Kidman's Oscar call to Cruise

Kidman's Oscar call to Cruise

Kidman and Cruise divorced in 2001

Actress Nicole Kidman phoned ex-husband Tom Cruise to share her Oscar glory with him shortly after winning the Best Actress award.

Kidman made the long-distance call, from the US to New Zealand, where Cruise is staying, after taking the Oscar for her role in The Hours.

"Your heart has to stay loving," Kidman told People magazine.

"It was so important to me to talk to [their son] Connor and yes, to Tom," she added.

I'm waiting for someone to come rock my world

Nicole Kidman

"We have very different lives now but, as I've said to Tom, I will be there for him for the rest of his life, always there."

Kidman and Cruise's 10-year marriage ended in divorce in 2001.

Kidman described herself as "very single" and denied tabloid newspaper rumours of a romance with British actor Jude Law, her co-star in the movie Cold Mountain.

"He's a wonderful man and a good friend of mine, but there was no affair," she said.

"We spent seven months shooting and it's an intense love story so we were waiting for that. They did it with Ewan McGregor too, on Moulin Rouge."

But Kidman said her life was missing something.

"I want someone who says, 'I will stand by you and be there for you and your life is just as important to me as mine'.

"I'm not someone who just says, 'Oh yeah, this is silly and light and fun'. I like to be in love. Nothing casual. I'm not interested in casual.

"I'm waiting for someone to come rock my world," she said.