Restaurant Staff Comes to TomKat's Rescue

Tom Cruise's dinner date with baby mama Katie Holmes had all the elements of a big screen action film -- romance, thrills and even a dramatic escape.

After the paparazzi spotted the couple quietly dining at Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica Saturday night, chaos quickly ensued. The photogs were locked and loaded outside the restaurant waiting for the famous couple to exit, when an army of restaurant employees came to the rescue by holding up their aprons and obstructing the cameras as best they could.

Even Giorgio Baldi himself stepped in, jumping in front of the lenses of the lingering photographers.

Guess Tom left one heck of a tip!



Tags: il ristorante di giorgio baldi, IlRistoranteDiGiorgioBaldi, katie holmes, KatieHolmes, paparazzi, rescue, staff, tom cruise, TomCruise

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16. jeez what the hell is wrong with paparazzi. it only leads me to believe that the "paparazzi" is not there just for snapping the pictures.. as lohan once said.. they try to create a situation where stars react to the situation and then they snap pictures of these celebs in odd poses.. so they can sell them for big bucks. it is not hard to snap a picture without causing a shoving match in front of a running car

Posted at 5:20PM on Sep 11th 2006 by modis

17. jeez what the hell is wrong with paparazzi. it only leads me to believe that the "paparazzi" is not there just for snapping the pictures.. as lohan once said.. they try to create a situation where stars react to the situation and then they snap pictures of these celebs in odd poses.. so they can sell them for big bucks. it is not hard to snap a picture without causing a shoving match in front of a running car

Posted at 5:28PM on Sep 11th 2006 by modis

18. It always amazes me how much negativity gets tossed at Tom, but not at Katie. Is she not a gold digger? What a great Catholic getting knocked up out of wedlock. What has she done with her career after Dawson's Creek except for Batman? Does she have any upcoming jobs besides child support? Seems like there is a lot of coat tail riding going on. Tom did get Nicole on the map.

Katie is a female Kevin Federline.

Posted at 5:41PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Perez Hilton

19. Katie Holmes definately has her own agenda. My opinion of her has gone way down. She is no mother. Mother's SPEND TIME with their babies. She made a deal with the DEVIL when she signed on to play WIFEY. Everything they do SCREAMS OUT " Phonies "

Just once I would like to read about how Katie was shopping, or eating out , or running a errand where she is pictured with her daughter. I am sorry, but it doesn't take a Mental Giant, to figure out that something is terribly wrong with this picture. I hope Tom Cruise is exposed for the FRAUD that he is.

Posted at 6:14PM on Sep 11th 2006 by nicole

20. Wow ! Not again. When is this blitz of damage control going to end ? Just when you think it's over , they pop up again pretending to be in LOVE.

Common sense tells you that you don't pick someone out of a movie and all of a sudden your both in love with each other. Hell these two didn't even know each other's bad habbits and they were living together and she was knocked up. Only in Tom's sick world does that happen.

I don't care how many times she goes on Showbiz tonight professing her well rehursed lines about how much in love they are. I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT. They are both a couple of actors playing out their roles until the HEAT DIES OFF. I'm afraid we will be seeing these 2 sorry asses for a while to come. The baby on the other hand, we may never see again.

Posted at 6:21PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Kevin

21. Hello -

I am from Canada and it just makes me so angry to watch you pathetic scumbags stalking these stars. This is a rarety in Canada that this kind of thing happens and if it does it is most likely an American trashy rag that comes to Canada.

You people are just the lowest scum of the earth and I hope that you will rot in hell.

Posted at 6:16PM on Sep 12th 2006 by Michael Walsh

22. People, get a life!

Posted at 12:20AM on Sep 13th 2006 by McK

23. Hey, Wise Old Owl - did you ever think that maybe a high end restaurant is NOT someplace to take a baby for the evening. Perhaps you don't mind since you take your baby with you everywhere but I object strongly to being at a restaurant, especially an expensive restaurant, and having to share the evening with crying babies. You said that this restaurant has a high celebrity clientele and I doubt any of the patrons of the restaurant would have appreciated an infant while they dine. Maybe they didn't rent a baby, maybe they rented a babysitter for the evening. Sorry but I can't condemn them for leaving the baby home this time - and I'm willing to bet had they taken the baby with them, the flack would have been high and loud.

Posted at 7:25PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Lu

24. Well Michael Walsh this is "America" on-line not "hosers" on line so bugger off! Kanook.

I know why they agreed to screen T and K. Tom gave them all blow jobs as a tip.

Posted at 9:12PM on Sep 11th 2006 by iseeu

25. How about if some of you comment on your own relationships. Why is it any of your business if they love each other, what there baby looks like or why they choose to go out to dinner at a nice restaurant. All of you seem to just be out to take shots at them because there beautiful and rich and famous and maybe your all all low income not so good looking people with no good job prospects. Does anyone care to say what there profession is or there age or anything about them. Probally not because that is private and you want to keep it to your self. Well guess what they diserve some privacy too. Just because we pay them to entertain us does not give us the right to know every last detail about there lives. Try having a friend photograph you in the manner the papperazzi do one day and see how it feels. Athletes get paid millions of dollars too and they don't get terrorized on a daily basis. If your not happy with your looks go to a gym or get plastic surgery and if you don't like your job get a better one. Go back to school if you need to. But stop being so cruel you all have no right. I own my own cleaning business bye the way and am 30 and live in atlanta and i'm completely average looking and okay with that.

