People are saying that Nicole Kidman hasn’t seen her kids in ages while crazy Tom Cruise is jetting all over the world, but still manages to go to Conner and Isabella’s sports matches.

Star thinks it has to do with Tom’s controlling nature, but it sounds to us like Nicole Kidman just doesn’t care:

Obviously the source is a friend of Nicole’s and is making excuses for her absence from their lives. We aren’t a fan of Tom, but couldn’t Nicole make more of an effort to see her children?

It came out in January that a former nanny of Nicole and Tom said that Nicole was never around at all.

Tom may be a crazy cult spokesperson, but at least he’s there for his kids.

Here are Tom and Katie in Aberdeen, WA for a sort-of premiere for MI3.

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Lindsay Lohan attended the “Just my Luck” premiere in NY last night. She arrived with her mother and sister, and spun a giant “Just my Luck” Price is Right-type wheel on the red carpet. Lohan was recently profiled in a flattering article in the NY Times. It pondered Lohan’s party-girl image in a detatched, intellectual way, concluding that her talent is great enough to overshadow the fact that she sleeps around and does a lot of drugs:

That Africa trip is just a vague idea now, and who knows if it will happen. Lohan could barely handle herself on Good Morning America and Total Request Live. How is she going to commit to a humanitarian mission?

Meanwhile Lohan is said to be pissed that she had to deal with ex-friend Vanessa Minnillo on Total Request Live. Lohan’s publicist was said to have thrown a fit before she went on, demanding that another VJ serve as host. There was no one else available and Lohan was stuck with her. You can tell that the two don’t get along if you watch the show. Minnillo makes references to being tired and Lohan seems annoyed with her.

Here she is at the premiere and after party last night.

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Now that our faith in the gossip industry is waning, we’re going to call it like we see it. (For a day or two at least.) The reporting paper where we read this tried to make out like Lindsay Lohan was in a catfight with Cameron Diaz since they both dated the same guy at some point, but it sounds like Cameron simply asked Lindsay to stop smoking when they were in the VIP section of a NY club together:

Lindsay’s a nasty skank who thinks she can get away with whatever she wants. It’s been illegal to smoke in bars in NY for years now, so she should know better. She was probably pissed because she knew Cameron was right.

Meanwhile Lindsay still hopes to clean up her image with that humanitarian mission to Africa we told you about. She’s only considering it, doesn’t have a date planned, and it’s clearly all about making her look good:

Lindsay’s ready to try to get some good press for once is all.

Here she is in St. Paul, MN yesterday for the world premiere of A Prarie Home Companion. Stars were “carried in horse drawn carriages led by the Highland Park Senior High marching band down Wabasha St.”

Tom Cruise actually attended the Mexico City premiere of Mission Impossible 3 on Monday. He seems to care more about his fans than his wife and new baby. No other stars from the movie, not even secondary ones, appear in the premiere pictures so it can be assumed that he’s the only one who went. If I’m wrong let me know.

When asked about Suri at a press conference, he said: “The hours go by so quickly, as I just stare at her.” He also dismissed claims that he ate the baby’s placenta, calling them “ridiculous.” You said it, Tom.

Here’s a brief video of excerpts from Tom’s press conference in Mexico. He discusses MI3’s director, JJ Abrams, and baby Suri. He seems distracted, tired, and out of sorts.

And here are pictures of him basking in the attention.

In one of his creepier quotes, Cruise reveals that he has renamed his girlfriend “Kate” Holmes, because that just sounds more motherly to him:

Sure Holmes decided to change her name, the one she’s been using her entire life and her entire career, just because it sounded better. My name is Katie too, and to me Kate always sounded like a nickname for a younger person. Whatever. Holmes has changed everything else for Cruise, she may as well let him call her what he likes, too.

And Cruise calls her “child-bearing.” That’s very specific, and very strange language that seems to add credence to the rumors that she was inseminated.

In an MTV interview to air Sunday, Cruise says he would give up his achievements for his kids. That doesn’t quite jibe with his actions lately. He also said he would like to star in a film with Katie Kate:

Who says things like “I’m very properly in love?” That’s so strange and seems like an obvious put-on.

Cruise also attended the Paris premiere of MI3 yesterday. Michelle Monaghan attended, but the other big stars from the film were absent. Tom has a new baby at home but he still couldn’t stay away.

Here are pictures from the Paris premiere.

