It’s always interesting when children raised inside of Scientology start to kick the cage a little bit. Of course, we’re talking here about 16-year-old Connor Cruise (son of the unhinged, lift-wearing midget known as “Tom”), for whom the plight certainly isn’t nearly as desperate as the young ladies who founded the Ex-Scientology Kids website. Still, Connor is pretty high profile as far as the CO$ is concerned, so it came as quite a surprise when he showed up on 10/26 at the TeenNick HALO Awards wearing a blatant symbol of Christianity around his neck. Let’s take a closer look at that Jesus emblem:

Let’s not completely jump the gun here though, for Scientologists are technically allowed to celebrate holidays like Christmas, according to Juliette Lewis. Still, their version of the holiday is much like X-Mas in that it’s pretty secular and largely revolves around the materialistic, gift-giving aspect of the season. So in contrast, is it a big deal what Connor is doing here? I tend to think it’s something worth acknowledging; and while this could merely be a passive-aggressive statement against the cult, he must have known that people would pay attention to a known Scientologist who is walking the red carpet with a Jesus necklace on.

This much celebrated demonstration of sentience on Connor’s part dovetails nicely with a story from this week’s In Touch that Connor is “losing his religion” and also has felt (for quite some time) that he doesn’t get enough attention from his parents:

Most kids spend their childhood under their parents’ thumbs — it kind of goes with the territory. But a family friend says that Tom has been unusually strict, and that Connor is finally getting sick of it. “He’s starting to rebel against his father and the other components in their life, maybe even Scientology,” the friend says. Connor was raised in Tom’s controversial religion, but he has recently been seen wearing Christian symbols, like crosses and a Jesus pendant. “He wants to be independent,” the friend says, “but Tom doesn’t want to give up control over his son.”

From the outside, Connor Cruise looks like one of the luckiest kids on the planet: His parents and stepparents are world-famous entertainers and — materially, at least — he wants for nothing. But the truth is tragically more complicated. As a source close to him tells In Touch, “Connor has always had a difficult relationship with his parents, and it has definitely affected him. He has broken down crying about it.”

The 16-year-old (as well as his sister, Isabella, 18) was adopted by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman when he was a newborn. And he has long strugged with insecurity about his place in the family. “When he was young,” the source says, “Tom was always off doing his thing, working like a mandman. He traveled all the time, and was totally focused on his career. When he came home, he didn’t always have much left to give.” While Tom’s rep unsurprisingly denies the story, as a result, the source claims Tom, 49, and Connor’s relationship became strange and cold. “Tom is a very difficult man to get to know on a deep level. It’s almost like he treats Connor like a business associate rather than a son.”

Unfortuantely, Connor’s relationship with Nicole isn’t any better. “She wasn’t the best mom to him and Isabella,” the source says. His parents divorced in 2001, when Connor was just 6. And though, for a time, Nicole made an effort to stay involved in her kids’ lives, she had a miscarriage after Tom started the divorce proceedings, and it was hard for her to cope. “She forgot so many things, like school pickups and projects; she was a wreck, and probably had trouble giving them the affection they needed from her,” the source says.

Eventually, Nicole moved back to Australia. The source thinks Connor had been dealing with abandonment issues as a result o being adopted, and it was possibly the worst thing that could have happened. Until, that is, his half-siblings were born and he saw how differently their lives are from his.

On one hand, yes, Suri — Tom’s daughter with Katie Holmes — has a strange, sheltered life. But her parents also unabashedly lavish the 5-year-old with attention, fancy family trips and essentially whateve her heart desires materially. And Connor has had to watch jealously from the wings as his icy father grows warmer and warmer to his half-sister. “Connor loves Suri,” the source says. “But he also thinks she gets a lot more of Tom’s time and attention than they ever got.” The same goes for Nicole’s daughters with her husband, Keith Urban.

Now, the family friend says, “Connor is at a crossroads in his life. He’s been pushing for more freedom — he wants to drive a car and date whomever he chooses.” And this could spark a major war at home with his control-freak dad, who’s so notoriously stubborn about his beliefs. But ultimately, Connor’s move to separate himself from the family could be a good thing. And ironically, it may just be the best way to finally get Tom’s attention.

