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Suri Cruise looked tired and strained by the emotional custody battle her parents are to embark on.
The six-year-old is currently dealing with the news that her parents are set for a high profile divorce.
Mother Katie Holmes held her daughter tenderly in her arms during a trip with friends - and of course security - to the Children's Museum of the Arts in the Soho area of New York City.
Exhausted: Suri Cruise looks tired by the news her parents are set for a custody battle following their divorce
Little Suri, dressed in a pink dress and holding onto a cuddly toy, clung to her actress mother.
She looked upset by the media circus as she buried her face into Katie's shoulder.
And despite a brave face, the Dawson's Creek beauty herself appeared to show the results of her split from Tom, showcasing a slender figure in fitted jeans from the bi-product of a break-up diet.
Growing closer: The girls rarely leave each other's side, with Katie often seen carrying Suri
Super trim: Katie was seen carrying Suri as her daughter buried her head in her shoulder
Taking its toll: While Katie put on a brave face, Suri showed the strain
Yesterday, Katie - who filed for divorce from the Hollywood star last week - spent American holiday Independence Day as a single mother for the first time.
The 33-year-old was seen at Wholefoods supermarket near her Chelsea apartment stocking up on food supplies.
Making her way to the store, dressed casually in a denim shirt and a floral summery skirt, the mother-of-one looked feminine and pretty as she skipped along with Suri, who was in the same multi-coloured poppy dress she was in the night before.
Taking life into her hands: Katie stepped out braless and ringless in her efforts to rebel from controlling Tom
Protected: Katie was flanked by a burly security guard
Inside the market, Suri rode in the front of the shopping cart playing with a pale pink cowboy hat, with Katie photographing her wearing it.
The mother and daughter duo were accompanied by one of Katie's bodyguards from her top heavy security team.
During the outing Katie reassured fans that she is coping following the split from the Hollywood star.
Brave face: Katie managed a smile as she and Suri left the museum following their day out
Rail-thin: Katie's halterneck top clearly showed off her bony back
Approached as she stocked up on food, Katie told a New York Daily News reporter: 'I'm alright. Thank you.'
Meanwhile it emerged today that Katie has been secretly planning her divorce assault for several weeks with the help of her father Martin Holmes.
The super secretive plan included switching all her cell phones and email addresses.
Helping hand: Suri was guided along by her mother, who tenderly placed an arm on each of her daughter's shoulders
Tea time: Katie and Suri also had a meal at Alice's tea cup during their girly day out together
Katie was said to be contact with Tom, right up until last week, playing the role of doting wife.
'She was talking to Tom on the phone up until last week saying, "I love you,"' a source told People magazine.
But the escape plan was well underway when the actress recently visited China for work commitments.
Moving on: Katie Holmes was seen at Wholefoods supermarket near her Chelsea apartment yesterday, stocking up on supplies
Sweet treat: The night before Katie took Suri out for some ice-cream
'Her inner circle has been planning this and switching out cell phones since she was in China [in mid-June],' the source said.
'When new cell phones arrived, then nobody could reach her. Her old best friends from last week don't have her new number, no e-mail. She's unreachable.'
Katie even bent the truth to Tom about her new Chelsea apartment.
Suri emerges: It was the first time that the youngster had emerged since Tom and Katie's split was announced
Hold on tight: Katie's top priority in the split is her six-year-old daughter
'[Tom] knew that she moved there, but [he thought it was] for different reasons,' the source told People.
'She said she moved there to drive into the underground garage. There are fewer paparazzi and it's less intrusive for her,' the source continued.
'It was the first phase of getting everything out of the house, and that's why she was able to say she's moving without giving an indication that she was going to divorce him.'
Top heavy: Katie has enlisted burly bodyguards who are currently watching the actress 24/7
Katie's father also fired some of his daughter's assistants and hired new ones in place to help out with the grand plan.
In their new apartment building, neighbours say mother and daughter are a joy to have.
