Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes at the NYC ‘MI4’ premiere: were they phoning it in?

I’m embarrassed to admit how excited I was to see the NYC premiere photos for Mission: Impossible 4. I’m also embarrassed to admit that I’ll probably be seeing this movie over the holidays. As for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes… well, they should both be embarrassed by their appearances on the red carpet last night. I’m not saying that they both looked like hell or anything – they didn’t. But it just seemed like both Tom and Katie were phoning it in. I’m not even sure if Tom was wearing his special red carpet lifts! And he just looked tired. He probably is really tired – the man has been hustling and hustling for weeks, and this premiere comes after a “candid” photo-op blitz in which every photo agency got thousands of new images of Tom, Katie and Suri. Poor Tom. You have to give him credit, though – very few movie stars have his hustle.

As for Katie – well, I don’t know what’s going on with her. When she’s flying solo, her styling has been improving so much, and I kept thinking that she had found a good makeup dude and a great hair person, but now I’m wondering if she pissed them off. Her makeup looks too cakey to me. Her hair is a boring ponytail. And the dress? The dress is Holmes & Yang. Meaning, Katie designed this herself, if you think “designing it herself” equals copying a Lanvin design.” So… overall, not the best from either of them. But I’ll still see MI4. I might not admit it, though.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. Jessica says:

    What is with all this cheap looking sheer in Holmes & Yang.

  2. Bite me says:

    Tom looks good

  3. paola says:

    oh my god the bra. THE BRA!

  4. J O'C says:

    She never, ever looks happy. She used to glow. Now she looks like she’s dead inside.

  5. Marjalane says:

    At this point I’m just going to guess that it is physically impossible for Katie Holmes to NOT smirk. I bet in her mind, she thinks it’s her trademark.

    • k says:

      I always thought she was self-conscious about her teeth, hence the closed-mouth smirks.

      • Kara Ann says:

        Maybe she’s borrowing her trademark look from Posh. You know they were quite the friendly pair for awhile. Katie’s just paying homage!

    • Christine says:

      Her smirk makes me want to scream. I hate it. If she has a problem with her teeth, I don’t know, FIX THEM. I HATE the smirk! :-/

    • Christine says:

      Ok, now I’ve reviewed the photos again. Someone mentioned nerve damage. I wonder if the nerve damage was caused by the truckloads of botox Katie so obviously indulges in (as does Tom). I bet that’s it.

    • snackysnaxx says:

      She looks like she has a snaggletooth. That one picture makes it look like she’s actually missing one.

      • Belle Epoch says:

        I was going to ask about her teeth! I think there’s a problem.

      • mssnarnd says:

        I agree! The tooth. Yikes – fix it. It’s not like she doesn’t have the money.

        Are her ears NOT pierced – or did they just photoshop out the holes?

        They’re both dull, and their snooze score explodes exponentially when they’re together.

        The dress does look a little “Target” (not that I don’t shop at Target, but I’m not hitting the RC with an endless allowance to spend on new clothes . . . or a stylist, makeup artist, etc.).

        Oh – and nice hair extensions (not). Her hair has grown out; but, it’s not naturally that long in a pony. I’m getting really tired of hair extensions. I hope the celebs will soon deem them passe.

      • manda says:

        Hah!! I was going to say the same thing, makes her look like she’s missing a tooth. Other than that, she actually looks pretty good here. Would not be my personal choice, and the shoes are sort of bridesmaid, but not a bad dress.

    • JR says:

      I thought it was just me! I cannot stand that smirk – she never smiles anymore. Sorry if this sounds dorky, but I miss her pretty smile and sparkly eyes. When she smirks, to me she’s saying to herself, “I cannot believe I am here and how do I get out of it? She looks so snotty & smug when she smirks.

    • Elusive says:

      I think she has Bells Palsy. I remember reading it in an interview.

      • lee says:

        I’m going to say no on the Bells Palsy. My father has had it twice and it leaves nerve damage and it leaves noticeable damage. one of the male actors on Criminal Minds also has had it and you can tell. Katie does not have the symptoms of it. One eye will droop and the mouth will droop on one side. it will not just cause a smirk.
        she has always had nasty teeth and that may be one reason she smirks. if you watch the Batman movie she was in, her teeth actually looked green and snaggly.

        and what is going on with her hose? in the first pic, they look like they are crooked and stuck on her knee. yikes

      • Elusive says:

        I have to disagree since not everyone has significant drooping, or textbook bells palsy. Sometimes the more significant drooping resolves, leaving slight residual effects. She has had this issue forever, since DC. I think she’s had great doctors combined with lots of money, which for her yielded minimal impact. I highly doubt she would smile like that intentionally for years inspite of being mocked, and risk wrinkling only one side of her face.

