Great idea for Katie Holmes to turn down The Dark Knight, huh?
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes looked creepier than usual this weekend at a California race track. Katie sure made the right choices in life — instead of starring in the summer's hottest movie, she gave up her role in order to spend quality time with her spooky husband and cut off even more of her hair.
Let this be a lesson to you, kids: Stay in school and keep away from the crazies.
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Oh no! Julia Roberts couldn't do it; nor could Amanda Peet or Denzel Washington. And it looks like Katie Holmes' chance to do it was over before it even began. But we had such high hopes for Morgan Freeman! He was supposed to be The One, the major movie star that would take Broadway by storm with a performance hailed by critics and ticket buyers alike. Alas, it was not to be:
… if Mr. Freeman [in The Country Girl] was still unsure of his lines, it was undetectable in the performance I saw, which exuded a low-key confidence and charm. (This is not, I hasten to point out, what the part requires at all times.) And if you compare this version’s script with Odets’s published text, the deletions and discrepancies don’t change the sense of things, though the word substitutions are often bizarrely capricious. I would happily have put up with flubbed lines if real runaway feelings accompanied them.
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In theater as in film Mr. Freeman is a quietly commanding presence. When Frank auditions for Bernie, the producer (Chip Zien) and the playwright (Remy Auberjonois) in the opening scene and begins improvising, you get a flash of the wild-card artistry that makes Bernie prize him. Otherwise he seems natural, affable, occasionally irritable, but not like a man wrestling with demons.
PEOPLE PREFER NON-CRAZIES "Advance ticket sales for Katie Holmes' Broadway debut in All My Sons are far below those for Nicole Kidman's 1998 run in The Blue Room. … Less than $1 million in tickets for All My Sons — which begins previews in September — have been sold compared to $4 million for Kidman's Broadway stint, according to the paper."
Really, what kind of readers get excited over this stuff?
CRAZIES PROTECTED AGAINST OTHER CRAZIES "Tom Cruise is so concerned about the safety of his wife Katie Holmes and three children — he has had bulletproof glass fitted on all his cars."
Thank Allah we're in Saudi Arabia:
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are moving to the Big Apple!
As Holmes preps to make her Broadway debut this fall, "[Katie] and Tom are committed to keeping the family together, so they have to get an apartment here [in New York]," All My Sons producer Eric Falkenstein tells the New York Post.
It will never happen, but what we wouldn't give to see Tom Cruise turn curtly toward some guy on the A train to say, in that trademark nasal whine: "You're not supposed to have bikes down here!"
Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Lopez, Brooke Shields, Sumner Redstone, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, and Kirstie Alley were among the A-listers who attending TomKat's big Beverley Hills housewarming party. Page Six, however, also spotted "all the gays, which was hilarious because Scientology 'cures' gays."
The MTV Movie Awards were held last night, and I admittedly couldn't bring myself to sit through the hours-long crapfest. Just by looking at the pictures (after the jump), it's obvious I didn't miss much.
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• Usher's performance on Good Morning America today reminded everyone how not-so-awesome Justin Timberlake really is. [INO]
• We weren't invited to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' cocktail party. Somehow, life goes on. [ICYDK]
• In a desperate ploy for publicity, Supernanny has announced that she would be "more than happy" to help Britney. Um, OK? [People]
• Everything the Lohans touch turns to gold. And by "gold" we mean "stuff nobody wants to see." [PS]
• Charlie Sheen seems to have convinced yet another stupid female to marry him. [DListed]
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Start buying your tickets now: Katie Holmes is coming to Broadway. The wife of Mr. Crazy himself, Tom Cruise, will escape the LA Scientology Center to join the revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, which debuts this fall. It's unsure whether Tom and Suri will be joining her here in the city, and for our sake, we sure hope not. Besides, Katie needs no distractions as she learns to reprogram new vocabulary into her system.