'Katie and Suri have been very friendly to everyone they see in the building,' a source told Radaronline. 'But they mostly keep to themselves.'
However the pair have been spotted using the communal children's playroom.
Desperate: Tom is said to be going to a court in LA in person to ensure he is legally allowed to see Suri
'Suri was there playing. Katie was with her and they were very sweet to the other people in the room.
'There were a few other kids there and Suri quietly played with them. She seemed like a nice little girl and the other kids looked like they were having fun with her.'
Meanwhile, Tom, who has been kept busy shooting his latest movie Oblivion in Iceland, yesterday returned to Los Angeles where he marked his 50th birthday with a quiet lunch alongside adopted children Connor and Isabella.
The way they were: Katie announced that she was splitting with her husband of six years last Friday
He is said to have made it his 'first priority' to get temporary visitation rights to his daughter Suri.
The 50-year-old actor - who was 'blindsided' when his wife filed for divorce from him last week after five years of marriage and sought legal custody of their child - intends to go to court in Los Angeles in person to ensure he is legally allowed to see the youngster.
Hints: In next month's ELLE magazine Katie hints that she may not have been happy in the relationship for some time
Katie filed for the divorce in New York because she believes she has a better chance of winning custody, and although Tom was encouraged to file in California, the law states one cannot file in separate states at the same time.
A source said: 'Tom has told Dennis Wasser and Bert Fields, his long-time entertainment lawyer, that his first priority is getting a court order in place, obviously a temporary one, that will allow him to legally see his daughter.
'Team Cruise has extensive documentation to prove that Los Angeles is where the case should proceed, because this is where he says they have lived.
'Tom is extremely disappointed that Katie filed in New York, and he feels that she is trying to cut him out of their daughter's life.
'Tom won't tolerate it and told his lawyers that if he personally needs to go to court and make a plea in front of the judge for an order allowing him to see his daughter, he will.'
It is believed Katie wants legal custody because she is worried about Tom's devotion to sci-fi cult Scientology and the effect the quasi-religious sect may have on their six-year-old daughter.
However a source told TMZ: '[Katie] was totally committed to Scientology. She had enthusiasm for it and would voluntarily and gladly participate in it when Tom was off shooting movies.
'This is not a fight over religion. It's being used as a way to hurt Tom.'
Meanwhile, an interview with Katie from next month's ELLE magazine hints that she may not have been happy in the relationship for some time.
Discussing turning 33, she told the US publication: 'I definitely feel much more comfortable in my own skin. I feel sexier. I'm staring to come into my own. It's like a new phase.'
Asked about her marriage, she admitted she wanted to focus on herself.
She said: 'He has been Tom Cruise for 30 years. I know who I am and where I am and where I want to go, so I want to focus on that.'
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Chick Woodroffe Memorial event at Purfleet (From Thurrock Gazette) - thurrockgazette.co.uk
Arena Essex Festival of Speed clash
8:40pm Thursday 5th July 2012 in Sport
MOTORSPORT: THE Arena Essex Festival of Speed reverted to a weekend format for the first time in many years and some great racing took place over the two days as all formulas competed for the Chick Woodroffe memorial trophies.
With three incarnations of the Midnight Runners team present, it was going to be a tough job for any other teams to get a look in during the Banger Team racing.
Team Black and the Essex Car Collection teams took to the task and there were some heavy smashes during the heats.
The man of the meeting was Paul Ring who arrived in a little Citroen AX, with no team mates to support him.
He led the final for some distance before eventually getting edged out. Jack Foster Jnr could have won the day for Team Black in the final as he attempted to stop the Midnight Rodders team mates, Matt Fuller and Paul Whiteman on the pit bend.
But he failed to stop either and they, along with team mates Billy King and Dave Bull, took the team championship title. The Destruction Derby deservedly fell to Darryl Theedom.
The SuperBanger final was affected by a brief rainstorm which blew in and rendered earlier heats rather meaningless.
