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Katie Holmes to Guest Star on ABC's Eli Stone

Mandi Illuzzi — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:03:23 -0400

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Katie Holmes is returning to her small screen roots with a guest-starring role on one episode of Eli Stone this fall.

"She was fabulous at the table read. There's some singing and dancing that she does – its exquisite," ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson said at the Television Critics Association in Beverly Hills Wednesday.

The executive producer of the ABC show, Greg Berlanti, also worked on Dawson's Creek, which made Holmes a star in the late '90s.

(See '90s TV Stars: Then & Now.)

"It's a great reunion for Katie and Greg Berlanti," said McPherson. "He and Katie wanted to get together."

Berlanti explained that Holmes will play an attorney but she won't be practicing law in the episdoe.

"I begged her" to appear on the show," Berlanti said. "And she said, 'I'd love to.'"

Holmes has been shooting her scenes in L.A. The show returns October 14.

Eli Stone star Johnny Lee Miller revealed that Holmes has been working "extremely hard.

"We did 17 hours yesterday, most of her time was spent dancing," Miller said. "She was fantastic. A really really great person."

Holmes, 29, has been staying in NYC rehearsing for her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's All My Sons. The play premieres October 16 and the actress will co-star in the production for 16 weeks.

"Katie's not a celebrity type," the play's producer Eric Falkenstein has said. "She's done brilliant work in films like Pieces of April and The Ice Storm."

(See photos of Katie Holme's hairstyles.)

Holmes is the latest celeb to sign-on for a fall guest role: Nicole Richie will appear on Chuck, Courteney Cox on Scrubs, Mary-Kate Olsen on Samantha Who? and Mary Tyler Moore on Lipstick Jungle.

Entertainment Weekly first reported Holmes' Eli Stone role.

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Tom Cruise Turns 46!

Mandi Illuzzi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:02:11 -0400

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"He is spending his birthday with his family at his home in Telluride," a source tells Us

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Tom Cruise turns the big 4-6 today.

"He is spending his birthday with his family at his home in Telluride," a source close to the actor tells Usmagazine.com.

Cruise just celebrated the 25th anniversary of his breakthrough film Risky Business. (He was 19 when he shot the iconic dancing-in-his-undies scene. See more stars in their skivvies.)

"I was always trying to enjoy every moment that I could because I thought, 'If this is the last film I get to make, then at least I lived that dream,'" Cruise recently told Oprah Winfrey.

"I had no idea that I'd be here 25 years later doing this," he added.

Born in Syracuse, New York, Cruise almost became a priest.

"I looked at the priesthood and said, 'Listen, this is what I'm going to do'," he once said to Britain's Sunday Times magazine. "After a year, I decided being a priest was not for me."

(He is now almost as famous for his involvement in Scientology as he is for his movies.)

After a long string of romances - including a marriage to Nicole Kidman (with whom he has two adopted children) - Cruise found love with Katie Holmes.

See photos of all the women Cruise has dated.

He married Holmes, 29, on November 18, 2006 just outside Rome in a lavish wedding that, according to Forbes estimates, cost nearly $2 million.

See photos of Tom and Katie's most romantic moments.

The couple welcomed daughter Suri in April 2006.

"She's spectacular," he has said of Suri. "She really is just magic."

See photos of Suri's obsessions.

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Henry Seltzer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:27:59 -0400

Katie Holmes Less Popular Than Nicole Kidman on Broadway

Alissa R — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:22:55 -0400

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Her stage debut All My Sons has reportedly sold less than $1 million in advance tickets

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Advance ticket sales for Katie Holmes' Broadway debut in All My Sons are far below those for Nicole Kidman's 1998 run in The Blue Room, the New York Post reports.

Less than $1 million in tickets for All My Sons — which begins previews in September – have been sold compared to $4 million for Kidman's Broadway stint, according to the paper.

"I've bought 1,000 tickets to the show," a broker told the Post. "I still have them."

(Neither of Tom Cruise's women topped tickets for Julia
Roberts' 2006 show Three Days of Rain, which sold out in one day, the Post reports.)

A show rep tells Usmagazine.com: “We don’t discuss advance sales.”

Furthermore, tickets to see Kidman — who briefly appeared nude in the show — went as high as $700 while premium tickets for Holmes' show are netting $300.

"I think if she takes off her clothes, she may catch up!" a Broadway insider joked to the Post.

(See pics of Katie's hair transformation.)

The paper blames lackluster sales on Cruise's declining popularity since the 1990s. Kidman's debut on Broadway coincided with the release of their controversial flick Eyes Wide Shut and he was touted on mag covers as
the biggest movie star in the world.

"People aren't shelling out $110 for a play anymore," a broker told the Post. "It doesn't matter who's in it."

(See pics of Tom & Katie's daughter Suri.)

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Katie Holmes and Suri Wear Matching Stripes

Lindsay Powers — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:10:11 -0400

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The mother-daughter showed off similar styles over the weekend

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Like mother, like daughter!

Fashionista Katie Holmes and her two-year-old daughter, Suri, stepped out in matching stripe tops in Hollywood on Saturday night.

Style isn't the only thing these two have in common: They both like to perform!

Suri was recently photographed in a pair of tap shoes (see more of Suri's obsessions), and Holmes, 29, is gearing up for Broadway debut in All My Sons.

The play officially opens October 16.

Holmes and husband Tom Cruise are planning to move to the Big Apple during the show's 16-week run, producer Eric Falkenstein has told the New York Post.

Victoria Beckham recently told Usmagazine.com that Holmes is "excited" for the role.

"I think Katie's incredibly talented," she said. "I'm very proud of her to be doing this play."

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Would You Pay $300 to See Katie Holmes on Broadway?

Alissa R — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:35:55 -0400

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Premium tickets for All My Sons are going for that much

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Premium tickets for All My Sons — the Arthur Miller Broadway play starring Katie Holmes – are going for $300.

(See photos of Holmes' hair through the years.)

Previews begin September 18 and the play will officially open October 16 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in NYC.

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Katie Holmes' Broadway Play to Open October 16

Mandi Illuzzi — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:13:08 -0400

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Previews for Arthur Miller's All My Sons begin in September

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Previews for All My Sons — the Arthur Miller Broadway play starring Katie Holmes — begin September 18, a show rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.

The play will officially open October 16 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in NYC.

Ticket prices for the Saturday and Sunday matinees will go as high as $116.50, with Wednesday matinees selling for $111.50.

Holmes and husband Tom Cruise are planning to move to the Big Apple during the show's 16-week run, producer Eric Falkenstein has said.

Falkenstein said Holmes has the "exact moral fiber" of her character Ann, a woman who visits the family of her former lover, a missing pilot.

At the first table-read, Holmes "took notes... asked questions... [she] loves being around theater people," Falkenstein said.

"When she signed on, she came here to a bare rehearsal room for a read- through," the producer said. "She didn't ask for anything. She was just sweet and deferential."

Victoria Beckham recently told Usmagazine.com that Holmes is "excited" for the role.

"I think Katie's incredibly talented," she said. "I'm very proud of her to be doing this play."

See photos of Holmes' hair through the years.

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