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Nicole Kidman gets close with Troye Sivan in new music video

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Nicole Kidman is turning heads with a bold new music video appearance. The moment comes shortly after she opened up publicly about her love life following her divorce from Keith Urban.

The 59-year-old actress took to Instagram on Friday, August 14, sharing a preview of her appearance in Troye Sivan’s new music video, “She’s the Best.” In it, she is seen getting close with the 31-year-old singer.

Kidman appears in a striking, fitted black dress, paired with a matching coat, leather gloves and sunglasses throughout the video. The visual leans into a glamorous, nightlife-inspired aesthetic.

The video follows Kidman’s character walking down a street before entering a club where Sivan performs alongside several drag queens. Sivan’s lyrics describe a stylish, enigmatic woman moving confidently through the nightlife scene, a character brought to life on screen by Kidman.

Seated near the stage with a drink in hand, Kidman is shown playfully gesturing for Sivan to join her. The two later share an intimate dance sequence, moving closely together as the scene builds toward its climax.

The video’s release comes shortly after Kidman sat down with British Vogue for its September 2026 cover story. In that interview, she made a candid comment about her openness to falling in love again.

She explained that while she can still approach life intellectually, she no longer wants her decisions ruled purely by logic. Kidman said she has always aimed to live a thoughtfully examined life.

She went on to describe her current approach to relationships as one rooted in openness. According to Kidman, that means trying new things, accepting mistakes, and staying willing to embrace love despite past setbacks.

She said she is committed to keeping her heart open to new possibilities going forward. Kidman is currently rumoured to be dating private equity figure Michael Reinstein, though neither has publicly confirmed the relationship.

Her latest music video cameo adds another unexpected chapter to what has already been an eventful year for the actress, both personally and professionally.

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The Senate committee, chaired by Senator Nasir Mehmood, took up the Green Enclave II and Sky Gardens matter during its meeting at Parliament House and decided to summon senior officials to explain how the disputed transactions and agreements took place. According to the briefing by NAB Director General Rizwan Khan, an inquiry into Green Enclave II, also known as Commerce Sky Gardens, was initiated on the basis of a Supreme Court judgment dated May 4, 2018. The central issue was the alleged conversion of Shamlaat land, which is common village land, into private land. NAB told the committee that the Supreme Court had placed a legal bar on the partition, construction and transfer of Shamlaat land and had declared such transactions illegal from the beginning. Despite this, more than 3,000 kanals in Moza Mengal were transferred to a private developer through two mutations in April 2018. The timing of these mutations became particularly controversial. NAB told the committee that the Supreme Court judgment came around 10 days after the mutations. The Naib Tehsildar Murree subsequently cancelled the mutations. However, after an appeal by the developer, the mutations were restored without following the required legal process, according to the NAB briefing. The issue did not end there. In April 2019, the Deputy Commissioner Murree wrote to the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) and warned that the land was ineligible for a housing project because of the Supreme Court judgment. Despite this warning, the FGEHA Executive Board signed a joint venture agreement with the developer on October 11, 2019. The committee was told that 4,086 kanals were subsequently transferred to FGEHA and that by 2023, Rs5.4 billion had been released to the private contractor for development. Another issue raised before the committee was that the same party that supplied the land was also given the development contract without bidding. 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