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Nicole Kidman paid tribute to her "friend and protector" at her father's funeral today (19.09.14).
The 47-year-old actress gave a eulogy for her beloved dad Dr. Anthony Kidman at St Francis Xavier Church in Lavender Bay, Sydney, as well as performing an acoustic rendition of 'Amazing Grace' with her husband Keith Urban.
In her eulogy, Nicole explained to mourners - including Russell Crowe and his ex-wife Danielle Spencer - how her psychologist dad was always there for her, especially following her split from husband Tom Cruise in 2001.
She said: "He was the father that was on a plane, hours after I got divorced, to come and take care of me, staying with me for weeks for as long as I needed.
"He was also the father who would when I was crying always tell me 'Nicki, it's going to be OK'."
"He was the father that would come to the principal's office after I forged his signature because I was wagging.
"The principle would ask 'Is this your signature?' and he would say 'Yes!'
"I'm a girl, a woman that was raised by an extraordinary man, a good man, a compassionate man, a strong man,"
"He was a man that was always there for me, a thinker, my confidant, my friend and my protector."
Nicole and Keith's daughters, Sunday, six, and Faith, three, were also at the funeral, but Isabella, 21, and Conor, 19, her adopted kids with Tom, did not attend.
Dr. Kidman, 75, died in Singapore of an apparent heart attack while visiting his daughter Andrea, her husband and their six children, all of whom were at the funeral service.
Antonia's husband Craig Maran was a pallbearer, along with Keith, 'Noah' star Russell and TV presenter Peter Overton.

Keanu Reeves came face-to-face with an intruder in his home on Monday (15.09.14). The 'Matrix' actor was reportedly woken at around 4am by sounds coming from the library in his Hollywood Hills home, so went to investigate, website TMZ reports. When h...

Michael Douglas thinks it's fine for actresses to be told to lose weight.
The 69-year-old actor is currently starring in 'The Reach', a film for which his co-star Jeremy Irvine was asked to put on 20 pounds of muscle, and he's admitted he thinks it's perfectly acceptable for women to be asked to lose weight if their role in a film as "eye candy".
Quizzed on whether actors have to be eye candy, he told The Guardian newspaper: "It's not acceptable for women to be eye candy?!
"If your role in that picture is to be eye candy and the director looks at you and says, 'You're going to be in a bra and panties and you're looking pretty soft around the middle'. Absolutely you'd tell that person to kick ass."
The 'Basic Instinct' star - who is married to 44-year-old actress Catherine Zeta-Jones - went on to insist that it can be detrimental to a movie if the actor chosen for a certain part doesn't have the right look.
Michael added: "This guy [Jeremy's character] is search and rescue. He's a mountaineer. He's in physical shape. Ignoring the fact that he happens to be a decent looking guy, it would be wrong for him to not be in shape.
"If you wanted Seth Rogen running through the desert, that's a different movie."

Lauren Conrad spent 11 months writing her wedding vows.
The 28-year-old designer, who tied the knot with 34-year-old William Tell at a winery in Santa Ynez, California earlier this month, was determined to blow him away with her poignant words during their ceremony.
She said: "I kept a folder in my phone, and whenever I thought of something, I'd add it."
But William, who was worried "nothing was going to be good enough", broke down in tears while sharing his vows.
She said: "He needed a hankie! I kept it together."
But the blonde beauty admitted she wasn't tempted to go on a crazy diet beforehand.
She said: "He proposed to me like this, he can marry me like this."
The couple met after being set up on a blind date by mutual friends on Valentine's Day in 2012.
Lauren admits she has a very different idea for her wedding day growing up.
She said: "I always said I wanted a destination wedding - to be barefoot on the beach. [But] we realised our must-have-them-there list was over 100 people."
And she said their special day involved a lot of planning to ensure it was perfect.
Lauren told Us Weekly magazine: "We wanted somewhere that felt removed, but didn't require anybody to get on a plane. We didn't want to be surrounded by structures. But we learned through planning that meant we had to bring in everything from a kitchen to bathrooms to the tent."
The couple, who exchanged rose gold rings, are now looking forward to relaxing now their wedding is behind them.
Lauren said: "We had a busy summer. It will be nice to kind of do nothing."
William added: "Lauren is my best friend who I also think is really hot. We're very good partners. We challenge each other, in a good way. And we both think we're hilarious, so we spend a lot of time laughing. Mostly at each other."

