Suri Cruise Gets $30K Toy Car

Tom Cruise wants another, and she's doing a lot of 'auditing'

(NEWSER) - Suri Cruise may soon be getting a present even better than her $30,000 toy car or $850 handbag : a little brother or sister. Katie Holmes has been spending more time than usual at the Hollywood Scientology Center—more than four hours last week—leading some to believe she’s “being prepared” for a second child. “This is exactly what happened just before she got pregnant with Suri,” a source tells the New York Post . “Tom has made no secret of the fact that he would like another baby.” More»

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes outfit kid with designer duds

(NEWSER) - Conspicuous celebrity consumption has reached new heights (or lows?): Three-year-old Suri Cruise reportedly has a designer wardrobe worth $3.2 million. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes “really splurge on” their daughter, sometimes commissioning top designers to make her custom outfits, a source tells the Sun. “Suri is very vocal when it comes to outfits. She's rarely seen in anything twice.” More»

This can only lead to bad things...

(NEWSER) - Raise your hand if you think Suri Cruise is going to end up worse than Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian combined. The latest tale of extravagance in the 5-year-old’s life: Parents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes paid $5,000 for exclusive use of a VIP-like area at New York’s Rockefeller Center ice skating rink (skaters usually pay $75 to get access to the area ... which they have to share). As if that wasn’t enough, a source tells the New York Daily News the family also had gourmet hot chocolate and treats made by "Mr. Chocolate" himself delivered “especially for Suri,” because God forbid she be subjected to normal ice skating rink snacks. Click to be further horrified by the $130,000 worth of Christmas gifts the tot is asking Santa for. More»

Apparently there's a lot of clay, and perhaps some grade inflation to boot

(NEWSER) - They grow up so fast: Suri Cruise’s first day of school—Scientology-flavored school—was last week. So what’s it like at the New Village Leadership Academy in Calabasas, California, which uses L. Ron Hubbard’s “study technology” educational system? Well, for one thing, there’s a lot of clay. Sculpting is apparently big at schools like this, Slate explains, because Hubbard said students are frustrated when they have no access to “mass,” or the physical presence of whatever object they’re studying. According to the official study technology website, without mass students feel, among other things, “sort of spinny” and “squashed.” Therefore, Suri will probably be encouraged to use clay to sculpt concepts she’s learning about. More»

Holmes calls hubby 'an incredible human being'

(NEWSER) - Katie Holmes never really went away, unless you count her 2008 stint on Broadway , but she's coming back nonetheless. The actress, who just completed four films and is shooting her role as Jackie Kennedy for a History Channel miniseries, talks to New York about her family:

• On Suri the fashionista: "She picks out all of her own clothes and has since she was 1½"—and sometimes Katie's, too. "I had this beautiful red gown and these royal-blue shoes that I wasn’t planning on wearing, but Suri made me put them on and so I was like, 'Okay, I trust you.'"