As we mentioned yesterday, we caught Tom Cruise’s appearance on the German show Wetten Das last night. There’s now a video up of Cruise losing the bet and riding a motorcycle on stage on the show. (Note: Cruise is wearing an earpiece which gives him an English translation of the host. The video is in German, but it’s easy to figure out what’s going on.)

The first four pictures are from the Wetten Das website, and the rest are our exclusive screencaps of the show (Ok, so I took pictures of the TV. I have a laptop that plays TV, but the thing is new and is not working yet), which reaired this morning. The kiss marks on the bottom of the screen in one of the pictures show the progress of the bet, in which two girls had to identify lip prints from their classmembers. Tom said that the girls wouldn’t be able to do it, and lost the bet since they were 4 for 4.

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Tom Cruise just appeared on the live 25th anniversay special of the German show Wetten Das tonight. He left around 9:00 PM our time, which is 2:00 PM EST. My husband and I were out to dinner and only caught the second half of the program.

When he was about to leave, Cruise mentioned Holmes specifically and said that she gave him permission to attend:

(It was difficult to understand as Tom was over dubbed in German)

Wetten Das, German for “Wanna Bet?” airs about once a month and is easily the most popular show in Germany. It features celebrity guests, live performances by musicians, and hysterical and creative bets. Today two girls had to identify the lip prints of members of their class. In an earlier episode, a man identified seed types by the sound the seed packets made when shaken. Celebrities take a side in the bet and have to perform silly antics if they’re wrong.

Cruise lost the bet and was supposed to have a motorcycle race as his part of the bargain. Wearing a tight black sweater and jeans, he swaggered over to a white motorcycle, which he was initially unable to start, and rode around the stage. The host, Thomas Gottschalks, came out on a tiny tricycle to “race” Tom.

After the non-race, Tom gave his apologies and left. This is not unusual on Wetten Das - the big celebrities often leave before the end.

The 25th Anniversay special is a huge event, and although Tom should have stayed home with Katie, it’s easy to see why he chose to attend.

The Wetten Das website says (in German) that Tom arrived at 7:45 (the show starts at 8:15) with seven S-class Mercedes limousines. He didn’t even see the stage before he came on.

Update: there is a video interview in English with Cruise accessible from the ZDF network website. Cruise says about the same thing as when he had to leave Wetten Das early - that Katie is about to have the baby “any day now” and gave him permission to go.

So Kabbalah is ahead in the battle of the celebrity-favorite cults this week. Cult News reports that illiterate Victoria Beckham has been wearing a red string on her left hand, the Kaballah talisman that supposed to ward off the evil eye. (A red string on the right hand is a symbol of anorexic pride, and given Posh’s stick-thin figure and low level of intelligence, it is possible that she simply confused the two.) This means that she may have picked Madonna’s cult Kaballah over Tom Cruise’s cult Scientology, which she was supposed to be considering based on her friendship with Katie Holmes.

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Cindy Adams reports in The NY Post that Lindsay Lohan is also wearing a red string. We pointed out that she had a Kaballah string on at the GM fashion show at the beginning of March. It is indeed not a one-time thing and she mentions to Adams that’s she’s clinging to anything in order to get some sanity:

There are much healthier, safer things to get you through the day Lindsay. Exercise, music, even an occasional drink for one. You’re better off with a hangover and some embarassing pictures than getting involved with the Kabbalah cult.

In terms of Posh’s choice, she may have picked the lesser of two very real evils.

Isaac Hayes’ camp has responded to the allegations that the Scientologists faxed in Hayes’ resignation from South Park when he was laid up from a stroke. They say that Hayes only had high blood pressure, and that he was the one who decided to quit. It may be true that Hayes’ medical condition was not that serious, but we doubt Hayes was the one to quit. He is said to have loved his job. E! News also notes that this seems uncharacteristic of Hayes, who said that everyone is fair game on South Park and that he didn’t think people should be offended by it:

No matter what happened, Hayes is never going to talk. Scientologists gather personal secrets about converts in the early stages of indoctrination in a process called “auditing.” Eliciting confessions is a common practice of cults and gives them leverage if a member criticizes their practices or tries to leave the fold.

John Travolta and Tom Cruise are said to have gay experiences in their past that would be released by the Scientologists if they ever attempted to leave. Indeed, Scientology is known for releasing personal information and often hires private detectives to dig up information on critics.

