Hey, wait a minute…
Did Tom Cruise....
A: wear lifts for his wedding portrait.
B: talk Katie Holmes into wearing flats under her wedding gown.
C: convince Katie to have a few inches of femur surgically removed.
And check out this very telling sign of tension/nerves...
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Katie Holmes snuck into the 2006 Women's Image Network Awards last night to accept one for Helen Mirren, who was unable to attend. Who even knew they knew each other?
And even though she was sans Tom (Mr. Control) Cruise, Katie -- sorry, Tom -- Kate was in good company.
Here she is with Phyllis Stuart, CEO of WIN and Senator Barbara Boxer (D), Calif., honored as "Woman of the Year."
Kate's definitely been dieting down to fit into the rumored Armani wedding gown she plans to wear for her upcoming wedding in Italy.
But this gig must have been a last-minute deal since she clearly didn't have time to fix her hair or find a blouse that fits. (Check out those unfortunate busting-open buttons.)
Somebody get this poor kid a stylist. C'mon Tom. You can afford it.
Photo Credits: courtesy of The Women's Network
Greystone Mansion was the site of a grisly murder/suicide back in 1929.
But yesterday the historic house was haunted only by the frightening new fashion trend - A-line, bubble and sack dresses - at a chic gathering of Hollywood ladies including Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow, Estee Lauder model/actress Carolyn Murphy, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Richie, Monet Mazur, Gabrielle Reese, Bridget Wilson-Sampras (Pete’s wife), Laura Dern and Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon.
“There’s a ghost here,” whispered Murphy, who had once done a fashion shoot in the enormous mansion, as she posed for photos in a black bell-shaped Bottega Veneta dress. Why ring the bell? “I like this dress because it has huge pockets.”
Pockets and breathing room must be why so many of the gals at Aerin Lauder's private luncheon for Paltrow. turned up in tent and bubble dresses. Even Richie, who certainly doesn’t have to worry about looking fat in anything, wore a baggy turquoise sack dress. Talk about gilding the skinny lily.
Paltrow bucked the For Whom the Bell Tolls trend with a silver satin Prada dress. She was last to arrive after a personal app at Saks Fifth Avenue (where she’d worn beige Alexander McQueen) to meet fans buying her limited edition Pleasures fragrance collection. Proceeds went to Lauder’s Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which has raised $140 million since ’93.
Most of the luncheon chit-chat on the patio overlooking Beverly Hills was – duh - about babies. Bridget's got two boys, Gaby's got a daughter, 2, and an 11-year-old. Laura's got a boy, 5, and a girl, almost 2. And it was a veritable coo-fest when Gwyneth brought out her adorable (just over five months) bundle of boy, Moses, to squeals from the lunch bunch, including Crow’s mom, aunt and cousin.
“He looks like a Raphael painting,” said Crow’s mom. And she was right. At a glance, Paltrow, gazing lovingly at the wavy-haired cherub in her arms, looked a modern day "Madonna of the Chair." Crow, Dern and Reese took turns cuddling little Moses but he gave the most smiles to a familiar face, Paltrow’s power-publicist, Steven Huvane. Smart kid.
Sorry, i can't show you pixs of Paltrow's latest pride and joy. Although she smiled for photos with all the luncheon guests, she was very strict about her no-baby-photos rule.
Hopefully not as strict as Tom Cruise, thank God, who held little Suri hostage for that Vanity Fair cover.
When not oogling Moses, Crow talked about the ongoing fight for a cure.
“Every day women walk up to me and introduce themselves to me. They’re usually young women, two and three-time survivors of breast cancer."
These women have a harder time because their kind of cancer grows faster and is more difficult to treat. "What we used to advise about mammograms and family history doesn’t apply to these young women,” says Crow.
Although she’d done fund-raising for cancer for three years, Crow says it wasn’t until her diagnosis that she felt the real impact of the disease.
But the diagnosis is something she's now grateful for.
“It was a bit of a show-stopper,” she admitted. “But it’s those catastrophic moments in life, whether you’ve lost your house to Katrina or a loved one to throat cancer (Paltrow’s dad Bruce died of the disease in 2002), these are epiphanic moments that really transform you, where you meet and re-define yourself. Those moments decide the rest of your life.”
But if Paltrow, Reese and Durn have anything to do with it, Sheryl won’t be living the rest of her life single.
“We’ve all got lists of guys but we’re only letting the best ones meet her,” said Reese. The stunning Amazon babe – wearing a hot pink top and white slacks – mock-groused about no one else wearing the nauseating hue.
“Everyone’s in black! I thought everyone would be wearing pink for breast cancer. But no, the butchest girl here and I’m the only one in pink.”
Hey, coulda been worse. Could have been a pink bubble dress.
Photo Credits: Carolyn's a real tent-pole event, Nicole wins the sack race, Gwyneth bucks the bell-shaped trend and Sheryl rings everyone's chimes.
