Katie Holmes Throws Her Husband Tom Cruise A Surprise Birthday Party

Actress Katie Holmes surprised her husband Tom Cruise with a surprise party for the actor's 49th birthday on Sunday.

The birthday party was held at Miami Beach's SoHo Beach House in Florida, where Cruise is currently filming the 'Rock of Ages' movie. The 'Batman Begins' actress invited about 40 guests and Cruise's three children - Suri, Connor and Isabella to the event. The guests celebrated on the venue's rooftop and enjoyed Italian dishes and chocolate birthday cake, according to People magazine.

Katie Holmes planned everything herself, a source told the weekly. Katie has been very excited and actually did the RSVPs herself. She wanted to be sure everything was just right.

Tom Cruise recently debuted his 'Rock of Ages' rock star look on Twitter. In the movie, Cruise's character is a rock star at the top of his career. The actor will sing Bon Jovi's 'Wanted Dead or Alive', Def Leppard's 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' and Scorpions 'Rock You Like a Hurricane'. He is also a part of other numbers including Foreigner's, 'I Wanna Know What Love Is' and Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'.

The all-star 'Rock of Ages' cast also includes Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, 'Watchmen' actress Malin Akerman, 'Pretty Little Liars' actor Diego González Boneta, 'Dancing With the Stars' professional Julianne Hough, Mary J. Blige and 'Breaking Bad' actor Bryan Cranston.

Katie Holmes was recently honored with the Max Mara 'Face of the Future' Award at the 'Women In Film' group's Crystal plus Lucy Awards ceremony. I've really enjoyed all the roles that I've been given, Holmes told OnTheRedCarpet.com at the event. I think you always try to approach every project with the best intentions and you try your best. And when you're living, you try to live a good life.

The actress Holmes recently tapped Cruise's eldest daughter Isabella 'Bella' Cruise as an apprentice at her fashion line, Holmes and Yang.

Tom Cruise adopted Isabella, 18, and his son Connor, 16, with ex-wife Nicole Kidman. The actor also has a daughter, Suri, 5, with Holmes. Holmes and Cruise married in 2006.

Katie Holmes will next appear in the horror movie 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark', which is slated for release on August 26, 2011. Guy Pearce co-stars in the film, which was scripted by 'Pan's Labyrinth' writer/director Guillermo del Toro.

Katie Holmes Hits in Red Hot Bikini Pics

While filming "Rock of Ages" with a long list of celebrities, including her husband, Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Malin Akerman, Russell Brand, and Alec Baldwin surprised Katie Holmes fans by tapping on the beach outside her luxury hotel in Miami Beach.





Katie Holmes slipped on a bikini for a day at the beach in Miami on Saturday afternoon. She had Suri by her side to Sandy riding, and mother-daughter duo hung out on their towels and splashed around in the ocean. Suri was wearing a sundresses over her bathing suit to get into the water, while Katie opted to cover her bikini bottom with shorts.





"Rock of Ages" does not release until June 2012, but Katie next film set to release the horror flick "Do not be afraid of the dark," which also stars Guy Pearce and bailee Madison. The film frames cinemas 26 August. Here is a brief premise (IMDb): "A young girl sent to live with his father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in their new home, want to claim her as one of their own."

Katie Holmes Hopes People Tune In To Her New TV Show_ The Kennedys

The Actress Katie Holmes is desperately hoping that people tune in to her new TV show The Kennedys, the miniseries that airs Sundays on ReelzChannel.

Holmes plays Jackie Kennedy opposite Greg Kinnear as JFK. In the show, which was scrapped by The History Channel in January.

The 32-year-old Katie, who’s married to Tom Cruise is keen for the project to be a success.

During a recent interview, Hows described the eight-part miniseries as 'like a Greek tragedy' and said she admired Jackie’s devotion as a mother.

Holmes said, I hope people find it and watch it. The show premiered this past weekend.

Meanwhile, Katie has revealed how she was left shocked when her daughter accidentally picked up some penis-shaped candy.

