge and her captivating turn on stage in The Blue Room, Nicole Kidman has excelled in every arena she has entered. But who is this flame-haired, sapphire-eyed beauty who has taken the entertainment world by storm? Kidman's rise through the ranks of Australian television and film eventually led to leading roles in Hollywood. While box office success initially stayed just out of range, her A-list status was assured when she and husband Tom Cruise were cast in Stanley Kubrick's controversial film Eyes Wide Shut. But why did everything seem to fall apart just as she was reaching her goals? And what has she had to sacrifice to achieve them? In Nicole Kidman, journalists Paul Simpson and Ruth Thomas look at her intriguing path to superstardom.

Author Biography

Paul Simpson and Ruth Thomas are television journalists whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines around the world

Table of Contents

Prologue	7	(1)
Growing Pains	8	(6)
Flying the Coop	14	(4)
Dead Calm	18	(4)
Days of Thunder	22	(4)
Billy Bathgate	26	(4)
Far and Away	30	(4)
Changing the Image	34	(4)
To Die For	38	(4)
Batman Forever	42	(4)
The Portrait of a Lady	46	(4)
The Peacemaker	50	(4)
Eyes Wide Shut	54	(4)
Practical Magic	58	(4)
The Blue Room	62	(6)
The Birthday Girl	68	(2)
Moulin Rouge!	70	(5)
Devastation	75	(6)
Top of the Charts	81	(3)
Into the Future	84	(2)
Filmography	86