The 40-year-old actress and her husband, country singer Keith Urban, “are expecting a baby,” publicist Catherine Olim said Monday in a brief statement. Kidman is currently at home in Sydney, Australia, where she has been working on Baz Luhrmann’s epic romance, “Australia. Kidman was due to start filming for director Stephen Daldry’s post-World War II drama “The Reader” later this month but her Australian publicist Wendy Day said she understands Kidman has had to withdraw from the film because of the pregnancy. Television footage in Australia on Tuesday showed reporters congratulating Kidman and Urban. Kidman recently confided to Vanity Fair that she had a miscarriage early on in her relationship with Cruise, leading them to adopt. read more

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