An inspired tyre choice saw Brian Jarvis virtually lap the field on his way to victory, including Lee West, who – had the track stayed dry – would have been difficult to beat.
A good grid of Stock Cars took to the track but no-one could live with English Champion, Lee Pearce.
Pearce was so dominant that the scrutineers took extra time to check over the car after his incredible display.
He took all three races and even had time to play with Dan Booth in the final, swapping positions with him and then burying him hard into the pit bend.
In what was a very successful weekend for him, Pearce also stepped down into the Rookie Banger category and waltzed off with their inaugural Chick Woodroffe memorial trophy.
Not content with that, Lee then put in a stellar Destruction Derby performance.
Tilbury’s Paul Harrison won the Destruction Derby, landing several telling hits along the way, while the heat wins went the way of Dan Wild and Pearce again, who fenced Tilbury's Stuart Fuller on the final lap to take the victory.
The race of the weekend fell to the Junior Mini Stox with the final turning into a wonderful tactical battle between Ryan Polley and Dan Newman.
The two were constantly in each others wheeltracks throughout the distance with both taking turns at the lead.
The race was won by Polley from Newman. David Rogers took a fine third place.
World Champion, Gary Greenland, was in scintillating form in the Lightning Rods. The one race that Greenland didn’t win went to Roger Dormer.
The Group A Stock Rods saw another heat and final double, this time for the Toyota Starlet mounted Neil Wood.
Wood beat the rest of the Front Wheel Drive Vauxhall Nova masses.
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Tom Cruise, the bankable kook - The Guardian
What do you get the multi-millionaire global superstar who has everything? It's a question Katie Holmes must have asked herself repeatedly during her five-year marriage to Tom Cruise. When it comes to birthday presents for middle-aged men, divorce papers certainly qualify as an unorthodox gift, ranking even lower than novelty socks on the desirability scale.
Holmes's timing is particularly acute, given that she filed for divorce from Cruise in the downtime between the release of his latest movie (Rock of Ages, in which the star has a rare comic outing as a priapic soft-metal god) and his 50th birthday – a milestone for anyone, not least an action hero whose image rests on performing daring physical feats without pulling a muscle, be it leaping between moving trains or jumping up and down on a chatshow sofa.
Claims that it was Cruise's passionate commitment to his church, Scientology, which brought about the couple's irreconcilable differences have become the received wisdom.
The feverish reports that followed the divorce announcement read like the synopsis of a conspiracy thriller: Holmes resolving to abandon the marriage when she learned that Suri, her six-year-old daughter by Cruise, was being primed for a Scientology bootcamp; Holmes hiding out in her Manhattan apartment with Suri to stop the child being snatched; Holmes reporting that she had been under surveillance by sinister men in dark glasses.
Regardless of whether there is any truth in these dispatches, or Holmes simply has a savvy and long-sighted PR team at her disposal, Cruise is already being positioned as the villain in a drama yet to be properly drafted.
The curious thing is that, barring any revelations which slip through what was doubtless a prohibitive pre-nuptial confidentiality agreement, none of this should dent his movie career. Whatever it costs him in court (and some reports suggest that Holmes will leave the marriage only with what she brought to it), he is unlikely to lose a cent at the box-office.
That Rock of Ages flopped will be of little concern. Comedy is a sideline for Cruise, in the same way that other celebrities branch out into fragrances or sportswear. Action movies are what he does best, which means that his professional future looks guaranteed for the time being.
The first trailer for his action thriller Jack Reacher , adapted from Lee Child's novel One Shot, was released this week, with the film to follow in December. Cruise has returned recently from Iceland where he was shooting another action movie, Oblivion, to be released next year.
And Forbes magazine has just announced that he is the highest paid performer in the world, raking in $70m (£45.141m) in the past year, almost double the salary of his nearest rivals, Leonardo DiCaprio and Adam Sandler. No one is invincible, but Cruise is closer than most.
