Katie Holmes Continues Purge of Inner Circle
Katie Holmes fired her publicist of nearly eight years on Tuesday. During her conversation with Leslie Sloane-Zelnick, Holmes did not mention that she was pregnant by fiancé Tom Cruise. The next day, the news broke.
In short order since meeting Cruise in April, Holmes has now fired her manager, changed agents and discharged her publicist. All had been her longtime allies. And let’s not forget the broken engagement back in March to actor Chris Klein. That’s a lot of activity in less than a year.
Where does that leave our Katie? I’m told that Holmes has claimed Cruise’s sister, Lee Ann Devette, as her new publicist.
Pictures of Holmes from just a few days ago with Cruise on the set of "Mission: Impossible 3" are circulating on the Internet. There’s no sign of a pregnancy, but there is a woman in the background of every picture. She’s been identified as Jessica Feshbach Rodriguez, Holmes’ best friend since the spring and a high-level minder from the Church of Scientology.
Feshbach’s family has donated millions to Scientology.
As for Holmes’ friends here in New York, the word is that not one of them has heard from the actress since she left to meet Cruise for the first time last April.
And since Holmes has become associated with Cruise, her career has come to a standstill. Pretty much the only project she has coming up is the DVD release of "Batman Begins." That DVD coincides with the release of the one for "War of the Worlds." The timing of the releases and the pregnancy announcement are probably coincidental.
Holmes pulled out of the movie she was supposed to make, "Factory Girl," after she became involved with Cruise. Certain to be a career maker, the role of Edie Sedgwick will now be played by Sienna Miller.
A more recently announced part, a smallish one in a Dennis Quaid-directed feature about the 1961 murder of a woman by her bandleader husband, will probably have to be tabled now.
Holmes also makes an appearance in "Thank You for Smoking." Otherwise, her career trajectory — which was on the upswing with "Pieces of April" — is over.
All of this still leaves the issue of Holmes’ family back in Toledo. They’re putting on a brave face. But they can’t be too thrilled about a pregnancy without a marriage. So I guess we can expect an adrenaline-filled, paparazzi-crazed wedding sometime in the next month. Gentlemen, start your helicopters.
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