All photos by Greg DeGuire/WireImage
Penelope Cruz - Tom Cruise’s ex-girlfriend and Katie Holmes' stunt double - has followed Scientologist Leah Remini and Hubbard fan Jada Pinkett Smith by blabbing to People about having seen Cruise's mythical daughter Suri.
Cruz is not, I repeat, not a Scientologist. That she refused to join the church was rumored to be one reason behind the couple's split. Of course, there were also nasty rumors that the Spanish actress received a career boost and financial compensation for doing three years of Tom time.
Okay, does anyone else find it odd that a short-lived ex-girlfriend would be given the famous infant look/see? What about Cruise's ex-wife and mother of his adopted children, Nicole Kidman? What is she, chopped liver?
And where exactly did Penelope spot Suri, who has not been seen in public since her birth on April 18? At Tom's California mansion or his huge Colorado pad?
Penelope gave no details to press peeps at the London premiere of her new film, “Volver.” And to be honest, stripped of her Cruise connection, few reporters would have bothered talking to her at all.
She was also asked about her split from Matthew McConaughey but she got all teary and refused to discuss it. Oh, please, Chiquita. You are way better off without them, both the creepy control freak and the boozing bongo-banging party animal.
Anyway, there are rumblings that People may soon publish photos that will prove the existence of Baby Suri. She may not get as much (a reported $4 million) as Baby Shiloh did. But there are modes of payment other than mere moola. Like, fer instance, lots of favorable stories/good publicity in People, something the couch-jumping Cruise could certainly use to boost his image after "MI3"'s dismal box office.
Last week it was reported that Cruise's longstanding 13-year deal with Paramount Studios has been allowed to, well, lapse, to put it politely. The studio, which paid close to $20 million a year as part of the agreement to get first shot at Cruise's film projects, has not renewed the sweet deal.
So smile pretty, Suri. C'mon, smile for Daddy!
Photo Credit: Tom Cruise warms up by practicing his publicity pose with Penelope Cruz - Katie Holmes stand-in - at a pediatric AIDS fundraiser back in 2002.
WireImage/Lester Cohen.
Even with all the Emmy awards buzz, Hollywood insiders are still asking, "Where's little Suri?"
There are still no photos, not even a cartoon likeness, of the TomKat spawn.
And TMZ has reported some strange things about Suri Cruise’s birth certificate. Like the late filing date (8 days after her April 18 birth) and the unusual signatures (an illegible signature of a “friend”) and the missing parental signatures. Hmmmm.
Now suddenly, we have, not one, but two breathless Suri reports from Leah Remini and Jada Pinkett Smith, both babbling about the baby to People magazine.
Call me suspicious, but does anyone else think it's odd that both of these gals are also Scientologists?
First, church member Remini raves about seeing the MIA baby to People. She says she even got to pick up the TomKitten. Gosh, she must be one of the chosen "clear" ones.
Now Pinkett Smith, Cruise’s “Collateral” co-star and new fan of Hubbard's teachings, is also spouting off to People about having seen the missing Scientology link.
Who will be next to Suri spot? Scrolling down the church’s role call list, here are some distinct possibilities: John Travolta and Kelly Preston, Jenna Elfman, Jason Lee, Isaac Hayes, Kirstie Alley and/or Lisa Marie Presley.
But here's someone it probably won't be: Steven Spielberg, who is most definitely not a Scientologist.
Plus I hear he's still pretty PO-ed at Tom for having sicced the Scientologists dogs on a friend of his, a doctor who has had success treating kids with Ritalin.
But be warned, Camp Cruise. People magazine - and people in general - aren't as dumb as they look.
And if the next FOTC (Friend of Tom Cruise) to report seeing Suri just happens to be another Xenu Freak, folks are gonna get suspicious.
Make that more suspicious.
Photo Credits: Jada Pinkett (Yeah, I saw Suri. What, you don't believe me?) Smith talks about her new show, "Everybody Hates Chris" at the 2006 TCA press tour July 17. Hey, I'm not gonna question her. Go ahead, you ask her.
WireImage/Michael Caulfield
Photo Credits: Cruise - with gritted teeth and a death grip on the phallic-shaped Lifetime Achievement Award - tries to hug it out with Spielberg at the Chicago International Film Fest July 15. But the director, reportedly still miffed about Cruise siccing Scientology picketers on a doctor pal, keeps the actor at arm's length.
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New mom Brooke Shields recently showed up - with her husband Chris Henchy - at the Georg Jensen bash at the Chateau Marmont.
And she looked surprisingly trim in a snug leopard print frock, espcially considering it's only been two months since she gave birth to her second daughter.
Ironically, she popped the very same day (April 18) as Katie Holmes, who's been kinda been hiding under a rock of late. And I'm not gonna touch the 'Where's Suri' controversy again.
Hey, maybe Brook can give Katie some post-partum diet n' fitness tips. I'm sure Tom Cruise wouldn't mind. Ya think?
Jensen - a Scandinavian luxury company best known for heritage silverware - has opened a store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Hence the bash, where some of Jensen’s sleek new jewelry and watch designs ($300-$350,000) were on prominent display in a poolside bungalow.
