Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ long-awaited baby has arrived. “Suri,” a baby girl, was “born” on 3:00 am on Tuesday morning:

Tom said in an interview with Diane Sawyer last week that he and Katie opened the baby name book and that was the first name that popped out at them. It’s not a bad name as far as celebrity child names go. A reader at DListed points out that Suri is an anagram of the middle letters in “Cruise.”

Here are pictures of Cruise in a Spanish-language “Magazine” [via]

Tom Cruise brought his crazy public image to new heights by declaring in his GQ interview that he’s going to eat Katie’s placenta:

He obviously realized how scary he sounded and tried to back down. He’ll have to chow down and leave right afterwards. He plans to promote the hell out of MI3, and will appear next Monday in Rome for the film’s first premiere.

Here’s Katie shopping in Beverly Hills. [via]
Was she impregnated with L. Ron’s sperm?! It seems more likely.

Tom Cruise has tried to strike a compromise between a hospital and home birth for his fiance, Katie Holmes, by building a $250,000 in-house hospital for her:

Tom told Diane Sawyer in an interview that aired on Friday that he runs “seminars” to teach his children and family members how best to adhere to the Scientology birthing rules.

As part of L. Ron Hubbard’s arbitraty guidelines for childbirth and newborn care – which we mention every chance we get – the mother should be in a silent environment when she gives birth, the baby must be left alone for a full day after it’s born, the mother shouldn’t have contact with the baby for three days after birth, and the mother should refrain from talking to the baby for a week. Hubbard also discouraged women from breastfeeding and recommended a barley-based formula for babies.

Cruise told Sawyer that a silent birth is about creating a quiet environment for the mother, and that Katie can make as much noise as she wants. No one has questioned him about Scientology’s recommendation that the baby be left alone for a day, however.

In building an in-home hospital, Cruise wants to make sure that he controls the environment and that no one in the public sphere will witness the cruel way they’re planning to leave the baby alone.

Now that Tom Cruise has brought public awareness to the inhumane practices of Scientology, cult expert Rick Ross notes that it’s one of the most unpopular religions in America. According to a CBS poll, only 8% of Americans view Scientology favorably.

Here is Katie shopping for even more shoes that will never fit her on 4/15 at Neiman Marcus. She’s seen on the same day in a different outfit leaving Maxfields in LA. No purchase will be able to fill the hole in her heart from not being able to have contact with her baby for three days.

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Yesterday we reported a lukewarm rumor that Katie Holmes may have given birth. This was based on the fact that she hadn’t been seen outside of the Cruise estate for several days. Pictures came out of Katie shopping for shoes at Barney’s yesterday, so that theory is blown.

We said it before, but it’s silly to shop for shoes right before you give birth. Your feet are totally swollen and there’s no way you can tell if they’ll fit properly.

Regardless Katie is trying to get out and that’s good for her. She looks quite miserable, as A Socialite’s Life, who alerted us to the pictures, notes. They also point out TMZ’s video of Katie shopping. (link will launch a new window.)

Tom Cruise’s interview with Diane Sawyer comes out tonight. Some details have been leaked, including:

Katie Holmes has not been seen outside of Cruise’s estate for a few days. This may mean that she has already given birth and that the Scientologists are sequestering the baby in accordance with their arbitrary belief system:

Let’s review the guidelines for giving birth and caring for newborns that L.Ron Hubbard pulled out of his ass:

Star speculates that Katie is having second thoughts about her involvement in the Scientology cult and having a Scientology birth because she’s spending 8 hours a day at the Celebrity Scientology Center with Tom, which means that she needs extra convincing:

If the Scientologists were clever about it they would let off from Katie and let her come around gradually and think it’s her own idea – kind of like Stockholm syndrome.

While the media focusses on the fact that she’s supposed to remain silent during the birth, no one has really picked up the story that her baby will be left entirely alone on its first day in the world, and then removed from her and cared for by Scientology handlers for three days. That’s even crazier and more cruel than asking a woman to stay silent during childbirth.