That much was proved by his apparent career catastrophe of six years ago. What looked to be a perfect storm of public embarrassment (the fallout from the sofa-jumping incident, in which he rampaged all over Oprah Winfrey's furniture in a display of his love for his then-fiancée Holmes), industry scorn (the head of Paramount dropped Cruise from the studio) and a string of PR disasters connected to his Scientologist beliefs (including public tussles with his former co-star Brooke Shields and Today Show presenter Matt Lauer) transpired to be not so perfect after all.
When the third Mission: Impossible movie, starring Cruise, opened a year after all the furore, it went on to gross $400m worldwide.
Even a genuinely terrible film like the action-comedy Knight and Day, which became Cruise's lowest-grossing star vehicle in 20 years, couldn't kill off fans' enthusiasm – he needed only return to the Mission: Impossible franchise a year later to bring another box-office phenomenon.
His track record so far indicates that it doesn't matter how he humiliates himself in his extra-curricular activities, or what slip-ups he makes in between his franchise outings, audiences will still accept him once he returns to the business of blowing things up and jumping from great heights while flashing his Esther Williams smile.
But that is to reckon without the Scientology factor. Jen Yamato, US west coast editor of Movieline, believes that any threat to the actor's career comes from public perception of his beliefs. "Cruise has aged exceptionally well from the days of Risky Business and Top Gun," she says, "so we can expect him to keep taking on action-oriented roles for a time — even longer than Harrison Ford. And Cruise has a way of bouncing back from PR misfires.
"The looming presence of Scientology in his life has been more difficult to ignore, and that's where the split may prove trickiest for his public image. The church's reputation for inserting its advisers into the Cruise-Holmes marriage has created the perception that Katie is escaping from a very controlling environment, making it easy for the public to take her side."
Cruise learned after his 2005 meltdown that it's advisable not to broach the subject of Scientology in press interviews. Plenty of the church's celebrity followers manage not to let its beliefs interfere with their work – the musician Beck and the actor Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl) are among those whose names are not necessarily synonymous with Scientology in the public imagination, unlike Cruise or John Travolta.
But then they don't have the same standing and cachet within the church. Cruise is its most highly prized mascot and cheerleader. David Miscavige, the head of the Church of Scientology, declared him "the most dedicated Scientologist I know".
Rupert Murdoch was moved to take the moral high ground on Twitter last week, predicting a massive fallout from the divorce. "Scientology back in news," he tweeted. "Very weird cult, but big, big money involved with Tom Cruise either number two or three in hiearchy [sic] … Watch Katie Holmes and Scientology story develop. Something creepy, maybe even evil, about these people."
While Cruise may have learned his lesson about keeping his beliefs out of his public persona, this may be one area over which he no longer has the steely control that defines him.
The suggestion from Steve Hall, a former senior Scientologist, that the church played an active part in helping Cruise to select Holmes as his third wife brings more sinister overtones to this than any one story can bear. The fact that each of Cruise's three wives has been 11 years younger than her predecessor (Holmes was 11 years the junior of Nicole Kidman, who was in turn 11 years younger than Mimi Rogers) can be dismissed as a freaky coincidence.
But if Scientology is seen to influence every decision in the actor's life, he is heading into uncharted territory. Will his career withstand the news that a revered action hero may be a passive participant in his own life?
"Cruise needs to be extra careful not to add fuel to the perception that his life is dictated by the organisation," says Yamato. "His star power at the box office could be adversely affected by a major hit to his public image, so he needs to be cautious. The custody battle over Suri will likely be a tough one, but it doesn't have to be a nasty one. Holmes has the public on her side, and any harsh move or statement on Cruise's part will quickly shift sympathies further in her favour."
