Together at last: Busy bee Katie Holmes finally gets some family time with husband Tom Cruise and daughter Suri

The Cruises: Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and daughter Suri leave NYC. Katie has been in town to promote her new film, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark



Katie Holmes is working hard for her money.



The 32-year-old actress has been a busy bee while promoting her new film, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.



But she got to spend some quality time with husband Tom Cruise and daughter Suri today as they left New York City today.







Suri and friends: TomKat hold their daughter and her multiple stuffed animals





Katie wore skinny jeans and a bright green sweater while Tom, 49, looked casual in jeans and grey T-shirt.



Five-year-old Suri was the bright belle of the ball, though, in a flowered dress, bejewelled flip-flops carrying a multi-coloured umbrella and several stuffed animals including a Hello Kitty.



She certainly hasn't been bored while mum has been hitting the talk show circuit, though.





Ciao, New York: The Cruises leave town after Katie's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark premiere and press circuit





The mini-fashionista spent a day with her Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol star father yesterday playing at an indoor gym and at NYC's Chelsea Piers.



Katie is set to make a guest appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight.



She looked simple and chic in a white T-shirt and black jeans and a 'S' necklace, presumably meant for daughter Suri.





Under her umbrella: Suri looks fashionable fighting the rain





While on the New York-based show, she and Fallon play an intense game of Pictionary.

They also discuss her latest project, the Guillermo Del Toro-directed horror film Don't Be Afraid of The Dark.



It tells the story of a young girl who's sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend, only to discover creatures in her new home that want to claim her as their own.





Tutu cute: The Mission Impossible star holds his 5-year-old daughter while leaving NYC's Chelsea Piers yesterday





Camera shy: Little Suri hides from the cameras and puts her arms around her dad





What the Holmes & Yang fashion designer isn't afraid of is her sexy side: she admits to loving lingerie.



She tells Australia's InStyle magazine that she has a personal affection for days of the week and hot-pink underwear.



'They make you feel special when you put them on in the morning,' she said, adding, 'I love the hot pink ones, that makes my day!'



It's always the quiet ones who have a hidden sexy side, isn't it?







Take a picture: The 32-year-old actress plays Pictionary and shows off her gold nails while hanging out with Jimmy Fallon on the Late Night set





source: dailymail

She'll always be our baby: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes coddle Suri, 5, on helicopter ride

By Daily Mail Reporter





Doting parents: Tom Cruise cuddles his daughter Suri as they landed in New York with Katie Holmes this morning





She may be old enough to go to school, but it seems Suri Cruise is still very much the baby of her family.



The 5-year-old was coddled and cosseted by her famous parents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as they touched down in New York this morning.



Her father had her wrapped up in a pink security blanket and carried her in his arms after they arrived via helicopter.



Baby of the family: The 5-year-old was wrapped up in a security blanket





Her mother was left holding yet more baby blankets and handful of toys.



She was later spotted carrying her daughter into their hotel.



Katie, 32, was wearing the same clothes - including a pair of leopard print trousers - from the night before after jetting straight out of LA on Sunday night.



The couple were seen leaving the Nokia Centre hand-in-hand after watching the Firework singer perform on her California Dreams tour.



Travelling in style: The family touched down in a private helicopter





They co-ordinated their footwear for the occasion, both stepping out in suede boots.



Of course, Perry is the wife of 49-year-old Tom's Rock of Ages co-star Russell Brand.



However, Brand is on a tour of his own, performing his comedy show in Canada over the weekend.



Mummy's girl: Katie later carried her daughter into their New York hotel





Meanwhile, Katie this week spoked to Australia's InStyle magazine where she revealed she loves 'hot-pink' knickers and recently bought Tom a guitar as a romantic gift.



She told the magazine every woman should spend money on good lingerie.



'They make you feel special when you put them on in the morning,' she said.



'Even when I was a little girl, I loved my "days of the week" pairs.



'I love the hot-pink ones, that makes my day!'



Romantic date: Tom and Katie were spotted leaving Katy Perry's concert in Los Angeles last night



Hand-in-hand: The pair showed their affection for each other as they headed home





Talking about buying Tom the same brand of guitar as used by Carlos Santana, she added: 'When I was in New York City I went to a guitar store because my husband is playing a rock star in Rock of Ages.



'I had no idea what I was dong, so I just said, 'Hi, I need your help'.



