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Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman Get Red Carpet Cozy in Cannes

TawnyTucker — Sat, 26 May 2012 22:30:35 +0000

This week Keith Urban showed his support for wife Nicole Kidman at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The couple went to the screening of Nicole’s latest film The Paperboy which also stars Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, and John Cusak. Keith and Nicole were their usual affectionate selves on the red carpet.

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Keith Urban’s- ‘The Story So Far’ Goes No. 1 in Oz

TawnyTucker — Sat, 26 May 2012 18:30:26 +0000

Keith Urban has debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart with his new album ‘The Story So Far’. The album, which features 19 of the most popular songs from ‘Get Closer’, ‘Defying Gravity’, ‘Love Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing’, ‘Be Here’ and ‘Golden Road’ also includes the previously unreleased song ‘For You’, from the Act Of Valor soundtrack, as well as eight songs not previously released as part of a hits collection. The definitive ‘hits’ collection, ‘The Story So Far’, includes fourteen of Urban’s U.S. #1s.

The #1 mainstream Album Chart position is a first for Urban, who has celebrated three previous #1’s on the Country Album Chart and has had a #1 DVD with the platinum selling ‘Love Pain & The Whole Crazy World Tour’. Urban also recently had another US #1 with the song ‘You Gonna Fly’, which was his third consecutive US #1 from the ‘Get Closer’ album following the chart toppers ‘Without You’ and ‘Long Hot Summer’.

Urban said of the #1 position, “Just got the news that our album is #1 here in Australia!!! I’m totally blown away Australia. Thank you all SO much for the love and support…Can’t wait to launch the tour.”

All of the albums from which the songs on ‘The Story So Far’ have been taken, are popular releases in Australia with each of them achieving ARIA sales recognition – ‘Be Here’ is triple platinum (210,000 copies), ‘Golden Road’ along with the Top 5 albums ‘Defying Gravity’ and ‘Love Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing’ are platinum (70,000 copies), while ‘Get Closer’ is just shy of platinum sales accreditation. Urban has sold nearly a million albums in Australia and more than 15 million albums globally.

Currently appearing as a coach on the incredibly successful TV show ‘The Voice’, Urban has also been enjoying success at the top of the TV ratings where Australian audiences have had the chance to not only witness his high energy guitar playing and hear him sing with the other coaches, but have had the opportunity to see him sing along to nearly every song performed on the show!

Track listing for ‘The Story So Far’:

Kiss A Girl – from the platinum selling album ‘Defying Gravity’
Long Hot Summer – from the gold selling album ‘Get Closer’
Somebody Like You (Radio remix) – from the triple platinum selling album ‘Golden Road’
Making Memories Of Us (Radio single edit) –from the triple platinum selling album ‘Be Here’
Days Go By – from the triple platinum selling album ‘Be Here’
Put You In A Song – from the gold selling album ‘Get Closer’
Without You – from the gold selling album ‘Get Closer’
You Look Good In My Shirt – from the triple platinum selling album ‘Golden Road’
Stupid Boy – from the platinum selling album ‘Love Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing’
Once In A Lifetime (Radio edit) – from the platinum selling album ‘Love Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing’
Sweet Thing – from the platinum selling album ‘Defying Gravity’
You’ll Think Of Me (Single edit) – from the triple platinum selling album ‘Golden Road’
I Told You So (Single edit) – from the platinum selling album ‘Love Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing’
Only You Can Love Me This Way – from the platinum selling album ‘Defying Gravity’
You’re My Better Half (Single Edit) – from the triple platinum selling album ‘Be Here’
Tonight I Wanna Cry – from the triple platinum selling album ‘Be Here’
For You – from the Act of Valour soundtrack
Raining On Sunday (Single edit) – from the platinum selling album ‘Golden Road’
Better Life – from the triple platinum selling album ‘Be Here’

Meet Keith Urban, Dolly Parton, Lady A & More While Helping a Good Cause

TawnyTucker — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:30:33 +0000

From Lady A to Dolly P, fans can go down the country music alphabet when it comes to meeting their favorite stars for charity! Charitybuzz.com has teamed up with chart-toppers Lady Antebellum, Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Sugarland, Zac Brown Band, Keith Urban and more to give fans a chance to mingle with country’s best while benefiting the PENCIL Foundation, Reach Out And Read, The Motion Picture & Television Fund and PLAN!T NOW.

