--- title: Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Have Practical Magic Reunion description: Practical Magic fans who tuned into the Oscars red carpet were treated to an unexpected reunion between the movie's two iconic stars. canonical: https://time.com/5185778/oscars-2018-nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-practical-magic-reunion/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-05T16:52:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:05.993Z og:title: Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Have Enchanted the Internet og:description: The Owens sisters from Practical Magic are back og:url: https://time.com/5185778/oscars-2018-nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-practical-magic-reunion/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a240b89993b54/6989299d096a94ce486a1b53/nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-oscars-academy-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-oscars-academy-awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Have Enchanted the Internet twitter:description: The Owens sisters from Practical Magic are back twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a240b89993b54/6989299d096a94ce486a1b53/nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-oscars-academy-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Had an Enchanting _Practical Magic_ Reunion at the 2018 Oscars > Sponsored content. 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Getty Images (2)  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 5, 2018 4:52 PM UTC _Practical Magic_ fans who tuned into the red carpet of the [90th Annual Academy Awards](http://time.com/5183817/oscars-2018-best-worst-moments/) on Sunday were treated to an unexpected [reunion](http://time.com/5093870/golden-globes-kit-harington-emilia-clarke/) between the movie’s two iconic stars. As Sandra Bullock filled ABC in on the upcoming [all-female _Ocean’s 8_ reboot](http://time.com/5070941/oceans-8-trailer-released-sandra-bullock/) leading up to the show, [Nicole Kidman](http://time.com/5184948/nicole-kidman-surprises-tourists-oscars-2018/) snuck up to join her onetime co-star. After feigning annoyance at Kidman’s surprise appearance, Bullock recalled a memory from their time filming the 1998 cult classic. “We were actually talking about you today,” she told Kidman. “We were talking about when we shot together and we asked her to get the tequila. She came back with her own tequila but we drank it anyway. We were a little drunk.” Oscar viewers were obviously enchanted by this magical callback and took to social media to express their love for the Owens sisters. “Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock talking about how much they love Practical Magic and show it to their kids just made my year/decade/life,” one Twitter user summed it up. > [](https://twitter.com/kpfallon/status/970463002653638656) See some of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/JarettSays/status/970462897414422528) > [](https://twitter.com/twinkiesandwine/status/970463323878711296) > [](https://twitter.com/bullockslays/status/970503724433944576) > [](https://twitter.com/GreggyBennett/status/970463036535459846) > [](https://twitter.com/taylorcon21/status/970463648962445312) > [](https://twitter.com/dodaistewart/status/970463273341550592) > [](https://twitter.com/prettyiconic/status/970462303912161280) > [](https://twitter.com/AlannaBennett/status/970462920994893825) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5185778/oscars-2018-nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-practical-magic-reunion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5185778/oscars-2018-nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-practical-magic-reunion/"},"headline":"Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Had an Enchanting Practical Magic Reunion at the 2018 Oscars","datePublished":"2018-03-05T16:52:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:05.993Z","description":"The Owens sisters are back","url":"https://time.com/5185778/oscars-2018-nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-practical-magic-reunion/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a240b89993b54/6989299d096a94ce486a1b53/nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-oscars-academy-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf19a240b89993b54/6989299d096a94ce486a1b53/nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-oscars-academy-awards.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-oscars-academy-awards","caption":"Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock presenting at the 90th Academy Awards.","creditText":"Getty Images (2)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5185778/oscars-2018-nicole-kidman-sandra-bullock-practical-magic-reunion/","name":"Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Had an Enchanting Practical Magic Reunion at the 2018 Oscars"}}]}] ```