'I ended up buying the brand Santana uses but I really got it because I thought, "This is going to look great in family photos".'





source:dailymail

You can leave your hat on! It's Leisure Cruise as Tom winds down with his girls

By Daily Mail Reporter


It's not a matter of public record as to whether Tom Cruise is a fan of The Full Monty, but he certainly seems to draw inspiration from the 1997 smash hit about Sheffield steel workers here.

Or at least the Tom Jones crooned version of Leave Your Hat On that staggers majestically at the apogee of the soundtrack, as that's just what he did in a Miami pool today.

The 49-year-old was enjoying some well earned leisure time with his wife Katie Holmes, 32 , and adorable daughter Suri, five , after toiling away on the set of new film, Rock of Ages.

You can leave your hat on: Tom kept his fedora in place as he played in the pool with Suri in Miami yesterday


It remains to be seen if the Randy Newman song covered by Jones, forms part of the play-list for the musical extravaganza, but Tom certainly seems attached to his fedora of late.

Katie and Suri both opted to brave a wet head, though the former wound her hair into a chignon to keep it from the chlorinated water, a look that it fast becoming a favourite of hers.

The Don't Be Afraid of the Dark star opted for a black bikini and white shorts when she hopped out of the pool, where she sat lovingly alongside her muscle-bound husband.

The Cruises looked like any other family enjoying some precious time together as they dined on pasta at the hotel, then opted to cool off in the secluded pool, where Tom helped Suri swim in an adorable show of father-daughter affection.

Suri appeared to be wearing a pink and blue swimming costume, rather than a dress as she did on Miami beach last month, when Katie had possibly been unprepared.

Tom was seen serenading his ladies at one point, no doubt with one of the rock classics he's been working on for the hotly tipped blockbuster.

Chic: Katie wrapped her hair up into a chignon, while Suri enjoyed getting wet

Chic: Katie wrapped her hair up into a chignon, while Suri enjoyed getting wet


It's the first break for the A-Lister since he was feted by 40 of his close friends and family members in a surprise party organised by Katie at SoHo Beach House in Miami, on July 3.

Among the attendees were Cruise's three children – Isabella, 18, and Connor, 16, from his marriage to Nicole Kidman.

The birthday shindig took place both inside the SoHo Beach House and on its roof, where guests dined on Italian dishes as well as chocolate cake, according to the People.com

Katie was delighted that she managed to pull off the surprise, and couldn't hide her glee as she arrived at the bash, looking lovely without a scrap of make-up.

Excited about the festivities, the mother-of-one then broke into dance, moving to the beat of some Caribbean music as she arrived for the party.

Well defined: Tom looked to be in incredible shape

Taking it easy: Tom hasn't had a break since his birthday earlier this month


Tom, dressed in a white shirt and his fedora hat yet again sat contently at the table as he kept a close eye on Suri who was playing with a beach ball nearby.

Ever the fashionista, Suri wore a grey striped dress paired with her favourite gold heels for the occasion,

She accessorised the look with some blue wayfarers and had painted her fingernails red

Katie had to say goodbye to her husband after the shindig, to fulfil work commitments, but was obviously keen to get back to Miami to see him.

The actor is giving his all to this adaptation of the Broadway musical, in which he stars alongside Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin as a long-haired, tattooed rocker called Stacee Jaxx.

It's a very different role for Cruise, and Katie has given her backing to the career departure by revealing that her husband likes to perform at their home.

'Tom is such an amazing performer. Yes, we have music in our house and it’s amazing,' she told Access Hollywood recently.


Water baby: Suri enjoyed the ocean last month but Katie seemed to have been unprepared with her bathing suit


source:dailymail

Where the Wild Links Are

I’m enjoying my last few days of freedom before school reopens (grrr), and it’s all going well. I should be more regular with the links, and there have been so many great bits since.

My favourite post of the week (thus far, I know it’s Tuesday) has to be Ryan’s entry for the Movie Meme focusing exclusively on Joe Wright. I’ll let The Soloist (passable as it was) go; I can’t wait for Hanna.

                    

Jose’s back with a vengeance and he loathed Knight & Day…which saddens me, because I did like it so. It's weird, I'm not usually fond of Cruise, but there it is - seducing me with a laughing Cameron Diaz and a caustic Viola Davis. Speaking of loathing. Know who (else) I loathe? Will Smith. Marshall warns you all from watching Ali...and though it's not horrid, I'd agree with him. (Speaking of Marshall, I only recently interviewed him for the LAMB, Check it out.) And while we're on the topic, I don't like George Clooney either. Fitz does, though, he takes a look at his favourite Clooney performance.