[From In Touch, print edition, November 21, 2011]

This is really a sad story, but I believe it completely. After all, the poor kid went though a divorce, which culminated with having his mother ripped away from him and declared a suppressive person. Now, a robot named Katie exists in Nicole’s place. As for his father, Tom’s always been a workaholic and still even follows up a long day on the set of an action movie with 10 hours of singing and dancing in preparation for the next film.

Meanwhile, Connor still attends the Delphian School (which, interestingly enough, is located on grounds that were once scouted for use as a penitentiary) in Sheridan, Oregon. As such, he has been immersed in L. Ron Hubbord’s Study Tech since, well, before he could even read. So Connor has spent his childhood in boarding school and has been raised by the cult although, at times, Tom and Katie made a few photo ops with him as recently as 2009. It’s just not enough though:

Meanwhile, Connor’s 18-year-old sister, Isabella, was also reportedly pondering giving up Xenu last year in exchange for rekindling her contact with mom Nicole Kidman. However, this plan was quickly scrapped when Katie enticed Isabella by making her an apprentice for the busted Holmes-Yang fashion line. Problem solved. For now.

I can completely empathize how Connor must feel while watching Tom from the sidelines, since he seems so much more joyous in public with Suri than he ever has before. There’s no way in hell that Suri will one day get shipped off to Delphian. Hell, Katie can’t even manage to attend fashion week in NYC without pulling Suri out of school. Although most Scientology children her age are on the brink of a demanding upbringing, things will be different for Suri. And I think that Connor realizes that.

Photos courtesy of Fame and WENN

The new film trailer is out for the upcoming (on 11/11/11) Adam Sandler film, Jack and Jill, which also noticeably features the one and only Katie “Face of the Future” Holmes. This movie, much like the Guillermo Del Toro produced Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, was strategically chosen by the Holmes camp (read: Tom Cruise) to “diversify” the resumé; that is, Holmes has subjected herself to a token-wife role (not unlike her role in real life) just to prove that she can “do” comedy. You know, unlike what she does each and every day, or something like that. Anyway, here’s the aforementioned trailer:

Kaiser thinks that Katie is totally “phoning it in” here, and I tend to agree. However, I would like to emphasize it’s not merely a case of Katie reverting to autopilot as an actor but also to her default persona in real life. Like, if you witnessed Katie sheepishly shrugging with a good-natured, “Oh, Tom!” when her husband waltzed into the room in drag, you wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest bit, right? In that sense, this is the role of a lifetime for Mrs. Cruise. Never mind Nicole Kidman and her Oscar. This, in comparison, is gold or, at least, the same brand of gold-plated nonsense that coats the Celebrity Scientology Centre.

Beyond the obvious jokes though, isn’t it rather obvious that even Adam Sandler is reaching pretty far with this movie? It’s almost as if one of his agents couldn’t come up with anything even remotely mindless that he hadn’t performed on film already, so his screenwriter buddy thought, “Hey, let’s put him in drag!” To which Adam’s agent replied, “Genius!” And then Katie exclaimed, “Aw, shucks!”

Jack and Jill set photos courtesy of Fame

Yesterday we heard the advance news that Katie Holmes (aka Tom Cruise and the butt hurt Scientology goons) were planned to sue the parent company of Star Magazine for $50 million in damages over a misleading recent cover story that suggested that Holmes had a drug problem. The story inside the magazine focused on how addicting and mind-altering Scientology “treatments” can be, and that was probably the root of Cruise’s issue with the piece. The lawsuit has happened, and Katie’s rep has issued a statement that the cover was misleading and that it was “malicious” and played “a cheap trick on the public.”

Katie Holmes is no longer sitting idly as the tabloids write lies about her. The actress has filed a libel lawsuit seeking $50 million in damages from Star magazine after the weekly published a cover story that insinuated Holmes is a drug addict.

“Of all the fabricated stories that continue to be published about me, this instance is beyond the pale. The publisher knew this outrageous story was false and printed it anyway to sell magazines,” Holmes told PopEater in a statement.

The cover photo shows Holmes looking tired and upset, with the tagline: “Addiction Nightmare: Katie Drug Shocker! The real reason she can’t leave Tom.” Inside the issue, the story does not say that Holmes uses drugs but focuses more on her use of an “e-meter” during Scientology sessions, which allegedly reflects past emotional experiences.

The lawsuit alleges that Holmes was defamed by the tabloid. According to her rep, Holmes was forced to file this lawsuit “to vindicate her reputation after American Media refused to retract its vicious lies about her.”

