Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are separating after nearly two decades of marriage. The Academy Award-winning actor and Grammy Award-winning country singer's split was confirmed Monday by NBC News. TMZ was first to report the separation.

COMMENT: After nearly 20 years of marriage, the A-listers have separated. In a world of increasing instability, this might just be the final straw, writes . After all, if they can’t make it... who can?

Australia swooned in 2006 when the nation’s cinematic sweetheart Nicole Kidman finally got the wedding – big, Catholic and Sydney-based – she deserved at Manly’s St Patrick’s College to homegrown country music star Keith Urban.