Nicole Kidman Has More Oscar Nominations Than Tom Cruise

Just One Quick Nice Fact

Then you can get right back to what you’re doing

I know the past 24 hours have been full of a lot of [clears throat], [pulls collar], and [blinks twice], and I definitely want you to get back to the horror of that in a timely manner, but before you do I thought we’d take a sec to share one little fact about this morning’s 2017 Academy Award Nomination announcements.

I learned about it on Twitter myself:

Nicole Kidman now has more Oscar nominations than Tom Cruise.

 — @IAmBlankenship

Isn’t that nice? A poised and seemingly hardworking actor who spent years toiling beneath her iconic then-husband’s embroilment in a pyramid scheme/religion/abusive science society, who somehow managed to get out of that marriage and build a non-culty life of her own design, who then married a country singer and started doing fun comedy bits on late night television, has finally surpassed her former husband’s achievements in terms of critical recognition today. She is, once and for all, Doing Just Fine Without Him Even Though He Was Quite Famous, Thank You. And it’s true! Here’s Nicole’s list of nominations:

And here’s Tom’s:

That’s gotta feel……………….real good.