A new biography of Tom Cruise claims he was encouraged to end his marriage to Nicole Kidman by Scientology bosses.

Andrew Morton’s controversial new book alleges the church soured towards Kidman after she gave an interview in 1998 describing herself as “a catholic girl”, and steered Cruise into ending their union.

Morton alleges that in 1999 Cruise took a course that would identify “those in his life who create problems and difficulties”. Kidman was identified as such.

The author writes, “Shortly after Kidman’s Newsweek interview, senior Scientology leaders discussed their strategy to keep Tom in the fold. The fear was that a lukewarm Nicole could fatally compromise Tom’s commitment to his faith.”

Morton also claims when the marriage ended in January 2001, Kidman was informed through a lawyer’s letter. Morton writes: “She was told she would never make another movie.”

He claims Kidman discovered she was pregnant shortly after the split. When she suffered a miscarriage, Cruise sent flowers but never visited, the book alleges.

The actor’s lawyer Bert Fields has dismissed the biography as “a bunch of lies”.

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The Nicole Kidman/Keith Urban camp has finally confirmed something In Touch had previously learned from insiders: Nicole is pregnant. “The couple are thrilled,” Keith’s rep said in a statement to In Touch. According to the New York Post, the actress has apparently dropped out of the film, The Reader, over concerns about the health of her baby. (Nicole has admitted to suffering from miscarriages in the past.) The Post also says a photo shoot that Nicole was set to do for Vanity Fair is being moved up “because the costumes she’s set to wear won’t fit her much longer,” an insider tells the paper.

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Lenny Kravitz is refusing to confirm or deny he’s the man who was secretly engaged to Nicole Kidman between her marriages to Tom Cruisey and Keith Urban.

The actress recently stunned fans when she revealed she had briefly accepted a marriage proposal before she wed Urban last year (06) in Vanity Fair magazine - but she refused to name names.

Kravitz and film producer Steve Bing were the most likely candidates as Kidman dated them exclusively after her marriage to Cruise ended.

But Kravitz insists the identity of the mystery fiance will remain a secret, as far as he’s concerned.

He says, “I keep that to myself. I feel like that is private and it’s between the two of us, so I just leave it there.”.

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Nicole Kidman has sensationally revealed the biggest secret during her nine-year marriage to Tom Cruise - she miscarried a child.

The tragedy has become the subject of much speculation in recent years, and now Kidman is revealing all in a stunning new Vanity Fair interview.

She recalls: “From the minute Tom and I were married, I wanted to have babies. We lost a baby early on, so that was really very traumatic.”

When asked to talk about her ill-fated pregnancy, the Australian actress adds: “There’s a complicated background to that, given that I never speak much about many things. One day maybe that story will be told.”

Kidman and Cruise separated in 2000, shortly before their 10th wedding anniversary. The divorce was finalised in 2001.

If the miscarriage revelation doesn’t shock, the Patrick Demarchelier Vanity Fair cover shot will - the normally demure and shy Kidman poses in a sailor’s hat and rips open her blouse to reveal a white bra.

Kidman also revealed she was secretly engaged to a mystery man in between her marriages to Tom Cruise and Keith Urban.

The actress refused to name names in her recent candid chat with Vanity Fair’s Krista Smith, but told the journalist that she had planned to wed another before she and Urban exchanged vows last year.

Kidman says: “I got engaged to somebody… but it just wasn’t right. I wasn’t ready. We weren’t ready.”

Smith adds: “I couldn’t get it (name) out of her.” But the glossy magazine suggests ex-boyfriend Lenny Kravitz could have been the guy that got away.

In a 2004 interview, the coy rocker said of his romance with Kidman: “We’re really great friends… But you know, we keep the what, how and when and all that to ourselves.”

Kidman also reportedly dated Liz Hurley’s ex, Steve Bing, in between her 2000 split from Cruise and her 2006 wedding to country star Urban.

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Nicole Kidman celebrated her birthday with husband Keith Urban, after he paid her a surprise visit.

The actress, who turned 40 last Wednesday (20.06.07), was thrilled when Keith took a break from his US tour to see her in Australia.

The country singer arrived in Sydney early on Tuesday morning (19.06.07), before taking a private jet to Queensland’s Whitsunday Coast - where Nicole is filming new movie ’Australia’ opposite Hugh Jackman.

The couple celebrated the landmark birthday by watching a fireworks display from a mountain-top lookout in the beach town of Bowen.

A source told Australia’s Daily Telegraph newspaper: “Keith brought her up the hill and they sat on a couch outside on the lawn. It was so romantic.

“He had planned to have a party in a mountain-top restaurant but she wanted a quiet affair. So Keith just surprised her with a fireworks display. It was a private thing with just him and her.”

The display ended with the words ‘Happy Birthday Nicole’ spelt out by fireworks.

WOW that’s really sweet, no wonder she ditched crazy Tom Cruise.

Celebrities when they were kids part two: Angelina Jolie,George Clooney,Drew Barrymore,Pamela Anderson,Nicole Kidman,Avril Lavigne,Michael Jordan,Ricky Martin,Natalie Imbrughlia,,some pictures really made me lough !