        I don’t like Katie or Tom for the record.

  6. Birdix says:

    Tom’s looking at her in the fourth photo and wondering, “do I look that crazy too?”

  7. lisa says:

    I think something is wrong with me.. I don’t hate the dress.. I hate the length. I think it would have been better longer.. I don’t know.. maybe I’m into blue.

    Katie just doesn’t know how to work a RC yet. She doesn’t own it. Some women no matter what they are wearing can sell it and own it. Not Katie. I didn’t realize her hair was that long.

    Tom looks good. And I’ll probably see MI4 after Christmas.. looks like a fun popcorn movie.

  8. Blergh says:

    The side smirk makes we want to slap her.

    • Elusive says:

      Bells Palsy. It’s a medical condition. She has it.

      • lee says:

        i’m seeing some say she had bells palsy but it must have been really, really mild. My dad has had it twice as has several people i know and you can really, really tell. if she did have it, she was seriously lucky it was mild. most people experience a droopy eye, a droopy mouth, even the nose will change on that side as well as problems with runny eyes and drooling. i truly wonder if this is true.

  9. Aria says:

    I like the dress…

  10. Lucy says:

    Katie looks like she cannot bear for Tom to touch her…

  11. hmm says:

    Tom cruise can/could have had any woman and he settled down with Katie Holmes..EWWW. *shudder*

    • annie says:

      No he couldn’t. Pretty sure he scared away a few women

    • Jazzy says:

      Uh……..no. Tom Cruise lacks genuine sex appeal. There’s always something very off about him. If you mean he could have “contracted” with anyone, you might be right about that. Money talks. I’m convinced that Katie, on the other hand, could have done waaaaaaaaaaaaay better.

  12. mojoman says:

    Cant.Stand.Her.SideSmirk!! cant she fully smile like..from ear to ear?

    • Elusive says:

      Bells Palsy.

    • whatevs says:

      she does not have bells palsy or any sort of facial paralysis. that would have affected a greater part of that side of her face. i’ve known two people with those conditions and you can really tell that they had it. katie just started talking like that because she thought it added to her boring tomboy char and now she’s stuck with it

      • Elusive says:

        I’m glad knowing two people with it makes you an expert. She has had that affect since Dawson’s creek. I personally believe her. she has all the obey and resources on the planet to help relieve or minimize her palsy, even before acting she was well off. Also, it could be probable that in her situation the virus causing the palsy was treated earlier, thus leaving less damage.

      • Elusive says:

        Obey was money. Stupid ipad

  13. maggiegrace says:

    She ALWAYS looks like she can’t stand him touching her. She has bad, bad legs.

  14. poopie says:

    in the 3rd picture with the ‘sneer’ she looks like she’s missing a tooth !!!

  15. Hope says:

    I know I’m always just judging by pictures, but there never appears to be any romantic chemistry between them (like there was between Tom & Nicole, and Katie & Joshua Jackson for example). They seem mismatched …

    • ahoyhoy says:

      Nicole was simply a better actress than Katie. And viciously ambitious. She worked the ‘romance’ hard to promote herself. And it worked.

    • Jazzy says:

      I’ve never felt Tom had romantic chemistry with ANYONE.

      • Kara Ann says:

        So not true! There’s not a mirror anywhere that he doesn’t make love to and, btw, it responds accordingly! 🙂

  16. Esmom says:

    I see they took a page from the recent Brange appearance and went with matching navy ensembles!

    I think she looks cute, the hairstyle works nicely with the dress, imo.

  17. theaPie says:

    I hadn’t realized how gorgeous her hair is. Healthy, thick and long.

    Honestly, I don’t think she can help how she smiles. I’m betting there is some kind of nerve damage going on in the left side of her face.

  18. BerMan says:

    3rd photo – Her left hand / fingers on his shoulder looks rather strange.

  19. Jayna says:

    They look great. Though I like Tom’s hair looser, not slicked. He has to be tired. He’s flying everywhere promoting this movie.

  20. Mia says:

    I think she got that “I’m important because I’m TC wife b1tches” kinda attitude. I also believe she have facialis or a partial facialis paralysis. There is now way a normal person smiles like the Two Face from Batman.

    • Jazzy says:

      “I think she got that “I’m important because I’m TC wife b1tches” kinda attitude.”