Fellow cult member Kelly Preston tries to clarify that a silent birth is all about being polite:

Here’s Katie out shopping yesterday for paper goods. A commenter on the board where we found the pictures (although they’re originally from Just Jared) said that her Scientology handler(s) had enough sense to keep out of the picture.

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Reader Carrie hooked us up again by pointing us to these pictures from KatieHolmes.com of Holmes shopping in Hollywood yesterday.

As they’ve done throughout her pregnancy, people joked that she didn’t really look pregnant and seemed to be carrying a beach ball under her shirt in the pictures that came out yesterday. In these latest pictures, you can see her protruding belly button through her top.

PopSugar does the math and points out that Katie is due any day now, belying the rumors that she’s too far along and faking the pregnancy.

PageSix thinks it’s news that Tom and Katie slobber all over each other in front of the press. Supposedly Katie looked vacant and wide-eyed during Tom’s interview with Premiere magazine, in which he revealed his abusive childhood and made out with her:

Seriously, though, why is this news?

What seems the most suspicious to us is the fact that Holmes is shopping for shoes right before she’s giving birth. My feet were incredibly swollen when I was pregnant. Holmes is seen with some sensible flip-flops, but she also considers some pointy flats. Girl – those are not going to fit after the baby comes!

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Tom Cruise has denied reports of an adult-sized pacifier that was custom-made to keep his girlfriend, Katie Holmes, silent during childbirth in accordance with Scientology edicts.

Hi publicist “dismissed the reports as nonsense,” so we can rest assured that Tom’s publicist doesn’t think it exists.

Here is Katie supposedly out to do some shopping yesterday. Commenters on the bulletin board where we found the pictures note that her stomach looks weird, but it may just be her outfit.

We hope this story is not true, because it’s quite ridiculous. Supposedly Cruise has ordered a custom-made pacifier for Katie Holmes to gnaw on during childbirth so that she can keep quiet while squeezing the baby out in accordance with Scientology edicts:

Actually it doesn’t matter if this is true or not, because we know for certain that Kate is supposed to keep quiet during childbirth and that’s bad enough. I personally had a drug-free childbirth and it’s possible with hypnosis and a lot of preparation, but I could not imagine trying to keep quiet in the pushing stage. It’s really hard to get the baby out and there’s nothing wrong with making a little noise.

Someone on the JJB board (board is down now or I would link to it) mentioned that Scientology was created by a man in the 1950s who was a failed science fiction writer. There’s so much more to it than that, including nefarious motivations and some truly evil practices, but that about sums up L. Ron Hubbard’s knowledge of childbirth.

The Scientologists also recommend a barley-based formula for babies, although many Scientologists deny that the cult discourages breastfeeding.

We really wish Katie the best and think it’s terrible how much pressure is being put on her to conform to the ridiculous and misguided rules of Scientology. Childbirth is hard enough without having to be quiet and hand your baby over to strangers after it’s born.

Tom Cruise opens up about his painful childhood in an upcoming interview with Parade magazine. He could not rely on his father, who was unpredictable and abusive:

Tom said that he felt like an outcast as a child and had “no really close friend.” His battle with dyslexia served to further isolate him and was “an absolute affront to my dignity.”

We feel sorry for Tom, and have some insight into his character. It’s still not a good enough excuse for him to serve as a spokesperson for the cult of Scientology.

Liz Smith points out that it doesn’t matter if Tom gets bad press – as long as he continues to get press. Tom made a fool of himself while promoting War of the Worlds on Oprah and The Today Show. War of the Worlds was a big hit though, and Smith predicts MI3 will be, too.

Tom seems to realize this, and has even pledged to go back on the Today Show with Matt Lauer!

Smith also provides insight as to why Cruise would be sharing stories of his dysfunctional childhood at this point in his career:

Meanwhile press-hungry Tom has confirmed that he plans to marry his pregnant fiance Katie this summer. He may not have have much time to spend with his new bride while he’s promoting Mission Impossible 3.