Tom Cruise has said that the gossip columnists who make fun of his erratic behavior are simply unhappy people:

Tom may have been referring to a recent interviewer who dared question Scientology’s ability to cure the reading disorder dyslexia, from which Tom admittedly suffers.

Tom then got pissed when the reporter mentioned Kidman and his adopted children and stormed off. At least the re are foreign journalists willing to state the obvious about Scientology. Tom certainly can’t stand to be challenged, although he does give fabulous quotes!

Saying that someone is motivated by unhappiness is an obvious oversimplification. It’s like a mom telling her grade school child that the bully is jealous of him. Cruise should stick to vague, happy quotes and try not to get upset or bring any more attention to the fact that he looks like a fool to everyone.

And here he is at a press conference for Mission Impossible 3 in Rome, and at the London premiere last night. Yes, he did attend, and supposedly Katie gave him permission.

Other stars pictured at the press conference and premiere include Keri Russell, Michelle Monaghan, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and his supposed girlfriend, and Maggie Q.

Update: Cruise spent 4 hours talking to fans outside of the MI3 premiere in London last night!

Salma Hayek stars with Colin Farrell in “Ask The Dust,” which opened in limited release in the US in March, and received mixed reviews. “Ask the Dust” is the story of the sadistic relationship between a struggling novelist and a Mexican waitress in the 1930s, and is based on the 1939 novel of the same name by John Fante.

The film opened in Madrid for its European premiere yesterday, and Salma Hayek attended. She also appeared at a photocall for the film today.

Hayek has said that she doesn’t like the Hollywood lifestyle and that she tries to avoid it by living on a farm in the country. She also says that she faced blatant discrimination as a latin-American actress trying to break into film. Hayek is now single after a string of long term relationships and is enjoying the process of finding herself.

Tom Cruise told the crowd at the opening of Mission Impossible 3 in Rome yesterday that he loves changing his newborn’s diapers and revealed that Katie is breastfeeding:

My husband changed our baby a lot right after he was born, too. It’s not that bad if they’re breastfed. At least Katie is breastfeeding. We were concerned that she would use the barley-based formula that L. Ron Hubbard recommended. We were also worried that the baby would be abandoned for its first day in accordance with Scientology tradition, but that may not have happened.

Cruise initially said that he had cancelled all promotional appearances for the film due to the birth of baby Suri, but must have been unable to stay away. He said Katie gave him permission to go to the premiere in Rome, but she may have done it half-heartedly, as Jaunted mentions:

The London premiere of Mission Impossible is tonight. We’ll have to see if Tom attends that too.

Update: Cruise will be in London. Go figure.

Here are pictures of Tom in Rome yesterday at the MI3 premiere. He stood on top of a car to get a better view of the crowd. [via]

We weren’t entirely convinced that Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro were having relationship trouble until we read an unsourced e-mail report on Egotastic. There’s something about those “I was there” stories that make them more convincing despite the fact that they’re quite easily fabricated.

Carmen teased her hair all up on Monday and attended two events with Dave. They were seen at the Scary Movie 4 premiere and at SAAB’s new concept vehicle launch in New York.

She insists that everything’s fine in their relationship, but we still remember how nervous she seemed on the Tonight Show when she deliberately avoided the question.

In this recent quote, she calls Dave her “friend,” which usually doesn’t bode well for a relationship:

She’s not convincing us, but they’ll probably work it out.

Here are pictures from the Scary Movie 4 premiere and one from the SAAB AERO X concept car launch. Other stars seen at the Scary Movie premiere include Simon Rex (who was booted from a party for trying to pee on the carpet according to Page Six), Regina Hall, and Anna Faris.

And here’s the trailer for Scary Movie 4. This is the most we will ever see of this movie.

Antonio Banderas, his wife Melanie Griffith, and Alfre Woodard were among the stars at the NY premiere of “Take the Lead.” The film sounds like Dangerous Minds on the dance floor:

It’s been called a “hackneyed charmer,” and “completey predictable, but charming” and is receiving somewhat decent reviews.

Banderas also visited MTV’s Total Request Live yesterday, where he showed host Vanessa Minnillo some of his moves.

Banderas has two projects in the works. He will “return to Broadway in a new musical based on the 1995 film, ‘Don Juan DeMarco‘” and will play the lead in a new historical epic, “Conquistador,” as the villianous Spanish conqueror Hernan Cortes who defeated the Aztec empire in the 16th century.

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