Posted at 10:13PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Lynn Jones

26. that was hilarious! why did the employees help tom get away ? did they at least get paid extra!! they really want them to come back, they must of been good spenders for the cooks to get involved...lol i think they would of been better off without help because it's obvious that tom and kat didn't seem bothered by all the attention they where getting, and they are used to it by now

Posted at 11:08PM on Sep 11th 2006 by the bodyguard

27. For post # 13 Lu. As a matter of fact, I did take my infant out with me to fine resturants. She was very well behaved, and I never had an incident where fellow dinner's where compromised. I did have quite a few come up to comment how beautiful she was and remark what a good baby she was.

But I'm not just talking about resturants here. I am talking about going ANYWHERE WITH HER. I am just sick to death of Tom's over obsessed fans who will stick up for his actions without reasoning. NO matter what his odd behaviior is, you just make up poor excuses for it.


Do you work for Tom Cruise ? Just curious ?

Posted at 11:27PM on Sep 11th 2006 by the wise old owl

28. 1: I think they believe themselves in lov ein their alternate reality and htey have achild together (even if its disputed)

2: There are son many holloywood actors who are famous and yet never seen in al lthe famous place like teh ivey where the paps hang out. In the 80s Patrick Swayze voiced that as an actor you can choose to avoid the publicty by not going to these high end places. Those who go to these places are looking for attention

3: Tom is simply mounting serious PR to salvage his career, and Katie the obedient Paramour is only workign hard for her Designer garbs by helping including her parents

4: I think we all agree that they live in a pretty fucked up reality. They can choose to dissapear and not be seen fo rmonths but when they intentionally hang out in places where the flash bulbs are going pop pop..then they really should not complain

5. Celebs can afford not to know each other bad habits after all they have the help wiping their asses so it takes longer than regular folk for the charm to wear off. Yes it may seem like they divorce and break up quickly , but if they were ordinary folk they would not have one beyond the first date, because lack of champs and chocolats will give you a clearer vision of the person

6: Finallly, these two certainly have nannies. They obviously spend too much time sans the baby to actually be the primary care taker. How on earth does a breastfeeding mon spend a whole day shopping..Her milk should stain her clothes or the baby will be living on formula...WIERDOS

7: Cant wait for this to bust wide open even if it takes ten years. Katies will sign a a prenup and doe swill nto be getting much. Afterall Tom made sure he divorced Nicole a few days before their actual 10 year anniversary so he didnt have to split his money..SMART TOM...Katie will become th emost miserable shit in hooluwood especially since she ruining her career to be with the jerk, she wont have much to fall on..Nicole at least worked on a great career.

Posted at 11:44PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Miapocca

29. : I think they believe themselves in love in their alternate reality and they have a child together (even if its disputed)

2: There are so many holloywood actors who are famous and yet never seen in all the famous places like the ivy where the paps hang out. In the 80s Patrick Swayze voiced that as an actor you can choose to avoid the publicty by not going to these high end places. Those who go to these places are looking for attention

3: Tom is simply mounting serious PR to salvage his career, and Katie the obedient Paramour is only working hard for her Designer garbsand including her parents in this farce

4: I think we all agree that they live in a pretty fucked up reality. They can choose to dissapear and not be seen for months but when they intentionally hang out in places where the flash bulbs are going pop pop..then they really should not complain

5. Celebs can afford not to know each others bad habits after all they have the help wiping their asses so it takes longer than regular folk for the charm to wear off. Yes it may seem like they divorce and break up quickly , but if they were ordinary folk they would not have gOne beyond the first date, because lack of champs and chocolats will give you a clearer vision pronto

6: These two certainly have nannies. They obviously spend too much time sans the baby to actually be the primary care takers. How on earth does a breastfeeding mon spend a whole day shopping..Her milk should stain her clothes or the baby will be living on formula...WIERDOS

7: Cant wait for this ride to end for both. Katie will defintely sign a prenup so will probaly leave with her jeans and white shirt only . Afterall Tom made sure he divorced Nicole a few days before their actual 10 year anniversary so he didnt have to split his money..SMART TOM...Katie will become the most miserable shit in hollywood especially since she is ruining her career to be with the jerk, she wont have much to fall on. , her looks are mediocre, are acting is mediocre and thats about it. Nicole at least worked on a great career as a respectable actress. Katies has along way to go and Uncle with fight tooth and nail for his claimed biological daughter.

Posted at 11:55PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Miapocca

30. To Wise Old Owl - Nope, don't work for Tom Cruise. But I am one of the very many who have gone to a fine restaurant and had to put up with the squalls of babies who's parents couldn't bear to leave their little angel at home and just assumed that, since she's beautiful (aren't all babies in the eyes of their parents), naturally other patrons of the restaurant would be willing to overlook a few tears. Perhaps your infant was angelic and never cried - unfortunately I've been in far too many instances where that wasn't the case. Believe it or not, many of us still believe there are a few places where the presence of a baby is just not appropriate.

As for them not taking their baby ANYWHERE - well, after seeing the antics of the paparazzi I can't say that I really blame them. Why would anyone want to put their child through that kind of trauma? Cruise and Holmes get the attention that comes with the kind of life they've chosen to lead - that doesn't mean that their baby has to be part of the package. I'd really be rather disgusted if they were out putting her on display "in the flesh". The way the paparazzi pushes and paws at celebrities is bad enough without putting a child at risk for the same kind of treatment. You can see in the video that "anything goes" when it comes to getting that very saleable picture - do you really think the average paparazzi would be less forceful if the baby were with her famous parents?

Posted at 12:00AM on Sep 12th 2006 by Lu

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