The event, which benefitted P.S. Arts, which supports arts eduction in schools, drew a pretty decent crowd including Aaron Sorkin's wife Julia Sorkin, Joely Fisher, Tatiana Von Furstenberg, Dita Von Teese, Rebecca De Mornay, LA designer Madga Berliner and her photog hubby Alec Berliner, Donovan Leitch, his model wife Kirsty Hume and Italian designer Margherita Missoni.
Even super stylist Rachel Zoe showed up in her finest vintage Halston. ”I love what P.S. Arts is doing,” Zoe explained. "They do amazing work so anytime they ask me to do anything, I’m happy to help. I work in such a superficial world that it’s nice to something that really matters.”
But Jensen execs wanted guests to check out their fabulously superficial jewelry. Larry Barkley of Jensen explained, “We wanted to bring Georg Jensen to the attention of hip Hollywood.”
With a champagne-flooded Chateau Marmont pool party? Hey, mission accomplished. And here's an inside tip: watch for Jensen's jewelry on the carpets next awards season. Some of those necklaces would look ab fab with a vintage Halston or Yves Saint Laurent gown, right Rachel?
Photo Credits: Hey, Katie, check it out. Brooke Shields is already back to fine form. Go ahead, give her a call and get some post-partum diet tips. Don't tell Tom.
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It’s been two months or so since the birth of Suri, the first child for the still-unmarried Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
But no one has seen her photo. Not a single sneaky long-lens paparazzi shot, not a blurry cell phone snap, not even a pencil sketch. Nothing.
Cruise's camp insists the parents don’t want to exploit the child.
Right. And that's why non-exploitative Tom dragged Katie to every possible photo-op during their brief, whirlwind public courtship.
There were some pretty wild theories floating around when Holmes' immaculate conception, sorry, pregnancy, was first announced. The turkey baster with the frozen sperm of L. Ron Hubbard was one of my personal faves. But thanks to this ongoing baby photo embargo – highly unusual in Hollywood circles - there are now rampant rumors that there might not be a baby at all.
Oh, sure, you’re thinking. What about all that tonnage Katie packed on? You've got a point. In that last month, she looked more like an over-inflated Thanksgiving Day Parade float than a pregnant gal.
Well, don't be surprised to hear that there are some who suspect that poor brain-scrubbed Katie wasn't pregnant at all. She used a pillow in the early months and then was hog-tied and force fed, like one of those poor fois gras geese with a funnel stuck down their throat.
Some even say that the reason why the baby has not been seen is that Cruise's Camp is still working out a deal to buy the perfect child - dark hair, light eyes - that will closely resemble the purchasing parents.
I prefer to think that Suri is real. And real camera-shy. And that's okay. But you better suck it up, kid. Brad and Angelina’s first genetic spawn is already posing for magazine covers and making millions for international children’s charities. Pretty soon Daddy Dearest’s church is going to expect you to start contributing to their coffers.
So start saying cheese crackers!
Photo Credits: Tom Cruise at the May 4th "Mission: Impossible 3" fan screening with Katie Holmes, just days after she gave birth. Or did she? Maybe she's not at home dropping all that baby weight. Maybe she's secretly undergoing sessions of liposuction with Tom's home machine. That big shiny one right next to the ultrasound machine.
WireImage/Steve Granitz
Rumors are swirling about the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes pre-nup that will guarantee Katie $3 million a year and a Montecito mansion, if she stays married to the Scientologist star for ten years. After ten years, community property laws take over and she gets half his everything. But better ask Nicole Kidman how that ten year bit works, Kate. Remember Nic got the boot just before the big fat pay-off.
Anyway, it’s refreshing to hear about one Hollywood couple who didn’t need no stinkin’ prenup and had a small, sweet ceremony at a friend's beach house with just one paparazzi.
The bitch - I mean, the bride - Emma Ball, was radiant in a white chiffon gown adorned with white roses. The handsome stud - sorry, groom - was Bob Bernholtz-Williams and the couple tied the leash - sorry, knot - last week.
Darn, you figured it out. Yup, they’re dogs.
Bob belongs to Andrea Bernholtz, president of Rock & Republic, the hot and hip denim company. And Emma belongs to Michael Ball, Rock and Republic CEO and head designer. Irony Alert: Katie is a fan of R&R jeans and sat in the front row at a recent runway show.
Doggie nuptial details: There was a 3-tier wedding cake from Three Dog Bakery, the place that did Pamela Anderson’s dog’s wedding cake. Party favors included cool stuff like Chewy Vuitton furry purses and I-Paws squeaky toys. After the ceremony, the couple was whisked off on a motorcycle that read “Just Married.”
No info on the honeymoon because word is Emma is already one month pregnant.
Wow. That is like so Hollywood.
Photo Credit: Studly Bob and his blushing bride Emma before exchanging tender butt sniffs at their beachfront wedding ceremony. Photo courtesy of Think PR.