The actress was recently pictured treating Suri, three, to a trip to an ice cream parlor, where the little girl was seen grasping the rude candy, and insists she thought they were a type of US confectionery called Swedish Fish.

Katie said, recently I took her to get ice cream in New York at this place called Serendipity that we go to all the time. It’s for kids.

However, the brunette beauty was horrified when she realized her tot was holding a comedy packet of sweets shaped like male genitalia.

Spelling out the word, an embarrassed Katie said, Penis gummies. I said, Oh wow those aren’t Swedish Fish!

They are called penis gummies and they look like it. She was holding the box and I was like, OK, wow, we don’t need that right now.

The former Dawson’s Creek star was then left with a dilemma with how to take the offensive sweets away from Suri in case she asked what they were.

She said, I thought if I said, Put that back! then she’s going to say, What is this? and I really didn’t want to have that conversation.

Katie Holmes is still surprised a family-orientated establishment would sell such a lewd product.

She said, I was like, Why are they selling these here? This is for kids.

Katie Holmes Sues Star Celebrity Magazine For Drug Addiction Allegationscelebrity

Katie Holmes sued the publishers of Star Magazine on Tuesday, accusing them of libel over a magazine cover that insinuated she was a drug addict.

The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles federal court, is over a January edition of the magazine with the cover line, Addiction Nightmare. Katie Drug Shocker!

The inside story claimed that Holmes, the wife of Tom Cruise, was trapped in a cycle of addictive treatments, but made no allegations of drug use. Instead it talked of counseling sessions in the Church of Scientology, according to the lawsuit.

Cruise is one of Hollywood's leading Scientology followers.

The Star Magazine's malicious claims about Katie are untrue, unethical and unlawful. Not only do they cruelly defame Katie, they play a cheap trick on the public, making ridiculously false claims on the cover unsupported by anything inside, attorney Bert Fields said in a statement.

Katie Holmes, 32, is seeking $50 million in damages.

The Star magazine, is published by Florida-based American Media Inc, whose group includes tabloid weekly The National Enquirer.

A spokeswoman for American Media said on Tuesday that the company would vigorously defend the lawsuit and that its attorneys look forward to deposing Ms. Holmes about her experiences with Scientology.

Lawyers for Holmes said the actress was forced to file the lawsuit to vindicate her reputation after American Media refused to retract its vicious lies about her.

Katie Holmes's five-year marriage to Cruise has been a frequent source of speculation in the celebrity media.

The actress said in a statement on Tuesday that of all the fabricated stories that continue to be published about me, this instance is beyond the pale. The publisher knew this outrageous story was false and printed it anyway to sell magazines.

Katie Holmes made her name in the teen TV drama 'Dawson's Creek' and went on to appear in movies such as 'Batman Begins'. She made her Broadway debut in 2008 in a production of Arthur Miller's play 'All My Sons'.

Katie Holmes Kennedy Miniseries Finally Found A Home

At last, good news for Katie Holmes and the cast and crew of The Kennedys!

The Hollywood Reporter confirms, after the History Channel eighty-sixed the controversial, $30 million miniseries about the political dynasty three weeks ago, fledgling cable network ReelzChannel will premiere the epic April 3.

Starring Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy and Holmes as First Lady Jackie Kennedy, the ambitious miniseries. The History Channel's first planned foray into scripted drama was dumped by History in early January following reported pressure from the famous family.

A network rep said, We have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand.

Although approached by producers, Showtime, Starz and FX all declined to pick up the miniseries in the wake of History's ouster.

Katie Holmes Gets Collective Groan

Katie Holmes just can not catch a break, at least when it comes to her career.

1st her 8part miniseries The Kennedys, in which she was set to star as former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was dropped by the History Channel, and now her crime drama, The Son of No One, has earned the undesired label of the Sundance Film Festival's.

And though Katie, only had a small role in the New York based cop flick, which stars Al Pacino and Channing Tatum, her performance was memorable for all the wrong reasons.