“Star Magazine’s malicious claims about Katie are untrue, unethical and unlawful. Not only do they cruelly defame Katie, they play a cheap trick on the public, making ridiculously false claims on the cover unsupported by anything inside. Someone should bring a class action to get all buyers their money back,” Holmes’ attorney Bert Fields said in an official statement.

In order to prove libel in U.S. courts, the plaintiff must prove defamation occurred and that injury to their reputation happened as a result.

Star Magazine is standing by their cover story, telling PopEater: “We have not been served with any papers yet, however Star fully stands behind the editorial integrity of what we have published concerning Ms. Holmes’ controversial use of the Scientology e-meter. The physical effect of the e-meter on its users is a matter of significant public concern, and we plan to vigorously defend the suit filed by Ms. Holmes. Our attorneys look forward to deposing Ms. Holmes about her experiences with Scientology and the e-meter, and expect that the case will be promptly dismissed by the court.”

Holmes and Cruise are frequently featured in the magazine with headlines suggesting that the actress is unhappy and wants out of her marriage.

Back in 2008, the actress reveled she was fed up with the tabloid lies being printed about her family. “I do know what is being said in the press. This is my family, and I do care about them. The stories are not OK. It eats away at me. Some of the crap that’s out there — it’s really frustrating the amount of s**t that’s out there!” she told Vanity Fair magazine.

[From Popeater]

This lawsuit is not going to go anywhere and Star is already pretty bold in their response to it. In Touch made much worse claims about David Beckham’s proclivity for hookers but his suit was recently thrown out because they couldn’t prove In Touch did it with malice. As I mentioned yesterday, Katie’s people (Tom’s) just want to send out a message that they don’t tolerate this and that it’s not true. What’s more is that they don’t want the tabloids using Tom and Katie’s celebrity to get the word out about how damaging Scientology can be.

Katie Holmes is shown at the MaxMara show in Milan on 2/24/11 with her mom. Credit: Fame

This is totally a non-story, but Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise stepped out with Suri, Connor and Isabella today in New York City. We haven’t had new photos of Katie and Tom together in a little while, so it’s good to see them. Little Suri is hiding her face in these pics, unfortunately, and she’s still being carried everywhere. I love these photos because Katie is wearing heels for the outing, and I think Tom isn’t. I’ve been studying the photos where I can see his feet, and those sneakers don’t look like his special lift sneakers. Hey, the girl gets tired of always wearing heels, you know? He looked at Katie and was like, “Don’t be a bitch and wear heels today, okay? My lifts are killing my back.” And Katie was like, “I don’t really give a sh-t, Xenu.”

I’d just like to have a word on Tom’s height – I wish that it didn’t bother him so much, you know? He’s an attractive man, and the bane of his existence is falling in love (chuckle) with tall women, so why not just live with it? Why the lifts and “Xenu commands Mrs. Cruise to wear flats”? Maybe it’s just because I just re-watched Julie & Julia, but I love it when a short guy is with a tall(er) woman (Julia Child was big!). It’s kind of sexy. But Tom’s insistence on looking tall makes me think that he’s really neurotic about it, and that’s not sexy. Eh.

Here’s a photo of Isabella and Connor. Connor has turned out to be a very handsome young man, right? Goodness.

Katie and Tom on September 7, 2010, in NYC. Credit: WENN & Fame.

Suri Cruise was photographed out in Sevilla, Spain with the parents she tolerates, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Princess Suri was wearing a pink Flamenco-style dress with tiered ruffles and red polka dot kitten heels. She didn’t have a jacket on during a press-friendly outing to the park, but it wasn’t freezing cold in Sevilla yesterday. Weather Underground reports that it was around 60° Fahrenheit on average. Her mom Katie Holmes told Access Hollywood last week that Suri wears “ballroom dancing shoes for kids,” not kid-styled high heels per se. It’s hard to tell if Suri can still play in the heels as she was mostly being carried by her dad. In one photo, mom Katie shows her how to climb a rope ladder but she’s not having it and doesn’t seem interested.

Katie and Suri were visiting Tom while he’s in Spain to work on his new action film with Cameron Diaz, Knight & Day. This week’s In Touch makes a big deal out of the fact that Katie and Tom spent Thanksgiving apart but it sounds like Tom was too busy working despite the fact that he’s said to have “begged Katie to join him in Europe.”