It is possible to feel a certain obscure sympathy for Cruise, caught as he is in a cleft stick where he must appear fearless on screen but gentle and sensitive off it. Perhaps his movie persona is so comprehensive it undermines any attempts to depart from it. As the critic Anne Billson noted recently: "Cruise is always facing danger, yet never truly appears vulnerable. We may fear he'll burst a blood vessel when he runs very, very fast, but we never fear for him."
That spills over into his real-life travails. There is something calculated and invulnerable about the dazzling smile, the hyper-confident manner, the superhuman energy levels: all the elements that make him a dependable movie star work to erode him as a human being. You can see it in his lunges at comedy: only Arnold Schwarzenegger has been more dogged and less convincing in his efforts to advertise his sense of humour.
As Cruise enters his sixth decade, it is not the ravages of time he needs to fear (most of us don't look as good at 25 as he looks at 50) but the potential for his mysterious offscreen life to unravel the painstakingly calibrated on-screen equivalent.
Until then, it seems, he is safe. "Hollywood respects his stardom," says Yamato. "He is still Tom Cruise, after all, and when he's 'on', he's still really good. So while the industry considers him a bit of a kook, he's a bankable kook. That's really what matters in Hollywood."
Potted profile
Born: 3 July 1962, Syracuse, New York
Age: 50
Career: After eyecatching early roles in the military drama Taps and the raunchy comedy Risky Business, became a bona fide box-office star with Top Gun, and has remained on the A-list ever since. He is blockbuster material, but has branched out with less palatable roles in daring projects: as a sexually thwarted husband in Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, a motivational sex guru in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia and as a ruthless hit-man in Michael Mann's Collateral.
High point: Academy Award nominations for his work in Born on the Fourth of July and Magnolia.
Low point: Jumping on Oprah's sofa; everything associated with Scientology.
What he says: "Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn."
What they say: "Cruise is one of the first young actors who seems unaffected by the impact of Brando and Clift, and much more inspired by the example of a Gable or a Grant. He wants to work."–David Thomson, Biographical Dictionary of Film
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tom Cruise divorce 2012: Katie Holmes and Suri spend first 4th of July without Tom - Daily Mail
By Jade Watkins
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For the last five years she has spent Fourth Of July with her husband Tom Cruise.
But this time around Katie Holmes, who filed for divorce from the Hollywood star last week, spent American holiday Independence Day as a single mother.
The 33-year-old was seen at Wholefoods supermarket near her Chelsea apartment yesterday, stocking up on food supplies.
Moving on: Katie Holmes was seen at Wholefoods supermarket near her Chelsea apartment yesterday, stocking up on supplies
Making her way to the store, dressed casually in a denim shirt and a floral summery skirt, the mother-of-one looked feminine and pretty as she skipped along with Suri, who was in the same multi-coloured poppy dress she was in the night before.
Inside the market, Suri rode in the front of the shopping cart playing with a pale pink cowboy hat, with Katie photographing her wearing it.
The mother and daughter duo were accompanied by one of Katie's bodyguards from her top heavy security team.
Keeping busy: Katie took Suri with some friends to the Children's Museum of the Arts in Soho today
During the outing Katie reassured fans that she is coping following the split from the Hollywood star.
Approached as she stocked up on food, Katie told a New York Daily News reporter: 'I'm alright. Thank you.'
Meanwhile it emerged today that Katie has been secretly planning her divorce assault for several weeks with the help of her father Martin Holmes.
Sweet treat: The night before Katie took Suri out for some ice-cream
The super secretive plan included switching all her cell phones and email addresses.
Katie was said to be contact with Tom, right up until last week, playing the role of doting wife.
'She was talking to Tom on the phone up until last week saying, "I love you,"' a source told People magazine.
Suri emerges: It was the first time that the youngster had emerged since Tom and Katie's split was announced
Hold on tight: Katie's top priority in the split is her six-year-old daughter
But the escape plan was well underway when the actress recently visited China for work commitments.
'Her inner circle has been planning this and switching out cell phones since she was in China [in mid-June],' the source said.
