Nicole Kidman’s marriage to Keith Urban has not always been smooth sailing. But the Oscar-winner says she is so happy relaxing with her husband in Nashville, she has to be “seduced” to accept movie roles.
In fact, when she was first offered the part of Mrs. Coulter in The Golden Compass, she wasn’t convinced.
For the third season in a row, a professional male athlete has been named the champion of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars.
Brazilian race-car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves beat out Spice Girl Melanie Brown and Marie Osmond (who was eliminated 15 minutes into the show) for the prized mirror ball trophy Tuesday. It was the second consecutive win for his partner, Julianne Hough, who won last season’s show with speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno.
Charisma Carpenter of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel has split from her husband of four years, Damian Hardy.
“They are separated and now living separately,” Carpenter’s rep Jeff Raymond confirmed Tuesday.
Carpenter, 37, and Hardy married on Oct. 5, 2002, and became parents to son Donavan Charles the following March.
Carpenter will next be seen as Christopher Titus’ wife in ABC’s Big Shots on Dec. 13.