Movie stars Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe look set to make a crocodile farm in remote Australia home as they embark on their latest project.

The pals have been keen to find a film to work on together since filming on 2004′s Eucalyptus fell apart due to apparent script problems and they’re giving up the comforts of home to make their dream come true.

According to newspaper The Kimberly Echo, the couple and director Baz Luhrmann are looking to shoot an unnamed project in Coolibah Station, Northern Territory.

The station, a crocodile sanctuary, will reportedly host 300 crewmembers for three months, while the film, described as a romance set in the 1930s, is shot.

NICOLE Kidman and Keith Urban’s engagement has all but been officially announced and judging by Antonia Kidman’s reaction her big sis really is set to marry the Urban cowboy.

Confidential caught out Kidman Jr when we caught up with her at the launch of the Playhouse Disney Channel yesterday.

When it was suggested that Nicole’s big news must be very exciting for the family, a radiant Kidman quickly exclaimed “yes, yeah”, before realising her slip-up and quickly changing her tone.

“I mean, ah, I guess, ah, no, I don’t know,” she said in a desperate bid to change tack. Hmmm. The sound of wedding bells just got a little louder.

Given that the images of the cosy Kidman and Urban families walking together were splashed around the world last week, the Foxtel presenter couldn’t deny her parents Janelle and Antony’s trip to Nashville, but was staying Mum on Nicole’s pregnancy rumours.

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Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are headed for the altar according to friends close to the couple. Though the Aussie Power Couple™ have tried to keep their love affair private, the pair was spotted in Boston in early November and Nic’s wedding finger was dressed with some serious bling.

The details according to US tabloid Us Weekly puts a price tag on the ice at an estimated $100,000.

If an item in the magazine is to be believed, the reports says it’s a three stone 4-carat piece, with one massive center emerald cut stone, with two emerald cut diamonds on each side.

It’s “unusual and expensive to have three emerald cuts,” diamond expert Sally Morrison dishes to the tabloid. “They have to be such high quality because they reveal every tiny flaw.”

Indeed.

It’s also unusual to have two superstar Australians hook up and fall in love in America – so I guess the ring fits the bill.

Take this with a healthy grain of salt as the stars aren’t talking and reps from both Urban and Nicole still have yet to even confirm the engagement.

Australian actress NICOLE KIDMAN has sparked rumours she is pregnant after being photographed talking to her parents while new love KEITH URBAN pats and strokes her stomach.

The MOULIN ROUGE star, who has two adopted children with ex-husband TOM CRUISE, reportedly accepted the country singer’s marriage proposal just before America’s Thanksgiving holiday (begs24NOV05), and sent a private jet to bring her parents from Australia to the US to meet Urban’s family.

An onlooker says, “They certainly had something they were smiling about as they introduced their parents to each other.

“The whole time they were talking to her parents, Keith was rubbing her belly.

“They all had beaming smiles.”

Oscar winners Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman are Hollywood’s two highest-paid actresses, commanding $20 million and $17 million per film respectively, the Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday.

Even though “Pretty Woman” siren Roberts, 38, is making fewer movies and spending more time with her young twins, she remains Hollywood’s most powerful female star in salary terms, the Reporter said.

“She’s still perceived as the highest-paid actress in Hollywood,” the industry publication said of the holder of first place on its list of the 10 best-paid movie actresses.

Kidman, also 38, was in second place, mustering $16-17 million per picture since she won the best actress Oscar for her role as Virginia Wolfe in 2003′s “The Hours.”

“This Oscar winner has built her reputation on taking risky roles and accepting smaller fees just for the chance to continue challenging herself — but that doesn’t mean she can’t command the big bucks when she wants to,” the Reporter said.

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The pregnancy watch is on for Australian beauty Nicole Kidman, newly official beau of country hunk Keith Urban. Star Magazine has reported that a source has detailed that “bearing a child would make her wildest dreams come true.”

So – the preggers bump watch is on.

Sydney Confidential dishes it this way from down under:

Nicole Kidman is not only engaged, but she’s also pregnant. It’s a massive call, but we’d hate to ignore the world’s biggest exclusive.

But, given that it’s the same crew that broke the world exclusive in Fresh magazine that Princess Mary was pregnant, we’re obliged to put it out there, too.

That, and the fact that Kidman appears to have a growing belly in the most recent photos.

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When she’s not accepting awards or on the set of her latest movie, “The Visiting,” Hollywood hot shot Nicole Kidman is holed up in a secluded Ruxton home, where she’s staying with her children while filming scenes in Baltimore and Washington D.C.

Ruxton resident, Megan Brown tells WJZ’s reporter Kathryn Brown, “I know she’s living in the area and that she’s been down to Graul’s.”

Reports of Kidman sightings are rampant, from supermarkets and gyms to dining on sushi at a low-key Towson restaurant.

Emily Blaze’s children were treated to an up-close glimpse of the star when the production filmed at their downtown school.

“They had all the vans and everything there, the stars on the doors so it was fun for them to see her,” said Blaze.

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AUSTRALIAN mega-star couple actor Nicole Kidman and country singer Keith Urban are officially engaged, according to friends of the pair.

Heavy speculation over recent weeks reached a climax last night when popular US TV program Entertainment Tonight announced the official engagement. The show said sources close to the stars had confirmed the engagement.

However, Kidman’s Australian publicist Wendy Day defused the sensational reports when she categorically rejected the TV program’s claims.

“I have nothing to confirm. I can’t comment on something I have no further knowledge about, and quite frankly Entertainment Tonight can’t either,” Ms Day said.

“There was no confirmation from any publicists, it’s speculation.”

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Country hunk and singer-songwriter Keith Urban is rumored to be engaged to fellow Australian Nicole Kidman. One report says that Keith’s mom loves Nicole, but the two are remaining very private in the unconfirmed relationship.

Now a small item in Life & Style says Keith has penned a tune inspired by Nicole.

The guitar playing Urban also reportedly has also written two other songs inspired by each of Nicole’s children.

The item does not give us the title of the tracks.

Urban is red hot right now, and is fresh off winning the ‘Entertainer of the Year’ award at the 2005 CMA’s that were held in New York this year.

So – a winter wedding?

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