And here is Monday's TomKat update:
--Her nutjob Scientology chaperone speaks for her: Katie Holmes appears in the August issue of W magazine posing in a Commes des Garcons wedding dress and continuing to gush about her fiance. The couple, who went public with their relationship in April, haven't announced a date for their marriage.
"Tom and I will always be in our honeymoon phase," Holmes says in W, on newsstands July 22. In the interview, a theme emerges with many similar comments, including "Tom is the most incredible man in the world."
During the W interview, the actress wouldn't part from Jessica Rodriguez, who is described as her "Scientologist chaperone." Rodriguez's role in Holmes' life remains vague, though Rodriguez says they're "just best friends" since meeting around the time Holmes met Cruise.
"You adore him," Rodriguez told Holmes when the actress was at a loss for words to describe her love.
--Save the children: Tom Cruise is raising his and Nicole Kidman's children as Scientologists. According to the May issue of Source, a magazine endorsed by the Church of Scientology, Cruise's 12-year-old daughter, Isabella, has completed the "Basic Study Manual," an introductory level course in the sci-fi-based religion that's been embraced by a swarm of Hollywood celebrities.
Isabella and her 10-year-old brother, Connor, live with Cruise in Beverly Hills, where they're being home-schooled by his Scientologist sisters Cass and Marian, according to Cultnews.com.
If Isabella and Connor follow their famous father into the L. Ron Hubbard-invented ideology, it will be a victory for Cruise over his ex-wife. When Kidman and Cruise's marriage fizzled in 2001, many close to the couple blamed Scientology.
The thorny issue of whose faith their children would adopt was cited as a major factor in the split. Kidman is a devout Catholic, while "War of the Worlds" star Cruise has been one of Scientology's most outspoken proponents. But their divorce settlement reportedly stipulates that both parents would make joint decisions about their children's education and religious upbringing.
--And in news related to the sane few who have publicly stood up against Cruise and Scientology: Brooke Shields is returning to Broadway in September to play Roxie Hart in Chicago. Shields has previously starred as Rizzo in the Grease revival and as Sally Bowles in Cabaret.
Posted by Lawren at July 11, 2005 07:54 AM
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This whole Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes thing is taking on a life of its own. I can't tell how much of it is genuine, how much is a put-on, and how much is just the media's fascination with this relationship (the same way we were fed Bennifer stuff).
Either way, this recent report is flat out weird, to say nothing of Katie's little shadow.
That's just creepy.
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Kevvy the Unnamed Source at July 11, 2005 02:13 PM
I am so sick and tired of hearing about TomKat! What a stupid nickname! They just need to hurry up and get married so he can dump her in a few years.
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Kenda at July 20, 2005 12:11 AM