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Newsmakers Tom Cniise and Nicole Kidman are no longer Hollywoorft power couple. Cruise filed for (fivorce on Wednesday, dting'irreconcilable differences.' Cruise, Kidman conflict shocks all THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -Tom Cruise filed for divorce Wednesday, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for splitting with actress Nicole Kidman after 10 years of marriage. The Superior Court petition, filed two days after the couple dis closed their separation, said they will share custody of their adopted children Conor, 6, and Isabella, 8. "It is Tom Cruise’s desire that the dissolution of the marriage be handled amicably,” attorney Dennis Wasser said. "His major concern is the welfare of the par ties’children.” The couple separated in December, the filing said. On Monday, the couple blamed “diffi culties inherent in divergent careers” for keeping them con stantly apart Publicists said the actors would have no additional com ment Itis the second failed marriage for Cruise, who divorced Mimi Rogers in 1990 after three years. That same year, Kidman and Cruise met on the set of "Days of Thunder” and were married that Christmas Eve inltelluride, Colo. Cruise, 38, has starred in a number ofhigh-grossing and crit ically acclaimed films, including “Born on the Fourth of July,” "A Few Good Men,” “Jerry Maguire,” "Mission: Impossible,” "Rain Man,” “Tbp Gun” and “Magnolia.” Kidman, 33, spent three months in Spain last fall filming “The Others,” and Cruise was one of the executive producers. Her movie credits include “Batman Forever,” “Malice” and “To Die For” The couple also starred together in the films “Far and Away" and 1998's “Eyes Wide Shut,” the erotic final film of Stanley Kubrick. The couple divided their time between homes in New York, Los Angeles, Colorado and Kidman’s native Australia, where news of the breakup hit hard. A front-page headline Wednesday in The Australian read: “Ibm and Nicole admit it's mission impossible.” The couple were the toast of Sydney last year, living in a sprawl ing mansion while filming sepa rate projects. They appeared regu larly at social functions and Cruise won the hearts of sports fans by throwing his support behind a local rugby league team. Ros Reines, a gossip columnist with the tabloid Sunday Telegraph, said she was shocked. “They were the Hollywood dream couple - our Nic and Tom,” she said. However, not all papers were sympathetic. “Balancing work and family life is a formidable challenge for us all, but Tom and Nicole are among those best-equipped to do it,” The Australian said, pointing out the couple was worth an esti mated $250million. “Who do Tom and Nicole think they’re kidding?” Mylow brings energy to Royal Grove's stage BAND from page 8 night has been a thrill for Stump. “It's like being Batman/ Stump says. Mylow performs a high-ener gy live set, drawing off of the dynamics of the crowd. The set list of each show is determined as the performance progresses, creating a spontaneous feel for the band as well as the crowd. Mylow strives to send listeners away happy and believes they hit thespot “They leave feeling like valued Wal-Mart customers,” Lloyd quips. Although Thursday nights at the Grove don’t draw a large crowd, Mylow enjoys the regular gig. They hail the Grove’s sound system as the best in Lincoln and fold the weekly commitment to playing is like an added rehearsal Mylow thinks that the Grove’s new “Mylow Drink Specials” will draw a larger crowd, offering 10 cent draws from 9 to 10 pjn. Lloyd says, “If you’ve got a couple bucks laying around, I highly suggest you have your Mom drop you off (at die Grove).” Having played with various groups like Grasshopper Takeover, Angry Salad and the Corey Feldman Band, Mylow knows the importance of expos ing their sound to various audi ences and invites promising local acts to join them every Thursday at the Grove. This week, Common Rare Deformity will be the open ing band Myiow is putting foe finishing touches on their first full-length album, “On This Side.” They plan to send foe album to record labels around foe country and sell them at their shows. Lloyd, Stump and Lahman are ready to take their sound to a larg er audience. Although, Stump points out that its rare to be a pro fessional musician “as long as B.B. King’s been at it,” Lloyd says he's willing “to do this as long as they let me” 'Hannibal'adds new flavor to tale THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Imagine that your favorite restaurant has reopened under new manage ment The cuisine is different the hostess unfamiliar and the decor a litde exotic. You miss the old place, until you notice that the same old chef is behind the stove, simmering and grilling, and your favorite waiter ambles over with a crooked smile. Now it might seem rude to flee. In a similar way, the produc ers of "Hannibal” also hope you’ll stay. Their sequel to “The Silence of the Lambs” has a new director, screenwriter and female lead, but they hope you’ll sample the fare nonetheless. This time, director Jonathan Demme, screenwriter Ted Tally and Jodie Foster are out. Replacing them are director Ridley Scott, screenwriters Steven Zaillian and David Mamet, and Julianne Moore as FBI agent Clarice Starling. But two key ingredients remain: Thomas Harris, who pro vided a new menu with his best selling follow-up novel, and Anthony Hopkins, who’s back for another feast as the urbane can nibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. “I know the expectations of die audience,” says Hopkins, who won the 1991 best-actor Academy Award for playing Lecter and sent theatergoers into the night mak ing fava bean and Chianti jokes. "I did make a conscious deci sion not to repeat the same tricks of‘The Silence of the Lambs’ - to introduce bits and pieces of his character, but not to go on play ing the same old, ‘Ahhh, Clarice he says, momentarily slipping into character. Moore, on the other hand, faced a different dilemma. Her character had already been bro ken in by another actress who had done such a good job that she’d also been rewarded with an Oscar. “My biggest concern always, whenever I take any kind of role, is am I going to be able to do the part justice?” Moore says. “That was particularly the case with this because it was played to perfec tion by Jodie Fbster.” TWo others who weren't in the original also grabbed meaty parts: Gary Oldman, as a former victim of Letter's, and Ray Liotta, who plays Starling's boss. liotta got the job after button holing the director outside a Los Angeles gym. “To work with Anthony Hopkins playing this part is like working with Martin Scorsese doing a Mafia movie,” says liotta, who starred in Scorsese’s mobster masterpiece “Goodfellas.” “It’s their forte. What can be better than that?" The new $80 million movie begins 10 years after Starling and Lecter last battled wits. He’s laying low in Italy, while she is souring on the FBI and its bureaucracy. 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