Nicole Kidman Has Quiet Birthday Before Wedding

The news of a relatively sedate, relaxed 39th birthday may not be news for all but we're not all getting married on Sunday and we're not all Nicole Kidman. The Oscar-winning star is to wed country star Keith Urban on Sunday, after the two met last January. The Australian had a few of the very well-protected details about the impending nuptials, "While details are secret, it is believed they will tie the knot at North Sydney's Mary Mackillop Chapel or at the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, a gothic-style sandstone church in St Patrick's Estate, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean at Manly. It is believed long-time Kidman family friend and confidant Reverend Father Paul Coleman will conduct the ceremony."

But that's not for a few days, so Nicole Kidman will spend her birthday quietly and, after being sung to by the press corps that surround her every move, she emerged and said the following about her plans, as reported by The Australian, "Not much, dinner at home with mum ... boring. Thank you for the flowers and the singing."

Nicole Kidman, the now-39 year-old actress, won an Oscar for 2002's The Hours and also broke hearts in Moulin Rouge and Cold Mountain. She will star in the upcoming Fur and The Visiting. Keith Urban won the Grammy this year for best male country performance for You'll Think of Me.

So, who goes to a wedding as star-studded as Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's? As you might expect, with Nicole Kidman's almost-royal status in Australia, that the cream of that country's star crop would come out and you'd be right - Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Hugh Jackman (Wolverine from The X-Men movies), Naomi Watts (King Kong), Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge), and Rupert Murdoch are all rumored to be attending the big day. But what about Nicole Kidman's infamous ex, Tom Cruise? Could he attend? The Daily Telegraph broke that rumor, "Meanwhile, Kidman's ex-husband Tom Cruise emerged in Tokyo, sparking rumours he was en route to Sydney to accompany the couple's children Isabella and Connor to Australia for the wedding."

How do you keep a top secret wedding, well, top secret? Even the guests don't know all the details. USA Today reported on just how Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were keeping everything, including the where and when, private, "Guests have been told to keep their schedules free from Friday to Monday, as they will be given only 24 hours notice as to the time and location, local media said."

It's clear that the upcoming days won't be nearly as "boring" as Nicole Kidman's 39th birthday.

[Additional Sources: USA Today, Daily Telegraph, The Australian, IMDB]