Nicole Kidman misses Venice Film Festival awards ceremony due to mother’s death: ‘My heart is broken’

https://ew.com/nicole-kidman-misses-venice-awards-due-to-mother-death-8708147

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  1. > “Today I arrived in Venice to find out shortly after that my beautiful, brave mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, has just passed,” Reijn read on Kidman’s behalf. “I’m in shock and I have to go to my family, but this award is for her. She shaped me, she guided me, and she made me.”

    > Kidman expressed that she felt honored to invoke her mother to the Venice crowd. “I am beyond grateful that I get to say her name to all of you through Halina,” she said. “The collision of life and art is heartbreaking, and my heart is broken.”

  2. Damn that’s awful. Losing my parents is my worst fear that I know will come true.

  3. I’m so sorry for her loss and that this happened during a time that was meant to be so celebratory.

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