'When new cell phones arrived, then nobody could reach her. Her old best friends from last week don't have her new number, no e-mail. She's unreachable.'
Katie even bent the truth to Tom about her new Chelsea apartment.
Top heavy: Katie has enlisted burly bodyguards who are currently watching the actress 24/7
'[Tom] knew that she moved there, but [he thought it was] for different reasons,' the source told People.
'She said she moved there to drive into the underground garage. There are fewer paparazzi and it's less intrusive for her,' the source continued.
'It was the first phase of getting everything out of the house, and that's why she was able to say she's moving without giving an indication that she was going to divorce him.'
Katie's father also fired some of his daughter's assistants and hired new ones in place to help out with the grand plan.
In their new apartment building, neighbours say mother and daughter are a joy to have.
Desperate: Tom is said to be going to a court in Los Angeles in person to ensure he is legally allowed to see his daughter Suri
'Katie and Suri have been very friendly to everyone they see in the building,' a source told Radaronline. 'But they mostly keep to themselves.'
However the pair have been spotted using the communal children's playroom.
'Suri was there playing. Katie was with her and they were very sweet to the other people in the room.
'There were a few other kids there and Suri quietly played with them. She seemed like a nice little girl and the other kids looked like they were having fun with her.'
Meanwhile, Tom, who has been kept busy shooting his latest movie Oblivion in Iceland, yesterday returned to Los Angeles where he marked his 50th birthday with a quiet lunch alongside adopted children Connor and Isabella.
The way they were: Katie announced that she was splitting with her husband of six years last Friday
He is said to have made it his 'first priority' to get temporary visitation rights to his daughter Suri.
The 50-year-old actor - who was 'blindsided' when his wife filed for divorce from him last week after five years of marriage and sought legal custody of their child - intends to go to court in Los Angeles in person to ensure he is legally allowed to see the youngster.
Hints: In next month's ELLE magazine Katie hints that she may not have been happy in the relationship for some time
Katie filed for the divorce in New York because she believes she has a better chance of winning custody, but Tom has been encouraged to file in California.
A source said: 'Tom has told Dennis Wasser and Bert Fields, his long-time entertainment lawyer, that his first priority is getting a court order in place, obviously a temporary one, that will allow him to legally see his daughter.
'Team Cruise has extensive documentation to prove that Los Angeles is where the case should proceed, because this is where he says they have lived.
'Tom is extremely disappointed that Katie filed in New York, and he feels that she is trying to cut him out of their daughter's life.
'Tom won't tolerate it and told his lawyers that if he personally needs to go to court and make a plea in front of the judge for an order allowing him to see his daughter, he will.'
It is believed Katie wants legal custody because she is worried about Tom's devotion to sci-fi cult Scientology and the effect the quasi-religious sect may have on their six-year-old daughter.
Meanwhile, an interview with Katie from next month's ELLE magazine hints that she may not have been happy in the relationship for some time.
Discussing turning 33, she told the US publication: 'I definitely feel much more comfortable in my own skin. I feel sexier. I'm staring to come into my own. It's like a new phase.'
Asked about her marriage, she admitted she wanted to focus on herself.
She said: 'He has been Tom Cruise for 30 years. I know who I am and where I am and where I want to go, so I want to focus on that.'
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Rory Bremner spearheads comedy at Kent’s t20 match - Kent News
Rob Beckett
Joe Bill, Features Reporter
Thursday, July 5, 2012
11:48 AM
TV funnyman brings showbiz pals to the cricket scene
One of the nation’s favourite comedians Rory Bremner has teamed up with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to front a comedy campaign to bring comedians to t20 cricket.
The impressionist will bring some of his stand-up pals to host matches around the country starting with Kent this Friday night.
This Friday its the Spitfires’ turn to have a visit from the comedy team as comedian Rob Beckett (who actually used to be a steward at the club) visits Kent County Cricket Club.
