i was really looking forward to meeting nicole in london, but even as superstars, travel plans can be ruined these days, so we talked virtually. nicole kidmanjoining us from los angeles, welcome to this cultural life. thank you. thank you for having me. you were born in hawaii and moved to sydney with your australian parents at the age of four. your father was a clinical psychologist and biochemist. was it a creative upbringing? yeah, absolutely. i mean, as much as i grew up the daughter of a scientist who became a psychologist, i was also the daughter of a nurse educator, but they were both academics. erm, but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to the theatre, opera, symphonies. my mother loves opera. what are your earliest memories of favourite films? i would go to a place called the independent theatre, which would show films, and we were all allowed to flop around on bean bags. they didn t have chairs, they didn t have seats, they had bean bags. an
the series in which leading artists and performers talk to me about their most significant cultural influences and experiences. i m john wilson and my guest is oscar winning actor nicole kidman who has been an international star for over 30 years now. i was really looking forward to meeting nicole in london, but even a superstar s travel plans can be ruined, so we talked virtually. nicole kidmanjoining us from los angeles, welcome to this cultural life. thank you, thank you for having me. you were born in hawaii and moved to sydney with your australian parents at the age of four. your father was a clinical psychologist and biochemist. was it a creative upbringing? yeah, absolutely. i mean, as much as i grew up the daughter of a scientist who became a psychologist, i was also the daughter of a nurse educator, but they were both academics. but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to the theatre, opera, symphonies, my mother loves opera. what are your earli
an international star for over 30 years now. i was really looking forward to meeting nicole in london, but even as superstars, travel plans can be ruined these days, so we talked virtually. nicole kidmanjoining us from los angeles, welcome to this cultural life. thank you. thank you for having me. you were born in hawaii and moved to sydney with your australian parents at the age of four. your father was a clinical psychologist and biochemist. was it a creative upbringing? yeah, absolutely. i mean, as much as i grew up the daughter of a scientist who became a psychologist, i was also the daughter of a nurse educator, but they were both academics. um, but there was an enormous love of the arts. i was always taken to the theatre, opera, symphonies. my mother loves opera. what are your earliest memories of favourite films? i would go to a place called the independent theatre, which would show films, and we were all allowed to flop around on bean bags. they didn t have chairs, th
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wagner group. but prigozhin, the man who met the mutiny, mr prigozhin said he had not tried to overthrow the government but was instead resisting attempts to bring the wagner group under control of the russian defence ministry. our russian correspondent reports. the last time we saw prigozhin, under a deal with the kremlin on saturday, the chief had pulled back his fighters in exchange for immunity from prosecution. and he agreed to move to belarus. it is not clear where he is now. belarus. it is not clear where he is ow- he is now. but today, mr prigozhin he is now. but today, mr prigozhin posted - he is now. but today, mr prigozhin posted this - he is now. but today, mr - prigozhin posted this message. he had tried to he did not try to overthrow the government he just wanted to stop wagner group from being disbanded and those made mistakes in the special military operation against ukraine. to reassert his authority, president putin had security chiefs at a late night