Article: `THE LADY IN `ROUGE' Nicole Kidman lights up the screen as ... `Moulin Rouge' returns focus to her acting

On a cool evening in New York City, the vultures have descended. They wait behind black ropes at the ready to attack their prey. She knows that tonight will be a feeding frenzy. But these days Nicole Kidman has a little mantra. ``The show must go on,'' she says.

Descending from a limo for the first public showing of ``Moulin Rouge,'' a luminous Kidman pastes on her best camera-ready smile, which isn't easy when your famed marriage has fallen apart and you've lost a baby within the span of mere months.

The questions must seem insane to her. A reporter screams, ``How have the last few months been for you, Nicole?''

``Rocky,'' she replies with a shaky laugh. It is, of course, a huge ...

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