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Kanye West of his song “Impossible,” written for Mission: Impossible 3,

“You just can’t tell Tom Cruise no.”

The unlikely pair were caught on camera giving “Sign Language for Dummies.” (A diamond is the symbol of Kanye’s record label, “Roc-A-Fella Records”.) So who’s idea was that, then?

Katie Holmes, mere weeks after giving birth to daughter Suri, is trying to get back into shape for her wedding. It is not unusual for celebrities to get on the fast Nordic-track to fitness, but Katie has different inspirations. Tom Cruise has signed her up to join “Buff Brides.” (Source: Sky Showbiz.)

Buff Brides’ Sue Fleming told the Daily Mirror: “Katie can and will do it… She has great motivation. She loves her fiancé and was proud that Tom oversaw this programme.

“He told her he wanted her to be the most beautiful bride ever. She was in tears when he said that.”

Sure, she was in tears. More, more, more »

For your viewing pleasure…Tom Cruise dancing on BET.

Video courtesy of YouTube.

Little TomKitten’s name, Suri, may not mean what everyone has been told it means, perhaps even it may not mean what Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes think it means. Who knows? Well, I have new information on origins of the name. According to BabyNames.com (please, see proof),

• In Hebrew, Suri means “Go Away” (lol). What? Not “Princess?”
• Suri’s origin is Armenian and it means “Wealthy.”
• In Sanskrit, Suri means “Mother of the Sun.” (Any Significance?)
• (And from random Persian websites:) The female Persian name for “Red Rose” is Azargoon. (Pretty!)

But, in opposition to bloggers’ cries of a scandal with Surrey, England; according to Wikipedia, Answers.com and various Internet sources, the headquarters of the Church of Scientology is in Saint Hill, England, the manor where L. Ron Hubbard lived—nearby to Surrey, but far from being Surrey.

It looks like TomKat was/were so “innocent” and ignorant in this matter, that they have been duped about this “beautiful name.” And perhaps, perhaps the media/gossip spiderwebbing frenzy on the Web has duped a lot of us, too.

Thanks, Chic Mommy for inspiring this post (in her comment here), our second on the name meanings of poor little Suri Cruise.

I see Tom Cruise everywhere … or so it seems lately. It felt so natural, yet I know it’s wrong, that yesterday I recognized a motor vehicle as looking like … Tom Cruise. (So I’m wrong?)

Then, last night, I completely saw old Tommy’s laugh lines in another man’s smile. (Have I lost it?)

Too much Tom. From all this media frenzy and the interesting blogging, I’ve become the Tom whisperer. I see him like a dead Bruce Willis. And I just might be turning creepy like Haley Joel Osment. *Shudder*

Help!

Well, the arrival of the new “TomKitten” sure has everyone excited and I actually think the name Suri is pretty. I mean at least it’s not Apple or Moses or Hazel or Phinneus or whatever.

Still, when naming a child, some research is in order. According to the press release, Suri means “princess” in Hebrew and “red rose” in Persian.

But, Suri also has many other meanings. Here are a few:

Suri is a breed of Alpaca Llama from South America.

In Hindi, Suri is a boy’s name meaning Lord Krishna.

In some Indian dialects, Suri means “pointy nose”.

And in Japanese, it can mean “pickpocket”.

There are other meanings as well and if you know of any more please let me know! But, even though TomKitten shares a name with a llama, it’s still a pretty sounding name.

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise had their baby, today, a girl who was named Suri.

Yes, I’m posting about Tom Cruise again, and it’s a day after I vowed to take a break. But this is neither for or against. It’s actually con against forms of media. And a lesson, beware.

A radio station played a quote from Cruise’s interview with Diane Sawyer on Primetime. He was asked what first attracted him to Katie Holmes. His reply:

She has this thing that she does with her tongue.

Oh, that’s bad! Bad DJs! No matter what, the truth is best. Hmmm … I mostly believe that. Well, opinion is best, which comes from thinking. And basically, all of our opinions on Tom Cruise, even saying he’s an alien, are better than the false things he says as he’s coached by a team of people. Damn you, Tom Cruise.

(Okay, it’s against. Good progress, SJ.)

Tom Cruise is either highly misunderstood or one evil genius mother-messer. But could Scientology NOT be all crack and bull—and evil? I don’t think so!

He has wily ways, he does, and I bet it’s that Scientology cult crowning him the King (did you hear about his englightened status?) and giving him all their secret powers.

In his interview with Diane Sawyer on Primetime Friday night, he was so charming, I nearly fell out of my pants. (And he wasn’t so ugly with his hair cut and their makeup, either).

Then I read this:

As for what attracted him to Holmes in the first place, Cruise says: “Her smile drives me crazy in a good way. She has this thing that she does with her tongue when she smiles. When she’s really laughing when her tongue sticks out … and it’s the cutest thing.”

But “when we’re riding motorcycles,” he says, “I tell her look, please don’t stick your tongue out. If we hit a bump or anything I get a little bit nervous.”

A–Oh. I think I need to take a break from TomKat blogging for a little while, I’m worried I’ll go soft.

This is a very special entry for The Spotlight…

This past year has been the uglifying-est year for the once hottest-celebs-in-the-world. Take the picture below.

Even their personalities became ugly in recent months.

A. Tom Cruise,
The Bad: The religious zealot nut case hypnotized and took a beautiful young lady captive.
The Ugly: His face is scrunched lately and his hair’s scruffy (not cool for his age).

B. Britney Spears,
The Bad: She married Kevin Federline and has trouble raising her son, Sean Preston.
The Ugly: The former ab it-girl now jiggles and can’t lose her baby weight (a shocker in Hollywood).

C. Brad Pitt,
The Bad: He left wife Jennifer Aniston for homewrecker Angelina Jolie.
The Ugly: In his good deeds (pshh-shawww), he has no time for product, and now this! The mohawk!