Liv Tyler wants to keep the sex of her unborn baby a surprise.
The 'Leftovers' actress, who already has son Milo, nine, with ex-husband Royston Langdon, is reportedly expecting her first child with British boyfriend Dave Gardner, but has no plans to find out their baby's gender.
A source told Life & Style magazine "She cannot wait to meet him or her. I don't think she's finding out the sex before the baby comes."
The couple, who met through their mutual friend Kate Moss earlier this year, are said to be "over the moon" to be having a child together.
The insider said: "She couldn't be happier, and her entire family is thrilled.
"Liv is so excited that she's pregnant. She didn't want her son to be an only child. She is over the moon."
Liv recently admitted she was "100 per cent planning" on having more children.
The 'Lord of the Rings' star said: "I hope I will have more children. I'm 100 per cent planning on it.
"If the stork could just drop it off on my roof, I'd be so happy - I'd have, like, 20."
But she confessed she is less certain about marrying for the second time.
She said: "That's something interesting that happens in your thirties. You're not in the stage anymore of princes and happily ever after.
"It's a different stage of acceptance and realisation about the realities of love and relationships. Forever is a long time."
Soccer agent Dave - who is best friends with David Beckham - has a seven-year-old son called Grey, with his ex-wife Davinia Taylor.

Ryan Gosling is "madly in love" with his baby daughter.
The 33-year-old actor and his long-term girlfriend Eva Mendes welcomed their first child into the world last Friday (12.09.14) and the couple are both said to be "in awe" of their little one.
A source said: "Ryan is madly in love with the baby.
"[Eva is] absolutely in heaven being a mom. She's never been happier.
"She and Ryan are just in awe of this beautiful person they created. It's a really special time for them."
The couple have also ensured their parents and grandparents have been fully involved in looking after their newborn baby.
The source added to PEOPLE magazine: "Ryan's mom and Eva's mom have both been helping.
"They have both been great. The grandmothers are both very excited and both very hands-on - as much as they can be."
Ryan and Eva, 40 - who have been dating since September 2011 - are yet to reveal the name of their little one nor officially confirm the birth of their daughter.
Following the birth at a Los Angeles hospital last week, the happy couple burst into tears when they saw their little girl.
A source recently said: "It was very emotional for Eva and Ryan. They were both in tears when they saw their daughter for the first time!"

Katherine Heigl is on an "apology tour".
The 35-year-old actress was the subject of a Hollywood Reporter expose on her alleged diva behaviour a year ago but her 'State of Affairs' co-star David Harbour says she is now trying to make amends and smooth over events which occurred during a "very frustrating" time in her life.
He said: "I think she was admittedly at a very frustrating point in her life and she was very frustrated and she was very vocal about it.
"Now she sort of tells me she's kind of on an apology tour, and I wish her well for that because she's a lovely woman and she's really fun to work with."
He jokingly added: "Yes, she pulled the wool over my eyes."
The 40-year-old actor insists he enjoys working with Katherine on their new NBC show and can understand why she sometimes behaves the way she does now he has got to know her well.
He added to the New York Daily News newspaper's Confidenti@l column: "I know that the press has sort of had a field day with her in the past, sort of about her being nasty and stuff.
"But once you get on the inside of something and you start to see all of the personalities ... and once I see her point of view, I somewhat understand a lot of her reactions."

Jessica Alba says running her business is a "life calling".
The 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' actress - who has daughters Honor, six, and Haven, three with husband Cash Warren - loves bother her acting work and her eco-friendly company, The Honest Company, but says they both require very different skills.
She said: "Having a company that's making the world a better place is a life calling. Performing has also been a life calling, but they're so different.
"It takes a completely different side of my brain to do one versus the other. But I'm truly very proud of The Honest Company."
The 33-year-old beauty was inspired to start up The Honest Company - a range of household, health care, and beauty products - after experiencing an allergic reaction during her second pregnancy.
She explained to Glam Belleza Latina magazine: "I had an allergic reaction to baby laundry detergent when I was pregnant, which made me wonder: If a baby laundry detergent gives me a horrible reaction, then what will it do to a newborn? I realised that so many toxic chemicals are used in everyday products."
And Jessica believes it is important to "educate" consumers about using chemical products.
She said: "It's so important to empower people with as much education as possible. To me, we're successful when we can give people the information, and then they can make wise decisions from that knowledge."

Simon Le Bon can't get his children to move out.
The Duran Duran star has daughters Amber, 25, Saffron, 22, and Tallulah, 20, with supermodel wife Yasmin Le Bon and he's confessed that although they have all grown up now, he hasn't been able to persuade them to move out of the family home.
He said: "My family are grown up now; try kicking them out of home, though - no chance."
Although the 55-year-old singer's daughters are all in their twenties, he insists they have it too good at home to consider moving out and doing their own cooking and cleaning.
He told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "The hotel of mum and dad is better than any flat apparently."
However, they may be persuaded to fly the nest if the current renovations on Simon's south London home aren't wrapped up in the near future.
He added: "We are turning six bedrooms into three suites. All we have in our house are the f**king builders."
Meanwhile, 49-year-old Yasmin has previously revealed how she struggled with raising three teenage daughters, admitting she often cried when she felt like they were shutting her out.
She said: "All I can say is brace, brace... It's when the shoulders keep coming up. Every time you walk into a room, the shoulders come up.
"It's actually hysterical to begin with, then it stops being hysterical quite soon. I found it very difficult, I really did.
"I found myself crying every day."