In a related story, Carrot Top was missing during the same time period.
Coincidence?
The manager, John Carrabino, also handles Renée Zellweger and is beloved by his clients.
Holmes also acquired a new best friend, Jessica Feshbach, the daughter of Joe Feshbach, a controversial Palo Alto, Calif., bond trader.
The Feshbach family, according to published documents, has donated millions to the Church of Scientology. Jessica's aunt even runs a Scientology center in Florida.
According to Richard Behar's now famous 1991 story in Time magazine about Scientology, the Feshbachs were the subject of congressional hearings in 1989.
Behar wrote: "The heads of several companies claimed that Feshbach operatives have spread false information to government agencies and posed in various guises — such as a Securities and Exchange Commission official — in an effort to discredit the companies and drive the stocks down.
"Michael Russell, who ran a chain of business journals, testified that a Feshbach employee called his bankers and interfered with his loans. Sometimes the Feshbachs send private detectives to dig up dirt on firms, which is then shared with business reporters, brokers and fund managers."
The risk-taking Feshbachs, known the world over for making their fortune "shorting" stocks, and the level-headed, conservative Holmeses would be a difficult mix at a dinner table.
Katie's father, Martin Holmes, is the senior partner in a large and respected Toledo, Ohio, law firm. His son, Martin Jr., has recently joined the firm. He's a Harvard graduate. Katie's mom, Kathy, is frequently cited in Toledo for her charity work.
There is some fear among Holmes' close circle that her instant romance with Cruise is not as organic as portrayed.
For one thing, Holmes was raised a strict Catholic. Also, gone from the picture are two close Holmes friends who used to be with her when she did publicity for a film.
One of these is Meghann Birie, a childhood friend who has suddenly disappeared from Holmes' world. Another, a local TV producer here in New York, was too afraid to discuss the situation with me.
We know that Cruise auditioned several actresses for this role before settling on Holmes. This column reported a story about Jennifer Garner. There have been published stories about Kate Bosworth, Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Alba being approached.
A newer one involves Scarlett Johansson, who ran for her life when presented with a fait accompli dinner at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood.
And history has been rewritten since the April 27 unveiling.
Curiously, since the Cruise-Holmes situation popped up, we have heard over and over again that Cruise was the young actress' idol when she was growing up.
That's certainly interesting because all of the publicity that used to run on Holmes — still found all over the Internet — lists another Tom as her favorite actor.
That would be Tom Hanks.
THIS IS NOT NEWS!
Why should she have to account to anyone about where she was?
She's a big girl, she can do what she want can't she?
I fail to see why anyone cares about Katie Holmes...any missing days or Tom Cruise.
Makes me like Scarlett even more.
Hmmmm. Sixteen days just might be time enough for the Scientology prep step termed purification rundown - large doses of niacin, steam baths, and infusion of propaganda.
In a related story, Carrot Top was missing during the same time period.
Coincidence?
The line to deprogram her starts behind me.
The mystery to me is why Tom Cruise would be a valet much less a movie star.
He's absolutely awful in everything he does. And creepy looking.
Must be something in the water. Stupid Katie.
Does anyone care about this news? Hey you, all the way in the back with the blue shirt and red tie...do you care? Oh, you say you don't. OK, will someone in this room please raise their hand if they care about the vapid and banal coverage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes?
~ Blue Jays ~
That black boat of L. Ron Hubbard's that they've been saying Cruise and Holmes may get married on has been the scene of a number of deaths. Cruise has really gone overboard.
who cares?
How long does a sex change operation take?
I don't have a good feeling about this. Daddy and brother need to break out the shotguns. Isn't Nicole Kidman also Catholic?
Good for Scarlett, btw...
And if a rich bond trader is involved with the Scientology cult, you can pretty much bet the farm that he's found a way to leverage his involvement into profits.
If people get any stupider, nature's going to have to do something drastic.
Thanks for this thread and info. It's fascinating.
On December 5, 1995, Lisa McPherson was dead on arrival at a hospital 45 minutes north of Clearwater Florida. According to the coroner's report, Lisa was underweight, severely dehydrated, and had bruises and bug bites (see the entire report here).
Lisa's last address was listed by the police as 210 S. Ft. Harrison in Clearwater Florida, which is the Fort Harrison Hotel, a Scientology property. Lisa had been a Scientologist from the age of 18 to her death at age 36.
Lisa was put on the Introspection Rundown that Scientology uses to handle those who have had a psychotic break.