Beckett is one of the newest and most exciting acts to hit the comedy circuit having appeared alongside Jimmy Carr on 8 out of 10 Cats. The funnyman will interact with the crowd, send messages and the odd joke over the tannoy and inject some humour into proceedings.
Ccurator of the tour Rory Bremner, said: “Cricket and comedy go well together, as anyone who has seen me play will testify!
“Twenty20 cricket has been one of the games great success stories in the last few years and I hope this campaign will continue the great work of bringing cricket to a wider audience. The comedians will bring yet more entertainment to the games and I can’t wait for FLt20 fans to get a taste of the comedy and cricket action.”
The comedy tour spearheads a wider marketing campaign by the ECB entitled ‘Something Completely Different’ which will see the Friends Life t20 competition launched in a fun, fresh and exciting way to bring even more fans to the competition - which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
Performer Rob Beckett will be spinning the one liners out as Kent fas the Essex Eagles, he said: “Being a steward was the best job I’ve ever had as I used to get paid to sit in the sun watching cricket.
“Plus I didn’t have much to do in terms of crowd control as pitch invasions aren’t very common at cricket matches. I asked to do this leg of the tour so I could go back to Canterbury as it is always so nice to go back.
“As a steward I just used to get sent out to my post so I don’t know many of the people there, but there might be some familiar faces.”
Source: www.kentnews.co.uk
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's split: Is privacy the best policy? - Los Angeles Times
Forget what you might have heard at that Fourth of July barbecue: Katie Holmes wants to keep her divorce from Tom Cruise as private as possible and has not filed for an emergency custody hearing, her attorney said Thursday.
"The reports about an emergent filing last Friday are incorrect. Other than her action for divorce, the only pending application filed by Ms. Holmes remains her request for an anonymous caption,” attorney Jonathan Wolfe told L.A. Now.
Cruise has yet to file any papers, TMZ reported, citing sources who said the actor was likely to file custodial papers in New York first, while requesting that the case be moved to California, largely seen as the couple's primary state of residence. Holmes filed for divorce June 28 in New York, seeking primary residential and legal custody of their daughter, Suri.
"Anonymous caption" means papers are filed with initials only, or sans names entirely, making the case harder for journalists and other interested parties to track through the court system, attorney Michael Stutman, a New York divorce specialist, told Buzzfeed. But fame doesn't come with a cloak of invisibility included -- rather, Stutman said, making the names public would have to compromise the safety of the divorcing parties or their children for the anonymity request to be affirmed.
In any case, Holmes' alleged desire for privacy could be just what the etiquette of the situation calls for, from the divorcing parties as well as the famous folks around them, nationally certified manners expert Lisa Gaché told The Times.
In other words, fellow celebs Will and Jada Smith were on target — "You have to keep it light and breezy," said the Beverly Hills Manners owner — as they ignored the quote-seeking paparazzi at LAX the other day.
PHOTOS: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes through the years
Alas, Gaché acknowledged, people who are behaving politely "can sound rather boring" to folks who are looking for more dish on the split.
Witness Katie's big revelation to the New York Daily News on Wednesday: "I'm all right," Holmes reportedly said. "Thank you." ¡Escandalo!
(Wait, really, ¿Escandalo? Um, no, never mind, no scandalo. But very polite, thank you. Not bad for a woman with paparazzi staking out her building, not to mention the Whole Foods.)
But "manners aren't milquetoast," Gaché said. "Katie would do well to channel the likes of Grace Kelly and Jackie O," the latter of whom she recently portrayed in a TV miniseries. Jackie "handled things gracefully, she always had this persona that was poised, put together, and she never let her guard down."
Though it might not always be possible, that would be the best posture for Holmes to adopt, she said: One where privacy and respect come first for all parties involved, including daughter Suri and the Suri of the future, who will eventually be able to look back on how her parents treated each other during their split.
"Maybe she can channel that poise and ... and maintain her moral compass."
