No Cruise (Birth) Control

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Katie Holmes is taking a page from the Angie Jolie book of celebrity parenting.

In a recent interview with "Entertainment Tonight," Holmes was asked if she was looking to have more kids anytime soon. The young Mrs. Cruise robotically -- no, emphatically -- responded, "Yes, definitely." Oh baby!

The Cruise/Holmes household is already teeming with brats –- Tom has two adopted kids with ex-wife Nicole Kidman, Conner, 12, and Isabella, 14, in addition to one-year-old daughter Suri. Holmes was her predictably gushy self when asked about Cruise's parenting skills: "He's a great father and so it came as no shock that when we had Suri, he was amazing with the baby. We're having the best time, it's so amazing." Amazing! Amazing! The full Holmes interview airs on Monday.

Is That Tom Cruise Playing Scientology's Pit Bull?

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It sure looks like him, he's got the hair, that same faux-robotic candor, and we all know how Mr. Cruise just loves to get up in people's faces about Scientology. But is it actually him?

In the new BBC documentary "Scientology and Me," reporter John Sweeney is repeatedly tailed -- and badgered -- by a Scientology bigshot who bears a shocking resemblance to the "Mission: Impossible" star. (Sweeney was caught on tape last week screaming at this same Church operative.)

So is it really Tom Cruise? Watch and decide -- and then find out the surprising truth after the jump.

TomKat Chews Out Brooke Shields

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Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes got the VIP treatment in Sin City this weekend -- eating a swanky, private dinner at the Wynn.


The couple ate with a group of friends, including pharmaceutical enemy-turned-buddy Brooke Shields, in a roped-off patio area of SW Steakhouse. Tom likes his meat!

After the meal, the group walked through the casino floor, where fans stepped away from slot machines and roulette tables to swarm the duo for photos and autographs.

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Tom Cruise's $6,250-A-Head Dinner

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Tom and Katie booked it to New York City yesterday to push a Scientology detox program with a pricey dinner.

TomKat made an appearance at a benefit for the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, a rehabilitation project based on the teachings of, guess who, L. Ron Hubbard. Tickets for the dinner went for $6,250 each, with the money going toward helping city workers who suffered breathing difficulties after 9/11.

Also spotted in New York last night: President Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey at The Old Vic, where Spacey is performing in "A Moon for the Misbegotten."

All this and more in today's Thetan, Presidential edition of Star Catcher.

New Book Hits Too Close to Holmes?

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Is "Hollywood Car Wash" -- the new novel about a young TV star from the Midwest who enters into a "contracted relationship" -- about Katie Holmes?

Various blogs have reported that Holmes got a copy of the book from a friend and is "furious" over it. When asked if Katie received the book, author Lori Culwell played it close to the vest; "I do know someone who knows her right now and might have given her the book," Culwell told TMZ. "I can't discuss any relationship with Katie Holmes, but I am sorry that she's upset about the book."

On her lawyer's advice, Culwell wouldn't tell us whether or not she knows Holmes, but she does maintain the book is "all based on real stories," and that "the main character is based on a person that is never, ever going to talk to me again."

"Hollywood Car Wash" is Culwell's debut novel, about a girl who lands a TV pilot and is forced to lose weight and completely change her appearance to be more marketable -- including "new teeth, blonder hair, and a megastar boyfriend with a big secret."

Holmes' rep, Ina Treciokas, flatly denies the rumors. She tells TMZ Katie has "never heard of this book, never read it and doesn't know the author."

The book has even drawn attention from a few film studios. "Three production companies are reading it for adaptation now," Culwell told us, before slyly adding, "And maybe Katie Holmes would like to play the main character." Maybe, indeed.

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Ground Control to Major Tom

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Tom Cruise had all the wrong moves as he tried to start his vintage Corvette outside of Mastro's last night.


TomKat emerged from the steakhouse and were immediately surrounded by photogs and autograph hounds. They quickly hopped into a 1950s Vette, but Cruise couldn't get the car started fast enough to make a quick getaway -- apparently not having the right touch.

