Kidman weds Urban in her own special love story

SYDNEY, June 25 (Reuters) Church bells rang to mark Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman's own special love story when she married country music singer Keith Urban in a traditional Catholic ceremony at a cliff-top chapel in Sydney today.

Police and private security guards held back hundreds of well-wishers and international media as Kidman arrived for the twilight ceremony at a sandstone chapel set on a sprawling estate overlooking Sydney Harbour and the Pacific Ocean.

Kidman beamed and waved as she arrived in a convoy of cream Rolls Royce wedding cars just before 5:30 p.m. (1300 hrs IST) Church bells pealed across the estate about an hour later, with local media reporting the ceremony had been completed.

Calls to Kidman's publicists seeking confirmation were not immediately returned.

Kidman, 39, wore an elegant ivory-coloured dress, reportedly designed by French fashion house Balenciaga, and sheer veil and carried a simple posy of white roses.

Helicopters buzzed overhead as Kidman drove from her ritzy Sydney harbourside home. Well-wishers and photographers got within arms-reach of her car as she arrived for the wedding.

Australian television reported that Kidman's friends, Oscar winner Russell Crowe and Broadway and film star Hugh Jackman, were among the guests.

Jackman, set to star beside Kidman in an upcoming World War Two movie directed by Baz Luhrmann, was to sing at the service and a string quartet also played.

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