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Nicole's first time in the Birdcage
Armed with his smartphone, Andrew Hornery gets the inside scoop from celebrities in the Derby Day Birdcage.
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No one does jet lag quite like Nicole Kidman.
The Oscar-winning actress arrived at Flemington today for the annual Derby Day races looking radiant and much younger than her 45 years.
Channellinga combination of My Fair Lady's Eliza Doolittle and her latest role as Princess Grace ofMonaco the actress said she was managing her jet lag but that "I'm real! ly happy to be here. I do quite like the races and in previous years I have been to Randwick but never to Melbourne, so it was well worth the effort because it is a first for me."
Kidman jetted into Australia on Thursday morning, spending several hours in her hometown Sydney before taking a private jet to Melbourne on Thursday night. She is at Flemington with her parents, Antony and Janelle, while her husband Keith Urban and daughters Sunday Rose and Faith remain in France where she has been shooting Grace of Monaco.
"I'mreally trying to focus on being in the character, and trying to do justice to portraying such a fine lady. She really didepitomiseher name," Kidman said.
Nicole Kidman and George Calomaris. Photo: Angela Wylie
Wearing a figure hugging white lace knee length dress by designer L'Wren Scott,wife of Mick Jagger who has dressed Kidman for years, the actor teamed the outfit with a huge, white wide brimmed hat made from recycled plastic bottles by British milliner Stephen Jones.
Kidman is most definitely the star attraction at Flemington today, mobbed by photographers, she is due to leave the track by the middle of the afternoon and return to France to continue shooting Grace of Monaco.
Mingling with friends and family in the Swisse marquee, Kidman admitted she enjoyed having a punt but "I'm really not very good at it, so I won't be expecting a big win today."
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