After sitting in the car and looking embarrassed, the car finally let out a loud purr for the couple, and they were allowed to drive off.

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Chris Klein Scores Holmes Look-alike

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Chris Klein isn't dating Katie Holmes anymore ... but after taking a look at his new girl, he may not know it.

The "American Pie" star was spotted with girlfriend Ginnifer Goodwin outside the Arclight Cinema last night, and TMZ couldn't help but notice a striking similarity between babyfaced Ginny and Chris' ex, the current Mrs. Tom Cruise.

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Fans Go Cruisazy For Suri's Birthday!

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Believe it or not, but Suri Cruise is just two weeks shy of celebrating her first year on earth! How do you say Happy Birthday in Xenu?

With her April 18th silent birth-day fast approaching, TMZ has learned that it doesn't matter to rabid TomKat fans that they don't even know Suri -- they're still hitting stores to grab gifts for the little tot. Cruisazy!

On Wednesday, a customer entered world-famous baby boutique, Petit Tresor, asking if Suri was registered -- she isn't, but the infatuated shopper still picked up an $85 pink bunny bean bag chair for little Miss Cruise. And another like-minded fan charged up a pair $32 butterfly booties for the golden child.

Good luck getting them into the Cruise fortress!

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Is TomKat Getting Suri a Little Brother?

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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may be expecting a visit from the stork sometime soon.

TMZ has learned that a TomKat confidante went to trendy West Hollywood baby boutique Petit Tresor last week, looking for four "scenarios" for a boy's nursery. The TomKat friend was overheard saying, "We want to be prepared for a baby boy." We're told the interested themes for the room were: sports, nursery rhyme, cartoon and the color blue.

The estimated cost for the eggshell blue-themed room alone is $45,000 -- and would include a custom-made blue and white antique crib, blue bedding and blue walls with floating clouds. The shop was also given a deadline of April 15, three days before Suri's first birthday, to come up with the designs.

If the Cruises are expecting a little brother for Suri in the near future, the question is: Will he be biological or come via a Third World shopping trip?

Tom Puts Katie Under Cruise Control

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Tom Cruise loves his wife Katie so much, he's planning to go with her to the set of her new film – every single day.

According to Page Six, in the next month or so, Holmes will be going to Shreveport, La., to begin work on "Mad Money," a chick-buddy-heist flick that also stars Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah. And the seemingly uxorious Tom has told producers that he's going to be on set every day, with baby Suri in tow. What's more, an insider says that Tom chose the movie for Katie because there's no love interest for her and no love scenes.

A producer for "Mad Money" tells the Post he doesn't know if Cruise'll be around, and a TomKat rep had no comment.

OJ – Anna Nicole's Baby Daddy?

And you thought that so-called Prince was ridiculous. Now, OJ Simpson is the latest member of the human male species to throw his hat – and sperm – into the paternity ring in the Anna Nicole Smith case. Norm Pardo, a videographer who chronicled Simpson's movements for five years, tells Page Six that the double-murder acquittee told him that he "knew Anna Nicole pretty well," and – prepare for gross-out – that he had "slow-moving sperm," and as a result might be the father. Actually, says Pardo, OJ doesn't really want his possible paternity exposed, because, he says, "I don't want Fred Goldman trying to seize her money – or the baby herself." Simpson and Smith appeared together in "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult."

Barack Hearts Beyonce?

Sen. Barack Obama might be the brightest political star out there – and the next President to boot – but not even he could resist being starstruck when confronted by the bootylicious Beyonce Knowles. As Rush & Molloy report, Obama was the star attraction at a fundraiser at record exec L.A. Reid's New York home, and he glad-handed such fashion and music bigs as Tommy Hilfiger and Babyface Edmonds. But when he was introduced to Beyonce, Obama said, "I never do this, but can I ask for your autograph." And he requested a copy of a photo they took together.