Hayes did not admit to seeing the popular South Park episode that depicts the death of his character, Chef. He is said to have “left it behind him” and is now looking forward to the upcoming birth of a baby with his fourth wife.

We have no clue if Independence Day has some significance to the cult of Scientology, although the movie of the same name certainly has some parallels with their belief system. Rumor has it that Tom and Katie plan to get married on the Fourth of July according to the magazines Celebrity Living and Star:

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about upcoming wedding plans for the two, so take this for the rumor that is is. We are still waiting for news of Tom’s ex, Nicole Kidman’s supposed upcoming wedding to Keith Urban. It is a smidgen more substantial now that two gossip rags have jumped on the news.

Here are pictures of Katie and Tom out last night.

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I wanted to write another story about how disgusted I am at the way the Scientologists treat little babies, but there’s a lot more going on, so here’s a recap of all the crazy shit that’s been happening with Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and their cult religion.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes visited the Yahoo! Sunnydale, CA campus yesterday for no clear reason except publicity. Gambling site 911daily, which is taking bets on the fetus’ name, has an insider’s view of the proceedings. Tom actually did jump on a couch, arm wrestled Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, and said that Katie was having his “third child” in a “few weeks.” Tom flew himself to the event, and was 45 minutes late due to the weather. He jumped in a Ducati off the tarmac and ran through the Yahoo! campus to get to the event. Katie came in separately.

Meanwhile blogs are buzzing that Yahoo! staffers see Cruise’s visit as a lame attempt by Yahoo! to go Hollywood.

Cruise is being lambasted for his role as the most visible spokesperson for the cult of Scientology. A new ad claims that a woman was stabbed to death by her schizophrenic son because he was treated with vitamins instead of psychiatric drugs in accordance with the church’s belief system.

So now Tom says via his publicist that he didn’t threaten Viacom to not publicize MI3 if South Park’s “Trapped in the Closet” aired again. This seems untrue in light of South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s hilarious statement:

Yeah, I know you’ve already read it, but it’s quite clever. Cult expert Rick Ross points out that the Latter Day Saints can take a joke much better than the Scientologists.

You’ve probably already seen these pictures too. Here are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes at Conner’s softball game on Saturday. I’m sure he’s thrilled to have his dad and his dad’s girlfriend there along with the team of photographers that follow them everywhere.

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Tom Cruise stopped a re-airing of the infamous “Trapped in the Closet” episode of South Park on Comedy Central by telling parent company Viacom that he wouldn’t promote Mission Impossible III if it was shown. The episode makes fun of Cruise’s cult religion, Scientology, and suggests that the actor is gay. You can watch it here. Isaac Hayes, who plays chef, recently quit the show after the same episode offended his cult sensibility.

For their part, Comedy Central said that they pulled the episode because they wanted to pay tribute to Chef with different episodes that feature Hayes.

Meanwhile Cult News reports that Cruise may have his wide-eyed paramour, Katie Holmes, give birth on a boat or in a Scientology compound so he has maximum control over the event. Scientology edicts require the mother to stay silent during the birth and stipulate that the baby should be left alone for a day and removed from the mother for three days after birth. Katie is said to be resisting the separation from her newborn. She is due in a month or two.

Here are pictures of the two at the World Baseball Classic in Angel Stadium last night.

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No wonder they’re fighing so much. The Enquirer is set to report that Tom and Katie got married in a tripped-out Scientology ceremony at sea eight months ago:

Katie’s family was not there, and of course Tom’s rep is denying it.

They were married in some freaky ritual. Now when they break up all of Katie’s thetans will come back to torment her with their memories of mass extinction and she’ll never achieve a state of clarity like Tom Cruise.

Cult expert Rick Ross reports that Katie Holmes’ friendship with Victoria Beckham is not all that it seems, and that Tom and Katie have been working together to recruit the Beckhams into Scientology:

The Beckhams certainly are dumb enough to get recruited into Scientology, and it would not be surprising if they converted.

It’s amazing how many celebrities get recruited into dangerous and expensive cults. Other celebrities involved in Scientology include Kelly Preston, John Travolta, Juliette Lewis, Kirstie Alley, Jason Lee, and musician Beck.

Katie is due to give birth in a month or two depending on who you believe. Life and Style, not known for accuracy, reported twice in mid-February that the two had split. Cruise threatened to sue over the story, but did not follow through.