cruise and holmes, PREGNANT Options

[MeLoNiSyUmMy]

Batten down the hatches, not to mention    Oprah Winfrey's on-set furniture:    Tom Cruise is having a baby.

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The amped-up star, who spent the summer on Spinal Tap 11, declaring his mad love for    Katie Holmes on talk shows, in magazine interviews and atop the Eiffel Tower, is expecting a child with his "magnificent" bride-to-be.


News of the joint production was first trumpeted Wednesday afternoon by People magazine. Lee Anne DeVette, Cruise's publicist and sister, and the Cruise-Holmes spawn's future aunt, confirmed the pregnancy to E!


"They are so happy," DeVette said of the expectant parents.


There was no word on when the child, the couple's first, was due.


Cruise, 43, who once successfully sued a German magazine that claimed he had a "zero sperm count," is the father of two children, Isabella, 12, and Connor, 10, both of whom he adopted with second wife    Nicole Kidman.


Holmes, 26, who, per a 2003 London Sunday Mirror profile, once pledged to "remain a virgin until marriage," is a rookie in the world of dydees.


Even in fast-moving celebrity circles, where Renée Zellweger can go from newlywed to awaiting an annulment in four months, Cruise and Holmes have evolved at lightning speed.


Before April, when the duo began making very public displays of affection, it seemed unlikely that Hollywood's reigning box-office king would ever share a handshake, much less a clinch on the red carpet, with the onetime Dawson's Creek TV star.


Last fall, in an interview with Seventeen, Holmes spoke of the nearly 20-years-older Cruise in hypothetical, schoolgirl-crush terms. "I think every little girl dreams about [her wedding]," she told the magazine. "I used to think I was going to marry Tom Cruise."


At the time, Holmes was due to marry American Pie star    Chris Klein, 26, her longtime fiancé. But the pair announced their split in February.


By May, Cruise was jumping up and down, and jumping up and down, on The    Oprah Winfrey Show in a demonstration of how the former Joey Potter had made him a happy man.


The louder the buzz got that Holmes was more prop than girlfriend, the louder Cruise got. On June 17, Cruise held a press conference in Paris to announce that he'd popped the marriage question to Holmes atop the Eiffel Tower that morning. Although a blushing Holmes didn't speak to reporters, her ring did the talking. Nothing, or no one, however, could outdo Cruise.


"Today is a magnificent day for me," Cruise boasted. "I'm engaged to a magnificent woman."


Cruise's Paris proposal coincided with a publicity stop for War of the Worlds.


While it's unknown if the resulting media crush aided Cruise and Holmes' respective summer films, it didn't seem to hurt. With a $233 million take, War of the Worlds became Cruise's biggest-ever hit at the domestic box office. Holmes, whose film career is still at the modest stage, enjoyed her highest-profile role yet in Batman Begins ($205 million gross).


But not all, or even most, of the publicity from Cruise's War of the Worlds/Katie Holmes world tour was positive for the usually bulletproof star, who took a blast from a water gun on a London red carpet. In interviews, the actor's sound bites about his    Steven Spielberg blockbuster got lost amid his spiels about the dangers of prescription drugs and psychiatry, two no-nos for Scientologists such as Cruise.


On Today, Cruise sparred with Matt Lauer, and accused the cohost of being "glib." On Access Hollywood, he suggested    Brooke Shields' career had suffered because of her use of the antidepressant Paxil following the birth of her daughter.

In a New York Times op-ed piece, Shields shot back that Cruise showed an "utter lack of understanding about postpartum depression and childbirth in general." The American Psychiatric Association branded his comments "irresponsible."

Cruise didn't back down, and the Catholic-raised Holmes told reporters she was "excited" about learning more about Scientology herself. In the end, Cruise prescribed vitamins and exercise to women with postpartum depression and moved on to the shoot for Mission: Impossible 3.

Cruise and Holmes still don't have a wedding date--just a stork date.

hmm, wow.

[Nicolatofu]

I heard about this on the news. He proposed to her on the top of the Eifel tower?? that's cute

[misoshiru]

ew..i can't believe she's pregnant.

i watched the thing between him and matt lauer. cruise was definately an ass about it.

[TheReasonWhy]

i hate them as a couple.

their age difference are huge. and now i can't believe that she is pregnant.

[tequila_sky]

hm, I didnt know Cruise said something as insentive as that. I can't believe pple are so judgemental. Specially men...when it comes to pregnancy, post partum depression or the period. Even women who havent gone through any of these can talk why do men think they can?(sorry it is a pet peeve)
Appart from that... I always though Cruise was a hottie. Older but pretty cool. Only, I dont think those two fit. Katie Holmes looks kinda big next to him and I dunno, just overall they are so different... um opposites attract I guess. Well, if its true it would definitely be a cute baby. But I doubt Holmes is preggo.

[*mzkandi*]

Yeah I heard last night. Congrats to them, they seem very much inlove.

[*jooleeah*]

^3x, I personally think that age shouldn't matter. If they're in love...they're in love.

Congrats to them.

[MeLoNiSyUmMy]

the only thing that ive got against them is that they rent married. katie seems like a person who would want to get married BEFORE having kids.

[justdecent]

If they're happy, good for them.

Tom Cruise still scares me though...

[Linwu88af]

wow so happy for them. it's gonna be one gorgeous baby. both of them already are so cute.

[LEGITERICJONES]

Woop dee-doo! Congratulations! I hope they don't end up aborting it.

[silver-rain]

Yeah, I heard about that on the news too...
But, it is kinda weird, I expected Katie to be the kind of person to get married before having a child (like her "virgin until marriage thing)...
But, I suppose congrats to them and best of luck to the baby.

[technicolour]

That just...creeps me out.

congrats..and..good luck.

God their age different is just like o_0

[toodlepops.]

Ooh. I always thought Katie was going to keep her promise about being a virgin till marriage.

But, no complaints.

[AngryBaby]

that baby's is gonna have an old ass dad growing up

[AngryBaby]

that baby's gonna have an old ass dad growing up

edit: mods, i made an oopsie, clean it up

[Hiphop d[-_-]b]

Omgoodness.
I thought she would get back with her ex-boyfriend.
Wow, i still think her and tom arent meant to be. Her ex & her [ forgot his name ] looked so good.
But i wouldnt know, i dont personally know her so i shouldnt say

I hope all goes well.

[*tweeak*]

Tom Cruise isn't pregnant, silly

Mr. Weeks must be so distressed.

[emazing]

ew..i can't believe she's pregnant.

i watched the thing between him and matt lauer. cruise was definately an ass about it.

Me neither.
I think, deep in my mind, I still think of Katie Holmes as the sweet, innocent, and young actress, but now that she's with Cruise, .

[sprezzatura]

IMO, Tom shouldn't be with Katie. I don't like Katie at all. The age difference might be a cause if they divorce.
However, I congratulate them for going to have a baby.

[*tweeak*]

Or, you know, the fact that he might be gay might be a cause

[KissMe2408]

First thought about this, "Pregnant?...ALREADY?!"

lol i think it's fast...yah really fast. But i really hope this works out for them, i would hate to see them get divorced and then have the kid grow up in a divorced home :(

[*tweeak*]

Did they ever get married yet? *is very out of things*

[*Funkadelic.Kiss*]

wow.
wow.
wow.
well i hope they are happy together.
wow.
wow.
wow.
wow.

[Hiphop d[-_-]b]

Liz, my lovely twin WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU BEEN,