      Er, I see it differently, more like “There’s got to be a way out of this alive…think, Katie-girl, think…can’t give up hope” and some sort of pep talk like that.

      • Mia says:

        yes, it makes sense but I still think she feels like a big shot. remember when they first met?! she appeared genuinely happy.

  21. Gal says:

    The relationship will be over soon. She’s wearing heels. It’s obvious she doesn’t care anymore.

  22. Azurea says:

    She really shouldn’t wear blunt-toed shoes with those legs.

    • gab says:

      No shoe can fix those legs! OMG those are some ugly legs. Better just to cover them up with a long dress. BTW this dress looks exactly like the dress my mother wore to parties in 1960 when she was in her 50’s.

  23. Cerulean says:

    Her mouth looks methy in that side photo. She is hard looking here. That smirk is just begging to be violently removed from her face.

    • Kat says:

      “That smirk is just begging to be violently removed from her face.”

      You said it, kiddo. Detest the perma-smirk she always totes. She probably thinks it makes her look worldly, when in actuality it just makes her look like a beeyoch.

  24. dena says:

    She’s so smug.

  25. Aria says:

    Wait a minute! Katie’s legs are not that bad. They are thick but JLH legs are worse. Katie has a nice figure overall. She might be a stepford wife but her appeal is out of question!

    • gab says:

      Oh yeah, her legs are bad! Check out the pic at D Listed to see a more accurate representation of her legs! *shivers*

    • Alix says:

      I’m not getting the leg-hate — they look perfectly fine to me.

      Now, why does H&Y seem to specialize in dresses with no boob support?

      • Mia says:

        The legs are bending backwards and she never walks with a straight knees – she’s bending them too. not to mention the kankles 😉

  26. NO SH¡T says:

    Katie looks 6’2 standing next to that little crazy man

  27. Embee says:

    I think she’s mad at him and “punishing” him by wearing ultra high heels at his big premiere 🙂

  28. gab says:

    Does anyone know what that symbol on her necklace is?

  29. blouson says:

    Wow the vibe between them is bad. They look almost photoshopped next to each other there is so little chemistry.

  30. e.non says:

    in about 10-15 years her face is going to be so distorted from that permanent smirk she has going on… but, by then, she’ll be so far gone, that that will be the least of her problems…

  31. Kallan says:

    C’mon now – Tom has surely had some ‘work’ done on his face. The shot where Katie is side on and he is looking at her – it doesn’t even look like Tom – looks like he’s had a brow lift or something……

  32. bea says:

    She has chunky, funky legs. She looks bad in pants and in skirts/dresses if they’re too short (too short meaning showing her backwards-bending-knees)

    I agree with the smirk – enuf already – but it may be impossible not to smirk in the presence of TC ?!?

    I can’t wait for her “I Was Married to a Cult” book!

  33. Tiffany says:

    I am not ashamed, I am so ready for Wednesday and MI4. I was talking some people I was showing an apartment to and we got on the subject of Tom and MI4. One of the women said that the man is guilty of jumping on a couch and talking about his religion a little too much but she still likes him. I have always liked him, you always hear of him being a professional on set, brings his A-game on stunts, he takes care of his people and will be the first for autographs for fans who sit at his premiers for hours on end. So yeah, he is going to get my $ 10 bucks this weekend and I won’t do it in same.

  34. jasperkitty says:

    I think she looks gorgeous. I wish I looked so good. 🙂 Tom looks dapper, lol.

  35. Meghan says:

    Tom was horrible on David Letterman last night. He answered almost every single question with “I don’t know.” And I wasn’t paying too much attention, but it seemed like there was some sort of picture of him sitting on top of the building they filmed at? Not sitting on a rooftop or balcony, but on the top point of the building and David Letterman was asking how it was done and you know…like “this was Photoshopped, right?” and Tom Cruise was all “No, that’s really me up there all alone, the guy who took the picture was hanging upside down out of a helicopter.” And I just said “Really? He’s really pretending like they let him sit on top of the world’s tallest video? God, he’s insane.”

  36. whatevs says:

    they need to stop trying so hard. much as i dislike cruise he is a better actor than she is: she can’t even fake a smile anymore! this is the definition of dead behind the eyes. i believe that she is living a luxurious prison life now. whoa i just realized she had the hands of a 60 year old woman

  37. midnightmoon says:

    She looks like she willingly offered herself to be captured by space aliens. He looks like a lizard. Yikes!

    • whatevs says:

      he always grins like one of the mars attacks! aliens. or maybe one of the visitors have killed the real tom years ago and replaced him like in mib 2