Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban announce impending marriage

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2006

SYDNEY (AFP) — Celebrity couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have returned to Australia and confirmed they intend to tie the knot soon.

In a simple statement issued through Kidman's publicist Monday, the pair said they had returned home to get married.

"We are very happy to be back in Australia," the film star and country music singer said in a brief joint statement.

"We have come home to celebrate our wedding with our family and friends."

While the date and venue are yet to be confirmed, the star of "The Hours" and "Eyes Wide Shut" is said to be planning a Catholic ceremony in Sydney on June 25.

Father Paul Coleman, a Jesuit priest and religious confidant to the star, refused to confirm details.

But he said he has met Urban, whom he...