Australian entertainment royalty Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman have been honored with a new assignment before the upcoming AACTA Awards.

The duo will now be seen as the President and Vice President of the AACTA. According to Daily Mail, Crowe has been named the organization’s President, Kidman will take over as its vice president. 

It is the same organization, which helped to boost their respective acting careers after they bagged their first AACTA prizes way back in 1991 and 1987, respectively. Both these actors have also bagged Oscars and are expected to use their new designations to nurture Aussie acting talents.

They will also make sure for the international growth of AACTA, as well as to boost their country’s business globally. 

Russell Crowe will succeed Geoffrey Rush, who resigned from his post willingly in 2017. He did so after the Sydney Theater Company started probing into his alleged “inappropriate behavior.” However, Rush has refused the accusation.

The Robin Hood star mentioned that it is their responsibility to inspire people working in the TV and film industry or those who are fond of the entertainment industry to get associated with the Academy. 

While the actress is doing extremely professionally, she revealed the secret of her happiness in her personal life. Kidman revealed that her husband, Keith Urban rescued her from being lonely. The actress mentioned that she is lucky to return home to her husband and loves listening to music while running. 

The actress feels it has been her good fortune to enjoy an excellent relationship with her husband and describes her husband as a “strong, warm, kind man.” She feels the world is lonely, but the country crooner’s presence in her life has saved her. 

The actress sees loneliness all around her and has observed that people do not even embrace each other these days. While she is lucky to return home to be with her husband, Nicole Kidman feels sorry for all those people who do not have a loving partner to come back to, according to a report by Entertainment Tonight. 

The lockdown period has given her the opportunity to spend more time with her husband and two daughters Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret. The 53-year-old The Undoing actress opened up about how the pandemic has affected her two children. 

Nicole Kidman mentioned that her two daughters have gotten used to online learning as they frequently travel because of their high-profile jobs. However, her children missed meeting their friends regularly amid the 2020 lockdown, according to People magazine.