Some of the unforgettable experiences under the auction hammer include:
 Meet Lady Antebellum with 4 Tickets to A Show of Your Choice
 Meet Dolly Parton During a Dollywood Vacation in Pigeon Forge, TN
 Meet Sugarland with 2 Tickets to an Upcoming 2012 Show
 Meet Trace Atkins During the Week-Long Blake Shelton & Friends Cruise
 Meet Keith Urban at a 2013 Concert of Your Choice
 Meet Kellie Pickler at an Upcoming Concert
 Meet Tim McGraw, Uncle Kracker and Eric Church at BamaJam2012 in Enterprise, AL
 Enjoy a Hearty Southern Meal with Zac Brown Before Attending A Headlining Concert of Your Choice with 2 Tickets
 Meet Kenny Chesney with Exclusive Access to the Michael Douglas & Friends Celebrity Golf Outing at the Atlantis Bahamas

Bidding begins to close on Thursday, May 17 at http://chrty.bz/J9ydnU
Proceeds of these auctions will go towards childhood and college-level education, and health and human services.

Other country items up for auction include signed guitars from Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban, in addition to tickets & party passes to the 2012 CMT Music Awards, and more.

Charitybuzz raises funds for nonprofits around the globe through exclusive online auctions with the world’s top celebrities, athletes and brands.

Keith Urban Heads to Scottland with the Family

TawnyTucker — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:06:54 +0000

Keith Urban and Sunday Rose recently dropped in on Mommy, Nicole Kidman, while she filmed The Railway Man in chilly Scotland. The movie also stars Colin Firth.

You can see more pictures here.

Also this month, Nicole covers Harpers Bazaar Australia with her daughter Faith. You can read more about the accidental photo shoot here.

Country Couples Make Zimbio’s 100 Hottest Celeb Couples List!

TawnyTucker — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:45:25 +0000

Photo: WireImage Devaney

Zimbio.com has announced their 4th Annual list of 100 Hottest Celebrity Couples, and our very own Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have made the cut along with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher (no. 39), Josh Kelley and Katherine Heigl (no 47), Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert (no. 50), and LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian (no. 96).

Going beyond merely the most beautiful people, couples were ranked using an algorithm that measures and calculates popularity, attractiveness, success, and staying power. The data behind each metric is then used to determine their place on the list.

Topping the list for the second year in a row is Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z.

“This is a list that’s born from and powered by massive sets of data” said Editor-in-Chief John Newlin, “which allows us to definitively say that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are exactly the 15th Hottest Celebrity Couple.”

Popularity was determined by overall search volume as well as internal Zimbio analytics. The attractiveness quotient was crowd-sourced through a face-off style game that ran on Zimbio.com. A couple’s success was measured by their notable deals signed (record, movie, modeling or otherwise) as well as awards received. Finally, a couple’s staying power was evaluated based upon years together, children, engagements, and their place on the list last year. Points were deducted based on the number of recent partners as well as the validity of break-up rumors.

For a complete list of all of Zimbio’s 100 Hottest Celebrity Couples of 2012, including point breakdowns for each couple, please visit Zimbio.com.

Nicole Kidman is the Highlight of a Man’s Life

TawnyTucker — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:35:55 +0000

Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron star in the upcoming film, Paperboy. Supposedly the youngster and Keith Urban‘s wife get pretty frisky in some scenes.

I pinched myself everyday, especially after doing love scenes with Nicole Kidman,” Zac recently told press. “It was the highlight of my life. Nicole was something else and was always in character. She didn’t get weird method, like some actors do, but I have never seen anyone so centered.”

I wonder if Keith Urban pinches himself after a “love scene” with Nicole; either way, I’m sure it’s the highlight of his life as well.

The film also stars John Cusack and Matthew McConaughey and hits theaters November 23rd.

You can see more on JustJared.com.

Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman Immortalized in Wax

TawnyTucker — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:15:03 +0000

Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman: Photo Courtesy of WireImage

Madame Tussauds wax museum opened it’s doors down under in Sydney, Australia last week. Among the usual suspects of Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth is Keith Urban and his famous actress of a wife Nicole Kidman. Madame Tussauds general manager Hywel Mathias said it takes 60 artists 800 hours to create a figure from beginning to end and each as a net worth of about $220,000.

Looks like taking a trip down under and standing next to Wax Keith Urban may be the closest I ever get to snatching a picture of just me and my favorite country crooner.

For more info on the museum, click here.