In Touch reports the typical Tom/Katie tabloid dynamic: she wants more space while clingy Tom wants her closer. Instead of spending the US holiday with Tom in Spain, Katie’s parents flew into NY from Ohio to spend time with their daughter and grandchild. It looks like the famous family got together again soon afterwards anyway. Is it just me or do both Katie and Suri look annoyed with this photo-op? Suri just wants to go home and play dress up with her fabulous wardrobe. She didn’t have enough time to perfect her outfit before Tom dragged her out again. If only her mother had the same excuse most of the time.

Photo credit: Target/FAME Pictures. I’m sorry for posting so many, but there were so many cute photos I couldn’t decide!

Cameron Diaz is currently working on Knight & Day, an action film with Tom Cruise that was previously titled Wichita. We’ve seen photos of Cruise all serious and adrenaline-pumped on the set looking like he’s doing his own stunts – in wedge shoes. Cameron has confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that Tommy boy indeed does his own stunts and that he practically begs for more dangerous and action-filled scenes. Cameron said that Cruise is like a professional stuntman and then she added the key point in her anecdote – “What he does is, like, crazy.” Is anyone else picturing the couch-jumping incident? He has to channel all that mad energy somewhere:

CAMERON Diaz says Tom Cruse makes an excellent stuntman.

The actress — who stars opposite Cruise in upcoming movie Knight & Day — insists the Top Gun star is the “best” when it comes to daring scenes.

“Tom was on top of the car, and I’m inside the car going: ‘Ahhh! Ahhh!’” she said.

“And he’s on the hood of the car flying through the air, you know, cabled to a car, jumping 20 feet across — I’m like: ‘I want an action scene, you guys! ‘I wanna fight! I wanna be on the hood of a car! Write it! Just write it in somewhere.’

“Tom is a professional stuntman. If he wasn’t Tom Cruise the movie star, he would be the best stuntman in the business. He’s phenomenal. What he does is, like, crazy.”

[From ShowbizSpy]

The NY Post has more news from the set of Knight & Day that shows just how dangerous stunt work can be. In one filmed scene, Tom and Cameron fled on a motorcycle from real stampeding bulls (they’re probably trained bulls, but still) in what looks like a recreated scene from the running of the bulls in Pamplona. A few days earlier, seven of the bulls got loose and hurt some passers-by although it sounds like none of the injuries were serious. Damn Tom, slow down.

In related Tom Cruise news, OK! Magazine, which is running a bizarre campaign to compete with Star lately, claims that Tom and Katie are doing fine and that they have reached an “Exclusive New Marriage Deal – $75 Million for Baby Number 2!” This is probably no more true than the other stories in competing rags about how Katie is moving out or leaving Tom. It’s nice to see gossip magazines making up positive fake stories, though. I’ll put this one on the imaginary shelf next to Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson’s domestic bliss, Jennifer Aniston’s pregnancy, and Jen and Brad’s reunion.

Tom and Cameron are shown on the Sevilla, Spain set of Knight & Day on 11/28 and 11/29/09. Look at Cameron’s stunt double! Credit: ENF/Fame Pictures

After months of seeing nothing but the occasional grumpy photo of the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes family, we’re now getting non-stop happy images. What changed? Katie is no longer doing her film in Australia, and she and Suri have joined Tom in Boston. Tom seems perked up, stepping out around town in too-tight jeans (are those women’s skinny jeans? Is that a woman‘s v-neck?) and blue wedged heels. Katie seems like her normal zombie self. Meanwhile, Suri is growing up before our eyes! Yesterday, it looked like Suri had gotten herself some lipstick (in a fabulous petal-pink shade) and smeared it on her mouth. Now Suri is stepping up her ensemble!

Yes, Suri has now taken to wearing kitten-heels. They’re pretty fabulous white-silver peep-toes, and you can bet that Suri likes the sparkles. I also like that Suri has paired her kitten-heels with a lovely tiered skirt and a bright pink shirt. Suri has so much more style than her mom, it’s a little sketchy. Still, doesn’t this look like an outfit a little girl would pick out for herself? I don’t think Katie had much to do with putting this ensemble together.

