A Night At The Met
So, last night, major happenings in NYC! The Costume Institute Gala brought out many an A-lister to The Met and I just happened to be eyeing the red carpet as the stars were arriving. And by happened to be there, I mean I walked by on my way home and was across the street, stuck behind paparazzi and other ecstatic, not to mention screaming and waving (yes I waved) fans like myself. Although I didn’t get a chance to see my love George Clooney (so upset!), I did show up just in time to catch a glimpse of actual superheroes welcoming guests at the bottom of The Met stairs, Mr. Big, Jason Lewis (hard to believe, but even more good-looking in person) the Beckhams, Tom and Katie, J.Lo, MKO (oh sorry, aka my abbreviation for Mary-Kate Olsen, who I’m sure just loved hearing my shout out to her and her sister), Mr. Lagerfeld himself, Blake Lively (so excited to see Serena considering I was missing Monday’s ep. of Gossip Girl to star gaze), Valentino, Bonjovi, Eva Longoria and the list goes on. Read more
Katie says Nicole’s pregnancy is “wonderful”
Tom Cruise escorted Katie Holmes – in a dazzling strapless Armani dress – to her premiere, but made sure not to steal the spotlight from his wife. Instead he let her work the press solo while he walked across the street to sign autographs and take photos with fans. The actor was similarly supportive during the making of Mad Money, Holmes said. “Having [20-month-old daughter] Suri and Tom [on set] was wonderful,” she added. “You think you love to do something and then you have the people you love there. It makes it a billion times better and you didn’t realize you were missing that before. It’s like ‘Oh my God, life can be this good.’” Katie Holmes only had kind wishes for Nicole Kidman. “I’m so happy for her,” Holmes, 29, says of Kidman’s pregnancy news. “It’s wonderful.” Kidman, 40, confirmed earlier this week that she and husband Keith Urban are expecting their first child together. The actress has two adopted children – Connor, 12, and Isabella, 15 – with ex-husband Tom Cruise.
Tom’s kids call Katie “Mom”
Katie Holmes gushes that husband Tom Cruise is a “great father and husband” and says his two children with ex-wife Nicole Kidman are “incredible, really smart and kind.” “They call me ‘Mom’,” Holmes says in this week’s Parade Magazine of Cruise’s first two children, Isabella, who turns 15 this month, and Connor, 12. (Ouch – their mom Nicole Kidman recently revealed that they don’t even call her mom.) The 29-year-old actress says she’s looking forward to spending the holidays cooking and skiing in Telluride, Colo., with Cruise, their baby daughter Suri, and both sides of the big family. “Last year was Suri’s first Christmas. It was so spectacular to share the holidays with her,” she says. “It really meant the world to me. To be able to create a tradition for your children is one of the best gifts you can have.” Her one-year marriage to Cruise, she says, is another gift. “Oh, we have so much fun,” she says. “Tom has introduced me to so many new experiences. I have done things I never thought I would do, like climbing mountains and flying in the P-51. That’s what is so inspiring about being with him – constant thrills and joy.” After taking a two-year hiatus from her acting career, Holmes stars in the upcoming film Mad Money with Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah. She says the three of them had a blast: “We got our morning female talk in the trailer every day.” She tells Parade that Tom was very excited for her to do the movie, and that he loved hearing all the stories. He has a great understanding of “the female bond” because he has three sisters, she says. “He was raised by a single mother and has two daughters,” she explains.
Tom & Katie love the Spice Girls
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have found one way to spice up their marriage – turning out for a second Spice Girls show, this one Sunday night in Las Vegas. “They can’t seem to get enough of our girls!” the band wrote on their website on Monday. Last Thursday, Tomkat, who are friends with Posh Spice (Victoria Beckham), watched the reunited British divas’ concert at L.A.’s Staples Center. They were spotted in a private box with daughter Suri, Victoria’s husband David Beckham, and the Beckhams’ sons. Three nights later, the Cruises were at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Hotel, where David Beckham joined them in their VIP skybox. After the show, the two couples feasted on stone crab and Kobe beef at SW Steakhouse at the Wynn Hotel. “They were having an absolute blast,” a witness reports.
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TomKat check out Spice Girls
The Spice Girls had some surprise visitors at rehearsals in LA recently when Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes along with baby Suri stopped by to wish them luck for the forthcoming tour. Cruise and Holmes enjoyed an impromptu audience with the girls and were treated to an exclusive performance, while Suri danced along to the music. “David and I are great friends with Tom and Katie,” Victoria Beckham said afterwards. “It was lovely of them to come down to rehearsals, a really nice surprise. Katie has told me before that she used to be a big Spice fan so it was great for her to meet the girls.” The Spice Girls reunion tour kicks of in Vancouver on December 2.
Tom Cruise to play Hef?
There could be an unusual role in Tom Cruise‘s future – Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. According to the Palm Beach Post, the 45-year-old star of Misson: Impossible and the upcoming Valkyrie is now eyeing the role of the sexual revolutionary in a biopic set to start filming next year. X-Men director Brett Ratner landed the flick after Oliver Stone lost it and has sent the script to Cruise. Word is that Cruise is tickled by the project, although no decision has been made. “A lot of people consider Tom for a lot of roles,” a Cruise publicist said. Ewwwwwwwww. Let’s hope this is just a rumor.
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Suri’s fancy tea party
The tradition for runners the day before a big race is to have a pasta dinner. But last Saturday, marathoner Katie Holmes was focused on throwing a tea party for her 18-month-old daughter Suri. Holmes and husband Tom Cruise held the party inside the Carlyle Hotel’s Bemelman’s Bar, which is decorated with artwork from the Madeline series of children’s books. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., about 10 kids and 15 adults enjoyed mini burgers, chicken fingers, mac and cheese, french fries, cookies, and strawberries, and danced to kids’ songs played on the piano. “Suri and her friends had a Madeline tea,” an observer said, and she was “running around and dancing and playing with friends.”
Katie “strong, gracious,” says Tom
With an 18-month-old daughter, a young marriage, and responsibility for a major movie studio, Tom Cruise isn’t getting his beauty sleep. “Just like everybody else, you just work it out,” Cruise tells Entertainment Tonight about his hectic schedule in an interview airing Thursday, according to the Associated Press. “We’ve gotten pretty good at organizing everything. I don’t sleep much anyway.” Cruise, 45, marks two one-year anniversaries this month: his marriage to Katie Holmes, and the deal that put him and producing partner Paula Wagner in charge of United Artists studios. Family life with Holmes, 28, and daughter Suri is “all very good, all very lovely,” he says. “I have a lot of respect for [Katie] as an artist, as a woman. She’s a very strong, gracious woman. She’s very funny, a great comedian.” The UA job, on the other hand, has him feeling like a student again. It’s “kind of like film school,” he says, “like a dorm with all hands on deck. We’re all very supportive and very honest.” Cruise admits he’d eventually like to try his hand at directing. “I will one day,” he says. “I’ve always wanted to. I’ve been offered things to direct but have to find the right piece.” As for his current sleep deprivation, Cruise looks on the bright side. At least it’s not due to anxiety, as it was in his younger days. He recalls, “I remember lying in bed at 18 going, ‘Man, I just really hope I don’t get fired.’”
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