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Nicole Kidman

AGE 35

WHY HER What does power ultimately buy an artist in the Hollywood marketplace? The freedom to take chances. So one gander at Kidman's upcoming dossier tells the tale: ''The Hours,'' ''Dogville,'' and ''The Human Stain'' are the kind of risk-heavy, character-rich flicks that lesser starlets would sell their blood for. Last year's annus mirabilis of ''Moulin Rouge'' and ''The Others'' not only rendered the ex–Mrs. Tom Cruise issue an irrelevancy but answered two questions that are far more pressing within Hollywood circles: Yes, she's a spellbinding actress, and yes, she can open a movie.


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Posted Oct 10, 2002 | Order Article Reprints