And if the custody fight were to turn ugly, with one or both parties going off the rails -- and perhaps weaponizing personal information gleaned from Scientology "auditing" sessions? "We cannot control what another person does," Gaché said, "only the way we respond."
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch went a bit off the reservation over the weekend, commenting on the TomKat divorce in a tweet that could be an unleashing of his journalist hounds to pursue a Scientology angle to the story, or simply a dude sticking his nose into other people's business.
"Scientology back in news. Very weird cult, but big, big money involved with Tom Cruise either number two or three in hiearchy," Murdoch tweeted, adding, "Watch Katie Holmes and Scientology story develop. Something creepy, maybe even evil, about these people."
"What Rupert Murdoch said only did Rupert Murdoch a disservice," Gaché said, though the media baron might disagree.
"Since Scientology tweet hundreds of attacks," Murdoch wrote hours after his first blurts. "Expect they will increase and get worse and maybe threatening. Still stick to my story."
Sources with Team Tom, incidentally, told TMZ on Thursday that the divorce has nothing to do with Scientology, which they said Katie had embraced fully even when her other half was away filming. While not disclosing what the divorce is about, they accused Team Katie of spreading that story line as a way to hurt Cruise.
Not polite.
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Kent kitten killer hunted - thisiskent.co.uk
A HUNT has been launched for a sicko who murdered several newborn kittens by throwing them into the Thames.
The man was seen throwing the box of kittens, along with an adult cat, into the river at Erith Pier, off James Watt Way, Erith, Bexley, on July 3.
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Thames kitten rescue - one1
The pregnant cat landed on a ledge six foot down and was rescued by the RNLI and the RSPCA but the kittens all drowned.
RSPCA inspector Ellen Thomas said: "The rest of the kittens had gone into the river and been swept downstream and drowned but she had managed to clamber onto a ledge as she was thrown in. The RNLI jumped over onto the stone ledge next to where the cat was and managed to use my grasper and scoop her up and put her into the basket.
"She didn't appear to have any injuries other than two old infected wounds on the back of her neck. She was extremely shocked."
The tortoiseshell and white cat was taken straight to a vet who revealed that she was pregnant and only days from giving birth, meaning that the kittens thrown into the Thames were not her own.
Inspector Thomas said: "It's just outright cruelty and completely inhumane and I think one of the most disturbing jobs I've dealt with. This man chose to murder a number of innocent lives. We hope that someone will know who this man is."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the RSPCA in confidence on 0300 123 8018.
Source: www.thisiskent.co.uk
Heidi Klum and Seal 'to divorce' - The Sun
SUPERMODEL Heidi Klum is filing for divorce from singer Seal after six years of marriage, it has been reported.
The couple are calling time on their relationship and papers will be filed at the LA County Superior Court early next week, according to US website TMZ.
German beauty Heidi, 38, will cite “irreconcilable differences”, it is claimed.
On Friday, London-born R&B star Seal, whose hits include Kiss from a Rose, posted a cryptic message on Twitter, writing simply: “The End.”
Seal, 48, proposed to Heidi inside an igloo he had built on a glacier in Canada in December 2004, and the couple have three children together.
London-born Seal also legally adopted Heidi’s first child, who she was pregnant with when they met.
The couple were well-known for renewing their wedding vows ever year in lavish ceremonies.
The reports have come as a surprise to fans.
Rapper and music producer Russell Simmons tweeted: “Sending love and light to Heidi Klum and Seal.”
The couple were often seen lavishing affection on each other, and were a picture of happiness with their kids Leni, seven, Henry, six, Johan, five and Lou, two.
It is not known how the couple will divide their assets, and Heidi raked in almost £13million last year, according to Forbes.
Seal’s income for 2011 is unknown, but he is currently promoting his latest album Soul 2.
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
More like the strain of the HEAT. We have had relentless heat in the high 90's for over a week here in NYC. It's hard for me as an adult to walk outside, let alone a small child.
- Liz, NYC, 06/7/2012 00:22
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