          

It’s been a while since I saw Sophie’s Choice a film that many believe the greatest performance of all time. Marcy offers up a thoughtful review of it. Is Meryl flawless in it?

               

I was moderately impressed with Antoine Fuqua’s Brooklyn’s Finest. Frank offers up effusive praise for the crime drama. How many of you have seen it? 

                     

What’s the best movie battle? Tough question? Heather doesn’t think so… here's her list.

I have a habit of becoming a dissenter, even if it’s not always deliberate. When I predicted (in my very first post) a lack of BP love for The Dark Knight it was more me hoping than anything else. I didn’t love the film, banana oil almost loathes it.  What are your thoughts on her feelings? I'm not the biggest Darren Aronofsky, I wasn't the biggest fan of The Wrestler in 2008 either. I'm probably not a fan at all, though I'll respect the man's talent. Carson reviews his 2008 The Wrestler, his direction is superb though I think the actual film is less so.

                 

I desperately need to see Woody Allen’s Interiors. Alex offers up an analysis of Geraldine Page in Woody’s drama. Slightly OT but I do love Geraldine in Sweet Bird of Youth…

          

Fletch needs your help with his marriage troubles. Well, not really...but there's a hypothetical situation and he wants your help. It involves Angelina, Brad and Jen...GO. Here's another hypothetical bit. You're going on a date...which movies would you NOT want to watch there? If you just had ate don't look, but Dan's list is full of excellent choices.

Movie Meme, Day 10: A Movie I Never Thought I’d End Up Loving

I may have said this before, but I’m rather spot on with knowing what I’d like. Most of the films I seek out are the ones I know I’ll love. Most often the ones I despise are those I see for the hell of it, or Oscar bait I watch for completion’s sake. Not to say that I’m omnipotent…surprises occur. A number of films ran through my head when I saw the title, but it kept coming back to a particular. It’s one that I felt even more of a desire to feature since it narrowly missed making my TOP 100 and I do love it. I’ve never been a big fan of Spielberg. He has two Oscars and even though one is often considered the best film of the nineties, and the other is considered the best in the war genre I wouldn’t have given him on either count. I like Tom Cruise even less. Whereas I’m neither for nor against Spielberg, Tom Cruise tends to annoy me generally. Hence, I felt the slightest bit of trepidation at seeing Minority Report. A Cruise / Spielberg blockbuster? I think not. How wrong was I in prejudging this? Very!          

Though it’s nowhere near as brilliant as 2007, 2002 was a brilliant year for films (2002 in review). There was the trimester of Chicago / The Hours / The Two Towers and those were followed by another trimester Gangs of New York / Minority Report / Spiderman. Each of these six had something that made me anticipate an appreciation for them, except for Minority Report. The story focused on a time in the future when a special band of policeman could anticipate crime and the perpetrators, essentially curbing it before it occurred. One day Chief John Anderton, Head of the Precrime department, sees himself projected in the precogs vision – he will commit a murder. There’s no reason to doubt them because the precogs visions are always accurate. Right? At its base Minority Report is about one man trying to find ascertain the truth around him and  Anderton must do the unthinkable going on the round with Agatha (the female precog) in two. It’s part action, part scifi and complete brilliance. I don’t usually find myself going agog at the genre (though I’ll continually pledge allegiance to Gattaca) but I’m always seduced by the adrenaline rush in Minority Report.

Spielberg creates a brilliant film and art direction and visual effects play an important part in the brilliance of the film, but what makes Minority Report stand apart is the acting. I’ve never found Tom Cruise so moving even in a role that reads as Tom Cruise doing Tom Cruise. I’d have given him an Oscar nomination for this, along with Samantha Morton who is simply outstanding. Neal McDonough, Max von Sydow, Collin Farrell and Kathryn Morris offer good support to the two thespians making the film as dependable for its human resources as it is for the technical ones. I never fail to be lost in the world of Minority Report, I never expected myself to be as enraptured as I was the first time but I was and I am. It’s still brilliant.

       

What do you think of Minority Report?

           

All because of the MEME.

Knight & Day

I don’t live anywhere near Hollywood, but yet I hate the way that the mythical city/concept seems to exist. The mob psychology is unnerving. The success of one Twilight means that emotional vampires are in, Shrek’s success means three more parts on the way and so on. In the same way, the perceived poor performance of Knight & Day means that Tom Cruise is a poor actor and his star has gone out. There’s an irony – once a film allows itself to have a huge budget it must make that budget back (triple) or it’s a failure. I suppose the message there is: don’t have big budgets. But I digress. I was excited to see Knight & Day. Cameron Diaz still amuses me as a more than competent comedic leading lady and I’ve let go of my irrational hatred of Cruise. It’s not his fault that Oprah likes him so much.

