Nicole Roles: Nicole Kidman's casual- business ensemble in Paris: refreshingly ...

These are new photos of Nicole Kidman in Paris yesterday. Is there an age cut-off for when we stop doing Bump Watch on women? Nicole is 45 years old – isn’t it possible that she’s merely clutching her abdomen because she’s hungry, or because she’s full, or because she doesn’t like her outfit or something? At this point, can’t we stop with the “OMG, Nicole is trying to tell us something!” headlines? Sorry, that was just bothering me.

Anyway, I do kind of like Nicole’s outfit. It’s a nice mixture of styles and vibes – great purse, nice pants, too-frilly shirt, and she’s using a giant hair clip, just like me! I would wear this whole outfit, only exchanging the ruffled blouse for a something crisper. I love the cardigan in particular, and I like that I wasn't immediately assaulted by Nicole's lips.

In other Kidman news, she’s been making headlines recently because she’s been wheeling and dealing in international real estate. Nicole just picked up her second apartment in Sydney – she bought the apartment adjacent to the penthouse she already owned in a building by the Sydney Harbor. According to The Mail, Nicole and Keith “are consolidating the two by knocking down an interior wall and expanding one of the kitchens. And as well a purchasing the property next door, the actress has also splashed out $2.68 million on a 19th floor apartment, which she will use as her home office." You can see photos of her penthouse here – it’s really beautiful.

And just last week, Nicole unloaded one of her Manhattan properties for $16 million. Nicole had owned a West Village apartment for nine years – the place only had three bedrooms, which probably made it much too small for Nicole and her family. There’s Keith, their two girls, plus an assortment of nannies and assistants and such. They would obviously need a bigger place. You know what struck me? Nicole owned two apartments in New York… and she didn’t lend out either of them to Tom Cruise OR Katie Holmes when Tom and Katie were going through their thing. Which just proves to me that Nicole seriously did NOT want to get involved.