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As the red carpet arrivals got underway Nicole Kidman made a grand entrance arm-in-arm with hubby Keith Urban. With this kind of paparazzi attention, you gotta wonder how the expecting mother can see past the flashbulbs and make her way to the entrance.

All indications are that the much-anticipated baby will be born in Australia in July. Asked about the baby's sex, The Golden Compass actor said the information was "too personal".

Kidman's parents, doctor Antony Kidman and nurse Janelle, are believed to be planning to deliver the child, having acted as midwives to sister Antonia last year. Mrs Kidman hinted that the baby might arrive around Nicole's 41st birthday. "I think it's in July," she said.

In Queensland, country crooner Urban's father Bob welcomed the news. "Everybody's so happy," he said.