Posted on 07/01/2012 7:16:50 PM PDT by opentalk
On Friday, TomKat jumped the couch. Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise after 5 1/2 years of marriage. Best-selling biographer Andrew Morton, author of "Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography" (St. Martins Press), explains why it was a true Hollywood romance --because from the beginning, Holmes was playing a part.
When Tom Cruise turned 42, his best friend, controversial Scientology leader David Miscavige, threw a lavish birthday party, costing an estimated $300,000, on board the church’s cruise ship. He flew in singers, dancers and even Tom’s favorite sushi chefs for the bash, where the actor was serenaded with the medley of songs from his box-office hits.
“It’s the best birthday ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, and I mean ever,” he said, with typical understatement.
Tuesday, Tom’s 50th birthday, will lack some “evers.” He will be in his trailer in the wilds of Iceland, where he is filming the aptly named “Oblivion.” Instead of the expected cards and presents from Katie Holmes, she sent him a confetti of legal papers and correspondence marking the end of their five-year marriage.
...“Katie doesn’t want Suri getting deeper into the cult,” sources tell me. Suri is now at an age where she will face frequent formal interrogation about her behavior, what Scientologists call “sec checking.” In the fight for the heart and mind of Suri, her future religion —Katie was raised a Catholic —will be critical.
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I wonder how much he paid her to be his beard for 5-1/2 years?
Mom! Tom Cruise won’t come out of the closet.
Smartest move Katie ever made, but she’s gotta have a screw loose to ever marry him in the first place.
I don’t get the Apple Mac allusion.
She’s gorgeous, he’s ridiculous.
was surprised from a quick search - one of the followers is Greta Van Susteren at FOX news
A good point was made on some show or other the other night.
Celebs will tend to divorce before enough years pass for the spouse to take half.
I mean ... I WANT to believe Katie said, “Dang ... I gotta get my kid out of this a little...” but it’s Hollyweird after all.
Tom Cruise is Rock Hudson with a nutty religious cult to boot!
I don’t know. I’m happy she wants to protect her daughter, but didn’t she know what she was getting into before she married the guy?
There were rumors of a five year agreement, involving millions when they were first married.
Even their prenup had, according to Scientology insiders, a series of mileposts where Katie would receive bonuses for how long she stayed with the actor. She received $3 million for every year of service, sources said — with a big bonus if she gave him children.Reminds me of a story.
Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?"
Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms, of course... "
Churchill: "Would you sleep with me for five pounds?"
Socialite: "Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!"
Churchill: "Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price”
― Winston S. Churchill
Everyone's gotta pay the mortgage.
I can’t help it. I wonder how the child was conceived.
The Thetan Way. Everybody knows that.
This sounded like the same story as Nicole Kidman (also Catholic who didn’t want her children raised Scientologist), and I went out and found an interesting fact. He has been married three times, and each marriage ended when the wife was 33 years old.
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