As far as the shoes, I’m sure some people will claim that Suri shouldn’t already be in heels, but this is maybe the one thing I can relate to with Suri. When I was little – around Suri’s age – I was fascinated by high heels, and I begged my mom to get me the little kid’s costume ones. She refused, so I spent months walking around on my tip-toes, pretending I was in heels. Seriously. My parents thought there was something wrong with me, but I know for a fact a lot of little girls do the same thing. I think Suri is one of them – except when she asked for heels, Xenu provideth.

Photo credit: Fame Pictures

This story is sort of anticlimactic after CB’s earlier post about the clusterf-ck that is the Church of Scientology. But consider this as an addendum to it – because Katie Holmes has been absorbed into Tom Cruise’s creepy CoS world, and most of the tabloids are reporting that she’s looking for a way out. The bulk of In Touch’s story is the same old stuff, much of it regurgitated from their cover story last week – Katie is sad, she doesn’t care about her appearance, Tom is getting on her last nerve, et cetera. Now they’re claiming that Tom even pointed out to Katie that she’s “gaining weight” – as in, he didn’t like the enormous five pounds she put on. But before I get into that, there were a few pieces of information that were new to me.

First, there was this little piece in one of the sidebars to the story: “Katie may find Tom’s divorce from his second wife, Nicole Kidman, 42, to be something of a cautionary tale. Not only does Tom have full custody of their kids – Connor and Isabella – a pal says, ’They call Katie ’Mom’ but they call Nicole by her first name.’ Nicole admitted to Marie Claire that the children prefer living in LA to living with her and her husabnd Keith Urban in Nashville.” It’s interesting because that’s what we’ve all been thinking, haven’t we? Katie is staying with Tom at this point because she doesn’t want to be separated from Suri. Of course, if my theory is right about Suri’s conception, Tom might not even have a biological claim on Suri. So if Katie ever does leave Tom, that should be the card she plays, I think.

The second part I found interesting was this pullout – “She’s not a trophy wife anymore”. In Touch points out that when she was first with Tom, Katie “seemed far more focused on her looks than on her acting career.” But lately, Katie “has been dressing down – and telling her friends that wants to be taken seriously.” Tom allows Katie to have friends? And Katie was well dressed before? Well, I guess they’re making the comparison to what she looks like now.

“Katie and Tom’s relationship is troubled,” says a pal, adding that Katie often holds her tongue to avoid upsetting Suri. “Her priority in life is being a mom.”

“The bottom like is, Katie wants her own life,” the pal says, adding that it’s hard to come by because Tom is such a big star. “She wants to be more than Mrs. Tom Cruise.”

The pal claims Katie has began to rebel against the relationship in subtle ways, like overeating when Tom isn’t around. “He usually has her on a strict diet and exercise routine, but since she’s been in Australia, she’s put on five pounds… she’s been eating chocolates, potato chips and pizza. Tom has mentioned to her that she’s putting on weight, but she doesn’t care.”

Katie wants to strike out on her own as she sees fit, even if it means making the wrong career choice. “Even her recent appearance on So You Think You Can Dance was green-lighted by Tom,” another pal explains. “She’s tired of it.”

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition, September 7 2009]

Oh, she gained five whole pounds! After looking like an emaciated zombie for the better part of a year, I hope those five whole pounds went a long way to making her look healthier. Even though I suspect it’s not true, wouldn’t Tom be the biggest bitch in the world for “mentioning” that she’s putting on weight? But I do believe Tom probably keeps her on a Xenu diet. Anti-Thetan corn flakes, barley water and discipline. Tom probably didn’t even notice that Katie had gained weight. It’s not like he would even care.

Jaybird already covered parts of this story last week. Allegedly, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes got into some kind of deathmatch when Tom stopped into Katie’s Australian film set last week. At the time, the report was from Radar, who claimed that “Spies say Holmes grew irritated with her A-list hubby, and when he returned, words were exchanged and Tom, clad in a cute black sweater and tight jeans, stormed up the street.” Several photographers caught the heated exchange, and wouldn’t you know, the pictures made their way onto the cover of In Touch Weekly, with the bold headline “The Fight To End All Fights”. The story excerpt (via Jezebel) has them fighting constantly over the course of several days. Most of their fights are about Suri, and Katie’s work schedule:

Trouble in paradise for Tom and Katie! Tom Cruise went to visit Katie Holmes while she was filming in Australia.

