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Nicole KidmanandDolly Partonhave at least one thing in common: their smiles!
The Northmanactress spoke withElvisdirector Baz Luhrmann forVogueAustralia, reflecting on their time making the 2001 musicalMoulin Rouge!and their friendship over the years since.
Early in the conversation, Luhrmann, 59, said he “fell in love” with Nashville while making his new filmElvis, giving a shoutout to the musically inclinedTennessee town where Kidman liveswith husband Keith Urban and their two daughters.
“I was in Nashville a lot — we recorded all the gospel in all those old churches,” the filmmaker said.
Kidman, 54, responded with a laugh, “I was at the dentist yesterday, who’s the same dentist that Dolly uses! That’s how small-town Nashville is!” Luhrmann joked, “I love Nashville and I love her too. I call her ‘the Dolly Lama of L.A.,’ you know?”
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In a JanuaryvideoforGood Morning America, Parton, 76, was asked what country music star she would want to bake a cake for and duet with — and she chose Urban.
“Probably any of the good-lookin' ones! I love Keith Urban. I’ve always thought that he was one of the most talented and cutest guys in the world,” said Parton. “I’m not trying to hit on him, because he’s got Nicole and who could beat that? She’s Jolene!”
“But anyway, I love his writing and I just think he’s dear. So I’d be happy to make a big old cake for him and spend all afternoon singing songs,” she added.
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Kidman previously opened up about loving her life in Nashville, saying on PEOPLE andEntertainment Weekly’s The Jess Cagle Interview back in 2016 that she feels “very, very happy to be a part of [the Nashville] community.” She and 54-year-old Urban, also Australian, moved to a farm there in 2007, just aftertying the knotthe year before.
“That country music community is a very warm community,” she said at the time. “It’s very protective. Keith’s been a part of it for decades now. It’s his home; it’s our home.”
source: people.com
