Kidman: Divorce from Cruise was 'major shock'

Kidman: Divorce fromCruise was 'major shock'
NEW YORK -- Nicole Kidman says her divorce from Tom Cruise was a "major shock" -- and, she still loves him. "That was a major shock," the 38-year-old actress says in an interview in the June issue of Ladies' Home Journal, on newsstands today. "He was huge; still is. To me, he was just Tom, but to everybody else, he is huge. But he was lovely to me. And I loved him. I still love him," she tells the magazine. Cruise filed for divorce in February 2001 after 10 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized later that year. "I always knew the rug was going to be taken out from underneath me at some stage," Kidman says. "I didn't think it was going to happen in the way it happened. I had seen my mother battle breast cancer, so I had a fear of my health being jeopardized -- that was really where I was thinking mine would come. I knew I was going to get hit with something. But I think a divorce, and the demise of what your family is, is a little death in itself." Cruise and Kidman adopted two children, Isabella, now 13, and Connor, now 11.
Adam Sandler and wifehave baby, reports say
LOS ANGELES -- Adam Sandler is now a real-life "Big Daddy." Sandler's wife, Jackie, gave birth to the couple's first child, according to a posting on the comedian's Web site. Under the headline "Sandler had a kid!!" he writes, "Kid is healthy!! Wife is healthy!!" No other details were provided. People magazine reported the couple had a daughter, born Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In an e-mail, Sandler's publicist, Cindy Guagenti, declined to confirm the report and referred to the Web site, saying, "All the info we are releasing is on adamsandler.com." Sandler, 39, and Jackie, 31, were married in 2003. She is a model and actress who appeared briefly in Sandler's 1999 film "Big Daddy." Sandler, a former regular on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," has starred in films such as "Happy Gilmore," "The Wedding Singer" and "Punch-Drunk Love." His next movie, "Click," is set for release June 23.
Keith Richards undergoessurgery in wake of fall
LONDON -- Keith Richards had surgery in New Zealand to relieve pressure in his head after a fall, his representative said. The Rolling Stones guitarist was "up and talking" soon after surgery Monday at The Ascot Hospital in Auckland, but was expected to take several weeks to recuperate, LD Communications said in a statement issued in London. "Last week Keith was under observation in Auckland following a fall in Fiji and was feeling well after being examined by doctors last week," the statement, issued Monday, said. "However after complaining of headaches yesterday, doctors thought it prudent to move ahead with a small operation to remove the pressure." The Stones' "A Bigger Bang European" tour, which had been scheduled to start in Barcelona, Spain, later this month, will be postponed until June, the agency said. Richards, 62, suffered the injury April 27, but details have not been confirmed. News reports have variously claimed that he fell out of a palm tree or from a jet ski.
Today's birthdays
CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is 88. Actress Geraldine McEwan is 74. Actor-writer Alan Bennett is 72. Actor Albert Finney is 70. Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson is 70. Musician Sonny Curtis (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 69. Producer-director James L. Brooks is 66. Singer Tommy Roe is 64. Singer-musician Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield and Poco) is 62. Actress Candice Bergen is 60. Pop singer Clint Holmes is 60. Actor Anthony Higgins is 59. Singer Billy Joel is 57. Blues singer-musician Bob Margolin is 57. Rock singer-musician Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) is 56. Actress Alley Mills is 55. Actor John Corbett is 45. Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 44. Rapper Ghostface Killah is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tamia is 31. Rock musician Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish) is 29. Rock singer Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan) is 27. Actress Rosario Dawson is 27. Actress Rachel Boston is 24.