Knight & Day is a curious film – it’s a comedy, but it’s also an action film and there’s a definite bit of romance in there. It’s an interesting genre (subgenre?) and one I can’t say I’ve noticed – positively, at least – before. But it works. After viewing the first thing that struck me was that Knight & Day was like a more aggressive (and at times less smart) version of Duplicity. Note: I really liked Duplicity (another "flop"). Knight & Day doesn’t have an impressive script going for it, it doesn’t have the charming Julia Roberts but what it DOES have is a pair of leads willing to entertain us backed by a band of well played supporting players. I cannot overstress how much Knight & Day depends on the Cruise/Diaz dynamic. The script is fine, but uninspired and the two make a brilliantly funny, but realistic pairing. Every moment between the two is golden, and you never get the feeling they’re “sinking down” to the level of the movie. They’re having fun – and sometimes, that’s just refreshing. It’s strange, seeing this I considered whether Cameron Diaz ever considered doing a Shakespearean comedy. I don’t believe I’ve seen any of her contemporaries show that ability to make the strangest of soliloquies sound so remarkably…normal.

Knight & Day has its issues, and they’re obvious. For the first ten minutes the film has trouble finding itself, and the last five minutes are only good (though Diaz in particular sells it) but the middle is a blast. Viola Davis and Paul Dano stand out as two supporting players that bring their A game. Davis just has a natural cadence to her that I realise stealing scenes just may be her habit. Sarsgaard plays Sarsgaard, but I like Sarsgaard so I’m fine with that. Mangold is a far way from Walk the Line, but despite the annoying amount of CGI (enough with the CGI) he knows when to step back and make his actors the centrepiece. I think I’ve been subconsciously waiting for something to calm me this summer at the movies. And though Knight & Day isn’t ostensibly calming it just might be the most fun to be had in 2010 release I’ve seen yet. That’s no mean feat.

B-

2002: Men in Film

The men were pretty matched. There were a few outstanding ones, a couple of fair ones and then the rest.

                   

Supporting Actor

Runners Up: Jeff Bridges in The Hours, Tom Hanks in Catch Me If You Can

Tier Two

Chris Cooper in Adaptation

Ian Mckellen in The Two Towers

Paul Newman in Road to Perdition

Dennis Quaid in Far From Heaven

John C. Reilly in Chicago

Cooper should have been nominated for American Beauty, maybe. But I wasn’t too hot on him in Adaptation. Still, I wasn’t that mad at him for getting his Oscar and stuff. It was cool seeing Newman and Reilly nominated, though absent from my five both did good jobs.

          

The Nominees

Stephen Dillane in  The Hours

Ed Harris in The Hours

Jude Law in Road to Perdition

Viggo Mortenson in The Two Towers

Christopher Walken in Catch Me If You Can

It was surprising that Jude didn’t pick up traction for his Road to Perdition performance. It was a haunting performance in a good film. It was no surprise that Dillane was ignored, but he was the perfect ally to Kidman and gave a solid performance. One reason the train scene works is because of the reaction shots of him. Viggo does his best work of the trilogy in The Two Towers and it’s a pity that no acting nods came his way. Christopher and Ed had the top two spots for me. I know many felt Ed was a major hambone, but he was my favourite. Figures.

          

Lead Actor

Tier Two

Adrien Brodey in The Pianist

Leonardo DiCaprio in Gangs of New York

Hugh Grant in About A Boy

Tom Hanks in Road to Perdition

Guy Pearce in The Time Machine

Brodey is the best of this bottom five, but I still didn’t see what exactly the hubbub was about. And I’ll always be miffed that he has the title of youngest winner in this category. I don’t know how Leo picked up no traction for either of the performances he gave that year.

             

The Nominees

Tom Cruise in Minority Report

Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity

Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York

Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can

Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt

Leo wasn’t my favourite of the bunch, but it was an excellent performance that went completely ignored. There is no other actor that could have creditably sold the teenage and adult life of his character, and it goes to show that he’s been better than people give him credit for. No one could top Daniel Day Lewis’ monstrous turn in Gangs of New York, and when it looked like the SAG were on to something it’s a pity that Oscar couldn’t follow suit. Tom Cruise gave what is arguably my favourite performance of his in Minority Report where he brought all his assets to the table. Damon and Schmidt didn’t exactly take stretches, but both performances were effective and the single most important performance in both pieces.