Party Favors: Star on Court TV? ... "Sopranos" Production Gets Whacked in New Jersey Town

Star Jones might be coming back to TV in more than just a bit part on "Law & Order: SVU." Page Six reports that Starzilla could be getting her own show on Court TV. ... A New Jersey town council has given "The Sopranos" the shiv, forbidding the HBO series from shooting in Bloomfield, N.J., says the New York Post. The town's mayor, Raymond McCarthy, says that they're keeping the wiseguys away because of the show's "negative depictions of Italian-Americans." McCarthy also adds – POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT! – that producers wanted to shoot the very last scene of the very last episode of the series in an ice cream parlor in the town.

Cruise: A Half Billion Reasons to Love UA

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The Los Angeles Times' Claudia Eller reports that Team Cruise is closing in on some $500 million in financing that would be spread over several years at United Artists.

Now, we hate to admit this, but Cruise's career almost appears to be stabilizing.

After the "creative suicide" of last summer, Cruise's team has gone into overdrive: First the smart, classy deal that put Cruise into Robert Redford's next movie, "Lions for Lambs," in which in which Cruise plays a congressman.

(Even better, we hear that the congressman's name is not Mark Foley; Capitol Hill Blue, a non-partisan blog, wins our award for best recent Foley headline with "Mark Foley blows town," which in Foley's case could really mean anything. But we digress.)

More encouragingly, the LAT points out that Lambs had everyone, including Cruise, deferring their upfront fees so as to get the movie made for $35 million. Imagine: A Tom Cruise / Robert Redford / Meryl Streep movie for less than the price of a nuclear submarine?

But don't worry: Cruise still has a chance at blowing up this deal: Viz, "People close to the talks cautioned that the deal with expected lead investment bank Merrill Lynch wasn't final, and that terms were still being negotiated. They said an agreement could take an additional 10 days to two weeks to complete."

You hear that, Tom? Only ten days left to get the spray butter into your financial fridge. Better get cracking.

Katie Holmes Appears Sans Minders

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Thetan-in-training Katie Holmes brought her hypnotic charm to the ultra-chic Giorgio Armani fashion show Saturday night, where she posed for pics on the red carpet and even took time to answer a few questions.

Sounding like she was reading from a script, Holmes talked about the Beckhams, the Oscars, her upcoming project and baby Suri.

It's nice to see the anatomically correct doll, er, actress speak.

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Suri Has Landed

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Ever the jet-setting baby, photogs caught up with Tom Cruise Jr. at LAX, with her mom and grandma.

No word on where the elusive little one and her fam were coming from, but she sure looked tan, rested and ready... for a nap.

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Hottest Videos Week of 02/04

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Former wrestler Chyna Doll, went toe to toe with Monique Goen, wife of TRIMSPA CEO Alex Goen, over the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Goen accused Chyna of being a publicity whore who was never a friend of Anna Nicole. Chyna replied that she didn't need publicity because, "I get my own."

TomKat can do a lot of things, conceive a child, jump on couches, perhaps even sway celebrities to join Scientology. Yet with all those talents, there is one that eludes the power couple: The power of dance.

All is fair in love and comedy. If a jilted woman can drive almost 900 miles to confront an adversary over a man, Letterman can certainly create the Top Ten signs an astronaut is trying to kill you. Check out the hilarity.

Katie Holmes Upgrades, Ditches Posh

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The Bride of Cruisenstein ditched her Miami retiree look and threw on a breathtaking frock for Paris Fashion Week.

Holmes looked positively stunning at the Armani show last night in an off-the-shoulder light green number and ditched BFF Posh to enjoy the show with the likes of Cate Blanchett and Rachel McAdams, who was adorably giddy over boyfriend Ryan Gosling's Oscar nom.

But last night in Paris, all eyes were on Katie.

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PoshKat Invades Paris

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A-list wives Victoria Beckham and Katie Holmes took their BFF love tour to the City of Lights.

The ladies, dressed in basic black, caused a flashbulb frenzy on Tuesday as they arrived for the opening of a new Armani store in Paris. The emaciated and fashionable Posh sported an au courant bubble-shaped dress, while Katie donned the latest in AARP chic, in what appears to be one of Bea Arthur's "Golden Girls" funeral scene castoffs.

Katie still has a ways to go before her Operating Thetan level reaches Fashionista stage.

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