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Jeff Archuleta, the Svengali-like father of breathy 5-year-old (OK fine — he says he's 17) American Idol contestant David, has reportedly been banned from the show's set. Turns out those stage dad rumors were totally true, and he has been attempting to interfere with the entire production for weeks now, even nagging the producers, band, vocal coaches and other contestants. This is déjà vu from David's Star Search run.
The final straw came this week, when Jeff wanted to change the lyrics to David's first song, 'Stand By Me.' Jeff insisted on adding a verse from Sean Kingston's hit, 'Beautiful Girls.' Producers sent him an e-mail telling him the lyrics could not be changed. They were beyond pissed when David sang the song with Kingston's lyrics during the live show.
We're told by changing the lyrics, it created problems with the song's publisher and cost AI a lot of money. Jeff was ordered to sit with AI lawyers on Wednesday, who told him he was 'banned from being in the rooms where David was learning or rehearsing his songs.'
So from now on, Jeffy Poo can sit in the audience during the live shows, but he is not allowed anywhere near backstage. Because when it comes to manipulating impressionable young people, the Idol producers already have that covered.
The interesting thing will be seeing how Archie, who will now be forced to form his own opinion, handles the rest of his Idol run — it's like Katie Holmes without Tom Cruise. Could this be the end of the lamest AI contestant ever?
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Despite the fact that many people find it inaccurate to use the word another in the following sentence: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes want to spawn "another" baby.
According to a "friend" close to the couple (and E!, apparently), Katie has "the itch," which we assume is a gross way of saying she'd like to have more children. The aforementioned friend also says Tom loves the idea of a new kid: "He said if Katie wants to make another baby, she doesn't have to ask twice." He'll have his people call her people and set up an intercourse ASAP.
Scarlett Johansson wasted no time in debuting her engagement ring from fiancé Ryan Reynolds at last night's Costume Institute Gala at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pretty much every celebrity you can imagine was in attendance (except for Reynolds), and 95 percent of the wardrobe choices made our heart cry.
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Oprah's Tom Cruise interview is still happening at this very moment, and it's like watching an uncomfortable episode of The Office, except it's real and there's no laughter.
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Tommy and his robot lady are on Oprah right now. Click through for a couple notes on the show from Lauren, who wisely didn't come into the office today.
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• Leather daddy will forever be a good look. Well done, Travolta. [CityRag]
• "Scientology boot camp is probably filled with a bunch of suppressed homos that are just aching to get their jaws around any cock and ass." [DListed]
• Another Spears girl is on the way. And this one will have many more issues than the first two. Huzzah! [PS]
• Patrick Dempsey is campaigning to win the title of "Sexiest Man Alive" this year, which is not the least bit sexy. [INO]
• Benji Madden wrote Paris Hilton a love song entitled "Shine Your Light." It's probably not very good and definitely not original, but Paris only knows what's in front of her, so she loves it. [ICYDK]
• Is Mariah Carey really engaged to Nick Cannon? Thank goodness those two are out of the dating pool! [Yeeeah]
In Touch picked up on sister mag Life & Style's Suri Cruise obsession this week with stalker photos and insider details surrounding the tot's birthday party.
Tom Cruise reportedly spent $100,000 on the extravaganza, which is so ridiculous we don't even need to say anything about it. The cost included $17,000 for fresh flowers, $45,000 on catering and $5,000 for cakes. But these weren't just any pastries: Each guest received a personalized cake and Suri was treated to a four-tier cake covered in buttercream frosting, bumblebees and butterflies. Oh, and Katie received $230 worth of Sprinkles cupcakes. Who knew she ate?
The celebration continued into the evening when Tom and Katie invited their own friends — including Eva Longoria Parker, David and Victoria Beckham, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, and Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy — to a private bash. Because we're sure that was on Suri's wishlist.
It's a good thing they pulled out all the stops for this milestone birthday, seeing as how Suri likely had already forgotten about it by breakfast.
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