I can’t explain this at all. Is it possible that when Nicole Kidman is around her countrymen, she loosens up, gets drunk, dances around and acts genuinely cute? Is it possible that she thinks us Americans will only like her if she looks and acts like an immovable wax statue? I have no idea. But I want more of the Aussie Kidman, this girl in the photos and the video (below), paying tribute to her countryman and friend Simon Baker at the G’Day USA 2010 black tie gala over the weekend. Nicole and Keith Urban “performed” a song for Simon and the assembled group, and the result was… amazing. Keith did most of the singing while Nicole bounced around, dancing in a really sweet and graceless way, acting ridiculously silly. Here’s the video and The New York Daily News’ take:
Nicole Kidman, backup singer?
You bet.
The Oscar Award-winning actress, who can be seen on the big screen now in the musical “Nine,” helped husband Keith Urban pay tribute to fellow Aussie, Simon Baker, the hunky star of the CBS hit drama “The Mentalist.”
The pair’s playful tribute came on Saturday during a celebration in Hollywood of all things Australia at the G’Day USA 2010 black tie gala.
“Give it up for Simon Baker,” the couple crooned. “A guy’s guy, a girl’s heartbreaker. He’s a sexy babymaker, and secretly a laptop screensaver.”
The always elegant Kidman wore a pastel jewel-encrusted dress that could be called shrimp-on-the-barbie pink as she showed off her pleasantly deep pipes.
If the “Moulin Rouge” star’s dancing at times seemed stiffer than a forehead full of Botox, Kidman appeared to be having a very, very g’day.
[From The New York Daily News]
Aw… doesn’t this make you remember the old, fun Nicole? Moulin Rouge and To Die For and acting silly with costars like George Clooney and Ewan McGregor and being girlfriends with Sandra Bullock? That old Nicole was an underrated comedienne and her face moved and she was lovely. Nowadays… well, let’s just say that I miss the old Nicole. So, what caused this sudden splurge of warmth and silliness, really? Is she drunk? Probably. That might be why she thought her makeup looked amazing at the Golden Globes.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban performing a tribute to Simon Baker at the G’Day Australia Week in LA on January 16, 2010. Credit: Bauer-Griffin.
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