Country superstar Keith Urban peeled off some of his trademark hot licks as he shot his new  music video “Til Summer Comes Around” on the beach by Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, CA.

Nearly three years of being married to the easygoing Keith Urban seems to have made Nicole Kidman realize what a control freak her ex Tom Cruise was.

Nicole told Easy Living (via Marie Claire), “I felt I became a star only by association. We would go to the Oscars and I would think, ‘I’m here to support him.’ I felt it was my job to put on a beautiful dress and be seen and not heard.”

Meow! If that wasn’t enough of a diss on Cruise, she called Keith Urban her “greater love.” It looks like getting dumped by the power-mad actor was the best thing that ever happened to Nicole.

Country superstar Keith Urban kept a protective arm around wife Nicole Kidman and baby daughter Sunday Rose as the family arrived at LAX. The Urbans were returning from an Easter vacation in Australia with their extended families.

At 41, country superstar Keith Urban has already lived a lifetime of hard knocks, including career struggles, broken romances and a long battle with drugs and alcohol.

But things have turned around for the country heartthrob in the last few years. He spent three months in Betty Ford in late 2006 and has been sober ever since. He married actress Nicole Kidman nearly three years ago, and last summer the couple welcomed their beautiful baby girl, Sunday Rose.

Keith taped an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” set to air tomorrow, and he explained how Sunday’s birth has changed his life. “Particularly when you don’t have someone in your life … in my experience, Sunday was the loneliest day. It went from being sort of the most dreaded day of the week for us to being the most joyous day, because we just had a family.”

Awww! You know little Sunday is the apple of her daddy’s eye. The Aussie couple are raising Sunday Rose in their adopted hometown of Nashville, and Keith quipped, “I think she may say, ‘Good day, y’all.’ A nice mix.”

Pregnancy rumors have been swirling around Aussie power couple Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman since the pair wed in 2006. Recently they’ve started again because Nicole sported a teeny tiny tummy under her gown at last month’s Oscars.

Now the country crooner is clearing the air. People reports that during an interview with CMT Insider, Keith joked, “I’m not pregnant, no, definitely not. Clear that one up right now. I haven’t had any check-ups recently but … it’s just going out on a limb here.”

Which is certainly a good thing, since his new album, “Defying Gravity,” comes out March 31. But notice he didn’t say whether the wife was pregnant, so the bump watch goes on.

Over the last week, wildfires have devastated Australia, destroying at least 1000 homes and killing nearly 200 people. The BBC reports Aussie power couple Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have joined the efforts to aid brushfire victims, donating $500,000 and appearing on the telethon Australia Unites. Urban stated:

“Our hearts go out tonight to all the families that are dealing with the loss of loved ones and having to rebuild their lives again.”

Kidman, who gave birth to the couple’s baby daughter Sunday Rose last summer, added:

“As Australians, I think the biggest thing is that no matter where you are in the world, we support each other and we rally. That’s why we wanted to show our support and we would like to donate $500,000 on behalf of our family to the families that need it now.”

The fires are still raging despite cooler, wetter weather today. 

After the hectic promotional tour for her film “Australia,” Nicole Kidman was happy to spend a quiet holiday in Nashville with husband Keith Urban and baby Sunday Rose. People reports that the couple divided their time between their home in town and their ranch in Leiper’s Fork. 

Sunday rose stayed home while the couple enjoyed a Christmas Eve lunch at Bread & Company, one of their favorite hangs in Nashville. An observer told People, “They are so low-key. They looked like anyone else out doing last minute Christmas shopping. They just look so happy and comfortable with each other.”

These two better enjoy the lull while they can—Keith’s new album comes out in March and the rat race starts again.

She’s starring with High Jackman in the new film “Australia” but Nicole Kidman says the real “leading man” in her life is husband Keith Urban. At Monday night’s Glamour Women of the Year Awards Monday night, she addressed the crowd:

“Three and a half years ago a man came along and said ‘I’m going to take you to Tennessee.’ And he took me down there and he said. ‘I think you deserved to be loved. Let me love you, let me give you a home, and let’s make a baby.’ So thank you, Keith Lionel.”

What a romantic! Now we know why he sings those love songs so well.

At last night’s number #1 party in Nashville for his country hit, “You Look Good in My Shirt,” Keith Urban made wife Nicole Kidman blush by quipping, “you do look good in my shirt. And out of it but that’s a different story.” Nicole’s first film since the birth of their daughter Sunday Rose, the epic “Australia.” comes out later this month.

Nicole Kidman talked to Parade magazine about new baby Sunday Rose and her marriage to country star Keith Urban. She days their biggest challenge has been his alcohol abuse that led to a trip to Betty Ford just a few months after their 2006 wedding.

“We were thrown into his alcohol problem three months into the marriage and that was big. We became the closest we could become because we had to bare our souls. We did ten years of marriage in three months. You go to hell and back with this—when the addiction takes control of the life, it’s terrifying. But there is hope and we work on it every day, and we are in a place of actual peace right now, which is a beautiful place. I love him so dearly and he has done such an amazing amount of work and he is an amazing husband, and I am just very, very grateful.”

Who wouldn’t be grateful to escape the controlling clutches of Tom Cruise?

Well I guess The Daily Mail was right after all as reps for both Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have confirmed to USmagazine.com that they are indeed expecting their first child together. Congratulations Nicole and Keith! The press have gone back and forth the last couple of weeks regarding her possible pregnancy, so it’s nice to have confirmation. They’re going to have an absolutely beautiful child. What if they have a boy and when the kid’s around his late teens he starts dating Suri Cruise! Wouldn’t that be interesting? Wait, wouldn’t they be related? Anyway, I digress. This will be the first child for Keith and the third for Nicole (she has 2 kids with ex, Tom Cruise). I’ve posted two pregnancy announcements today from Hollywood and I’m sure more will follow soon. Celebs have definitely gone baby crazy.

So follow along closely because I’m going to keep this short. The Daily Mail reported last week that Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban were expecting their first child. Then, one of her reps refuted the story, saying something like, if Nicole were to be pregnant every time we heard this rumor, she’d have like 30 kids by now. Pretty funny for a PR guy. A bit too funny thought PageSix.com, who now have a picture up that they say is suspiciously bumpy. Judge for yourselves. There’s already enough pregnancies to worry about at the moment, so I’m kinda hoping she ain’t!

The Daily Mail is reporting that Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are expecting their first child. The couple, who were married in June of 2006, are reported to have broken the news to family over the Christmas holiday. Kidman has two adopted children Isabella, 14 and Conor, 12 with ex-husband Tom Cruise. This will be Urban’s