NAOMI Watts has returned home for Christmas to attend the wedding of a friend and give her young sons Sasha, 3, and Samuel, 2, a welcome break from the New York chill.
Watts and her husband, actor Liev Schreiber, have spent every day at the beach since flying into Sydney earlier this week, catching up with some friends at Bronte.

The actress is here to attend the wedding of her long-time film publicist friend Emma Cooper, who will marry at Taronga Zoo next week.

Cooper, who was friends with Watts and Heath Ledger during their ill-fated romance, is to marry film and television writer Harry Cripps. Cripps was previously married to actress Sarah Chadwick.

Close friends and likely wedding guests include Anthony LaPaglia and Gia Carides, Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg, Lisa Hensley, muso Tim Freedman and comedian Mary Coustas.

The ceremony will take place at a location close to Cooper's heart - her father Guy was the zoo's director for years.

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But Cooper's six-month-old son Casper was having a play date with Sasha and Sam and spending time with his godparents, Watts and Schreiber.

After the beach visit, Schreiber beat a hasty retreat to Camperdown, where he stuck his head into enthusiasts' bike shop Deus Ex Machina to try one of the customised 1950s-styled one-cylinder bikes favoured by Orlando Bloom when in town.