First they argued because he stopped to greet fans on his way to see her; she flipped out and he stormed off the set.

The next fight was at their hotel, where Tom was watching Suri and she wanted to watch cartoons instead of going for a walk with him.

He thinks Katie is spoiling Suri because she works long hours and by the time she comes home, she’s tired and just lets Suri do whatever she wants.

Dr. Gilda Carle, who does not treat Tom or Katie, says: Suri is learning that relationships between men and women involve squabbling, and that Katie was “lost in lust” during the courtship, but now they’re both surprised/disappointed by one another’s behavior. And! Tom and Katie need therapy.

[From In Touch Weekly via Jezebel]

Always nice to see the return of Dr. Gilda Carle, who seems like In Touch’s resident whack-job “doctor”. No celebrity relationship escapes Dr. Carle’s notice or her endless, sanctimonious pontification. As for the fights that allegedly ensued… how great would it be if it were true? If the Kate-Bot were growing a spine and an attitude? Is it contract renegotiation time already?

I tend to think Lainey’s explanation is probably closer to the truth – Tom was acting pissy because he was photographed looking short. No worries, though. Just a few days after the alleged TomKat battle royale, Tom, Katie and Suri posed for “candid” photos laying around on some random grassy knoll. Tom was wearing his infamous white wedge sneakers, so he was happy to be photographed. All is well in TomKat world, otherwise known as Xenuville.

Here are Katie and Tom getting all romantic and having some quality time with their Blackberries in Australia on Saturday. And don’t forget Tom’s white wedges! Images thanks to INF Photo.

What in the world is happening with Katie Holmes? She and Tom have kind of fallen off the gossip radar – granted, there have been a few stories about them here and there, like about how Katie wants to wait to have another baby until she has “another” hit film, or how she doesn’t even want Tom around while she’s working. In a gossip age where Angelina’s absence from one red carpet creates weeks of drama for the tabloids, I kind of expected Tom and Katie’s temporary locale-split to create more drama. According to Lainey, Tom and Katie haven’t been photographed together for a month, and she asks who Tom has been doing for the past month.

In the scope of their now-seeming temporary separation, this story from the Enquirer seems like a throw-back to simpler times in the TomKat relationship. At issue? Katie Holmes goes shopping. A lot. Like, she blows hundreds of thousands of dollars a week. One of the Enquirer’s sources even does a side-by-side comparison between Tom’s current wife, and his last ex-wife, saying that though Nicole spent a lot of Tom’s money, she was nothing comared to Katie. We already knew this – Katie spent $14 million in six months while she and Tom were staying in New York earlier this year. But here’s more proof:

[After Katie] is done on the Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark set in Melbourne, Australia, Katie heads for the stores with 3-year-old daughter Suri in tow.

“She loves to shop,” a source told the Enquirer. “In Melbourne, she goes everywhere from the high end shops on Chapel Street to the low-end stores like Target. That woman can give a credit card a workout!”

In the last year, Katie’s shop-until-you drop-forays: blowing through $200,000 at Barney’s in one year; spending $14 million in New York; spending $43,000 in spa treatments this spring.

Tom appears undisturbed by his wife’s frenzied spending. The actor is said to be worth $250 million.

A friend told the Enquirer: “His ex-wife Nicole Kidman was a spendthrift, but compared to Katie, she’s a coupon clipper.”

Tom is just happy that Katie is happy. “It’s a situation where he does his thing, she does hers – and hers is shopping,” said the friend.

“She thinks nothing of heading off to Paris and buying designers’ latest creations. Price tags mean absolutely nothing to her.”

Katie’s publicist denies the big shopping trips, and one source says it’s “totally out of character for her” and that it shows how much she’s changed since becoming Tom’s gal. “She’s the youngest of five children, and with three older sisters, Katie wore a lot of hand-me downs. It’s like she’s making up for lost time.”

[From National Enquirer, print edition, August 17 2009]

Honestly, I think Tom Cruise is worth way more than $250 million. I’ve heard older estimates (back when he was hot stuff, and getting a percentage of the gross of his huge, hit films) of Tom’s fortune hitting the $400-500 million range. But does a bigger number make any difference? Is Katie taking out her issues by shopping and hording?

Katie Holmes is shown on the set of Don’t Be Afraid of The Dark in Australia on 7/28/09. Credit: Fame Pictures