Nicole Kidman is diving into a whole new career path.

On Saturday, the “Babygirl” actress spoke with Vicky Nguyen — an investigative journalist and University of San Francisco graduate — as part of the private school’s Silk Speaker Series and opened up about her plans to become a death doula nearly two years after her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, died at 84.

“As my mother was passing, she was lonely, and there was only so much the family could provide,” Kidman, who admitted the idea “may sound a little weird,” told the crowd, per the San Francisco Chronicle. “Between my sister and I, we have so many children and our careers and our work, and wanting to take care of her because my father wasn’t in the world anymore, and that’s when I went, ‘I wish there was these people in the world that were there to sit impartially and just provide solace and care.’”

“So that’s part of my expansion and one of the things I will be learning,” she added.

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An end-of-life doula advocates self-determination and imparts psychosocial, emotional, spiritual and practical care to empower dignity throughout the dying process, according to the International End-of-Life Doula Association.

In September 2024, Kidman — who won the best actress award for her role in “Babygirl” at the Venice Film Festival, but had to miss the ceremony to be with family — shared the news of her mother’s death in a statement delivered by the film’s director, Halina Reijn. 

“I arrived in Venice and found out shortly after that my beautiful, brave mother, Janelle Ann Kidman has just passed,” Kidman said in a statement, per The Associated Press. “I’m in shock and I have to go to my family, but this award is for her. She shaped me and made me.”

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A representative for Kidman confirmed the death at the time and told Fox News Digital, “The family is heartbroken and asks for privacy at this time.”

Throughout the years, Kidman has been open about her close bond with her mom and shared insight into her mother’s health struggles.

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During an interview with NPR’s “Fresh Air” podcast in 2022, Kidman said, “I’m at the place where I’m being given the chance to view the world, because of how close we are. My mom is giving me the chance to view the world through an 81-year-old woman’s eyes. That is so beneficial right now, because she’s so cognizant. She has every brain faculty available, so she hasn’t lost anything. She hasn’t lost any memory, which is fascinating, and she’s extremely bright.”

“She’s giving me access, because she’s also very direct and very honest, and so I’m getting access to the world through her eyes, my mother’s eyes,” she continued. “It’s her perspective, obviously. There’s many different 80-year-old perspectives, but it’s her perspective, and her particular path, but I’m drinking it in and learning.”

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In 2020, Kidman opened up to the Sydney Morning Herald about how her mom always inspired her to chase her dreams.

“She’s given me the fire to pursue the career I have because I’ve always wanted to please her,” Kidman told the outlet. “But she also carved her own path and wanted her daughters to have the same opportunity to carve their own paths.”

“Mom didn’t necessarily get the career that she wanted, but she was determined that her daughters would have opportunities that were equal,” Kidman added. “That’s given me my life. And she gave me my life, she and my dad.”

Kidman’s father, Antony Kidman, died in 2014. 

Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley ripped NBA players on Sunday night over player complaints about the 65-game eligibility rule to be considered for awards and honors.

The NBA requires players to play at least 65 games in order to be considered for the league’s highest accolades. The rule became a source of consternation this year in a hotly contested MVP race as some players, who have been playing at a high level, have missed out on consideration.

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But Barkley had no time for players’ complaints.

“I don’t think 65 games is a lot to ask,” he said. “Man, shut the hell up. Y’all voted on that in the collective bargaining, now y’all want to complain. If y’all wasn’t sitting on your a– half the time, sipping margaritas and stuff, they wouldn’t have put the 65-game threshold in there. Shut the hell up.”

San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama and Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic each came down to the wire when it came to eligibility.

Wembanyama played 64 regular-season games with the NBA Cup Final counting toward his total. Jokic hit the 65-game minimum after playing 18 minutes against the Spurs on Sunday. Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is also in contention, having played 68 games.

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But Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham, who is having one of the best seasons of his NBA career, will not be eligible after only playing 64 games and missing time with a collapsed lung.

Cunningham’s injury sparked a statement from the National Basketball Players Association last month.

“Cade Cunningham’s potential ineligibility for postseason awards after a career-defining season is a clear indictment of the 65-game rule and yet another example of why it must be abolished or reformed to create an exception for significant injuries,” the union said. “Since its implementation, far too many deserving players have been unfairly disqualified from end-of-season honors by this arbitrary and overly rigid quota.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver stood firmly behind the rule.

“I’m not ready to say it’s not working,” Silver said in March. “It is working. I’m not ready to say that because there is a sense of unfairness for one player, the rule doesn’t work.”

President Donald Trump rejected American Bishop Robert Barron’s call to apologize to the Pope on Monday for comments he made on Truth Social, arguing that it was the Pope who is “wrong.”

Trump sparked a row with the Roman Catholic Church when he called Pope Leo out for his stance on the Iran war. Barron, while expressing gratitude for Trump’s defense of religious liberty, responded by politely suggesting that the president should apologize to the Pope for these comments.

Trump was asked by a reporter whether he planned on making such an apology.

“No I don’t, because Pope Leo said things that were wrong. he was very much against what I’m doing with regard to Iran, and you cannot have a nuclear Iran,” Trump replied. “Pope Leo would not be happy with the end result. You have hundreds of millions of people dead. And it’s not going to happen. So again, I think he’s very weak on crime and other things.”

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Trump went on to recall that he had praised the Pope’s brother, saying he likes him “better than I like the Pope.”

“You have to have law and order in our country. And that’s what we have now,” Trump said. “We have the lowest crime numbers we’ve had in a long time, despite the fact that many criminals were allowed into our country. But we’ve gotten a lot of them out. We’ve done a great job on crime. So we have the lowest murder rate in 125 years, since 1900, the lowest murder rate.”

“So we believe strongly in law and order,” Trump concluded. “And he seemed to have a problem with that. So there’s nothing to apologize for. He’s wrong. And the other thing is he didn’t like what we’re doing with respect to Iran. But Iran is a — wants to be a nuclear nation. So they can exterminate the world. Not gonna happen.”

“Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” Trump had written previously on Truth Social. “He talks about ‘fear’ of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart.”

Trump went on to make numerous other controversial statements in the post, such as declaring that he prefers Louis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV‘s brother, more than the Pope himself, saying “”He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon.”

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“The statements made by President Trump on Truth Social regarding the Pope were entirely inappropriate and disrespectful,” Barron responded in an X post. “They don’t contribute at all to a constructive conversation. It is the Pope’s prerogative to articulate Catholic doctrine and the principles that govern the moral life. In regard to the concrete application of those principles, people of good will can and do disagree.”

“I would warmly recommend that serious Catholics within the Trump administration — Secretary Rubio, Vice President Vance, Ambassador Brian Burch, and others — might meet with Vatican officials so that a real dialogue can take place,” he continued. “This is far preferable to the statements on social media.”

“I am very grateful for the many ways that the Trump administration has reached out to Catholics and other people of faith,” Barron added. “It has been a high honor to serve on the Religious Liberty Commission. No President in my lifetime has shown a greater dedication to defending our first liberty. All that said, I think the President owes the Pope an apology.”

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Shortly after feuding with the Pope over the weekend, Trump upset many Christians by posting what many have called a “blasphemous” AI art image of what many said appeared to be a portrayal of himself as a Jesus-like figure healing the sick. Some speculated that this was an attempt to troll the Pope, having been posted amid the administration’s feud with Roman Catholic leadership.

While Trump has denied he was trying to portray himself as the messiah, arguing of his image where he is in white and red robes with what appears to be holy light emanating from his hands that he was trying to portray “me as a doctor.” He has since deleted the post.